News on the arts, music, dining, restaurants and all things that make our city a cultural mecca on the rise.
“Callin’ out around the world/Are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is right/For dancing in the street…”
It’s hard to believe that August is over! Celebrate one of the last official weekends of summer by getting out of the house and enjoying all that New Hampshire has to offer.
In prior years I dreaded receiving the notice because, as executive chef, time away from my business would be both costly and potentially detrimental. I prepared and stored away, just in case, a heart-wrenching soliloquy to perform for both lawyer and judge as to the hardship it would cause if I was chosen.
Manchester’s Pat Doyle stood side-by-side with Harry “Bucky” Lew when basketball’s status as an integrated sport was challenged well over 100 years ago.
A three-day feast-ival is one way to describe the annual Mahrajan Middle Eastern Food Festival, which is a food-centric celebration held each year at Our Lady of the Cedars Melkite Church on Mitchell Street.
Dance the night away – for fun and also for mental and physical health, every second and fourth Tuesday at The Shaskeen Pub.
For over 30 years, The Supersuckers have been one of the flag bearers for modern rock’n’roll. With a stylistic range that goes from alternative rock to punk rock to country, the band led by Eddie Spaghetti on bass and vocals have been electrifying audiences all over the world.
Appealing to traditional and progressive acoustic music fans alike, The Ruta Beggars combine bluegrass and early swing to create intricate vocal harmonies, fiery instrumentals, and plenty of fun. They have been praised for their creative yet tasteful arrangements and charming performances, winning Thomas Point’s band competition in 2019.
Summer will be over before you know it! Take the time to get outside and enjoy the weather! There’s plenty of events to get you out and about (and to enjoy plenty of delicious food)!
There’s one more thing: all of the wrestlers involved in the Micro Wrestling All-Stars tour were born with dwarfism, a genetic or medical condition primarily characterized by an adult individual standing below 4-feet-10-inches in height.
The New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association (NHLRA) has opened nominations for its annual Stars of the Industry Awards.
I had a talk with Jeff Gorman ahead of the show about the making of the new album, the obstacles that delayed its release, a really cool thing the band has been doing at one of the major music festivals in the New England region and some new music that’ll be out over the next few weeks.
And that’s also why when my good buddy, Nate Graziano, (Graz!), handed me his newest collection of poems, “Born On Good Friday,” the cover alone made me feel the tickles of a panic attack. Graz as a kid standing at a tilt in a new blue suit with the price tag still on it. The new shoes soon-to-be play boots, the awkward smile, the crooked bow tie. Fall in Rhode Island. Barren and cold. Someone, please, knife me now.
It’s near impossible to catch an unobstructed view of the colorful new mural on Hanover Street, what with trees and parked cars. But if you could, you might detect the familiar curves of Mt. Uncanoonuc within the geometric rainbow.
New Yorker Jay Goldberg, who has been the artist-in-residence at The Factory on Willow since June 1, expands on this idea that baseball can connect Americans of vastly different ages and demographics in his multimedia project “The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game.”
This can be said about Jonathan Scales, who has been expanding the limit of the steel pan instrument in a variety of ways for over 15 years. He exhibits his craft with his band known as the Fourchestra, and they’re going to be taking the stage at The Stone Church in Newmarket on August 12. Starting at 8 p.m., Scales and his band will bring sounds that are both cohesive and expansive while exuding a peculiar quality.
Lively arts abound – buy a ticket, see a show, support live music.
Auditions are open to young BIPOC talents who are between ages 8 and 18 and able to play the age of 12. All genders are encouraged to submit. Performers must be no more than 5-foot-2-inches tall.
There are times, and we all have had them, when our normal routine is interrupted by a surprising interaction with another person. I am not talking about a conversation with someone new at a party or a business meeting. Those situations are to be expected and assumed. I am describing an event that seems to have been planned in advance without our knowledge or consent. One where we have been placed just where needed and at just the correct time. An event that will remain and continue to give us pause.
