Simple Scoops

FEATURED FOOD – * COVER STORIES * Varied Vanilla Varied Vanilla Different Approaches to the Classic Flavor Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     It’s often considered the most basic flavor, but there’s more to vanilla ice cream than you might think. Between the different methods of making it, combinations of ingredients … [Read more…]

Working for Medicaid

FEATURED NEWS How a New Work Requirement Might Affect Recipients Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     If a work requirement proposal is approved by the federal government, thousands of Granite Staters could find it harder to keep their Medicaid health insurance. An amendment to the state budget trailer bill, HB 517, … [Read more…]

Summer Fun

FEATURED ARTS MAA Artist of the Year Keeps Busy with Art Shows and Antiquing Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     When you’re named Manchester Artists Association’s Artist of the Year, you get to display a painting at E.W. Poore for an entire year. But 2017 award-winner James O’Donnell has a busy … [Read more…]

Graduation

FEATURED MUSIC Twisted Pine Moves from Berklee to Bigger Stages Written By Michael Witthaus (mwitthaus@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Jim Olsen has amazing ears; his record label, Signature Sounds, was a first home to Grammy winner Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter, Crooked Still and Lake Street Dive, among others. When he heard Twisted Pine playing … [Read more…]

Dunkirk

FEATURED FILM Film Review Dunkirk (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot     British and other Allied soldiers await evacuation from France by sea, with the German army on its way, in Dunkirk, a “you are there” approach to this moment during World War II from Christopher Nolan. The movie follows three … [Read more…]

A Monster & A Message

FEATURED POP New Kids’ Book an Adventure in Acceptance Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Maine author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen has loved drawing since he was a kid, when his preferred subjects were aliens, robots and monsters. So it’s fitting that his latest book, Hattie & Hudson, published in … [Read more…]