FEATURED FOOD Where To Go For St. Patty’s Day Eats Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo From traditional corned beef and cabbage dinners to green-themed pub crawls and cake classes, here are some local places where you can find St. Patty’s fare. All meals and events listed take place on St. … [Read more…]
FEATURED FOOD – * COVER STORY * The History of Hops & How to Cultivate Your Own Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photos Increasingly, beer brewers, homebrewers and farmers in New Hampshire are getting their hands dirty by cultivating hops to be used in locally made brews. “What we’d like to see is … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS FED Program Changing Police Work to Curb Drug Trafficking Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Major drug trafficking organizations have increased the supply of heroin and fentanyl into the state in the past two years. In response, New Hampshire’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force has created a heroin strike … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS Not Your Grandma’s Paper Cutting “Deep Cuts” Gives the Form a Modern Spin Written ByKelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo “Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting” rejects the idea we’re moving into a paperless world. Everything within the multi-room exhibition, on view at the Currier Museum of Art through May 21, is … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Anna Madsen Readies Tupelo Release Show Written By Michael Witthaus(music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo When Anna Madsen set out with a sheaf full of songs to find a record producer, Pittsfield’s Rocking Horse Studio looked good in part because it was reachable on back roads. Driving to Boston terrified the new Utah … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Get Out (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot A man’s trip to meet his girlfriend’s parents quickly gets creepy in Get Out, a smart, funny horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele of Key & Peele fame. Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) is nervous about meeting girlfriend … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP Robert Crawford Chosen by DPL & Town Council Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Robert Crawford’s goal as Derry’s first poet laureate is to make the art form more mainstream in town — no easy task. “Some people would rather do almost anything — have a root canal — over … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP Nashua writer Melanie Brooks on Writing Hard Stories Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Nashua writer Melanie Brooks’ Writing Hard Stories: Celebrated Memoirists Who Shaped Art From Trauma started with a personal memoir she was unable to write. Brooks, who also teaches at Northeastern University, Merrimack College and Nashua … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Get ready for Oscar night with predictions, complaints and viewing recommendations Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshots La La Land wins! Wins what? Whatever! If you don’t have the energy to put effort into your Oscar guesses this year, assume that La La Land will win the 13 categories in which … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC STP, Nirvana, & Tool Tribute Bands Play Jewel Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo In May 2015, Scott Weiland played at Manchester’s Jewel nightclub; in December of the same year, the former Stone Temple Pilots lead singer was dead of a drug overdose. Via tribute acts like Stone Temple … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS NH Theatre Factory Interprets The Reluctant Dragon Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo When adapting a story to the stage, the first step for NH Theatre Factory Artistic Director Joel Mercier is determining its message — or, at least, his interpretation of its message. Lost in Wonderland, which went … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS – * COVER STORIES * Outdoor Dog Days Outdoor Dog Days Hiking, Running & Skijoring With your Pup Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Dogs love the outdoors, but if you live in a more urban southern New Hampshire neighborhood, it can be hard to think of ways to … [Read more…]