FEATURED FOOD Quick Fixes To Start Your Day Right Written By Matt Ingersol (listings@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Every morning you have a chance to start your day with healthy food choices. Here are a few quick ways to make that happen. Plenty of Protein It’s OK to eat carbohydrate-rich foods like bagels … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP – * COVER STORY * Simple Hair, Clothes & Attitude Updates Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo It’s a new year and a chance for a new you. If it’s time to rethink your whole look, there are a few simple steps you can take to change … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review La La Land (PG-13) Written By Author (listings@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo A hopeful young actress and a musician striving to keep jazz alive fall in love in La La Land, a fairy tale of Hollywood — with singing and dancing! Mia (Emma Stone) works at a coffee shop on … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC One Year In, Old Sol Music Hall Presses On Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo On Dec. 21, 2015, a few dozen people gathered in the back room of Shaskeen Pub in Manchester. They watched a short video that shared a vision for transforming a former Amherst Street movie … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS Latest League Show Features Jurors’ Work Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photos The latest exhibition at the Craft Center presents an opportunity for League of New Hampshire Craftsmen jurors to put their money where their mouth is. “Setting the Standard” is on view Jan. 13 through March 24 and … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS Report: State Law Favors Parental Rights Over Child Protection, Needs Fixing Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo The Division of Children, Youth and Families is severely understaffed, its policies stifle corrective action, risks of future harm are not adequately assessed and state laws set the bar too high to … [Read more…]
FEATURED FOOD Senior Center Cooking Classes Opens To All Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo The Nashua Senior Activity Center is going Italian with a special cooking class on Monday, Jan. 9, that’s open to the general public. A chef from Courville Communities assisted living facilities will give participants an interactive … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP Kids Coop Theatre Turns 20 Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo Twenty years ago, seven theater moms created the Kids Coop Theatre in Derry in response to the lack of local onstage opportunities for their kids. One of those founders, Debbie McKitterick, can still remember the audition that started … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Looking Back At The Musical Year Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Here in New Hampshire, 2016 began the way every fourth year commences, with a fleet of media trucks roaming the state. On Primary Eve, they swarmed around the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester. Nearby at the Shaskeen … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM The Good & Bad of This Year of Sequels, Remakes & Surprising Originals Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo I feel like we’re going to remember this year for the bad things — Batman v Superman, the Independence Day follow-up, Nine Lives (which I think will eventually, if not already, … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS Looking At Arts & Culture in 2016 Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Director Ginnie Lupi saw two major themes in New Hampshire’s 2016 creative scene. One was community-centric art. “A lot of what occurred this year really focused on community. Several … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS 15 Good Things That Happened In 2016 Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo At the Capital Concord’s Main Street project finally concluded with its more pedestrian-friendly redesign. That means less difficulty driving through downtown and getting redirected by construction detours, and in the long term it means getting to … [Read more…]