Bring It On Home

FEATURED FOOD Where To Order Prepared Holiday Meals To Go Written By Author (listings@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Whether it’s for the sides, desserts, main dish or whole meal, place your holiday food orders now at these local restaurants, butcher shops, bakeries and catering services.   • Alpine Grove (19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, … [Read more…]

Wrap Up A Good Read

FEATURED POP Books For Under The Tree Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     The Hippo’s book reviewers shared some of the books they’d recommend as gifts for all kinds of readers, from fiction fans to history buffs.   For Fiction Lovers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce This … [Read more…]

Loving

FEATURED FILM Film Review Loving (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Screenshot of Loving     A couple just wants to raise their children in the state they’ve lived in all their lives but Virginia’s laws against interracial marriage make that illegal in Loving, a look at the couple behind the Loving v. Virginia … [Read more…]

Make A Fan Happy

FEATURED MUSIC Holiday Gifts For The Music Lover Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Losing David Bowie, Prince, Glenn Frey and Leonard Cohen made 2016 a tough year for music fans. What’s needed under the tree, then, is something soothing, a source for reflection.   Let’s Begin With Books To remember … [Read more…]

Artsy Gifts

FEATURED ARTS What To Give The Artist or Art Lover In Your Life Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Most people can’t get the artists in their lives Hamilton tickets or Paris trips to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museum — but a Mona Lisa pillowcase? Totally doable. We … [Read more…]

Marijuana For PTSD

FEATURED NEWS Will This Be The Year The State’s Medical Cannabis Law Takes a Big Leap? Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     In separate bills, advocates are pushing to add a few more qualifying conditions to the state’s medical marijuana law, including fibromyalgia, chronic pain and opioid addiction. But it’s a … [Read more…]

Sweets Of The Season

FEATURED FOOD   –    * COVER STORY * From Candy Canes To Sugar Mints Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     From candy canes to sugar plums, certain candies and confections are indelibly linked to the holiday season. While most of those candies are mass-produced nowadays, some local candy shops still … [Read more…]

Beer & Good Cheer

FEATURED FOOD  Anheuser-Busch Hosts New Holiday Experience Written by Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Beer enthusiasts and anyone looking for some holiday cheer can celebrate with a new seasonal experience at the Anheuser-Busch Tour Center and Biergarten in Merrimack. The Brewery Lights, a series of ongoing festivities held at the brewery from … [Read more…]

Love Your Workspace

FEATURED NEWS   –    * COVER STORY * 7 Steps to Boost Your 9-5 Life Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     There’s only so much coffee can do to perk up your office job. That’s evident to anyone who’s experienced the dreaded 3 p.m. slump, and it’s even worse in the winter, when … [Read more…]

Back In Business

FEATURED ARTS Picker Artists Invite All To New Pine Street Home Written by Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     After a year of uncertainty, Nashua’s Picker Building artists are back. Nowadays, they call themselves the Picker Collaborative Artists, which is the name of the LLC they put together in order to begin renting at … [Read more…]

American Story

FEATURED MUSIC Alternate Routes Turn Grief Into Moving Music Written by Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Writing a topical song is risky, particularly one about a polarizing issue like gun violence. Making it personal is an even bigger challenge. In 2005, Eric Donnelly’s parents were murdered during a robbery of their Fairfield, Conn., … [Read more…]

Moana

FEATURED FILM Film Review Written by Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Screenshot of Moana     A chief in training decides to strike out on the ocean to save her people in Moana, a standout addition to the animated Disney princess family. In the last few years, I have become pretty pro-princess, at least in their modern … [Read more…]