FEATURED ARTS Jewelry artist Joy Raskin on Jewelry Making in NH Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo For many artists, the decision to create professionally is a scary one, muddled with questions like, am I good enough? Will I be able to find work? Will my pieces sell? Joy Raskin made … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC – * COVER STORY * 23 Festivals for Fans of all Kinds of Music Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy & Stock Photos From songs of the sea to the jams of Jerry Garcia, New Hampshire music festivals offer something for every kind of music lover. There are about two … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Rochester Kicks off Busy Summer with Inaugural Film Fest Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo “Art is for Everyone” is the slogan for the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, and it plays out in everything the organization does — including its inaugural Rochester Independent Film Festival, with screenings at … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP Dozens of Nations Represented at Multicultural Festival Written By Matt Ingersol (listings@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo New Hampshire’s Capital City will once again celebrate its ethnic diversity at the Concord Multicultural Festival, with live performances and international foods, plus, new this year, a flag parade and “Artisan Alley.” The 11th annual event … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS How Timber Rattlesnakes Can Help Stop Lyme Disease Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo New Hampshire’s timber rattlesnakes are endangered, but that’s not a good thing, biologists say. Despite the venomous snakes’ stigma, they’re more likely to help people than harm them, by interfering with the process through which … [Read more…]
FEATURED FOOD Strawberry Festival Returns to Hollis Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Fifty quarts of whipping cream, 39 gallons of ice cream and 370 quarts of strawberries will be used at this year’s Hollis Strawberry Festival, happening at the Town Commons on Sunday, June 25. The festival is hosted by … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS Pianos Arrive in Downtown Manchester Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Every morning at 7 a.m. last summer, passersby at Victory Park were treated to music, courtesy of the painted piano that Intown Manchester placed there in June. “There was a gentleman who went and played pretty religiously,” said … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review The Mummy (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot Tom Cruise stars in the jumbled heap of stuff that forms The Mummy, the kickoff to the Dark Universe, a, heavy sigh, monster movie cinematic universe. In ancient Egypt, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) was about to lose at game … [Read more…]
FEATURED POP Julia Glass on Indie Bookstores, Movies and New Novel Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo Many published authors despise book tours and everything they involve, from air travel and hotel living to events void of readers. Julia Glass is not one of them. Granted, the Marblehead, Mass., writer’s events … [Read more…]
FEATURED ARTS Currier Hosts Exhibition Featuring NH Artist Varujan Boghosian Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo Hanover artist Varujan Boghosian is very pleased with the show Currier Museum of Art curator Kurt Sundstrom put together — “The Curious Magic of Varujan Boghosian,” on view June 10 through Sept. 4. “You’ve done … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Toto Tour Taps Tupelo Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo Despite decades of success, Toto is the Rodney Dangerfield of rock. The late comedian famously complained, “I don’t get no respect at all,” and Toto guitarist Steve Lukather knows what he meant. “There has been, from day one, people … [Read more…]
FEATURED NEWS How the Current Senate Budget Could Affect Staffing Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo Earlier this year, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu proposed a budget that would have funded operations at the new women’s prison in Concord — due to complete construction this fall — to the tune of $48.7 … [Read more…]