Taste of the Trucks

FEATURED FOOD Food Truck Festival Comes to Manchester Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo     Manchester will have its first food truck festival when CASA New Hampshire hosts Food Trucks for CASA from Friday, June 2, through Sunday, June 4, at McIntyre Ski Area. Fifteen food trucks from northern New England will … [Read more…]

2017 Summer Guide

FEATURED POP  –  * COVER STORY * A Season of Fun Written By Hippo Writers (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy & Stock Photos     Be sure to visit our events page or check out or app Hippo Scout for complete summer happenings! Fairs & Festivals Fairs & Festivals Don’t miss the 60th annual New Hampshire Antiques … [Read more…]

Alien: Covenant

FEATURED FILM Film Review Alien: Covenant (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot     Humans headed out to colonize a new world make some bad life choices in Alien: Covenant. “Let’s follow that strange transmission to the uncharted planet and then explore it without any equipment that could protect us from contamination!” — … [Read more…]

Bad Man

FEATURED MUSIC George Thorogood Comes to Concord Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     George Thorogood and The Destroyers’ June 4 show at Concord’s Capitol Center is part of their Rock Party tour, named for his forthcoming album, Party of One. Due for summer release, it’s Thorogood’s first solo effort and marks … [Read more…]

Two Decades of Sculpture

FEATURED ARTS Mill Brook Gallery celebrates 20th Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     The Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden is not your everyday gallery. It sits alongside a rural road, at the end of a long, dirt driveway decorated with trees, flowers, wooden fences and sculptures. The … [Read more…]

Tick, Tick, Boom

FEATURED NEWS Black-legged Tick Carrying Even More Diseases Written By Ryan Lessard (news@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo     Though tick numbers may have been threatened by dry weather conditions from last summer, their arsenal of pathogens has expanded with a serious virus called Powassan. According to Alan Eaton, an entomologist with the UNH Cooperative Extension, … [Read more…]

Summer At The Markets

FEATURED FOOD New Hampshire Farmers Markets Kick off Summer Season Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy/Stock Photo     Enjoy fresh fruits and veggies, homemade specialty food items and more while supporting local farms at these New Hampshire farmers markets. Some are already open for the summer season and many others will be starting … [Read more…]

Role of the Artist

FEATURED ARTS NH Philharmonic Presents “Hindemith” Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     The New Hampshire Philharmonic’s last concert of the season, “Hindemith,” features the Pinkerton Academy Choir at the Stockbridge Theatre on Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. It is the last concert under … [Read more…]

Podcasting For Fun & Profit

FEATURED NEWS  –  * COVER STORY * 10 NH-Based Podcasts for Your Listening Pleasure + How to Create Your Own Show Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photos One recent Thursday, a Derry Public Library study transformed into a recording studio for the 25th episode of Exeter children’s author Paul Durham’s podcast, Telling Lies … [Read more…]

Eating Greek

FEATURED FOOD Greek Food Festival Returns to Nashua Written By Angie Sykeny (asykeny@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo     Seventeen hundred pounds of lamb, 5,500 stuffed grape leaves and 90 pans of baklava will be prepared for the annual Greek Food Festival hosted by Saint Philip Greek Orthodox Church in Nashua. This year’s festival takes place … [Read more…]

Inspiring New Home

FEATURED POP MacGregor on Moving to Concord & Wishbones Written By Kelly Sennott (ksennott@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo     Virginia MacGregor wrote Wishbones in a coffee shop near Wellington College in Berkshire, England, a place she found rich with inspiration. “I know some people who love the silence of a study, and I need that … [Read more…]

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

FEATURED FILM Film Review King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot     A pre-king Arthur finds Excalibur in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, a very Guy Ritchie take on the Arthurian legend. I feel I should mention at the outset that due to technical difficulties at … [Read more…]