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 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 FILM Film Review Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Movie Screenshot A girl with a difficult family history (no, not that girl or that family) helps the rebellion against the Empire in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a post-prequels, pre-originals, plot-point backstory. But in … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC New Year’s Eve With No Worries Written By Author (listings@hippopress.com) Images: Stock Photo For the first time in seven years, New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday, affording most folks two days of recovery time. For those looking to get an early start, regional favorites Pat & the Hats play a … [Read more…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Manchester By The Sea (R) Written By Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Screenshot of Manchester By The Sea A man just scraping by in life must decide whether he can take on the responsibility of caring for his brother’s son in Manchester by the Sea, a new film from writer-director Kenneth Lonergan … [Read more…]
FEATURED MUSIC Four Days of Rock, Comedy & Jazz in Concord Written By Michael Witthaus (music@hippopress.com) Images: Courtesy Photo A fun string of recent holiday events at Concord’s Capitol Center for the Arts included the Mavericks Americana-hued Christmas show, an epic night with Mannheim Steamroller and stage productions of Amahl and the Night … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
FEATURED FILM Film Review Written by Amy Diaz (adiaz@hippopress.com) Images: Stock/Courtesy Photo Return to the Harry Potter universe, but many decades pre-Potter and this time in America, with Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, the first of a planned five — five! — film series from J.K. Rowling. Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) … [Read more…]