Local trumpet player Chris Klaxton finished recording his new album, “Collage,” more than a year ago. In the intervening months, the music has taken on...
Author: Matt Kanner
2017 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, voters in Portsmouth will elect members of the City Council, School Board, Police Commission, Fire Commission, and other offices. Nine city...
2019 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide
A total of 20 candidates are running for nine seats on the Portsmouth City Council this year. It's time for voters to get informed.
2021 Portsmouth City Council Candidate Questionnaire
Nineteen candidates are on the ballot to fill nine seats on the Portsmouth City Council for the next two-year term (2022-2023). The candidate who receives...
2022 Fourth of July Fireworks & Celebrations
A roundup of fireworks displays and Independence Day celebrations in Portsmouth and around the Seacoast
2022 Holiday Parades & Festivals near Portsmouth
Though hints started dropping as early as Halloween, holiday season really begins during the first weekend of December. That’s when many local communities host their...
3S names new director
More than six months after the departure of its founder and original leader, 3S Artspace has announced the hiring of a new executive director. Beth Falconer, current executive director of the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, starts at 3S next month.
48-Hour Guide to Seacoast Breweries
Want to check out some of New Hampshire's best Seacoast breweries? Here's a guided brewery tour for a weekend of craft beer.
A closer look at N.H.’s election results
The election on Nov. 8 included many surprising results. Here are some of the interesting takeaways from Election Day in New Hampshire, which experienced record voter turnout.
Aboard the USS Manchester
A futuristic-looking vessel made its way into Portsmouth Harbor on Monday, May 21. It turned around near the equally futuristic-looking towers of the Sarah Mildred...
All mad here
Rain Dogs” is as close as Tom Waits has ever come to releasing a commercially popular record. The 1985 album, with its gnarled cacophony of...
All that gypsy jazz
Violinist Jason Anick of the Rhythm Future Quartet was so impressed by the inaugural Django by the Sea festival in Kittery last year that he moved to the Seacoast. With Django by the Sea returning, Anick talks about the gypsy genre.
All Together Now
The Music Hall, 3S Artspace, and Prescott Park Arts Festival announce a new benefit concert series
Amy Klobuchar at the Seacoast Science Center
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democratic candidate for president, was in Rye, NH, on Aug. 25 to campaign at the Seacoast Science Center.
Andrew Bagley
Portsmouth’s municipal election is Tuesday, Nov. 2. Below, City Council candidate Andrew Bagley responds to PortsmouthNH.com’s candidate questionnaire.
Andrew Samonas
Portsmouth’s municipal election is Tuesday, Nov. 2. Below, City Council candidate Andrew Samonas responds to PortsmouthNH.com’s candidate questionnaire.
Andrew Yang in Portsmouth
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a Democratic candidate for president, was in downtown Portsmouth, NH, on Aug. 26 to campaign by the Memorial Bridge.
Art exhibits
Above: View from Hosmer Boathouse by Tom Glover, on display at the George Marshall Store Gallery in York, Maine. Art Exhibits DOVER Artstream “Five Friends”...
Avalanche of support
Hillary Clinton’s remarks to voters in Portsmouth were interrupted early on when an avalanche of snow slid off the roof of South Church, where she...
Back in the groove
Above: Bryan Killough and Jeff Bibbo in a scene from In Danger of Being Discovered. Groovechild front man Jeff Bibbo discusses the band’s past, future,...
BBQ and country music unite
If you like barbecue and you like country music, you’ll want to be in Rochester this weekend. The Phantom Gourmet BBQ & Country Music Festival takes...
Being the change
The Resistance Seacoast plans to combat anger and despondence with art and community during Art for the Resistance in Portsmouth.
Beto O’Rourke, Town House Commons, Exeter
U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate from Texas, took advantage of a sunny Saturday in Exeter to address a crowd on May 11.
Between the strings
Elliott Smith tribute, is on its way to Portsmouth Elliott Smith wrote many sad songs in his too-brief life, perhaps none more stirring and intimate...
Big Eyes
2014, rated PG-13, 106 minutes The string of brilliantly imaginative and visually mesmerizing films Tim Burton put out in the late 1980s and early 1990s...