Rediscovering 1989's Ninja Gaiden — a brilliant but frustrating classic.
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Bigger than Garfield
Four years ago, Katie Hall made a joke at work. The joke? Someone should create an Internet Cat Video Festival. Her workplace? The Walker Art...
Seacoast news in brief
Portsmouth TEDxPiscataquaRiver returns For fans of big ideas and community conversations, the good news is that TEDxPiscataquaRiver is set to come back to Portsmouth for...
On the hunt
A proposal to bring bobcat hunting back to NH triggers debate Even for dedicated outdoors enthusiasts, bobcats are a rare sight. A person could spend...
Die-hard ambition
Rick Rude’s new EP features hard work on laid-back jams Sure, Seacoast band Rick Rude sometimes is pigeonholed as a “slacker rock” band. And yes,...
Rewriting history
The Intelligent Theatre Festival returns to Portsmouth When Clare Boothe Luce’s play, “The Women,” made its debut on Broadway in 1936, the press wasn’t kind....
Metal horns
In many ways, Ronnie James Dio seemed like a man born in the wrong era. Perhaps he should have lived in Europe in medieval times,...
News in brief: Portsmouth approves wastewater treatment expansion
by Larry Clow News in brief Portsmouth Wastewater treatment expansion approved The city will soon begin work on an $83.3 million upgrade to its wastewater...
Video Vault: Session 9
“Session 9” Universal Pictures, 2001 Starring: Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas Directed by: Brad Anderson The plot: Gordon (Mullan) is in desperate...
Unplugged
no John McCauley formed Deer Tick some 12 years ago in Providence, R.I., and the band quickly gained a reputation for their raucous, free-spirited live...
Vote on wastewater plant delayed
After a nearly four-hour meeting on March 7, Portsmouth city councilors delayed voting on a $75 million bond for upgrading the city’s wastewater treatment facility...
Leap year
The ArtPM Challenge encourages everyone to make a piece of art during the month of February, and this year, participants put their heart into it.
Harm reduction
Though the Dover Police Department doesn’t track how many discarded syringes it collects, Lt. Brant Dolleman says there’s been a “dramatic increase” in the last...
RPM ’16: Mission accomplished
The RPM Challenge entered its second decade this year, and close to 1,000 acts signed up to test their creative mettle. Well over 400 new...
Intro to brewing
Craft beer is big business in New Hampshire, and UNH has announced a slate of new beer-related programs.
Penny for your poet
Robert Dunn was, in some ways, the embodiment of his poetry, which he wrote in his head while walking through Portsmouth. Deceptively simple, surprisingly profound....
Back in office
Time is elastic for musician Dave Goolkasian. It’s been almost a decade since his band, The Texas Governor and the Experiments, have appeared on local...
Truth and beauty
Discovering Edmund Tarbell’s local history and living legacy Edmund Tarbell was studying the old masters in Paris when the new movement of Impressionism caught his...
Now hear this
“Bones” by The Ghosts of Electricity Spark & Fizz Records File Under: atmospheric, avant-pop, experimental It’s fitting that the dreamy music and surrealist lyrical poetry...
Now Read This: March Books To Watch For
Recommendations for the best books coming out in March The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney The four Plumb siblings have been waiting a long time...
Small bites
A roundup of recent dining developments and farming news.
The Maine event
Maine voters will head out to caucus locations and pick their preferred presidential candidate on Saturday, March 5 (if they’re Republicans), and Sunday, March 6...
Where the music is
Bob Nilson has always been drawing. The 83-year-old Portsmouth artist says the joke in his family was that he was “born with an in-grown pencil.”...
A few minutes more
Seacoast middle- and high-school students hoping to catch a little extra sleep before school may get their wish — but probably not for another few...
Clear and hazy
Doug Tuttle adds polish to his new album without losing its psych vibe The first thing fans of Doug Tuttle might notice about his sophomore...