With a tight race expected in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Feb. 9, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continue to campaign heavily in...
Articles
On the mark
Portsmouth is a city of dichotomies. Art-Speak board member Duncan Craig recently described it as follows: “One of the great things about Portsmouth is this...
Historic house burns down
Fire erupted in a multi-unit home at 152 Portsmouth Ave. in New Castle on Saturday night, Jan. 23, destroying a historic house that was once...
Style Queue
For info on Style Queue Magazine, click here. /stīl/ /kyo͞o/ noun 1. a sequence of people with a distinctive appearance 2. A style column for...
New commander set to helm the shipyard
Capt. David S. Hunt has been selected as the next commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the Naval Sea Systems Command announced late last week....
A voice that weaves worlds
Satchmo at the Waldorf,” by Terry Teachout, is a well-meaning play in want of a meaning. That is, it seems to have serious and interesting...
Side B
In popular culture, the cassette tape seems at the dawn of a new revolution. Well-known bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Eagles of Death Metal are...
Gearing up for RPM 2016
photo by Scott Yates To most of us, February is the coldest, darkest, dreariest month of the year. But, to a global community of RPM...
Future sight, redux
The Sound’s survey results are in On Jan. 6, The Sound published a survey asking readers to make predictions for 2016. We collected responses for...
One on one
Back in 2003, Seacoast photographer Roger Goun began taking photos at presidential campaign events. It was standard stuff, Goun says — photos of candidates at...
Life of the primary
Sen. Marco Rubio’s face was recently seen on the side of a bus barreling along Route 101. Fellow Sen. Ted Cruz made stops in Rochester...
Making change
Posters are accessible and ubiquitous, more likely seen in a dorm room or alleyway than in an art gallery. But therein lies the potential. An...
Talking about the end
For Rondi Boyer, a hospice nursing assistant and former volunteer coordinator at the Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover, NH, death is part of life’s...
Person to person
When the band People Like You was first starting out two years ago, one of their first live shows was at a restaurant in Hampton....
Building a barnstorm
Justin Uhlig wants to bring New Hampshire musicians together. He produces the Barnstormers Music & Art Festival, a quarterly celebration of Granite State artists that’s...
Eight-Bit Junkyard: Kickle Cubicle
“Kickle Cubicle” (Irem, 1990) “Kickle Cubicle” is a quaint curiosity. A puzzle game that blatantly borrowed its gameplay and design from two more popular games,...
Seacoast news in brief
News from around the NH and southern Maine Seacoast Portsmouth PS21 hosts affordable housing workshops Interested in shaping the future of affordable housing in Portsmouth?...
Bring on the cold
Here’s a recommended New Year’s resolution for all Seacoast inhabitants: Don’t complain about winter! This is New England; it’s supposed to be cold and snowy...
History repeating
When “The Crucible” made its debut on Broadway in 1953, playwright Arthur Miller was clear about the play’s intent. The dramatization of the Salem witch...
Flight path
JT Nero and Allison Russell have been performing together as Birds of Chicago since 2012. But their musical and personal relationship stretches back almost a...
Seacoast news in brief
News from around the NH and southern Maine Seacoast. Somersworth Council approves women’s sober home The Hilltop City will be home to a new sober...
Video Vault: Waiting for Godot
Reviews of the best (and worst) classic flicks and cult movies Waiting for Godot RTE, Channel 4, Blue Angel Films and the Irish Film Board,...
Great debate
When New Hampshire’s 424 legislators return to Concord this week, they’ll be facing a slate of bills — 954, to be exact — on a...
Now Read This
American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis These 12 dark tales of domestic housewives who have turned Serial Mom are simply fantastic! Think Donna Reed with...
Review: The Hateful Eight
It could be said that Quentin Tarantino is a pervert. And not just in the “Wow, he sure likes long lingering shots of his actresses’...