2014, Not Rated, 94 minutes The Babadook” is a very silly name for a very serious movie. This debut feature from Australian director Jennifer Kent...
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“Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain” by Alan Light The title alone was enough to make me read the book, but...
Food for fines
For the next week, you can make your overdue-book fines disappear while also helping those in need. Portsmouth Public Library is offering its Food for...
Squeezed
prospective middle-class homeowners. Editor’s note: The Seacoast is one of the best places a person could live. But it isn’t cheap. Luxury condos and large-scale...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
Rediscovering video games of the past…today! by Zach Foote “Clash at Demonhead” (Vic Tokai, 1990) Released almost a quarter-century ago, “Clash at Demonhead” is one...
Angel trumpets and devil trombones
When the horn section of a band fires up, something magical happens. If you’ve been out to see any live music in the Seacoast within...
Study break
Drive through downtown Durham during the week and, along with the usual pedestrians, skateboarders, and bicyclists, you may find yourself dodging dump trucks and waiting...
Comment period extended for North End zoning charette
City residents who couldn’t make it to the North End character-based zoning charette in mid-November will have a second chance to share their thoughts on...
Council considering fireworks ordinance
There might soon be new rules governing backyard fireworks displays as the town council considers options for a fireworks ordinance. Town manager Perry Ellsworth says...
Foster’s Daily Democrat sold for $5 million
Foster’s Daily Democrat ended its 141-year run as an independent, family-owned newspaper on Dec. 1. New Media Investment Group, the New York-based company that owns...
Mayor’s Forum scheduled for Dec. 13
Mayor Dana Hilliard will host an open forum for city residents on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. at City Hall, located at 1 Government...
Locate the art
On a warm summer night in southern Utah, Ryan Kish and Conor Thompson were feeling restless. They found an abandoned mini-golf course behind their otherwise...
True detective
Just a few feet from the stone wall separating Portsmouth’s South Cemetery and Route 1A are two gravestones cut in white marble. The graves are...