Quick Takes: Wrong Brain Is Right-On
Thousands of unconventional and underrepresented creatives have a welcoming outlet in Wrong Brain on the New Hampshire Seacoast.
Up in the Treehouse
Megan and Murray McMillan collaborate to build playful, fantastical worlds in spaces steeped in age and history.
When Art is Grounding
New Hampshire-based ceramicist Don Williams finds meaning in creating both intriguing sculpture and everyday items.
Painting Portsmouth
StreetCanvas is a service that beautifies Portsmouth and creates jobs for artists as it integrates art into the community.
A Libeerating Experience
Joanne Francis of Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampshire creates a new beer for women who don’t give a fuck.
#TakeAction and Make a Joyful Noise
Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s Leftist Marching Band brings the party to politics by urging people to action through music.
Proper Burletiquette with Ruby Solitaire
According to Ruby Solitaire, there’s a certain ethic and etiquette to the on-stage madness at Excelsior Burlesque, now playing in Manchester.
Exploring an Augmented Reality
New media artist John Craig Freeman uses augmented reality in public art projects to let us see two worlds at once.
A Stitch in Time
Artist Anna Von Mertens makes bold, conceptual quilts that tell more than stories: they’re reflections on time and space.
Doing Gruit Work
Earth Eagle Brewings is leading a beer revolution focusing not on hops but gruits, and chronicling the journey in a new book.
Designs for Healthy, Beautiful Homes
Portsmouth, New Hampshire interior designer Lisa Teague creates colorful eco-friendly living spaces in the U.S. and in Africa.
Extra, Extra: A New Hampshire Tiny House
Presenting an extra morsel about a New Hampshire tiny house that couldn’t fit into our October/November 2017 print issue.
Hip-Hop from the New Hampshire Hills
New Hampshire rapper Adam Arnone is inspired by his northern roots in his newest album, Move Toward Life.
Johnny Swing Gallery
A collection of outtakes from our photo shoot with master welder Johnny Swing in his Brookline, Vermont studio.
Quick Takes: Joy in Repetition
Youdhi Maharjan finds peace and comfort through the hours of meticulous, Sisyphean work he puts into his art.
Branching Out
The Birch on Elm brings creatively imagined plates—and equally masterful cocktails—to Manchester, New Hampshire.
Living Free and Funny
New Hampshire comedian Juston McKinney has found success by sticking close to—and joking about—his New England roots.
Finding Space to Dream
Meg Rogers, a multi-disciplinary artist based in New Hampshire, is following her artistic dreams and giving back to the world.
Footings’ Musical Foundations
New Hampshire musician Eric Gagne talks about Footings’ new album, Resolver, and their New England influences.
From Highbrow to Thighbrow
New Hampshire media artist Rachelle Beaudoin on feminism, her obsession with the Kardashians, and finding her body beautiful.
Five Finds on Elm Street in Manchester, NH
Not all streets are created equal. Here are five finds on Elm Street in Manchester, New Hampshire, you’ll be glad we told you about.
Keeping it Weird in Portsmouth
Theatrical company Mad Haus keeps Portsmouth, New Hampshire, weird one Red Light Series show at a time.
Have Van, Will Paint
Sam Paolini’s Mural Mission is taking their art on the road to connect underground art spaces and DIY communities.
Take Place: Enter Exeter
With its growing number of affordable artist studios and work spaces, Exeter, New Hampshire is on the cusp of something big.
(Tiny) Home on the Range
Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder turn movie-set scraps into a real-life tiny house on wheels where nothing isn’t adorable.
Seeing Forest and the Trees
New Hampshire artist Bradley Castellanos creates meticulously layered, cinematic landscapes are sublime and evocative.
Life as Art
Artist Margery Thomas-Mueller reworks her creative life in New Hampshire, turning from interior design to sprawling landscapes.
From Baseball to Pliés
Junichi Fukuda cultivates an audience for contemporary dance through interpretative performance at Portsmouth’s 3S Artspace.
People Like You Are Not Your Average Band
Portsmouth, New Hampshire band People Like You: confusing audience members at a venue near you—and loving it.
The Job-Defying Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne
Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne is an artist, parent, teacher, partner, community organizer, and lifelong New Hampshire resident.
Daytripping with Violinist Charles Dimmick
Violinist Charles Dimmick shares his favorite spots in The White Mountains to relax and get away from the hustle and bustle.
The Soul of a Subject
New Hampshire Artist Laureate Gary Samson uses his camera to turn portraits into works of intimate art.
#TakeAction: Changing Perspectives on Graffiti
How a Nashua, New Hampshire organization, Positive Street Art, is trying to change the way you see art.
Specializing in Spoons
Concord, NH spoon carver Suzanne Isabelle transforms foraged pieces of local wood into finely finished wooden spoons.
David Seidel Likes to Drone On
New Hampshire drone musician/composer David Seidel credits drone music with renewing his sense of musical purpose.
Varujan Boghosian’s Magical Artistic Curiosities
Artist Varujan Boghosian’s new exhibit at the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire shows his wry artistic humor.
The Big Easy Comes to Dover
Once a week in Dover, the Soggy Po’Boys band gathers in a tavern downtown to fill it with the jubilant sounds of the Big Easy.
From Farm to Music
Molly Brown’s new band Gilliver strikes a chord with an earthy blend of roots, farm living and doom metal.
John Page: Building Community With Music
John Page leads the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra with a vision for creating the people’s orchestra in New Hampshire.
Now You See the Art; Now You Don’t
New Hampshire urban artist James Chase is using his brand of found object art to create “art in the moment.”
Meet New Hampshire’s First Youth Poet Laureate
Seventeen-year-old Ella McGrail, the first New Hampshire Youth Poet Laureate, talks about the power and pain of poetry.
Telling Stories of Recovery
New Hampshire filmmaker Michael Venn takes on the opioid epidemic in his state in his documentary, The Heroin Effect.
Mary Selvoski: Seamstress to the New Hampshire Stars
After outfitting New Hampshire’s theater community for nearly 40 years, Mary Selvoski still prefers to work behind the scenes.
Turning Sticks Into Sawdust For The Sake Of Art
At Port City Makerspace in New Hampshire, creation is the name of the game. Come turn sticks into sawdust for the sake of art.
Dijon Vu
Contoocook’s Blackwater Mustard Co. is producing mustard varieties unlike anything you’ve ever tasted before.
Of Abandoned Mines and Kitchen Tables
With two New Hampshire projects, The Revolving Museum hopes to reinvent Ruggles Mine and kitchen table conversation.
Hannah Phelps Paints or Prints Her Natural World
New Hampshire artist Hannah Phelps uses the science of nature to infuse her wood prints and plein air paintings.
Fresh Eyes on Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough, New Hampshire, is set apart by a vibrant creative community invigorating inherited New England traditions.
Getting a Handle on Craft Brewing
Charlie Peckar creates designer tap handles and other beer accoutrements is at Green Mountain Taps in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.