This week I’m really excited to announce that we are launching a new micro interview series, Life Backstage. We wanted to give you, our patrons (and my loyal blog readers), a behind the curtain look at the acts that are getting ready to perform here at The Music Hall.Read More
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This Saturday, we’ll be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of our annual Kitchen Tour! While I’m sure many of you are tour veterans, I thought I’d share some helpful tips for navigating this year’s tour.Read More
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We have a pretty great team here at The Music Hall, and I’m excited to introduce them to you through a new blog series “The Music Hall Staff Desk Tours”. Seeing as the inspiration for this came from our beloved Kitchen Tour, that happens to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, I thought it was only fitting to start with the force behind the Kitchen Tour, Ashleigh Tucker Pollock. Check out my interview with Ashleigh and find out what her favorite things on her desk are, what she thinks her desk says about her, and what her favorite aspect of the Kitchen Tour is. Enjoy!Read More
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When I was a little girl I was obsessed with princesses, real life ones such as Princess Diana and Grace Kelly and fictional ones such as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, but my favorite without question was Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I related to her on a level that I didn’t have with the others. She had brown hair, liked books, and was a daddy’s girl just like I was. I wore out my VHS of Beauty of the Beast at least half a dozen times. Sorry Mom….Read More
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The other day, a group of staff members here at The Music Hall took a field trip to the Discover Portsmouth Center for a guided tour of their Illuminating Tarbell exhibit. For those of you who are not familiar with the exhibit, it’s the largest local gathering of Edmund Tarbell’s work. The unique part of this show is that it doesn’t just feature his paintings, it also has engravings, drawings, and oil studies. Many of the 60 pieces have never been exhibited before. Read More
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The other day I was talking about one of my coworkers to someone who frequents The Music Hall, much to my surprise, they didn’t know who that person was. I got to thinking about how many people we have on staff that you, our fabulous patrons, might not know. I started to think about different fun ways to highlight the people who work here, I wanted to do something that highlighted all of the different personalities, while giving you an insider’s look at what happens behind the scene in the offices.Read More
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Signs of Spring are popping up all over Portsmouth: the days are longer, the runners are out and about, and it’s Restaurant Week. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Restaurant Week in Portsmouth, it’s a time when participating restaurants create three course pre-fixe menus for just $16.95 for lunch and $29.95 for dinner and it runs from March 31- April 9. In addition, each restaurant creates a signature cocktail and has a featured wine and beer pairing.Read More
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