Did you ever notice that right when you think you know a lot about Portsmouth, you discover another exceptional thing? That happened to me many times as we visited the homes that will be on this year’s 25th Anniversary Kitchen Tour to support The Music Hall. It certainly happened when I took a gander inside a home on State Street.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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Documentaries are, generally speaking, a favorite genre for filmgoers who are tired of high drama, explosions, improbable plots and one-dimensional characters. The form promises that what you see will be just what happened. Just the facts …Read More
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For the last quarter of a century, scores of people have made an annual pilgrimage through some of the Seacoast’s finest kitchens. With great determination and sometimes wondrous awe, these intrepid folks have gazed upon evolutions and revolutions in countertop materials, cabinet styles, and cutting-edge appliances.Read More
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When we first came up with the idea for the #MeowsicHall challenge I thought we would get a few submissions of fun, cute pictures and over the last two weeks, I’ve been pleasantly surprised but the almost adorable 200 submissions I’ve gotten. I’ve been obsessively checking The Music Hall’s Instagram account to see what new photos we had been tagged in and I’ll admit I’ve gotten a little attached to these cats (I’ve included some of them in this post).Read More
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On Tuesday night, we will be discussing Son of Saul, a film about a Jew who is being forced to assist the Nazis at Auschwitz. He’s one of a group of prisoners known as Sonderkommandos, and they know that they will eventually share the fate of those whose bodies they are disposing of.Read More
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I recently saw one of my favorite bands, The Lone Bellow at The Music Hall. Every time I see the band live, I fall more and more in love. This time was particularly special because it was at the Historic Theater.Read More
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The Loft, which feels like the world’s most luxurious screening room, seemed the perfect venue for a new program that would mix cinephilia with socializing. And so, we give you The Music Hall Film Club: think of it as “See-and-Be-Seen-With-a-Screen”. We meet monthly to enjoy and schmooze about movies presented in a series format, each series lasting six months. The Film Club is a chance to binge a little more on, and learn more about, some aspect of movies, be it a particular film artist, like Orson Welles, or a whole genre, like Hollywood musicals. Read More
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