Gift-giving fever is here.
But it doesn’t have to be stressful. My epiphany about gift-giving happened last summer, when I was rushing around Portsmouth looking for a house gift for cousins who live in a Maine farmhouse. I like to match gifts to the recipients and was thinking about their personalities. Mary is an extrovert. Terry is an introvert. They are both intellectually curious and read The New York Times every day. I had recently heard Susan Cain’s fascinating talk about her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking at the Writers in the Loft series and it struck me: an autographed copy would be the perfect gift! I high-tailed it over to The Music Hall Box office to purchase a copy. I also bought them a box of Music Hall greeting cards so they could see highlights of the fabulous place I’m privileged to work for—and I could feel good about contributing a bit more to an independent arts organization that brings so much to the community.Read More
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Hearing music at The Loft is so groovy. The performers are up close and personal in a way that makes you feel as if they’re playing just for you. Live @ The Loft shows have become an intoxicating way for me to discover new talent—and also to reconnect with seasoned artists I haven’t heard for a while.Read More
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If you already have your tickets to see Gladys Knight at the Music Hall this Sunday, you’re in for a fabulous, upbeat evening with the great “empress of soul” and her amazing sidemen. If you’ve been on the fence, don’t wait until the show is sold out: visit http://www.themusichall.org to snag an incredible offer of $75 for all remaining seats.Read More
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The New Hampshire Film Festival is far more than just films, the weekend is filled to the brim with excitement from constant press and check-ins at Headquarters, to educational workshops, to extravagant parties. Take a look at what the weekend has to offer beyond the extraordinary cinema.Read More
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When Salman Rushdie takes the stage at The Historic Theater this Wednesday October 10 at 7:30, I’ll be sitting at the edge of my seat waiting to get a glimpse into the mind of this extraordinary man. One of the most celebrated writers of our time, Rushdie catapulted to worldwide fame in 1989 when the Ayatollah Khomeini declared his novel The Satanic Verses” offensive to Islam and issued a “fatwa” that sentenced him to death. For the next 10 years, Rushdie lived in hiding under the pseudonym Joseph Anton. And even now, although the Iranian government renounced the fatwah in 1998, Rushdie continues to receive death threats.Read More
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Chris Thile’s newest creation- Punch Brothers, a five-person band founded in 2006, was most recently nominated by the Americana Music Awards for best band. Thile, the former mandolinist in the critically acclaimed band Nickel Creek, was also nominated as best instrumentalist along with Dave Rawlings and Buddy Miller. Thile released his first five solo albums when he was just 13, and by the time he was twenty he was attracting a following among pop, country, and alternative-rock audiences.Read More
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There’s so much new and exciting to experience this weekend at Telluride by the Sea that I don’t know where to begin! Our lovely Seacoast city is always transformed into a buzzing film-lovers Mecca for this very special weekend, with cinephiles from all over the East Coast visiting for the chance to see six films fresh from their debut at the esteemed Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. What makes this a one-of-a-kind weekend is the privilege of experiencing the selections of an unsurpassed curating team from The Telluride Film Festival. Read More
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Back in the early Seventies when Al Green made his name, I was a Rock ‘n Roll gal. I enjoyed Al’s sweet voice and lovestruck lyrics, but his music wasn’t at the front of my radar. Now I have come to appreciate the tremendous talent this singular icon of soul is bringing to The Music Hall on Tuesday, August 28.Read More
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