We have a new Membership Coordinator! Alexis Hahalis (formerly Erb) will join Development on October 20th. Alexis joined The Music Hall a year ago as a Box Office and Sales Associate. As Sales Associate she managed our Group Sales program and acted as the liaison for the University of New Hampshire student program, which includes free film tickets and discount tickets for numerous shows throughout the year.Read More
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There have been so many fabulous moments in the production of this series …. I couldn’t name just one. Needless to say, we do much work behind the scenes for months leading up to each writer’s event, identifying writers/books to feature and then negotiating and organizing with appropriate contacts in New York. It’s like any other business or product - you work hard to get it just right and then you put it out into the marketplace - or, in our case, on stage. It’s great fun and a great challenge getting to that point, a mix of “big game hunting” and administrative and marketing execution. Read More
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When I first created Writers on a New England Stage it was scary. We didn’t know if it would work and no-one knew us. I wrote all the first scripts, helped pick out the chairs for the “set,” went to New York to pitch the series, and was asked repeatedly where Portsmouth, New Hampshire was exactly. A lot has changed since then, but much has stayed the same: We still have our wonderful broadcast partner, New Hampshire Public Radio, and our house band Dreadnaught; and we are still using the same chairs and tables that we started out with. Margaret Talcott has come on as a producer, we’ve all started tweeting, and we now have the help of some wonderful interns from the graduate program in Creative Writing at UNH. Read More
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Monte & Denise Wheeler look out over the 5 tons of food collected for the Seacoast Family Food Pantry at the Summer’s Fill the Hall Food Drive.
For me, one of the most rewarding parts of my job is seeing and getting to know the broad array of artists that we are fortunate enough to work with. Artists that are internationally renowned, local, regional, new, or new to me. With the addition of the Loft almost five years ago, we have been able to program even more local and regional talent. I am always excited to discover new music and meet the artists. My job puts me in a unique position to do that just about every week.Read More
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I find myself writing, tweeting, and instagraming a lot about how much I love The Music Hall and Portsmouth. One of the many reasons why I love both Portsmouth and TMH so much is the people that work to ensure both are the perfect blend of charm, grit, and quaintness. Tomorrow morning the dedicated members of the Scarecrows of the Port committee will be placing scarecrows around town, signaling the start of our Halloween season to the tourists. For the locals however, the real kick off happened on Monday night when The Portsmouth Halloween Parade announced their Grand Marshal, who happens to be TMH’s Director of Marketing, Monte Bohanan. Read More
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Full disclosure: Having lived in New York City for much of my adult life, I’m somewhat of a culture snob. It has been an unexpected thrill during the past several years to experience the depth and breadth of the thriving arts scene in Portsmouth—and a privilege to work with The Music Hall helping to spread the word. Read More
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RMC Research is one of The Music Hall’s longest standing corporate partners, and for the past 10 years has generously supported our signature literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and now Writers in the Loft. For this month’s Sponsor Spotlight, RMC Research Vice President M. Christine Dwyer talks about the company’s partnership with The Music Hall and shares some of her most memorable Writers moments over the last ten years.Read More
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I’m a Portsmouth girl, I live downtown, work downtown, and play downtown. One of the perks of being downtown is getting to discover new restaurants as they open. A couple of months ago, The Franklin Oyster house opened right around the corner from The Music Hall, and I quickly became a fan. Oysters, innovative small plates, sparkling rosé, great staff, and a Telluride by the Sea festival sponsor, how could I not be?Read More
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