Every year, the Telluride by the Sea Film Festival brings six debuts from Telluride Film Festival in Colorado to The Music Hall’s big screen. The titles are not announced until Labor Day Weekend, which means you may get to experience something entirely unexpected.Read More
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I’ve been doing a bit of traveling this summer. There is something about leaving the familiarity and creature comforts of one’s daily life that is exhilarating and rejuvenating. I’m always happy to find myself out on the road in discovery mode but never sorry to return to the Seacoast where I can take my experiences and share them with others.Read More
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If you could take your eyes off the action on Chestnut Street for a moment, you may have noticed a lot of work happening at our neighbor’s, La Maison Navarre. The authentic French pastry shop has expanded with the addition of MN Wine Bar - Fromagerie & Charcuterie. Read More
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Twenty years ago, Bill and Stella Pence relocated to Portsmouth. They had been co-founders of Telluride Film Festival in Colorado in 1974 (now in its 45th year), the festival about which Roger Ebert said, “[it’s] like Cannes died and went to heaven.” Read More
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Yes, that quiet knocking on the door is actually August, ready to be flipped into position on your calendar. For sun worshippers and devotees of summer activities, it’s a sign to floor the accelerator of the summer ride, ‘cause even with the global climate in flux, autumn in New England doesn’t always wait its turn in September.Read More
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At The Music Hall, we are more than a theater. We have a mission to give back to the community, our home. Through our Innovation + Leadership series, we can do that in the way we know best: through art. Both on screen and on stage, the series explores all topics, from food waste and education, to drug epidemics and sexual assault, to well-being and more.Read More
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We on the staff love to see you at shows, programs, and events. We also love to see you out in the community—especially when we catch you taking advantage of the great discounts offered to our members by businesses in Portsmouth and beyond. Read More
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This year’s Fill The Hall was a colorful sight! Bags in a rainbow of colors sat full in the balcony while a team of volunteers expertly sorted, collected, moved, and filled throughout the orchestra. Kids lead other kids through the steps (when they weren’t building forts in the banana boxes), and adults hooted and hollered when trucks loaded with groceries drove up the brand-new street.Read More
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