Prescott Park Arts Festival continues its River House Restaurant Concert series with a performance by Cajun band Pine Leaf Boys. Labeled as Louisiana's finest, the band has two Grammy Award nominations. The concert starts at 7pm. 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Wednesday, July 15
Portsmouth, NH

A "living history" presentation of a Native American and French encampment will include a display of equipment, clothing and Native and French culture typical of the period around 1690. Admission is free.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
July 18, 9am-4pm
South Berwick, ME

Seacoast History Blog #53
July 2, 2009

Sometimes you have to stand back, way-way back, from a great big piece of architecture to see it clearly. Still, we were surprised to read one of the best articles on our endangered Memorial Bridge in a recent issue of the Hartford Courant. If Connecticut can see our bridge from down there, there’s hope that Maine’s Governor John Baldacci can see its value from his office way up in Augusta. Reporter William Morgan had a lot of nice things to say about our beloved bridge, so I asked him why. (Continued below)

LOCAL FOOD

The attractive 24-page full color guide is a great resource that will be useful to consumers throughout the year. In addition to the print version, Seacoast Harvest also has its own website that allows consumers to search for local products by type of product, location, or farm name.

On July 4, 1809 Fort McClary in New Castle exploded. Soldiers accidentlly set off  explosives while preparing for a holiday tribute and ten men were killed. Locals plan an impromptu gathering at the fort (without explosives this time) to remember the event 200 years later.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
July 4, 10 am
New Castle, NH　

Seacoast History Blog #51
June 22, 2009

NEW PHOTOS ADDED: This was our tenth (or maybe 11^th) season as stewards on Smuttynose Island and by far the most revealing. The details will all be fleshed out in an essay, but until then, the upshot is, that there was definitely prehistoric activity on the Shoals. A small group of arrowheads found deep in the bottom of an archeological test pit makes it official. I was standing nearby when the digger made the discovery last week. (Continued below)

ART HISTORY

SeacoastNH is dedicated to introducing books you might never find elsewhere, especially quality self-published works by locals. Deidre Randall turned us on to this labor of love by a descendant of this extraordinary craftsman. Kirchmayer has been called one of the finest carvers since the MIddle Ages.

SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #259

Pop Quiz: Where was this summer hotel? Hint: Before Thomas Laighton and his family built the Appledore House on the Isles of Shoals in 1847, they managed the Mid-Ocean House of Entertainment pictured here. (continued below)

This unique no-cost family-friendly series includes a Civil War regimental band, a jug band, teen band, rock tribute band, parrot head band and local talent night. And Seacoast should check out the park walking trails too.

SUMMER SCHEDULE
Wednesdays thru August 19
Stratham, NH

THE SHIPYARD
August 8, 1901

A reader letter prompts a quick investigation into a 1901 tragedy at the Portsmouth Naval shipyard. Includes details from the Portsmouth Herald as a freak "cyclone" killed two on the floating drydock in Kittery, Maine.

SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #258

"A man should be proud of the place of his nativity, whether he is born there or not," wrote comic actor Henry Clay Barnabee. "I am from Portsmouth, of Portsmouth and for Portsmouth." (Continued below)

SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #257

Last week’s maritime mystery photo brought a mini-flood of rader class and emails and we learned a great deal from our clever readers. This week is another mystery, a photo we purchased for our own archive from a seller of memorabilia. (Continued below)