NH FILM

Thirty years ago the first major American film about the Vietnam War hit the theatres, or at least a few. Go Tell the Spartans stars Burt Lancaster in what some now call the most realistic movie ever made on the subject. A bitter pill for many, the film was adapted from a novel by Seacoast NH writer Daniel Ford who experienced the early days of the undeclared war first hand.

NH FILM

Some call him The Walker. He calls himself What’s-Your-Name. His Christian name is Carl Joseph and he comes from Ohio. But he’s best known by his long robe, long beard and bare feet as "The Jesus Guy". Now Portsmouth’s Sean Tracey tells his story in a compelling film by the same name.

Richard Moore's digital prints combine photographs from a century ago with contemporary images from the same or similar locations today. The result is a viewbook of time and change on New Hampshire's Seacoast. 

EXHIBIT RUNS
Jan 18 – March 16
Rye NH

NH POETRY

NH-born Sam walter Foss has a clever poem for every occasion. He frequently wrote about the curious custom of making New Year resolutions, promises that are never kept. In this tidbit, Foss again uses the vernacular of the "common man" to tell this co-dependent tale of domestic disharmony.

SEACOAST GALLERY

You could call them geometric paintings of architecture, except that these are not paintings at all, but photographs. Seacoast artist Nancy Horton uses buildings to create canvases of color in this ongoing series, first begun in 1989, that captures a wide world.

SEACOAST BOOKS

Statistics prove that kids who read more, get better jobs, live happier lives and go to heaven. Okay, we’re not sure about the last part. But what could be more for kids than a do-it-yourself science fiction thriller – and a contest – rolled into one? Back Channel Press brings digital publishing into the classroom.

SEACOAST BOOKS

Three years in the making, the first-ever history of Strawbery Banke Museum is now available. Weighing in at four-pounds, the highly-readable history includes 400 pages, with 375 pictures covering 400 years along the Portsmouth, NH waterfront. Ken Burns calls it an "important" new book. Get your signed copy here.

NH POETRY

To tell the truth, this poem was written 100 years ago by NH-born poet Sam Walter Foss. It was originally an attack on muckraking yellow journalists of his era. We think the poem applies nicely to the fascinating rise of garbage reporting on American celebrities fueled by paparazzi photos Like any traffic accident, it’s hard to look away from this sludge journalism.

SEACOAST BOOKS

Photographer Nancy Grace Horton has been a resident of Portsmouth, NH for most of her adult life. She has traveled the world and her images appear in national and international publications and exhibits.

SEACOAST BOOKS

The release of the book "Interrupted Journey" in the mid-1960s turned Portsmouth, NH social worker Betty Hill and her husband Barney into the world’s most famous UFO "abductees." After Barney’s death in 1969, Betty's reputation faded, but not her fame. In this new book Betty’s niece Kathleen Marden attempts to set the record straight.