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Join Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses for the second annual Whaleback Day celebration. This popular event, which is sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Maine Office of Tourism, and the American Lighthouse Foundation, attracts as many as 18,000 visitors each year who climb and learn about over two dozen historic Maine lighthouses. (Click title for more)

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On Friday, August 22, two-time Grammy Award-winning blues legend Taj Mahal returns to the Wilcox Industries Main Stage at Prescott Park as part of the River House Restaurant concert Series. Mahal’s encore comes after last performing to a record crowd at the park in 2011. (click title for more) 

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Catch this September 5 lecture on preserving an 18th century National Historic Landmark in Downtown Portsmouth from 5 to 8pm.  Includes garden party and silent auction at the John Paul Jones House, 43 Middle Street. (Click title for more) 

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John Sayle’s film composer, NHPR’sWeekend Edition anchor, C-SPAN’s president – these are just a few of the luminaries who will be on stage during the multi-faceted Second Annual PARMA Music Festival, August 13-16, 2014in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Click title to read more)

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By the time of the American Revolution, southern New Hampshire had been surveyed fairly accurately, but the White Mountains remained largely uncharted. On Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 11AM, NH State Archivist,Brian Burford will discuss the tribulations and successes of mapping New Hampshire in the years of the early republic. (Click title for details)

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From fighting fires to collecting taxes, from stagecoach taverns to railroad depots, from former churches and schools that turned into town halls, and the storefronts that still contain businesses today -- Main Street holds two hundred years of stories. (click title for more) 

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The Whittier Home Association plans two Old Fashioned Tea Parties to be held in John Greenleaf Whittier’s Victorian Garden, 86 Friend St. Amesbury. The first tea is set for Thursday, July 17, with a rain date of Friday July 18. The second tea will be held on Thursday, Aug. 21, with a rain date of Friday, August 22. (click title for more) 

JULY /August 2014

Join the two-time People's Choice Spotlight Award winningShakespeare in Prescott Parkas it returns for its fourth season with THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Produced by Prescott Park Arts Festival and presented by Seven Stages Shakespeare Company (7SSC), THE COMEDY OF ERRORS will run for five Sundayafternoon performances, July 13 through August 17. (Click title for full article) 

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The Oyster River Players perform “Carousel” on Friday, July 11 at 7pm, Saturday, July 12 at 1 and 7pm and Sunday, July 13 at 1pm. Carousel is set in a small village in Maine at the end of the 19th century, after the Civil War and in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution. (Click title to read more)

2014 SUMMER SCHEDULE

Skyler, a York native, has performed before audiences of thousands and opened for musicians like the Band Perry and Plain White t’s. He will appear July 24on the lawn of Central School in South Berwick. One of seven groups of professional musicians who will play in South Berwick’s Thursdaynight concert series, the 23-year-old singer songwriter is eager to bring his “pop rock with heart” back to his community.