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The second annual TEDx event will take place on May 9th, 2014, at St. John's Hall on Chapel Street in downtown Portsmouth. A public lottery for 40 of the 100 tickets available will be open from April 1st–20th at tedxpiscataquariver.com. The full-day event will also be available streaming live online. (Click headline for list) 

PORTSMOUTH MAY 3, 2014

The Coloring of Law and Punishment: Exploring the Role of Race, Ethnicity and Class in Incarceration is the theme of the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail 10th annual spring symposium on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle Street. (Click headline for details) 

SUMMER 2014 

Catch all your favorite fairy-tale characters as they invade Prescott Park this summer! Shrek has been announced as the musical for Prescott Park Arts Festival's 2014 summer season. Wilcox Industries COO, Laurie Teetzel and CEO, Jim Teetzel, made the announcement. (Click headline for details) 

APRIL 24, 2014 TALK

Historian Jan Eakins became interested in devices used by early New Englanders to ward off witches when she was director/curator of Fairbanks House, built in Dedham, Massachusetts in 1641.Puritans believed supernatural forces for good and evil shaped their daily lives.To ward off disaster, they placed old shoes in the walls of their houses and barns, hung a horseshoe over the door, or crossed their fingers – practices that continued long after the Puritan religion faded. (Click on headline) 

OPEN MAY 1- October 31 

Throughout the season the Ogunquit Museum of American Art features exhibitions of John Laurent, Andrew Wyeth, Richard Brown Lethem, Alexandra de Steiguer, Amy Stacey Curtis and Henry Strater, as well as recent acquisitions and works from the permanent collection.  

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As warmer days approach, families can spend the summer sailing in a boat they built together -- right now. Applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Family Boat Building Workshop sponsored by the UNH Marine Docents.

LECTURE & FILM APRIL 3 

Author, photographer and filmmaker Peter E. Randall will present a program on Celia Thaxter's Island Garden at the Whittier Home Association’s annual dinner meeting on Thursday, April 3, at the Union Congregational Church, 350 Main Street, Point Shore, Amesbury. (Click title for full article) 

MARCH 27 LECTURE

One of the most remarkable and gorgeous horse-drawn carriages in any museum collection in the United States, the Grace Darling omnibus, first used in 1880, transported tourists in style in South Berwick until 1904.  On March 27 the Long Island Museum's Chief Curator Joshua Ruff discusses the history of this beautifully-painted twenty-three foot long vehicle, now a star of his museum's collection. (Click title for full article) 

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Operation Mockingbird, a debut novel by Linda Baletsa, makes a perfect read for political thriller seekers, covert operation aficionados and anyone looking for a quick and dangerous escapade. Join the author at The Book Rack Bookstore, 52 State Street, Newburyport onSaturday, March 22nd at 3:00 pm for a book event. 

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March 21-30, 2014 

Back by popular demand, The Intelligent Theatre Festival, which premiered in April 2013, is expanding to TWO weekends of provocative scripts and screenplays this year. (Click headline for schedule)