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The Star Island Corp. is excited to announce the launch of its 2012 conference season with themes ranging from the Arab Spring to the secret lives of birds and turtles -- among  40 events with speakers as diverse as best-selling authors to lighthouse historians. (Continued below)

RUNS UNTIL APRIL 13. 2012

The Gallery at 100 Market is bringing a bit of bright to the winter months with “Sweet, Sentimental & Thoughtful Delights.” The exhibition features works selected for their lighter side: humor, inspiration, blitheness and nostalgic. (Continued below)

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Visit the Little Shop of Horrors, when the Rochester Opera House presents this deliciously humorous rock musical from February 23 to March 3.  One of the longest running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this charming spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies was written by Howard Ashman.  The music is composed by Alan Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown. (Continued below)

Book launch by author
Katherine Mayfield

Friday, January 27th, 6pm, at the
Portsmouth Athenaeum
9 Market Square, Portsmouth
Brief presentation and reading at 6:30
Refreshments will be served

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On January 27-29, 2012 Pontine Theatre presents the North American Cultural Laboratory Theatre (NACL), performing its award-winning “The Little Farm Show,” a musical extravaganza about farming, food, and the environment. From the inception of the solar system, to sunset on Millicent’s farm, the Magnificent MacDonald Twins explore the question, “Where does your food come from?” giving audiences a whirlwind tour of “The Greatest Show on Dirt!” (Continued below)

Generic Theater's long running play reading series will continue this January with "The Skin of our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder.  The reading will take the stage at the Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy Street in Portsmouth, NH on Wednesday, January 18th at 7:30 pm.Admission is free (donations are always gratefully accepted) an no reservations are necessary. (Continued below)

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The story of a baby named by an infamous pirate, whose birth saved a group of Scottish immigrants in 1720, will be presented by the Old Berwick Historical Society on Thursday, January 26, at 7:30 pm. Historian Jeremy D'Entremont will separate the facts from the fantastic legends shrouding one of New England's most enduring folk tales. (Continued below)

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On Monday April 16, at 7:00 pm, The Music Hall’s Writers in the Loft series welcomes one of the foremost scholars and critics of our time, Harvard University’s Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  The author of several bestselling books joins the series to discuss his new nonfiction work, LIFE UPON THESE SHORES: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008. (Continued below)

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The NH Historical Agricultural Structures Advisory Committee ("the Barn Committee"), the NH Preservation Alliance, and the NH Division of Historical Resources invite you to visit us at the 2012 NH Farm & Forest Expo.  The Expo takes place Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, at the Radisson Hotel / Center of New Hampshire on Elm Street in Manchester: we will be at Booth 515. (Continued below)

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Swing into1960s London with the mod fashions, the dance crazes and the smashing music as the Rochester Opera House, with the floor leveled and orchestra seats removed, transforms into a posh British night club with cocktail seating for Shout! The Mod Musical, January 19-28, 2012. (Continued below).