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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).

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Fifty years after Marilyn Monroe’s death, the screen legend’s influence on theater, television, film and other performing arts will be the subject of a talk at the Portsmouth Public Library on Wednesday, January 18, at 7:30 pm. (Continued below)

Through March 4, 2012

What is home? Is “home” defined by an internal feeling or by external conditions? What is the difference between a place you happen to live and a place you think of as home? Is it based on history or relationships? How doother creatures define their homes? Find out at the Children’s Museum of NH. (Continued below)

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Founded in Portland Maine in 1997, Phyzgig has become a popular holiday family-oriented festival that chases away the blues with performances featuring magic, mirth, and mayhem.  For the fourth year, the PHYZGIG Festival expands to Portsmouth NH.  (See schedule and details below)

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Launder those longjohns and knit some new mittens because it’s time to cold roll- in a new year. Give up on 2011. Just drag-n-drop your To-Do list into your 2012 calendar, grab the cam, put on some glam and cram your family into the crowd in market Square for one final frozen piece of December. The entire Pro Portsmouth schedule is here for the taking. See you there. (Continued below)

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Maine beauty queen meets eating disorder. Good Theater is proud to announce the first regional production of IS THERE FAT IN THAT? at the Players Ring in Portsmouth, NH. The show written by and starring Ellen Domingos will offer four performances December 29 – January 1. (Continued below)

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The young poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow explains the trials and tribulations of his life as an up-and-coming poet and harried Cambridge professor on Sunday, December 11th from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, at the historic Friend’s Meetinghouse, 120 Friend Street, Amesbury. (Continued below)