Serving the Seacoast since 1996 http://www.seacoastnh.com Fri, 09 May 2008 11:18:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.seacoastnh.com/images/M_images/snh_rss.png http://www.seacoastnh.com Serving the Seacoast since 1996 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Maritime_History/The_Shipyard/The_Cruise_of_Privateer_Lynx/ THE SHIPYARD Although Portsmouth is technically her home, Portsmouth has not seen the Privateer Lynx in years. Launched in Maine in 2001, the replica of a local privateering ship cruises the waters of the world. We received a few photos from the designer recently (read on) Maritime History - The Shipyard Fri, 09 May 2008 02:14:46 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Historic_Portsmouth/Inside_the_One_Room_Schoolhouse/ Strawbery Banke Presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #202 This 1890s-era photo is rich with detail about the Portsmouth Plains brick schoolhouse, first opened on January 3, 1846. Three teachers stand at the back by blackboards and a porcelain sink beneath a portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (Continued below) Places & Events - Historic Portsmouth Thu, 08 May 2008 02:58:20 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/The_Arts/For_Better_or_Verse/The_Candidates_at_the_Fair/ NH POETRY Americans are hopeful that the next president will be a welcome change from the last one. In fact, most will agree that, whoever wins the race, could not possibly be worse. And then our inner-Yankee voice speaks up and says – when it comes to politicians, they’re all pretty much the same. Arts - Poetry Wed, 07 May 2008 02:28:06 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Today/Top_Event/Celebrate_Mom_in_Newmarket/ Celebrate Mom out for a stroll downtown during the 2008 Newmarket ArtWalk Celebration on Mother’s Day Weekend. Exercise your mind, your body while honoring mom and the local artists that make life lovable. MARK YOUR CALENDAR May 10 11 Newmarket, NH Today - Top Event Tue, 06 May 2008 01:54:29 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/History_Matters/The_UFO_Romance_of_Betty_and_Barney_Hill/ UFOS IN NH No one can prove or disprove that this New Hampshire couple was taken aboard an alien spacecraft. Believes will believe, skeptics will not. But the facts But we can all agree that Betty and Barney Hill enjoyed one of America’s most fascinating interracial love affairs. History - History Matters Mon, 05 May 2008 02:31:48 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Today/Top_Event/New_Spring_Art_at_100_Market/ I know we’ve used the word before, but this show has the broadest selection of vision in sometime, says gallery owner and sponsor Michael Simchik. EXHIBIT RUNS May 8 – July 21 Portsmouth, NH Today - Top Event Sun, 04 May 2008 01:56:34 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Today/Top_Event/Overnight_Art_in_Portsmouth/ SUMMER EXHIBIT Now you see it, now you don’t. Art that is. This unique program from Art-Speak will introduce six new outdoor sculptures to Portsmouth beginning in May. But don’t wait too long. Summer will be over before you know it and with it, these ingenious creative sites. Read more. Today - Top Event Sat, 03 May 2008 00:58:45 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Historic_Portsmouth/House_of_Seven_Gables_Minus_Five/ Strawbery Banke Presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #201 Walls can talk, but few of us speak their language. Architectural historians interpret clues left by joists, joints, lathes, plaster, saw cuts and timber frames – and tell amazing stories. Researchers discovered, for example, that this nondescript Puddle Dock apartment house (top) was among the oldest surviving structures in town. (More below) Places & Events - Historic Portsmouth Fri, 02 May 2008 01:14:34 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Food/Taste_of_The_Seacoast/How_to_Do_a_Clambake/ TASTE OF THE SEACOAST Taste of the Seacoast takes you behind the scenes and reveals the secrets of a real down-home Yankee clambake. We don’t take our clams lightly around here. Seasoned food writer Crystal Ward Kent gets it right—right down to the seaweed. Food - Taste of The Seacoast Thu, 01 May 2008 02:32:30 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Today/Top_Event/Lighthouse_Trivia_Challenge_and_More/ How tall is the tallest lighthouse in America? What is the oldest surviving lighthouse in New England? How many steps to the top of Whaleback? We don’t have a clue, but the winner gets a night in a Cape Cod light and the proceeds support ALF. MARK YOUR CALENDAR May 16 117 Portsmouth, NH Today - Top Event Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:02:43 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Historic_Tours/Sarah_Orne_Jewett_Walking_Tour/ HISTORIC TOURS South Berwick residents are nervous. The village so familiar to poet Sarah Orne Jewett is slowly changing. Today it looks much as the 19th century poet saw it, but progress is knocking at the door. This new brochure offers a one-hour reminder of the historic charm that makes this town unique. Places & Events - Historic Tours Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:13:48 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Today/Top_Event/High_School_Reunion_Drama_in_Kittery_Barn/ And now for something completely different. The newest Seacoast theatre company has a new web site and its first major stage production. THE PAVILION will premiere in a never-seen facility in Brave Boat Harbor. MARK YOUR CALENDAR May 9 thru 25 Kittery, ME Today - Top Event Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:11:08 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Famous_People/Thomas_Bailey_Aldrich/Biographical_Sketch_of_Thomas_Bailey_Aldrich/ BAD BOY TOM In his day, Aldrich was best known for his lyrical and romantic poetry, but his verse is now considered only among the most minor of poets. His reputation stands almost entirely on one bold American novel. This bio comes from an early 20th century collection. Famous People - Thomas Bailey Aldrich Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:04:30 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Historic_Portsmouth/Furniture_Fight_Fuels_Founder_Fracas/ Strawbery Banke presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #200 Lottie McLaughlin was volunteer hostess of the restored Chase House when it opened at Strawbery Banke in 1965. Controversy erupted among museum founders when the curator noted that these items on display had to be removed (Continued below) Places & Events - Historic Portsmouth Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:53:42 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/As_I_Please/Almost_Famous_in_a_1969_Cover_Band/ HOW I SURVIVED THE 60s Looking back, it’s hard to believe we survived. Between 1968 and 1969 the world seemed to tear itself apart. Nothing was sacred, especially to a high school senior about to enter a frighteningly real world. Nothing was sacred except the Top 40. In the chaotic Sixties, a rock band was the safest place to hide. History - As I Please Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:35:48 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Famous_People/Celia_Laighton_Thaxter/Tour_Celia_Thaxter_Island_Garden/ ISLES OF SHOALS You can get there from here, but you have to stick to the schedule. Here is the 2008 schedule for those who want to catch an official ride and tour the restored garden on Appledore Island at the Isles of Shoals, home of Victorian poet Celia Laighton Thaxter. (see below) Famous People - Celia Thaxter Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:19:18 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/History_Matters/Bad_Boy_Book_Genre_Born_in_NH/ STORY OF A BAD BOY Tom Bailey was a well known hell-raiser and American literary hero even before Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Yet The Story of a Bad Boy has never been dramatized – until now. Learn why the bad boy genre was born in post Civil War Portsmouth, NH History - History Matters Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:04:30 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Smuttynose_Murders/The_Skies_of_Smuttynose/ ISLES OF SHOALS Words don't do justice to the Smuttynose skies. Nor does our digital camera. But we gave it a try and the results follow. Overnight visitors to the Isles of Shoals quickly understand why 19th century tourists came to see this spot just off the NH and Maine coastline as a magical location. See pix below. Places & Events - Smuttynose Murders Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:49:50 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/Places_%26_Events/Historic_Portsmouth/That_70s_Show_in_Portsmouth/ Strawbery Banke Presents HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #199 Founded in 1958, opened in 1965, Strawbery Banke Museum was born into an American cultural revolution. By the 1970s, views of American history were changing as rapidly as shifting attitudes toward fashion, music and civil rights. Museum officials had to find new ways to talk about the past to a new generation of visitors. (Continued below). Places & Events - Historic Portsmouth Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:58:44 +0100 http://www.seacoastnh.com/The_Arts/Film/Communities_and_Consequences_in_an_Aging_NH/ How did the Granite State get so gray? Is New Hampshire slowly committing economic suicide? A bold new independent documentary tackles the growing social and economic problems of an aging state. MARK YOUR CALENDAR April 14 and 16 NH Public Television Arts - Film Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:46:34 +0100