Hey, save that! Two new exhibits prove that collecting stuff is our...
We all do it. Usually in private, but sometimes in public, too. In prominent galleries, in cluttered attics and even in our own pockets, we love to collect stuff. A scuba diver might keep a shelf at...
View ArticleLake Street Dive: From concert halls to dive bars, and back again
The first thing you notice about Lake Street Dive is how quickly they got your attention. They meant to do that. While studying jazz at the New England Conservatory, the band spent countless late...
View ArticlePlanning for superstorms on the Seacoast: Roger Stephenson and the Union of...
As NOAA predicts a busy and strong Atlantic hurricane season, The Wire wondered how we’d fare during a Hurricane Sandy-type impact on our coast. To answer that question, and what we’re doing to lessen...
View ArticleA long, last look at our old bridges
An anthropologist visiting the Seacoast might report that we’ve transformed the 1923 Memorial Bridge into the world’s largest fetish object. “Bridging the Piscataqua: Construction + Community”...
View ArticleTrust, but verify: Trevor Hughes and the International Association of Privacy...
The world’s largest privacy organization is headquartered right here in Portsmouth. The Wire’s Karen Marzloff talked with Trevor Hughes, president of the International Association of Privacy...
View ArticleMaking meals meet: Share Our Strength works to bridge the hunger gap
When Share Our Strength Seacoast formed in 1994, the all-volunteer founders set out to directly fight the root causes of hunger. But even more people are going hungry than they were 20 years ago. Or...
View ArticleLife in the public square: New efforts measure civic health locally and...
Our life in the public square—talking with neighbors, voting, volunteering—is a subject of enduring interest locally and nationally. Amid shifting trends, a new study takes the pulse of New Hampshire’s...
View ArticleTrue-crime team: ‘Notes on a Killing’ is the latest in a series co-authored...
After “falling into” the genre years ago, co-authors Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie are steadily growing an audience for their brand of true crime stories set in New Hampshire, specializing in the...
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Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden: A new film and exhibit bring back heady days
“From Celia’s Garden” by Christopher Volpe Celia Thaxter’s garden at the Isles of Shoals may be frosted with rime, but summer colors from the small plot on Appledore still brighten Discover Portsmouth...
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