Winter in New England might be the season you look forward to all year, or it might be the season you endure, but no matter — we’ve got all of the tips, treats, and must-see places to make winter fun all season long. Grab your mittens and let’s go! #1 Build An IglooFirst, brush up […]
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Megachurches in New England
Increasingly, New England’s churches aren’t defined by white steeples on village greens, but by evangelical megachurches changing the religious landscape.
Alice Spencer has been an important member of the Portland, Maine, arts community for 30 years. In addition to being a fine painter and printmaker, she is a co-founder of the Peregrine Press printmaking collaborative, a former member of the Maine College of Art board of directors, and chair of the City of Portland Public […]
When one thinks of Bethlehem, one of course thinks of Christmas. And as in all the Bethlehems around the country (like Connecticut’s, for instance), the post office in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, accommodates literally thousands of people who come every December to have their greeting cards postmarked. But Bethlehem, New Hampshire, once known as Lloyd Hills, […]
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Skiing Maine: 17 Mountains
The invitation was irresistible: join Ski Maine executive director Greg Sweetser as part of a team of eight with the goal of hitting all of the Pine Tree State’s 17 ski mountains in a single long weekend last January. I agreed as soon as I was asked. We’d travel more than 1,000 miles, with time […]
When a New England artist attracts attention it usually starts locally and spreads regionally. If the artist is fortunate and talented enough, that attention sometimes leads to great visibility around the country. One of the New England artists getting a lot of attention at the moment is Kirsten Reynolds of Newmarket, New Hampshire. A Virginia […]
Santa Claus will come to town, the herald angels will sing, and the bells will jingle all the way. Those seasonal sounds have been struck in December at Symphony Hall dating back to 1974, when Arthur Fiedler led the Boston Pops. And it starts all over again this December 11 through 28, when the Boston […]
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Maine Reflections
In Maine, virgin soil is still tilled as I walk; oxen strainGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe to pull a large fieldstone from its place. The hard crack is heard of stone on stone– each one upon the last as walls are built up. Women in long dresses bend, pluck […]
Welcome to the December 2008 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, New Hampshire. A Little About the New England Language It’s still true that every region of our country continues to have its own special words. Ask a […]
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Celebrating Christmas in Vermont
The most wonderful part of winter in New England is Christmas in Vermont. See how three towns – Grafton, Chester, and Woodstock – celebrate their own Christmas in Vermont.
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Art Detectives in Hartford
Art conservators have many of the same hi-tech sensing and imaging technologies available to them that medical and military personnel do — x-ray diffraction and fluorescence, infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, optical scanning, ultrasound, x-ray tomography, etc. Initially employed in the service of detecting cracks and damage and material properties useful in conserving works […]
1. Budget gift: New England food baskets. 2. Recipes for budget food gifts from Annie B. Copps’ Today Show video. Delivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen Tips from the Editors of Yankee Magazine Email(Required) Subscribe 3. Plan your menu. Recipes for Side dishes and the turkey. 4. Decorate with nature and […]