Just three months ago I reported on the ambitious beginnings of the Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art and an excellent exhibition there entitled Sacred and Profane (Just Looking 2/4). Now the Portsmouth MFA has mounted a new exhibition entitled At the Edge that continues the museum’s mission of bringing the best in contemporary art to […]
New Hampshire uses its wee 18 miles of coastline well, with easy access to state beaches, summer playgrounds, bike paths, and plenty of ocean-sprayed hiking. When it comes to a remarkable meal that meets the view head-on, then the marina-side Latitudes Waterfront Dining at the historic Wentworth by the Sea hotel is just the spot. […]
Frankly, I had no idea what to expect when I drove down to Portsmouth yesterday to check out the Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art. I had only heard about it a week before from one of the 35 artists in Sacred and Profane: Eye of the Beholder, the museum’s current (through April 24) exhibition. I […]
Portsmouth is the artsy black sheep of New Hampshire. A tiny seaside enclave dotted with galleries and cafes, it doesn’t really fit the rugged alpine character of the rest of the Granite State. Both hip and historic, it’s an ideal getaway spot for anyone in search of a low-key weekend to indulge his or her […]
By David Lyon and Patricia Harris New Hampshire is Yankee country, and our woodsy home town of Dublin is right in the middle of it. To the east lies Peterborough, with its famed MacDowell Colony of painters, poets and thinkers. To the west, the handsome college town of Keene boasts one of the widest Main […]
Welcome to the December 2007 edition of “Jud’s New England Journal,” the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, editor-in-chief of Yankee Magazine, published for over 70 years in Dublin, NH. The Three Most-Asked Questions About New England 1. Where’s ‘Down East’ begin? 2. Why were bridges covered? 3. Were spring dance floors built to […]
1. Were “spring dance floors” built to spring? 2. Where, exactly, does “down east” begin? 3. Why were bridges covered? WELL, LET’S BEGIN with the term “down east.” We all know it’s a nautical way of referring to sailing with the wind or down wind when traveling northeast off the Maine coast. Where down east […]
