Sunday, March 21, 2010

Theater to show silent film series

MANCHESTER – The Palace Theatre will host “Silent Film Rediscoveries,” a series of silent film screenings. The program includes short comedies prior to the feature picture and will feature live …

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Currier exhibit pays homage to American artists

It has been at least 15 years since Winslow Homer’s brooding portrait of three watchful fishermen’s wives on the edge of the ocean has been on display at the Currier …

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Stooges gain entry into Hall of Fame

DETROIT – Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock ’n’ roll. Just as the veteran soap actress believed she might never win a Daytime Emmy, …

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Performance team raises money for children’s hospital

LOWELL, Mass. – Fitness for a Cure began when athletic trainer Sherri Sarrouf, of Elite Fitness Professionals, organized the St. Jude Performance Team, a group of fitness enthusiasts of all …

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Concert to explore the heart of the spiritual

NASHUA – Nashua High School North is readying itself to host a night of spiritual elation and awareness that will leave no one untouched. John Rutter’s “Feel the Spirit,” a …

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Marshalling support for community concerts

On any Sunday in any given March, one can find Carol Marshall on the phone. Armed with her list of more than 200 names and a gift for gab, Marshall …

Thursday, March 18, 2010

‘Art Under Glass’ NASHUA – Out and Out Art will bring art and pedestrians together in downtown Nashua when the front windows at 100 Main St. host displays from art …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

‘Handle with Care’

LOWELL, Mass. – The Loading Dock Gallery will present “Glass: Please Handle with Care,” the glass art of Tina Silverio, from April 2-25. To create her glass artwork, Silverio transforms …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Unwin’s work on display

PETERBOROUGH – Wood engraver Nora Spicer Unwin is the featured artist through April at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries. Unwin became famous as a teacher during the years she taught …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

White’s artwork on display

NASHUA – Canal Art & Framing will exhibit paintings and sculpted works by Sophia White during April. These works are derived from the artist’s “trauma to triumph,” where she expresses …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

‘Rumors’ in Nashua

NASHUA – Nashua Theatre Guild will present “Rumors” by Neil Simon. “Rumors,” one of Simon’s most popular comedies begins when four affluent couples gather at the deputy mayor of New …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

‘Art’

MILFORD – How do we define great art and true friendship? “Art” challenges both concepts. This Tony Award-winning comedy will be staged by Milford Area Players for two weekends, March …

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Pianist Budginas in concert

NASHUA – The Nashua Community Concert Association’s final concert in the 2009-10 series features pianist Rudolf Budginas. He will perform at Elm Street Middle School, 117 Elm St., at 8 …

Monday, March 15, 2010

MacDowell to honor jazz musician

MacDowell to honor jazz musician PETERBOROUGH – The MacDowell Colony, an artist residency program, will present its 51st Edward MacDowell Medal to jazz composer Sonny Rollins on Sunday, Aug. 15. …

Monday, March 15, 2010

Music video aids Haiti

Music video aids Haiti LAWRENCE, Mass. – Filmmaker Lorre Fritchy will shoot, edit and direct the music video and making-of video for “Trust And Believe,” a charity single recorded by …

Monday, March 15, 2010

‘Art Under Glass’

NASHUA – Out and Out Art will bring art and pedestrians together in downtown Nashua. The front windows of 100 Main St. will host displays from art students at Rivier …

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Mont Vernon man learns about Americans during cross-country trip

Fed up with bickering politicians and talking heads in the media pronouncing the spirit of America as rotten to the core, Jed Dunham set out to find the truth for …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Artists chosen for third sculpture symposium

NASHUA – The third Nashua Sculpture Symposium, an art, cultural and community event taking place in downtown Nashua from May 16-June 6, will be themed “Diversity.” The symposium will be …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Final four qualify for Encore Superstar finals

MILFORD – The Japanese word karaoke translates to empty orchestra in English. In any language, the words final round in competition mean this is it, and it’s time to bring …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

‘A Prophet’ displays visionary talent

Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” traces the evolution of an illiterate French-Arab inmate who uses his time well in prison, learning to read and write, studying economics and picking up a …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Review: Daniel Merriweather a soulful storyteller

LOVE & WAR Daniel Merriweather, J Records/Allido Records. Australian-born singer Daniel Merriweather embodies the definition of a soul singer, not just because his music is styled in that fashion, but …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Jazz, art converge at Hollis event

If you ever had said, “I really wish there was a place in the Nashua region where I can listen to great live jazz music and appreciate some amazing art …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Kidnap victim Dugard shares home videos

Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, was seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos …

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Director returns to his roots in ‘HONK!’

NASHUA – Sometimes it’s easy to forget to see the beauty in everyone – even when you’re a duck. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling,” “HONK!” will be …

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

First Music concert

NASHUA – The First Music Concert Series will present the Woodwind Quintet of the Nashua Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 11. …

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Schools ‘Celebrate America’

Schools ‘Celebrate America’ DURHAM – High school choirs from around the state will be featured in “Tim Janis: Celebrate America,” which will air in April on New Hampshire Public Television. …

Sunday, March 7, 2010

You, too, can be a special effects movie wizard

SEATTLE – For years, film student Bill Parker had a nagging idea for a short movie: He’d show those letters from the “Star Wars” opening scroll raining down on Earth …

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Young Nashua singer earns ‘Lion King’ role in Las Vegas

NASHUA – Hobnobbing with Tyra, auditioning for Broadway, jetting off for Vegas – ah, to be 10 again. Ten-year-old Kaitlyn Connor’s success isn’t a surprise to those who know her. …

Friday, March 5, 2010

New Web site

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire’s new Web site www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org is up and running. …

Friday, March 5, 2010

Excellent comments

PELHAM – The Pelham Memorial School Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone Chamber ensembles received “excellent” comments and the Choral students received A ratings at New Hampshire Music Educators Association Solo & …

Friday, March 5, 2010

Merrimack – The Merrimack Public Library is now accepting entries to its ninth annual Poetry Contest. Anyone who writes poetry may submit up to three, original, previously unpublished poems. First, …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Quartet chosen for finals of Encore Superstar karaoke competition

NASHUA – Tuesday was the first day the new Timber Grille on Factory Street was open to the public. And, to help celebrate that opening, the Timber Grille hosted the …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Oscar glitz at ManchVegas Red Carpet Gala

MANCHESTER – Kelleigh Domaingue Murphy loves watching the Oscars. She loves dressing up and bringing people together to watch the film industry’s most coveted awards show. This will mark the …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Review: Cash defiant till the end on ‘American VI’

AMERICAN VI: AIN’T NO GRAVE, Johnny Cash. American Recordings/Lost Highway. Johnny Cash had many musical personas, but his wicked sense of humor was never far below the surface. …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Concert to benefit fight against autism

Friends since grade school, Louis Gendron and Michael Cusanelli hadn’t spoken in 20 years. After reconnecting on Facebook, they found they still shared much in common: careers in the entertainment …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Seeking directors NASHUA – The Actorsingers are seeking directors their fall main-stage show, “Aida.” Submissions for directors are also being accepted. “Aida” will be performed in early November. …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Baldwin warms up before Oscars

NEW YORK – As a kind of warm-up to his upcoming gig as Academy Awards co-host, Alec Baldwin appeared at the Time Warner Center for a personal and wide-ranging conversation. …

Thursday, March 4, 2010

‘Riverdance’ steps into a final bow at Verizon

MANCHESTER – “Riverdance,” the intricate, magnificent celebration of Irish music and dance, will play a farewell performance at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Tuesday, March 9. This tour will end …

Sunday, February 28, 2010

EMI says Abbey Road studios is not for sale

LONDON – Cash-strapped music company EMI Group Ltd. has shelved plans to sell Abbey Road and is now looking for an investor to help save the London recording studio made …

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Artist never far from surface

By day, it would appear that Bill Tyers is a mild mannered production manager for Telegraph Publishing Co. and Cabinet Press. But the fact is this Massachusetts College of Art …

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Song isn’t the same

Talk about modern opera. Nico Muhly, a 28-year-old composer based in New York, has been commissioned to create a fictionalized account of a British teenager who used the Internet in …

Friday, February 26, 2010

Faculty art show

HAVERHILL, Mass. – A dozen artists who teach at Northern Essex Community College will participate in a faculty art show through March 26 at the college’s new Art Space Gallery, …

Friday, February 26, 2010

Art in Hollis

HOLLIS – The RE/MAX office located in the historic Smith building at 2 Ash St. is offering a new art gallery within two of its spacious rooms. Members of the …

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