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ArchivesMake Way for Bike WeekBy Kerry Grens on Friday, June 10, 2005.Thousands of motorcyclists roll into Laconia this week for the 81st anniversary of Bike Week. Festival-goers from around the country parade their custom bikes through the crowded streets of Weirs Beach. Music, beer, and leather add to fun. But in any three hundred thousand person crowd, there are bound to be a few bad apples. At the local county jail enough apples make Bike Week busiest week of the year. NHPR's Kerry Grens has more. listen:
 LIVE: So We're Growing, Now What? (10am)By Laura Knoy on Friday, June 10, 2005.New Hampshire is growing and growing fast. All week long we've looked at the different aspects of growth, from economics and environment to politics and psychology and seen how it has affected us directly. In the final installment of our series we look at how we as a state prepare to move forward and deal with the inevitability of growth and change in New Hampshire. Laura's guests are Steve Taylor, Commissioner for the NH Department of Agriculture and Mary Ann Manoogian, Director of the NH Office of Energy and Planning. *This show will be broadcast live from the Windham Town Hall from 10-11am.* listen:
Meadow Nesting BirdsBy Iain MacLeod on Friday, June 10, 2005.If you have a meadow on your property, you may be interested in knowing how to mow your field while protcting the birds that nest there. The short answer is to wait a while. listen:
Pianist Sally PinkasBy John Walters on Friday, June 10, 2005.Classical pianist Sally Pinkas is a professor of music at Dartmouth, and pianist-in-residence at the Hopkins Center. She plays a mix of classic and contemporary work, has recorded several CDs, and performed around the world as a soloist, and as one-half of a piano duo with her husband Evan Hirsch. Sally talks about her life at the keyboard. listen:
LIVE: Growth and the New Hampshire Identity CrisisBy Laura Knoy on Friday, June 10, 2005.We're not Cow Hampshire anymore, at least that's what some people say. New people are coming for the small town charm and wanting to close the door behind them, but in their wake are more houses, higher taxes and a change in the cultural landscape of the state. In our fifth installment we look at the cultural and psychological aspects of growth, how we reconcile our ideas about what New Hampshire is, was and is becoming. Laura's guests are Jamie Trowbridge, President of Yankee Publishing, John Clayton, Columnist for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News and Stu Wallace, Professor of History at the New Hampshire Technical Institute. *This show will be broadcast live from the Windham Town Hall from 9-10am.* listen:
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