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Diane Rehm Live in Lebanon: For more than 25 years, Diane Rehm has offered her listeners compelling conversations with the world's most interesting and important people. In this special live appearance at the Lebanon Opera House, Diane Rehm will talk with NHPR's Virginia Prescott about her show and the issues and guests she covers, and take questions from the audience. Tickets | Learn more

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High Fuel Costs Effect Lakes Region Boaters : Boaters and Marinas worry the high cost of fuel may curtail some boating this summer on the lakes.

Many Are Leaving the Real Estate Field : It is not widely publicized, but many professionals have left the real estate industry.

Manchester Faces Cuts to Bus System: At a time when bus ridership is at historic highs across the country, Manchester officials are considering cutting routes or frequency.

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Broken Minds

Explorations of our brains' fragility fill the pages of Michael Paul Mason's book "Head Cases."

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Writers on a New England Stage with Louise Erdrich: Best known for her portrayals of the complex, intertwined history of Native and White Americans, a heritage the author herself shares, Louise Erdrich came to The Music Hall in Portsmouth to talk about her new book “The Plague of Doves” and take questions from the audience and Exchange host Laura Knoy.


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Giving Matters

This weekly series showcases the stories of New Hampshire's nonprofit sector and the ways in which nonprofits strengthen communities and enrich lives.

Giving Matters is a joint project of NHPR and The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and can be heard each Saturday at 8:35 am during Weekend Edition.

This week on Giving Matters

The New Hampshire Historical Society

By Deborah Schachter on Saturday, November 10, 2007.

A private nonprofit organization, the Historical Society collects and shares New Hampshire's documents, records, photographs and artifacts.

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To be featured

May 17 New Hampshire Historical Society
May 24 Philbrick James Forum
May 31 CATCH Neighborhood Housing
June 7 Familystrength
June 14 Seacoast Repertory Theater

Previously on Giving Matters

May 10 Monadnock Developmental Services
May 3 New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
April 26 Piscataquog Watershed Association
April 19 New Hampshire Breast Cancer Coalition
April 12 Capitol Center For the Arts

 

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LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GIVE BACK?

Guidestar provides free access to information on 1.7 million nonprofits across the country, and allows you to search for organizations in your town, or throughout New Hampshire.

Go to www.learningtogive.org for lots of tools for teaching kids to give.

Talk to friends about the boards they serve on, or become a volunteer yourself to learn more about the accomplishments and needs of a local group.

 

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Robots Could be New Hampshire's Next New Industry

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Monday, January 22, 2007.

State officials say the manufacturing industry will lose around 2700 jobs by 2014.

The decline is felt around the country, as local businesses struggle to compete with foreign markets.

To stay afloat, many companies are replacing wage-earning humans with cost-efficient robots.

But, experts say, while technology eliminates some jobs, it may be making room for others.

NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich Kern reports.

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Political Satirist P.J. O'Rourke

By Liz Bulkley on Monday, January 22, 2007.

P.J. O'Rourke's new book On the Wealth of Nations takes on Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and the 18th century model that changed the world of economics. We'll talk with O'Rourke about his Libertarian outlook and his belief that "the whole business of authority is to interfere in other people's business."

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Writers on a New England Stage: Anita Diamant

By Laura Knoy on Monday, January 22, 2007.

We play back for you the latest in our “Writers on a New England Stage” series, with Diamant on her new book “The Last Days of Dogtown”. It’s historical fiction set in post-colonial Massachussetts, an account of a real community that slowly died out. The show is an edited-for-broadcast version of last Thursday night's event at the Music Hall in Portsmouth.

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