Arts & Culture

N.H.'s Film Office Takes Lead In Promoting Crowdfunding Filmmakers

Michael Brindley — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:20:10 +0000

Crowdfunding is providing a new avenue of fundraising for New Hampshire’s independent filmmakers looking to make their projects a reality.

The state’s film and television office has taken a lead role in helping to promote film projects based in the Granite State using the online model of raising money.

It’s crunch time for Rae Dawn Chong.

We’re at a café in downtown Portsmouth, and she’s talking about meeting her fundraising goal of $25,000.

N.H. This Weekend: Knights & Knitting

Rick Ganley — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:31:53 +0000

Hippo Editor Amy Diaz suggests two events for the weekend:

The New Hampshire Renaissance Faire

and

Art Fest at the Currier Museum of Art

NH this Weekend: Free Comics & Cows

Rick Ganley — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:38:52 +0000

Hippo Editor Amy Diaz talks to Morning Edition about two events going on in the Granite State this weekend; Free Comic Book Day and Opening day at Canterbury Shaker Village- featuring a Heifer Parade.

Links:

Double Midnight Comics in Manchester

Jetpack Comics in Rochester

For Artist, 'Draw New Hampshire' A Trip Down Memory Lane

Melanie Plenda — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:38:51 +0000

New Hampshire is already small, but for artist Sue Anne Bottomley, everyone's practically a neighbor.

Or they are since the New London woman spent the last two years visiting each town with the goal of drawing pictures of all of them. Bottomley has produced a blog called Colorful Journey where she displays her drawings and tells each town's tales.

Bouncing beside her grandpa down rutted dirt roads in his old Chevy pickup truck, a 5-year-old, Sue Anne Bottomley discovered New Hampshire.

The Audio Orchard for May

Zach Nugent — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:43:18 +0000

1.Vampire Weekend, Diane Young

New Album: Modern Vampires of the City

May 15, Agganis Arena, Boston, MA

2.Iron and Wine, Grace for Saints and Ramblers

Darlingside

Zach Nugent — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:53:02 +0000

VIDEO: The New England based band Darlingside has long been a favorite here at Word of Mouth, so on their recent visit to a song writing and music business summit at the Concord Community Music School, we invited them to play a few tunes live in Studio D. Afterwards producer Zach Nugent sat down to chat with guitarist Don Mitchell and drummer and Concord area native son Sam Kapala.

Production help from Logan Shannon and Taylor Quimby

"Blow the House Down"

NH this Weekend: Made in NH

Rick Ganley — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Hippo Editor Amy Diaz previews the Made in NH Expo and a new exhibit at the Currier Museum of Art- "Crafting Settlement".

Tasting China's Most Expensive Teas

Sheryl Rich-Kern — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:38:09 +0000

In China, early April is prime time for tea picking.

In New Hampshire, the Confucius Institute a partnership between the University of New Hampshire and Chengdu University in China — honored the season this week with a tea sampling at the UNH-Manchester campus.

The Audio Orchard Podcast for April

Zach Nugent — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:48:02 +0000

1. Generationals, Ten-Twenty-Ten

April 24, State Theatre, Portland, ME

2. Alice Smith, Fool For You

April 9, Brighton Music Hall, Allston, MA

Capturing Love: N.H. Photographer Writes The Book On Same Sex Wedding Photography

Sean Hurley — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000

In 2005, photographer Thea Dodds was hired to shoot a wedding in Massachusetts. She spoke to the prospective bride on the phone and drove down to meet the happy couple.

Dodds: I went and met them and it was two women (laughs). So I didn’t even know before I met them that it was a same-sex wedding.

Waking Up the Ball Park

Rick Ganley — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Late season snow won't stop the New Hampshire Fisher Cats from 'working on the show'.

N.H. Jews Go Online For Ancient Passover Ritual

Emily Corwin — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:00:00 +0000

Passover begins at sundown on Monday. One of this holiday's many traditions includes selling all bread products in a Jewish household to a non-Jew. These days, families don’t even have to venture from their computers to accomplish that ancient ritual.

NH this Weekend: Tap the Sap

Rick Ganley — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

It's Maple Weekend in the Granite State. More than 110 farms and sugar shacks will be open to the public with demonstrations of syrup production, maple products to taste and buy, and hands-on activities. Hippo Editor Amy Diaz has some highlights.

Find a participating sugar shack near you

Want to tap your own? Read up on the basics of D.I.Y. maple tappin'

This Weekend's Arts and Culture Scene

Zach Nugent — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:43:39 +0000

You can treat yourself or another person to a random act of kindness this weekend. there are plenty of things happening around the state worth checking out.

Bring the little ones to Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln to see three-time Grammy-winner Tom Chapin. He’s sure to play some funny, family-friendly cuts from his new album, Give Peas A Chance, about healthy eating and green living.

And if the snowy spring has got you down, check out the feel good, Tony Award-winning musical from 1961, Bye Bye Birdie. Performed by the Anselmian Abbey Players this weekend at The Dana Center in Manchester …Or for something a little more biblical, head on over to the Palace Theatre to see Andrew Lloyd Webber’s pop classic, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Also this weekend, the Annual Spring Craft and Specialty Food Fair is on at Rockingham Park in Salem… offering a range from pottery to specialty dog treats to make everyone happy…including those of the four-legged variety.

And, it’s NH Maple Weekend…with more than 100 sugarhouses open statewide, all offering samples, some with pancakes to eat, entertainment to enjoy and animals to pet.

This Weekend's Arts Scene

Zach Nugent — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:43:26 +0000

You can treat yourself or another person to a random act of kindness this weekend. there are plenty of things happening around the state worth checking out.

And, it’s NH Maple Weekend…with more than 100 sugarhouses open statewide, all offering samples, some with pancakes to eat, entertainment to enjoy and animals to pet.