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Story Archives of 'Arts'
Arts in Reach
By Deborah Schachter on Saturday, September 4, 2010.Arts in Reach provides free arts programs to teenage girls to help them build confidence, self-esteem and life skills. Rahel Maharani joined the program about two years ago.
NH this Weekend: Elvis is in the Building
By Rick Ganley on Friday, September 3, 2010.Get shook up with the Elvis Festival or get local with the Keene Music Festival.
Here's What's Awesome: Plastic Eating Machine, Greek Sculpture in Color
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, August 29, 2010.There's a new service called AwesomenessReminders, that will call you up each day and tell you how awesome you are. A nice idea, to be sure, but for those who don't want that $10 a month fee, I'll tell you now: you're awesome. And I'd know, because I write a column called Here's What's Awesome. Feel better? Alrighty then, let's get to this week's awesome links!
There's oil in them thar bottles!
New Hampshire This Weekend: Park Music
By Rick Ganley on Friday, August 13, 2010.Getting people to the park with music. Hippo Editior Amy Diaz talks with NHPR's Rick Ganley about the trend of building support for local parks with music festivals.
Here's What's Awesome: Scanner Ant Art, Overhead Buses
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, August 8, 2010.The sounds of summer: the crack of a baseball bat, the roar of the crowd. The wash of a wave at a beach, the wind passing overhead. And, of course, the sound of excitement that you hear every time someone checks out Here's What's Awesome for the week.
Hail Scanner Ants
New Hampshire This Weekend: Craftsman's Fair
By Rick Ganley on Friday, August 6, 2010.Local crafts will be on display and for sale at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's 77th annual fair. Editor Amy Diaz talks with Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley about the arts and artisans at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmens Fair.
New Hampshire this Weekend: The Kids (and Godzilla) are Alright
By Rick Ganley on Friday, July 30, 2010.A rare monster movie screening and a celebrated indie film hit the state. Editor of The Hippo joins Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley to talk about a couple of movie screenings in the state this weekend.
The Dream Group
By Hilary Reid on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
Book groups are incubators for stimulating conversation, friendships, and often, communal meals. Picking up on that trend comes a new kind of group for the curious, and sleepy: dream group.
Restoring Old New York
By Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
A long-lost film treasure has been brought back to life, thanks to the work of a New Hampshire film preservationist.
The 1920 experimental film has been fully restored using the latest in digital technology, and will screen tonight in Hanover.
Word of Mouth’s Avishay Artsy brought us the story.
Manhatta-- A film by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand
Guardian: A new look at old New York
New York Times: Avant-Garde, 1920 Vintage, Is Back in Focus
(Photo by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand)
Rare Coin with New Hampshire Ties Goes Up for Auction
By Brady Carlson on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.A rare coin with a connection to New Hampshire is scheduled to go up for auction in a couple of weeks down in Boston.
The ten dollar gold coin, one of only two made, is believed to be the only one left….and it was designed by sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens, of Cornish.
To tell us more about this rare find, Mark Borckhardt is on the phone.
He’s with Heritage Auctions which will be putting the coin up for sale at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Boston.
