Events and happenings around the area, whenever we happen to be there.
Boston Rock Opera’s Happening Holiday Special Brings Musicians Together for Hurricane Maria Relief One Night Only! Boston Rock Opera is bringing together more than thirty performers from the Boston music scene to celebrate the holidays with music and laughter, while raising money for Hurricane Maria relief. December 16th, 2017 at ONCE Ballroom, 156 Highland…
While DC had the Million Women March and other major cities across the states filled with women, Portsmouth held the NH Women’s March for Civil Rights in solidarity. Occupy New Hampshire Seacoast expected hundreds to show up – instead, they got thousands. It was more of a rally than a march. There wasn’t much marching….
At the start of each autumn, Portsmouth holds the largest fairy house tour in the world called The Friends of the South End Portsmouth Fairy House Tour. It takes place in the historic south end of Portsmouth, from Strawberry Banke to Peirce Island. The tour was first inspired by author Tracy Kane and her Fairy Houses Series® of…
Today was the second annual Hilltop City Bluegrass Festival in Somersworth, an event hosted by the Greater Somersworth Chamber of Commerce with proceeds benefiting the public schools. In lieu of the Rochester Fair, I opted to bring the kids (free for them!), stake out a section of lawn at the Somersworth High School Pavillion, and listen to…
Every Saturday Morning at 10:30 a.m., Salem Historical Tours provides specialty tours. This Saturday, they will be holding a Literary Book Walk Tour. Event Description: Book Talk Book Walk: A Literary Tour of Salem Saturday, September 12 @ 11:00 a.m. The Cuftom House 8 Central Street Salem, MA 01970 Click Here to Purchase Tickets Salem is…
Greater Boston Humanists Saturday, September 19, 2015 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT Phillips Brooks House 1 Harvard Bus Tunnel Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet by Nancy Ellen Abrams March 10, 2015 Beacon Press Hardcover ISBN 0807073393 200pp Amazon Link …
The Portsmouth American Legion puts on a Memorial Day parade every year in Portsmouth. The event wasn’t listed in the papers this year but it didn’t necessarily need to be – it’s an anticipated event. Scores of people were out and about downtown, enjoying the early summertime weather, and those who weren’t aware of the afternoon parade received a nice surprise….