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Art Notes: Actor Dan Butler revives a 30-year-old play about gay life
By ALEX HANSON
There is something humbling, and a bit exciting, about seeing one’s work turn into a period piece during one’s lifetime. It’s a reflection not on the work but on the pace of change.Thirty years ago, life was very different for LGBTQ Americans. “Don’t...
Out & About: 75 years since its founding, Lyme Christmas Pageant still brings community together
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
LYME — In the early 1990s, Patience and Aaron Rich performed in the annual Lyme Christmas Pageant.Now, their 13-year-old son Reed is the fourth generation of the Rich family to participate.“I for one love the tradition so it’s pretty special for me,”...
Theater Review: ‘Christmas Carol’ stays faithful to original
By CAOIMHE MARKEY
Ah, yes, “A Christmas Carol,” a quintessential wintertime tale that reminds us what the holidays are truly about: sending ghosts to guilt trip your mean relatives into coming to dinner.This season, Northern Stage debuts a fresh take on Charles...
Art Notes: Upper Valley artist takes side step to painting
By ALEX HANSON
As much as anyone in the Upper Valley, Matt Mazur has always seemed to me to lead a life of fluid creativity.He knew he wanted to be an artist from an early age, and since 2001 he has played in multiple bands, produced “Oh You!” a long-running zine,...
Association works to reduce cyanobacteria blooms on Lake Sunapee
By FRANCES MIZE
SUNAPEE — Despite a record number of cyanobacteria blooms across the state this year, Lake Sunapee saw none.The last bloom in the lake was in 2019, according to Elizabeth Harper, executive director of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, or LSPA....
US Forest Service will go ahead with logging around NH’s Lake Tarleton
PIERMONT — The U.S. Forest Service is moving ahead with plans to log in the Lake Tarleton area. The project has drawn opposition from residents and advocacy groups since it was introduced to the public in 2019.Management actions for habitat,...
Upper Valley holiday markets 2023
Christmas Market with a Difference in Hanover: Friday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, 40 College St. Alternative holiday market features handcrafts and goods from fair trade and...
Hickory nuts show promise as food for the future
By FRANCES MIZE
CLAREMONT — Hickory wood makes for durable floor boarding, ax handles and baseball bats. Whittled into narrow spokes, hickory once even propelled wagon wheels across the country.The wood is a good “shock absorber,” said Jesse Marksohn, who grows...
Out & About: Volunteers needed to help with Upper Valley Thanksgiving meals
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
SOUTH ROYALTON — Volunteers are needed to help with two free community Thanksgiving Day meals taking place in the Upper Valley.Vermont Law and Graduate School is hosting a meal on the holiday, which is on Nov. 23 this year, as well as coordinating...
Over Easy: No garden spot
By DAN MACKIE
Is the Upper Valley making too much of Jersey Mike’s? I don’t think so — could we make too much of the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon or the spectacular moonwalk, first by astronauts, and later by Michael Jackson? Jersey Mike’s is a sub shop, and...
Upper Valley Veterans Day ceremonies 2023
CLAREMONTVeterans Day ceremony and luncheon in Claremont: Saturday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m. Broad Street Park. Short ceremony followed by luncheon for veterans at American Legion Post 29. More information: 603-448-3429.HANOVER Hybrid: Veterans Day talk with...
Art Notes: Parish Players awaits ticket sales proceeds from online vendor
By ALEX HANSON
For a small community theater, Parish Players has had some pretty big shows over the last year.Last fall, a production of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” filled the house, as did the annual festival of 10-minute plays in February. And in April, a...
Book Notes: Upper Valley Girl’s new book aims to inspire
By ALEX HANSON
It seems an odd lapse that the newspaper that coined the term “Upper Valley” has never published a word about a writer known as the Upper Valley Girl.If I have to offer an explanation, it’s that newspapers don’t often write about other newspapers, and...
Annual moose hunt aims to help stabilize population
By FRANCES MIZE
ISLAND POND, Vt. — The number of moose killed annually by Vermont hunters can provide more than 60,000 servings of meat, according to the state’s Department of Fish & Wildlife.But the animals’ posthumous utility goes farther than the dinner table.On a...
Upper Valley Halloween events 2023
BARNARDHaunted Village Theater in Barnard: Saturday, Oct. 21, 5 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 22, 4 to 8 p.m. A theatrical walking tour around Barnard with seasonally haunting stories and scenes. Tours every 30 minutes, first two each day are...
Out & About: Volunteers wanted to help with 4-H projects
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WINDSOR — 4-H clubs in Windsor County are looking for more adults to volunteer with children who participate in a variety of programs.The county has three 4-H clubs: Green Mountain 4-H, which is based in Springfield, Vt., and focuses on shooting...
Cornish’s O’Neill honored for stewardship of forest that she opens to townspeople
By FRANCES MIZE
CORNISH — In managing her 475-acre wooded property in Cornish, Colleen O’Neill chooses to think in tree time — which is long and slow.Decisions made today at Langwood Tree Farm, such as where to harvest timber, are for the benefit of arboreal life...
A Life: George Lawrence sought out an artist’s existence
By ALEX HANSON
TUNBRIDGE — Artist and musician George Lawrence seemed almost effortlessly creative during his long life, but some examples stand out.One year, the Terami family, his neighbors on Ordway Road in Tunbridge, had some volunteer gourds grow up around...
Theater Review: ‘Selling Kabul’ a riveting, heartbreaking glimpse at US policies abroad
By ALEX HANSON
The lights come up on a man alone in a small apartment. Dressed in a T-shirt and tracksuit pants, he’s young and on edge, checking the television and messing with his laptop and a balky router. Given the state of the world, he could be anywhere,...
Art Notes: Upper Valley offers varied entertainment options
By ALEX HANSON
The sheer number of options is going to pose problems for people who want to be entertained away from their streaming services this weekend. You’re going to have to make some decisions, people.The good thing, I guess, is that the quantity is matched...
