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Music Hall announces Herbie Hancock and Afro-Cuban All Stars
Herbie Hancock began playing the piano at age 7, and nearly four decades later he still shows no signs of slowing down.
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First, the murderous drooling slobs in “The Crazies” are not zombies, OK? They’re crazies. There’s a difference.
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MC Productions, 1984
The usual suspects are at play in ‘Satan’s Blade’: bad synth music, worse effects, and really terrible acting, all tied together with a vague plot about a gussied-up knife.
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Welles and Oakes art retrospective at 100 Market
Being in a retrospective art exhibit seems akin to winning a lifetime achievement award, and Frank Welles and Bill Oakes are worthy recipients at 100 Market St. in Portsmouth.
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The Music Hall unveils $13.5 million capital campaign in new space
The Music Hall seeks funding to continue restoring the historic venue, plus open a new space nearby on Congress Street, featuring a storefront theater and education center. Although they’ve secured
an impressive $9 million
already, they're seeking another $4.5 million to meet their target.
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Seabrook native Scotty Lago took home the bronze medal in the men’s
snowboarding halfpipe event of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. But he
wasn’t there for the closing ceremonies on Sunday. Instead, he was back
on the Seacoast at a parade in his honor.
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What appears to be a small logging
operation on conservation land in Kittery Point, Maine, is actually
part of a well-planned effort to increase natural habitat for the New
England cottontail rabbit, the only cottontail native to the region and endangered in the state.
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Exeter commemorates 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s historic 1860 visit
When Abraham Lincoln visited Exeter, most residents were only vaguely aware of who he was. His speeches here changed that, and helped send him to the White House. Exeter celebrates the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s visit with “A Sesquicentennial Celebration” from Wednesday to Saturday, March 3 to 6.
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As the N.H. Big Read celebrates “To Kill a Mockingbird” this March, community discussions focus on the Atticus Finches of our modern justice system. Though defending violent and unrepentant criminals can make them wildly unpopular, “The only one there to ensure that the government plays by its own rules is the defense attorney," says Lincoln Soldati.
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Not if we can help it! Rip out the poster on page 12 of this week's
Wire and hang it up somewhere, anywhere, today! Rally your friends to
attend the next NH-Maine Connections Study meeting at Portsmouth High
School Little Theater on Thursday, Feb. 25.
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Transportation officials in Maine and New Hampshire collectively
groaned recently when they learned their joint application for $70
million in federal grant funding to rehabilitate Memorial Bridge failed to make the final cut.
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Unused prescription drugs could soon be donated to some uninsured or underinsured patients in New Hampshire. The Board of Pharmacy is working with three test sites in Hanover,
Rochester and Exeter to roll out the new program.
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The Seacoast succumbs to mandolin mania with an upcoming concert from David Grisman and weekend Mandolin Festival.
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It’s apt that “Shutter Island,” a pulpy thriller directed
by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opens on a ferry,
where DiCaprio is battling a raging bout of seasickness. He’s
trembling, unsteady on his feet, and his Boston accent sounds as
unsettled and tenuous as the contents of his stomach. That accent doesn’t get any
better, but eventually Scorsese takes command and delivers a thriller that, though imperfect, is luridly fun.
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Omega Cinema Productions, 1982
Elaine’s business venture as the new owner of "Honeymoon Island" goes awry as soon as the three couples venture onto the resort. In no time at all, bodies begin to pile up, but the county’s bumbling sheriff spends his days
eating, smoking cigars and adamantly refusing to investigate the goings on.
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