Doing Gruit Work
Earth Eagle Brewings is leading a beer revolution focusing not on hops but gruits, and chronicling the journey in a new book. Ask Earth Eagle Brewings co-founder George “Butch” Heilshorn about his...
View ArticleA Stitch in Time
Artist Anna Von Mertens makes bold, conceptual quilts that tell more than stories: they’re reflections on time and space. Quilts are tangible records of American life, a tactile method of storytelling....
View ArticleExploring an Augmented Reality
New media artist John Craig Freeman uses augmented reality in public art projects to let us see two worlds at once. It’s hard to escape the debate over the proposed border wall with Mexico, but, if you...
View ArticleProper Burletiquette with Ruby Solitaire
According to Ruby Solitaire, there’s a certain ethic and etiquette to the on-stage madness at Excelsior Burlesque, now playing in Manchester. “There’s this little lesson you give at the beginning of...
View Article#TakeAction and Make a Joyful Noise
Portsmouth, New Hampshire’s Leftist Marching Band brings the party to politics by urging people to action through music. In a carpenter’s workshop at Portsmouth’s Strawbery Banke Museum, the Leftist...
View ArticleA Libeerating Experience
Joanne Francis of Portsmouth Brewery in New Hampshire creates a new beer for women who don’t give a fuck. At first glance it sounds like a joke. A craft beer aimed at menopausal women? With herbs and...
View ArticlePainting Portsmouth
StreetCanvas is a service that beautifies Portsmouth and creates jobs for artists as it integrates art into the community. Mike Teixeira, board president of Art-Speak (Portsmouth’s cultural...
View ArticleWhen Art is Grounding
New Hampshire-based ceramicist Don Williams finds meaning in creating both intriguing sculpture and everyday items. Don Williams finds comfort and joy in the balance between sculptural and functional...
View ArticleUp in the Treehouse
Megan and Murray McMillan collaborate to build playful, fantastical worlds in spaces steeped in age and history. This is the story of two people who build mystical worlds from plywood, metaphor, and...
View ArticleQuick Takes: Wrong Brain Is Right-On
Thousands of unconventional and underrepresented creatives have a welcoming outlet in Wrong Brain on the New Hampshire Seacoast. Out-there art’s New Hampshire home Wrong Brain, a Dover, New Hampshire,...
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