Arts & Life
From the farm: Winter water woes
By CAROLE SOULE
Every year, about this time, Mother Nature declares war on Miles Smith Farm. Her weapon is ice.Winter is a constant battle to keep my livestock hydrated. Cows have natural insulation to keep warm but can’t live without water. Some farmers believe...
Homeyer: Growing food for taste and flavor
By HENRY HOMEYER
We gardeners love our home grown vegetables. As John Denver sang long ago, “Only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.” And why do they taste so good? We can grow tomatoes that don’t have to conform to commercial...
Bradford intaglio printmaker J. Ann Eldridge creates connections to the outside world
By KELLY SENNOTT
First and foremost, Bradford artist and printmaker J. Ann Eldridge is a storyteller.Her subjects? Bugs. Rocks. Moles. The outdoors in general. Instead of novels, she prefers reading about the science of the natural world, from horizontal gene transfer...
Arts & entertainment quick picks for the week of Jan. 18
Andover Coffeehouse What: Holly Furlone’s solo performances have been described as “passionate, candid and pure” indie-folk singer/songwriter. Plus, open mic performers.When: Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. Where: Highland Lake Grange Hall, Route 11 and Chase Hill...
Cirque du Soleil brings ‘Corteo’ to SNHU Arena from Jan. 19 to 22
Cirque du Soleil will bring Corteo to the SNHU Arena in Manchester from Jan. 19 to 22.Corteo, which means “cortege” in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the...
Concord Chorale presents ‘The Sky Within,’ celebrating sky, flight, and letting go
On Jan. 21 and 22, Concord Chorale will present The Sky Within, a concert celebrating the themes of sky, flight, and letting go.The Sky Within showcases a variety of musical styles, including “Opus 112” by Johannes Brahms and “Renaissance madrigals”...
Homeyer: Looking back on gardening projects and thinking about the future
By HENRY HOMEYER
It’s gray and chilly outside, but I have a fire in the new woodstove that warms the house and pleases me as I look through its glass window. I’ve been in the same house since 1970, so I’ve had plenty of time to plan and execute projects. I’d like to...
Explore a personal odyssey with B.B. King at Kimball Jenkins
Start the new year right with a foray through the chronological and personal documentation of Riley B. King as presented by photographer Charlie Sawyer and partner in crime Cherie Hoyt.This show has more than 60 photographs of the American monolith...
Wilmot textile artist Melissa McKeagney’s Studio Buue grows with custom prints
By KELLY SENNOTT
For Melissa McKeagney, there’s nothing like creating art and putting it on repeat.The Wilmot resident has been a textile artist for fifteen years, but until recently, she’d been creating with other people’s prints. Now her company, Studio Buue, sells...
Entertainment listings for the weekend
Live musicJan. 12■Dave Gerard at Hermanos from 6:30 to 9 p.m.■Gardner Berry at Area 23 at 7 p.m.Jan. 13■Mikey G at Mount Sunapee from 3 to 5 p.m.■Justin Cohn at Pats Peak from 6 to 9 p.m.■Chris Lester at Crotched Mount from 7 to 9 p.m.■NH Music...
Winni Playhouse’s 20th season bridges past, future
By ADAM DRAPCHO
MEREDITH — This year will be one of transitions for the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. Announced late last year, the artistic director will be someone other than Neil Pankhurst, for the first time in the nonprofit theater organization’s history. And the...
Arts & entertainment quick picks for the week of Jan. 11
Indian and Nepali music What: In this Bach’s Lunch Concert, the quintet of Hari Maya Adhikari (vocals/harmonium), Shyam Nepali (Nepali sarangi/string instruments), Prem Sagar Khatiwada (tabla/madal), Pramod Upadhyay (tabla/pakhawaj), and David Nugent...
From the farm: Don’t take the weather personally
By CAROLE SOULE
For New Year’s Eve, the weather was all warm and balmy with shirt-sleeve temperatures, no wind, and pretending it didn’t try to kill us the week before. I was on vacation in Georgia when the Arctic weather descended. Below-freezing temperatures,...
Homeyer: Lessons from the garden
By HENRY HOMEYER
At the end of the year I always like to take a little time to reflect on what worked well in the garden - and what didn’t. This year I also called some gardening friends – some experienced, some less so – to ask what they had learned so I could share...
Bladesmith Zack Jonas’s knives live big outside his Warner studio
By KELLY SENNOTT
When Warner bladesmith Zack Jonas joined the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 2012, he was the only person selling knives at the Sunapee fair.Bladesmithing hadn’t yet hit mainstream pop culture due to shows like Forged in Fire, and most people...
The Loft at Hermit Woods presents a Granite State funk, blues & R&B quartet
The Loft at Hermit Woods will be bringing to their stage the band “Mica’s Groove Train” on Jan. 5 at 6 p.m., a funk, blues, R&B quartet featuring the vocals of singer-songwriter Yamica Peterson and her rhythm section.Nominated New England Music Awards...
Gilford’s Oellers-Fulmer is Lakes Region Art Association’s newest featured artist
The Lakes Region Art Association & Gallery in the TiltonTanger Outlets features an exemplary member artist each month through a series of short social media videos posted to the Facebook and Instagram platforms. The newest Friday Featured Artist is...
New World Theatre presents ‘Scene Changes’ at HatBox Theatre in January
‘Scene Changes, by Donald Tongue, is a romantic dramedy revolving around a traveling production of A Christmas Carol in Concord. It’s a Broadway traveling show, a theatrical purgatory, and the only reason any of us are here is that we failed to land a...
Quick Picks: Dueling pianos, Disney and more
Pramod Upadhyay What: In his lecture, Pramod Upadhyay will discuss his musical journey as a tabla artist (Indian/Nepali drum) and how he got into the music profession. Come back next week to view a concert, “Indian and Nepali Music,” where the quintet...
The Outside Story: Carolina wrens move north
By SUSAN SHEA
I saw a new bird at my feeder last winter. In mid-December, a small, reddish-brown bird with an upturned tail, a white eyebrow-stripe, and a long, slender, downcurved bill was on the deck below our feeder. Looking at its cocked tail, I suspected it...
