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Bananas, not GMOs,  for bluths

Friday, May 24, 2013

Do you care about where your food comes from? If you do, the State House is the place to be today, as the international March Against Monsanto comes to Concord at 2 p.m. With House Bill 660, the food-labeling bill to alert consumers about genetically-modified produce, doing no more than languishing in committee, Concordians are taking to the streets to voice their distaste for GMO behemoth Monsanto (the company fighting … 0

Concord High seniors Josh Storo, left, and Eileen Kelley rehearse Tuesday as The Phantom of the Opera and Chrisitne Daae at Concord High School.(Photo by Larry Crowe)

In Concord debut, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ promises musical thrills

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Hide your glassware, Concord. The Concord High School Drama Club is about to hit a high note. The over-achieving theater group, led by veteran director Clint Klose, is bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lavish musical The Phantom of the Opera to Concord for the first time. “It’s a very ambitious project. It’s the biggest … 0

Kathryn Hodges plays Sister Aloysius in “Doubt.”

Concord Community Players’ latest production is full of ‘Doubt’

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Truth is an ethereal thing, a hologram projected by the mind, in the Community Players’ production of Doubt. Audience members become jurors of a sort, grasping for objectivity in the absence of solid evidence. One thing is certain though: “They’re going to leave thinking,” said Kathryn Hodges, who plays Sister Aloysius in the … 0

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A torn flag wraps around its pole after a year of braving the elements. Civil Air Patrol cadets and volunteers replace the flags at Blossom Hill cemetery, May 18, 2013. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff) PHOTOS: Replacing the American flags at Blossom Hill Cemetery
More than 2,500 students from 64 high schools attended the New Hampshire Scholars program graduation at the State House Plaza in downtown Concord; Wednesday, May 22, 2013. TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff PHOTOS: New Hampshire Scholars Graduation
From left: Sybil Dupuis, House Speaker Terie Norelli, Gov. Maggie Hassan and David Berry cut a New Hampshire-shaped cake at the "New Hampshire Presidential Primary 100th Anniversary" celebration in the State House in Concord; Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Dupuis is the great-granddaughter of Stephen Bullock, author and sponsor of House Bill 430, which created New Hampshire's first official presidential primary. "This is one of the biggest honors of my life," Dupuis, who resides in Wells, Maine, said about being asked to speak at the celebration. (TAEHOON KIM / Monitor staff) PHOTO: New Hampshire primary at 100
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Bananas, not GMOs,  for bluths
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Ben Conant and Keith Testa, the Concord Monitor's Insiders. (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor Staff)

The Insiders: An extra hour of Light with Gilbert and Sullivan

Saturday, March 9, 2013

The clocks have changed, we’ve all lost an hour of sleep, and we’re still nursing sore muscles from shoveling for the millionth time this winter. Sounds like time for some laughs to us! Dr. Insider recommends you spend … 0

Concord Insider's Ben Conant and Keith Testa (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)

The Insiders: A night on Broadway in Concord

Friday, March 8, 2013

P erhaps you haven’t heard, but New York City was recently voted “Best place in America to find meat you’ve never heard of sold out of an old ice cream truck on the street.” A clunky title, to … 0

Christa McAuliffe Elementary School fourth graders, Charlie Makee, 9, and Hunter Anderson, 10, worked with resident artist, Tim Gadreau, of Portsmouth, on March 6, 2013, to complete a snow sculpture near the main entrance of the school titled, 'Snow Patrol.' The sculpture is a spiral formation that will have colorful ice polar bears from molds the students made throughout the week. (JOHN TULLY / Monitor staff)

Thursday, March 7, 2013

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Concord Insider's Ben Conant and Keith Testa (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)

Thursday, March 7, 2013

A caution to the readers: If you take our advice and attend the hot event of the evening, you will be in grave danger of having your mind blown. Three abstract artists working in a trio of mediums … 0

State Commissionioner of Cultural Resources Van McLeod, greets Kati Preston of Barnstead after Preston spoke at the opening of the exhibit "Konzentrationslager Auschwitz" at the New Hampshire State Library; Monday, March 4, 2013. Preston, a Holocaust survivor, (ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff)

At exhibit opening, local Holocaust survivor Kati Preston tells her story

Monday, March 4, 2013

Kati Preston survived the Holocaust because a peasant woman hid her in an attic. Preston, then just 5 years old, remained in that attic while her family was killed by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Now a 74-year-old Barnstead … 2

In this undated photo provided by the Fashion Institute of Technology shows Christian Louboutin's "Fetish Ballerine" pump. The shoe is on display at the "Shoe Obsession" exhibit at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum in New York. The exhibition, showing off 153 specimens, runs through April 13. (AP Photo/Fashion Institute of Technology)

No longer mere accessory, shoes move center stage

Monday, February 25, 2013

Shoes are having a 21st century moment as they’ve pushed from mere accessory to the center of the fashion stage. Sexuality, social status, fashion IQ – The reasons for our shoe obsession are many, but one thing’s for … 0

The Insiders: Monkey business at League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Gallery’s exhibit

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

If you’re like us, you’ve always dreamed of a monkey butler. It would wear a little tuxedo, bring us food on a silver platter with a dome lid and clean up after itself when it was done throwing … 0

Part of the Museum of the White Mountains Dan Noel Collection is “Wood Train, Mount Washington Railroad,” (above) and “Flume Above the Boulder Franconia,” (below), Stereoview card images by the Kilburn Brothers, date unknown.

White Mountain Museum perfect gateway to the North Country

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

It’s been nearly 200 years since artist Thomas Cole first took notice of the land he called “a union of the picturesque, the sublime, and the magnificent.” Cole’s description of what surely sounded like God’s country started a … 0

Clay workshops to be held at Sharon Arts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Clay workshops come  in all shapes, sizes The Sharon Arts Center will feature a series of one- and two-day clay workshops during its spring programming – in February, March and May. The first one will be held on … 0

Ben Conant, Keith Testa, Insider, Thursday, February 14, 2013. (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor Staff)

Don’t ‘Doubt’ your talent for acting

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Concordians – in our mind, you are all stars. Tonight is your chance to prove it! If you’re one-to-three women or one man aged 20 to 70 (target demographic!) and have a flair for the dramatic, consider auditioning … 0

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