It’s time for Lowell to put on its party finery and get ready to host the world at the Lowell Folk Festival tomorrow through Sunday. This marks the 38th year for the fest, a big dance party with the city and its partners pulling out all the stops for music, ethnic foods from around the world, crafts, stuff for kids and unending fun. But the Lowell Folk Festival continues to be more than a music, crafts and food event. The Experience Lowell Arts Market returns to the Lowell Folk Festival, showcasing the region’s vibrant creative community with over 40 local […]
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Written in Granite: New Hampshire’s Hollywood spotlight
Imagine actress and Academy Award nominee Demi Moore enjoying the autumnal beauty of New Hampshire’s White Mountains in Franconia Notch. It could happen. Soon enough. Seriously.
Family Recipe Box: Lemonade gets top marks as summer drink
Iced tea or lemonade, lemonade or iced tea? Lemonade can be too sweet, but iced tea that’s gone off? There is no word for the disappointment one’s palate feels to be imbibing a stale, sour, musty beverage. And combining the two into an Arnold Palmer? No thank you! Since that first June heatwave, Family Recipe […]
Stages: ‘Shrek the Musical’ a sizzling summer treat at Seacoast Rep
You say the kids are already bored and school is only recently out? How about a trip to Portsmouth, N.H. where “Shrek the Musical” opens tonight and plays through July 27 at Seacoast Rep? “Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek…” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that […]
Eye on Art: MFA Boston a great place to spend a hot summer day
Summer is here with all its heat and humidity, and what better place to spend the lazy, hazy, crazy days than in the air-conditioned comfort of a museum? The MFA Boston has an array of exhibitions, tours, classes and film festivals to get visitors through the sultry days in comfort. You will need timed tickets for the headline exhibit of Van Gogh’s 23 portraits of the Roulin family, on through Sept. 7, but there is more to see and do at the MFA. Here’s what the MFA has to say about the Van Gogh portraits: “Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) once […]
Ask the Psychic: Welcome the angels
Dear Bonnie: I had a really hard day yesterday and last night when I awoke in a dream-style sleep I saw all these brilliant flashes of light. There seemed to be so many of them and they lit up my vision. Do you have any idea of what these balls or flashes of white light […]
