Meet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo
The greatest dumbbell lifter in the world, Stickney claimed
A Brush with the Shaggs
A vintage chat with Dot Wiggin of the Seacoast-based sister band that reinvented music
Portsmouth Staged “No Kings” Play in 1778 Despite Theater Ban
Poet Jonathan Mitchel Sewall compared Roman Senator Cato to Washington
“Bond Bombshell” Dorothy Lamour Visits in 1942
Raising big bucks for the war effort
The Piano Prodigy and the Blind Soprano
Gladys Fogg and Milo Benedict taught music in Portsmouth
Why I Avoid Fake Pirates
They evoke a spirit of the past that never happened and teach us nothing
Portsmouth Lyceum was TEDx of the 1800s
Between the church and the theater was the educational Lyceum Movement
The Saga of the “Jenny Lind” Figurehead
Was it really attached to a Portsmouth-built clipper ship?
“Reefer Madness” Closed Civic Cinema in 1947
Originally titled "Tell Your Children," this melodrama was funded by a religious group
Ben Baldwin & The Big Note in 1980
Five decades ago, another Big Note baby was born
Remembering Jay Smith
The Press Room and the Music Hall are his legacy
Cinema Cowboy Tom Mix at Fort Constitution
He appeared in almost 300 films