Exploring the Appalachian Mountain Club with new President Nicole Zussman

by MICHAELA TOWFIGHI | Oct 17, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec, Travel

On Nicole Zussman’s backpack, a mosaic of patches present a passport of past hikes. From hut to huts in the White Mountains to day trips on Connecticut trails, many of the trails and experiences illustrated in the iron-on emblems are thanks to the Appalachian Mountain...

Glamping: A new kind of camping

by JAMIE COSTA | Oct 17, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Travel

Raindrops landed on the top of the tin roof with a kerplunk, so loud it started to drown out the soft music I had playing from the vintage radio in the corner of the cabin. I shut it off and opened the windows as a slow mist unfurled along the brook. It crept in...

Concord Escape Room adds a kids room because why should grown-ups have all the fun?

by DAVID BROOKS | Oct 17, 2023 | Family, In Print, Life & Leisure

As escape rooms mature from novelty status and approach a sort of middle age – they have been around New Hampshire for almost a decade – this hands-on form of group entertainment is looking to get a wider variety of hands involved. “At the end of the day, it’s a...

Fast Faves with Xochiquetzal Berry

by ALLIE GINWALA | Jul 12, 2023 | Home & Garden, In Print, Life & Leisure

For Xochiquetzal Berry, life and work are centered around food. A food systems specialist and certified permaculture designer, she’s passionate about helping other food-loving folks develop a resilient, equitable, and vibrant regional food system. She’s also the...

Pedal on the metal

by David Brooks | Jul 12, 2023 | In Print, Life & Leisure, Sports & Rec

One of the things you won’t find on most rail trails are rails. Usually the tracks get pulled up after the local train company abandons a corridor before the state makes it available for public use. But not always. Concord contains one of the most unusual examples of...

Professional actors will arrive again this summer to deliver on iconic stages. Catch a show.

by Around Concord Admin | Jul 10, 2023 | Arts, In Print, Life & Leisure

Here are places in New Hampshire that offer theatrical productions performed by professional actors primarily in the summer and what they have planned for the 2023 season.   Barnstormers Theatre 104 Main Street, Tamworth barnstormerstheatre.org Nunsense (June 29...