Imagine a first date where there's very little awkwardness, the location for dinner and the movie is completely at your discretion and there's no question that you'll get along splendidly with your date. In fact, even though it may be a first date, you already know this person quite well. I'm proposing that this Valentine's Day, your dream date is yourself. This can be in lieu of a…

Nearly 80 new prints by 45 New Hampshire artists are featured in "Prints of the Year 2009" at Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2 White St. The exhibit is open daily, free of charge, through April 3. The public is welcome to attend a reception for the artists on Friday evening, Feb. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. Participating artists will bring portfolios of their work featuring additional prints for examination and purchase. Participants include nationally and internationally-known printmakers, professional artists and several printmaking students from New Hampshire. The exhibit is on view weekdays, from 8…

Our friend and Tween reporter, Youlim Lee, will be moving back to Korea this Friday. The Tweens want to send her off with Insider-style “shout outs.” This will also help Insider readers remember the angst of losing a friend who is moving away. Hearts are breaking as they read! Clara Symmes Dear Youlim, Geez! I’ll miss you sooo much! I don’t know what to say except that I love…

The Sunrise Conference, made up of eight schools from four states, will hold its "Final Four Mens' and Womens' Basketball Tournament" at NHTI on Feb. 28 and March 1. There will be four games on Saturday, at 1, 3, 5 and 7 p.m. and two games on Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 pm. Although we cannot put the teams in the brackets yet, the first and third game on Saturday will be the womens' semi-finals featuring the No. and the No. 4 seeded teams. At 5 p.m. the other womens' semi-final game will feature the No. 2 seeded team v.s. the No. 3 seeded team. The mens' semi-finals will be at 3 and 7 p.m., featuring…

We've all heard the bad news. Markets for recycled products are drying up. Companies that sell the items we recycle are faced with low demand and low prices for these goods. When the economy is in a downward spiral, the recycled products industry goes right down with it. What can we do to help stimulate demand for recyclables? We can buy products made with recycled materials. This is a logical next step for those…

Dear Insiders, With intense interest, I perused last week’s “Happiness (or Lack Thereof)” issue. Well, to be frank, the available interest to be mustered was tampered by our 5-year-old’s rolling stream of inquisitions abut her self-created map detailing the drive to Disney World from Concord. (“THEN, which way would we turn Mummy, and WHAT is the name of that street?”) Perhaps equally distracting was the drone of “Dora Rescues the Snow Princess,” a coveted library DVD our 2-year-old had popped into the laptop when my back was turned. (“We did it! We did it, we did it, we did,…