The first five oil paintings were created by Megan Goodnoe. They are a series of portraits depicting people she interacts with on a day-to-day basis. “I have tried to capture not only their personalities,” wrote Goodnoe, “but also moments when they have shared with me happiness, shyness, silliness and anger." The sculptures are the work of Daniel Noonan. “The focus of my work,”…

The latest exhibit showcases artists who have received scholarships from the organization over the past five years

The mourning cloak butterfly and the Karner blue butterfly have very different life stories and represent the wide variety of species in the family of butterflies.The mourning cloak butterfly is one of the very first butterflies to appear in the spring, even when patches of snow are still on the ground. Its secret? It spends the winter as an adult hibernating under the loose bark of…

Rhubarb does not emerge softly from the soil in the spring. It explodes out of the ground, punching through the dirt with its pink-green fists. Those fists are tightly wrapped leaf buds, crinkly and small at the start. Upon discovering sunlight, the leaves rise into the air on their sturdy stalks, unfurling as they go.When I was a kid, we had a giant rhubarb plant at the corner of our…

Master luthier Paul Languedoc spoke at St. Paul's School Friday. Languedoc told the crowds the story of his "mostly accidental" journey through the the music business, from working in a Burlington, Vt., guitar shop to designing and crafting the guitar and basses for the band Phish. He served as their soundman for the majority of the band's career, touring with them…

Country singer Rory Scott Thurston's road to the big stage reads like a country song. When he found out he qualified for the North American Country Music Association's national competition, he sold his family's kitchen stove to finance the trip, strapped on his lucky snakeskin boots and hit the road to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Thurston had been performing locally at New Hampshire Country Music Association…