Wonder Made has been a funky, eclectic shop since its inception. The "corner store for community and culture" has been a haven for local handmade arts, community creations adorning tables and racks. Well, you can add walls to that list. The store recently opened its blank, white walls up to local artists… 0

No one can make a shot of expansive desert look as lush as Paul Thomas Anderson. Much like his 2007 opus There Will Be Blood, Anderson's latest, The Master, features some amazing cinematography, none richer than his wide shots of furrowed fields and arid salt flats.But deep into the second hour of the film, as… 0

For nearly a year, a dedicated crowd of moviegoers have been enjoying cutting-edge movies and cult classics at the Red River Theatres' Xtreme Friday Night film series.If you are afraid of subtitles and blood and gore, the Xtreme Film Series might not be for you. However, if movies like 13 Assassins (killer… 0

For close to a dozen years, the Barley House has been giving its customers more than just food on Tuesday nights. Each week, the pub showcases an Irish jam session with talented local artists who perform original and traditional songs.The Barley House is known for its tasty burgers, but on jam night, the music takes… 0

On most Monday nights, an eclectic mix of more than 80 professionals piles into the community room at the Concord Community Music School, representing just about every major trade in the city.During those few hours, though, the participants are recognized not for their vocation but rather their voice.So listen up,… 0

Looking back on it, all the signs were there early. When Eric Ober got booted from a high school guitar class for breaking from the lesson plan with a Brown-Eyed Girl riff, a life of musical freelancing was born.When Ober says he loves music, he means it - all of it. And his stylings are something like New England… 0

While a new addition to the downtown Concord scene, the soulful sound of jazz that permeates the air from the new jazz club the Purple Pit on Friday nights seems like such a natural fit that you would think it has been there forever.Currently open only on Fridays, for the last two months the Pit has treated… 0

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… 0

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… 0

Mark Ruddy has been commissioned to paint dozens of murals in some rather swank digs in New York City during an art career that began in the early '80s. Concord, though, has always been home.So when the opportunity to contribute to the annual Friends Program Auction presented itself, he jumped in with both feet.Ruddy… 0