The Metropolitan Opera in the Pines
I went to the opera on Saturday afternoon. The Met. Verdi’s Aida. Around noon, I put on a pair of slacks and a sweater, gave the dogs a cookie and left the house. I turned left out of my driveway,...
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Exploring Peterborough, New Hampshire
Exploring Peterborough, New Hampshire Exploring Peterborough, New Hampshire When my uncles visited from Texas last summer, they informed me they’d spent one entire lazy day just tripping around the...
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Looking Back on Our Town
Our Town is a pretty big deal in our town. The fictional Grover’s Corners in Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play detailing the unexpected power of ordinary small-town life is supposedly based, however loosely,...
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New England Summer Playhouses & Theaters
No matter if it’s in an old, renovated barn in the boonies or in a brick theater downtown, summer stock theatre is a beloved seasonal pastime that’s especially popular in New England. The region is...
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Guide to Peterborough, NH | Eat, Stay & Play
Peterborough, NH, is one of those New England towns that you may not hear about often, but should. This community (population ~6,500) in the Monadnock Region is bordered by mountains and located along...
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Mel Allen’s Letter from Dublin
In 2020, the arrival of spring coincided with the rise of an unprecedented American public health crisis. As it is in other nations fighting the coronavirus, life here is profoundly changed, and we...
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