ARTS & CULTURE

ART GALLERY Jackson Art Studio & Gallery Jackson jacksonartnh.com

MUSEUM Currier Museum of Art Manchester currier.org

MUSIC VENUE (LARGE) Bank of NH Pavilion Gilford banknhpavilion.com

MUSIC VENUE (SMALL)

Tupelo Music Hall Derry tupelomusichall.com

NH PODCAST NHPR’s Bear Brook bearbrookpodcast.com

Things have changed since a cameraman (almost always a man) had to skillfully crank the moving picture film at just the right speed to make a silent film. But then, as in the YouTube-saturated now, the capture of visual details was also the capture of current events, lifestyles, technology, celebrity, fashion, horror, sex and other flights of fantasy. Jeff Rapsis curates and preserves the vast array of silent films still available from the early years of last century (some just recently restored) and reveals just how rich and fascinating they still are with his improvised keyboard accompaniment and talks. jeffrapsis.com

NH RADIO MORNING SHOW Greg and the Morning Buzz morningbuzz.com

NH RADIO TALK SHOW

NHPR’s The Exchange nhpr.org

NH RADIO STATION

NH Public Radio nhpr.org

NH SPORTS TEAM

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats Manchester milb.com/new-hampshire

TV NEWS ANCHOR

Erin Fehlau, WMUR wmur.com

TV NEWS REPORTER

Ray Brewer, WMUR wmur.com

TV SPORTS ANCHOR

Mike Cronin, WMUR wmur.com

THEATER/PERFORMING

ARTS VENUE

The Palace Theatre Manchester palacetheatre.org

As Portsmouth continues its inexorable climb into development, tourism and gentrification, now’s as important as ever for grassroots organizations to provide inexpensive community spaces for year-round Seacoast residents. Enter Drift Art House in Portsmouth. An offshoot of the stoner-surfer boutique retail shop The Drift Collective on Daniel Street, Drift Art House brings together community galleries (with a focus on young New England artists), artist studios and summer concerts via their backyard event space. Complete with a makeshift wooden stage, atmospheric hand-hung string lights and just enough legroom to really get to know other concert-goers (half of its charm is how small the backyard is), the whole operation feels so endearingly DIY — something Portsmouth’s in dire need of. Support local artists. Stop by Drift Art House on Fleet Street. drift-gallery.com

Todd Bookman started with NH Public Radio in 2009, so his name is somewhat familiar here in the Granite State, but increasingly his knack for finding important national stories with local angles has found it ringing bells in ears across the nation. Bookman’s report on a local shaman who was leading ayahuasca retreats in the woods of Canterbury hit just as interest in psychedelic therapies was peaking. His report on Rainbow Reload, a New Hampshire “LGBTQ gun club that offers experts and the gun-curious a chance to practice firearms skills in a supportive environment,” was picked up by former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson whose protestations helped to spread the story even further. Great storytelling will always find a way, and Bookman seems to be just warming up his vocal cords. nhpr.org