Players’ Ring brings a bold, couture-infused “Twelfth Night” to Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH – Shakespeare’s classic comedy of disguise, “Twelfth Night,” will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre, facilitated by Julia Sommer, from Feb. 6 through Feb. 22.This production honors Shakespeare’s language and story while embracing a fast-paced, quick-fire Elizabethan style – reimagined as a bold, visually captivating world where “feast of fools” collides with “haute couture.” When Viola (performed by Amy Desrosiers) washes ashore in the strange land of Illyria – believing her twin brother
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City of Portsmouth, NH Opens 2026 Seasonal Prescott Park Dock Application Period
PORTSMOUTH – City Clerk Kelli Barnaby announced that her office has begun to accept applications for the lottery to assign the 12 seasonal boat slips at Prescott Park for the 2026 season. The deadline for applying is Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 at 4 p.m. For the application package, visit: portsnh.co/prescottparkdocks. This year, 12 boat slips will be made available for seasonal rental. Slips are first awarded to Portsmouth residents using a lottery system. If there are any remaining slips available after the
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Community Power Coalition of NH announces increase in Portsmouth Community Power Rates, effective Feb. 1, 2026
PORTSMOUTH -- The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) has advised its member municipalities, including Portsmouth Community Power, that the electricity supply rates for the rate period Feb. 1, 2026 through July 31, 2026 will increase. The new CPCNH Granite Basic default rate for residential and small commercial customers will increase to 14.663 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), from the current 13.419 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), still in effect through Jan. 31, 2026.Rates are based upon CPCNH
3S Artspace opens 2026 Gallery Season with 'Ecorhizome Stories,' ft. works by Ezra Wube
PORTSMOUTH—3S Artspace is pleased to begin its 2026 Gallery season with Ecorhizome Stories, a multimedia exhibition featuring works by artist and filmmaker Ezra Wube, on view from Feb. 6 through March 29, 2026. The exhibition will open with a public reception and opportunity to meet the artist on Friday, Feb. 6, from 5 - 8 p.m. Blending stop-motion animation, painting, collage, video, and sound, Wube’s work moves between mythology, environmental reflection, and everyday life. Ecorhizome Stories brings
