Black Heritage Trail of NH: Can Tourism Deliver a Valuable Message

Given the significant presence of black people in New Hampshire during the last three hundred years, it is truly disappointing that today’s public school children (and their parents and grandparents) are unaware that black children and young adults were once sold on the wharf in Portsmouth, that Governor Langdon supported the efforts of George Washington to recover his “runaway property,” that Richard Potter was one of the most popular entertainers in America two hundred years ago, or that Harriet Wilson was the first African-American woman in North America to publish a book.

This Small Room in Dover Is Flush With Fine Art

I muse joyfully this week on art galleries and bathrooms. As you know, Joyful Musers, I am a fan of the used, the re-used and the frugal.  And at this moment, where the verb “downsize”  is utilized as often as “to get a coffee” this is prime time to search out art – original, eclectic, lovely to you. 

A Conversation With James Dean, 20th President of UNH

PODCAST: The University of New Hampshire welcomes its 20th president this summer.  With the retirement of Mark Huddleston, University of North Carolina Provost James Dean takes over the three campus system.  Roger Wood speaks with the incoming president in this InDepth conversation.