All posts in Arts and Entertainment

  • Behind the Scenes of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
    Behind the Scenes of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
    February 20, 2012

    Newburyport-Today joined the refuge ranger for a behind the scenes tour of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Tour was conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. It was an “up close and personal ...

  • Murder, Mystery, & Mayhem A Postcard from Paradise
    Murder, Mystery, & Mayhem A Postcard from Paradise
    January 17, 2012

    Newburyport’s own Joel Brown is back in town with a sequel to his most promising debut “Libertyport” murder mystery (Mirror Ball Man) that is full of more mystery and murder.

  • Muggsy’s New Moves in the New Year
    Muggsy’s New Moves in the New Year
    January 11, 2012

    The Range Lighthouse (located just beyond the Starboard Galley restaurant and The Newburyport Art Association) is experiencing one or more dining parties per day and/or night per year since joining such barter groups as Living Social and Gr ...

  • Chanukah “CHaroling”
    Chanukah “CHaroling”
    December 23, 2011

    Rabbi Avi Poupko of the Congregation Ahavas Achim lead the first Chanukah "Charoling" in Newburyport Thursday night. The group from the congregation sang at different locations throughout downtown and passed out gelt (chocolate coins) to th ...

  • Muggy’s Crystal Ball…The Past and Future
    Muggy’s Crystal Ball…The Past and Future
    December 16, 2011

    We have a friend with a remarkable urban planning resume, the redevelopment of Newburyport, and a realistic futurist vision of Our Fair Port…a strong portion of our readers are not going to agree with his thoughts of what will make NBPT s ...

  • Muggsy is Mad About Martha
    Muggsy is Mad About Martha
    December 5, 2011

    Richard Sullivan Newburyport’s Own Grumpy Doyle’s Nocturnal Mad Martha’s The Sea’s Carl Panall by, Muggsy Barnacle Richard Sullivan was our Mayor for eight years…for most, that would be a lifetime ...

  • Muggsy’s Thankful
    Muggsy’s Thankful
    November 23, 2011

    Watch for Agavé Mexican Bistro to e-x-p-a-n-d…BIG Time…owner Dawn McCandless hit town 10 years ago and bought an existing restaurant business, the funky and fun State Street Joppa Flats restaurant, and opened a Mexican dining and drink ...

  • Sponsored: Hot Spots to Shop and Dine #3
    Sponsored: Hot Spots to Shop and Dine #3
    November 11, 2011

    A winter chill is in the air and the holiday season is here with its share of hot trends and shopping tips! Visiting our favorite Newburyport hot spots as we prepare for winter weather and search for the perfect holiday gift for family and ...

  • Food, Fun, and The Firehouse
    Food, Fun, and The Firehouse
    November 3, 2011

    Muggsy and his pal Joe Mannix (you may remember him when he was a detective on TV) went to Newburyport’s Not Your Average Joe’s on their respective almost same birthdays as they always do each mid-October for a free entrée and dessert ...

  • Muggsy’s Restaurant Mixers
    Muggsy’s Restaurant Mixers
    October 17, 2011

    The news delivered by The Daily News that Newburyport Development (read Steve Karp) is reviewing the leases of the legendary (founded 1852) newsstand of Fowle’s News and its adjoining luncheonette…the leases are up in May 2012…now it ...