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Being Santa Claus is the all-time best job on the planet. I speak from experience; for many years I got to be Santa every Christmas season. I’m not talking about dressing up in the big red suit. I’m talking about spreading joy.

The joy of giving truly is a joy and I got to do lots of it! In the good old days of my company, Daddy’s Junky Music, I was fortunate to be able to afford to be a giver. I was addicted to making people happy. It made me happy.

My giving took a quirky path. Every Christmas season, as sales were rolling in and there was cash in the bank, I would look for stores advertising “going out of business” sales. I would find the person in charge and make them an offer for everything. They would regularly say “yes” just to get everything cleared out. We bought the leftover contents of stores like Montgomery Ward, Filene’s Basement, Designers’ Outlet and more. We probably bought $1 million of contents for a fraction of the value, all for the purpose of giving it away.

We traded a truckload of new clothes to Gibson Guitars (to be donated to needy Nashville families) for a truckload of computers that we gave to the five school districts in the Claremont education funding lawsuit. Claremont, Pittsfield, Allenstown, Lisbon and Franklin got their first computer labs from this wonderful trade.

I would also find community groups willing to hold clothing giveaways. I’d deliver a truckload of clothes for folks (often refugees) to take whatever they needed. Most never knew where the clothes came from. That’s OK. It felt great.

At Daddy’s, right after Thanksgiving, we’d fill our training room with toys, collectibles, clothes, etc. for Daddy’s employees, their families, our friends, their families, and, yes, my family, to come in and select gifts for themselves or to give to others.

Sadly, Daddy’s closing (2011) ended my ability to be a quirkily generous Santa. But, happily, I have another way to give.

My wife and I met when we were young teachers. She had a poster on her classroom wall that read “Buy a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.” Today, I give through my education work. Giving “stuff” may provide temporary joy. Educating our youth can provide joy for a lifetime.

Fred Bramante is the past chairman and member of the NH State Board of Education. He speaks and consults on education redesign to regional, state, and national organizations.

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ON THE COVER 12 THERE’S A STORE FOR THAT? New Hampshire has a treasure trove of cool specialty stores. The Hippo went on a shopping spree of sorts, finding 20 unique local shops that sell all manner of goodies, from rare fish to roller derby gear.

ALSO ON THE COVER, We talked to local gingerbread house doit-yourselfers to get tips on making these delicious-looking treats (p. 40). Check out this week’s night section to find out where to go for live music (p. 58). And get your fill of holiday family fun, at Canterbury Village (p. 28) and beyond (p. 29).

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NEWS & NOTES 4 Foster teens looking for homes; Primary Update; Political Groupies; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 20 THE ARTS: 22 ART Picker Building artists get ready to move on.

24 CLASSICAL Symphony NH gets in the holiday spirit.

26 THEATER Listings for events around town.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 29 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

Listings 30 GARDENING GUY Arts listings: arts@hippopress.com Inside/Outside listings: listings@hippopress.com Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

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34 CAR TALK BUSINESS Automotive advice.

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Following a New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, 850 of the 2,800 individuals on the sex offender registry are now eligible to petition to get off the registry, the Union Leader reported. The group comprises those who were convicted in 1993 or earlier. The registry was established in 1994. Norman St. Hilaire, who was convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter in 1987, brought the case before the Supreme Court, which ruled lifetime registry to be unconstitutional. In response, Republican Sen. Jeb Bradley submitted a Legislative Service Request for a bill that would establish a process for the 850 offenders to petition to be removed from the registry. Two men have already had their names removed from the registry. Meanwhile, prisoner rights groups are trying to audit the state prisons’ sex offender treatment program.

The Concord Monitor reported there is capacity for psychosexual therapy for 96 of the 675 incarcerated sex offenders in the state.

The advocacy group Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform New Hampshire says 59 offenders say they aren’t getting the treatment in time for their earliest parole date.

Treatment is required for parole and lasts up to 18 months. The Department of Corrections says there is no backlog.

Teacher contract

The controversial vote by aldermen on a three-year teachers union contract in Manchester may have its day in court. The Union Leader reported a judge is expected to either grant or reject a request to dismiss the complaints at a hearing. The complaints argue the vote to pass the contract should be invalidated since three aldermen who voted for it had family members who work in the school district and therefore should have abstained due to a conflict of interest. The city charter requires such an abstention if a city official has “immediate” family members who have a “direct personal or financial interest” in the vote.

If the judge rejects the motion to dismiss, a hearing could be scheduled soon after.

Legislative agenda

The two biggest issues for lawmakers in the upcoming session are the opioid crisis and expanded Medicaid. The Union Leader reported the Medicaid expansion issue is getting a boost from the drug issue. Efforts by Gov. Maggie Hassan and her fellow Democrats to renew the Medicaid program past its sunset date in the last budget failed when the Republican-controlled legislature said it needed more time to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. Now, there appears to be a divide among Republicans as some are actively pushing for reauthorizing the program. Republican Sen. Majority Leader Jeb Bradley called for reauthorizing it on NHPR recently, and others echoed that during the first task force meeting of the special legislative session. Right now, the federal government covers 100 percent of the cost for about 2,000 new-insured individuals. After Jan. 1, 2017, it will pay 95 percent.

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Police departments in rural and suburban towns are struggling to keep their officers from leaving.

The Concord Monitor reported these small departments are often seen as “training grounds” where officers are paid upward of $30,000 and can easily get paid $15,000 more than that in base pay at a nearby city. In Allenstown, all six police officers had left the department in a two-year period to work in nearby cities and towns. Epsom is budgeted for six officers but has been working with four over the past year and a half. Towns like Allenstown are trying to offer more competitive salaries, but most towns don’t have the budget to pay for them.

Addiction coverage

As New Hampshire seeks to expand drug addiction treatment and services, the New Hampshire Insurance Department plans to probe insurance companies to make sure they are complying with requirements written in the Affordable Care Act that mandate addiction coverage be treated the same as any other disease. The Concord Monitor reported this follows reports from

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providers and advocates that claim insurance companies are denying coverage for treatment.

The investigation will cover the first nine months of 2015, and the Insurance Department hopes to release a preliminary report in January.

Anti-hunting activists protested a proposed bobcat hunt in Concord on Nov. 27. WCVB Boston reported protesters participated in the event as part of “Fur Free Friday,” noting that bobcats are hunted for furs, not food.

Owners of a rooster named Pecker in Laconia pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges. The Laconia Daily Sun reported the owners threatened neighbors after they complained to town officials about the rooster’s morning crowing.

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The owner of Liquid Planet, a water park in Candia, who chained himself to a water slide is coming down after 17 days.

Kevin Dumont chained himself to the top of the slide in an effort to prevent a December auction after the park was foreclosed.

Dumont gained national attention but failed to find the investment partners he hoped would aid him in his last-ditch effort. He began to show signs of pneumonia after sleeping in the cold for so long.

Dumont says rainy summers and the recession took a toll on his business, and regulators found high levels of bacteria in the park’s water.

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Church members had their memberships revoked in Temple following aGoffstown contentious battle with church leadership over proposed changes.

The Monadnock-Ledger Transcript reported at least eight members were terminated at the Temple Congregationalist Bedford Church through letters they received in the mail.

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A major project to map New Hampshire’s topography using laser scanners attached to airplanes has been completed, according to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The technology, known as light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, can detect surface details through tree cover and even uncover old stone walls and cellar holes. More than 80 percent of New Hampshire land data has been collected and will be available to the public by summer or

The Pillsbury Cemetery in Londonderry needs to expand because it’s running out of room. The Eagle Tribune reported about 130 plots remain and town officials say expansion would cost $75,000.

fall 2016, bringing the U.S. Geological Survey project to map the entire country with LiDAR closer to completion.

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Bow selectmen announced the selection of a design firm to help with the construction of a proposed public safety building that would house police, fire and emergency management depart-

Despite the recent Thanksgiving feasts, New Hampshire’s turkey population has rebounded to about 40,000 thanks to a restoration effort that began decades ago. The Union Leader reported that number is expected to remain about the same for the next 10 years. Officials with New Hampshire Fish and Game say turkeys can now be spotted in every town in the state with flocks often converging in backyards or along the sides of highways. Wild turkey populations in New Hampshire declined after the Revolutionary War due to settlements destroying habitat. Fish and Game launched its effort to bring the turkeys back in 1960 after nearly a century without them.

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CLIMBERS AND HIKERS

New Hampshire Fish and Game was busy organizing two rescues in the state, the calls for which came in about 15 minutes apart, on Nov. 28. WMUR reported one rescue mission involved a hiking couple on Mount Madison who had forgotten to pack lighting gear.

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Foster teens often left behind

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UL endorses Christie New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie landed a coveted endorsement when Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid called him “the one candidate who has the range and type of experience the nation desperately needs.” Christie is currently at 5 percent in New Hampshire polls. The Fivethirtyeight blog says that in the past, a UL endorsement meant a boost of an average of 8 percentage points for the candidate. But the paper’s circulation has been on the decline in recent years, and its 2012 endorsement of Newt Gingrich was followed by a drop in the polls.

Jefferson-Jackson dinner About 1,400 Democrats attended the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s JeffersonJackson fundraising dinner at the Manchester Radisson on Nov. 29, where they saw Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley share ideas and trade barbs. WMUR reported the party expected to raise $250,000. While the unifying theme of the night was rallying against the Republicans, the Union Leader reported O’Malley made a jab at Sanders by saying he wasn’t a former socialist and Sanders emphasized his vote against the Iraq War, which is a glancing shot at Clinton.

Independents The outsized role of independents in New Hampshire, recently championed by the No Labels group, may not be as important as once thought. The Union Leader reported that UNH pollster Andy Smith says most undeclared voters have a party preference they stick to when voting, 85 percent of the time.

NH debates Both of the presidential debates scheduled to take place in New Hampshire will be held at Saint Anselm College’s Carr Center.

The Concord Monitor reported ABC selected Saint Anselm to host the Democratic debate on Dec. 19 and the Republican debate on Feb. 6. Both debates begin at 8 p.m.

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In the early years of high school, Madison was a troublemaker. He was disruptive during class, got failing grades and was often penalized with in-school suspension for skipping classes. As Laconia resident Dawn Dragon puts it, he had no goals. Dragon and her husband adopted Madison earlier this year.

“We don’t care about Madison’s past so much. We’re here for the current-day Madison,” Dragon said.

His behavior was perhaps no surprise. His biological father was a drug addict and his mother lost custody rights, so Madison had been in the foster care system for most of his life, bounced between almost a dozen different households. Before he knew it, he was a teenager and still hadn’t been adopted.

Last ones chosen

According to Kathleen Companion, the foster care manager at the Division of Children Youth and Families, the odds of Madison finding an adoptive family diminished greatly the older he became.

Of the 123 children adopted in New Hampshire over the last federal fiscal year (between October 1, 2014, and Sept. 30, 2015), only 11 percent were age 13 or older. Companion says that’s higher than average.

“That is an area that we struggle a lot in … to find families who want to adopt teenagers,” Companion said.

To prospective parents, it can seem like a daunting task.

“Teenagers are, even in the normal world, scary,” Companion said. “They’re challenging. They want their independence. They don’t really want to follow parental rules. It’s the natural time in their life to want to pull away and test the waters and do new things.”

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children with mental and physical disabilities or with significant medical needs. On average, she says there are about 25 orphans each year who qualify for adoption but don’t get placed with a forever family.

Generally, Companion says, very young children are easier to adopt out, but a growing influx of kids 2 years old or younger means even more competition for older kids trying to get adopted.

“Eighteen percent of the children adopted last year were under 2 years old. That’s an increase,” Companion said.

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Older kids, once they graduate from high school and turn 18, are cast into the world with very limited supports. Social workers will try to help young adults as much as they can, but resources are scarce. Companion says housing is a common problem for former youth in care once they graduate, if they don’t find adoptive families.

In the case of Madison, he had developed a friendship with one of Dragon’s daughters, Sarah. The last two foster homes he stayed in had religious objections to raising Madison, who is gay, so he was going to move to Northfield when the Dragon family offered to

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“Now, he gets the highest grade in his health science class, he had been voted the ambassador for the Huot Tech nursing program, to be the liaison between the nursing program and the school board and other colleges. His grades have drastically improved [and] he’s looking at different colleges,” Dragon said.

Dragon says it’s important to consider adopting older kids because you can help guide their futures.

“These years ... are as important as when your kids are babies and toddlers,” Dragon said.

Plus she said, even though older foster kids like Madison may be very self-reliant, everyone wants a place to call home and family to visit for the holidays.

What’s being done

Companion says DCYF efforts to find adoptive parents for these kids are a hodgepodge of various approaches. One big push is to build awareness through the media. DCYF worked with WMUR to produce a New Hampshire Chronicle segment called “Home at Last” where adoption-eligible youth in

care are featured.

Companion says that’s already had about a 50-percent success rate.

“One of the first boys that we presented on the show [had previously] been adopted by a family that saw him on the show and said, ‘Oh, we already worked with him when he was little. We’ve always wanted to know what happened to him. We’ve never stopped loving him.’ And they were able to come back into his life and adopt him,” Companion said.

The state also works with a part-time recruiter from the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program, which tries to find influential adults from a kid’s past, like a coach or a teacher, who might be interested in adopting.

And while New Hampshire doesn’t have an adoption exchange of its own, DCYF works with the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (which offers an online photo catalog with biographical information) to post New Hampshire orphans on the MARE site.

Companion says social workers are trying to listen more to what the kids want and ask who they’d like to live with or have as parents. And she says DCYF is open to suggestions. She and others in the agency are working on creating a roundtable for brainstorming new ideas for recruiting families.

A look at advocacy groups in NH

AARP New Hampshire

Who they are: AARP New Hampshire is the state office of AARP, a national membership organization that advocates for issues affecting people 50 and older. It has had a presence in the state since about 2003. The national group has about 38 million members, with about 229,000 in New Hampshire.

The office is staffed with five people plus one temporary staffer for the primary season, and there are 50 to 100 regular volunteers. As a nonpartisan organization, AARP does not support specific political candidates or parties. It has no political action committee and it doesn’t contribute to campaigns.

What they want: The organization wants to improve the lives of people 50 or older through advocacy work, outreach and programming. Most recently, the group advocated for state funding for senior programs like Meals on Wheels and ServiceLink.

Current goal: Ultimately, AARP wants to see Social Security “updated” so that it’s solvent for the next 75 years, with plans in place by 2020. In the short term, they hope to get presidential candidates to articulate specific plans for Social Security.

VIPs: The state director is Todd Fahey, the state president is Richard “Dick” Chevre-

fils and prominent supporters and members include former Manchester Mayor Sylvio Dupuis, Claira Monier and SNHU Arts and Science Dean Karen Erickson, to name a few.

Find them at: 45 S. Main St., Concord.

The email is nh@aarp.org, and websites are aarp.org/nh and takeastand.aarp.org.

Campaign impact: Todd Fahey, the AARP New Hampshire state director, says the group’s bird-dogging and candidate tracking efforts came to a head when it unveiled its Take a Stand campaign website on Nov. 3.

“The primary purpose is to ensure this issue gets the … presidential attention it demands and deserves,” Fahey said. “I would say that within … 72 hours [of the site launch], candidates who didn’t have plans now do. So, I would say, yes, it has been successful.”

He says AARP New Hampshire has been engaging with candidates and campaigns since the start of the election cycle, often in the form of volunteers asking candidates about their plan for Social Security.

“We have no interest in playing ‘gotcha.’

We don’t want to be unfair to the candidates when they see our people at events. We’re respectful, we’re informed and they know the question is coming,” Fahey said.

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What makes your store unique?

We have something from each of the 50 states. Everything in the store is either made or remade. We have quite a few ... recycled, repurposed goods. And as we went across the country to purchase these things, we tried to really get as many ecofriendly or recycled products as we could. So, it’s a real eclectic mix of U.S.A. goods but there is a heavy emphasis on environmentally friendly [items].

puts the fabrics together. … One of my favorites [is] Refresh Glass and they’re from Arizona. They take wine bottles and they turn them into glasses. I’ve got two Courtesy photo. sets in the store, a 12-ounce and a 16-ounce, and they’re absolutely beautiful. … We have Pyrex, which is from Pennsylvania. Pyrex has been around forever. We have Black Bear Coffee that my husband does in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. …

[The tires products] are from Wisconsin and they’re called Flat Tire Decor. They take tires and they turn them into baskets and planters of all different sizes.

How did you get the idea to do this?

I’ve got an interior design background.

I’ve been working with my husband for many, many years doing different businesses. The latest one, for 20 years, is coffee. So, when I was doing the coffee, I just kept thinking about the kind of store that I would open. … I’ve always been recycling and I think it’s really important to support Americanmade [products]. So, it’s a combination of all Are you a consignment shop or are you that. … There’s so much that we make here. just a retailer?

Wouldn’t it be great to have a shop where you No, I’m just a retailer for those people, but pull it all together?

I do take some consignment in the way of furniture. There’s a couple that lives in town that What’s the most compelling argument [takes] old industrial stuff and they repurpose you can make to buy American? it, put new wood on it. The store is all home First, jobs. I’m buying product from small goods and gifts, but there is a heavy emphacompanies and large companies. But if I can sis on reclaimed furniture pieces as well, or grow, let’s say, the order for pillows from this recycled furniture pieces or pieces that I have girl in Rhode Island, if I can put more orders reupholstered. We [also] have old lamps that in, she can grow her business. I’m already we rewire and put a new shade on. working with some people [whose] businesses are taking off because of the U.S.A-made What’s the strangest object you carry? movement that is occurring. I already see [We have] this chair that I had reupholthe effect of people growing their business- stered and it’s called the Dead Folks Chair, es. The other thing, too, is the environment. because we had it reupholstered in this fabWe have products here that were recycled ulous fabric with pictures of a lot of dead from tires, but it’s done here so it’s not being celebrities. But it’s beautiful, absolutely beaushipped across the world. tiful. People are really drawn to it.

What are some of the things you sell?

Are your American-made products gener[We have] these overnight bags from Cali- ally more expensive? fornia from a company called Atenti. They’re I have some pillows that are made in Maine just absolutely beautiful. Really well-made. [that] retail for $65. ... If you go to Wal-Mart They’re like a work of art, the way she or Target, you can probably find a pillow for 30 bucks or go to a high-end shop in New Five favorites York and pay $300. … The other thing we try to do here is not just have high-end products.

Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by For example, we have these beautiful cutting Harper Lee boards from … Illinois. There’s one for $25 Favorite Movie: Boyhood and there’s one for like $50 … but we also Favorite Musician: Tom Petty Favorite Food: Thai food found some cutting boards from Texas and Favorite thing about NH: I would say they’re called Jelly Boards and you can pick the mountains. up one of those for $12. — Ryan Lessard

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QOL Score: +1 Comment: The busiest shopping days are expected to be the weekend before Christmas.

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Climate change could cause the purple finch, New Hampshire’s state bird, to summer in Canada in the next century, according to the New Hampshire Audubon. The Concord Monitor reported much the same is expected to happen with New Hampshire’s moose population as climate change has been blamed for the mammal’s winter tick infestation and subsequent diseases. A big problem for the state is expected to be a sea level rise of 3 to 4 feet over the next 100 years. Audubon biologists say this will adversely affect thousands of species, including the salt marsh sparrow.

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QOL Score: +1 Comment: Winter is coming. QOL suggests you embrace it.

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Well, that was a kick in the gut for Patriots Nation Sunday night in Denver, when an undefeated season going down the drain was about the night’s 15th-biggest story. As far as regular season disasters go, seeing Rob Gronkowski carted off with a knee injury near the end of the 30-24 loss goes right up there with Rodney Harrison and Matt Light going down for the count as the 22-game winning streak ended in a 2005 loss in Pittsburgh, not making it on fourth and two and seeing Tom Brady lost for the year in 2008.

It was such a big story, it overshadowed a game-ending sprained MCL suffered by Dont’a Hightower, probably the final nail in the coffin to Peyton Manning’s time in Denver and another stupefyingly bad day by the zebras. Given how the Patriots dispense injury information, it was stunning to hear the good news Monday that it was a bruise, not the expected torn ACL it looked like when he got hit. And that advances a larger story of accumulating injuries that already had many worried, with Jamie Collins and Danny Amendola sidelined for this game and Dion Lewis, Julian Edelman, Aaron Dobson and others gone for the year.

Of course this is the NFL, so everyone has key injuries, like Denver, who lost their nose tackle and starting safety during the game and didn’t have Demarcus Ware or Manning. Though given how much better Brock Osweiler has played, that one is looking more like Brady coming in after Drew Bledsoe got hurt in 2001. Whining about injuries aside, my real point is they’re running out of players and that may render the next man up plan moot. The first real chink was new punt returner Chris Harper’s fumble with the Pats poised to get the ball at midfield leading 21-7 with a chance to put the game away.

Instead Denver recovers, then runs it in to make it a one-score game, which brought the crowd alive.

All of this renders this column’s original premise background noise. Which was to point out that while December historically (55-10 in the Belichick era) has been, to paraphrase Chico Escuela, berry, berry, good to the Pats, this year felt a little different. And not because of the injuries mentioned above.

I was more concerned about the makeshift offensive line that has led to abandoning the running game and caused Tom Brady timing issues and injury fears, as it did in last year’s shaky 2-2 start — a problem fixed when Bryan Stork and Dan Connelly got healthy. But with Nate Solder and Ryan Wendell on injured reserve and Connelly retired, that won’t happen this year, so the guys playing now must play better. And, while the defense has been solid, it hasn’t been turning teams over as it has in the past.

It’s always been a key, but after getting just one against Denver, they now have 20, while in the previous five years it’s been 37, 46, 45, 40 and 42. Now, those two things are secondary concerns.

Now with December here, here are a few thoughts about the league as it hits the stretch run.

Now come 4-7 Philly and Chip Kelly, who after a summer of controversial moves and coming off two blow outs, has the heat going up on him in Philly. That has the talking heads wondering if heading back to college football is becoming more enticing.

Knowing he’s a pit bull, not a quitter I’m betting he stays..

Tim Tebow looks worse doing it than Mark Sanchez and Sam Bradford, but the record says when given a chance he won more. Philly should have kept him.

History is repeating itself with Manning, as he’s not the first all-time TD leader to experience a sharp decline from one year to the next at 39. It happened 50 years ago to Y.A. Tittle, who after setting single-season records for TD passes in ’62 and ’63 got old overnight as the Giants went from 11-3 to 2-10-2 in 1964. After which he knew it was

time and retired.

Here’s an interesting headline in the New York Post after the J-Men lost to Houston two weeks ago: “Texans’ Young Stud Makes Darrelle Revis Look Positively Ancient.”

That’s a long way in a short time from their previous position that signing the sainted Revis was the coup of the off season.

Guess that means I should say Coach B was right and I was wrong in leaning toward picking up his $25 million option because the Brady window is closing. If he had done it, they’d really be in a pickle, because they’re using the depth to survive the injuries they’d have had to sacrifice to do that.

In that same vein, with Miami’s defense ranked 29th against the run and just giving up 38 to the scoring-challenged Jets, is Ndamukong Suh the latest example that spending gigantic money on one player rarely is worth it?

So is Johnny Manziel just an immature 24-year-old as Boomer Esiason said last week? Or a not worth the trouble doofus now benched for lying to the brass about what he did on vacation?

You think all Dallas’ big injuries are the football gods paying Jerry Jones back for looking past all the baggage to sign Greg Hardy because he can get to the QB? SI’s Don Banks recently said this about the league’s most penalized player, Brandon Browner: “his idea of coverage these days is to mug the receiver and hope the officials are looking the other way.”

After presiding over one of the worst defenses ever in New Orleans, can we finally stop hearing what a defensive “genius” Rob Ryan is? I mean, what has any team he’s been with ever done?

Given the current circumstances, we’ll get to see over the next few weeks if the thing I like most about the Patriots — their grit and toughness to fight off adversity — remains intact.

On to Philly, as Coach B would say.

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Central takes city title The Big Story: The annual Turkey Day affair at Gill Stadium anointed Central as the city champ when it downed Trinity 30-22. Central looked to be in complete control after jumping out to a 22-0 halftime lead behind three TD passes by Anthony DiMauro. But it was not a game without intrigue as after leading 30-0, the Green had to hold on as Trinity ran off 22 straight points behind TD runs of Saikou Bah of 66 and 15 yards before running out of time.

Sports 101: Who is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy while playing for a team that lost more games than it won?

Hot Ticket: It’s at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium at Saint Anselm College when the Hawks try to stay undefeated when they take on Merrimack at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.

Out-of-Town Scores: That’s all she wrote for the up-and-down season for UNH after its 27-20 loss to Colgate in Round I of the NCAA playoffs. It also signaled the end of the fine career of Sean Goldrich, who led one final rally after the U went down 27-3 early in the fourth quarter by throwing for a 12-yard score to Rory Donovan and running in another, but it was too lit-

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2.49 – goals against allowed by SNHU sophomore goaltender Ryan Slatky when the Trinity alum has already been named NE-10 Goalie of the Week twice after just six games for the 2-3-1 Penmen.

12.8 – points per game averaged by Amherst’s Devin Gilligan over 29 minutes a game for the 3-3 SNHU Penmen basketball

tle too late. The final tally for the U was 7-5 on the year and from Goldrich in his final game was 41-56 (both career highs) for 309 yards.

Alumni News: Londonderry alum Cory Ball got off to a nice start after taking his act a few miles north to play at Saint Anselm.

He went 4 for 7 on shots from downtown in an 89-73 win over Post University on Sunday as he poured in 16 points overall and the Hawks moved to 6-0 on the year.

Sports 101 Answer: Paul Hornung is the lone Heisman winner to play on a losing team when he won in 1956 while Notre Dame was a dismal 2-8.

On This Date – Dec. 3: 1950 – Cleveland Browns are the last NFL team to go an entire game without throwing a pass as they beat the Eagles 13-7. 1956 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points and grabs 32 rebounds in an 87-69 win over Northwestern in his first collegiate basketball game.

1997 – Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell has his $32 million contract terminated after attacking and choking his coach, former SNHU headman P.J. Carlesimo.

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17 – points scored by Bedford’s Ali Glennon when she and Caitlyn Abela shared game high honors leading Saint Anselm to a 75-63 win over Chowan on the road in our nation’s CAP-i-Tal. 22 – points accumulated for the second-place Manchester Monarchs, who were 11-7 after their first 18 games.

27 – all-time NBA record for consecutive losses in the ongoing disgrace that is the Philadelphia 76ers, which seemingly has been taking top picks in the draft since the waning days of the George W. Bush presidency.

161 – rushing yards gained by Trinity’s Saikou Bah on just 19 carries in the aforementioned Turkey Game at Gill.

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Chico Escuela: Recurring character played by Garrett Morris in the early days of Saturday Night Live. Chico was a baseball player from the Dominican Republic who spoke only fractured English with the favorite recurring phrase being, “Baseball has been berry, berry, good to me.”

Y.A. Tittle: Hall of Fame QB with a similar exit from his longtime team as Peyton Manning had in Indy. He went to New York in 1961 after a trade made to pave the way for younger QB John Brodie in San Francisco. But the 35-year-old then hit unexpected new heights, leading the G-Men to three straight title games while throwing for a record 33 TD passes in 1962, then topped by throwing 36 the next after never throwing more than 20 in any previous season. But the next it was 10 TD passes (to reach 242 overall) with 22 picks and he quit after that.

Peyton Manning: All-world QB dumped by Indy for Andrew Luck and after throwing 399 TD passes there. In Denver he went 37, 55 and 39 before the dramatic fall to this year’s 9 in 9 games and a league-leading 17 interceptions.

John Brodie: Tittle’s replacement in San Francisco, who like Luck wasn’t bad.

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Walk down Main Street in Concord and you’ll find, among other unique stores, one that specializes in yo-yos and one that sells just olive oils and vinegars. And there are stores like that throughout southern New Hampshire, like the one in Nashua that’s all about geocaching goodies, and the one in Hooksett that lives and breathes disc golf.

We took a closer look at some of them — 20 local stores that, in a buy-online kind of world, made us ask, “There’s a store for that?” If you know of other cool shops that we didn’t highlight, tell us about them by emailing news@hippopress.com.

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333 Valley St., Manchester, 800-446-8777, huntressuniforms.com

483 Amherst St., Nashua, 204-5275, relentlessdragon.com What’s for sale: Collectible/trading card games including an extensive selection of Magic: the Gathering common and uncommon singles, Pokémon, Yu-GiOh! and Force of Will; deck-building card games like Dominion, Ascension, High Command and DC Comics Deck-Building Game; non-collectible card games like Star Realms, Munchkin and Killer Bunnies, role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons; miniature games like X-Wing, Armada and Warhammer 40K; tabletop/ board games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Agricola and Descent; a wide selection of dice including polyhedral, number cubes and others; and Ultra PRO Deck protectors and sleeves and BCW card storage supplies. The Relentless Dragon has a free-to-use playing area that seats up to 60 players, as well as weekly in-store organized games and tournaments, including Pokémon and YuHIPPO | DECEMBER 3 - 9, 2015 | PAGE 12

Gamers play Magic: the Gathering at The Relentless Dragon Game Store. Courtesy photo.

Gi-Oh! leagues on Saturday, Magic: the Gathering on Fridays, Dungeons & Dragons on Wednesdays and many more. The store also buys select previously owned Magic: the Gathering, Pokémon, and YuGi-Oh! cards.

Cool thing to buy: Individual cards.

Card game cards are most commonly sold in packs, but at Relentless Dragon you can purchase single cards you want instead of taking your chances with a pack. Cards range from 10 cents to $1,000.

What’s for sale: Huntress Uniforms has over 6,800 items in stock, which include uniforms and accessories for a variety of occupations. For those in hospitality services, there are formal blazers and tuxedos, suits, housekeeping dresses, vests, dress gloves, headwear, footwear and more. For healthcare workers, there are coordinating scrub tops, pants and jackets in both basic tones and fun colors and prints; lab coats and scrub dresses in traditional white and neutral colors; and accessories including lanyards, pocket organizers and more. For culinary occupations, there are aprons, kitchen shirts, chefs’ coats and headwear and more. For industrial workers, there are bibs and coveralls, reflective safety vests and jackets, work boots, work gloves and more. For public safety occupations, there is duty gear like utility belts, utility vests, suspenders and holsters; insignia patches and pins; and various apparel.

Cool thing to buy: Grey’s Anatomy Signature Series lab coat by Barco. $45.

210 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua, located in the back of the building, 821-1311, bruisedboutique.com What’s for sale: Roller derby skates in a variety of styles and colors; protective gear including helmets and re-caps/liners, knee and elbow pads and pad cleaners, wrist guards, mouth guards, Ez-fit booties and blister aids, and other miscellaneous supports and braces; wheels including indoor, outdoor, park skating and hybrid styles; skate parts including boots, plates, toe stops, toe guards, laces, tools and tool kits; derby apparel including skinz, skirts, shorts, socks, pants, hoodies, tops and accessories; referee gear including whistles and apparel; pads and skates for kids/

junior derby; “freshmeat” starter packages; derby books and videos; and gifts like stickers and patches, keychains, bags, etc.

Cool thing to buy: Bruised Boutique offers nine different freshmeat packages, from “The Brat” package at $181.90 to the “The Assassin Package” at $675.75.

All packages include skates, a helmet, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards and a mouth guard, in a selection of styles and colors where applicable. Some packages include other accessories like toe stops, skate tools and knee gaskets. You can also mix and match to create a custom package.

More roller derby: You can also find roller derby equipment at Spank Alley Skate in Concord (59 S. Main St., 2276954, spankalleyskate.com).

25 East Broadway, Derry, 432-2658, 1 Commerce Drive, Bedford, 627-4158, girlscoutsgwm.org nhcoinandstamp.com What’s for sale: The Girl Scouts What’s for sale: This store, of the Green and White Mounwhich was started by longtime tains has a store that sells a collectors with more than wide array of Girl Scout three decades of combined supplies. experience collecting, can “It’s located in our council appraise and buy your vinoffices,” said April Guilmet, tage gold and silver coins the GSGWM spokesperson. as well as sell you some “It’s the only one of its kind rare finds from their own in New Hampshire.” inventory. They also do offGuilmet says it’s generalsite appraisals by appointment. In Courtesy photo. ly open the same time as the offices, addition to old and rare nickels, dimes and quarters, they have a wide selection of Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., half cents, two cents, three cents, 20 cents, but occasionally they’ll open on weekends half dollars, dollar coins, coins with errors and for special events such as Green Saturday on collectible mint sets. They also sell a selection Nov. 21, where girls were able to participate in some fun activities and new winter apparof books, albums, folders and display cases.

As for the store’s stamp collection, they el was released.

The store is also going to be open on Satboast an inventory big enough (in the thousands) to keep an avid collector busy looking urday, Dec. 12, for Christmas shopping from through them for hours. They have rare 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be open a few stamps like commemorative panels, stamps extra hours on Dec. 2 (until 6:30 p.m.) and with printing errors, and foreign stamps. Dec. 18 (until 7 p.m.), according to Guilmet.

The store has been around for more than They have mint condition singles, sets 20 years and is open to the generand sheets as well as used singles. al public. It also sells books, All said, they claim to have clothing, jewelry accessories, southern New Hampshire’s purses and sunglasses, and largest collection of coins most of the merchandise is and stamps.

Girl Scout branded.

The store is open MonSome of its more popday, Tuesday, Thursday ular items are patches. and Friday from 10 a.m.

They have patches for anyto 4 p.m. and Saturday from thing from horseback riding 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to computer literacy. Girl Scouts Cool thing to buy: Some Courtesy photo. coins from the ancient world can can also earn currency called “Cookie fetch hundreds of dollars.

Dough” during their cookie fund drives that More Coins: If you are a coin collector, can be spent as store credit. you may also be interested in visiting Bob’s Cool thing to buy: Uniform components Coins of Manchester (378 Kelley St., 669- like sashes sell for between $8 and $26 7775, bobscoinsnh.com) or Coin & Stamp depending on the size.

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More scouting: The Boy Scouts have a com), which also sells antique cameras and similar shop at (300 Blondin Road, Mandiscount metal detectors. chester, 622-5060, nhscouting.org).

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730 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 6443483, diversdendiveshop.com What’s for sale: Judy Kurisko-Leclerc and Dick Leclerc own one of the oldest and largest dive shops in the Northeast.

The business dates back to 1967, and Dick Leclerc said via phone it’s the oldest PADI — Professional Association of Diving Instructors — shop in the world). Here you’ll find all the necessary equipment for a diving excursion, from masks and wetsuits to BCDs to regulators, which you can buy or rent. The business also offers expertise, information and lessons from certified instructors, which in the summer are held on the coast, in Lake Winnipesaukee and in the on-site outdoor pool next to the storefront. In the winter, they happen in the local YMCA. Lessons range in level from basic open water to rescue diving. Leclerc said the company also organizes two Caribbean diving trips every year and day trips to the Isles of Shoals or the Maine coast.

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What’s for sale: Owner Dave Hobbs decided to open his own model train shop, Boston and Albany Hobbies, six years ago when the shop he had been working in closed. Specializing in n-scale model trains (which ranges from 1:148 to 1:160 of full size), he stocks tracks, cars, engines, wheels, detail parts, buildings and scenery products that he purchases from a dozen vendors. For more advanced hobbyists, check out decoders, digital command control systems and throttles from Digitrax.

503 Nashua St., Milford, 673-0481, thequartzsource.com What’s for sale: Owners Barbara and Richard Medlyn have hundreds of rock, mineral and fossil specimens, some like white quartz and mica come from New Hampshire mines and others like lapis pieces come from Afghanistan. The Quartz Source has over 50 varieties of quartz, 20 varieties of calcite and minerals from Brazil, Mexico, India and Madagascar as well as Tibetan crystals, tumbled stones, beads

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Cool thing to buy: Dick Leclerc said scuba gear is very popular for vacationers; you can get a ScubaPro mask, snorkel and flippers for about $75 to $125.

More diving: Aquatic Escapes Dive Center (2 Mercury Drive, Londonderry, 432-3483, aquaticescapes.com) and Aquatic Specialties (704 Milford Road, Merrimack, 889-7655, aquaticspecialties. net).

Hobbs said those looking to further their collection, pick up the hobby or find a neat gift for a child to play with will be right at home.

Cool thing to buy: Hobbs said that over the years, one aspect of model trains that has been improved upon is sound. He has computer chips with sound programs featuring real engines that cost about $70.

More trains: Check more model trains and supplies at Trains on Tracks (76 Route 101A, Unit 4, Amherst, 554-1543, trainsontracks.com) full-service model train shop.

and carvings, sculptures and spheres. With a wide selection for collectors to add to their stock, prices start at 25 cents so kids can come and search through the buckets of rocks in front of the shop to start their own collection. To get a little more hands on, select a geode (sourced from Mexico) let one of the staff help put it in the hydraulic pump and crack it open yourself.

Cool thing to buy: Rose quartz from South Dakota ($3 per pound) is particularly popular because it’s one of the few rough formations sold in the store.

Brazilian rose quartz from The Quartz Source. Courtesy photo.

Custom Victorian dollhouse from Earth & Tree Dollhouse & Miniatures. Courtesy photo.

89 Perimeter Road, Nashua, 886-6663, nashuapilotshop.com 276 Route 101, Amherst, 673-8707, What’s for sale: Drive (or fly) over to earthntree.com Nashua to visit the region’s only walk-in What’s for sale: Opened in 1986, Earth pilot shop just outside of the Nashua Air- and Tree makes and sells dollhouses and port, which carries all the supplies needed everything you’d need to put in them, to become a pilot. Owner Keith Webb took scaled one inch to the foot. Dollhouses can over the pre-existing shop Wings in 2012 be purchased fully assembled with wallpaand continues selling flight training study per, lighting and trim or as a blank canvas materials and aeronautical charts (visu- to fill and outfit individually, according to al, instrumental and high-altitude) and manager JaNeen Lentsch, whose parents items you need inside the airplane, like opened the shop. Her father Tom designed carbon monoxide detectors and headsets. and built the original houses (Tom’s Mill, You’ll also find logbooks, aircraft fuel tes- now built by Lentsch’s husband and others) ters and survival gear items like thermal each of which is named after a town in New reflective blankets and personal flotation Hampshire. Find everything from furniture, wood trims, shingles and doorknobs to seat cushions. For the aviation aficionaelectrical supplies, clocks, hat stands, teledo in your life, there’s a gifts section with visions and teeny food to make the house’s T-shirts, bumper stickers, diecast airplanes, interior cozy. Get dolls, cats, dogs or turtles embroidered keychains, modern and classic to live in the handcrafted houses that range instrument drink coasters and desk alarm in styles like colonial, federal, contempoclocks designed to look like altimeters. rary, medieval and early to late Victorian.

Cool thing to buy: Aviation headsets For the exterior they have ponds, foliage from brands like Bose, Lightspeed and and grass plus bird houses, fencing, statues, David Clark. Depending on the make and gates and trellises. style, they run from around $100 all the Cool thing to buy: You can get a hutch way up to $1,000 for ones with active noise with two rabbits ($19) or a hamster on a wheel ($11). reduction.

28 Riverside Drive, Contoocook, 746-5442, facebook.com/dermarktatmarklin What’s for sale: For Martin and Christine Marklin, first came Marklin Candle, a company of hand-dipped, carved and embellished candles made with 51 percent beeswax right here in the state (see the paschal, altar, advent and baptismal candles in many colors and designs at marklincandle.com) and shipped to churches across the country and beyond.

When they moved to the Contoocook factory, they converted the unused office space in the front of the building into Der Markt at Mark-

lin, a retail store that sells everything from candles and baby clothes to journals, scarves and fresh chicken eggs. Inside you’ll also find an observation beehive and honey from Dunbarton, Warner and West Hopkinton, plus a full woodshop where they make church furniture that encompasses “everything but the pews,” Christine Marklin said.

Cool thing to buy: In the manufacturing process of making large candles for Easter, Marklin said they end up with excess pieces.

Instead of remelting them, they sell the popular off cut candles in Der Markt by the pound ($9.50 per pound).

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11½ E. Broadway, Derry, 434-0627, thecostumegallery.com What’s for sale: The busy season for the Costume Gallery is actually not Halloween, but the period from now through May. The owner, Claire Renaud, also a leather and fiber artist juried by the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, rents out theatrical costumes to local companies (Pinkerton Academy recently borrowed pieces for Alice in Wonderland) and those across the country. At the time of the phone call, all her turkey costumes were out, and the Christmas ones soon would be too.

“We have a 20-foot rack loaded with Santa suits, [elf] and reindeer costumes already going out, and we’re not even into December,” Renaud said via phone.

The Derry storefront holds about 20,000 costumes, many of which she purchased in 1999 after Haverhill, Mass., costume shop, Hooker and Howe, went out of business.

An accomplished sewer — she taught herself how at age 11 in efforts to keep up with her 11 sisters — she’s also made many of the costumes herself. She said the most

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Claire Renaud in a flamingo costume. Courtesy photo.

popular shows include Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Spamalot.

Cool thing to buy: Though most of the business is about costume rentals, you can also buy props and accessories; the most popular item is a red clown nose, which costs about $1.99.

More theater costumes: Costumes of Nashua LLC (76 R Derry Road, Hudson, 882-5640, costumesofnashua.com)

75 S. Main St., Concord, 225-3866, celes- 18 Hanover St., Manchester, 669-3984, teoliva.com harristrophy.securesites.net What’s for sale: Owner Charla Mayotte started the Concord-based company about a year and a half ago because she felt it was time Concord had a place you could find authentic extra-virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar. She sources from as far as Chile, Australia, South Africa, Greece, Spain, Italy and California and offers more than 50 different flavors of oil, 25 different flavors of balsamic vinegar. The oils she sells have been processed within two to four hours after picking, and some balsamic varieties have been aged for up to 18 years. For newbies to specialty oil and vinegar, Celeste Oliva has a “try it before you buy it” policy.

The store also offers pasta, sea salt, ketchup, mustard and olive oil beauty products, soaps and candles. (She joked via phone it was kind of like a fancy condiment store.) Starting mid-December, visitors will also find a variety of kinds of olives to try.

Cool thing to buy: Pumpkin seed oil, made at Stonybrook Farms in New York ($15 for 200 mL, $20 for 375 mL).

More oil and vinegar: Monadnock Oil & Vinegar (Grove Village Shops, 43 Grove St., Peterborough, 784-5175, monadnockoilandvinegar.com)

What’s for sale: The independent store, family-owned since its start in 1969, is run by husband-wife team Frank and Lisa Fraitzl and sells to southern New Hampshire sports teams, schools and other organizations that give out trophies, medals and ribbons. Frank Fraitzl said via phone that they work with clients — some of whom have been doing business with Harris for 30 years — to create one-of-a-kind custom awards, which range from academics and sports to fire safety and business.

Local clients include Saint Anselm College and UNH Manchester. At the store you’ll also find business and personal gifts, signs, badges, ceremonial items and fancy pens, including the Cross pen line.

Cool thing to buy: A name block to sit on your desk, made from wood or metal, starting at $16.

More trophies: Other award businesses in the neighborhood include Crown Trophy (1 Alice Ave., Hooksett, 645-1022, crowntrophy.com), Saymore Trophy (64 Old Suncook Road, Concord, 225-2761, saymoretrophy.com), Hudson Trophy Company (6 Broad St., Nashua, 883-1441, hudsontrophy.net), Celebration Awards and Trophies (27 Main St., Goffstown, 566-8063, celebrationawardsandtrophies. com) and Esco Awards (375 S. Broadway, Salem, 893-0173).

15 Taylor St., Nashua, 438-2718, gonecachin.com What’s for sale: The store got started three years ago by Calador Cala to supply socalled “geocachers” with all the gear they’d need to hide and find geocaches in New England woods. Geocaching (pronounced “geo-cashing”) is a hobby that involves hiding a small box somewhere in a forest and sharing the GPS coordinates with a simple clue for others to find it. Finding the store shouldn’t be too hard. It’s generally located at 15 Taylor St. in Nashua in a handicappedaccessible trailer outfitted with solar panels, LED lights, windows and an awning.

“There’s a lot of geocachers in the area.

Thousands,” said Cala. “I’d say I’ve got a pretty good flow of people throughout the week.”

Cala also takes his store to various geocacher conventions like the Cookie Crumbles Event in Concord that took place earlier in November.

He sells containers for geocaches such as military-style ammo boxes and logs made into custom containers, camouflage duct tape and camouflage spray paint.

“The zip ties are even camouflaged,” said Cala.

He also sells journals, telescoping mirrors with lights, UV lights for detecting invisible ink markers and general equipment for dealing with outdoor environments like tick removers. The store is open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday 5 to 8 p.m.

Cool thing to buy: You can buy “trackables” like $15 geocoins, which travel from geocache to geocache by the people who find them while the originators can track their progress online.

45 Blaine St., Manchester, 836-6939, fishmike.com What’s for sale: Glass aquariums, filtration equipment, aquarium lights, fish medication and food, fish and some reptiles and amphibians. Inside the store, there are over 50 tanks containing hundreds of different species of fish, mostly tropical, for both freshwater and saltwater tanks.

Some fish species, common and uncommon, are consistently in stock, but a large part of Fish Mike Aquatics’ selection var-

133 Bedford Center Road, Bedford, 4727845, thequiltpatchnh.com What’s for sale: Sue Trask, a quilter since 1977, started The Quilt Patch in Bedford about 10 years ago, replacing another specialty quilt shop in the same location.

Quilting, she said, is the No. 2 hobby in America, right after golf, and she has many regular customers who come for materials, sewing meet-ups and lessons. Everything on sale is quilting-specific, from patterns and books to rotary cutters and specialty rulers and pins. Students have been as young as 10 and as old as 94. The holiday season is especially busy, she said, but people quilt all year round, even in the summer. Much of what she offers is geared toward beginners, but she said she can help you make most anything through quilting, from rugs and quilted jackets to coasters and hot pads.

Cool thing to buy: The eight-week, 16-hour Intro to Quiltmaking class, taught

by Melissa St. Onge, starts in the new year and costs $80.

More quilting: In the area, you could also try Peggy Anne’s Quilting & Sewing Co. (480 Patten Hill Road, Candia, 223-2344, peggyannes.com), Golden Gese Quilt Shop (22 Liberty St., Concord, 2285540, goldengesequilts.com), LizzyStitch Quilt Shop (249 Sheep Davis Road, 7241918, lizzystitch.com), Sewing Diva Quilt and Gift Shop (16 Manning St., Derry, 216-1647, thesewingdivaquiltshop.com), Quilted Threads (116 Main St., Henniker, 428-6622, quiltedthreads.com), Patches Quilt Loft and Embroidery (649 E. Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, 206-5490, patchesquiltloft.com) and the Pine Tree Quilt Shop (224 N. Broadway, Salem, 8708100, pinetreequiltshop.com) .

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What’s for sale: It’s not just a store What’s for sale: This place sells tabletop games, card games and supplies with an for disc-golf gear — it’s also the central emphasis on history-themed and sci-fi paint- nervous system of the local disc golf comed miniatures. After a recent reinvention, munity. Owner Bill Bruce says there are they now offer ample play space with tables, about 25 disc golf courses in the state, with a library of games and a small selection of the largest (the Hollows) recently opening in Manchester off Brown Avenue.

K-cup coffees and teas.

“We’re very active in disc golf in Non-members pay an $8 cover the state,” said Bruce. charge for use of the library and He says many folks in tables, while casual members the state may not be aware pay $5 and full members there are free courses in play free. Casual memberplaces like Newport, Pelship costs $15 a month, ham, Merrimack, Dover, while full membership is Rochester and Wilton. $30 a month.

Some other courses are They sell a wide varipay-to-play, but the Holety of board games and paint lows in Manchester is free for miniatures. They even work Courtesy photo. and designed by 2010 PGA World with local schools to create historiChampion Eric McCabe to be a procal war reenactments for students.

Wednesdays from noon to 8 p.m. are Star fessional-grade course.

Trek Attack Wing days, featuring free pizza.

Disc golf uses very specific types of Thursdays, they host weekly game nights and plastic discs (the object is to throw them a regular league game night that can some- into circular baskets with hanging chains times last as late as 11 p.m. They are also and the rules are similar to golf) so a simopen Fridays (noon to 8 p.m.) and Saturdays ple frisbee from Walmart simply won’t do. (noon to 9 p.m.) and offer members-only Bruce says his store carries all major brands access on Sundays noon to 6 p.m. of discs like Innova, Discraft, MVP, LegaCool thing to buy: Oh Gnome You cy and Millennium, and most of the brands Don’t!, a $30 board game where the players he carries are made in America. are gnomes fighting each other in order to get He also sells bags that players can carry the most gems. their discs in, clothing, sunglasses, hats and More board games: Other local board practice baskets for your yard. game stores include Myriad Games (1525 Cool thing to buy: Individual discs S. Willow St., Manchester, 623-4263, myri- sell for about $10 to $20, and a starter kit adgames.com) and The Relentless Dragon (which includes a driver disc, a mid-range (483 Amherst St., Nashua, 204-5275, relent- disc and a putter disc) sells for $25 to $50 lessdragon.com) depending on the quality.

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What’s for sale: A wide selection of yoyos, skill toys and accessories. Yo-yos come in responsive, non-responsive and wooden styles in various shapes, sizes and colors from six major brands. There are also yoyo accessories like strings and bearings and yo-yo instructional books and DVDs. YoYo Heaven has a variety of Kendamas,

competitive Japanese toys that look like a hammer and have two cups, a spike and a ball attached by a string that the player must try to catch inside the cups or on the spike.

The shop also sells Rubik’s Cubes, juggling balls and various active play toys like spintops, gyroscopes, footbags and Astrojax - three balls on a string with play that resembles juggling, yo-yo and lassoing.

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THIS WEEK

EVENTS TO CHECK OUT DECEMBER 3 - 9, 2015, AND BEYOND Saturday, Dec. 5

The Concord Dance Academy will present its Annual Holiday Spectacular at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 and 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. The show features a variety of dance styles set to holiday songs. Tickets cost $15 each. There will also be a bake sale, 50/50 raffle and free photos with Santa for those who bring one canned good or unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Visit concorddanceacdemy.com.

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The ECK worship Service offers an opportunity to open your heart to more of God’s love. It consists of a discussion of the current theme and a short HU chant. Music is often included. Spiritual experiences and questions are welcomed. We respect the spiritual freedom of every seeker. This month’s topic is Miracles in the Light and Sound of God

Sunday, December 13th at 10:30am Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave, Manchester Sunday, December 13th at 11:00am Hampton Inn, 9 Hotel Drive, Dover

Community HU Chant Thursday, December 10th at 7:30pm Keene Public Library, 60 Winter St., Keene Sunday, December 13th at 9:40am Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave, Manchester Sunday, December 13th at 10:00am Hampton Inn, 9 Hotel Drive, Dover Wednesday, December 16th at 7:00pm Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut St., Exeter Thursday, December 17th at 7:30pm Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave, Manchester

ECKANKAR Spiritual Chat Saturday, December 5th at 10:30am Water Street Cafe, 141 Water St., Laconia

The Call of Soul

Saturday, December12th at 10:00am Cafe Expresso, 471 Central Ave., Dover

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Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm Keene Public Library, 60 Winter St., Keene

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Saturday, Dec. 5

The Manchester Christmas Parade will make its way through a lighted and decorated downtown, beginning at 4 p.m. at 1740 Elm St. and ending at the intersection of Elm Street and Lake Avenue/Granite Street. The theme for this year’s parade is “The Magic of Christmas.” Many downtown businesses will host open houses before, during and after the parade with special deals, promotions and samples. Visit intownmanchester.com.

Saturday, Dec. 5

It’s opening day at Pats Peak ski area (686 Flanders Road, Henniker), from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The mountain has 14 novice, six intermediate, three advanced and five expert trails.

A half-day pass (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.) ranges from $26 to $58, and a full-day pass ranges from $26 to $66, depending on the area and the skier’s age. Rental and lesson packages are also available. Visit patspeak.com.

Eat: Wholesome treats Learn how to make treats you feel good about indulging in at the Concord Food Co-op’s Wholesome Holiday Treats class with Integrative Registered Dietitian Ruth Goldstein on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 6 to 7 p.m. at City Council chambers (37 Green St., Concord).

Get recipes and sample maple cashew drizzle over winter fruit compote and almond apricot snack cake. This class is free, but registration is required. Visit concordfoodcoop.coop or call 225-6840.

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Head to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road, Warner) for its Winter Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features storytelling, traditional games, a Peyote stitch craft class, a talk on native herbal plant use, native flute music and traditional food. The cost is $5 per person, $20 for families. Visit indianmuseum.org.

Drink: Baxter Brewing Co. beer Head to Barb’s Beer Emporium (249 Sheep Davis Road, Concord) on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. for a beer tasting with Baxter Brewing Co., a Maine-based craft brewery that cans all of its beer. Sample flavorful and unique craft beers and learn how cans are better not only for the environment but also for the taste and freshness of the brew. This event is free to attend. Visit barbsbeeremporium.com.

New Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm St., Route 101A, Milford) hosts its Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by the decorated shop for sweet treats and refreshments, a raffle, Christmas carols and the new North Pole Elf School exhibit, a vintage miniature display of where Santa’s elves go to school.

Admission is free. Visit nhantiquecoop.com.

Be Merry: With Midnight Merriment Don’t miss the 23rd Annual Midnight Merriment in downtown Concord on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5:30 p.m. to midnight. The downtown area will be filled with holiday decorations, late-night shopping, special promotions and refreshments at restaurants and shops, visits with Santa, kids’ activities, entertainment and more. Visit intownconcord.org for a full schedule and list of participants.

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ARTS Goodbye to an art hub Artists start looking for new space

er. Ceaser thinks Bolger doesn’t get enough credit for all he’s done.

“There are a lot of people in Nashua who get art awards for supporting the arts and everything, but to me, the one person who I think doesn’t get any of the recognition — he would probably play it off anyways — is the guy who owns this building, Jack Bolger. ... He has consecutively been the only person in Nashua who has housed artists for reasonable prices,” Ceaser said.

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For more than 10 years, Nashua’s Picker Building at 99 Factory St. Ext. has been the city’s unofficial artist hub.

The aged brick structure, complete with raggedy, wooden floors and an aesthetic still reminiscent of the old cotton mill it had been in the mid-1800s, is filled with artists on every floor. Photographers, quilters, painters, potters, glass and fiber artists have all made homes here at one point or another, and the prime location and cheap rent means there’s usually a wait list to join the club.

But in a city of increasing property value and a movement to create more quality downtown housing, it will soon come to an end; long-time owner Jack Bolger announced to tenants in mid-October via email and a letter that he’s retiring and has The Picker Building. Sid Ceaser photo. accepted an offer from Clocktower Place Apartments to buy the building and turn it into housing. now. He deserves the right to retire with some money in his wallet,” photographer Sid Ceaser said during an interview in his No rush There’s no immediate rush; Bolger was long and lean top-floor studio; he’d been in unavailable for comment, but his daughter the building since graduating from the New Rebecca Small said via email they plan to Hampshire Institute of Art in 2004.

First-floor glass artists Mark and Kathbe around until July 2016.

That didn’t stop a mix of feelings among leen Frank knew it was only a matter of current studio owners — gratefulness Bolg- time, as did many tenants, with Broad er had been so accommodating for so many Street Parkway finishing up this month.

“We knew it was coming. Jack’s getyears and sadness the Picker Building’s ting up there, and you know, you’ve got the reign was ending.

“I don’t blame Jack at all. He’s older parkway coming through. The value of the building would go up. [Selling] is probably Last Holiday Open Studio event something he should have done a long time ago,” Mark Frank said at the studio. “So we Where: Picker Building, 99 Factory St. understand. It’s just time to move on. We’re Ext., Nashua trying to get our story out that we’re lookWhen: Sunday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ing to stay together.”

What: Your last chance to check out the open studios at the Picker Building; artists will be around, selling the work they’ve spent months making

Catch-22

the building. Albert Wilkinson, an engraver who’s made Mayor Lozeau’s Key to the City designs, mostly wanted a place to get out of the house, while Cindy Goodman, a quilter and teacher, liked its history as an old cotton mill. Some artists, like Courtney Cummings, had done a great deal of work on the place — her studio had white-painted walls, floors and translucent fabric that draped from the ceiling to soften the light.

All artists interviewed agreed the creative hub’s growth was due to Bolger’s willingness to accommodate and keep prices low for artists, a rarity in metalsmith artist Gail Moriarty’s opinion. A renter since 2008, she likes the Picker Building’s community. When patrons visit her, they’ll often stop at another artist’s down the hall and vice-versa. When she becomes stuck on a project, she can get another creative opinion in seconds.

Staying together Which is why many want to stay togethThere were lots of reasons artists liked

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The group has already begun looking at potential replacement buildings. They’ve seen some city outreach, but at this point, no concrete plans exist except to stay in the millyard because of its vibrant cultural scene.

But as the city begins seeing an economic upturn, you come to a Catch-22. As any economist or arts enthusiast will tell you, a downtown renaissance includes the arts.

They provide color, character, things to do and points of interest. They bring people to downtown businesses. But for an artist to work and live there, it needs to be affordable.

“You’ve seen that happen countless times. Artists are willing to go where nobody is willing to go. They are the pioneers, and they always have been. They make a place cool, which drives up rents, and then they have to find a new space.

That’s going to happen again and again,” Tom Galligani, City of Nashua economic development director, said via phone.

And in Nashua, Clocktower Place expanding its reach is just one story of downtown housing development. Brady Sullivan Properties recently purchased and plans to convert an abandoned Franklin Street mill into a 168-unit apartment building, according to The Telegraph. There are also plans on Main and Prospect streets, and within smaller properties.

Galligani thinks the best bet is for artists

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Art Events • ROGER IRWIN Photography show. On view through Dec. 31.

Susan N. McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord. Call 2249909. Visit nhaudubon.org.

• CURRIER AFTER HOURS: PARRISH PARTY Tour, performance by Dimensions in Dance inspired by Parrish's work, and

by Tuneful Trio from Manchester Community Music School, who will perform pieces from early 20th century. Thurs., Dec. 3, 6-9 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier. org, call 669-6144.

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home. Thurs., Dec. 3, at 3, 5 & 6:30 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. $30.

Visit currier.org, call 669-6144.

• GOOD NEIGHBOR SERIES A series of cultural programs in the Sharon Arts Center exhibition gallery. The series will feature presentations by professional artists. First and third Saturdays of the month, 7-9:30 p.m. Sharon

Arts Center , 30 Grove St., Peterborough. Free. Call 924-7676. sharonarts.org.

• WILD NH PHOTO JURIED SHOW Categories include landscapes, under 18, best in show. On view now through Dec. 6. Silent auction Sun., Dec. 6, 2-3 p.m.

Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. Auction bids start at $20. Call 668-2045,

email mac@nhaudubon.org.

• "GLIMPSE INTO THE PRINTMAKERS" PLAYGROUND" Demonstration, part of Hollis Arts Society meeting; showcasing Anna Birch, K.C. Morgan. Wed., Dec. 9, 7-8 p.m.

Lawrence Barn, 27 Depot Road, Hollis. Visit hollisartssocietynh. com.

• ALZHEIMER'S CAFE Peo-

ple with Alzheimer's and dementia can enjoy art in good company and a safe space. Wed., Dec. 9, 2-4 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free.

Visit currier.org, call 669-6144.

• ARTICULATE PLAYREADING: BAKERSFIELD MIST Reading by theatre KAPOW. Play by Stephen Sachs. Comedydrama explores what makes art

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• Parrish-inspired dance: At this week’s Currier After Hours event, Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m., dancers from Ballet Misha — the performing company of Dimensions in Dance of Manchester — perform a concert of pieces inspired by the artwork of Maxfield Parrish at the museum, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Ballet Misha director Amy Fortier was a humanities lecturer at SNHU for eight years and loves collaborating with the museum because it invigorates her love of dance and art history.

“We have done several collaborative projects with the Currier before, but I was especially excited by this opportunity because Parrish’s work lends itself so well to dance. His elegant figures have a lyrical quality so easily captured and expressed through movement,” Fortier said in a press release. The event includes eight new pieces, to be performed from 6:30 to 7 p.m., each inspired by a specific Maxfield Parrish work on display, including “The Lantern Bearers,” “Interlude” and “Ecstasy.” The artist, a Plainfield resident who lived from 1870 to 1966, was one of the most popular American artists of the 20th century, and the show exhibits his rise to popularity, primarily through print. Admission is $12 for adults. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.

• Out of this world: The Children’s Museum of NH’s Gallery 6 walls will take to buy a permanent home as a collective.

Artists are less certain. Ceaser in particular sees it as a “logistical nightmare.” How many people had he seen move in and out of the Picker Building the 11 years he’d been there? It prohibits a flexibility most artists need to survive.

A New Hampshire Institute of Art alum, he sees the need for affordable art studio space increasing. When he graduated, there were only six BFA kids.

“Now there are at least 100 graduating there every year, and they want spaces,” Ceaser said. “I’m watching kids from the Institute graduate, and the first thing they do is take off.”

The value

City Arts Nashua President Kathy Hersh said it’s important for the community to realize the value in having a close-knit arts community, which includes having downtown artist studios. The building, after all, has always been the highlight of the city’s annual ArtWalk, a huge fall cultural event for Nashua.

This Thursday, Ballet Misha performs Maxfield Parrishinspired works at the Currier Museum of Art. Courtesy photo.

on a magical and fantastical persona during an exhibition, “Out of This World,” on view Dec. 3 through March 1. The show features more than 40 pieces of art with fanciful creatures, whimsical settings and imaginative situations, which range in media from anthropomorphized forms to detailed illustrations and prints. On the exterior of the museum is an installation by local artist Sam Paolini. There’s an artist reception on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., but you can see the show during normal museum hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., with no admission required to view the gallery only.

• Mural dedication: The Yankee Flyer Diner Mural dedication happened Saturday, Nov. 28, at the mural site next to Citizens Bank in Nashua. Artists and representatives from the city and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts attended. Visit cityartsnashua.org to learn more about the mural painted by former state artist laurete James Aponovich. — Kelly Sennott “I think there’s a value added in having an active arts community,” Hersh said.

“And so there needs to be some appreciation of that value by members of the community who own property, or who might have property that’s appropriate for the artists.”

Despite these obstacles, Hersh had confidence the arts community would evolve, as it has for years. The potential is there; Galligani said there’s no shortage of space in Nashua. Empty buildings are everywhere, and while some artists require a little more — a woodworker might need ventilation, while a photographer will require bright windows — most don’t need much.

“They just need the building to be to code. They’re very happy with a rough space. In fact, they like it better,” Hersh said. “It’s not going to be, they’re going to find a place, and it will be theirs forever and ever. How long has the Picker Building been around with arts in it? Not that long. I remember when there wasn’t anything in there.”

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Symphony NH does Christmas Get inspiration and merriment at home tour, concert

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Need a little help getting into the holiday spirit? Symphony NH can get you started with a home tour and concert.

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If you’re not in the mood to get out the garland, wreaths and lights for your own home holiday decor, find inspiration at Symphony New Hampshire’s Holiday House Tour Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, from noon to 4 p.m.

The event showcases volunteerism at its finest, Friends of Symphony NH President Glynis Gordon said via phone. Designers, homeowners, florists, event organizers and musicians help put it all together, and planning starts about a year in advance. The Friends will begin finding homeowner volunteers for the 2016 tour right now, as houses need to be accessible and big enough to accommodate gaggles of visitors trekking through, and designers need time to envision and execute their creation.

All of it’s done through donation.

“The designers are donating their time, sometimes a significant amount of time depending on how many rooms they decide to show,” Gordon said. “We also have florists who devote their time to decorating and bringing in flowers or arrangements, or some sort of greenery to make the house look really fresh and beautiful.”

The result is a wonderland tour of four festively decorated Nashua homes, all located a short drive away from one another. This year, tourists can also stop at the Hunt Memorial Building for cider, cookies and a complimentary tour through its Festival Trees.

At the stops, candles will light windows and garland will cover doors and walls. “Happy Holidays” signs will hang in living rooms, and bannisters will be wrapped in ribbon.

Symphony NH’s holiday events Holiday House Tour Where: Home addresses will be given after buying tickets; the Hunt Building is at 6 Main St., Nashua When: Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, noon to 4 p.m.

Admission: $20 Contact: symphonynh.org, 595-9156

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Holiday Pops Where: Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua When: Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m.

Admission: $18 to $49, $15 for students, free for ages 5 to 15 with adult admission

Houses will be decorated for the tour. Courtesy photo.

Everything from the table tops to the napkinholders will be adorned with holiday glitz.

Holiday Pops

After years of holiday concerts, Executive Director Eric Valliere said he and Music Director Jonathan McPhee have Symphony NH’s December concert down to a perfect formula.

The orchestra is larger than a traditional Symphony NH concert’s, and it’s heavier on brass, wind and percussion. The songs are lighthearted, varietal and accessible, from “We Need a Little Christmas” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” to “Home Alone” and “The Polar Express.”

“We’ve been experimenting with different formats for our December concert for probably five or six years. We’ve done a holiday pops cabaret, a Glenn Miller Christmas, a Renaissance Christmas, but the one that really seems to connect with the community is the traditional holiday pops concert. This is the third year in a row we’ve done holiday pops, and people really do like it and expect it. Last year, it pretty much sold out, and I expect it to be really big this year too,” Valliere said via phone.

The New World Chorale, under the direction of Holly Krafka, will join, Santa will visit, and the hall will be decked with holly, wreaths and lights to create a more festive atmosphere.

Valliere said it’s been a great season thus far, and they’re already prepping for the biggest concert of the year in April, which includes excerpts from Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walküre,” plus accompaniment from the Lexington Symphony.

But before then, the symphony presents this opportunity to listen, relax and jump into the season. Toward the end of the concert are holiday sing-alongs.

“We did that last year and everybody loved it,” McPhee said via email. “We had a chorus of about a thousand people.”

and people unique, told through true story involving authentication of a work of art found in a trailer park. Sun., Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier. org. Call 669-6144, ext. 110.

• SECOND SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Brunch with jazz musicians. Sun., Dec. 13, 10 a.m.2 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. $19.95 or $8.95 for continental only.

Visit currier.org. Call 669-6144, ext. 110.

• CELEBRATIONS IN ART: CURRIER COLLECTION TOUR Tour of collection that focuses on different kinds of celebrations. Sat., Dec. 19, at 11:30 a.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier. org. Call 669-6144, ext. 110.

Openings • NH FURNITURE MASTERS 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION Selection of fine studiomade furniture. Reception part of Midnight Merriment, Fri., Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. NHFMA Gallery, 49 S. Main St., Concord. Visit furnituremasters.org.

• "WINTER 15/16 EXHIBIT" Featuring art by more than 2 dozen artists. On view Dec. 4 through Feb. 26. Reception Fri., Dec. 4, 5-7 p.m. The Gallery at 100 Market St., 100 Market St., Portsmouth.

• "LIGHT, LUMINOSITY, COLOR: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS" Exhibition with artwork by Mary Iselin. NHIA show. On view Dec. 4 through Dec. 24. Reception Fri., Dec. 4, 5-7 p.m. Sharon Arts Center, 457 NH-123, Peterborough. Visit nhia.edu.

• RUNKUN CARA SONG Showcase of calligraphy artwork.

On view through December.

Reception Sat., Dec. 5, 2-4 p.m.

Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth. Visit newnewstar.org.

• "REMINISCENT: TEXTURE AND PLACE" Featuring artwork by Stacey Durand and Erik Nohalty. On view through Jan. 15. Reception Thurs., Dec. 10, 5:30-7 p.m. Derryfield School Lyceum Gallery, 2108 River Road, Manchester. Visit derryfield.org.

• PAT THALHAUSER Open house showcasing weaving, plus hand-dipped beeswax candles.

Sat., Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 144 Main St., Francestown.

• "SIDE BY SIDE" Art exhibition that benefits Friends of Youth Mentoring Program. Featuring paintings by sisters Bethany Cole Rymes and Hannah Cole Dahar.

On view Dec. 21 through Dec. 31.

Reception Mon., Dec. 21, 5-7:30 p.m. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Call 225-2515.

Visit mcgowanfineart.com.

Theater Productions • IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY Nov. 25 through Dec. 20. Performances Wednesdays through Sundays.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 132 Warren St., Lowell. $23-$60.

Visit mrt.org, call 978-654-4678.

• AT THE TABLE PinkOrange production. Includes family-style dinner created by Sam Ostrow, chef of Block Six. Thurs., Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 4, at 8 p.m.

3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. $45, includes food.

Visit 3Sarts.org.

• OLIVER! Seacoast Rep production directed by Miles Burns, designed by Ben Hart and Brandon James. Nov. 13 through Dec. 20. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Tickets

start at $22. Visit seacoastrep.org, call 433-4472.

• A CHRISTMAS CAROL Palace Theatre production. Dec. 4 through Dec. 22. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25$45. Visit palacetheatre.org. Call 668-5588.

• REFLECTIONS Colby-Sawyer College production. Two-act evening of dance. Fri., Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main St., New London. $10. Visit colby-sawyer.edu/tickets, call 526-3670.

• A CHRISTMAS CAROL Leddy Center production. Dec. 4 through Dec. 13, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays and one Wed., Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. Leddy Center, 38 C Ladd's Lane, Epping. $18. Visit leddycenter.org.

• AN 1836 PORTSMOUTH NUTCRACKER Presented by Great Bay Academy of Dance.

Full-length performances Fri., Dec. 4, at 5 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 5, at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Nutshell performances Sat., Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Visit themusichall.org.

• THE NUTCRACKER Northeastern Ballet Theatre production.

Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. Oyster River High School, 55 Coe Drive, Durham. $20. Visit northeasternballet.org.

• AN EPIC CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD Presented by Immaculate Heart of Mary. Live theater musical nativity with song and dance. Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord.

Visit ccanh.com, call 225-1111.

• ANNUAL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR Concord Dance Academy. Sat., Dec. 5, at 1 and 6 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 6, at 1 p.m.

Concord Auditorium, 2 Prince St.. $15. Visit concorddanceacademy. com, call 226-0200.

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The Manchester Choral Society does the holiday season with Psalms, Songs and Blues, a concert that celebrates the human spirit with Leonard Bernstein’s anthem of peace, “Chichester Psalms,” and the world premiere of Joshua Fishbein’s “Psalms, Songs and Blues.” The Plymouth State University Chorale, the Nashua High School South Concert Choir, the MCS Orchestra and 2GMCS (second generation, MCS youth chorus) will join.

There are three performances: Friday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m., at Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St., Nashua; Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., at Brookside Congregational Church, 2013 Elm St., Manchester; and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m., at Plymouth State University, 17 High St., Hanaway Theatre, Plymouth. If you can’t make those times, the group’s also continuing the tradition of “Caroling at the Currier” at the museum, 150 Ash St., Manchester, on Saturday, Dec. 12, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (Admission is free for New Hampshire residents who arrive at the museum from 10 a.m. to noon.)

Visit mcsnh.org. Pictured, the chorus caroling at the Currier Museum of Art. John Herper photo.

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• Play about food: You can get some munchies with your theater through At the Table, to be performed by PinkOrange at 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m., and Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. The play by writer/director Catherine Stewart follows her as she delves through the collection of cookbooks her grandmother left her, which brings up myriad memories. The show contains live music composed and performed by Jonny Peiffer and a hearty two-course familystyle dinner with the $45 general admission ticket. Visit 3Sarts.org.

• World premiere youth musical: The New Hampshire Theatre Factory hosts auditions for Lost in Wonderland, a musical written by company artistic director Joel Mercier, on Monday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. The musical is an adaptation of the famous Wonderland books, fleshing out stock characters and providing plot twists. Mercier said it will be produced with one-of-a-kind costumes, special effects and puppetry.

“Not only is it a great show for our youth actors to develop their own characters and continue theatrical training, but it is a world premiere production,” Mercier said in a press release.

Actors should be ages 8 to 19. The show goes up in March and will be staffed by directors and master class instructors who have strong theatrical training and educa• A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS Original production featuring original staging of seasonal stories by Marguerite Mathews, Greg Gathers. Performance of Christmas 1901, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, The Christmas Monks with Victorian-style Toy Theatre Figures. Sat., Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Chichester Grange hall, 54 Main St., Chichester. Call 4358406.

• HOLIDAY READINGS AND SING-ALONG Sebastion Lockwood and Nanette Perrotte put on holiday show with carols and readings of A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas and A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. For audiences all ages. Sun., Dec. 6, 2-3 p.m.

Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst. Free. Registration required. Visit amhestlibrary.org, email library@amherstlibrary. org.

• WHITE CHRISTMAS: THE

This weekend, PinkOrange produces a foodie play, At the Table, with music and food to go with. Courtesy photo.

tion backgrounds. Visit nhtheatrefactory. org/auditions.html or email stagesetters@ nhtheatrefactory.org.

• Lungs, take 2: Theatre KAPOW put off its early fall production of Lungs to this weekend at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry, on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 4:30 p.m. The story

by Duncan Macmillan tells of a young couple living in a time of global anxiety, erratic weather and political unrest, who want to have a child but are running out of time.

The show stars Gina Carballo and Colby Morgan. Tickets are $20.

If you miss this show, the company also performs a playreading of Bakersfield Mist

by Stephen Sachs at the Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m., as part of its ARTiculate Playreading series. The play is about a 50-something unemployed bartender living in a trailer park who becomes convinced a cheap painting she bought at a thrift store is a lost masterpiece by Jackson Pollock.

Viewing is free with museum admission ($12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $9 for students). Visit theatrekapow.com.

— Kelly Sennott

MUSICAL Ogunquit Playhouse performs Irving Berlin show. Dec. 9 through Dec. 20. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $42-$64. Visit themusichall.org.

Call 436-2400.

• ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Nashua North Drama Club production. Wed., Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 10, at 7 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. Nashua North High School, 8 Titan Way, Nashua. $10. Email nashuanorthdrama@ gmail.com.

• LUNGS Theatre KAPOW production. Fri., Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, at 4:30 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $20. Visit tkapow.com/ lungs.html.

• THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS Featuring more than 100 young performers from across New Hampshire, students from Eastern Ballet Institute, Con-

cord Community Music School's Purple Finches Children's Chorus, members of the Cabbageheads, Timbre Drums, aerial dance works by Ciel Rouge Moving Company. Fri., Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. $16.50. Call 2251111, visit ccanh.com.

• A NEW ENGLAND CHRISTMAS Original production featuring original staging of seasonal stories by Marguerite Mathews, Greg Gathers. Performance of Christmas 1901, The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, The Christmas Monks with Victorian-style Toy Theatre Figures. Fri., Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 4 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $24. Visit pontine.org, email info@pontine.org, call 436-6660.

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MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St., Warner, mainstreetbookends.com, 456-2700) is going to contain flurries of celebrations and events this Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Gear-Up Homeschoolers 15% off will be car3 D Printing oling at 12:30 p.m., and Efner Tudor Holmes will read her Christmas classic, The Christmas Cat, 20% off Banners at 1 p.m. Then there will be readings of The Night and Posters Before Christmas all day by the wood stove, painting and fine art print displays by artist Nan McCarthy, plus hand-carved wooden bowls by Gary Young. Author Jeffrey Zygmont will sign his book, White Mountain Poems, and photographer Leslie Tuttle will sign her book, NH Women Farmers. Email info@mainstreetbookends.com. ductions. Sat., Dec. 12, at 4 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. $18. Call 4362400. Visit themusichall.org.

• THE NUTCRACKER Turning Point Center of Dance production.

Sat., Dec. 12, at 2 p.m.; Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. $18. Call 485-8710.

• A DICKENS OF A DAY Enjoy readings from works of Charles Dickens, with musical interludes

by Ray Sweeney. Activities, games refreshments. Part of Festival of Trees. Sat., Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. Tuttle Library, 45 Main St., Antrim. Free. Visit antrimfestivaloftrees.org.

• SAVING SANTA PAPA youth production, written by Miles Burns. Sat., Dec. 12, at 11 a.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, at 11 a.m.; Sat., Dec. 19, at 11 a.m.; Sun., Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. $10. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• ARTICULATE PLAYREADING: BAKERSFIELD MIST Reading by theatre KAPOW. Play by Stephen Sachs. Comedydrama explores what makes art and people unique, told through true story involving authentication of a work of art found in a trailer park. Sun., Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier. org. Call 669-6144, ext. 110.

• A DICKENS' OF A CHRISTMAS Written by George HoskerBouley. Mon., Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m.; Tues., Dec. 15, at 5:30 p.m.; Wed., Dec. 16, at 5:30 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 17, at 5:30 p.m. Old Salt Restaurant, 490 Lafayette Road, Hampton. $39.99, includes dinner. Call 926-0330.

• CHRISTMAS AT HOGWARTS Stranger Than Fiction improv show. Tues., Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. $10.

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• A CHRISTMAS CAROL Rochester Opera House production.

Thurs., Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec.

19, at 2 & 7:30 p.m.; & Sun., Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. $12-$22. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

Classical Music Events • CAROLING: A SHARING OF COMMUNITY TRADITIONS Presentation by Hannah Schramm Murray. Thurs., Dec. 3, 12:10-12:50 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Free. Call 2281196, visit ccmusicschool.org.

• SNHU WIND SYMPHONY & ORCHESTRA CONCERT Featuring compositions by Zdenek Lukas, Percy Grainger, Leroy Anderson, plus Arutunian's "Concerto for Trumpet" by SNHU undergrad/former Marine Band of the Pacific trumpet player. Fri., Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. SNHU, Banquet Hall, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Free.

• 28TH ANNUAL "MESSIAH SING" 100 volunteers from 19 communities sing selections from Handel's "Messiah." Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 6, at 4 p.m.

Mont Vernon Congregational Church, 4 S. Main St., Mont Vernon. Call 420-8523.

• MANCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL HOLIDAY POPS CONCERT Featuring NH Youth Jazz and Wind Ensembles, Flute Choir and String Quartet. Complimentary desserts, cash bar. Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. Manchester Community Music School, 2291 Elm St., Manchester. $40. Visit mcmusicschool.org, call 644-4548.

• LAUD TO THE NATIVITY Concord Chorale concert. Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. South Congregational Church, 27 Pleasant St., Concord.

Visit concordchorale.org, call 485-5862.

• ROCKINGHAM CHORAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY CONCERT Featuring "Christmas Cantata" by Geoffrey Bush, "In Terra Pax" and "Magnificat" by Gerald Finzi, plus selections from

"A Collection of Edwardian Carols." Sat., Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, 187 East Road, Hampstead. $12.

Visit rockinghamchoralsociety. org.

• A NEW DECEMBER NH Gay Men's Chorus concert. Sat., Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St., Nashua. Free.

Visit nhgmc.com. Other concerts are Sun., Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth; Sat., Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton St., Concord; and Sun., Dec. 13, at 4 p.m.

Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester. For all other concerts, admission is $18.

• DECEMBER SONG Saint Anselm College Choir concert.

Celebrating Advent, Christmas season. Sat., Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.

Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. Free. Call 641-7700.

• MESSIAH CONCERT Featuring Nashua Choral Society and Nashua Chamber Orchestra members. Sun., Dec. 6, at 3 p.m.

Immaculate Conception Church, 216 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua. $18. Call 998-0443, email info@ nashuachoralsociety.org.

• MESSIAH, PART 1 Concert from Chancel Choir from First Congregational Church. Additional music includes "Christmas Day" by Gustav Holst, "Candlelight Carol" by John Rutter. Also includes local singers, professional orchestra, soloists, Sabbath bells from church. Sun., Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester. Free-will offering. Call 6255093.

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LISTINGS 28 Children & Teens Games, clubs, fun...

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31 Crafts Fairs, workshops...

31 Dance Ballroom, folk...

31 Health & Wellness Workshops, exercises...

32 Marketing & Business Networking, classes....

32 Miscellaneous Fairs, festivals, yard sales...

32 Museums & Tours Exhibits, events...

32 Nature & Gardening Hikes, animal events...

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30 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.

31 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

34 Car Talk Click and Clack give you car advice.

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Have you ever wondered what Christmas was like 200 years ago?

You can find out when Canterbury Shaker Village hosts its annual Christmas at Canterbury event, a 19th-century Shaker Christmas experience with activities, music, costumed characters, a tree-lighting and more, on Saturdays, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12.

“It’s a step back in time, but not a history lesson,” Funi Burdick, village executive director, said. “We take our historic buildings, decorate them [to look] beautiful, yet simple, infuse each with an activity for families to gather and share the delights of Christmas while also relating [the activities] to how the Shakers would have used that space.”

At least 15 buildings will be in use at the event. A candlelit path will lead visitors to each building, which they can explore at their own pace.

There will be ongoing hands-on activities like making Christmas cards and cow ornaments, as well as gingerbread cookie-decorating in the dwelling house kitchen.

For the first time in 15 years, the upstairs space in the school house will be open to the public.

The Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio and Shindy with Randy Miller and Christmas at Canterbury Where: Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury When: Saturdays, Dec. 5 and 12, from 3 to 8 p.m.

Cost: $18 for adults, $8 for children ages 6 to 17, free for children under 5. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Village.

Visit: shakers.org Children & Teens Children events • SANTA LAND Face painting, games, activities and visits with Santa. Fri., Dec. 4, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. Gilford Youth Center, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford.

Call 524-6057 for more information.

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Magician seeks audience participation at a previous Christmas at Canterbury magic show. Courtesy photo.

Roger Kahle will perform fiddle music in this space throughout the evening.

“This year, the hope was to use smaller rooms for music performances to create a more intimate setting,” Burdick said. “The value [of visiting the village] is that it’s not like the Verizon Center. It’s where Shakers lived and worked … and [the new space] seems to exude a more warm, community feeling.”

Visitors will meet several costumed characters throughout the village. In the schoolhouse, a 19thcentury teacher will share what it’s like running a one-room schoolhouse. In the infirmary, which was once a Shaker dentist office, a dentist will talk about dentistry practices used in the 19th century.

Stop by the carpentry attic to meet a train conductor and see his intricate model train display. There will also

fun crafts, holiday activities and more. Fri., Dec. 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. Bessie Rowell Community Center, 12 Rowell Drive, Franklin. Visit business.lakesregionchamber.org.

• JUMP ROPE WORKSHOP The workshop is open to jumpers (both boys and girls) ages 7 & up. No experience required.

Wear comfortable clothing & athletic shoes; bring water bottle.

be Shaker artisans in various buildings demonstrating rug-hooking, making oval boxes, using a printing press and more.

Prepare to be amazed at the oldfashioned magic show, held inside the chapel, where the Shakers hosted their own entertainment. The magician will play the character of one of the first U.S. magicians and will perform several mystifying tricks.

“It’s much more complicated than a pull-a-rabbit-out-of-a-hat thing,” Burdick said. “Last year … [a young girl] said to me, ‘Did you see that? How did he do it? I’m gonna come back every year to see if I can figure it out.’ … I think that sums up the whole program from a child’s perspective.”

The evening will close with the Village Christmas tree-lighting inside the chapel. There will be hot cider and a piano-accompanied

Please tie hair back and remove all jewelry. A parent or legal guardian must complete and sign a registration form in order to participate. Return registration form and fee (checks made out to Extreme Air of NH). Jump ropes and light snacks will be available for purchase. Fri., Dec. 4, 5 to 7 p.m.; registration at 4:30 p.m. Lincoln Street School, 25 Lincoln St., Exeter. $10. Visit

Christmas carol sing-along as the tree is lighted.

Visitors are also welcome to check out some of the village exhibits, browse handmade gifts for sale in the museum store and have dinner at the Shaker restaurant. Menu items include butternut squash soup, chicken picatta, berry cobbler, spiced grape cider and more.

The restaurant is open from 4 to 9 p.m., and reservations are strongly recommended. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for kids.

“Families want Christmas to be a special time, but, of course, it’s hard to have a magic show and performers and multiple activity tables in your own home,” Burdick said.

“By taking out the commercialism and keeping [Christmas at Canterbury] simple and magical, we make it feel like it’s your family’s own holiday tradition.”

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• SANTA'S WORKSHOP PARTY Enjoy festive music, crafts, face painting, cookiedecorating, games, refreshments and a free photo with Santa. You can even parade in your pajamas if you want. Sat., Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. St. Joseph Hospital , 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. Visit stjosephhospital.com.

• HOLIDAY FAMILY PARTY

Bring the family for an afternoon of fun with Santa. There will be a storytime, photos with Santa, craft projects, refreshments and a tour of the mansion. Sun., Dec. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Estate , 266 North Main St., Concord. Admission costs $10 per child. Visit kimballjenkins. com/santa.

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breads, scones, soup, finger sandwiches, salads, desserts and, of course, tea. There will be Christmas music, a story, cupcakedecorating and a visit from Santa. The cost is $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $12 for children. Reservations are required.

This event will also be held on Saturday, Dec. 12. Call 595-4155.

Learn how to be polite and proper this holiday season at the Youth Holiday Etiquette Program, held Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 5 p.m., at Atkinson Resort & Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson). Kids ages 7 to 12 will practice skills such as introducing themselves and initiating and maintaining conversations with adults and peers, as well as table manners like how to set a table, pass food, use a napkin and use utensils. The cost Prairie party Do you love Little House on the Prai- is $175 per child. Visit theetiquetteacademy. rie? The Wilton Public Library (7 Forest org to enroll.

Road) will have an all-ages Little House Party on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to Breakfast with the Big Man noon. There will be snacks and beverages The Hampstead Mother’s Club will host made with recipes from the books, a sto- a Santa Breakfast on Saturday, Dec. 5, rytime with selections from the books and from 8 to 11 a.m., at the Hampstead Central games and crafts the way the Ingalls would School (21 Emerson Ave.). Enjoy a pancake have done them. Then, historian and educa- breakfast and take your own pictures with tor Melanie Stringer will appear as Laura Santa. Face-painting, crafts and other kids’ Ingalls, circa 1895, to talk about her experi- activities will be available for purchase. The ences, show artifacts and answer questions. cost for the breakfast is $4 per person. Visit Visit wiltonlibrarynh.org. hampsteadmothersclub.org.

Have Breakfast with Santa at The Red Blazer (72 Manchester St., Concord) on Fancy schmancy Make it a girls’ day at the Crowne Pla- Sunday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. No za’s Mother & Daughter Christmas Tea reservations are available for this event; it’s on Saturday, Dec. 5, from noon to 2 p.m., at first-come, first-served. The breakfast buffet Speaker’s Corner restaurant (located inside is $11.99 for adults and $7.99 for kids ages the hotel, 2 Somerset Pkwy., Nashua). 4 to 10. This event will also be held on SunEnjoy a three-course luncheon featuring days, Dec. 13 and 20. Visit theredblazer.com.

Teen events • HOT CHOCOLATE & HOLIDAY MOVIE AFTERNOON Teens invited to enjoy hot chocolate and seasonal treats and watch a favorite holiday film. Mon., Dec. 7, from

3 to 4:30 p.m. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham. Admission costs one canned good to donate to the Pelham Food Pantry. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org.

• TEEN GIFT MAKING Teens in grades 6 through 12 are invited to make cool ornaments with colorful swirls using bits of old crayons. Thur., Dec. 10, from 3 to 4 p.m. Wadleigh Memorial

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Parents and kids are invited to the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) for a Day to Play in Clay parent/child workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Make personalized holiday ornaments to give as gifts or keep in the family. This activity is for children ages 5 and older and costs $25 per child. Visit currier.org.

Join Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) for Family Wreath-making on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Work with your family using natural materials to create a fragrant, long-lasting wreath to hang in your home. The cost is $15 per wreath.

Also at the Fishways on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., kids ages 4 and 5 and their families are invited to do a Natural Creations craft. Use evergreen boughs, pinecones and other natural materials to create unique holiday decorations.

The cost is $8 per family. Advance registration is required for both of these events.

Visit amoskeagfishways.org.

Dec. 6, from noon to 2 p.m.

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Winter is just around the corner. The sun is often lurking behind gray clouds, and on a good day we get just 9 or 10 hours of light. I miss the colors of summer. I still keep fresh cut flowers on our table — just not flowers from my garden.

Cut flowers are among modern America’s true bargains. For the price of a bottle of wine or a couple of cups of fancy coffee you can buy flowers that will grace your table for up to three weeks. But there are some things you should know about getting good table-life for your investment.

First, you need to buy fresh flowers that have been carefully tended, and you can’t beat a florist for that. Yes, grocery stores sell bouquets, but many grocery stores sell bouquets in the fruit and vegetable department. Apples and some other fruits give off ethylene gas, which promotes ripening — or, in the case of flowers, getting old and unattractive.

Cut flowers need to take up water to stay fresh and healthy. Stems tend to scab over after a day or two, which means they cannot take up replacement water, or not much, so they suffer. A floral shop has trained personnel who trim each stem in the store every other day, taking off three quarters of an inch each time. And someone who regularly changes the water to keep it fresh. Chain grocery stores probably count on you buying their flowers before the flowers need to be trimmed or their water changed.

If you want maximum life out of your flowers, never let leaves enter the water.

Leaves will rot, promoting growth of bacteria, which will impede water take-up. And keep your arrangement cool if you can.

Putting it near a radiator or woodstove will shorten its life. If you have invested in roses or tulips, you may wish to move the vase to the entryway or mudroom at bedtime to keep the flowers extra cool during the night – or put them in the fridge.

Some flowers are better picks than others if you’re on a budget and can’t afford to buy new flowers every week. Here are my recommendations for good cut flowers: Lisianthus: These look like silk flowers to me: perfect white, pink or lavender-colored bell-shaped flowers on long stems.

Tough to grow in the garden, they are perfect in a vase — I’ve kept them for up to three weeks.

Miniature carnations: Each stem has two to four blossoms. They come in a variety of colors. Mix dark red “minis” with red roses

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to make a bouquet of roses look fuller. And even after the roses go to Valhalla, the carnations will still be good!

Chrysanthemums: These come in a variety of sizes and colors, from the huge spider mums to little guys. I love the scent of the flowers — it’s not overpowering, but it’s there if you sniff them.

Statice: I grow these for use as dry flowers, which tells you that they really do last forever, even out of water. They come in blue, purple, pink and white.

Spray roses: Instead of a single blossom per stem, these have two to five blossoms, giving you more bang for your buck. Will last about a week with proper care.

Alstromeria: Each long stem has clusters of 2-inch lily-like blossoms in pinks and reds, with yellow throats. Very long-lived.

Great value.

Kangaroo paws: These Australian natives are fuzzy and cute. They come in pinks, reds and browns, and last very well.

Not every florist will have them.

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It’s easy to change the colors of chrysanthemums. Leave them out of water for 12 hours, then cut off 2 to 3 inches and put them in water with food coloring. Obviously, you should start with white chrysanthemums.

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Dear Donna, I recently obtained this nutcracker set, which I believe to be pewter, in a red velveteen covered wooden case.

It is quite old. What do you think the value of it might be?

Richard from Hampton

Crafts Holiday craft workshops • HOLIDAY TANGLE Teaches some new tangles that are reminiscent of winter and holiday themes of night skies, light and winter flora. Diverging from the traditional Zentangle Method with the addition of color and there will be opportunity to experiment with several different color media. Students should have already taken a Zentangle basics class from a certified instructor and bring their own basic materials. Tues., Dec. 8., from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, 279 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith. Tuition is $25.00 per student and there is a $10.00 materials fee. Materials

Donna Welch has spent more than 20 years in the antiques and collectibles field and owns From Out Of The Woods Antique Center in Goffstown (fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com).

She is an antiques appraiser and instructor.

To find out about your antique or collectible, send a clear photo of the object and information about it to Donna Welch, From Out Of The Woods Antique Center, 465 Mast Road, Goffstown, N.H., 03045. Or email her at footwdw@ aol.com. Or drop by the shop (call first, 6248668).

fee will cover tiles, a pencil, black 01 and 08 pens and a smudger.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required. Call 279-7920.

Knitting workshops • KNOT JUST KNITTERS If you knit, crochet, or do other needlework, come for an evening of crafting. Create and chat, share your projects, and meet some fellow crafters. You may bring your own project or help knit and crochet hats and mittens for charity (some patterns will be available).

Please bring your own supplies.

Tues., Dec. 15, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord. Call 225-8670.

Wood workshops • WOODWORKING TALK Stephen Carey, local resident and woodworker, will talk about woodworking and the publishing of his first book, "Laminated Wood Art Made Easy." For anyone who is interested in woodworking and wants to learn how to get started. Thurs., Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m. Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett. Free and open to the public.

Call 485-6090.

Other craft events • ZENTANGLE BASICS Gives an introduction to the “ceremony” of Zentangle and teaches students 7 to 8 differ-

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Tuition is $25.00 per student and there is a $10.00 materials fee.

Materials fee will cover tiles, a pencil, black 01 and 08 pens and a smudger. Space is limited.

Pre-registration is required. Call 279-7920.

Dance Events • FREESTYLE FRIDAY: ECSTATIC DANCE A barefoot boogie for all ages and sizes. Explore music, movement and community. No experience required. Fri., Dec. 4, 18, Jan. 1, and 8, 7 to 8:30 p.m. West Street Ward House, 41 West St., Concord. $5 to $10. Contact nicolegrubman@hotmail.com.

Health & Wellness Events • HOLIDAY GATHERING Exhibits of initiatives making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities in New Hampshire. Food, refreshments, awards and recognitions, and invited guest Gov. Maggie Hassan. Thurs., Dec. 10, 11 a.m.

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Dear Richard, This has to be the nicest nut-cracking set I have seen. The ones you see commonly around don’t have anywhere near the detailing. So let me start off by saying that it’s a nice set.

Your set is for sure from the Victorian era (late 1800s) judging by the style and case. I feel safe in saying it is probably silver-plated and not pewter. Most sets were plated or nickel and some even sterling, but not pewter.

It’s tough to know the maker, but I would be willing to bet if you examine all the pieces one would be marked with a maker’s mark or name. The value usually depends on the maker but also the design and condition, and whether it is a complete set (which yours looks to be).

With all the modern easier nut-cracking devices out there today, you would be looking for a Victorian collector to add to

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Exercise & fitness • JEREMY'S BOOTCAMP Jeremy’s Bootcamp will be donating all proceeds from classes to the Boys and Girls Club of Central New Hampshire. All are welcome – you don’t have to be a Jeremy’s Bootcamp member. Admission is a donation of any amount. Sat., Dec. 5, 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.

Jeremy’s Bootcamp, 153 Manchester St., Concord. Pre-registration is required by contacting Jeremy Woodward at 721-2830 or jeremy@jeremysbootcamp.com.

One-time screenings • WELLNESS CLINIC The Nashua Senior Activity Center will host a free, confidential clinic. Nurse Practitioner students from Rivier University under the supervision of faculty will perform the following tests free of charge: body mass index, blood pressure check, lab work review, glucose, A1C, cholesterol, skin cancer check, pulmonary function and medication reconciliation.

Mon., Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St. Free. Call 889-6155.

Wellness workshops • DIY OILS, SALVES & LIP BALM Learn to make chapstick with an easy, all natural recipe.

Explore the art of creating salves and learn about medicinal herbs and oils to help with sore joints, wounds and antiseptics. These make great gifts for the holiday season. Thurs., Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m.

Beaver Brook Association, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. $20. Visit beaverbrook.org.

• ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS Learn important skills for asking questions and focusing on decisions, and increase communication information gathering and shared decision making. You'll leave the workshop with a practical solution-based strategy you can apply right away to almost any area in your life. Thurs., Dec. 10, 6 to 8 p.m. Parent Information Center, 54 Old Suncook Road, Concord. Free. Pre-registration is required. Call 224-7005 or email your name, email address, the training date and title of the training to frontdesk@picnh.org.

Marketing & Business Networking groups • HOLIDAY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS Opportunity to enjoy hor d'oeuvres, cash bar and network with other chamber members. This event is open to Henniker Chamber of Commerce members and their guest. Thurs., Dec. 10, 6 p.m. Daniel’s Restaurant, 48 Main St. , Henniker. The cost to attend is $10 per person with a food pantry donation or $15 per person without. Register in advance by emailing RSVP@ hennikerchamber.org.

Miscellaneous Holiday events • STARRY, STARRY WEEKEND There will be shopping and festivities from including church fairs, food, gingerbread housemaking workshops and more throughout the two villages. Fri., Dec. 4, through Sun., Dec. 6, Contoocook, NH, 03229 Hopkinton, NH, 03229 Hopkinton., Visit explorecontoocook.com.

• HOLIDAY FAIR The fair features a variety of seasonal activities like children’s crafts, storytelling, puppet shows and a circus performance. Be sure to meet the Pocket Lady and pick a small treasure from one of her many pockets. Stop by the Crystal Cafe for a homemade waffle, lunch or dessert. Sat., Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pine Hill Waldorf School, 77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton. Free. Visit pinehill.org.

• HILLSBOROUGH'S OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS There will be family activities, shopping, entertainment, crafts and food, all with an old-fashioned feel. The event ends in the evening at Butler Park with Santa and the Christmas tree lighting.

Sat., Dec. 5, beginning at 8 a.m.

Downtown, Hillsborough. Visit hillsboroughpride.org.

• ROBIE'S COUNTRY STORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CORP. OPEN HOUSE & TREE LIGHTING Stop for lunch, free samples, hot drinks, a Christmas story time at 3:30 p.m., visit from Mrs. Claus at 4 p.m., photography exhibit, tree lighting and carols at 5 p.m. Sat., Dec. 5, noon to 6 p.m. 9 Riverside St., Hooksett.

Pet events • HOLIDAY PET PHOTOS Bring your furry friend to meet Santa. You are welcome to have multiple pets in the photo and family members are welcome too. All proceeds from pet photos support the shelter’s pets. Nashua Location: Sat., Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Amherst Location: Sat., Dec. 12, 9 a.m. to noon. Animal Hospital of Nashua, 168 Main Dunstable Road, Nashua. Animal Hospital of Nashua at Amherst, 105 Ponemah Road, Amherst.

There is a $10 donation per photo, and other photo packages are available for purchase. Cash or check. Visit hsfn.org.

Yard sales/fundraisers/ auctions • CHRISTMAS TREE SALE The Rotary Club of Merrimack will hold its annual Christmas Tree Sale with over 350 fresh Fraser and Canadian Balsam fir trees from Nova Scotia. Beginning Thurs., Dec. 3, and continuing every day until trees are sold out. Weekdays 4 to 8 p.m., Sat., 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sun., 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Shaw’s parking lot , Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack. Visit merrimackrotary.org.

Museums & Tours History & museum events • MILLYARD MUSEUM'S OPEN HOUSE Come for children's crafts, holiday storytelling, raffles, old-fashioned board games, cookies and cider and a guest appearance from Santa from 10 to 11 a.m. Sat., Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 200 Bedford St., Manchester. Free. Visit manchesterhistoric.org.

Nature & Gardening Nature hikes & walks • ORIENTEERING Orienteering is a fun sport for all ages. Participants use a map and compass to find markers at features in the woods. Instruction is provided.

Courses will be available for beginners to experienced orienteers. Sun., Dec. 6, Registration and starts will be from 10 a.m. to noon. Beaver Brook Association, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. Fees range from $3 to $8 depending on the course. Visit beaverbrook.org.

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“We don’t have [a holiday event] like this in [Deerfield] so we thought it’d be nice to have something at the fairground,” said Alexandra Briggs, a member of the Deerfield Fair volunteer event committee. “We did [a] Christmas Stroll in 2012, and there’s been a demand for the past few years to have it again, so this year we were able to put it on again.”

People can purchase tickets ($2 for children, $5 for adults) on event day at the fairground ticket booth. All activities at the stroll are free with admission.

Wander through the Winter Wonderland of holiday lights and displays, designed by local clubs, schools, community organizations and businesses for the Christmas Stroll decorating contest. Strollers can vote for their favorite displays to win the People’s Choice Award, which includes a $250 prize for the creators.

Kids of all ages can stop by Santa’s Workshop to make holiday crafts and write letters to Santa. There will be coloring sheets and simple crafts for young children, and more advanced crafts for older children, like paper wreaths, reindeer puppets and Santa masks.

After you write Santa a letter, you can hand-deliver it to him at his post next to the antique fire trucks. Pictures with Santa are available for purchase (5$), but no purchase is required to sit and visit with him.

Other stroll festivities include a live manger with real animals, horse-drawn hayrides around the fairground (5 to 8 p.m.) and holiday music sing-alongs with performing carolers.

“This year’s [Christmas Stroll] is different… and has more than the first year,” Briggs said. “We’re trying to add onto it with more lights and entertainment and music, just trying to make it a little bigger and better.”

There will be several indoor “warming stations” throughout the fairground where people can escape the cold and enjoy free hot cocoa and cookies.

Outdoor food vendors will be selling the typical fair food like hot dogs and hamburgers as well as some seasonal treats like apple crisp.

You can do some holiday shopping at the indoor craft fair, featuring 30 vendors with one-of-a-kind gifts, from handknit scarves to handcrafted body lotions.

Wreaths and fresh-cut balsam and fraser Christmas trees from J&F Farms will be for sale. Trees range from 4 to 9 feet in height and cost between $25 and $65.

Donations for Toys for Tots and the Food Pantry will also be collected at the stroll.

“The family theme we go for with the fair, we’re trying to do the same thing for the Christmas Stroll,” Briggs said. “[We] try to keep it traditional … and keep it [about] the magic of Christmas with Santa and the animals and the lights.”

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Finding the right car for winter conditions Dear Car Talk: Is there a rule of thumb about what sort of vehicle is most stable on icy roads — maybe all-wheel drive versus twowheel drive, or

By Ray Magliozzi wide wheelbase versus narrow wheelbase? Last winter I slid sideways off a highway, across the shoulder, through the ditch and up against a fence.

Ever since then, I’ve been scared that my 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT (a little hatchback) is not the right car for winter conditions. The rear end of this car also jumps around a lot on bad pavement. — Martin Well, nothing’s great on ice, Martin.

Except maybe sled dogs. But Hyundai discontinued those in 2013.

I don’t think wheelbase width makes much of a difference. All-wheel drive certainly is better than two-wheel drive.

And heavier cars tend to do better in snow and ice than light cars. So your Hyundai GT would not be the first car

I’d think of when someone wants a winter vehicle. Although, to be fair, it’s no worse than lots of other small, lightweight, front-wheel-drive cars.

If you do decide to keep it, I have two suggestions: One is to get four of the best snow tires you can find — something like Dunlop SP Winter Sports, Pirelli Winter SottoZero Serie IIs or Bridgestone Blizzaks. If you go to tirerack.com, it has a tire decision tool that will help you choose tires. And you can read reviews of individual tires, to further narrow your decision.

Tires designed for snow and ice not only have tread patterns that help with snow traction, but the actual rubber compound they’re made of helps them stay softer and stickier in cold temperatures.

You wouldn’t want to drive around on them all year, because they’re not as good on wet or dry roads as all-season tires. But for winter traction, four good winter tires will make a difference.

My second suggestion would be to slow down. In snow and ice, every change of direction of the car is magnified because you have less traction.

So, while you can make a sharp turn at 20 mph on a dry road and the car won’t

slide, that same turn at 10 mph, or even 5 mph, on snow might land you in a ditch.

So on slippery roads, you want to do everything very gently. Brake gently.

Steer gently. Stop gently. That’s a lot easier if you’re going slowly, because you can anticipate turns and stops, instead of reacting quickly — which can result in a loss of control.

Actually, there is one vehicle I just thought of that’s great on ice: a Zamboni. Unfortunately, it only comes as a convertible, so you’d really have to bundle up next winter, Martin. But think about it.

Dear Car Talk: I’m fairly sure the answer is “no,” but is there any way to clean a catalytic converter once it’s removed from the vehicle? That’s all, folks. — Norm Why? You want to use it as a vase on your dining-room table, Norm?

I suspect you’re wondering if you can clean it and reuse it in your car. And the answer to that is, no you can’t.

There are companies that will remove the catalyst and reuse whatever is left of the chemicals to create a new or rebuilt converter. The chemical catalysts

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When the converter is built, those chemicals are applied to the outside of a ceramic honeycomb that fills the converter.

Then, when harmful exhaust gases (carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides and unburned hydrocarbons) pass through the converter, they come into contact with the catalysts and are converted into less-dangerous chemicals that can go out the tailpipe.

Over time, that honeycomb disintegrates, and pieces of it actually break off and get blown into your muffler and out through the exhaust pipe. But it’s possible for companies with the right equipment to harvest what’s left of those chemicals and reuse them to manufacture a new honeycomb. And it’s worth it, because those metals are expensive and represent a huge percentage of the cost of the converter.

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• Visit the Pine Hill Waldorf School (77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for its Holiday Fair Artisan Market. Enjoy live music and desserts as you shop for hand-crafted gifts. There will also be crafts for sale at the family fun holiday fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit pinehill.org.

• Stop by Longmeadow Congregational Church’s (4 Wilson’s Crossing Road, Auburn) Snowflake Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be plant booths, a cookie walk, baked goods, candy, crafts, a silent auction, attic treasures and lunch for sale, as well as pictures with Santa and a children’s shopping room. Call 483-2907 for more info.

• Art Happens art studio (37 Wilton Road, Milford) will have a Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit arthappensnh.com.

• Visit the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (20 Elm St., Milford) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for its Holiday Fair. The fair features hand-crafted gifts, jewelry, ornaments, baked goods and wreaths, as well as new and gently used gift items. Breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase. Visit uucm.org.

• The Church of Our Savior (10 Amherst St., Milford) hosts its Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be gingerbread house-decorating, a cookie shop, crafts, a country store and a cafe. A free harp concert follows at 2 p.m. Visit coosmilford.org.

• The Candia Community Woman’s Club presents a Holiday Shopping Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Candia Youth Athletic Association Fieldhouse (27 Raymond Road). The fair features crafters and home-based businesses. Visit candiawomansgroup.org.

• Stop by St. Andrews Parish Hall (354 Main St., Hopkinton) during Starry, Starry Weekend on Friday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the Contoocook Artisans Holiday Craft Fair. There will be 35 local artisans selling pottery, paintings, stained glass, beadwork, quilts, gifts for the home, wreaths, dried arrangements, dolls, maple sugar products and more. Email hollycbaum@comcast.net for more info.

• The New England Holiday Craft Spectacular is at the Rockingham Park Racetrack (79 Rockingham Park Blvd., Salem) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $7. Visit castleberryfairs.com.

• Stop by Saint Patrick’s Church (34 Amherst St., Milford) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., for a Christmas Craft Fair. There will be handmade crafts, gift baskets, baked goods and lunch for purchase. Visit saintpatrickmilfordnh.org.

• The GFWC Hudson Juniors present their Craft Fair at Hudson Memorial School (1 Memorial Drive) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair features food, a penny raffle and work from more than 100 crafters.

• The Holly Berry Fair at First Congregational Church (10 Union St., Milford) will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair features cheese, fudge, candy, baked goods, jams and jellies, a cookie walk, gift baskets, new and gently used Christmas items, wreaths, a cafe and a quilt raffle, and photos with Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit firstccmnh.org.

• The SHARE Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 1 Columbus Ave., Milford. Browse handmade crafts. There will also be raffles, cash door prizes, lunch for purchase and pictures with Santa. Call 673-9898 for more info.

• Ste. Marie Parish (378 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester) will host a Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit enterthenarrowgate.org.

• Head to St. Patrick Parish Center (12 Main St., Pelham) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for its Christmas Craft Fair. There will be crafters, baked goods, a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus, a coloring contest and raffles. Visit stpatricks-pelham.com.

• Aurora Senior Living of Derry (20 Chester Road) will host its Holly Berry Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Browse a variety of holiday gifts. Call 432-3801 for more info.

• Visit Milford United Methodist Church (327 N. River Road) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for its Christmas Craft Fair and Christmas Cafe. Browse handmade gifts, baked goods and fudge. Lunch will be for sale. Visit milfordumc.org.

• The Holly Town Fair at the Arlington Street Methodist Church (63 Arlington St., Nashua) will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair features local crafters, baked goods, candy, Christmas items and homemade food. Visit asumc.net.

• The Grace Episcopal Church (30 Eastman St., Concord) hosts the St. Nicholas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be artisan crafts, jewelry, pies, cookies, cakes, fudge, pet gifts, hats, mittens, ornaments and holiday decorations, as well as a White Christmas Elephant Sale and used book sale. Visit graceeastconcord.org.

• The Greens and Artisan Fair will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, from noon to 1 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord (274 Pleasant St.). The fair features a cookie walk, bakery, holiday boutique, plant sale and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit concorduu.org.

• Brookline Community Church (2 Main St.) will hold its Christmas Faire on Sunday, Dec. 6, from noon to 8 p.m., in the fellowship hall. There will be a silent auction for gift baskets and gift certificates, onsite lunch and homemade take-home meals for sale, door prizes, live music and a Christmas shopping area for kids. Visit bccnh.org.

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Libby Barnett began studying the Japanese spiritual healing art Reiki in 1979.

She is now the longest-practicing reiki master teacher on the East Coast, offering classes at hospices, medical centers and medical schools throughout the country. She owns and runs a private practice, The Reiki Healing Connection, in Wilton.

Explain in one sentence what your current job is.

I teach people reiki to empower them to manage stress and promote healing.

How long have you worked there?

I started teaching in 1989.

Class is just the tip of the iceberg, but we get better with practicing. So [I wish] I realized how true that was, and that … things [take] less effort when I give in to the flow and focus of reiki.

It’s a training that’s passed down. An oral tradition. It came to the U.S. in 1973 … and I started learning in ’79… when there was a reiki class in Peterborough. You take three levels: Reiki I, Reiki II and Master Reiki.

Then you’re able to not only do it, but also teach others how to do it.

new social worker, and … I was thinking, ‘There has to be some preventative thing here to give people tools to make life go more smoothly so they don’t end up in child psych.’ … I don’t know anyone who isn’t under stress, so reiki helps them manage it. [reiki gives people] more tools in their toolbox to get through life with more ease, joy and effectiveness.

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As a social worker, I spent time talking to ever had?

I worked for AAA in Washington, D.C. people, but [working with] body, mind and spirit helps to address the whole being more That was way before reiki was even in the fully. I started Reiki Healing Connection as country.

— Angie Sykeny a name for my work doing talking therapy as well as reiki, and it just grew from there.

Then, people in [hospitals and universities] Five favorites wanted [reiki] classes, so that got me start- Favorite book: The Prophet by Kahlil ed with teaching.

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Give people more value than they expected to get, and make sure they are leaving with practical tools to take care of themselves.

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The ins and outs of DIY gingerbread houses News from the local food scene

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By Allie Ginwala

Although there are plenty of gingerbread house workshops this season, sometimes it’s nice to stay home with your friends or family and craft a house in your pajamas.

The Hippo talked with professional and home bakers about their gingerbread tips and techniques to bring to your kitchen.

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• Stout-off: As Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave., Unit 14, Manchester, greatnorthaleworks.com) prepares to release their winter seasonal chocolate stout, they’re inviting the public to help select the final recipe. Four pilot batches will go head to head during a “stout-off” complimentary sampling in the tasting room. Batches 1 and 2 were pitted against each other the last week of November, and batches 3 and 4 will be available for tasting on Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5. The two finalists will be open for tasting on Friday, Dec. 11, and Saturday, Dec. 12. The winning batch will be released around the new year, available in draft only in the tasting room or for growlers.

• Season finale: The Farmers Dinner wraps up the 2015 season by teaming up with Stella Blu (70 E. Pearl St., Nashua) for a pop-up dinner on Monday, Dec. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. Stella Blu Executive Chef Rowdy Bessey and The Farmers Dinner founder Chef Keith Sarasin will present a locally sourced multi-course meal with a global flair. Tickets cost $65.

Wine and beer pairings available for an additional fee. See thefarmersdinner.com for more details.

• Holiday happenings: The holiday season is in full swing, and that means there are plenty of opportunities for festive foodie fun. Take the whole family to see this year’s entries for Main Street Art’s second annual gingerbread house display. It’s held on the same day as the Newfields Holiday Celebration; stop by 75 Main St., Newfields, on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 3 to 7 p.m. to see the festive constructions. For more information, see mainstreetart.org. Don’t miss your chance to dine with the big man in red over a plate of eggs and bacon during the Sunday breakfast buffet at The Red Blazer (72 Manchester St., Concord, theredblazer.com) on Dec. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon. Offered on a first come, first served basis, the Breakfast with Santa costs $11.99 for adults and $7.99 for children ages 4 to 10. Don’t let kids have all the baking fun this season. Head to The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Suite 105, Derry, 339-1664) on Sunday, Dec. 6, to learn how to make Ital45

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“It’s like a jigsaw puzzle so we all do our own thing and glue it on the top of the board,” she said. “It’s quite a mishmash, but is a lot of fun.”

She recommends that family members each work on their own separate entities rather than one big house. That way, no one knocks over a tree or smudges a roof.

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Adore decor

Start with structure

Before diving in on a house-making adventure, it’s important to research structure options and pick one that suits your time, budget and skillset. You can find or make a pattern and bake your own house or buy a kit with the pieces already set.

Susan Chandler, owner of Chandler’s Cake and Candy Supplies in Concord, said that if you make your own dough, you should consider making and freezing it in advance so all you have to do is roll, cut and bake it when you’re ready.

“Trying to break the project into maybe three pieces, dough mixing and baking on Day 1 and assembling on Day 2 and give it an overnight to set up and do decorations on Day 3,” said Mary Dissette, a home baker who’s been making houses for the past 16 years and began competing in the Discover Portsmouth (formerly Strawbery Banke Museum) annual gingerbread house contest with her daughter in the mid-2000s.

From dough to decorating, the house could be a six- to 10-hour project, Dissette said, so she recommends keeping it simple for first attempts by sticking to a house with only four walls and two roof pieces.

If you opt for a kit, you can get one with the pieces baked for you to assemble (they typically come with basic decorations and royal icing) or one that’s pre-assembled.

While it’s the easiest-to-get-started It’s all in the icing Perhaps the cardinal rule for making a gingerbread house is that you must use royal icing, which is made from confectioner’s sugar, egg white and water. Chandler recommends making your own (a Google search will yield all sorts of recipes). Some ingredient substitutions are meringue powder or dry egg whites instead of fresh egg whites, but she said to steer clear of liquid eggs. Alter the amount of water depending on how thick you want it to be for assembly and piping. Don’t have any piping bags?

No problem. Put the icing in a plastic baggie and cut the tip of the corner off.

Chandler makes houses and leads workshops for adults and kids each year. Courtesy photo.

option, Chandler said the downside of the pre-assembled houses is that it’s hard to put certain features on an upright house.

“If you’re doing trim around the window or a chimney or the front door that’s much easier to do flat on the table, especially if you’re not an expert decorator,” she said.

Another easy route to a candy-coated house is forgoing gingerbread altogether in favor of graham crackers.

Shannon Palace of Portsmouth and her husband and two kids first entered Discover Portsmouth’s contest four years ago and decided to switch to graham crackers because they’re easier to use as a base.

“My kids are 5 and 7 so I want them to have fun making it and do it themselves,” she said.

Using graham crackers does limit the scale you can build, she said, but other than that all she had to do was play with the texture of the royal icing.

“You have to make it really thick, especially with kids who don’t wait,” she said.

When it’s time to get cracking on the house, she gets a base that’s the maximum size allowed for the contest and covers it with tin foil. Then each family member gets a piece of cardboard to assemble their house on, which Palace later puts all together.

After-Christmas house Unlike a Christmas tree, a gingerbread house can’t be repurposed in the backyard as a jungle gym for the birds. Some people put an acrylic spray to preserve the house, Chandler said, while others just break it up and eat it. She knows of one family that saves the house until July 4 and blows it up in the backyard. “[But] I think more people probably eat them,” she said.

Chandler draws decorating inspiration from all over, like cake decorating techniques for last year’s house, which was all red and white with lollipops, lace patterns and scroll work.

“Sometimes you just say, ‘I’m not going to use any chocolate on my house, everything is going to be bright colors,” she said.

She’ll also get ideas for texture and color from fabrics, greeting cards or even holiday napkins.

Dissette gets her theme ideas from techniques she’d like to try, like last year when she made a gingerbread church so she could work on stained glass.

“This year I think it’s going to be mosaics or something along the line of mosaics or inlay,” she said.

If you don’t have a clear idea for a theme, do what Chandler does and simply peruse the aisles of grocery stores. Once when she was picking up shredded wheat for rooftops she saw a box of mini Trix that would make a colorful walkway or mimic little Christmas lights along a roof.

“You have to look at food in a totally different way than you’re used to,” she said.

“Get inspired by the color or the texture.”

Other than gingerbread, royal icing and marshmallow fondant, Dissette likes to use a Rice Krispies mix to help with the sculpting and construction of the main house and for landscaping features like bushes and shrubs, and Palace’s son loves using ice cream cones with his houses, either as towers or trees in the front yard.

“We just cover them in icing and wrap licorice laces or he likes to put chocolate chips on them,” she said. “You can cover the whole thing in icing and sprinkle it with tapioca beads.”

Decorations don’t just have to be for the houses either. Make sleds and snowmen to sit next to the trees or use rock crystal candy for a pathway to add some texture.

“I just give them a whole palette of candy and supplies and let them do what they like and have fun,” Palace said.

“If you plan it well it can be tons of fun, a great family activity, and the satisfaction of completing it is amazing,” Chandler said.

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Teas to please

By Allie Ginwala

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Most people think of tea as a beverage, but viewing it differently can make it easier to incorporate into your cooking.

“Think of it as a spice,” she said. “Whenever you do a recipe, if you want to add a fruity flavor, think of a fruit that would go well and add that tea that goes with it.”

You can also soak fruit in tea before adding it to a dish or toss some green tea leaves over a salad.

Lately, Beaudette said, cooking with matcha has been popular.

“We’ve seen a huge increase of sales in matcha Japanese green tea in powder form,” she said. “Because it’s in a powder form you can literally use it on anything — green tea ice cream, toss it over your ice cream, use it in muffins.”

Depending on what you want to make, you may need to use the tea in a certain form or use a particular type.

If you’re using a tea infusion in place of another liquid in a recipe, you won’t have to modify it.

“All you do is steep the tea,” she said.

When it comes to selecting the tea, Beaudette said black and green teas take sugar well and are best-suited for sweet dishes.

“We recommend like fruity ones, the strawberry tea the raspberry tea,” she said.

For savory cream sauces, go for oolongs, and for a meat rub, try a smoky black tea (English breakfast pairs well with pork) and think green tea for stir-fry.

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The goal isn’t really for the tea to have a huge flavor impact, but for it to boost the health benefits.

However, if you’re using a tea that has other spices in it, you’ll most likely taste that. For example, during the demo guests will sample and learn how to make chocolate truffles made with a spice tea.

“That you are going to taste, because those are very strong spices,” she said. “[You] won’t taste the tea — just the spices.”

Beaudette will lead that class through six courses, some of which she’ll make right in front of them, like the salad, but others like the truffles and marinated chicken she’ll make in advance for the sake of time.

“I talk to them about the recipe, go over the recipe and tell them how I prepare and [then they] eat the food. I talk in between each course about the benefits of cooking with tea ... how to complement the tea with the food.”

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“They believe that by consuming the whole leaf you’re getting the maximum health benefits.”

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For anyone interested in joining the Women Supporting Women Center’s healing foods and potluck study group, there’s only one thing required — bring a healing food to share with the group. When it comes to what defines a “healing food,” Claire Houston, licensed psychotherapist and founder and owner of WSW Center, said that’s up to each person.

“We don’t care where they got that criteria from,” she said in a phone interview, as long as they share with the group the dish’s ingredients and benefits.

In the few years the center has hosted the healing foods and potluck study group (the next meeting is on Wednesday, Dec. 9) Houston said it’s evolved each meeting as the group continues toward its ultimate goal of achieving optimal health. Recently they’ve covered topics like combatting inflammation by finding foods that help reduce it while also staying nutrient-dense, and focusing on healing the gut with soothing foods like bone broth (similar to soup stock, except it takes about 24 hours to boil to really infuse the minerals into it).

“So we’re looking to eat foods that pack the most nutrition while not creating health challenges … and that taste good,” Houston said.

Lately, she and her husband have been fermenting hard cider, which she plans to bring to the next meeting since it coincides with the popular and seasonal trend toward fermented foods and probiotics.

Houston was inspired to start a foodfocused discussion group that actually includes a time to eat based on her experience at similar meetings that missed the mark.

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other foods, Houston said she encourages everyone to try the foods.

“I think it’s really important to experiment with how you feel after you eat,” she said. “You can have all the best ingredients, but if you eat something and don’t feel well half an hour later, what good is it? We want hands-on [experience]. What is this, how does it taste, what are the ingredients, and how does it feel after we eat it?”

Dishes that have made an appearance in previous meetings include chicken coconut stew with plums, carrots and apples; dairyfree vanilla ice cream; bacon-wrapped scallops; hemp seed chocolate raisin cookies; Moroccan preserved lemons; simple marinated chicken hearts and bacon apple burgers with maple cranberry sauce.

While it’s not a requirement that the dishes follow any ingredient guidelines, Houston said what often happens is people try to bring recipes that cater to fellow attendees — like one person who made a tomato-free barbecue sauce because she knew another woman in the group has a son who can’t eat tomatoes. Finding a community that appreciates alternative cooking is another supportive aspect of the healing foods study group, Houston said.

“Even though my family at home are certainly willing to try anything I make, they don’t really appreciate how much effort went into it, what it’s like to use alternative ingredients in something,” she said, giving the example of the dairy- and grain-free pumpkin pie she just made. “Getting these ingredients and working with them, it takes an effort, so when I bring it to this group they are just like, ‘Oh wow, how did you do this?’ … They’re really interested and they really appreciate the effort.”

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• Yuletide entertainment: Join Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester (669 Union St., Manchester) for an evening of Food Chef events/special meals • HOLIDAY DINNERS AT THE WILLIAM PITT TAVERN Four course colonial holiday dinner, live music and libations from the Portsmouth Brewery. Held in conjunction with Candlelight Stroll weekends at Strawbery Banke Museum. Sat., Dec. 5, Sun., Dec. 6, Sat., Dec. 12, Sun., Dec. 13, Sat., Dec. 19, Sun., Dec. 20. Seatings at 4, 6 and 8 p.m. across from Pickwick's at the Banke, 43 Atkinson St., Portsmouth. Cost is $65 per person, $25 per child. For reservations, visit Pickwick's Mercantile (call 427-8671) or Pickwick's at The Banke.

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• SENIOR CITIZEN DINNER & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 30th annual Rev. Ray Wixson Memorial Gilford Senior Citizen Dinner & Holiday features a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings, local entertainment and a visit from Santa. Tues., Dec. 8, at 5:45 p.m. Gilford Community

holiday fun at Thys Yule on Saturday, Dec. 5, starting at 6 p.m. The evening kicks off with a Dickensian Christmas dinner followed by a Christmas and winter holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Myschyffe Managed will perform songs from the medieval era to contemporary times. Tickets cost $40 for the dinner and concert for adults, $20 for the dinner and concert for children 12 and under, and $20 for the concert only.

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• GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION Individuals of all ages, families and groups may build a house from any material, as long as exterior decoration is entirely edible (house must fit a 24-by-24 inch platform). Drop houses off by Fri., Dec. 4. See them in the children's room until the gingerbread party and prize ceremony on Mon., Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson.

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Thurs., Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. The White Birch Banquet Hall, 222 Central St., Hudson. Tickets cost $25. See hudsonchamber.com.

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Another Pavement-wannabe heard from, in this instance an English guy whose formidable resumé bullets of soundtrack-this and producer-that turn out to be not-really-formidable indie projects, meaning he’s underground enough to matter to the blogs (some of them actually formidable) that make him out to be awesome, which he isn’t, unless you’re, you know, a major fan of Pavement. In the main, limp, minimalist, half-plugged guitars are this LP’s deal, “Tell Me You Don’t Love Me Watching” kicking off the slack-fest, rattling off the inner thoughts of his inner child marveling at his girlfriend, the gravitas (or lack thereof) of which we’re supposed to assume on cred alone, obviously. There’s some muddy rock-band stuff, such as “Two to Birkenhead,” which only got me wondering what a doped-up Ryan Adams would do if the Cardinals went grunge. I am not a target demographic for this and should probably shut up before I really start.

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Second full-length from the alter ego of Scottish DJ Luke Henderson, whose bag is summery dance-techno with the right amount of sweatshop-jungle sewn into it to be more or less relevant for the moment. Intro track “Finally Free” does a Calvin Harris/Tiesto thing with stormy, epic hookage after a brief glitch experiment. The Autotune in that one would have sufficed for an entire record and becomes a bit unwelcome upon the title track, with its Bruno Mars bubblegum approach, tempered as it were by more dubstep-ish rinsing, not that that in itself automatically makes it cool, but it’s … you know, OK. But all this nonsense brings us to the agreeably surprising “Growing,” a bright mellow-down that comes off like Seal doing rudimentary guitar-tronica, phase-shifter doing all the tech work, and then there’s the Autotune again, really unnecessary this time. Don’t get me wrong, the songs are good, but Henderson certainly allowed the pasteurization process to run too long. B- — Eric W. Saeger

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• Come on, some of you people have to remember “drank”-guzzling Autotuned hip-hop pest T-Pain, I’m sure of it! He only cut off his dreads a while ago — that was a big day, remember? Gack.

Anyway, glad tidings for you, his new Stoicville: The Phoenix album, his first in four years, is coming out. Four years — surely he’s seen the entire music-writin’ world making fun of Autotune by now, so will he be bold and annoying and stick with that, or will he be boring and stupid and abandon his Autotune guns to the hipster music writers, who will waste no time claiming victory over this small, gimmicky flash-in-the-pan before writing more articles in which they pretend to enjoy black metal and publicly demand that Walmart play it over their store loudspeakers?

I’m guessing there’s some Autotune on there, otherwise what else does this guy have, and besides, he told Jay-Z he was going to continue using Autotune. Don’t you love a good “beef” or whatnot? T-Pain’s Autotune is like Gallagher’s “Sledge-o-Matic.”

Let’s go see. Jeez, he’s been hyping this album for a year — these songs came out in November of 2014. Glad you waited? Right, the first song here is “Drankin’ Patna,” lots of Autotuned R&B chill over a fractal Hammond beat. In your face, Jay-Z! Is he going to owe Hall & Oates royalties for ripping off “Maneater,” or have the lawyers just given up on all that music-lawyer stuff?

• Portly hip-hop lady Lizzo wants to empower females through the power of underground beats and, you know, stuff. Her second album, Big GRRRL Small World, features the single “Humanize,” made of equal parts faraway-indie-quirk and 1960s-girl-group, all put through a trap-bling filter. Is this lady’s stock rising by the minute? Yes, it is.

• Well jeez, all hail the new bubble-pop queen, Grimes, a Canadian girl who’s 27, acts 14, and “took her name” from the grim style even though she’s all about bubble-pop. Art Angels, her fourth LP, leads with the single “Flesh Without Blood,” a song that makes me think of forgotten house divas like Colette singing over refried 1980s technopop. Who would have ever thought of such an innovative strategy, and, P.S., she overuses the word “awkward” in interviews.

• But we’re not done with fresh brats playing I Love the Eighties, as Jennylee (Jenny Lee Lindberg), of the L.A.-based Cocteaus-worshipping dreampop band Warpaint, releases a solo album, titled Right On. The teasers demonstrate that she has a firm grasp on dreampop and shoegaze, and so there will surely be much debate in the United Nations chamber as to why she didn’t just leave well enough alone and simply force Warpaint to do the songs in the first place. — Eric W. Saeger

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Massachusetts author Jane Yolen is most famous for solo titles like Owl Moon and The Devil’s Arithmetic, but today she does a lot of writing with her now-grown children Heidi, Adam and Jason Stemple.

This year, she completed two major projects with her kids. One was You Nest Here With Me, written with Heidi Stemple and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Another, with contributions from all Stemple kids, was Animal Stories, which contained tales about animals like Balto the Alaska sled dog and Greyfriars Bobby.

“It’s wonderful writing with my kids because it’s added another level to our relationship. When we’re tired of saying, ‘How are the kids doing?’ and ‘Did you get over your cold?’ … there’s this other thing always going on,” Yolen said during a phone interview with Heidi Stemple last week. “When they each came into this part of the business, I was thrilled. I only wish their dad was still alive to see how well they’re doing.”

Mother and daughter of this writing family visit MainStreet BookEnds Friday, Dec. 4, to talk about some of their more recent and famous works. Shop owner Katharine Nevins was more than happy when they reached out; she remembers their last visit, in 2002, when they read Owl Moon to a crowd of kids, who were mesmerized by the tale about a girl and her father crunching through cold woods at night to go owling. At the end of the reading, Yolen’s husband, David Stemple, performed an owl call from the back of the room.

“The reason we did that — brought the entire family — is because the entire family is part of Owl Moon,” Yolen said. “Heidi is the child in Owl Moon and my husband was Pa in Owl Moon.”

Yolen said theirs is also a birding family, thanks to her late husband. He really did bring the kids out owling when they were young, and the critters, not coincidentally, made their way into many of Yolen’s children’s books, alongside her dinosaurs, unicorns, monsters and historical characters. Heidi Stemple still organizes a team for the Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count, waking up at midnight and counting until sunrise. Her record is 67.

“I’m willing to make hot chocolate or coffee, but I’m not willing to go out with them,” Yolen said. “[David] grew up in West Virginia, and I grew up in New York, where the birds are pigeons.”

Nevins said she received positive reactions when she announced Yolen and her daughter would be coming to town again, among teachers especially; lots of their books are his-

tory-based and educational, ideal for today’s Common Core standards. One of Heidi Semple’s favorite collaborative series was Unsolved Mysteries from History, which told of the Wolf Girls and the Salem Witch Trials and enabled her to tap into her past career as a private investigator. Another series that just came out in paperback, Bad Girls, is an encyclopedia of felonious females from history.

Of course, Yolen’s most famous title — The Devil’s Arithmetic — is a fictional tale about the Holocaust, as is her Briar Rose.

(She once told a friend, “If I ever write another Holocaust novel, you have permission to slap me in the face.” She’s in the midst of another called House of Candy.) But making books classroom-ready isn’t the goal.

“If you write a book specifically as classroom material ... it’s going to be dry and pedantic. We want to tell the best story possible,” Heidi Stemple said.

Though all the kids eventually joined the family business in some way or another, it was a gradual process. Heidi Stemple waited until she was pregnant with her daughter, Madison, who’s now 20. As a kid, she was resistant, tired of being asked, ‘Are you going to be a writer when you grow up too?’

Instead, she became a parole officer, then a private investigator.

Next in line to take up the trade was Adam, formerly a musician, whom Yolen has written 10 music books with.

“We started writing some short stories together because we read the same kinds of fantasy and science fiction. He called me up and said, ‘I’m not making enough money as a musician, but I’ve finally figured out what I want to do.’ I said good, go back to school, get a degree, go into finance. He said, ‘I’m going to be a novelist,’ and I thought, oh God,” Yolen said.

Jason Stemple, more of a “Stemple” than our brews are a “Yolen,” becameAll theof naturalist of the group available in and participates mostly through wildlife photography.

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“I find it engaging and energizing and I wouldn’t give it up for anything,” she said.

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He became interested in novels, not out of some primordial writerly angst, but to pass the time when things got slow at the golf course where he was a caddy.

Since he couldn’t fill books with autobiographical experience, Marra adopted a technique rarely employed in the age of personal essay and tortured memoir: research. Building on a year he spent as an undergraduate in St. Petersburg, he began an intensive study of the history of the Soviet Union, Russia and Chechnya. Then the muse descended, bestowing memorable characters and compelling plots.

Marra’s first novel, 2012’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, wove disparate stories into a widely praised portrait of life in rural Chechnya during its second war. Now, he returns to the region with The Tsar of Love and Techno, riveting fiction that will entrance even people whose sole and fleeting interest in Russian history was how little they could absorb and still pass high school world history.

Like Constellation, the new book is a collection of interlocking stories that entwine characters, living and dead, around

a constant: an oil painting of a pastoral landscape, a peaceful scene that betrays a chaotic and violent history. It’s a clever construction, skillfully employed, but that’s not what makes The Tsar of Love and Techno one of the year’s best books. It’s the writing.

Marra possesses a rare gift: the ability to take wrenching circumstance and infuse it with comic lightness that does not insult the story. (He describes one boy thusly: “The poor child had inherited his father’s forehead. His future lay under a hat” and another character, “science’s fullest proof that man is descended from monkey.”

He is a storyteller and comedian and philosopher, punctuating each narrative with profundities: “You remain the hero of your own story even when you become the villain of someone else’s” and “If heaven can only exist on earth, then God can only be a human.”

There are nine stories here, spanning the better part of a century, from 1937 to the present day. Their collective power owes much to the haunting essence of the first story, which chronicles a government censor of the Joseph Stalin era as he perfunctorily erases images of people deemed enemies of the state from photographs and paintings.

This happened, of course: The Communists obliterated the images of political dissidents and others considered to have failed the state for decades. (In one case, an astronaut was airbrushed out of group

photographs after he died in a training accident. Easier to deny the guy ever existed than to admit that the Soviets’ space program could err.) Marra manages to make the whole despicable process entertaining: “Maxim frowns and gestures to Enemy Trotsky, lurking besides Lenin, whom we must erase, because he was never there.”

In a horrendous moral lapse that is slowly revealed, the censor laments the loss of his brother, who has apparently been killed by the government. Over time, the censor begins to insert as much as he takes away from paintings and photographs, finding ways to paint images of his brother, in all stages of life, into the work: “Young Vakas. Old Vaskas. Vaskas in crowds listening to Lenin. Vaskas laboring in fields and factories. He hangs on the walls of courthouses, ministries, schools, prisons, even the NKVD headquarters, where if you look closely, you will see Vaska glaring at Yevgeny Tuchkov, the man who made him disappear.”

These hidden-in-plain-sight images will come up in later chapters, in a story that involves a student doing a dissertation on a former Soviet censor and the mysterious repeating face that he painted.

Also to reappear later is a ballerina whom, in the opening story, the censor has been asked to erase.

And that dancer is connected to a war prisoner who sleeps in a pit by night and works in a garden by day, helping to restore the field to its glory as our old friend the empty pasture. And so forth.

By itself, each story is a jewel; linked together, they form a masterpiece. Beware of any list of the year’s best books that doesn’t include this title. It only means the people who compiled it haven’t read it. A+ —Jennifer Graham

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• HELEN BRODY, LESLIE TUTTLE Authors talk about New Hampshire Women Farmers: Pioneers of the Local Food Movement. Thurs., Dec. 3, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson's Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com, call 224-0562.

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• From book to Disney: Massachusetts author Michael Tougias’s book, The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue, is being made into a Disney movie this January — starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck — and you can learn about the making, research and real-life story of the book at the Kensington Public Library, 126 Amesbury Road, Kensington, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. Togias will show real photos from the Coast Guard crews and shipwrecks, which involved two oil tankers split in half during a ferocious nor’easter. Seventy of the 84 seamen aboard both tankers would survive. The text was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. Visit michaeltougias.com.

• Refugee crisis: You can get some perspective on the refugee crises at the Mariposa Museum’s (26 Main St., Peterborough, 924-4555) event on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., where Karl Kaiser, Barkev Kassarjian and Eric Boyer will lead a discussion that will provide context to the journey one million refugees are taking from the Middle East and Northern Africa, from the events and economic changes that led to it to the impact the flow will have on European societies, democracy, the European Union and international politics. Kassarjian is a Syrian native, Boyer is a ColbySawyer College political science professor and Kaiser is an adjunct professor on public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Admission to the museum is $10. Call 924-4555. — Kelly Sennott

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Creed (PG-13)

The heretofore unknown (and possibly too old to box?) son of Apollo Creed seeks out Rocky Balboa to train him in Creed, the seventh movie in the Rockyverse.

Wikipedia places the fight between Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago in 1985. We’re told in this movie that Adonis Johnson’s (Michael B. Jordan) father died before he was born. That makes him if not yet 30 at least in the neighborhood of 30, which feels a smidge on the old side to be looking to break into boxing. But, hey, this is a Rocky movie; why let the little details get in the way of your fun?

The movie actually starts with a young Adonis (Alex Henderson), who knows nothing about his father, in some kind of juvenile hall, locked away in juvy solitary for, of course, fighting. His mother, about whom we eventually learn very little other than that she was a woman with whom Apollo had an affair, has died and Adonis’ life has been mostly legal trouble and group homes. Then, Mary Anne Creed (Phylicia Rashad), Apollo’s widow, shows up to tell him all about Papa Creed.

Cut to years later when grown Adonis, who has come to call Mary Anne “Ma,” is gainfully employed in the white-collar world but spending his weekends fighting in matches in Mexico and his after-work hours shadowboxing while watching old footage of his dad (played in old footage by Carl Weathers) fight Rocky Balboa. A promotion at work seems to push him to make a definitive decision and Adonis quits and leaves Los Angeles and the comforts of Creed manor to move to Philadelphia and look for Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), who is where we left him in Rocky Balboa, work-

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Though Adonis, whose nickname is Donnie, is just regular joe Donnie Johnson to the guys at Mickey’s gym where he goes to train, he lets Rocky know who his dad was and generally Million Dollar Babys Rocky — showing up at the restaurant and calling him “Unc” — until he agrees to train him.

Eventually, Donnie gets a fight with an acquaintance of Rocky’s, who soon figures out Donnie’s real identity. With a widely covered win under his belt and a big-time name, Donnie gets a chance to fight Ricky Conlan (Tony Bellew), a world-champion boxer from Liverpool who is looking for one last big fight to help pay the bills before he goes to jail for a few years on a weapons charge. Even though Ricky is taller, bigger and, a-hem, the World Champion, Donnie can’t resist this chance to make a name for himself and not just be known as “Baby Creed.”

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That particular moniker irks Donnie so much that he actually ends up trading punches with the guy who called him that, even though this means he was slugging guys backstage at a show for Bianca (Tess Thompson). His downstairs neighbor, Bianca is a musician whom Donnie quickly falls for — his “yo, Adrian.” In addition to this very sweet romantic subplot, there’s a bit of business with the aging Rocky, who is really more of a supporting character in this “Rocky” movie, facing some health difficulties.

Creed feels not so much like a sequel to or a reboot of the franchise as it does a revival. Rocky is the same Rocky and Creed was the same Creed, but with a son whose backstory is believably hard-luck enough to tap into some of that Rocky underdogness. Jordan — the star of the excellent Fruitvale Station from 2013 and this year’s less-than-excellent Fantastic *The Martian (PG-13) Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels.

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Four — is exactly the right actor to play this next-generation character. He turns in an engaging performance, getting all the nuanced emotional stuff right, but has the physicality to make the boxing part realistic enough. His scenes with Thompson are almost shocking in how natural the chemistry between these two actors is — perhaps not always the dialogue but the tone, the way two people who are attracted to each other and start to fall in love relate to each other, feels spot on. Because Jordan makes Donnie a realistic guy, Thompson seems like a layered rounded girl and not just some add-on, one-dimensional girlfriend character. Because their relationship works, we get a little bit more of Donnie as a fully formed person, not just as a person looking to please an absent father. Because we care about this fully formed Donnie and his life, the Rocky part of the story feels organic, and not like some kind of cheat for franchise brand extension.

Thus, the backstory, a backstory which is older than a good number of the people who will likely go to see Creed, doesn’t just feel gimmicky. OK, it’s a little gimmicky. But it’s also fun — there are nice moments of nostalgia, from the footage of Creed to the way the movie uses the Rocky theme song. But what makes the movie a successful rebirth of the Rocky saga is that the nostalgia isn’t the sum total of the reason to see this movie, it’s just a fun bit of icing on a very well-baked cake. B+ Rated PG-13 for violence, language and some sensuality. Directed by Ryan Coogler with a screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington, Creed is two hours and 13 minutes long and distributed by Warner Bros.

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The characters you know and love get a surprisingly sweet update (visually; thematically they are the same) in this animated movie that has Charlie Brown attempting to win over the Little Red Haired Girl. B+

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Spectre (PG-13) Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz.

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Poppa (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) and Momma (Frances McDormand) watch excitedly as their three eggs crack. The first two are the boisterous Libby and Buck, and they expect the even bigger third egg to produce one massive highenergy dinosaur. Instead, out comes the timid Arlo (Raymond Ochoa), tiny and knock-kneed. As the kids grow up on the farm, Libby and Buck show their skills at doing their chores — mostly pertaining to the family’s corn crop and raising of chickens — but Arlo has a tendency to not only mess up his jobs but get in the way of everybody else’s. He’s still waiting for the achievement that will allow him to put his footprint on the family silo and show he is a contributing member of the family.

Despite being a bit of a fraidy cat, Arlo is given the job of guarding the silo, which is constantly being raided by a critter from the nearby mountain range. Arlo needs to catch it and kill it, his Poppa tells him, giving him a big club to get the job done.

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As happens in every movie like this ever, Arlo and his enemy eventually strike up a friendship, with Arlo naming the boy, who scratches behind his ear with his hind leg and howls at the moon, Spot (Jack Bright). Together, the young human and the young dinosaur travel through the sometimes dangerous wilderness, meeting sometimes kind (a family of T-Rexs) and sometimes not (a vulture-ish group of pterodactyls) creatures along the way.

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The half of that short had more energy, creativity, life and emotion than the whole of the movie that followed.

The Good Dinosaur is a bit of Ice Age mixed with The Lion King and a garnish of How to Train Your Dragon — without being as fun as any of those movies — that never feels like it quite gets started. It doesn’t give us much of a window on the dinosaur world, one made possible by the fact that (as shown in the movie’s opening scenes) the asteroid that should have crashed into Earth and wiped out most Cretaceous period creatures misses. Some million years later, dinosaurs speak English and some of them farm. And that’s it — we never get the “rules” that make this world even as textured as, say, The Flintstones. Nor do we really get a sense of what role humans play other than that we’re sort of like raccoons that know how to fashion rudimentary garments from leaves and animal pelts.

The one place The Good Dinosaur does unquestionably succeed is in its visuals.

The southwestern-y landscape is beautifully rendered, with details so precise that the leaves and rocks seem to be video images, not illustrations. The crisp, uncartoony landscapes don’t entirely seem like they’re part of the same movie as the more cartoony dinosaurs (a critique I’ve seen other reviewers make as well) but they do add a truly lovely touch to the movie and, if I’m being generous, might even lend the movie a bit of artistic heft it wouldn’t otherwise have.

Perhaps the biggest problem with The Good Dinosaur is that I can’t see it enchanting much of its core audience, i.e. kids. For a movie this lightweight, it offers a fair amount of death and general scariness — a lot of darkness unearned by any equal amount of charm or joy. I heard some whimpers from kids at the screening where I saw the movie. Worse, after the movie I heard a few moms say something to the effect of “Wasn’t that a good movie?” While the moms offered up examples of cute or sweet characters or story points, I heard no kids voicing any kind of agreements — a rather damning review that I agree with. C+ Rated PG for peril, action and thematic elements. Directed by Peter Sohn with a story by Peter Sohn & Erik Benson & Meg LeFauve & Kelsey Mann & Bob Peterson and a screenplay by Meg LeFauve, The Good Dinosaur is an hour and 40 minutes long and distributed by Walt Disney Stu102101 dios.

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• Comic relief: A night of laughs headlined by all-around nice guy Dennis Wirth is a fundraiser for veterans’ causes. The event includes a set of “intelligent stupidity” from biker comic Bryan Keith, who’s worked with Rich Vos and Jim Gaffigan.

Scott MaCneil and Bruce Chester round out the bill, Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. at VFW Post 8546, 42 North Broadway, Salem. Tickets are $10. See facebook.com/ wirthdennis.

• Tot rock: Bring an unopened toy for a child in need and enjoy an eight-band show headlined by Positive Negative Man. The 21+ Rock for Tots benefit includes Average Joel performing solo Americana, local favorite Hana Kahn, Demented Poet Society, Burr, DMK, Supernothing and After the Blackout, all on Saturday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m., at Tin Roof Tavern, 333 Valley St., Manchester. There’s no cover; just be a good Santa. See on.fb.me/1PnnFX8.

• Stripped hip-hop: Ten years after his breakthrough album Live at Stubb’s, Matisyahu performs an intimate retrospective in Concord. His set features guitarist Aaron Dugan, who collaborated with the rapper on the 2004 disc, and includes reworked versions hits like “King Without a Crown.”

An Evening with Matisyahu is Sunday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. at Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets are $25-$35 at ccanh.com.

• Era ending: Milly’s Tavern owner Peter Telge announced recently on his Facebook page that live music is ending there, which means the Tuesday residency of Manchuka is also closing out. A Tuesday night fixture at the Mill District brewpub for years, the 10-piece funk band will likely turn it up a notch or two in the coming weeks. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. at Milly’s Tavern, 500 Commercial St., Manchester. See millystavern.com.

• Jazz thing: Jazz musician Jonathan Lorentz is curating a weekly open-mike night in the Lakes Region, which features him opening with a piano set and includes a guest performer. This week it’s vocalist Ellie Murphy, also a highly regarded chef and guitarist who runs a catering company called Dough Re Me. Lorentz plays at 6 p.m., and Murphy at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m. at Patrick’s Pub, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. See jonathanlorentz.com.

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Erin Mintel Quartet at Palace

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Like most suburban Americans, piano player Eric Mintel got his first taste of jazz from A Charlie Brown Christmas and its Vince Guaraldi soundtrack.

“Not knowing it was called that, I knew I liked the music,” Mintel said. “His melodies were so accessible. That’s what resonated.”

The animated special offered only short snippets of Guaraldi’s playing, which made Mintel want more. Thus, his band’s version of A Charlie Brown Christmas stretches things out — and also adds some spice.

“We bring a new freshness to the improvisations [and] extend the songs,” Mintel said. “We do ‘Skating’ with a whole new arrangement that gives it a little more excitability. We’re bringing that and high, high energy.”

Mintel formed his first band in 1993; the current incarnation of the Eric Mintel Quartet has been together over a decade — Nelson Hill on sax and flute, bassist Jack Hegyi and drummer Dave Mohn.

“We’re a band of brothers, communicating on so many different levels,” Mintel said. “You want to be around people you like. I’ve had situations where musically it’s been cooking, but off the bandstand it’s like we’re complete strangers. I like the harmony approach.”

An only child, Mintel spent a lot of afterschool time at the family piano. He taught himself to play by transcribing theme songs from his favorite cartoons. One day, while rummaging through his parents’ record collection, he found an old 45.

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the Dave Brubeck Quartet,” he said. “I had an instant connection ... even that night I knew that was what I wanted to play.”

One Brubeck element that caught his ear was Paul Desmond on saxophone. In the present day, trading piano and sax solos is a prominent component of the quartet’s musical dynamic. Hill is a veteran player who backed jazz great Maynard Ferguson in the early 1980s and sat in with a list big names including Tony Bennett and the Temptations over his career.

“He was also a protege of Phil Woods,” Mintel said. “Nelson is an unbelievable saxophonist.”

Mintel’s jazz has taken him to some rarified places. In 1998, he performed at a White House Christmas reception. His band arrived with a contingency plan, just in case President Bill Clinton felt like jamming.

“We had a tenor sax all set up and ready to go, but it didn’t happen,” Mintel said with a laugh.

A memorable moment occurred later in the evening. Brubeck was a mentor and proponent of Mintel’s, and Clinton had recently awarded the National Medal of the

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“Ah, Dave Brubeck,” Clinton replied with his trademark smile. “He said I was the only elected official that could sing the bridge to ‘Blue Rondo.’”

Mintel returned to Washington, D.C., for appearances at the Kennedy Center over the following five years.

“Those were paid gigs,” Mintel said.

He recalled playing a show with renowned pianist Billy Taylor, and later seeing in him at the Watergate Hotel, where both were staying.

“He said, ‘You had a really good set today.’ Those little moments, being recognized like that, are really special.”

It turned out that playing the White House wasn’t a once-a-lifetime gig. In 2011, Mintel shared his memories of the night during a conversation with his girlfriend.

“I’ll probably never go back there,” he had said. Her response: Why not give them a call? Funny thing – Mintel still had the White House number stored in his mobile phone. “I phoned the social secretary and they remembered who I was and said, ‘What’s your availability for December?’

We settled on a date, and there we were again.”

The band opened their Obama White House set with “Take Five,” Mintel said, and “it set the mood for the night.” Just as he’d done after his previous command performance, Mintel brought up Brubeck during a photo op with the first couple.

“The president said, ‘Dave Brubeck is the very first concert I ever went to, with my father as a kid.’ It was so very cool,” Mintel said.

Mintel has traveled frequently to New Hampshire from his Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home since doing a show and workshop at Colby-Sawyer College in 2005. He said every return visit is a treat.

“The people are great and we’ve made a lot of friends. It’s just a very musical and artistic audience,” he said. “I love New England; it seems like a natural habitat for us.”

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• ROB BYRD at Amoskeag Studio (250 Commercial St. #2007, Manchester 315-9320) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 8 p.m. $10/ advance - Atmospheric guitarist performs live soundtrack of the 1928 classic silent film "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" (The Passion of Joan of Arc).

• CHRISTMAS AT CANTERBURY at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury 783-9511) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 3 & 8 p.m. $18 ($8/children 6-17) Take a candlelight stroll through the Village, ride in a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon, enjoy hot cider and music performances, craft demonstrations, seasonal craft activities, cookie decorating, the annual Village tree lighting and more. Also Dec. 12.

• SEACOAST SANTA CHRISTMAS JAM at Cara (11 Fourth St., Dover 343-4390) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 7 p.m. $10 - Trilogy, Moon Colony, Sassafras and Some Kind of Sugar perform to help Seacoast families keep the magic of Christmas alive for their little believers.

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• ED GERHARD at Historic Belknap Mill (25 Beacon St., Laconia 524-8813) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 7 p.m. $24 - Renowned guitarist performing soulful arrangements of well-loved carols, as well as his own concert favorites - this memorable show is now in its 33rd year.

• BALLROOM DANCE PARTY at Lion's Club Hall (246 Mammoth Road, Londonderry 622-1500) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 6 p.m. $12 - Holiday Party. Hardwood floor, recorded music, friendly crowd, smoke and alcohol free. Singles and couples welcome. Dance hosts.

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• SHANA STACK BAND at Mountain Meadow Golf Lounge & Event Center (478 US Route 4, Canaan) on Saturday, Dec. 5.

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• BILL STAINES at Simple Gifts Coffeehouse (UU Church 58 Lowell St., Nashua 3207751) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 8 p.m. $16/advance, $20/door For more than forty years, Bill has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concerts, clubs, and coffeehouses.

• FUNKY DIVAS OF GOSPEL HOLIDAY CONCERT at The Castle on Charles (19 Charles Street, Rochester) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 7:30 p.m. $6 - Join the Rock My Soul choir and band (complete with horns!) for a spirit-soaring evening of "gospelized" Christmas carols and R&B and doo-wop flavored arrangements of popular holiday favorites.

• DICKENS DINNER at UU Church (669 Union Street, Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 5. 6 p.m. $40 – dinner is followed by a Christmas and Winter Holiday concert performed by Myschyffe Managed, featuring Christmas and Holiday songs from the medieval era to contemporary times.

• WILLIAM OGMUNDSON at Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse Road , Bedford 472-2300) on Sunday, Dec. 6. 2:30 p.m. Free. Friends of the Bedford Library season continues with afternoon music hosted by the Friends of the Library.

• WASSAIL CONCERT at Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse Road , Bedford 4722300) on Sunday, Dec. 6. 2:30 p.m. Well known pianist and composer William Ogmundson will provide original and entertaining takes on many holiday favorites. He has performed all over the world and written numerous musicals.

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Rochester Opera House • Candlebox Acoustic Thursday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Tupelo • Frank Santos Jr. R-Rated Hypnotist Friday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

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Cancer (June 21 – July 22) We were kids isn’t a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from without fathers, so we found our fathers on it, but to try to understand it, and use it as wax and on the streets and in history, and a foundation to grow. Your therapy session in a way, that was a gift: We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the should be especially fruitful this week.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) To me, it’s world we were going to make for ourselves. just a word, a word whose power is owned You decide who inspires you.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) There was a by the user and his or her intention. People give words power, so banning a word real tension between the power of the story is futile, really. … The key is to change the we wanted to tell and just how desperately person. And we change people through some powerful people didn’t want to hear conversation, not through censorship. it. You’ll find a good listener if you try.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Since rap Converse with people.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) It’s always is poetry, and a good MC is a good poet, been most important for me to figure out you can’t just half-listen to a song once and “my space” rather than trying to check out think you’ve got it. … A poet’s mission is to what everyone else is up to, minute by min- make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than ute. Figure out your space.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) I’ve met a one level. Think multi-level.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) There’s no lot of powerful people, but Oprah, as everyone knows, is in her own stratosphere. She’s dream in fast food. Manager? That’s a proalso someone who’s been vocally skeptical motion, not a dream. It took me a long time about hip-hop for a long time …. Oprah to realize how much courage it took to work expressed surprise that I was also a fan of at McDonald’s, to walk through the streets [Gary Zukav’s] work. She didn’t expect that past rows of hustlers wearing that orange of a rapper. I could tell that the way she saw uniform. Just because you don’t notice me shifted in that moment; I wasn’t exactly courage doesn’t mean it’s not there.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Which is who she thought I was. Surprise, surprise.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) … I’ve dis- the other reason hip-hop is controversial: covered that there really is such a thing as People don’t bother trying to get it. The a win-win situation. And sometimes, I’m problem isn’t in the rap or the rapper or the only competing with myself, to be a better culture. The problem is that so many peoartist and businessman. To be a better per- ple don’t even know how to listen to the son with a broader vision. But it’s still that music. Make more of an effort. Maybe ask old sense of competition that motivates me. an expert.

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Snot hygienic

The manager of the agency in Louisville, Kentucky, responsible for, among other things, development planning, zoning changes and historic landmarks revealed in November that his headquarters has a “boogers” problem and ordered users of the third-floor men’s room to stop hocking them onto the walls adjacent to the urinals. According to an internal memo cited by InsiderLouisville.com, Metro Planning and Design Services manager Joe Reverman called the mucus buildup “a very serious situation” and had his executive administrator post signs instructing restroom users on the basics of proper disposal of “anything that comes out of or off a person’s body.”

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• The 1968 Cy Twombly “blackboard” painting sold for $70.5 million at New York City’s Sotheby’s auction in November (higher than experts’ estimate of $60 million). The painting consists of six horizontal lines of continuous circular swirls (white chalk on a “blackboard”) perhaps the same swirls that might be made by an extremely bored, aggressive first-grader given a supply of chalk and the absence of the teacher.

• The Baltimore-based “experimental music” creators Matmos announced the release of their new album, Ultimate Care II, consisting entirely of “music” made by a Whirlpool washing machine (the Ultimate Care II model). According to a November report in Time magazine, the machine’s 38-minute wash cycle will be “sampled and processed” to lighten the original sound. (Matmos previously “played” canisters of helium on stage at Radio City Music Hall and a cow’s uterus at the San Francisco Art Institute.)

Cultural diversity

In an enterprise somewhat resembling American Idol, amateur performers in China become self-supporting online not by soliciting money directly, but through virtual gifts from enthralled fans, with performers getting a cut of each sale.

Beijing’s YY.com hosts original performances, and two of the site’s favorites, Mr. Earth and Ms. Cloud, earned the equivalent of about $160,000 last year from their universe of 1.8 million fans (according to a November Wall Street Journal report). In an ancillary industry (led by 9158.com), hard-core fans can purchase access (think “virtual limousines,” shown “arriving” at a “concert”), giving them bragging rights. (A simple “applause” icon after a song costs about a penny.)

Bright ideas

The exasperated drug enforcement chief of Indonesia told reporters in November (following confiscation of a massive quantity of methamphetamine from China) that the ordinary death penalty was insufficient for drug runners, who should instead be forced to overdose on their own shipments. Budi Waseso also mused that crocodiles would make better prison guards than humans because crocs can’t be bribed and later added tigers and pirhanas to the proposed guard roster. Even so, Waseso’s boss reiterated that the government is committed to rehabilitation over punishment.

New World order

• Recently added to the list of words and phrases to be officially discouraged on campus, according to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s website: “political correctness.” The phrase is said to be a “microaggression” that might make some students feel uncomfortable or unsafe if they hear it or read it.

• In November, the University of Vermont held a (voluntary) three-day “retreat” open only to students who “self-identify as white,” so that they can study the implications of “white privilege” in society (e.g., “what does it mean to be white?” and “how does whiteness impact you?”).

Government inaction

The Queens (New York) Redbird Tourist Information Center was finally ordered to close in July following an extraordinarily unsuccessful seven-year run in which,

possibly, not a single tourist ever walked through the door. The New York Post, interviewing neighbors in Kew Gardens, found no one who ever saw a visitor, and the center’s lone staff member said she recalled only lunchtime drop-ins from jury duty at the criminal court building down the block.

Ironies

Deputy sheriff Michael Szeliga of St. Petersburg, Florida, in Fort Lauderdale for a weekend training session in July, was to receive a commendation at the formal banquet, for exemplary DUI enforcement, presented by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He, escorted by two fellow deputies, arrived for dinner “staggeringly drunk” (though he did not drive), according to an internal affairs investigation, and he was ordered to go sleep it off. (Szeliga wrote an apology and was transferred out of DUI work. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Szeliga was a good deputy but that the incident was “one of the most ridiculous things” he’d ever heard of.)

Least competent criminals

Kaleb Alexander, 25, was shot and killed in October as he emerged from a United Dairy Farmers convenience store in Columbus, Ohio, still with his gun defiantly drawn after he had just then robbed the clerk. A Columbus police SWAT team was waiting outside the store because Alexander had robbed the store the previous two nights as well, and somehow must have thought that the police would not catch on to his robbery strategy.

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