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Voting day in New Hampshire has a truly distinctive, unique quality. Whether one rises early to catch the polls as they open or votes at lunchtime or later after work, the experience of going to the polls is one totally different from any other state in which I have lived. Primary day this year was no exception.

Just walking into the polling place entails passing candidates’ supporters, if not the candidates themselves. Regardless of your choice of candidate, chances are good that you will know many of the others’ supporters who stand along your route holding signs and exchanging greetings. Emerging from the voting booth one usually meets friends. While it’s somewhat unusual to ask or to be asked “Who did you vote for?” all folks know they are sharing a treasured right and with its exercise comes a certain sense of solidarity, however fleeting.

On exiting, another experience awaits: the journalists and the TV cameras. All are eager to ask that question, to log the replies, and to begin tallying the results, predicting a winner long before the polls close. Still, even that is part of the political ritual.

This year, my wife and I were approached for an on-camera interview by a British journalist. Having lived in the U.K., we have a special affection for the country and readily agreed. What surprised us, however, was that the feed went live to the U.K. and that our daughter and son-in-law, residents there, saw it in real time. Barely had seconds passed before the clip was on social media.

For the days following the election there are the Monday-morning quarterbacking sessions, whether on the media or over the back fence. Each, however, reinforces the shared experience we have had of exercising our citizenship, fulfilling our civic duty.

And so it seems antithetical to that civic sense to proceed, as one group has done locally, to compile a list of those persons who have voted and those who have not, apparently intending to “shame” the latter.

To sport a sticker that reads “I voted” seems encouragement enough. But to list those fellow citizens who did not — especially disregarding their reason and presuming laxity — is an insult. Whether to publish such lists will be determined to be legal or not, to do so is certainly not extending the hand of civic friendship.

Stephen Reno is the executive director of Leadership New Hampshire and former chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire. His email is stepreno@gmail. com.

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NEWS & NOTES Senate race

The ongoing jockeying for the U.S. Senate seat between incumbent Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan has continued its sharp rhetoric, but the first TV ad in the race departs from the negative attacks.

Since the fight over the so-called People’s Pledge (to discourage third-party spending) has gone nowhere, Hassan’s campaign criticized Ayotte for aligning with her fellow Republicans in the Senate against President Obama appointing a new Supreme Court justice. Hassan called Ayotte’s position a failure to do her constitutional duty and pointed to a recent poll that found Ayotte’s position is hurting her re-election chances.

Meanwhile, the first TV ad in the race hit the airwaves through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont stations, WMUR reported. The ad by the Ayotte campaign cost $300,000 and features Ayotte’s 11-yearold daughter, Kate. It highlights Ayotte’s role as a mother, wife, senator and attorney general and doesn’t mention Hassan. Hassan’s campaign responded to the ad, calling it a distraction.

Ice storm study

For the first time, researchers studied the effect that ice storms have on forests by simulating an ice storm in New Hampshire woods. NHPR reported that a team of more than a dozen scientists from across the Northeast worked equipment to pump a fine mist over a section of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Research Forest in the White Mountains about the size of a basketball court. Investigators hope the data they collect from the study will help them predict the effects ice storms will have on forest cover and forest ecosystems.

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in 2010 and finished the primary in third place. If he decides to run again, it will make him the fourth Republican to enter the field, alongside Guinta, State Rep. Pam Tucker and businessman Dan Innis.

Drug deaths

The state’s medical examiner’s office has released updated statistics on drug-related deaths in 2015, with some early cases from 2016 already confirmed as well. The death toll for 2015 is up to 420 and there are 14 cases still pending toxicology results.

Of those, 157 are caused by fentanyl alone, 75 are from fentanyl mixed with drugs other than heroin, 32 are caused by heroin alone and 13 involved heroin and another drug other than fentanyl. Heroin and fentanyl mixed together were involved in 43 cases. About 92 percent of all deaths involved an opioid of some kind.

So far, the ME’s office has confirmed three drug-related deaths in 2016 with another 60 cases pending test results.

ditions with virtual impunity. In 2014, 140 citations were issued and landlords failed to appear for 74 of them with no further consequence. One recommendation the panel will make to address this includes requirements for landlords to publicly post their contact information and for Code Enforcement to compile a list of noncompliant properties with subsequent visits by city departments.

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Redistricting efforts in Manchester have been put on hold. The Union Leader reported Superintendent Debra Livingston is trying to solve the city’s crowded classroom problem by building a new elementary school or an extension to the Jewett Street CONCORD School.

The new interim town administrator of Derry is on the job. The Union Leader reported Steve Daley works for MRI Resources based in Meredith and told town councilors he now has a good understanding of the town’s parameters and characteristics.

The family of a slain Virginia Hooksett police officer who grew up in Merrimack are mourning the loss of Ashley Guindon.

Goffstown The Union Leader reported Guindon was gunned down in a shootout with a man who had murdered his wife just MANCHESTER one day after Guindon was sworn in.

Proponents of extending commuter rail from Boston up to Nashua and Manchester unveiled a plan to pay for the next stage of development, which would cost $4 million, without any taxpayer dollars. According to the New Bedford Hampshire Rail Transit AuthorLast call in Nashua may get ity, if House lawmakers include extended to 2 a.m. if city offiDerry Merrimack Amherst the development plan in the cials approve a proposal by 10-year highway improvement Alderman Ben Clemons. The Londonderry Milfordreported the Union Leader plan, the state will be able to get the effort aims to let busia federal grant that would covnesses compete with bars er 80 percent of the cost. The in Massachusetts that stay remaining 20 percent would be NASHUA open later. Nashua’s last call paid by dipping into the state’s is currently 1 a.m. $250 million in toll credits awarded by the federal governNational guard Nearly 100 New Hampshire ment to go toward infrastructure Party, according to Ballot Access ry in Newport, said recently that National Guard members shipped projects.

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Ahead of a First Circuit Court of Rhode Island, the United Inde- product to “step up.” Business NHPR reported most of the 93 decision in a fight by New Hamp- pendent Party of Massachusetts, Insider reported CEO Michael members come from Headquar- shire Libertarians to overturn a the Green Parties of Maine and Fifer also said President Obama ters Battery, 197th Field Artillery 2014 ruling making it harder for Massachusetts and the Libertari- selecting a new Supreme Court justice and Democrats regainBrigade, while about 20 members third parties to get on the ballot, a an Party of Massachusetts. ing control in the Senate would are part of Echo Battery, 197th group of minor parties from New only further boost demand amid Field Artillery Regiment. They England have filed an amicus Sturm Ruger will spend a month of training at brief with the court in support of The CEO of gun manufacturer concerns over changes in gun Fort Bliss, Texas, before deploy- the New Hampshire Libertarian Sturm Ruger, which has a facto- control laws. ing to the Middle East sometime in mid-spring.

Substandard housing

A panel looking into the substandard housing problem in Manchester is wrapping up its report and plans to present it to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen by March 24. The Union Leader reported the panel’s recommendations will include changes to the city code, statelevel legislation and further research. The panel concluded during its year-long investigation that several landlords are being allowed to keep their properties in unacceptable and illegal con-

SPELLING BEE CHAMP

A student at Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High won her third straight statewide spelling bee championship. The Union Leader reported Arushi Kalpande sealed her victory by correctly spelling words like dolorifuge (something that mitigates grief) and trichinosis (an ailment caused by eating worm-infested food). The eighth-grader now goes on the represent New Hampshire in the national spelling bee competition in Washington, D.C., in May. Kalpande says she practices regularly with her parents and younger sister. Mia Karlsson, a sixthgrader, was the runner-up but failed to spell cormorant, a family of aquatic birds.

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But ultimately Republicans stood as one and passed several key pieces of legislation, including the state budget.

Overall, Jasper characterizes the 2015 session as a resounding success.

“It has worked out much better than I ever thought that it could have,” Jasper said. “We did things that really nobody had been able to do.”

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According to Jasper’s political ally former Majority Leader Jack Flanagan, the process and perhaps the mundanity of refining and passing legislation softened the hard feelings that started the 2015 session.

“Once we established committees and started debating bills, a lot of the hurt feelings sort of subsided. Not that they went away, but they were more focused on the work that had to be done, the bills that had to be processed and getting legislation done,” Flanagan said.

He said there were times when lawmakers swallowed their pride and worked with Jasper to get bills through that they cared about.

“It became, ‘I still don’t like him but I want my bill to pass,’” Flanagan said.

Even Rep. Al Baldasaro of Londonderry, a member of the conservative faction miffed by Jasper’s election, thinks lawmakers had to put aside their feelings and unite as a party to get bills passed.

“As Republicans, we did the people’s business,” Baldasaro said. “We may not have any respect for the speaker on what he did, because he actually screwed over the caucus.”

Baldasaro referred to the fact that the Republican caucus had narrowly selected former Speaker Bill O’Brien to be their nominee over the more moderate Rep. Gene Chandler.

For his part, Jasper said, those Republi-

Shawn Jasper. Photo by Allegra Boverman.

cans upset about his election, which likely required the Democratic vote to go through, said the sky was falling. Jasper said many claimed he would appoint Democratic committee chairs or vice chairs, that he was anti-gun or that he wouldn’t share the Republican agenda.

“I think pretty much everything that they anticipated turned out to be not true and the House moved on in a normal fashion,” Jasper said.

Jasper’s style

As Flanagan describes it, Jasper’s leadership style is shaped by his being a stickler for parliamentary procedure, a fan of Statehouse history and a traditionalist when it comes to decorum. Indeed, Jasper made at least a few speeches and letters to House lawmakers reminding them of what he thinks of as their unwritten duties to conduct themselves with carefully chosen words and calm tempers. He did this last March after several lawmakers brutally mocked a bill presented by fourth-graders (who were present) that would have established a state raptor. And Jasper started the year in much the same way, after certain lawmakers made controversial comments on a Facebook thread about a bill that would ban toplessness.

Baldasaro remains unamused by that speech, calling it a “scolding” and saying it infringed on free speech.

Flanagan said Jasper was also instrumental in uniting the party.

“You could say that about the budget.

When I was in the room with, shall we say, people that aligned themselves with Bill O’Brien, sure,” Flanagan said. “I think he explained to all parties involved [what] was the best thing for our caucus was to get the budget passed and I think we all agreed.

He put it out there like, ‘What’s the best way to do it? Are there issues that need to be addressed that you can or cannot live with?’”

While Baldasaro and more than 50 Republicans voted against the ultimate House budget that moved on to be reconciled with the Senate budget, he says Jasper did do his job by working with Republicans instead of Democrats, with whom he feels Jasper has too much in common.

“I think he’s too cozy with Democrats and he’s the typical establishment [Republican],” Baldasaro said.

Either way, it seems clear that Jasper has a very different approach to governing than his Republican predecessor, Bill O’Brien. “[Jasper] also claims that he represents both parties. He happens to be the speaker but he also considers himself basically the chair of that large body,” Flanagan said.

That’s a far cry from O’Brien, who earned the ire of lawmakers and stakeholders on both sides of the aisle when he deployed what some described as strongman tactics to pass right-wing bills and a lean state budget.

According to Jasper and other lawmakers, there was a feeling that regardless of O’Brien’s conservative credentials, the baggage attached to his name after 2011 would impede the Republican agenda. And if it didn’t slow down their ability to pass bills, it would taint their successes.

“I do believe that that is true,” Jasper said. “I also believe that we probably would not have a state budget right now if he were the speaker.”

Bumps in the road

Last spring, O’Brien told the Hippo that the budget would be the true test of Jasper’s leadership. While we now know how that turned out — with a Republican-crafted budget largely unchanged by a veto from Gov. Maggie Hassan — the process wasn’t always smooth.

An early plan floated by budget writers in the House had taken the controversial step of carving out $88 million from the Department of Transportation budget, which 7

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Meanwhile the House is working on three separate bills that would create new drone regulations, the most comprehensive of which is HB 602. Rep. Neal Kurk is the main sponsor.

“A major new technology is coming into existence through teenagers, who think of these things as wonderful toys, through government, which looks at these as possible ways to provide more information to people and save money, to the military, which looks at these and has been using them as weapons, to commercial interests including real estate, who view drones as opportunities to make money or provide better services … to hobbyists, who think these things are wonderful opportunities to see the world [differently],” Kurk said.

Kurk emphasizes the need to allow the commercial and casual drone operators to continue doing what they need to have fun or make money, but he has a number of concerns that differ from Cataldo’s and the FAA’s.

“The FAA is interested in safety. My bill is interested in protecting public interest and personal privacy,” Kurk said.

Two other bills in the House would prohibit drones from flying over state prisons and the warrantless use of drones by police to collect evidence. Kurk says both of those things are included in his bill as well as a requirement to fly higher than 250 feet over private property unless the operator has written consent from the property owner.

“You might like to over-fly my house, but I’m not sure you should be allowed to do that, especially if you use the drone to peep into my bedroom window or [are] using the drone to look at my teenage daughter who’s sunbathing in the backyard,” Kurk said.

The bill also makes it illegal for individuals or government agencies to use any drones equipped with lethal or non-lethal weapons.

Cataldo, for his part, doesn’t have anything against drones. He says he’s actually a fan.

“I built model planes as a child and I continue doing it today, and I was a pilot too,” Cataldo said. “I’ll pick up a drone someday, I know I will. Soon, very soon.”

6 would have resulted in about 700 layoffs, according to department officials.

Some lawmakers, with the backing of Jasper’s appointed House Finance Committee chair, Neal Kurk, had floated a plan to fill that hole by raising the gas tax by 8 cents. But they ultimately couldn’t get the votes and it was never proposed. This sent Republicans scrambling to find another way to avoid the layoffs.

Republicans brainstormed in caucus well into the evenings in the days leading up to the deadline and Democrats accused them of redrafting the budget behind closed doors, and said the process had complete-

ly broken down.

At this time, O’Brien and his camp were against the gas tax increase and O’Brien characterized the DOT cuts as a cynical ploy to open the window for that tax.

Jasper and Flanagan downplay this period in the budget process, saying the back and forth is very common and that the House budgets are generally leaner than the Senate’s version since the latter enjoys more up-to-date revenue estimates.

In the end, budget writers moved money from the state university system and dipped into the Renewable Energy Fund.

By Ryan Lessard

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What does it take to legally fly a remotecontrolled aerial drone? If a bill working its way through the Senate passes, it might require an FAA license, written permission to fly over private property, keeping the aircraft in line of sight and maintaining liability insurance.

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The bill is sponsored by state Sen. Sam Cataldo of Farmington, who said it’s meant to address public safety.

“The main thing is it’s not a toy,” Cataldo said.

Cataldo says he is primarily worried about the worst-case scenarios that state statute is, at present, unprepared for.

“If it hits a plane, what do you do? Who’s responsible?” Cataldo said.

But his bill needs a lot of work, according to Cataldo. There was an error in the maximum height allowed for drones in flight — the bill says it’s 100 feet, but Cataldo says that should be set at 500 feet — and the Federal Aviation Administration recently finalized a number of its rules surrounding drones. For example, an operator needs to notify the nearby airport if they are flying within five miles of the airport, and operators are not allowed to fly over nuclear power plants. So, in an effort to make sure it aligns with federal law, Cataldo’s bill was placed in interim study. He expects it will come out of study by the end of March and thinks he’ll have a bill ready to vote on.

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You got paid at $60 [The court] will say, we want an hour, but for people you to investigate these particuwho could not afford lar issues. For example, if it’s a marital case, a private guardian ad they may very well say, ‘We want you to litem, it allowed them determine how the children should spend to have the assistance time with each parent. [Determine] whethof a guardian ad litem. er or not a parent has a mental health issue That guardian ad litem or a substance abuse issue, whether or not fund was completely there’s been any physical, verbal, emotional Lynn Aaby defunded by the legisabuse by one parent either against the other lature in 2010 or 2011. or against the children.’ … What that left was no resources for… indigent people [in marital and family law How heavily does a court rely on your cases] to have a guardian ad litem. ... So now only people who can afford it have the benreport or testimony?

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One is because the guardian ad litem generHow does the cap on pay affect you? ally has spent significantly more time with the parties and the children than certainly the Of course you can understand in abuse and court would have. And the guardian ad litem neglect and termination of parental rights caswill have talked to collateral references, es, those are often the cases that have the worst so therapists, pediatricians, school person- allegations for kids. They’ve been signifinel, relatives, neighbors, friends. So, the cantly neglected or abused and the guardian guardian ad litem generally has a lot more ad litem is expected to conduct a complete information than the court would have on its investigation, go to all of the court hearings, own. … Given the depth of the information, write a report for $1,400. What happens is, a lot of court guardians can’t afford to do that. the courts do give some weight to that.

So they don’t. … [Plus], a guardian ad litem works for that low fee and then submits a bill How long have you done this?

I’ve been a certified guardian ad litem for to the state and it can be 60 to 90 days before they get paid. So, it’s very hard to run a busi20 years. ness when you’ve got accounts receivable out Have you seen the system change over 90 days. There are many experienced guardian ad litems who won’t do abuse or neglect the years?

Oh yeah, quite a bit. One of the biggest work for that reason. changes is that there used to be a guardian Do these problems leave the state’s ad litem court fund so that if parents came into the court and the judge felt that they children more vulnerable to dangerous needed the eyes and ears out in the com- situations?

I would say probably yes. I mean, not munity, they would appoint a guardian ad litem. And if the parents could not afford … dangerous dangerous. … You can never to pay privately, the court would appoint a say 100 percent, but for the most part, those guardian ad litem… and would pay through kids [in abuse and neglect cases] are protectthe guardian ad litem court fund. That was ed because you’ve got the eyes of DCYF and the eyes of a guardian ad litem and ultiFive favorites mately they have the eyes of the court. … In family cases, in marital and parenting casFavorite Book: Of Mice and Men by John es, yeah, I think that kids are placed in harm Steinbeck sometimes, when the court is not able to Favorite Movie: My Cousin Vinny Favorite Musician: Holly Williams avail the services of a guardian ad litem to Favorite Food: Mexican do an investigation and protect the interests Favorite Thing About NH: The ocean of the children. — Ryan Lessard

NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Mumps outbreak

State health officials have confirmed the outbreak of mumps at Saint Anselm College. The Union Leader reported five male hockey players may be infected so far. Two of those cases were confirmed by epidemiologists while three others are showing symptoms consistent with mumps. Officials say the affected students were vaccinated against mumps, but the standard dose is not 100-percent effective at preventing mumps. However, the vaccine does help prevent other serious illness and may help keep the mumps from spreading. The five students returned home (to Massachusetts and Connecticut) to recover.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: The state is investigating to see whether the infected students came into contact with any other students in an effort to forestall any further spread of the disease.

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OK, so we probably all knew this already, but QOL is still a little bummed seeing it in writing. Gas prices — currently averaging $1.68 per gallon in New Hampshire at press time, according to gasbuddy. com — will probably rise in the coming weeks, as reported by NHPR. According to energy analysts, refineries are starting to make their summer transition to more expensive summer blends, though those rises should be gradual and relatively small, estimated to peak at $2.40.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: It was inevitable. $1.68? QOL hasn’t seen numbers this low in more than 10 years. But it’s been nice while it’s lasted...

Studious about beer

At the University of New Hampshire, you can now minor in making beer. (Really — it will go on your diploma and everything.) The school will offer two new courses next year in response to a growing industry, according to a story in the Union Leader. Today there are 50 breweries in the state — there were fewer than that in the entire country 40 years ago. In addition, the school will open an analytical testing lab and offer a professional development certificate program through UNH Cooperative Extension. Curriculum design is still in the early stages, but some of the subjects include the art and science of brewing, fermentation science and technology, ingredients, agronomics, sourcing and brewing production. Officials expect the courses to be in place early 2017, with the minor ready by later that fall.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Does the final exam include drinking the beer?

QOL score: 64 Net change: -2 QOL this week: 62 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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According to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one third of Granite Staters don’t get enough sleep. NHPR reported 68 percent of adults in New Hampshire got the recommended seven or more hours of sleep per night in 2014. The rest slept fewer than seven hours. Nationally, the study found that people with more education got more sleep while people working shift jobs or more than 40 hours a week got less sleep. While it seems hundreds of thousands of Granite Staters aren’t sleeping well, New Hampshire scored slightly better than the national average of 65 percent.

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Especially with the Red Sox as, some apparently nice off-season moves

by Dave Dombrowski aside, I don’t see it as quite the slam dunk most seem to given that they’ve finished in last place three times in four years. So to get the ball rolling, here are some baseball-wide thoughts as spring training kicks off.

If I’m the brass the top thing I’d like to clarify is whether Henry Owens can build on what he did in his 11 starts last year, when he was bombed three times, gave up three runs once and two or fewer in the other seven. If he can, they’ll be able to get the desired 400 innings out of the second and fifth spots in the rotation because they’ll have a guy to capably fill in during the annual Clay Buchholz injury and maybe pick up some slack for Joe Kelly, who’s never pitched 200 innings in a season. Thus they can plan on 140 for Buch, 160 for Kelly and 100 from Owens. It also puts to rest the silly hoo-ha that followed trading Wade Miley. I mean why would anyone obsess so much over losing someone as thoroughly mediocre as Wade?

From Bartolo Colon to the Babe you can bring up all the fat guys you want. But after seeing what Pablo Sandoval looked like as he, ah, rolled into camp in the spring following a terrible year, is there any doubt it’s going to end badly for Panda in Boston?

At this time last year John Henry gave Ben Cherington an extension and said he’d be with the organization a “long time.” Guess they should have asked him what his definition of “long time” was.

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Then there was Hanley Ramirez forgetting his first baseman gloves at home so he had to use one Mike Napoli left behind last July. Not exactly a confidence-builder that Hanley’s head is in the game, is it?

While I think Theo Epstein did the same thing this winter that undid him in Boston — giving out massive long-term contracts to players who’ll likely not perform through the terms of them — time will tell on that.

The stat geeks at Sports Illustrated, however, picked Theo’s Cubs as “easily the best team on paper.” So if that turns out to be the case and he ends the longest curse of them all as Cubs GM, shouldn’t that put him in the Hall at some point?

Personally, my early pick in the NL is Pittsburgh. Can just hear the latest legendary chant to soon be searing into the souls of suffering Cubs fans: “McCutchen and Cole — and our pennant they stole.”

Theo did get rid of his first long-term contract blunder in Chicago by sending the under-achieving Starlin Castro to the desperate-for-a-second-baseman Yanks early into the seven-year deal he got at just 22.

If Bill Belichick signed Aroldis Chapman after what he allegedly did — “fired several bullets into his garage during a fight with his girlfriend this past winter — most of America would be up in arms. Though I’m guessing Marco Rubio would be blaming it on Barack Obama and/or Donald Trump instead. But the Yanks, who gave massive money to bring in steroid cheats Jason Giambi and A-Rod at the height of their wrongdoing, did it and they walked. How come?

With it being an even year, inquiring minds in Concord want to know whether favorite son Brian Sabean’s SF Giants are going to do it for a fourth time on the even year since that streak started in 2010.

On a related subject, in case you are interested: The 24-year-old whom Sabean plugged in at third to replace Sandoval, Matt Duffy, hit .295 with 12 homers and 77 RBI while mak-

ing a paltry $500,000 and change, while for Panda it was .245, 10 and 47 for $19 million.

Besides asking when did the Astros join the American League, my two questions about a team I haven’t give a thought to since Mike Scott was the best pitcher in the NL are how did they get so good so fast, and is their combined payroll still less than what the Sox were paying Adrian Gonzalez by himself?

No wonder that guy in the Cardinals front office was hacking into their proprietary scouting data.

I don’t care how good he is, I sports-hate Bryce Harper. He’s the only guy besides Johnny Manziel, Bruce Hardy, Rubio and most of the Nazi high command in WWII that would put me on Jonathan Papelbon’s side in any fistfight.

With Atlanta in a free fall under GM John Hart (what’s he doing?) tell me they’re not pining for the days when Ted Turner owned the Braves, Hawks, TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and the Cartoon Network and was walking around town with Hanoi Jane on his arm.

I’m not sure who came up with it, but they are exactly right after the anti-Rice/Lynn first year in Boston of the Ramirez and Sandoval duo now being referred to as the “Gold Bust Twins.”

Finally, we’ll close with what I think is the landmark quote of the century. In a baseball world gone mad over the so called, ahem, “advanced” analytics that has yet to produce a world championship team, it comes from Red Sox owner (and analytics-lover) John Henry. Boston Globe scribe Dan Shaughnessy last week wrote that in a Q&A session, “Henry acknowledged that his ball club had lost its way in a sea of analytics and needs to get back to some old-school thinking in regards to talent evaluation and performance expectations.

Henry said the Red Sox had become ‘overly reliant’ on the numbers….”

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SNHU takes thriller The Big Story: If the Saint Anselm basketball legacy is to be diminished by a demotion to D-III, at least the great rivalry between the Hawks and SNHU in the regular-season version went out with a bang.

In what could be the last regular-season game between the two on even scholarship footing, the Penmen were 70-68 winners in a double-OT thriller thanks to BJ Cardarelli’s shot as time ran out to have everyone leaving the gym hoping they’d get to see another game this year — which, after wins over the weekend, will happen after press time on Wednesday night in the NE-10 semi-final. Game-high honors went to SNHU’s Rodney Sanders with 22, while Mike McCahey was high for the Hawks with 18. The best news is that with both teams likely headed for post-season play the rivalry could be sent off in fitting dramatic fashion in the NCAA tournament.

Sports 101: Name the only person to win three NBA scoring titles before turning 25.

Nick of Tyme Awards: To Bedford’s Bri Purcell, who won it for Bedford with five seconds left in a 36-34 win over Trinity that moved them to 15-2. Matt Vartanian’s buzzer-beater gave Salem a 71-70 win over Central when he had a game-high 21 points and 13 rebounds.

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4 – double-figure scores for Nashua North in a 68-56 win over Exeter when Alonzo Linton had 18 followed by Nate Hale with 16 while Ronnie Silva and Sam McCarthy each had 12.

5 – shots from downtown by Brennan Morris to

two seconds left hung a 60-58 loss on Londonderry when he had but one shot to make for his team. Rodney Sanders’ buzzer-beater sent it to OT, where SNHU stunned third-ranked-nationally So. Conn in a 107-104 win.

Stat Sheet Fillers: Londonderry’s Kate Balcom: 9 points, 9 steals and 19 rebounds in a win over Memorial. Londonderry’s Jackie (best of) Luckhardt: 22 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in a 53-44 win over Nashua North. West High big Akok (squared) Akok: 17 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks in a 67-53 win over Hanover.

Milestones: Congrats to SNHU’s Stan Spirou, who won the 600th game of his career in Friday’s 88-82 opening-round playoff win over AIC. That makes the annual total 20 per the career since 1986.

Before that, he won two Class L state titles at Manchester Central.

Sports 101 Answer: Short-term Celtic Bob McAdoo is the only one to win the NBA scoring title three times while under 25. He did it with the Buffalo Braves.

On This Date – March 4: 1976 – San Francisco Giants are sold for $8 million.

1990 – Loyola Marymount’s Hank Gathers collapses and dies during a basketball game. 1994 – In his first spring training at bat Michael Jordan grounds out.

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Sports Glossary

Ted Turner: So-called “mouth from the South” and Rhett Butler-esque figure whose Atlanta Braves won 14 straight NL East titles while he was otherwise occupied pioneering the rise of the cable TV era.

Rhett Butler: “Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn”-saying movie icon played by Clark Gable in the film adapted from the ode to the South fairy tale novel Gone with the Wind from Southern belle Margaret Mitchell. Message to those in the South who can’t seem to let go: It’s 150 years ago, we kicked your butt, get over it.

Mike Scott: 1980s righty hurler for the Astros and arguably the best pitcher in the NL in the second half of the ’80s when he went 86-49 after foolishly being dumped by the Mets for Danny (Uriah) Heep.

Gold Bust Twins: Name given to Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez and clever take on the name given to Fred Lynn and Jim Rice when they burst on the scene to spectacularly lead the Sox to the 1975 pennant as rookies.

Hanoi Jane: Real name Jane Fonda. Two-time Academy Award-winning Hollywood actress and misguided anti-Vietnam War activist who somehow thought her visit behind enemy lines to North Vietnam that produced propaganda photographs of her sitting on an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes, which earned her the Hanoi Jane moniker, might help stop the war.

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An old treadmill that seemed like a good idea when you bought it. Trash bags full of outgrown kids’ clothes. Boxes of electronics that have since been upgraded but are still in working condition. If you have any of these items piled up and have made a habit of ignoring them whenever you walk into your garage or basement, maybe it’s time you get rid of your castoffs once and for all. But how? We talked to local consignment shops, town dumps, junk removal services, donation centers and more about the best ways to get rid of your stuff, whether you want to try to make a little money or just want it to disappear with as little hassle as possible.

Sifting through items like toys from your childhood or possible antiques that you inherited that seem just strange and rare enough to be worth something, it can be hard to let go. And for many of us, it can seem like too much work to catalogue and research an object, arrive at a fair value and try to sell it. But it doesn’t have to be.

Is it valuable? As with all junk-shedding missions, everyone must figure out their priorities. Do you mainly want to clean out the attic or do you hope to make money from the stuff? Maybe before you can answer that question, you should find out just how valuable your stuff is. A good place to start is eBay, according to Don Berrios, the owner

Collectible reseller Don Berrios inspecting the 1979 Millennium Falcon by Kenner. Photo By Ryan Lessard.

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How to sell it: Berrios says you need to figure out how much time and effort you can devote to researching and selling the items and choose one of a couple options.

“There really isn’t one right way. There

really isn’t. It matters how you personally feel about it,” Berrios said.

You can sell items to a reseller like Berrios or you can try to sell them online yourself.

The benefit of using someone like Berrios is that he’s been in the business for decades, knows many products inside and out and knows how to learn about the ones he doesn’t. That way, the research end is taken care of. But Berrios and others like him will pay you less for the collectibles than what he sells them for so he can make a profit, generally a 35- to 40-percent markup.

To keep most of that cash return for yourself, you can cut out the middleman.

“Selling online works. It is a lot of extra work. You’ll make a lot more money than selling it to me,” Berrios said.

There’s also a middle ground. Assuming it doesn’t take too long, you can take your old toy or antique to a reseller and get it appraised for free. If it’s something very specialized or

WHAT TO DO WITH A To figure out how easy it would be to establish the value of and possibly resell an actual collectible, our editor, Meghan Siegler, provided three large Star Wars toys that she inherited and have been languishing in her basement.

The oldest is a 1979 Kenner Millennium Falcon toy. It is a large playset that opens into an interior where action figures can be played with; it has electronic sounds and retractable landing gear. The instructions are missing, but it is still in its original cardboard box and even has a little plastic ball piece that dangles from a string inside the ship, meant to represent the remote ball Luke Skywalker practices with.

MILLENNIUM FALCON Don Berrios, owner of Toys from the Attic in Somersworth, says that piece is rare, as kids often broke the string and lost it.

Another box from the 1980s is in poor condition and appears to have suffered some water damage, but within are the sealed components of a Millennium Falcon model kit by MPC. Finally there is a third box, a 1995 re-release of the Millennium Falcon of ’79 by Kenner, which was by then owned by Hasbro.

Berrios visually assessed all three Falcons and concluded that the oldest of the three was the most valuable. It was missing the instructions (Berrios had a set of those in his own

of Toys from the Attic in Somersworth; it’s a research tool used by everyone in the industry. Berrios says you can easily search for items similar to yours and look up the prices they recently sold for. Be sure not to confuse the price someone is trying to sell an item for with the final sale price of the item. The final sale price is the real value.

If you don’t have the original packaging and are not sure of the manufacturing details, look on every surface of the object with a magnifying glass for small inscriptions or plastic molded writing signifying the date of manufacture and perhaps the manufacturing company. With collectibles, every detail is important.

takes hours of research, it may require an additional cost. Then, having figured out the value, you can sell the object yourself.

But Berrios cautions that there are risks when dealing in collectibles over the Internet.

“You could do it on eBay but then you’ve got to deal with, Did you pack it right? Did it get destroyed on the way there? Is somebody going to swap it out? I do eBay and I worry about that,” Berrios said.

If you decide it’s not worth the trouble of selling, money's no object and you just want the stuff gone, then pitch up a yard sale and sell the items for less than they’re worth.

But yard sales aren’t the best course of action if you really hope to profit from this process, Berrios said.

“Yard sales are tough,” said Berrios. “You could set up and do a yard sale and maybe end up selling hardly any of it or get [almost] nothing for it.”

— Ryan Lessard collection), and the original owner had placed the stickers on the ship to lend it its detail — Berrios said a set like this with the stickers still on the original sheet would be exceedingly sought after. He estimated the one we had would sell for about $150.

The model kit would only sell for about $10 since the box was in such bad shape. He said it would only have value to someone who owned the original box and was missing the rest.

The 1990s re-release Falcon was in good shape and had the original instructions, but the stickers were used and it was a newer model, so it was only valued at about $100.

How to sell it: You probably won’t earn a fortune selling your old music, movies and books, but there’s certainly potential to make a profit if you’re willing to put in some time and effort. Most independent entertainment stores and even some larger chains like F.Y.E. offer consignment opportunities for CDs, DVDs, vinyl records and occasionally VHS and cassette tapes.

As for books, some stores that take music and movies take books as well, or you can try your luck at a used bookstore.

If you’re looking to do away with your used video games, you can bring them to an independent gaming store, or you can trade them in for store credit at Best Buy or GameStop. Unlike other aging forms of media, video games from decades past are still quite marketable. Some gaming stores even specialize in buying and selling retro and vintage video games.

If all else fails and the retail consignors reject your items, you may have some luck selling them online through sites like eBay, Amazon or Craigslist.

How to donate it: Whether you don’t want to go through the selling process, weren’t able to sell your items or just want to do a good deed, donating is an easy way to get rid of your media collection.

Many town libraries accept donations to either add to their collection or sell to help fund library programs.

“Some donations are very valuable to the

Instead of tossing clothes you no longer wear, you may be able to sell your items, or at least help them find a new home where they’ll be worn or used again.

Is it valuable? To gauge whether your clothes are re-sellable, first look at their age.

Are they brand-new? A few years old? Ten or more years old? Generally, the newer the garment, the more valuable it is. You’ll be more apt to sell your old wedding dress, for instance, if it’s been hanging in your closet only a few years rather than a few decades.

You’ll also get more money for it, according to Mary Mattingly, owner of I Do Again in Milford.

How to junk it: Plastic discs and tapes that are thrown in the trash will end up sitting in a landfill forever or in an incinerator where they’ll release harmful fumes into the air. Placing them in a curbside recycle bin does not guarantee they will be recycled properly, because they are classified as a No. 7 or “other” type of plastic. To ensure they get recycled, check with your town to see if it has drop-off facilities or collection days. For discs only, you can bring them to Best Buy or the CD Recycling Center of America facility in Salem. — Angie Sykeny “Typically the girl looking for a wedding gown here wants something that’s under 10 years old because the styles change,” Mattingly said.

So style is another thing to look at in your pieces. For wedding dresses, Mattingly said lace is the big thing, while prom-goers today like bright colors, blue especially, spaghetti straps and cap sleeves. Forget anything from the ’80s or with big sleeves.

“A lot of people will bring us dress outfits for men and women, suits, and they’re still in perfect shape — obviously people keep their dressier clothes nicer — but people don’t buy pleated pants or pants with cuffs at the bottom anymore. They’re in perfect shape, and people say, ‘Why aren’t you taking it?’

Because nobody wants to buy it! It has to be in style,” Karen Goddard, owner of Mother & Child Clothing and Gifts in Amherst, said via phone.

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The era of digital music, e-readers and Blu-ray players has sent many people’s outdated media collections to the attic. That may seem like the only place for them in 2016, but there are still several ways to find your unwanted media a happy home.

collection,” Jenn Hosking, assistant director at the Nashua Public Library, said. “If we have a [book] series and some of the books have gone missing, we can fill in some holes, or if someone donates a cleaner copy of a book we have, we can swap it out.”

Nashua Public Library collects books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs year round, which the Friends of the Library sell at the ongoing “Booktique” sale in the library lobby or at their annual book sale, which is coming up, Friday, March 18, through Sunday, March 20.

“It’s a great way for people to give their books new life when they’re done with them so they don’t have to throw them out,” Hosking said.

Big Hearted Books is an organization that collects books, DVDs, CDs, records and video games and redistributes them to people who could use them. Donated books have been given to prisons, senior centers, schools and libraries. You can bring your donation to one of the many collection bins stationed at restaurants, supermarkets and shopping plazas around the state. See bigheartedbooks. com for locations.

Finally, be sure to check with local schools, hospitals, senior programs, homeless shelters and crisis centers, as they sometimes need media for educational and recreational purposes.

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Is is valuable? Determining whether a used appliance is worth anything can be tricky. If it’s only a few years old, your chances of selling are better, or you could opt to donate it and give someone else the chance to score a sweet deal.

How to sell it: Since many consignment stores don’t accept appliances, one of the best options for getting some money is to sell it at a flea market or yardsale.

Greg Garabedian, manager for the Salem Flea Market, said he aims for a makeup of half-used, half-new items at the market, though in recent years he’s focused more on used items because that’s what’s popular with shoppers. He said folks can sell appliances in all conditions because while some folks come looking for a used microwave to take home and use, others are looking for

13 Check that zippers, buttons and snaps still work and see that the clothes don’t look worn or have stains. Also check the brand; Goddard said Free People and Anthropologie sell well now, as do bohemian (layers, flowy, scarves, sweaters) and Southwestern (plaid shirts, cowboy boots, Ralph Lauren) styles. For kids, Goddard pointed to Oilily and Janie & Jack. If something has a tag still, even better.

How to sell it: The easiest way to make money is to bring clothes to a consignment shop — but check to see what the store takes. Some businesses sell just women’s clothes, some just kids’, some just bridal, and most only accept garments in season — so right now, it’s all about spring and summer clothes, with pastel or neon colors for women, Goddard said. And some stores also only buy certain brands. For instance, Mother & Child doesn’t take Old Navy or Walmart, among other stores, because it can’t afford to process the items while still making money for the store and consigner.

What you get for each article of clothing will vary from place to place too.

“We generally try to charge one third for what it would go full price brand new. If something has a tag on it, or if it’s something super in demand, we might be able to do it with a little bit more,” Goddard said.

There are things you can do to make your clothes sell better and faster. Mattingly mentioned someone who had sold her old prom dress at the shop the day before — the girl had sewn loose beads back on, and she’d also had the dress dry cleaned. Take the time to iron or steam your clothes, and you’re also more likely to earn a few extra bucks.

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ones to repair on their own.

The prep work for getting an appliance ready to sell varies. He said some vendors who do this for a living take the time and effort to make a clean presentation while others who are just looking to get the used items off their hands bring it as is.

Selling at the flea market is pretty easy.

Garabedian said they have folks who opt to sell at the flea market instead of having a yard sale it home. For those selling outdoors, all they have to do is show up, go to a booth and stand there. He and others running the flea market will walk around and monitor what’s being sold.

“We can almost consider it a yard sale on the outside where you can set up and sell what you want under our guidelines,” he said.

Garabedian said that while selling one used appliance on Craigslist or another online source may be easy, if you’re looking to get rid of a few things that may not be the best platform.

“It’s just tough when you have more than

one item; it’s really not beneficial to you because you’re advertising for one thing,” he said. “And the other thing, people are showing up at your private residence.”

it’s ironed,” Goddard said.

If you don’t want to or can’t go the consignment route, social media is another way to sell, independently or otherwise.

“I post every dress I get here on Facebook.

I’ll have girls drive up from Cape Cod, Vermont or Maine just … because those pictures are there,” Mattingly said. “Other people use social media too. I see people posting wedding items, prom items on all kinds of

Facebook sites. And certainly I think people can sell things that way.”

The bright side to selling independently online — Facebook or Craigslist for example — is you can take all profits. The downside: It’s more work. Plus, if it’s a piece like a wedding dress, the buyer will likely want to stop by to try it on beforehand.

There are other sites you can use to make cash too, like poshmark.com, thredup.com

How to donate it: Sophie Aikman, manager at Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore in Newington, said appliances like refrigerators, stoves, freezers, microwaves, washers and dryers are popular, so if you’re getting a new appliance at home, donating the old one is a good way to know it will find a new home.

When donating appliances, make sure to check online or call first because stores vary in what they’ll accept. For example, Aikman said Newington’s ReStore only takes electric appliances because they test everything before putting it on the floor.

“We can’t test gas appliances,” she said.

“We ask that when people donate [appliances] they be in good working order, no repairs needed, and [they] have to be clean.”

How to junk it: If you don’t want to

WHAT TO DO WITH AN OLD WEDDING DRESS A wedding dress may hold sentimental value, but realistically, what else are you going to do with it? Wear it again for Wedding No. 2? Frame it? Or, more likely, will it remain stashed away in storage or take up room in your closet 27 Dresses style?

Lots of people actually do re-sell, said Mary Mattingly, owner of I Do Again in Milford, and she would have taken my editor Meghan Siegler’s old wedding dress had the tulle at the skirt’s bottom not been ripped.

“It looks like it’s been kept clean. It’s been kept in a bag,” Mattingly said. “But this gown here is ripped along the bottom, so that’s something I wouldn’t take. Just because people are buying a gown in a consignment shop doesn’t mean they want to buy something that’s damaged. … Alterations are one thing, but getting it fixed is another.”

However, the owner could still make money with this, she said, if she wanted to invest in getting it fixed herself — it could be an easy mend for a handy seamstress, involving trimming the tulle and re-hemming the bottom.

The dress was a little older, but it had some of the qualities brides today are looking for, like cap sleeves and fine beading.

“It’s a Bridal Originals, a known brand — they’re still in business — but if it didn’t have that rip, I would probably accept it, and it would probably get priced $250 to $300,”

Mattingly said. “And typically, if I’m selling a lower-priced item, the consigner usually receives 40 percent of what’s sold.”

Currency, cleanliness and condition are top priorities for Mattingly. She’ll take colored dresses, prom dresses and maybe older dresses if they’re still in fashion, but those items are hit-or-miss. She pointed to a consigner who tried to redo a ’90s gown to look more modern.

“We’ve had no interest in it. Whoever did the sewing did an amazing job, but still, nobody has had any interest in it whatsoever. They can take it back, or I can donate it,” Mattingly said.

Few places take wedding dress donations, but for old prom gowns, Mattingly suggested Prom to Remember out of Boston, whose pieces go to girls with cancer, and Jordan’s Furniture.

pay for someone to come and take your old appliances right out of your house, call your town’s transfer station to see what the protocol is for disposal, since most of them won’t be eligible for curbside pickup.

For example, Concord’s transfer station and recycling center (77 Old Turnpike Road) accepts items from residents and charges based on item and weight. Appliances containing CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) like refrigerators, air conditioners and freezers are $25 per item to toss. Manchester’s dropoff facility (500 Dunbarton Road) accepts a range of materials from residents including “scrap metal” like stoves, refrigerators and other appliances and has details online about the required annual use permit and other fees.

A residential landfill permit ($5 per vehicle, per year) is required for Nashua residents to take items other than regular household trash to the Four Hills Landfill (840 W. Hollis St., Nashua). Accepted items include printers, dehumidifiers, scrap metal and more. See nashuanh.gov for a full list.

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The outlook on selling and buying used clothes has changed for the better the last 10 years.

“When I first started, many people would bring me their clothes but they wouldn’t buy anything. People would definitely say, ‘I don’t buy used clothes.’ Recently, I haven’t met anyone saying that,” Goddard said. “I think it’s become more prevalent. People have realized that, people who buy secondhand clothes don’t do it because they don’t have any money. It’s green, it’s money going back into community — there are all kinds of reasons people buy second-hand.”

How to donate or trade it: If you can’t or don’t want to put the effort into selling, you can still get a lot from donating — even if it’s just the satisfaction of knowing your clothes are getting better uses.

One option is to host a clothing swap at your house and invite friends who also have clothes they no longer want. Swap around, and you may leave with a bag full of “new” clothes. Another option is to donate items to a local or national thrift store, where you could still get some money — sort of. Keep the receipt, and at the end of the year you may be able to claim a tax deduction for the donation.

You may even be surprised at what you don’t have to add to a landfill.

“Goodwill takes any clothing at all. It can be torn, stained, doesn’t matter — give it to them, and they’ll sort through it,” Lorraine Falcone, professional organizer and owner of Naturally Organized, said via phone.

Whatever clothes Goodwill can’t sell will go into the organization’s rag program, which painters often buy in bulk.

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How to sell it: If you think there’s money in your used electronics, you have a few options. If it’s a newer model and in working condition, you could bring it to an electronics store, consignment store that sells electronics or a pawn shop. Best Buy also has a trade-in program that allows you to redeem your used electronics for store credit. If it’s an older or broken item, your best bet is to put it online and see if someone will buy it for parts.

How to donate it: If your electronics are functioning and you’d like to give them to a good cause, check with community organizations like schools, hospitals, senior programs or homeless shelters to see if they have a need for them. The Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock has a wishlist of donations like tablets and music players to help make patients and their families more comfortable during medical treatments. Many crisis centers and domestic violence organizations accept donated cell phones to give to victims and survivors. For old computers and computer equipment of any condition, head to Goodwill, which is currently partnering with Dell for the Dell Reconnect Program.

Systems that can be refurbished and resold will benefit Goodwill, and systems that can’t be will be recycled.

I took an old, broken laptop to several re-sellers, all of whom said they’d never buy it due to its age and condition. Lesson learned: No one wants to spend time trying to fix an old laptop and try to sell it for pennies, so the best thing to do with items like this is to safely recycle them.

(See “How to junk it.”)

Meanwhile, a never-used, still-in-thebox but four-ish-year-old HP Touchpad that was discontinued a month after it was released didn’t have much luck either. The people I talked to weren’t familiar with it and couldn’t give me an estimate unless they did some research on it. Manchester Pawn said they wouldn’t take it because they only take Apple products, but if they were to, they’d pay around $40 or $45 for it and sell it for $80 to $90. The best bet for an item like this may be to throw it on eBay and see if anyone’s interested.

How to junk it: If the item is too old or broken, or if the payout is too small to be worth your while, there are places you can take it to be recycled.

Check with your town to see if it has dropoff facilities or collection days. Best Buy or Staples will take electronic trash off your hands for a fee, and nearly all mobile stores accept cell phones. Some buy-sell-trade electronics stores like Goodeed Electronics offer to recycle whatever items aren’t sellable.

For devices containing personal information, you may want to destroy the data before disposing of it. This service isn’t offered at most recycling locations, so you’ll need to take it to a specialist like Reliable Asset Recovery.

“Most people don’t want to bother with it,” Quinno said. “But it’s important. You take your device to the dump, it could be sold off to someone and who knows what happens with your hard drive.”

Wherever you decide to junk your electronics, make sure that they will be recycled or properly disposed of. Some electronics contain hazardous materials like mercury and lead, which can pollute the air and water.

“People can just throw electronics in the trash so easily, but our mission is to help people reuse and recycle the items they don’t use anymore,” Azar said. “It’s good for the environment and it’s a step for saving the planet as much as we can.” — Angie Sykeny

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Is it worth anything? For Goodeed Electronics, a Nashua business that buys and sells pre-owned electronics, the condition and functionality of an item is a key factor.

“If it’s in working condition, it can be sold,” Moe Azar, store manager, said. “But some things that are broken can still be fixed.

If it’s a broken screen or some small problem, we can buy it, fix it and sell it.”

The age and model of an electronic device play a big part and can mean the difference between pocket change and hefty payout.

“For the standard laptops most people are getting rid of, if I had to come up with a price, I’d say they could get anywhere from $10 to $50 if someone buys it for parts,” said Jason Quinno, owner of Reliable Asset Recovery computer and electronics recycling center in Nashua. “If it’s a newer laptop and you break the screen but the unit is still good, someone will buy it, swap the screen, and it’s still a decent laptop. You might be able to get up to $700 or $800 for it.”

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We’ve all got an old lawnmower or a piece of exercise equipment that’s been collecting dust. They’ve been replaced by newer, better things, and they might even still work. Throwing them in the dump just seems wrong but finding a buyer can be difficult. Sometimes, you might find that you actually have to pay to remove bulky, unwanted items, especially if they’re no longer operable.

Is it valuable? Reselling old lawn or exercise equipment isn’t always easy, and if you try, you aren’t likely to make as much as you spent to buy it when it was new. Unlike collectibles, large equipment tends to depreciate

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In an attempt to learn more about this process and a thinly veiled attempt to help my editor, Meghan Siegler, get rid of her own junk, I asked Heimsath about a treadmill sitting in her basement.

Heimsath estimated it would cost $50 to $80 to remove a single treadmill from a home depending on its location. But the most cost-effective junk-removal operations take more than a single item per trip.

If the treadmill is deemed too difficult to try selling, they may scrap it and recycle the metal.

“Last year we recycled 750,000 pounds of metal. That’s a lot of metal. We don’t have to pay to recycle metal, we actually get paid,” Heimsath said.

But if it can be sold, Heimsath says the fair market value of a working treadmill is between $75 and $150. Assuming they go with the low-end estimate, Heimsath thinks it could reduce the removal fee to as low as $35 to $40.

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Anyone who has kids knows how quickly they grow out of, well, everything, including clothes and toys.

Is it worth anything?

First, you can’t sell car seats. It's illegal because of safety reasons, so you may as well forget about it. But most things can be resold if you go to the right place, as long as they're clean and in good condition. Never underestimate the value of a washing machine or Fantastic cleaning product. If it’s spent too much time in a basement or garage, it might be too late.

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How to sell it: Start with an Internet search and check with local mechanics who work on these kinds of machines to see what they would buy it for.

You can try selling it on Craigslist, but be honest about its condition. If the fan on your four-year-old treadmill doesn’t work, say so.

If the motor doesn’t work, say so — someone might still want it for parts if the price is right.

If all else fails, try a yard sale. You can turn to Craigslist again, or any social media, to advertise the sale and list some of your larger items so that people in the market for exercise or lawn equipment know to hit up your yard sale.

How to junk, donate or upcycle it: Steven Heimsath remembers prior to 2009 when he struggled to find a way to unload his large junk. He says there just weren’t any junkremoval companies in the area.

“Back in the old days you could just throw this stuff out on the curb and the garbage man would come by and throw it in the truck with the compactor. … It’s not really like that anymore because of the rules and regulations,” Heimsath said.

Seeing the demand, he started Trash Can Willys Junk Removal based in Londonderry.

“We do things a little differently than most other junk-removal companies,” Heimsath said. “Other junk-removal companies will come in, offer a price, take everything to the dump, dump it and that’s the end of it. We go a little bit beyond that.”

He says his operation is part junk removal and part Junk Gypsies, the HGTV show about repurposing found items to decorate and furnish homes.

“A lot of stuff can be reused, recycled, upcycled,” Heimsath said. “Anything that’s made of real wood we’ll put into the woodshop to see if we can make anything storing [things] in a garage or basement.

You get that mildew smell, or actual mildew, and those now aren’t re-sellable,” said Vicky Ready, owner of Children’s Orchard in Newington.

How to sell it: Check what a consignment place takes before you go. Karen Goddard, owner of Mother & Child in Amherst, doesn’t accept pieces with high liability, like cribs and, of course, car seats.

“There are so many rules with Consumer Product Safety Commission, it makes it impossible or really difficult to re-sell cribs and car seats,” Goddard said.

The Children’s Orchard does take things like cribs, strollers, walkers, bassinets — still not car seats — but these pieces need to pass a recall inspection. Ready said children’s

creatively with it.”

The upcycling done by Trash Can Willys is primarily with wooden objects, like turning old pianos into tables or upscale conversation pieces.

Heimsath says they pick up anything except hazardous materials and liquid paints.

He has a fleet of four trucks and a staff of professional carriers who can lift large riding mowers or that old unwieldy butterfly machine you used to beef up your pectoral muscles back in the day.

And unlike most other junk-removal companies, Heimsath said, they will deduct 50 percent of the fair market value of any saleable items they remove from the removal fee.

“There’s been situations where … there was such value in the items they wanted us to take away that we were actually giving them cash and taking it away,” Heimsath said.

Heimsath says they remove and sell the pumps from old hot tubs, so they can even find value in those.

Heimsath says Trash Can Willys also delivers items to be donated if the client requests it.

“The Salvation Army is very picky about what they’ll pick up but not so picky when you’re bringing it to them and dropping it off,” Heimsath said.

Able-bodied folks who can easily carry large items and perhaps have a pickup truck to transport them can deposit their unwanted equipment at local charities or dumps, but Heimsath says each town’s transfer station has its own hours and its own rules about what items it will take.

Another option, if you don’t want to pay a service to get rid of your stuff and don’t want to lug it somewhere yourself, is to put your item up on Freecycle.org. It’s sort of like Craigslist, but everything is free, and most people who list items for free require that those items be picked up. Craigslist also has a “curb alert” in its “free” section where people can list items they’ve just left at the end of their driveway, free for the taking to whoever gets there first. — Ryan Lessard

equipment must have brand and product number information visible for employees to look up and see if it’s still safe. Or you can check at cpsc.gov or wemakeitsafer.com.

How to donate it: If you don’t want to invest the time in re-selling, there’s always Freecycle. Post your things online and have someone else come pick them up. Or donate them to another family or friend with kids.

Professional organizer Lorraine Falcone suggested looking up mothers’ groups or dropping items off at a day care.

“For those beanie babies or stuffed animals — donate them to your local fire or police department,” Falcone said.

Cops and firefighters often give those mementos to kids during emergency situations to comfort them. — Kelly Sennott

Is it valuable? If you have a well-made, solid piece of wood furniture chances are you have a good shot at earning some money for it.

“Solid wood is always good, so that’s the best way to put it,” Pam Smith, co-owner of Showcase Consignments in Chichester, said in a phone interview. “If it's well made it will hold its value.”

Even if it’s not wooden furniture, if the piece is well taken care of and not missing any key parts, there could be a market for it.

How to sell it: New Hampshire is not lacking when it comes to opportunities to sell used furniture, with general consignment stores and ones dedicated solely to furniture covering the state. For those looking to make some money from their used furniture, consignment can be an easy option because the shops tend to do their own advertising, and it eliminates the possibility of inviting strangers to your home to take a look before buying.

To find out the quality of the piece, send a photo for an initial appraisal before toting it to a store. Smith said if the item looks like it’s in good condition and is a style that’s currently popular, she’ll ask to see it in person.

Policies vary from store to store, but Smith said they’ll keep an item on display for 90 days and if it hasn’t sold, the owner can take it back at no cost. If they don’t want to take it back, the piece will usually be donated to make room for other items.

Furniture from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s is making a comeback, so if you have an item from that time frame you might do well now.

“Right now mid-century modern and Danish modern is very popular, whereas 10 years ago I couldn’t give it away,” Smith said.

Anything from the 1980s is out of vogue right now, along with Mediterranean styles, and things that are obsolete, like entertainment centers, are always a tough sell.

Whatever you’re trying to sell should be cleaned or polished.

“The better it looks the better it's going to sell,” Smith said.

How to donate it: If the piece of furniture you’re looking to get rid of has a sticking drawer or scuffs and dents, it might be hard to sell, but it could be perfect to donate.

Sophie Aikman, manager at Southeast New Hampshire Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore in Newington, said they accept all manner of furniture from antiques to hotel pieces — not to mention appliances, doors, hardware,

How to junk it: If you’re looking to get rid of old furniture that can’t be sold or donated, check with your local transfer station or dump to see what the protocol is for tossing large items. If you have multiple pieces and want a hassle-free removal, there are a number of local services that will take unwanted items from your house. Get it Gone will pick up old furniture or junk and dispose of it. Visit getitgone.com to get an estimate, or check call4junkremoval.com, asapdisposal.com and alldayjunk.com. — Allie Ginwala

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“We’ll take pieces that have some damage to them or need to be sanded or need paint because so many people are into repurposing or upcycling so people come here and look for that,” Aikman said in a phone interview.

Many places have a list of guidelines specifying what items, and in what condition, they will and won’t accept, so always check online before trying to drop something off.

If you can’t decide if you want to donate or dump something, Aikman said the best policy is to use your common sense.

“If you’re looking at something and it’s a chair in six pieces, you know that's not something that someone is going to be able to repurpose,” she said. “A dresser that may have some drawer pulls to replace or has ring marks on it, that’s a different story.”

ReStore also has locations in Nashua and Plymouth and a warehouse in Manchester, each of which operates independently.

“Because we’re part of Habitat for Humanity, all of the profits from our store goes to building affordable housing in Strafford and Rockingham counties,” Aikman said. “A lot of people like that when they shop and [donate] here the money stays local.”

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Enjoy seafood on the Seacoast at Portsmouth Brewery’s (56 Market St., Portsmouth) Poseidon Adventure Beer Dinner on Sunday, March 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event includes a five-course seated dinner showcasing seafood from local waters. Tickets cost $65. Visit portsmouthbrewery.com.

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The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) hosts its inaugural Rock the Runway fashion show at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of cocktails and appetizers, philanthropy, fashion and silent auctions. The cost is $50 for VIP, which includes two drink tickets and preferred seating, or $40 for general admission.

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Try samples from a selection of 150 wines when Concord Hospital hosts Heart of the Grape at The Courtyard by Marriott Grappone Conference Center (70 Constitution Ave., Concord) on Friday, March 4, to benefit the Breast Care Center. The main tasting costs $35 and runs from 7 to 9 p.m. There is also a VIP event, which includes sampling of high-quality wines in a more intimate setting for $75, and the Grape Expectations wine-glass seminar for $100, from 6 to 7 p.m. Visit giveto.concordhospital.org.

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See comedy stars Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy as they join forces for a night of laughs at the Verizon Wireless Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester) as part of their We’ve Been Thinking tour. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $42 and $59.50. Visit verizonwirelessarena.com.

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People travel far, play late for March Mandolin Festival

By Kelly Sennott

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If you pass by the Concord Community Music School this weekend, prepare to hear mandolin music — folk, Celtic, bluegrass — at all hours, day and night.

The music school’s 14th Annual March Mandolin Festival occurs this weekend, Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6, and while the 50-spot workshops are sold out, tickets are still available for its concerts Friday and Saturday in Newmarket and Concord respectively.

This year’s teaching artists and concert performers are Mike Compton, Robin Bullock, Baron Collins-Hill and Glen Loper, and they come from all over the country.

People are traveling great lengths to learn from them, too — most participants hail Baron Collins-Hill and David Surette. Courtesy photo. from New England, but a couple will travel wide mandolin niche. from Quebec and New Brunswick to attend If you didn’t know there was such a this festival, now a mainstay in the world- thing, you’re not alone. It also came as a surprise to Peggy Senter, founder and presMarch Mandolin Festival concerts ident of the CCMS. Once, an out-of-state workshop participant asked her if the entire What: Featuring Mike Compton, Robin school was devoted to the mandolin all year Bullock, Baron Collins-Hill, Glen Loplong. Given what the event has become, it er, and David Surette, with special guest didn’t seem like an unusual question.

Susie Burke. Both concerts often sell out, “And I love that! That’s really what so pre-ordering is recommended. it feels like when the festival is happenNewmarket concert: Stone Church, 5 ing. It shows how focused these people Granite St., Newmarket, Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m., stonechurchrocks.com, 659are on playing the mandolin,” Senter said 7700, $12 via phone last week. “It’s a real destinaConcord concert: Concord Communition event. … It was astounding to me, as ty Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord, a classical pianist, that there’s this highly Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m., ccmusicimpassioned group of mandolin enthusiasts school.org, 228-1196, $20 that I just never knew about.”

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Passersby will hear a variety of styles emanating from the three-story building — perhaps traditional contra dance (which mixes Irish, French-Canadian and American tunes, event coordinator David Burke said) or maybe some classical or folk music.

“One of our other guests has been working on a project of transferring some music

by Bach to the solo mandolin,” Burke said.

Workshops occur during normal work hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with concerts in between. But it often happens that eventgoers, surrounded by musicians with the same mandolin fetish, would rather keep playing. Most stay at the Concord Courtyard Hotel, which, in addition to a group rate, provides a function room for jam sessions. One man told Senter he saves up

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sleep all year for this event.

“They’ve been playing all day long. Then they go out to this fabulous concert featuring professional artists,” Senter said. “And then they start jamming afterward at 11:30 at night and go until 3 in the morning.”

Which begs the question: What’s so great about the mandolin that causes players to forego sleep and strum until their fingers bleed? Why do these workshops and concerts sell out every year? (Senter advised potential concert attendees to order tickets ahead of time.)

Burke, a CCMS faculty member, has spearheaded the event since its beginning in 2002. It started modestly, held over one day with a couple teachers.

“I think we were one of the earlier ones doing a weekend-long participatory festival,” Burke said via phone.

The third year required more instructors, and today, it could benefit from even more.

Senter said she’d be open to expanding the event, but Burke likes its intimacy.

Burke began playing the mandolin in college while living in a house with two other musicians. Because they all played the same instrument — the guitar — they collectively decided they’d each learn another to make jam sessions more interesting. The mandolin, Burke discovered, complemented the guitar well and had a folksy feel. It was also pretty easy to catch on to.

“The technique of playing the guitar and mandolin are somewhat similar, and it made for an easy transition. And I just love the sound of it,” Burke said. “It has this kind of a rootsy sound.”

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• "BROADWAY'S GOLDEN AGE" Lecture by Jim Webber.

Part of Bach's Lunch Lecture series. Thurs., March 3, 12:1012:50 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Free. Call 228-1196, visit ccmusicschool.org.

• CELTIC NIGHTS' SPIRIT OF FREEDOM Concert with dancers, singers, musicians. Fri.,

March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $33.75. Visit anselm.edu/dana.

• MARCH MANDOLIN FESTIVAL: NEWMARKET CONCERT Featuring Mike Compton, Robin Bullock, Baron Collins-Hill, Glen Loper, and David Surette, with special guest Susie Burke. Fri., March 4, at 7 p.m. Stone Church, 5 Granite St., Newmarket. $12.

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David Surette, with special guest Susie Burke. Sat., March 5, at 7:30 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. $20. Visit ccmusicschool.org.

• PORTSMOUTH PRO MUSICA MIDWINTER CELEBRATION Musical entertainment, auctions, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. Sun., March 6, 4-7 p.m. Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. $50. Visit ppmnh.org.

• DOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY FLUTE/PIANO RECITAL Performed by Ross Bachelder. Sun., March 6, at 2 p.m. Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St., Dover.

Free. Visit library.dover.nh.gov.

• UNH CONCERT CHOIR, SYMPHONIC BAND Concert, under direction William Kempster, Andrew Boysen Jr. Sun., March 6, at 3 p.m. Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/music.

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• REGINA DELANEY, CLAUDIA ALTEMUS Traditional Irish music concert. Tues., March 8, at 3 p.m. Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut St., Exeter.

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• "SOUNDS OF SOUTH ASIA" Nepali musicians present program featuring sacred, classical music from Nepal and India. Tues., March 8, at 6 p.m.

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• "SIDE BY SIDE: BROADWAY DUOS" Performance by Sophie Shaw (soprano), Ellen Nordstrom (mezzo-soprano), Kathryn Southworth (piano).

Part of Bach's Lunch Lecture series. Thurs., March 10, 12:1012:50 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Free. Call 228-1196, visit ccmusicschool.org.

• A STATE OF WONDER: THE 32 PIANO SONATAS OF BEETHOVEN Secondto-last concert of the series by Gregg Pauley, "The Late Period." Fri., March 11, at 7:30 p.m.

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• THE YOUNG IRELANDERS Concert. Fri., March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $33.75. Visit anselm.edu/dana.

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• IMAGO MOVEMENT & ILLUSION THEATRE Actors, dancers, designers, fabricators, musicians. Sat., March 12, at 7:30 p.m. Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $33.75. Visit anselm.edu/dana.

NASHUA CHAMBER • ORCHESTRA FAMILY CONCERT Sat., March 12, at 3 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 5894600. Visit nco-music.org.

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Sat., March 12, at 7:30 p.m.

Faith Baptist Church, 53 Mammoth Road, Manchester. Freewill offering. Visit dovesingers.org. Second concert Sun., March 13, at 7:30 p.m. St. Joseph the Worker, 777 W. Hollis St., Nashua. Third concert Sat., March 19, at 4 p.m. Manchester Vineyard Community Church, 150 Dow St., Manchester. Last concert Sun., March 20, at 7:30 p.m. Orchard Christian Fellowship, 275 Mammoth Road, Londonderry.

• UTE GFRERER, KATHARINA RADLBERGER, WILLIAM MERRIL Artists perform works by Kreisler, Léhar, Piaf and others. Part of First Music Concert Series. Sat., March 12, at 7:30 p.m. First Music Concert Series, 1 Concord St., Nashua. $12. Visit firstmusic.org.

• BENNY SHARONI Tenor saxophonist concert. Featured artist with JOSA Ensemble.

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Inter-Lakes High School, 1 Laker Lane, Meredith. $15. Visit LRSO.org.

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• RYAN VIGIL Featuring composer and pianist, part of UNH Department of Music Faculty Concert series. Thurs., March 24, at 8 p.m. Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Free. Visit unh.edu/music.

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• ROCK THE RUNWAY FASHION SHOW Evening of philanthropy, fashion, food, appetizers, silent auction. Wed., March 9, at 6:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $50 VIP, includes 2 drink tickets and preferred seating. $40 for general admission.

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• THE BOSTON GUILD & PAINTING IN NEW ENGLAND Lecture and reception by William Davis, contemporary luminist painter inspired by 19th and 20th century Boston School.

Sun., March 13, at 1 p.m. New Hampshire Antique Co-op, 323 Elm St., Milford. Call 673-8499.

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• ADULT COLORING PARTY Drop in, sit, relax with coloring therapy. Mon., March 21, at 6 p.m. Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester.

Open calls/workshops/ other • PICCOLA YOUTH OPERA AUDITIONS:HANSEL & GRETEL For singers ages 10 to 16. All roles open. Sat., March 5, 9-11 a.m. Piccola Opera Studios, 8 N. Main St., Concord. Visit piccolaopera.net.

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Artistic Director Carl Rajotte has been excited about the Palace’s upcoming Rock of Ages since the theater announced this season’s lineup last summer.

“This is the New England professional premiere of Rock of Ages. Boston has had the tour, but they haven’t produced it — we’ll be the first ones,” Rajotte said between rehearsals last week, sitting in the conference room and sporting his standard jeans and hoodie.

“That’s why it’s very exciting.”

The jukebox musical rights are newly available to regional companies, and to Rajotte’s knowledge, only two or three other theaters nationwide have done it so far. The Palace’s January auditions were packed with people, and the artistic team saw 600 actors in two days. They were looking for a cast of 15 who had cords of steel, people who could “scream sing.”

“This is that hair-band rock music. I needed to make sure they could last for four shows and sing 30 songs,” Rajotte said. “When [other] theaters produce Rock of Ages, they’ll be at the front of the line because they’ll have experience with it.”

Rock of Ages first went up in Los Angeles in 2005 and is built around classic rock hits from the 1980s by Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Pat Benatar, among others. The story is about a small-town girl and a city boy who meet on the Sunset Strip to pursue their Hollywood dreams (and know what love is) in this world of sex, drugs and rock and roll.

“This is my music. I love this music. I love the hair band feel, and I love choreographing this kind of stuff,” Rajotte said. “All that fantastic music is wrapped around a love story, and a story about thinking you might know about what your ultimate goal or achievement you want to be is but, in the end, you find out it’s really about the people who make you happy, and not about becoming rock stars or famous actors.”

Rajotte thinks the musical is extremely funny, better than the movie. It’s crammed with ’80s references, and unlike traditional musicals, these songs will be performed with microphones and what Rajotte calls “flash and trash” — concert lights, stage fog and hair-blowing fans.

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“My concept is that, every time we hit a song in the show, it becomes like an MTV music video from the ’80s. So I’ve done a ton of research looking at those and … trying to put them on stage in our way,” Rajotte said.

The choreography is sexy, and so are the costumes, with bright colors and lots of spandex. Hair will be big and crimped and mulleted, and everyone will wear makeup, even the guys. The whole stage will be a 1980s bar (that can also turn into a mayor’s office and strip club), with TVs all over the place. Palace Assistant Technical Director Doug Dion has been working for months designing.

The show contains a handful of Rock of Ages alumni, including one from the national tour and a couple who performed on the Norwegian Cruise Line. Audiences will also see a familiar face — 26-year-old Missy Clayton, a Manchester native and alum of the Palace Youth Theatre and Teen Company.

“She’s a stripper in the show,” Rajotte said.

“All the ladies play strippers. … But she’s a crowd favorite from around here. She’s back for this one show. … I love to bring her back as much as I can. … I’m not so much a teacher anymore, but they know my expectations are high, so it’s good.”

Clayton’s brother Max is on Broadway, and her best friend from the program, Kaleigh Cronin, is also on Broadway.

“The one thing we always say is how lucky we were as kids to have this program.

Everyone we worked with didn’t get these opportunities at such a young age,” Clayton said via phone.

Clayton lives in New York City, though her most recent projects involved acting and dancing in Los Angeles and Pennsylvania.

The last time she came back to the Palace was for 2014’s Divas through the Decades.

“It’s like a dream to come back. It’s my family, my home theater,” she said.

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• "MOSAIC: EXPLORING OUR MULTICULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD" Featuring photos by Becky Field and David Hiley. On view March 5-May 31. Special celebration of cultural exploration Sat., March 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., with North African cooking, Bhutan dancing, music, Chinese brush painting, community art project. Children's Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover. Visit childrens-museum. org. Call 742-2002. Visit childrens-museum.org.

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• Bach on Broadway: The Concord Community Music School’s upcoming Bach’s Lunch series goes to Broadway in the coming two weeks. Concord Community Players director Jim Webber presents a lecture, “Broadway’s Golden Age,” this Thursday, March 3, from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m., at the Concord Community Music School Recital Hall, 23 Wall St., Concord. The next week, on Thursday, March 10, same time, same place, music school faculty member Ellen Nordstrom (mezzo-soprano) teams up with music school student Sophie Shaw (soprano) and faculty member Kathy Southworth (piano) to perform musical favorites new and old, Wicked to South Pacific, in “Side by Side: Broadway Duos.” The events are free and open to the public; bring a bagged lunch. Call 2281196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.

• Poor Tony: The Majestic Theatre presents an interactive musical theater night spoofing the famous HBO series, The Altos — Like the Sopranos, Only Lower, this weekend. The play by David Landau, with music and lyrics by Nikki Stern, is about a guy named Tony’s funeral that turns out not to be a funeral, once it’s discovered he’s actually alive — but nobody seems happy about it. Rob Dionne directs, and the show happens at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, on Friday, March 4, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 5, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. Dinner is included with each ticket, $42 on Friday and Saturday, $38 on Sunday. Visit majestictheatre. net. Call 669-7469.

• New CEO: The Park Theatre in Jaffrey hired its first CEO, according to a recent press release. Stevens Pell Jackson Jr., a resident of Jaffrey since 2012, is its first official employee as of February. An actor himself, Jackson comes in with experience

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• “Movement in Pattern:” This month, Studio 550 partnered with local seamstress Bernadette Uwimana from Congo and several local artists (Jacquelyn Gleisner, Katherine Donovan and Cheryl Holbert) who have made artwork in response to her fashion design for a show, “Movement in Pattern.” Uwimana’s creations are inspired by her African heritage, utilizing multinational fabrics to create garments in contemporary designs, all which are made from scratch at her 96 Webster St., Manchester, storefront. Uwimana will be at the art center, 550 Elm St., Manchester, during the reception Friday, March 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., to demonstrate how to create a traditional Nigerian gele (fabric headpiece usually worn during special occasions).

The first 12 people who come will get a button made from swatches from one of the garments on display. Visit studio550.com or call 232-5597.

• Bowls and cups in Manchester: Studio 550 also hosts an Empty Bowls workshop Friday, March 4, from 3 to 6 p.m. This happens every first Friday of the month, and anyone in the community can come in to make ceramic bowls for Empty Bowls, a grassroots effort to fight hunger (local artists make bowls, local restaurants donate soup and bread). Visit emptybowls. net to learn more.

If you’re more into ceramic shopping, The New Hampshire Institute of Art’s ceramics department presents a cup sale Thursday, March 3, and Friday, March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at 77 Amherst St., Manchester, in the first-floor lounge.

All proceeds go to students attending the 2016 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Everything is $15.

• Wrong Brain grand opening: Wrong Brain HQ, 459 Washington Street Mills, la Wamala. On view March 16 through April 29. Opening Sat., March 19, 2-4 p.m. Whistler House Museum, 243 Worthen St., Lowell. Call 978-452-7641.

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Garment by Bernadette Uwimana, on view at Studio 550. Courtesy photo.

Dover, hosts a grand opening event Friday, March 4, from 6 to 8 p.m., with a gallery opening with work by resident artists Scott David Chase, Adam Gouveia, Sam Paolini and Beth Wittenberg. Starting at 9 p.m., there will be live music with a suggested $5 to $10 donation.

Wrong Brain HQ will serve as a community space with artist studios, a performance venue, gallery and classroom — currently, four artists work here, and there’s capacity for about three or four more. There’s a common area and walls for personal or collaborative work for resident artists and their guests, and the space will regularly open to the public for music, multimedia shows, poetry readings, discussions, film, workshops, classes, installations and exhibitions.

This is the home base for Wrong Brain, an active entity since 2003 and state-recognized arts nonprofit since 2015, according to a press release. Visit the Facebook page for more information.

• High School Short Film Festival entries: The New Hampshire Film and Television Office announced that it’s accepting submissions for the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival from March 1 through March 31. Flicks must be produced by students in grades 9 through 12 currently attending a New Hampshire public or private high school, or they must be New Hampshire residents enrolled in high school elsewhere. New Hampshire homeschooled students ages 14 through 18 are also eligible. Visit nhstudentfilm for more details.

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Visit lowellartshows.com/NPS. • CALL FOR ARTISTS Looking for entries for Third Annual Meredith Sculpture Walk. Sculptures will be positioned in 32 highly-visible locations throughout Main St., Lake Winnipesaukee and Mine Falls Marketplace.

Submissions due by March 31.

Meredith, NH Meredith., Email meredithsculpturewalk@metrocast.net. Call 677-2298.

Workshops/classes • NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP SERIES Presented by David Saxe, USA

Aloft, LLC. Have camera make and model available when you register. Sat., March 5, noon-4 p.m. Massabesic Audubon, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. $150.

Visit usaaloft.com/courses. Call 668-2045.

• LEARNING & THE ARTS: DISCOVERING SOLUTIONS THROUGH EMBRACING LEARNER VARIABILITY Workshop offered by Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire.

Tues., March 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, Route 13N, Milford. $15. Visit milfordareaplayers.org.

• FILMING O'KEEFFE theatre KAPOW play reading. Play by Eric Lane, run-time 80 minutes.

After reading, Dr. Landis K. Magnuson leads discussion connecting play to works on view in the galleries. Sun., March 13, 2-4 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Free with general admission to museum. Visit currier.org. Call 669-6144.

• CHARM Play by Kathleen Cahill. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission.

Call 431-6644, ext. 5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• DANCE NORTHEAST FESTIVAL Two-day festival produced by Sole City Dance, culminating with ensemble performance. Sat., March 19, at 2 and 7 p.m. Master class Sun., March 20, at 9 a.m. continues throughout day. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester.

Tickets available at rochesteroperahouse.com. Call 335-1992.

• THE WOMEN Play by Clare Booth. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission. Call 431-6644, ext.

5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• THE (FEMALE) ODD COUPLE Play by Neil Simon.

Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $10 general admission. Call 431-6644, ext. 5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• BODY & SOLD Play by Deborah Forston. Part of 2016 Intelligent Theatre Festival. Wed., March 23, at 6 p.m. Hennessey Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. $10. Call 431-6644, ext.

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• ROCK OF AGES Palace Theatre production. March 4 through March 26. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25-$45. Visit palacetheatre. org. Call 668-5588.

• THE DESPERATE HOUR Original play by George Hosker-Bouley. Comedy about old drama, play within a play. Feb. 19 through March 6. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $18. Call 978-683-7745.

• THE ALTOS Majestic Theatre production. Audience-participation murder mystery. Fri., March 4, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 1:30 p.m.

Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester. $42 Friday/Saturday, $38 Sunday. Visit majestictheatre.net, call 669-7469.

• CAPITOL STEPS Musical political satire. Wed., March 9, at 7:30 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts , 44 S. Main St., Concord. $13-$39. Visit ccanh.com.

Call 225-1111.

• MARY POPPINS Windham High School performance. Fri., March 11, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 12, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 13, at 7 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m.

Windham High School Auditorium, 64 London Bridge Road, Windham. $15.

• THE STAR SPANGLED GIRL Leddy Center production.

March 11 through March 20, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays and one Wed., March 16, at 2 p.m. Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38C Ladd's Lane, Epping. $20. Call 679-2781. Visit leddycenter.org.

• THE GAME'S AFOOT Ken Ludwig show. Fri., March 11, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 12, at 7 p.m.; Fri., March 18, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 19, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 20, at 2 p.m. Scenic Theatre, 6 Depot St., Pittsfield. $15.

Call 435-8385.

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• THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES Revue portraying high school classmates with a gleeful parade of pop music from the 1950's and 1960's. Set designed by Ben Hart and Brandon James, who created sets for Oliver! and directed/designed sets/costumes for Avenue Q. Feb. 26 through March 20.

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Seacoast

Whether you’re proud to be Irish, or just love Irish music, you’ll thrill to the virtuosity and eclectic sound of the eight spectacular musicians of The Young Irelanders, appearing Friday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. at The Dana Center (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester 641-7700). The band gives deep traditional roots a thoroughly 21st century spin. With bold elements of folk, world, jazz, country, and pop music resonating through traditional Irish themes, they’ve created a sound as exciting as it is eclectic.

Tickets $33.75 at anselm.edu.

ECK Worship Service

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.

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• UKRAINIAN PYSANKY BATIK EASTER EGGS Modified easter egg-making workshop. Materials provided.

Sat., March 12, 10 a.m.-noon.

Creative Ventures Gallery, 28 NH-101A, Amherst. $25. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com.

Call 672-2500.

• SACRED STONE PAINTING Introduction to the relaxing art of putting colors and shapes on stones. Sat., Jan. 23, and Sat., March 12, noon-2 p.m. WSW Center, 111 Water St., Exeter. $15-$25. Visit wswcenter.com.

Call 772-0799.

• ARTIST'S LEGAL SERIES All events are presented by Kimberly Peaslee, Intellectual Property lawyer at Upton & Hatfield. “Internet/Social Media Consideration" is Tues., March 15, 5:30-7 p.m.; "Licensing/ Commercialization" is Tues., April 19, 5:30-7 p.m.; "Trusts & Estates" is Tues., May 17, 5:307 p.m. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Free, registration requested. Call 225-2515.

Email gallery@mcgowanfineart. com, visit mcgowanfineart.com.

• FELTED HANDBAG Workshop taught by Lynda Petropulos. Sat., March 19, 10:30 a.m.4 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $50 tuition, $45 materials. Email nashuarg@nhcrafts. org.

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Find out how you can alter your yard or garden to make it more habitable for wildlife when UNH Cooperative Extension hosts “Garden for Wildlife” at the Hooksett Public Library on Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m.

The program starts with a slideshow presentation followed by an open discussion and will cover information on various local wildlife species, their habitat requirements and landscaping and gardening practices you can employ to help them flourish.

Presenter Donna Miller is an authority on the topic. She is involved with the Co-op’s Master Gardener and Natural Resources Stewards programs, and she owns Petals in the Pines in Canterbury, a 7.5-acre outdoor nature classroom containing 24 theme gardens, over 250 plant varieties and a Monarch Maternity Ward and registered Monarch Waystation.

“I like doing this talk because it’s basically about [the same methods] I practice at my place here in Canterbury,” Miller said. “A lot of it is just speaking from experience.”

As man-made structures continGarden for Wildlife Where: Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount St Mary’s Way, Hooksett When: Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m.

Cost: Free, no registration required.

Visit: hooksettlibrary. org/2016/02/01/a-garden-forwildlife Children & Teens Children events • ROLLERCOASTER: A FAMILY FRIENDLY DANCE PARTY Features new wave and Indie hits from the 80s and 90s, highlighting great music the whole family can rock out to including Blur, David Bowie, the Clash, the Pixies, Radiohead, New Order, Devo and more.

There will be a full bar, plus healthy snacks for the kids. Sat., March 5, 2 to 5 p.m. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth.

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For her butterfly garden, Miller selects plants that are nectar sources for butterflies and host plants for caterpillars. Courtesy photo.

ue to spring up around the state, she said, many wildlife species are finding it increasingly difficult to locate habitats that fulfill their needs. It doesn’t help that most of the land in residential areas is mowed, raked, sheared, mulched and infused with chemicals, she said.

“A lot of practices we’ve had over the years are things that hurt wildlife,” she said. “We go crazy with our lawn mowers so we can have pristine lawns. If people converted even a portion of their yards to native plants and the environment as it exists naturally, it would benefit wildlife in a big way. You’ll see a huge growth in [wildlife] populations.”

Anyone can make their yard more friendly to wildlife, regardless

Free for parents and toddlers under two years old, $10 for the first child, and $5 for each additional sibling. Tickets are available online and at the box office one hour before the event begins.

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of their gardening and landscaping skills or the size of their yard. In fact, people living in urban areas with small plots of land can be of even greater help to insects and small animals than people with large, rural properties.

“The habitats have gotten more divided over the years,” Miller said. “With disruptions between habitats like highways and shopping centers and things, the wildlife has a hard time getting from place to place. If we provide them with more places to go to, especially in urban areas, it’s really helpful for them.”

Miller will talk about things you can add to your yard, such as a birdhouse, bird bath or bird feeder, or things you can plant like ber-

ages 2 through 12 accompanied by an adult. Sunday, Feb. 28, March 20, April 17, and May 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. Kimball Jenkins Estate, 266 N. Main St., Concord.

Preregistration is required. Call 225-3932 or visit kimballjenkins. com/fairy.

• MAPLE EXPRESS Take a horse-drawn carriage ride to an authentic sugar shack where a professional sugar maker will give a tour and talk about the process. Then, see how trees are tapped for syrup and try the syrup

ry shrubs or flowers for pollinators.

But the easiest, cheapest and most effective way to help local wildlife, she said, is to let your yard run wild. Let patches of grass and wildflowers grow freely. Leave some leaves on the ground to decompose.

Having a wild yard doesn’t have to mean having a shabby yard.

“I show a lot of examples, because when I say, ‘Let an area go wild,’ you can still manage it by selecting attractive plants and growing them in garden spaces with a layering [layout] and canopies and trees,” Miller said. “I think natural spaces can be very aesthetically pleasing… and enjoyable when you have the birds and butterflies and all that activity all around you.”

on pancakes. Open between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sat. and Sun. from March 5 to 20. Plan on spending at least two hours at the event. Charmingfare Farm, 774 High St., Candia. $19 per person and free for babies under 1. Maple syrup and other maple products will be available for purchase. Visit visitthefarm.com.

• SUPER SITTERS A course designed for 11- to 13-year-olds to learn the importance of safety and responsibility when caring for children. Topics in this class

include basic first aid, safe play, child development, diapering, safe marketing and much more.

Wed., March 9, April 13, or May 11, 3:30 to 6 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. $25. Visit stjosephhospital.com/ classes.

Ongoing activities • HOMEWORK HELP Pinkerton Academy’s new club “Think Tank” is offering homework help at the library for children ages 6-14. Mon., 3:30 to 5 p.m.,

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See the Wicked Witch, Dorothy, Toto and their friends on the big screen at Chunky’s Cinema’s showing of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz (G) on Sunday, March 6, at 6:45 p.m., at all Chunky’s locations (151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham). Tickets cost $3, and all proceeds benefit The Melanoma Foundation of New England. Visit chunkys.com.

Head to Cowabunga’s Indoor Inflatable Playground (1328 Hooksett Road, Hooksett) on Friday, March 4, from 5 to 8 p.m., for a party with Anna and Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen. Bounce around, play fun games, take part in a free craft and get your picture taken with Anna and Elsa. Admission is $10 for kids and free for adults and babies. Call 625-8008 or visit mycowabungas.com. beginning Feb. 29. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry.

No registration required. Just drop in. Call 432-6140.

• POKEMON LEAGUE All video game versions and card players are welcome. If there are enough players we run a tournament with a small in-game prize.

All ages. Tues., 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. Free. Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• MAKERSPACE A makerspace is a place where people can gather to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover using a variety of tools and materials.

“Tunes and Tales - A Fun Way to Encounter Wildlife” with Ruth Smith. Courtesy photo.

Maple sweet maple

Charmingfare Farm’s (774 High St., Candia) Maple Express opens this weekend on Saturday, March 5, and Sunday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Take a horse-drawn carriage ride to an authentic sugar shack, where a professional sugar maker will give a tour and talk about the process. Then, see how trees are tapped for syrup and try the syrup on pancakes. Don’t forget to stop by the barn and visit with the animals. Plan on spending at least two hours at the event. Admission costs $19 per person and is free for babies under 1. Visit visitthefarm.com

Eggs & whistles

Families with children ages 6 and up are invited for a wooden Easter egg painting workshop at Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Sunday, March 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. Learn about the life and work of Russian master jeweled egg artist Peter Carl Faberge, and create a variety of images on wooden eggs using traditional Russian painting techniques and designs. No painting experience is required. Register at rmlnh.org/events or call 886-6030.

Kids ages 10 and up and their parents can stop by the Currier Art Center (180 Pearl St., Manchester) for a Day to Play in Clay workshop on Saturday, March 5, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Make a Critter Whistle out of clay using pinching and sculpting methods.

The cost is $25 per parent/child pair. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.

Kids will experiment with a different project each month. No registration necessary and open to all ages. Third Fri., 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford.

Call 249-0645.

• PAWS FOR PAGES Program aims to help kids improve reading and communication skills.

Children get 15 minutes each of undivided doggie attention to read aloud to the dog. Wheaton terrier Sparkle visits the second and fourth Wed. of the month.

Labrador retriever Lily visits the first and third Thurs. of the month. Second and fourth Wed.

of the month from 3:30-5 p.m.; first and third Thurs. of the month from 3:30-5 p.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord. Free. Call 2258670 or visit concordnh.gov.

Marketing & Business Personal finance workshops • TAX HELP AARP Foundation provides free Federal and State e-filing to the elderly and low/moderate income families.

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Join Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) on Friday, March 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., for a family fun night program, “Raccoons, Opossums and Skunks, Oh My!” Learn about these opportunistic urban mammals and their adaptations through games and activities. The cost is $8 per family, and advance registration is required. Call 626-3474 or visit amoskeagfishways.org.

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Tete-a-tete daffodils are great little bundles of yellow joy that are common in grocery stores and at flower shows. Each bulb produces more than one mini daffodil. They are very Hanover St. Manchester • EastSidePlazaNH.com cold-hardy and can be planted outdoors when the soil has thawed. Just keep them watered indoors after blooming. Like other small bulbs, plant the tips just 2 inches beneath the soil surface.

Every year I force paperwhites. Also in the daffodil family, these are not usually planted in soil indoors, but in a container filled with pebbles. Choose one that has no holes and arrange the paperwhites bulbs among the stones. Later, when the leaves and stems are tall, they will tip over unless you arrange your stones so that they hold the bulbs in place.

I add water until it just kisses the bottom of the bulbs. Roots emerge and soon thereafter green leaves and flower buds emerge. Each bulb should produce more than one blossom.

The paperwhite flowers are usually highly fragrant. Some people do not like the DRY CLEANERS scent, but I do. And even after the flowers have dried out they still look good to me for quite a while. The unfortunate part about paperwhites is that they are not viable in our climate outdoors. No, do not save them and plant outdoors. They will not come back for you next year.

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brought them up into the light and warmth of the house. This year I used a plastic container called an “Earth Box” for planting. The one I used is 22 inches long, 9 inches wide and has a planting space about 7 inches deep; I planted about 20 bulbs in it. It is a “self-watering container” that has a water holding compartment a couple of inches deep.

Self-watering containers are all the rage for growing flowers on decks and doorsteps.

They prevent the dehydration (and death) that old-fashioned flower pots allowed. They wick up water from the water reservoir so that you only have to water once a week or so, depending on the weather. But they are great as containers for bulbs, too, because they don’t leak water out onto your table or windowsill unless you dump gallons of water and make them overflow.

Tulips are some of my favorite flowers but are also loved by deer, chipmunks, voles (but never moles), red squirrels, gray squirrels and a variety of other rodents. The bulbs are even edible by humans; some Dutch ate them to avoid starvation in WWII. So most years I plant some in pots and force them to bloom indoors. Just enjoy them now.

My personal experience is that tulips bloom well their first year — indoors or out — but fewer and fewer bloom each year thereafter.

So if you buy potted tulips at the florist shop or nursery, I don’t think they are worth babying along until summer and planting outdoors in May. I planted 100 tulips in a big raised bed in my vegetable garden last fall. I planted a few garlic cloves in with them in an effort to discourage rodents, though that is no sure cure.

In the past deer have not bothered my tulips, but if I am feeling paranoid or see lots of footprints near the tulip bed, I could surround it with a chicken wire fence. Since the bed is only 8 feet by 3 feet, even a 4-foot fence should keep out the deer, I believe. I will use the tulips as cut flowers.

So brighten your house with some flowers grown from bulbs. Most you’ll be able to plant outdoors for another show next year.

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Dear Donna, I found these tiny stones — which must have been part of people but now are just the head parts — at an indoor flea market.

The vendor said that they were really old and could even be worth a lot of money. I paid $15 for them. Do you have any information on them?

Connie from Salem Dear Connie, First, I think you really need to have these looked at by someone in person. It’s so hard to judge these just from a picture.

My opinion on them from the photos is that they are either reproductions or artifacts. They could have been made to become beads. Or they could be artifacts from another country, but more like souvenir ones. How I came to this conclusion is that, first, there are so many of them, and all without bodies. Second, the vendor said they could be worth a lot of money.

My guess would be that, if he thought they were valuable, he wouldn’t be selling them inexpensively.

I have seen in shops artifacts from foreign countries that look similar to what you have. Some even look like they could be lava and not actually stone. But all the ones I’ve seen have unique stories of where they came from, and all have different values.

But to see them in a grouping like you have is too easy, and they were most likely made to represent real artifacts.

I don’t know anyone offhand that deals in such items but I think the Internet might s for yourself and your spouse (if you're married) and all your dependents, a photo ID for you and your spouse (if you're married) and all your W-2's and health insurance information together with any other tax documents. Tues., 5 to 8 p.m., at Easter Seals, 555 Auburn St., Manchester; Wed., 5 to 8 p.m., at Families in Transition, 394 Second St., Manchester. Manchester, NH, 03101 Manchester., Schedule online at NHTaxHelp. org or call 2-1-1 for an appointment.

• TAX HELP Volunteers from the AARP will be at the library to help senior citizens and low to moderate income taxpayers of all ages with their federal tax returns. Tax assistance volunteers do not, however, help prepare Schedule C over $10,000 in expenses, Schedule E, complicated/lengthy Schedule D forms without proper paperwork, or other specialized forms. Taxpayers with complex tax forms are advised to seek paid tax help.

be of help. Try looking up “artifacts, lava heads,” and keep trying from there. Also bring them to an antique shop to see what they might think when looking at the actual pieces. You’re more than welcome to bring them up to the shop.

I think for $15 you have a great conversation collection if nothing else. But as people always say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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).

Mon. and Sat., Feb. 1 through April 11 (except Feb. 13, 15, March 12, and April 9). Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. Go to rmlnh. org/events or call the library to make an appointment. Walk-ins welcome if space is available.

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Miscellaneous Special events • QUEEN CITY KAMIKAZE Comic convention for fans of anime, video game, comic book, cosplay, sci-fi and fantasy. There will be cosplay games and contests, video game tournaments, a dance hall, artists, vendors, retro gaming and more. Sat., March 12, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Manchester Memorial High School, 1 Crusader Way, Manchester.

Admission costs $10. Visit queencitykamikaze.com.

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Yard sales/fundraisers • SPARES & STRIKES FOR SIGHT Family bowling event will raise awareness and funds for the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. Sun., March 6, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Park Place Lanes, 16 Rockingham Road, Windham. The cost is $100 per lane, which includes up to five people, two hours of bowling, shoe rentals, lunch and entertainment. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the event.

To register for this event visit the New Hampshire Association for the Blind’s “What’s Happening” page at sightcenter.org.

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Tours • GUIDED GALLERY TOUR Enjoy a guided tour of the New Hampshire Historical Society's exhibitions led by a member of the Society's education or volunteer docent staff. Find out more about New Hampshire's "Temple of History" and hear stories about the objects on display that make their history come alive.

Sat., March 12, 2 p.m. New Hampshire Historical Society, 30 Park St., Concord. Included in the price of paid admission.

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Nature & Gardening Gardening & farming events & workshops • IMPLEMENTING A PERMANENT RAISED BED SYSTEM Learn about this intensive growing method that aims for higher yields in small spaces, less reliance on tillage equipment and higher quality produce. Sat., April 23, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury. $15 for Village and Concord Food Co-op Members, $20 for non-members. Visit shakers.org.

• UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Offers learning tools and sources in personal finance and investing. Also offers workshops on landscaping, gardening and amateur forestry. State Office, Taylor Hall, 59 College Road, Durham. Call 877-398-4769. Visit extension. unh.edu. Email answers@unh. edu.

Nature hikes & walks • WORDLESS WALKS Walk through the woods silently with a group to become more connected to yourself and to nature.

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Community Health Services of CMS, 195 McGregor St. Lower level Suite LL 22, Manchester. $20, $5 discount to current AARP members. Call 626-2626.

• OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE OLLI Offers volunteer-run classes, lectures and field trips for adults age 50+. Granite State College, 25 Hall St., Concord.

Yearly membership is $40. Call 513-1377 or visit olli.granite. edu. Current courses include arts, literature, personal finance, and history topics. OLLI also has locations in Conway, Manchester, and the Seacoast.

Social Activities • SENIOR HOUR Hollis seniors are invited to come to the library for free coffee and tea an hour before the library opens. Read newspapers or magazines; visit with friends; find a good book; or ask a technical/computer question. No registration required.

Wed., 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Hollis Social Library, 2 Monument Sq. , Hollis . Call 465-7721.

Sports & Recreation • SENIOR/VETERAN CRIBBAGE LEAGUE Weekly Monday and Wednesday leagues.

Open to all levels of players.

Mon. games, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Wed. games, 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Tournament on Mar. 20. Henry J. Sweeney Post No. 2, American Legion, 251 Maple St. , Manchester. $5 admission fee with cash prizes and gift certificates paid each day. For more information, contact Ray Valliere Sr., league director, at 218-9211.

Support groups • VETERANS' COFFEE CLUB David Teed, Compassionate Care Hospice veteran liaison, discusses VA benefits.

Attendees are encouraged to bring photos and other memorabilia from their time in the service to share. Tues., March 22, from 1 to 2 p.m. Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua. Coffee and donuts served free of charge. See nashuaseniorcenter.org.

Wellness • WELLNESS CLINICS Confidential, wellness clinics in partnership with Rivier University. 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. Clinics will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mon., March 21 and Apr. 11. Nashua Senior Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua. All clinics are free and open to all seniors. No appointment is necessary.

Sports & Recreation Martial arts events • JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS & CULTURAL FESTIVAL Kids’ activities will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and include calligraphy, Kamishibai Japanese traditional storytelling, origami and aikido demonstrations.

Adult activities will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. and include various martial arts demonstrations, tai chi classes, tea-tasting, calligraphy and a party. Sat., March 19, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Portsmouth Aikido , 620 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth. All activities are free. Visit portsmouthaikido.org.

Spectator sports • MANCHESTER MONARCHS Professional ECHL ice hockey team affiliated with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.

March home games on: March 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 23; All games start at 7 p.m., except Sunday games, which start at 3 p.m. Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm St. , Manchester. Tickets range from $9 to $34. Visit manchestermonarchs.com for more info.

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New Hampshire’s spring home shows get underway

Also new this year is the First New Hampshire Tiny House Showcase. Check out the village of tiny homes outside on Pleasant Whether you’re looking to renovate your Street adjacent to the hotel and chat with current home, buy or build a new home, homeowners about this trending lifestyle. spruce up your backyard or preserve a his- There will be a seminar on the basics of plantoric house or barn, New Hampshire has a ning a tiny house as well. number of upcoming home shows to help you “It’s definitely an exciting new item at this get started. year’s show,” Buck said. “We feel that it will “The bulk of them are held in spring,” said be of great interest to the general public to see Kendall Buck, executive vice president of these unique, individual houses.” the New Hampshire Home Builders AssociOther features of the show include the popation. “Coming out of the winter months, it’s ular New England Craft and Food Artisans’ an ideal time for folks to get out and get excit- Pavilion and a PGA Tour Simulator golf ed about what new products are available and challenge for a chance to win a 2016 Ford what they can do with their homes.”

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• First up is the Southern New Hampshire Admission is $9 for adults, $6 for seniors Home Show on Saturday, March 5, from 10 62+, $5 with military I.D., and free for kids a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, March 6, from under 12. Bring a non-perishable food item 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Rockingham Park (1 to donate and receive $3 off. Visit nhstatehoRockingham Park Blvd., Salem). It features meshow.net. various home and garden exhibitors, plus dai• That same weekend, the HomeLife Expo ly door prizes. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 takes place at Leverone Field House at Dartfor seniors 60+, free for youth under 18. Visit mouth College (26 S. Park St., Hanover) on morganshows.com.

Friday, March 18, from 2 to 8 p.m.; Satur• On Saturday, March 12, and Sunday, March day, March 19, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the New HampSunday, March 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. shire Preservation Alliance presents the Old It features various exhibitors, demonstraHouse & Barn Expo at the Radisson Hotel tions, workshops and seminars, as well as a (700 Elm St., Manchester), for homeowners kids’ area and food concessions. The Marketwith houses built between 1750 and 1950, place will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. homeowners looking to add historic features to 4 p.m., featuring locally grown and handto their newer houses or anyone interested in made products. Admission is $6 for adults, historic buildings and traditions. It features 60 exhibitors, traditional arts demonstrations and $3 for students, $3 for seniors on Friday from Pitchfork 2 to 4 p.m., free for children under 6. Visit various lectures on history, preservation strat-& stereo records homelifeexpo.com.

2 South Main Street egies and more. Bring a photo of your current Concord, NH 03301 • Kicking off the month of April, the Seaproject and get advice at the “Old House and coast Home & Garden Show will be in the Barn Doctor” session. Kids can enjoy a scavenger hunt and crafts. Admission is $10 for Whittemore Center Arena at UNH (128 Main adults, $7 for students and seniors. Visit old- St., Durham), on Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, April 3, from 10 houseandbarnexpo.org.

• The New Hampshire Home Builders Asso- a.m. to 4 p.m. It features over 200 exhibitors ciation hosts the largest consumer home show and seminars on various home and garden in northern New England, the New Hamp- topics. Shop for flowers, seeds and planters at shire State Home Show. It will be held at the the Garden Marketplace, or stop by the ArtiRadisson Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on san Marketplace for handmade crafts, gifts Friday, March 18, from 1 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, and speciality foods. Don’t miss the TASTE March 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, Meet the Chefs Cooking Series, where you can learn recipes and cooking tips and sample March 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The show will have over 325 exhibitors and culinary creations from some of the Seaseminars on various home and energy topics. coast’s top chefs. Admission is $8 for adults, “[Attendees] will find new types of cabi- $6 for seniors 65+, $5 for youth 6 to 16, free netry, plumbing, windows, hot tubs, flooring, for children under 6. Visit seacoast.newengkitchens and bathrooms and everything in landexpos.com.

• The Dover Home Show will be held between,” Buck said. “There’s a large variety at the Dover Ice Arena (160 Portland Ave., with a show of this nature.”

On Saturday, kids ages 5 through 12 can Dover) on Saturday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to compete in the inaugural Junior Lego Build 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to Contest, where they’ll have one hour to build 4 p.m., with exhibitors showing various proda house out of Lego. Prizes will be awarded by ucts and services. Admission is $7 for adults, judges, as well as a “Best of Show” prize vot- $5 for seniors 65+, free for youth under 18. ed on by the public. Preregistration is required. Visit doverhomeshow.com.

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Trend alert: Compact crossovers are the next big thing Dear Car Talk: Do you hear from many moms who miss their minivans? I transitioned to a Pontiac Vibe eight years ago, after driving minivans for 15 years. Although

By Ray Magliozzi I enjoy the Vibe, and it has been a good vehicle, I miss sitting higher, as well as being able to sit four adults comfortably. Plus, those kids I hauled in the minivans may be providing grandchildren in the near future, so I want to have all available safety features in my next vehicle. I’ve started researching the following, and wonder if you recommend any of these: Dodge Journey, Subaru Forrester, Ford Escape, Mitsubishi Outlander, Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Is there any other vehicle I should be considering? I have a 12-mile daily commute, with 10 miles being highway each way. Thanks for all of the information you share in your column! — Mary Mary, you are at the tip of the spear of a current trend. How does it feel? The hottest type of vehicle right now is the compact crossover — which describes pretty much every car on your list.

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discovered that sitting up higher gives them a better view of the road. Of course, once everybody is driving a compact crossover, the view will be of the rear bumper of the compact crossover in front of you. That’ll lead to height escalation, and the next trend: compact crossovers with 40-inch wheels.

But until then, people are flocking to compact crossovers for the commanding view of the road, the ease of getting in and out without having to drop down or climb up, and the utility of the hatchback design -- excuse me, cargo area. And they want something cooler-looking than a minivan, without the size of a truck.

The solution is the compact crossover.

It’s styled like an SUV but built like a car.

So get in line!

Of the cars you recommend, we like the Subaru Forrester, the Honda CR-V, the Toyota RAV4 and the Ford Escape. We also like the Nissan Rogue and the Mazda CX-5. But our longtime favorites have been the CR-V and the Forrester.

The CR-V is a wonderfully practical car that has proven incredibly reliable over the years. The Forrester is well-designed, comfortable and has unusually good visibility.

Both of those cars have very roomy back seats, and can be purchased with the lat-

est safety features, like forward collision warning and automatic braking system.

In Honda’s case, you’ll need to buy the highest-end “Touring” model to get those features, whereas Subaru makes its “EyeSight” suite of safety options available on the midlevel models, too.

I’d probably skip the Dodge Journey, because its reliability record is not as good as the others. And while the Mitsubishi isn’t bad, that company seems to be in perpetual danger of going out of business in the United States, and you don’t want to get stuck with a car that’s hard to repair or resell.

Go out and drive them, and see which ones fit your body well, feel easy to drive and get in and out of, and see out of. And congratulations on being trendy again, Mary.

Dear Car Talk: I own a 2006 VW Jetta diesel. It has just over 60,000 miles on it, and everything is working just fine. As I live in a rural area with few stoplights, my mileage averages 50 mpg. Since diesel isn’t the cleanest fuel, I am wondering if a Prius hybrid would be as efficient as the VW but less polluting. I also am interested in knowing under what driving conditions the Prius is most efficient

(city versus country). Thanks. — Barbara The Prius will be cleaner than a diesel, Barbara. At the moment, it’s about 40 times cleaner than a VW diesel. And it’s likely to be just as efficient.

Even factoring in the end-of-life issue, since the hybrid batteries are recycled by Toyota I think it’s fair to say the Prius is the cleaner choice.

While hybrids tend to be most efficient in stop-and-go driving, where their battery power is a huge advantage over a constantly idling (and polluting) internal-combustion engine, hybrids are not bad in highway driving either.

The redesigned 2016 Prius is supposed to get 54 mpg in the city, and “only” 50 mpg on the highway. You probably can live with that, right?

On the other hand, we have to give VW credit for making a car that handles better than the Prius and probably is more comfortable, more solid-feeling and probably better in the snow.

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JOBS/CAREERS Bringing job seekers and companies together Looking for work? Trying to hire people? Use Hippo’s Jobs/Careers section. ► TWO WAYS TO USE HIPPO’S JOBS/CAREERS PAGES: 1. SEND IN A JOB LISTING

This week, meet Corey Young, lead customer service rep for woodpellets.com in Bedford.

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CCS, an industry leader in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is hiring Temporary Breach Customer Service Associates for an exciting, new opportunity in data & security breach response.

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We will notify you of any work assignments and pay you $11.00/hour, if you are able to work the assignment and adhere to your schedule, at the end of each week you work; you will receive an additional $0.50/hour lump sum, just for adhering to your schedule! After your first assignment, you earn an extra $0.25 on top of your hourly rate, up to your 5th assignment!

If you are interested in this amazing opportunity, please apply online at CCSJobs.net and type in ‘Temporary Breach Customer Service Associate’ in the keyword search. You must pass a background check to qualify. Call Tracy at 603.257.9000 x7852, if you have any questions.

Mr. Appliance, an award-winning company serving Central and Southern N.H., is currently looking for experienced appliance technicians, preferably with a Gas and/or Refrigeration License.

Tired of your current position as an HVAC Technician? Is working late at night, weekends, or holidays getting old? Tired of being on call 24 hours a day, or working outside in subzero temperatures? Are you missing your children's events or games because of work?

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THIS WEEK IN JOBS / CAREERS If you’re looking for work or interested in making a career change, this week’s Hippo has a wide range of opportunities for you to explore: • Southern New Hampshire Concrete is holding an open house at its Londonderry office on Saturday, March 5 and again on Saturday, March 12. It’s a great chance to check out openings, and we understand donuts are involved. (Page 32) • The Town of Amherst is

recruiting for Assistant Public Works Director, a key management position. Time to move into management?

This is a great municipal government opportunity with a highly regarded community.

(Page 32) • Mr. Appliance of New Hampshire is recruiting skilled service techs for its operations throughout New Hampshire’s southern tier.

Professionals licensed for gas fitting are especially welcome to apply. (Page 33)

• The CCS Companies, an industry leader in Business Process Outsourcing, is hiring temporary Breach Customer Service Associates for an exciting, new opportunity in data & security breach response. (Page 33) • Whole Foods is recruiting staff for its brand new store in Bedford, scheduled to open its doors in April. Join a company with a great brand that’s on the move in our area. (Page 34) • Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking recruits for a 12-week

Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program to start this spring. This is a great chance to further your healthcare career with one of the region’s top employers. (Page 34) • Easter Seals is holding a Job Fair on Wednesday, March 9. They’re hiring people in a wide range of skill areas to provide professional services to clients all across the state. Make a real difference in the lives of people in our communities. (Page 35) • And you’ll see plenty of

job openings in our free line ads. (Page 35).

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With an audience of 285,000 people, Hippo can help supercharge your applicant pool by connecting you with new candidates in a tight hiring market. For more information, call Jeff Rapsis at (603) 236-9237.

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CAREERS

What kind of education or training did you need for this job?

I didn’t need to go to any formal training like college or whatnot, but you had to have background in the customer service industry, paying attention to people’s needs, dealing with any conflicts, overcoming that with the person you’re actually working with, trying to find a common goal you can agree upon.

Corey Young

How did you find your current job?

I was brought here by a friend of mine that was already looking. They were looking to Corey Young of Manchester is the lead customer service rep at Woodpellets.com, hire on more people at the time and she knew a pellet fuel company based in Bedford that services 10 states of the Northeast. I’d be a perfect candidate, so she gave me a call and next thing I knew I was working here Explain what your cur- ask for me directly. They remember me; I full time. rent job is. remember them. It’s just really important to I’ve … worked in the me to make sure that these people are staying What’s the best piece of work-related customer service [depart- warm throughout the winter. advice anyone’s ever given you? ment], sales and also helped I would say … to focus on what the goal is out the marketing departHow long have you worked there? of the company and also to [stick to] your own ment as well. I help those Since ... July of 2009, so it’s been a long convictions. … You need to worry about your Courtesy photo. not only in New Hampshire ride. relationship with the company and those conand New England but also in the mid-Atlanvictions instead of other conflicts you may be tic, help them find the right kind of pellet fuel How did you get interested in this field? working with in the same environment. Realthat’s going to be good for their homes. We I was actually brought here by my counterly just getting to that goal at the end is really strive here at Woodpellets.com to offer supe- part associate. Her name is Joy. I’ve always what’s important at the end of the day. rior quality than you might find at big box had interest in doing customer service and stores ... [and we’re] just really trying to build assisting people over the phone. I never realWhat do you wish you’d known at the relationships over the years with people. Even ly realized it was going to blossom into what beginning of your career? though I may only talk to them maybe once or this eventually became for me, but it’s been That it’s probably OK to invest yourself twice a year, every year they call back, they interesting. more than you thought that you needed to be,

Lead Customer Service Representative

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because you end up getting so much more in return by doing so and letting your guard down and offering yourself up to other people in that way … with individual customers, in the relationships with those you’re working with, what you’re trying to produce and what you’re trying to come up with for accomplishments within the company.f

What is your typical at-work uniform?

We are somewhat business casual. You have to still dress nice, look presentable. You never know, even though I’m over the phone, sometimes you have to meet in public with people, you have to go to certain conventions where you do have to dress up a little bit more.

What was the first job you ever had?

The first real job I had working in … the industry was McDonald’s. I worked there for two and a half years while I was in high school.

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FOOD Roots at Robie’s

Cafe and catering company open in historic country store

By Allie Ginwala

News from the local food scene

aginwala@hippopress.com

By Allie Ginwala

Last November, Amber Enright took a photo of her three kids standing outside of Robie’s Country Store in Hooksett on Thanksgiving morning. She put the photo in a book and gave it to her husband Josh Enright for Christmas with the caption, “I think this will be our future.”

On Monday, Feb. 29, Josh and Amber Enright opened the doors at Roots Cafe & Catering at Robie’s Country Store, a multifaceted space featuring a cafe, kitchen store, catering business and community hangout.

“We really want to be a community spot [for] people that will just want to come here and eat and hang out with their family and make friends and have a coffee and stock their shelves,” Amber Enright said. “[ We want to] bring back a whole way of life, the way the country store was.”

The Enrights first heard about Robie’s vacancy and the search for new tenants through local media sources. They’d never been to Robie’s before, so they decided to come check it out.

“We’ve always wanted another business, but we were just waiting for the right time and location, so as soon as we saw this we said this was a perfect spot for us,” she said.

The Enrights have an extensive background in the New Hampshire food scene.

Josh Enright owned The Seedling Cafe in Nashua for five years before selling it, then the Rustic Leaf in Milford. Amber Enright owned Jewell and The Beanstalk in Manchester for 10 years.

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• Corner View closes: The Corner View Restaurant (80 South St., Concord), a spot beloved by many Concord residents, closed its doors on Saturday, Feb. 27, according to an article in the Concord Monitor. The spot on the corner of South and Clinton streets is set to reopen in the spring as a third location for Tucker’s, a breakfast and lunch eatery with locations in Hooksett and New London.

• Whole Foods happenings: The new Whole Foods Market in Bedford announced that it will officially open its doors on Friday, April 8, according to the Union Leader.

The second Whole Foods in the state, the new location in the Goffe Mill Plaza will also feature an in-store restaurant. Prepared food selections made by in-house chefs, a full production kitchen and bakery, coffee and fresh juice bars will be part of the market offerings.

Rick Sawyer, Bedford planning director, told the UL that since he started working for the town in 2007, “every time I had a conversation with members of the public, they told me they wanted Market Basket and Whole Foods,” and he’s happy that Bedford will now have both.

• Mary Ann at the market: On Saturday, March 5, from 10 to 11 a.m. Mary Ann Esposito, host of PBS’s Ciao Italia, will be at the Winter Farmers Market at Cole Gardens (430 Loudon Road, Concord, 229-0655, concordwintermarket.com) signing copies of her latest cookbook, Ciao Italia Family. She’ll also sign Ciao Italia aprons, on sale at the event along with the cookbook.

• Bale House celebrates: The Bale House Tavern & Restaurant (57 Palm St., Nashua, balehousetavern.com) will host a grand opening on Saturday, March 5, featuring lunch specials, prizes, a “meet the brewer” session with NBPT Brewing Co. from noon to 2 p.m. and live music at 8 p.m. Self-described as a “family-owned and operated restaurant offering fresh, healthy and nutritious American-style comfort foods,” The Bale House is open for lunch and dinner.

• Tech + wine: Last October, LaBelle Winery installed a new filtration system that, according to a press release, has already had a sizeable impact on their business. “This filtration technology, while it’s been used in world-class wineries for a while, is new to the East Coast, and it’s virtually unheard of in a small winery,” owner and vintner Amy LaBelle said in a 41

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Roots Cafe & Catering at Robie’s Country Store Where: 9 Riverside St., Hooksett When: Weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Visit: rootscateringnh.com

Robie’s Country Store officially reopened in Hooksett on Feb. 29. Allie Ginwala photo.

“The approach to each of those restaurants was local, organic, vegetarian, gluten-free, farm-to-table, and we started that a long time ago,” Josh Enright said, noting that they’ll draw from their past restaurant experiences to bring similar vibes to Roots.

Since the building is owned by Robie’s Country Store Historic Preservation Corp., there were certain stipulations the Enrights had to meet when doing the necessary updates to the space, like maintaining the artifacts that line the walls, a part of the store’s history.

“Most people come for these things on the walls, so you’re not going to take them down. And we don’t want to take them down,” Amber Enright said.

The couple began the two-month process of presenting the board with their business plan last Thanksgiving, showing their ideas for the space and proving that this was something they planned to keep going for a long time.

“One of the board’s main goals was we had to maintain that atmosphere of a country store because it had been in their family

for 110 years,” Josh Enright said.

While the previous tenants of Robie’s made it more of a convenience store, selling lottery tickets, cigarettes and quick-stop items, the Enrights are taking the country store in a slightly different direction.

Roots Cafe will make food onsite and serve Java Tree Coffee from Manchester.

The Enrights will fill store shelves with with items from artisans they know personally or found through NH Made.

“This is all going to be arts and plants and crafts and coffee and teas, penny candy, and in the back we’re going to have a kitchen store,” she said.

Roots Catering Company has been operating out of a commercial kitchen for the past year and will now be housed within Robie’s. Though the menus for the cafe and catering will be similar, Josh Enright said they’ll be separate with the cafe focused on breakfast and lunch and catering on dinner.

“It’s going to be a typical [breakfast menu], but we’re going to put our twist on it — like some of the wraps we’re doing for breakfast and scrambles and poaches are going to be more upscale,” Josh Enright said.

They’ll also have a pancake recipe similar to the one Robie’s has been known for in years past.

Some of the menu items will be very familiar to those who frequented The Seedling Cafe or Jewell and The Beanstalk, he said, since they want to combine everything they’ve done in the past, including his experience working at Republic, LaBelle and Hooked, to bring life back to the store.

They’ve had visitors stop by in the weeks and months leading up to the opening, sharing stories about going there when they were kids, hoping to sneak a peek inside to inspect the changes.

“They’ve been waiting for someone to love this place as much as they have...,” Amber Enright said. “And they can tell that we’re those people.”

Yogis and foodies

Taste beer and chocolate, post yoga

By Allie Ginwala

aginwala@hippopress.com

This month, two yoga studios are debuting workshops that involve more than just a mat and yoga pants. YogaBalance and Dancing Lion Chocolate in Manchester join together for Yoga and Chocolate while Zin-Zen Yoga of Bedford is head-

ing to 603 Brewery for Asanas & Ales, each offering guests the chance to follow their yoga practice with a special tasting.

The growing trend of partnering yoga with a chocolate, beer or wine tasting may seem odd, but those running the upcoming workshops hope their events will encourage yogis and foodies to step out and try something new.

The perfect pairing

Sara Gow, marketing and event coordinator at 603 Brewery, first got the idea of bringing yoga to the brewery during a craft brewers festival in Massachusetts.

“One of the breweries there was talking about how they had recently rolled out a brewery yoga program and it was going really well,” Gow said in a phone interview. “It was filling a typically slower time [at the

Welcomes the public for nightly dining.

Child’s pose at YogaBalance Studio. Courtesy photo.

Backbends and brews

Asanas & Ales at 603 Brewery will start with an hour-long practice suited for yogis of all experience levels.

“I’m going to be thinking more about having it be a versatile practice, because we’re hoping to expand the demographics,” Fabbrini said. “It will give an authentic yoga experience, but trying to make it more accessible and less intimidating.”

At 12:30 p.m., the class will head into the taproom to enjoy their choice of two 4-ounce samples.

“We have a lot of brewer’s choice beers in small batches, seasonal [beers] … instead of us dictating we’ll let them choose their own adventure,” Gow said.

Chocolate and child’s pose

At YogaBalance, the workshop begins with a 30-minute practice that White said will be introspective with mindfulness and guided meditation to help prepare for the “chocolate experience” to follow. The 90-minute chocolate experience, led by Dancing Lion owner and master chocolatier Richard Tango-Lowy, will touch on where to place chocolate on your tongue when tasting, along with details about where the beans come from and how that impacts the taste.

“I think … chocolate and yoga is tapping into this idea of simplicity, coming back to simple pleasures,” White said. “People think yoga isn’t about pleasure, but I think ... yoga is about cultivating more joy in our lives and I think this is a great way to do that.”

Asanas & Ales When: Saturday, March 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tasting until 1 p.m.

Where: 603 Brewery, 12 Liberty Drive, Londonderry Tickets: $15 per person Visit: zinzenyoga.com to register

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brewery], but also appealing across the board to a wider demographic.”

Around the same time Michelle Fabbrini, owner of Zin-Zen Yoga in Bedford, was looking to add a yoga and craft beer pairing to her repertoire.

“We do yoga plus wine so … I thought since we already have that background that it would be something cool to add as well,” Fabbrini said in a phone interview. “Both yoga and craft breweries are trending and growing businesses, so I think it’s a cool aspect to merge the two.”

She reached out to 603, but at the time they were in the midst of expanding their production, so trying to figure out where to host a yoga class in the brewery wasn’t an option.

But with everything now settled, Gow and Fabbrini are excited to host a class right in the production facility with a tasting in the taproom to follow.

Also joining the trend of yoga and tastings is YogaBalance of Manchester, which will host a yoga and chocolate workshop with Dancing Lion Chocolate.

“We host workshops every month, but never anything like this,” Katherine White, manager of YogaBalance, said in a phone interview. “We have connections with Dancing Lion — one of their staff members comes here — and we thought it would be a great way to work together.”

Gow fields questions from folks who don’t see how yoga and a beer tasting can be related, even though she pointed out that lots of breweries host 5K races or other athletic events.

“That has become commonplace, but I’m sure if you talked to people 10 years ago they [would have said], ‘Why would you set up a brewery tent after they run 10 miles?’” she said.

The way White sees it, yoga does go well with beer, wine and chocolate because they all involve a focus on one’s senses.

“Yoga is all about becoming present and learning how to center yourself with the world around you, and one of the ways we do that is with the senses. ...We wanted to explore how in a very tangible and real way, how do we get in touch with our senses?” White said. “Yoga and wine or yoga and chocolate, what you’re actually doing is making it really fun and accessible. People can be introduced to a yoga practice, but it’s also a combination of people’s favorite things.”

Fabbrini likes pairing practice with tasting because it’s a way to introduce a sense of community that can be lacking in yoga studios.

“Usually in a studio atmosphere you do your class and you leave and I thought this was a great way to build a little community,” she said. “With yoga … in addition to the physical practice it helps you unwind and find a place of more peace and relaxation, so I think that is a great way to enjoy the weekend and find that state of relaxation and bliss.”

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Tickets cost $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under.

Author events/lectures/ cookbook groups • MARY ANN ESPOSITO Host of the PBS series Ciao Italia will sign copies of her latest book Ciao Italia Family Classics as well as Ciao Italia aprons. Both can be purchased onsite. Sat., March 5, from 10 to 11 a.m. Cole Gardens, 430 Loudon Road, Concord. Call 229-0655.

Classes/workshops • HEALTHY BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL: A SUPERMARKET GUIDE TO MONITORING CARBOHYDRATES Identify food sources with carbs and learn how to balance during the day for optimum effect on blood sugar levels. Includes guided tour of Hannaford supermarket. Thurs., March 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua.

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• FISH FRENZY Learn how to make healthy fish recipes, plus a tasting. Tues., March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. Tickets cost $10. See stjosephhospital.com or call 595-3168.

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Meade uses fennel and apple in her homemade baby food. Courtesy photo.

baby food, Meade said it’s good to use some of the ingredients you cook with at home because it’s preparing your baby for the food they will eventually eat.

She’ll also go over the best foods for babies at different ages and stages and talk about the needed tools and equipment, which is mostly common kitchenware like pots, pans, cutting boards, a potato masher and some form of blender.

One questions that Meade often fields is whether it is actually feasible for a busy parent to make her own baby food. Her answer is “absolutely.”

“We have been so inundated with the message that Gerber knows how to feed your baby. ... It kind of takes away your confidence in being MAGGIE MEADE able to feed your baby, that a lot of parents don’t believe that they not only have the time, but can actually do it and not make their baby sick,” she said.

At the store, it’s as simple as adding an extra apple or piece of chicken to your grocery cart or roasting one extra sweet potato at dinner to either mash or set aside.

“You may have the time to blend it at night or not,” she said. “You can put it in the fridge and go back to it when you have the time.”

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When it came time for Derry resident Maggie Meade to start feeding her twin boys solid food, she wasn’t impressed with the choices on store shelves.

“I went to the grocery store and looking at the jars ... it was just gross to look at,” she said in a phone interview.

Her family already maintained a wholesome and largely non-processed food lifestyle, so she decided to look into making her own baby food. Some of the recipes she found were as simple as “boil peas and put them in a blender.”

“I looked online and thought, ‘I could do this,’” she said.

She started a website in 2003 to share her recipes with other parents, and by 2011 the site was getting five million visitors a month.

Her cookbook, The Wholesome Baby Food Guide, came out in 2012, and now Meade is leading her first culinary class on Sunday, March 6, at the Culinary Playground.

“I think that now is a good time — there seems to be a rise again of interest in healthy eating for children, for babies,” she said. “I’ve had a lot of time to step away from the book and the website, and to come back into it is really a wonderful thing for me. Just having a class where everyone [experiences] hands-on … how easy it is in a kitchentype setting is going to be fabulous.”

The class, which welcomes babies in strollers, in seats or on their parent’s lap, will be part demonstration, part hands-on, focusing on favorite baby food recipes featuring sweet potatoes, apples and butternut squash.

“I’m going to do two no-bake or no-cook baby foods, because a lot of time you don’t really have to even cook for your baby,” Meade said, noting that some recipes are as simple as mashing up a banana and an avocado.

For parents who are accustomed to buying baby food in the store, some recipe ingredients may come as a surprise, like herbs and spices.

“I think it’s because when you say the word ‘spice’ [you] think of something that’s hot,” she said.

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I searched through dozens of recipes online and ruled things out for having too many beans or not enough flavor. I was looking for a recipe everyone could enjoy so I could avoid making multiple meals for the same dinner. I settled on this winter lentil soup, courtesy of Real Simple. From the recipe and reviews it seemed to pack enough flavor and nutrition into the bowl, plus I could serve it with a salad or bread to complete the meal and keep all of my guests happy.

My sister decided to become a vegetarian when she was 11 years old. My parents never altered our family meals to match her new dietary restrictions; my sister simply ate around whatever meat we were having. But her recent decision to become vegan really changed the way my family views food. Over the holidays there were times when literally nothing on the table was made without an animal byproduct. On those nights, my sister ate avocado and tomato sandwiches.

With limited experience cooking vegWinter Lentil Soup Courtesy of Real Simple 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 leeks, cut into ¼-inch-thick half-moons 1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes, drained 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch pieces 1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves cut into ½-inch-wide strips ½ cup brown lentils 1 tablespoon fresh thyme Kosher salt and black pepper to taste

an recipes, I was hesitant to try this recipe.

But I wanted my sister to feel a part of the family dining experience and not be stuck eating another avocado and tomato sandwich.

I figured soup was a safe start to my vegan cooking exploits. Plus, the recipe didn’t call for much time or effort, so if it was terrible, I could toss it without losing sleep over time and ingredients wasted.

As it turned out, the soup was pretty delicious. I know it sounds ridiculous — of course this soup was vibrant and flavorful, as it was made from veggies, not cardboard.

But the few vegan recipes my sister has made have turned out terribly, so I didn’t have high hopes going in. The can of tomatoes helps make this recipe pantry-friendly, and you can always opt to use dried thyme and additional pantry spices to meet your preferences.

The soup was well-received by all of my visitors, and no one complained about the lack of butter, cream or chicken stock.

— Lauren Mifsud In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, until they begin to soften (approximately 3 to 4 minutes). Add the tomatoes and cook, breaking them up with a spoon, for about 5 minutes. Add six cups of water and bring to a boil. Stir in the sweet potatoes, kale, lentils and thyme, 1½ teaspoons salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Simmer until lentils are tender, about 25 to 30 minutes.

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• St. Patty’s Day tour: On Saturday, March 5, at 11 a.m. Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey brand ambassador Tim Herlihy will stop

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Irish pub tour. The Irish pub historian began his tour on Feb. 17, counting down to St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Herlihy will make a toast, share experiences from his trip and offer insight into the history of Irish whiskey.

• In from the sea, with brews: Enjoy a five-course dinner showcasing catches from the Gulf of Maine plus beer pairings during The Poseidon Adventure Beer Dinner on Sunday, March 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. The beer social, hosted by The Portsmouth Brewery (56 Market St., Portsmouth, 431-1115), is $65 per person. See portsmouthbrewery.com to buy tickets.

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2. Spray 1 (12-cup) muffin tin generously with non stick cooking spray. Spoon about 1/4 cup egg mixture into each cup. Sprinkle with tomatoes.

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I really wish he were still with us today and could help me create the same.

While a wine cellar is ideal, the good news is that you don’t have to have one in your home to store your wine properly. Even a simple wine rack will do. And the places you think are best, where you may currently have your wine, just may be the worst. If you are going to invest in a nice bottle or keep some wine on hand, make sure to store it properly so you can enjoy it later.

Bottles should always be laid down horizontally to keep the corks moist and let the wine settle. This is important, especially for sparkling wines. You may seem some noticeable sediment in the bottle after it lies down for an extended amount of time; this is usually normal and does not mean the wine has gone bad.

While most wines still have a true cork, some have synthetic corks and others have screw caps.

For best results, keep all wine lying horizontally in a place where it won’t get constantly disturbed by vibration or movement. This is just one reason why the kitchen is not an ideal place to store wine. Refrigerators, among other appliances, run constantly and can disrupt your wine.

Nothing is worse than opening a bottle of wine and realizing it has gone bad. A dry cork or one that breaks as the bottle is being opened doesn’t automatically mean the wine is bad, because the bottom of the cork may still be moist.

A wine’s smell is usually the best way to tell whether the wine is bad or not. If the wine is oxidized, which means too much air has gotten into the bottle, the wine will lose its color, flavor and aroma.

This can happen before a wine is opened if the cork is bad or not secured properly, or after a bottle has been opened and sits too long.

Champagne is a great example of this.

Once it’s opened, it’s best drunk right away as it will lose its effervescence and

How you store your wine can make a big difference in taste. Stefanie Phillips photo.

become flat (just like soda).

Whatever you do, do not expose your wine to heat or humidity. Wine in direct sunlight or even in the path of lamps, in close proximity to kitchen appliances that give off heat or in a humid environment can become “cooked.” Like oxidized wine, cooked wine is very unappealing and can be “hot,” which means it may have a strong flavor of alcohol. Wine is actually very delicate. Even a small amount of exposure could ruin it.

If you are thinking, “Well, where should wine be stored then?” here are some suggestions. If you have limited space, store your wine in a closet, cupboard or even in the basement where it will be away from heat, humidity and sunlight.

A damp environment isn’t good either, though, so take this into consideration as well. I have a small wine cabinet in my living room where I store wine. It is out of the path of any direct sunlight and the temperature stays pretty consistent.

The ideal temperature range for wine is 50 to 55 degrees, with 65 to 70 percent humidity. Store it in a place and where it won’t be subjected to drastic temperature changes. The temperature should stay consistent, because changes in temperature can cause the cork to shrink and expand, letting air into the bottle, which can lead to oxidation.

Wine should also be kept away from odors, as they can change the way it tastes. Even the slightest odor can find its way into a bottle, so take this into consideration if finishing wood shelving.

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This is the 15th full-length from this country-blues vanguard, famous for the boppy “Liza Jane” but more so cumulatively for easy-listening ballads like ‘When I Call Your Name,’’ “I Still Believe in You,’’ etc. At 58 years old, he continues to be proof that laid-back AOR from the gray set isn’t wholly owned by the Claptons and Crows of the world, nor that all country has to have some kind of grumbly NASCAR edge to it; take away the slide guitars and these songs evoke a more soulful Hall & Oates kind of thing, from the dreamy ah-ah-ahs of the title track to the welcome visit from Chris Botti’s trumpet in the sad-but-resolved “One More Mistake I Made,” which feels more like high-end jazz than perhaps anything else he’s done. “Take Me Down” covers slightly harder ground, leaning more on bluegrass than the other tunes, but either way it’s a songwriting clinic, as is most of this material, all of which Gill contributed to as a writer for the first time since 2011’s Guitar Slinger. He’s still got it, absolutely. A+ — Eric W. Saeger

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PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • Vancouver duo The Zolas are known for their loud-quiet-loud middle-of-the-road mall-indie. I liked some of the stuff they played on their last album, Ancient Mars, probably because it was, you know, kind of skronky, in other words messy feedback and speaker abuse, but still acceptable background dining music for your average Facebook flash mob having a random buffalo wings eating contest at Chili’s. Their stuff sounds important and rebellious, but in the end it really isn’t, not at all, not by a long shot, but at least it will annoy certain people. Their new LP Swooner is out, so let’s go waste time and see if they’ve gotten more interesting — not that they need to be. The new single “Get Dark” just came out on YouTube. The beat makes me think of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” Why would they do that? It also sounds a little like Wham, from the 1980s.

• Here’s some fun, a little puzzle for me. Is the Brett Harris whose album Up In The Air comes out soon the same Brett Harris who is part of the Christian youth “Rebelution” thingamajig? After 10 minutes of rooting through Google, I finally found a link where you can book a Christian/model/musician named Brett Harris for bat mitzvahs and whatever. So that’s probably him; let’s see what this person does with musical notes. Here’s something, a video of him doing the title song with just his plugged-in electric guitar, busker style. The lyrics are wholesome, so it’s probably the same guy. Yup, I’ll go with that. It sounds like an American Idol person trying to sound like Bob Dylan. Glad to be of help!

• Unlike the above situation, I can definitely say that the Loretta Lynn who’s releasing her billionth album Full Circle is the same person who sang “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in the 1970s. Either that or there are two different 83-year-old singer ladies named Loretta Lynn — see how difficult this job is? Whatever the case, she hasn’t put out a full-length since 2004’s Van Lear Rose, which was produced by Jack White, who had to stick his nose in everything back then. Drat it all, there’s only some stupid “album trailer” to go by, but I’ll check it out so you don’t have to. Here we are. There’s some banjo country going on here, and now look, she’s singing “Who’s Gonna Miss Me” at the kitchen table, just cold singing at random. She’s adorable. I recommend this music product.

• One more slot left. We could talk about M. Ward’s new album More Rain, or Miike Snow’s new album iii, but you probably know about those already, so forget it, we’ll talk about Thao & the Get Down Stay Down and their new LP Down a Man Alive, since both you and I know nothing about this band — oh, you do? Wow, here’s my “totally impressed” face. I oughtta — oh, just drop it, the single “Nobody Dies” is pretty cool, a rubber-band-bass-driven beat, some funk overtones, and the girl sings using a megaphone. Pretty slick, whoever these guys are. — Eric W. Saeger

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Fersch helps find resources to put the curriculum together, seeking field experts or scouring books and the Internet for material.

Topics range from novel writing to radio production, computer science to the violin.

Physical education is also part of the programming; a good portion of the film looks at the group’s 2014 Long Trail hike, which, at 272 miles, travels the entire state of Vermont. Last fall, the kids started hiking New Hampshire’s 4,000-footers, and they plan to complete all 48 by the end of this summer.

“The larger education system is really one we need to modify if we want to evolve. …

It should be that the public school is offering a variety of ways to be educated. … We’re trapped in this idea of it needing to look this way, either out of habit or, dare I say, laziness — it’s easier to stick with what we have than try and change it. I’m proposing a fairly huge change in how we would live and work,” Fersch said.

Filming ended in December. Filmmakers decided this wouldn’t be a money-maker but a passion project. Viewers will be able to buy DVDs at the screening. The goal is to get as many people watching as possible, and asking that question: Why do we educate? And does the system we have now support that?

“This country has such an unequal system that absolutely supports a very specific kind of person,” Stewart said. “Really, what I can’t stand, what makes me passionate, is the inequality we see in education in this country.”

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Why do we educate? What’s the purpose, and what should the results look like?

It’s what The Penn — a sort of homeschool co-op based on the Seacoast — asks before determining curriculum and lesson plans for students. It was created by former public school teacher Andrew Fersch in 2014, and in its first year, husband-wife filmmaking team Catherine Stewart and Michael Rodriguez Torrent were so inspired. They decided to make a movie about it. The result, a 55-minute documentary called The Penn, screens Thursday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m., at 3S Artspace.

Fersch met the filmmakers at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth for the first time in February 2014. 3S Artspace founder Chris Grenier had connected them; he knew the filmmakers were interested in making a movie about education and that Fersch was on the brink of formulating something unheard of in New Hampshire.

“We’ve been wanting to do a film about education reform for several years but hadn’t quite found a good access point into that.

Or exactly what we were going to be talking about. When Andrew presented this idea about this school … we thought, it’s something unique and interesting, there’s nothing else like it,” Stewart said via phone.

Without knowing very much about Fersch, or his first five students at The Penn, the couple jumped into the project that spring. The flick starts with student interviews in The Penn offices, which, at that time, were in Northwood.

“When you’re making a documentary film, you just have to go along for the ride for a little bit to work out whether or not there’s a story there,” Stewart said. “The students were really, really excited about what was to come, but they had no idea.”

Fersch, who’d taught in Epping, Rye and Northwood, started The Penn because he’d been frustrated as a teacher in the public school system.

“The whole time I was teaching, I was trying to convince schools we should change the way education looks and try a program within a school where it was more experimental and choice-based,” Fersch said. “I’ve been thinking for years what the program could look like. … And two and a half years ago I started meeting with families, saying this form currently exists in the form of homeschool co-ops.”

Right now, there are seven kids in the program ages 14 to 17. They still meet regularly at the Penn offices, now in downtown Exeter.

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Idra Novey’s first novel is as fresh and quirky as her name, which, according to howmanyofme.com, is attached to only one woman in the U.S. Novey is a teacher in the creative writing program at Princeton University and a translator of books, wrestling words from Portuguese and Spanish into English. She draws on that experience in Ways to Disappear, no relation to Paul Simon’s 1975 hit “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” but equally compelling.

Beatriz Yagoda is the Brazilian writer who absurdly climbs into a tree, clutching a suitcase, a cigar and a book, then seemingly vanishes, bewildering her fans, her publisher and her adult children. But it is her American translator, Emma Neufeld, who seems the most upset.

Emma lives and toils in Pittsburgh with her boyfriend, Miles, a reliable fellow who every night positions the couple’s shoes, bananas and keys next to the door in preparation for their morning run. Miles wants to get married; Emma is reluctant, though “To leave a person capable of such meticulous devotion was difficult.” When she learns of Beatriz’s disappearance, she ignores Miles’ anxious protests and boards a plane to help with the search, shedding her old life like snake skin.

In the savage heat of Rio de Janeiro, Emma learns that the woman she calls “my author” was — unbeknownst to everyone but a ruthless loan shark — addicted to online poker and deep in gambling debt.

The thug to whom she owes money contacts Emma and threatens dismemberment and death to both her and Yagoda’s children if they don’t find Beatriz and produce the money she owes.

Meanwhile, other Brazilian writers start disappearing into trees in public, with tragic results. Roberto Rocha, the editor who published Beatriz’s first books, shrewdly re-releases them, capitalizing on the frenzy over the author’s perplexing disappearance.

(Among them: the brilliantly named Have You Tasted the Butterflies, which, if Novey were to actually write it, as described, might possibly be a best-seller.) Moreover, he seems to be in cryptic contact with her, making it unclear whether Beatriz’s disappearance is a crime, a genius of a marketing scheme, or simply the stream-of-consciousness act of a woman unraveling in a place that is “hot as a pot of hell.”

A frenzied woman-hunt ensues, with

requisite danger and romantic entanglements, but this is not a manuscript that would have joined the pile of manuscripts on Rocha’s desk, tortured and yellowing, the work of “ingratiating novelists” who saw nothing wrong with pitching a novel that they themselves had only bothered to read once.

Rocha, the editor, longed to see a work “so unprecedented it made the temperature in his body rise. An author whose sentences were so sublime they made his head ache, who could deliver an image so precise and true he responded with every atom in his body.”

Novey reaches for this, and comes closer than most authors, in a renegade style that, like Cormac McCarthy and Junot Díaz, shuns quotation marks so efficiently that the reader may wonder why proper English ever employed them. There are none: not in the first chapter, not in the last. This is observed, but they are not missed, as in this exchange between Emma and Marcus, the author’s son: Did you see this at the airport? I’ve never finished any of my mother’s books. He handed Emma the new edition. I knew her books were all in the apartment, but so was she. It never felt right to read her when I could hear her in the next room. Or maybe I wasn’t ready to know what she said in them. He shrugged. Or it was just laziness.

Emma touched the book’s sleek new cover, its austere fork and knife. Even her author’s work had become unfamiliar to her now.

I had no idea so much of it was about adultery, Marcus said.

Well, and also the dream lives of pigeons.

And so it goes, seamlessly, until the novel’s not-shocking but still satisfying conclusion. In Ways to Disappear, Novey mines multiple themes as two women cast off expectations — both of others and of themselves — and relationships evolve in unlikely ways. At one point, with her stateside boyfriend growing increasingly frantic, Emma stands in a hotel room holding a grisly delivery and wonders how she, late of a boring, predictable life in Pittsburgh, managed to find herself endangered on an unfamiliar continent, holding the shriveled ear of a strange man.

It’s as odd as a cigar-chewing author disappearing into an almond tree, and the startling imagery and simmering tension in this fast-moving drama make the novel engrossing. Its palpable sins — the insertion of emails between characters and quasi-comical dictionary entries between chapters — are unnecessary interruptions but otherwise forgivable in a memorable book. B+ — Jennifer Graham

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• Three-minute fiction: The New Hampshire Writers’ Project hosts a couple more three-minute fiction slam semifinal events. The next is Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m., at the Portsmouth Book & Bar, 40 Pleasant St., Portsmouth — visit bookandbar.com or call 427-9197 for more information or directions. There’s another soon after at Olson Entertainment Studios, 7 Dana Hill Road, New Hampton, on Saturday, March 12, at 10 a.m. — visit olsonentertainmentstudios.com. How it works: Read a piece of fiction under three minutes in front of a panel of judges, who will decide the winners to move on to the final showdown at the New Hampshire Institute of Art on April 5. Visit nhwritersproject.org.

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Eddie the Eagle (PG-13)

A British boy with a dream of being in the Olympics — any Olympics for whatever sport — battles to make the U.K. team for Calgary in 1988 in Eddie the Eagle, a cute, lightweight movie about never giving up that is based on a true story.

I’d say “this is an OK movie to show your kids about never giving up” except the thing Eddie is never giving up on is ski jumping, which looks like a purposeful attempt at a spine and/or head injury so maybe you don’t want to show this to your kids.

As a boy, little Eddie Edwards (Tom Costello Jr.) wants desperately to be in the Olympics — perhaps something in swimming, as some injury to his knees has required him to wear a brace. Once the brace comes off, teenage Eddie (Jack Costello) thinks maybe track and field — though attempts in that direction seem to result mainly in broken glasses and minor property damage. Then, he decides the Winter Olympics might be for him. Twentysomething Eddie (Taron Egerton) gets very close to making the U.K. team for the 1988 Winter Olympics but he’s told by Dustin Target (Tim McInnerny) that he isn’t Olympic material.

Eddie considers giving up — but only for about a minute, until he discovers one nearly forgotten (by the British) event, ski jumping. He heads to Germany to train, with the

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that he’s totally going to get himself killed sliding down the mountain on his face or back. After the requisite bit of back and forth, Bronson agrees to coach Eddie, just until he gets qualified for the Olympics, in part to keep him from ending up in a coma and in part to help exorcise old Olympic demons.

On a side note: Last week, I criticized Race for shoehorning, among many other things, a story about Jesse Owens’ coach (who drank too much, had an almost-ran Olympic past

Coen Brothers movie lives more in upbeat wacky Burn After Reading territory than *The Big Short (R) the darker worlds of, say, Christian Bale, Steve Carell.

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idea that as long as he gets on the board at an Olympics-sanctioned event, he can get on the British team, being the only British ski jumper.

While training/falling at the big ski jump training hill in Germany, Eddie meets Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman), the hill’s heavy-drinking maintenance guy. Because, of course in a movie like this, Bronson is also a former Olympic-hopeful ski jumper who knows whereof he speaks when he tells Eddie

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and a career in a bit of a shambles) into Owens’ own story. I guess it’s nice to know that that kind of lazy writing and movie padding isn’t just something that’s done to the stories of African-American athletes. Like “sassy best friend” or “jerk who’s not right for her” in a romantic comedy, apparently “boozy coach” is a requirement in sports movies. It’s OK, movie, just to cut that coach stuff out. Nobody’s going to complain about an 85-minute movie if it means we lose 20 minutes of irrelevant cliches.

Just because he makes it to Calgary, though, doesn’t mean Eddie’s troubles are over. The poshier other team members act like frat boys from a 1980s R-rated comedy and pull mean tricks on him. And Dustin, who apparently doesn’t understand how public relations works, attempts to keep the press away from Eddie once the story of his Olympic dreams is known.

Yes, because when are triumph-of-theunderdog stories a part of sports except in every movie, Olympics news special and magazine article? (OK, sometimes you get a sports story about athletes caught up in a scandal but otherwise….)

Eddie the Eagle is cute but slight. We don’t really get to know Eddie that well, beyond the whole “boy with a dream” thing. Everything else in the movie is so paint by numbers (the jerk Olympic establishment, the drunk-

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Good cops, bad cops and ethicschallenged heart-in-the-right-place cops all try to outsmart each other in Triple 9, an utterly forgettable but moderately entertaining cops-andbad-guy-cops movie.

When we meet Michael Atwood (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his crew, they’re planning a bank robbery. Only after they complete their blitzkrieg attack on a bank in downtown Atlanta — with a hitch in the getaway thanks to the ill-considered greed of robber Gabe (Aaron Paul), who grabbed a dye-pack-rigged stack of money — do we learn that two of the crew members, Michael and Gabe’s brother Russell (Norman Reedus), are former soldiers and two of the crew members, Marcus Belmont (Anthony Mackie) and Franco Rodriguez (Clifton Collins Jr.), are Atlanta police officers. We also learn that their mission was not money but a safe deposit box requested by Irina (Kate Winslet).

Irina is the boss of a Russian crime organization — or at least she’s the acting boss while her husband is in prison. She promised Michael and his crew serious money to get the box but now she refuses to pay until he also gets the files, which are stored at an unmarked Homeland Security building, required to make whatever’s in the box valuable. Though this sounds like a shifty employer/contractor relationship, Michael is more or less forced to do what Irina wants because her sister is mother to Michael’s son.

In addition to clearly possessing will and the ability to kill Michael and his crew (or turn them in to the FBI members on the take to her), she can also simply choose to make sure Michael never sees his son again.

So back to planning Michael and his crew

go, especially after Irina sends them a bloody but motivational message. The building’s security can be taken care of but the men can’t get in and out before back-up police officers arrive on scene. How to keep the police out of their hair? The men come up with the idea of arranging a “triple 9,” that is a “999,” the police code that signifies “officer down” (or perhaps specifically that an officer has been fatally wounded).

So who gets to be 999ed to serve as heist diversion? Enter Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), a new member of Marcus’ squad whom Marcus is forced to partner with. On their first day together, Chris — unnecessarily, in Marcus’ opinion — hassles local gang members.

Marcus tells him the streets are more complex than the squad he came from. Chris tells his more experienced, less ethically rigid detective uncle Jeffrey Allen (Woody Harrelson) that he wants to make a difference in his new assignment. Thus do his good intentions make him the perfect mark for the bad guys and their file heist.

Between the time that I wrote this review and the time you’re reading it, I’m pretty sure I’ll have forgotten, say, 97 percent of this movie. In three months, I’ll probably only remember the title and that Kate Winslet had a Russian accent. This movie has the shelf life of a soap bubble — you might actually forget parts of it while you’re watching it.

I’m not quite sure how it turned out this way; it has a talented cast who turn in decent performances. I even enjoyed watching Winslet and her interesting accent play a crime boss.

I think I could watch a whole movie of just that — her getting her nails done while she orders murders and plans thefts. And while the story itself is pretty standard cop movie fare, it doesn’t necessarily feel like a retread.

Triple 9 has all the pieces to be a solid little heist movie but it lacks the spark that would truly bring it alive and inject energy into the movie. Triple 9 has the “something to watch while you fold the laundry” feel of a mid-level Law & Order episode. C+ Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, drug use and some nudity.

Directed by John Hillcoat with a screenplay

by Matt Cook, Triple 9 is an hour and 55 minutes long and is distributed by Open Road Films.

Oscar results Success! And I’m not just talking about how happy I was that Mark Rylance beat Sylvester Stallone for best supporting actor and that Spotlight beat The Revenant for best picture. Out of the 10 categories where I made predictions, I got only the two mentioned above wrong, and happily so. Not only did the better movie win the big prize, but I hit the 80 percent success rate — a personal best! Please see the crawl at the bottom of the screen for my list of thank yous.

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That said, Eddie the Eagle has a kind of sweetness that makes it one of those believein-yourself movies that could have been suitable for family viewing if it weren’t for a few (relatively tame) moments of raunchiness. If you like a sports movie — no matter the quality — Eddie the Eagle is neither angering (ahem Race) nor painful, but the Wikipedia page on Eddie the Eagle is just as much fun. C Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material, partial nudity and smoking. Directed by Dexter Fletcher with a screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton, Eddie the Eagle is an hour and 45 minutes long and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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• The Lady and the Van (PG-13, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; Fri., March 4, at 1:25, 3:45, 6:10 & 8:25 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 1:25, 3:45, 6:10 & 8:25 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 1:25, 3:45 & 6:10 p.m.; Mon., March 7, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.; Thurs., March 10, at 2:05, 5:35 & 8 p.m.

• Brooklyn (PG-13, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 2 p.m.; Fri., March 4, at 12:45 & 6 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 12:45 & 6 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 12:45 & 6 p.m.; Mon., March 7, at 5:25 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 5:25 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 5:25 p.m.; Thurs., March 10, at 5:25 p.m.

• Spotlight (R, 2015) Fri., March 4, at 3:15 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 3:15 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 3:15 p.m.; Mon., March 7, at 2 & 7:45 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 2 & 7:45 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 2 & 7:45 p.m.; & Thurs., March 10, at 2 & 7:45 p.m.

• 45 Years (R, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 2:10 p.m.; Fri., March 4, at 1 & 5:30 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 1:30 & 5:30 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 1 & 5:30 p.m.; Mon., March 7, at 2:10 & 7:35 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 2:10 & 7:35 p.m.; Thurs., March 10, at 2:10 & 7:35 p.m.

• The Wave (R, 2015) Fri., March 4, at 3 & 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 5, at 3:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 3 p.m.; Mon., March 7, at 5:30 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 5:30 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 5:30 p.m.; Thurs., March 10, at 5:30 p.m.

• Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project Sat., March 12, at 4 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • 45 Years (R, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 7:30 p.m.

• Spotlight (R, 2015) Thurs., March 3, through Thurs., March

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• The Big Short (R, 2015) Fri., March 4, through Thurs., March 10, at 7:30 p.m. Additional screening Sun., March 6, at 2 p.m.

• Julius Caesar (1953) Sat., March 5, at 4:30 p.m.

CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, ccanh.com • Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Met Live in HD) Mon., March 7, at 6 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY 405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, manchester.lib.nh.us • Bridge of Spies (PG-13, 2015) Fri., March 4, at 3 p.m.

• Pitch Perfect (PG-13, 2012) Wed., March 9, at 1 p.m.

• Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG, 2015) Fri., March 11, at 3 p.m.

NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 31 College Drive, Sweeney Auditorium, 03301, 271-6484, nhti.edu, nhstudentfilm.com • Beatocello’s Umbrella (NR, 2013) Fri., March 4, at 7 p.m.

NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY NPL Theater, 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org. Call 589-4646 for movie schedule.

• A Series of Unfortunate Events (PG, 2004) Sat., March 5, at 2 p.m.

• Le Cinema Francais Tues., March 8, at 3 p.m.

• The Danish Girl (R, 2015) Tues., March 8, at 7 p.m.

• Tomorrowland (PG, 2015) Wed., March 9, at 2 p.m.

• Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) Sat., March 12, at 2 p.m.

DERRY PUBLIC LIBRARY 64 E. Broadway, Derry, 4326140, derry.lib.nh.us • Film discussion group the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., film provided for participants to watch at home

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886-6030 • Cinema Celebration second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS THEATER 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-9344, peterboroughplayers.org, showings of The MET: Live in HD, National Theatre Live • Manon Lescaut (Met, in HD) Sat., March 5, at 1 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org, Some films are screened at Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth • Where to Invade Next (R, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 7 p.m.

• 45 Years (R, 2015) Thurs., March 3, at 7 p.m.

• The Lady in the Van (PG-13, 2015) Fri., March 4, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 6, at 7 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 7 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., March 10, at 7 p.m.

• Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (documentary, 2015) Sun., March 6, at 7 p.m.; Tues., March 8, at 7 p.m.; Wed., March 9, at 7 p.m.

3S ARTSPACE 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 3sarts.org • Jane B. Par Agnes V. (1988) Sun., March 6, at 1 p.m.

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NITE Here comes Old Sol Local music news & events

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• Songsmith: Though hailing from Long Island, Richard Shindell now lives in Buenos Aires, making frequent forays to the States to tour. His songs are character-driven, and Shindell possesses a Flannery O’Connor knack for the narrator’s voice. Northeast audiences treasure him; his sole live album was done in Vermont. He recently launched a YouTube channel to showcase new material. Go Thursday, March 3, at 9 p.m. at Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Road, Londonderry.

Tickets are $30 at tupelohall.com.

• Streetwise: Enjoy a funky double bill as Viva La Hop and DJ Icculus perform downtown. VLH crowds the stage, with Philly G and Bo-Lyriks trading rhymes, backed by horns, guitar, keys and a thumping rhythm section — congas and a kick drum. Turntablist and saxophonist Icculus plays with two members of Blanket Party; DOT.wav (Stephen Lutz) provides extra spin power. Go Friday, March 4, at 9 p.m. at Penuche’s, 96 Hanover St., Manchester. $5 cover, 21+, see facebook.com/jigsmusic.

• Swinging: Continuing a monthly early evening residency, Honest Millie is rooted in Prohibition-era jazz, with a playful twist — “tunes about frogs, coffee, spies and love,” says their Facebook page. It’s a supergroup of sorts, including members of Swing a Cat, EC and the Moonshiners, and Sweet, Hot & Sassy. The good-time quintet fittingly marks the weekend’s sweet spot, appearing Saturday, March 5, at 5 p.m., at Stone Church, 5 Granite St., Newmarket, stonechurchrocks.com.

• Supportive: A benefit show featuring the first appearance by Percy Hill in over a decade includes a bevy of great Seacoast bands — Ghosts of Jupiter, Todo Bien, The Fearless Ones and Vitamin C hosting an all-star jam.

Boston “Sundress Rocker” Sarah Blacker also performs, with proceeds helping the medical costs of Andrew Gallagher, a close friend of the area music scene. Go Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m. at Dover Brickhouse, 2 Orchard St., Dover. Tickets are $25 & $30 at ticketfly.com.

• Supersonic: Bullhorn vocals and pulsing fury mark Tir Alseen, the Chattanooga, Georgia, group topping a six-act bill that’s quite relentless for a midweek show. Experimental hardcore band From The Makers Of co-headline, and Farseek and Wires and Charles round out the show. Go Wednesday, March 9, at 6 p.m. at Manchester Elks Lodge, 290 Granite St, Manchester. Tickets are $10; see facebook.com/NewHampshireBooking.

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Effort to revive shuttered theatre

By Michael Witthaus

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Old Sol Productions, a nonprofit created by a Manchester couple, is trying to turn a dilapidated downtown building into a live music venue and community center — and they’d like local residents to help bring it back to life.

Old Sol will hold a public forum on Saturday, March 5, to talk about how to make that happen.

The Rex Theatre began its life as a 350seat movie house in the heyday of serial films and sputtered to an end with the 1980s rise of home video. Most recently it was a nightclub.

Club Realm closed in 2013, and the building is now owned by the city.

Matt Wilhelm heard about the place a couple of falls ago at a Guster show he coordinated for the volunteer group City Year at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. With his wife Jody, Wilhelm has spent close to a decade managing social activism and volunteer efforts for touring bands; he’s currently tour manager for Dispatch. The Palace shares an alley with the Rex; when Wilhelm went outside for some fresh air, Palace Executive Director Peter Ramsey pointed at it.

“Peter … suggested that it would make for a great mid-size concert venue,” Wilhelm said recently. “Jody and I had always passed by the building and thought the same thing.”

Every couple of months until the next summer, he and Ramsey met to talk informally about possible ways to restore the place.

In July 2015, Wilhelm and his wife decided to get serious about the idea and began putting out feelers. They found out a sale of the Rex was pending, and a few weeks later learned the buyer was the Manchester Development Corporation. In October, WilOld Sol Music Hall Visioning Session When: Saturday, March 5, 9-10:30 a.m.

Where: French Building, NH Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester Register: oldsol.org/visioning-session Night Life Music, Comedy & Parties • CORY BRANAN at Red & Shorty's (4 Paul St., Dover 767-3305) on Friday, March 4, 8 p.m. $30 - Throughout his career, Cory Branan has been too punk for country, too country for punk, too Memphis for Nashville, and probably a little too Cory Branan for anyone’s good.

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Inside the old Rex Theatre. Courtesy photo.

helm entered his vision for Old Sol Music Hall in the statewide Social Venture Innovation Challenge.

Wilhelm contacted Manchester Economic Development Director Will Craig, who arranged for him to film inside the Rex. They made a three-minute video, submitted it to the competition and won.

Craig spoke enthusiastically about Old Sol’s plans during a recent walk-though.

“The easiest thing to do was another nightclub,” he said. “But nobody in the city thought that was the best and highest use of that building.”

In December, Wilhelm and Old Sol startup coordinator Alyssa Solomon showed the prize-winning video to a group at the Shaskeen Pub. Manchester native Alli Beaudry performed at the Shaskeen event and later waxed enthusiastic about Old Sol’s efforts.

“It’s what all local musicians and artists dream of. … This will be a success for our community on so many levels,” she said. “It will attract local and national talent ... and the more-than-music concept brings opportunity and the community together. Combined with the healing power of music, it’s bound to be incredible.”

Old Sol Music Hall will indeed be about “more than music,” Wilhelm said. It will be “a venue that’s operated under the same values that guide our favorite musicians when

chester 315-9320) on Friday, March 4, 8 p.m. $15/advance. French quartet from Montreal. Their sound is a blend of folk, rock, and progressive music.

NH native singer/songwriter PHILEEP opens.

• CELTIC NIGHTS at Dana Center (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester 641-7700) on Friday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. $33.75. Spirit of Freedom uses Irish music, combined with song, dance and storytelling, to honor the

they’re on tour … an institution that builds social capital.”

The MDC closed the deal for the Rex in January and issued its RFP in early February.

At least three other bidders have responded, which doesn’t trouble Wilhelm.

“Our approach is this: We’re eager to collaborate with people,” he said. “We want to make this great for Manchester. There’s no ego … if we didn’t put it out there, we wouldn’t have a chance to get feedback.”

Feedback is uniformly positive. Solomon spoke of a woman who watched the video “and talked about getting tears in her eyes, saying, ‘I’ve waited 25 years for this.’ It’s so exciting.”

Wilhelm agreed.

“We’ve been really inspired by the response of the greater Manchester community,” he said. “Close to 1,500 people watched the video on YouTube. We really feel like the vision is out there.”

It’s so encouraging that they’re thinking of stretching out the process, and asking for donations of elbow grease in lieu of cash.

“Instead of raising money from local businesses, we’d put together community service efforts, almost like Habitat for Humanity,” Wilhelm said. “We’d be engaging volunteers to do the renovations, so when it does open it’s a community effort rather than a construction project; the sweat of the community will be all over the walls.”

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