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I visited from out of state to look at a specific vehicle they had. Everyone there went out of their way to accommodate me from the people in the office to the guys in the shop.

Nearly one year later and I’m still happy with my purchase!

I’ll admit it. I like winter, and I like the cold.

And a nice glass of whiskey, especially after some time in that cold.

I’m thankful for these things and for our good quality of life in New Hampshire.

Sure we have problems; serious problems, but there is also so much to be thankful for.

• Each other. Rarely a day goes by when someone doesn’t hold the door for me or I watch someone hold it for someone else.

People are good and they are good to one another.

• Farmers markets. Yes, even in the winter. We wrote a story about them in the Nov. 17 issue (see it at hippopress.com — use the “Read the Entire Paper: See our Flip Book on Issuu” link and then choose the Nov. 17 issue from the list).

• Our local makers, from local author Will Stewart with An Insider’s Guide to Manchester to the candy makers at Van Otis and Granite State Candy to local beer makers Smuttynose and White Birch and to any one of the thousands of great restaurants we have. We still make a lot of stuff here in New Hampshire.

• Our almost traffic-jam-free roads. Sure, they always seem to be working on some part of them, but for the most part our roads are easy to get through (Concord I-93, you are the exception).

• New Hampshire’s odd purpleness.

At the federal level, Democrats took all four open spots (Hillary Clinton for president, Maggie Hassan for U.S. senator, Ann Kuster in U.S. House District 2 and Carol Shea-Porter in U.S. House District 1).

But on the state level the Republicans took all four branches (governor, NH House of Representatives, NH Senate and Executive Council). Explain that?

• A Novel Photocatalytic Pervious Composite for Degrading Organics and Inactivating Bacteria in Wastewater. Yes, you read that right. It’s an invention by former Nashua high schooler Deepika Kurup, who is now not surprisingly a sophomore at Harvard, and it takes undrinkable water and makes it drinkable by creating a chemical reaction with sunlight.

• We’re helping our milk farmers. This has been a tough year for dairy. Dairy prices have been low and the drought has caused wells to run dry. But $2 million has been set aside for this, if only Republicans in state government fund it (state Sen. Jeb Bradley is working to get the funds approved). Let’s get it done, folks.

And finally, I’m thankful for all the men and women who will be working on Christmas keeping us safe.

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ON THE COVER 14 CELEBRATE WITH BUBBLES Sparkling wines seem to go glass in hand with the holiday season, so we decided to talk to some local wine makers about the process behind making wine sparkle, the variety of colors and flavors and what makes Champagne different from the rest — and we got some tips, recommendations and recipes, too.

ALSO ON THE COVER, Brave the cold to take a look up at the night sky, p. 28. Find fun for the whole family in Kiddie Pool, p. 29. And plan your New Year’s Eve — where to eat (p. 38) and where to hear live music or see a comedy show (p. 56).

INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 4 A look at upcoming government agenda items; new developments around southern New Hampshire; home heating trends; PLUS News in Brief.

9 Q&A 10 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 12 SPORTS THIS WEEK 20 THE ARTS: 22 THEATER Majestic moves.

24 ART Meet Mary Lessard.

27 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town.

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

30 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

31 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

34 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

CAREERS: 36 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a...

FOOD: 38 DINE OUT ON NEW YEAR’S EVE or for brunch on New Year’s Day; the business of mushrooms; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; Perishables.

POP CULTURE: 50 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz sees the nearly-best (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and nearly-worst (Collateral Beauty) that the holiday movie season has to offer.

NITE: 56 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Plan your New Year’s Eve night out; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

60 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover.

62 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

ODDS & ENDS: 68 CROSSWORD 69 SIGNS OF LIFE 69 SUDOKU 70 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 70 THIS MODERN WORLD

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NEWS & NOTES Legal pot

The No On 1 campaign in Maine, which fought against marijuana legalization, declared an end to its recount request, according to a Dec. 17 announcement by the campaign. Two days earlier, marijuana became officially legal for recreational use in Massachusetts. That means New Hampshire will be bordered by two states with legal pot.

In reaction to these referenda, state Senate Democratic Leader Jeff Woodburn tweeted that he plans to file legislation that will create a “responsible pathway” to marijuana legalization in the Granite State.

In an interview with NHPR, Woodburn said that he wants to set a firm date in the future when cannabis would become legal and use the interim time to set up a safe system of taxes, regulations and restrictions for children to address any concerns about legalization.

Governor-elect Chris Sununu supports decriminalization but not legalization.

Youth drugs

The Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services in the state health department released a new study on young people’s attitudes and views about substance abuse.

According to a press release, the study found that the state’s 18to 25-year-olds had some of the highest illicit drug use rates in the country.

Young adults in that age group had higher rates of binge drinking (45.8 percent), marijuana use (30.1 percent), nonmedical painkiller use (9.8 percent) and alcohol dependence or abuse in the past year (17.2 percent) compared to U.S. and Northeast rates. The study was conducted between October and December 2015 with focus groups and an online survey with more than 4,300 participants.

Hassan’s new gig

Gov. Maggie Hassan is getting ready to start her new job as U.S. senator. She announced in a press release that she plans to resign as governor by Jan. 2 at 11:59 p.m. in advance of her

swearing in as a senator the following day.

Since Governor-elect Chris Sununu will not be inaugurated until Jan. 5, Senate President Chuck Morse will serve as acting governor in the interim.

Meanwhile, the first of Hassan’s committee assignments in the Senate have been announced.

She has been assigned to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs as well as the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Additional committee assignments are expected in the coming weeks.

Mount Washington

The top of Mount Washington was the second coldest place on Earth on the morning of Dec. 16.

The Concord Monitor reported the temperature was -35 degrees Fahrenheit with wind speeds reaching 75 mph and conditions like blowing snow and freezing fog. The only site colder was Watson Lake in the Canadian Yukon, where it was -40 degrees but with calm winds. None of the top 10 coldest sites that morning had winds blowing faster than 6 mph.

Given the extreme weather possible at New Hampshire’s highest peak, it’s perhaps encouraging for conservation officers to see that at least 4,175 Safe Cards have been issued for the upcoming year, the second year of the program. The cards cost $25 for individuals and $35 for families and make cardholders exempt from search and rescue cost liability. The program raised about $120,000 for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s search and rescue fund.

Battery invention

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire may have discovered a promising new battery technology that solves several problems at once, including cell phones’ catching fire.

According to a press release, the new technique uses a modified form of manganese oxide in an aqueous electrochemical energy storage system, which means the electrolyte is water-

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based and therefore less likely to combust. Lithium ion batteries have been known to catch fire in cell phones, automobiles and hoverboards and are made from rare elements at risk of depletion.

Aqueous EES batteries are better for the environment but not known for their energy capacity or recharge reliability. The manganese oxide system promises to solve those reliability and capacity problems.

A group of Bow High School students was in Cuba when its former president, Fidel Castro, died, the Concord Monitor reported. Students interviewing Cubans walked away with the impression that they didn’t expect major changes to their daily lives until current President Raul Castro steps down or dies.

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The self-styled “Queen of the Paranormal,” a Merrimack woman named Kadrolsha Ona Carole, has appeared in television specials and comic conventions in the past to showcase her work as a ghost buster and spiritual healer. Now, she’s the protagonist of a comic book series called the The Haunting Tales of Bachelor’s Grove, the Telegraph of Nashua reported.

The first issue is expected to be published in January.

Drug overdoses in Nashua saw a sharp decline in November, the Union Leader reported. While the Nashua fire department has counted about 30 overdoses each month this year, November MANCHESTER saw 12 overdoses. Officials credit the new Safe Stations initiative, which saw 29 people seeking help so far, and aggressive law enforcement.

Goffstown In one of her first interviews with WMUR since losing her bid for re-election, Sen. Kelly AyoResidents in Milford hope to create a 16,000-squarette spoke about her tenure for foot fenced-in dog park, the the past six years and weighed Telegraph of Nashua reportin on the recent news that U.S. ed. The closest dog parks to Bedford intelligence officials say RusMilford are in Hudson and sia hacked Democrats’ emails in Hooksett, about 45 minutes Derry Merrimack away each.Amherst an effort to get Donald Trump elected.

Londonderry Milford Ayotte said it’s important for politicians to remember that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not our friend.” Longtime NASHUA friends of Ayotte, Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, have been leading Republican voices in saying Russian meddling in U.S. elections should Family Law Committee. The full such a move sends a bad mesnot be a partisan issue.

House will vote on the measure sage at a time when the state’s in January. child protective services apparaFamily law If it is eliminated, bills that tus is under scrutiny following a The New Hampshire House appears likely to eliminate a had previously been heard there number of child deaths.

Speaker Shawn Jasper said longstanding committee that will be sent instead to various pertinent committees includall the committee members had dealt with child and famiing judiciary, criminal justice personal grievances with the ly issues. The AP reported the House Rules Committee voted to and public safety or health and system, making the committee do away with the Children and human services. Democrats say ineffective.

PREVIOUSLY UNINSURED

While the Affordable Care Act has seen better days with insurance companies leaving the state’s public exchange and premiums increasing for middle-class families, fewer people are uninsured. The uninsured rate has gone down 43 percent in New Hampshire since before Obamacare went into effect, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. About 63,000 residents have gained coverage, DHHS estimates. The total currently enrolled through the individual market exchange Healthcare.gov is 49,114, but it’s not clear how many of those had insurance from a different plan prior to enrolling.

CONCORD HOMELESS

The state is seeing record cold weather but the homeless in Concord still don’t have a coldweather shelter in place. During a recent frigid night at a homeless camp near the intersection of North Main Street and Interstate 393, a homeless man’s tent caught fire, the Concord Monitor reported. Two men helped remove the occupant of the tent, though one of the men burned his gloves in the process. The occupant, Daniel English, received treatment for leg burns at Concord Hospital. The Concord fire chief said the fire was likely started by cooking equipment inside the tent.

In an act of protest, someone left a human-looking figure wrapped in a trash bag at the foot of a Nativity scene. On the figure are signs that read “Live Freeze and Die” and “This family was Homeless too,” referring to the Nativity scene.

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The legislature is set to tackle a number of initiatives in the upcoming session, including reforming the state’s election laws, giving relief to dairy farmers, decriminalizing marijuana and implementing a needle exchange program for opioid addicts.

Election law

There have been numerous signs in recent weeks from comments made by Republican Governor-elect Chris Sununu, Secretary of State Bill Gardner and others in GOP leadership that election law reform will be a significant priority for the party.

And with majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans will be able to get more done in this area than they have in the past.

In the last session, Gov. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have created a 30-day residency requirement for new voters. Sununu has signaled that he would consider eliminating same-day voter registration.

But judging by the bills that have been submitted, that doesn’t appear to be one of the particular reforms the party hopes to pass. If there is such a bill, Windham Republican state Rep. David Bates doesn’t believe it will pass.

Other bills sponsored by Bates would try to make sure true residents of the state are allowed to vote.

“Probably the most important thing I want to see accomplished is return to the … law as it used to exist, which required anybody who votes in New Hampshire to be a resident of New Hampshire,” Bates said.

Right now, state law is vague on the issue, allowing anyone who is “domiciled” in the state to vote. That could be a college student from Arizona or a campaign worker who is temporarily working in the state.

Bates would not set a 30-day requirement, but he admits just honing the definition of “domiciled” is tricky. One option could be to require voters have a New Hampshire state-issued ID, or present proof of permanent residence by some other means.

Bates also wants to change the current system that allows people to sign an affidavit attesting to their residency when they don’t have proof. He would do away with most of those, except for same-day voter registration. For that, he would require registrants to return with the required documentation so the state doesn’t have to sift through a backlog of cases they need to follow up on.

Overall, Bates is optimistic the lion’s share of his election reforms will pass this session, largely because of Sununu’s support.

“He’s made it clear that he’s very supportive of election reforms,” Bates said. “I don’t think he’s boxed himself into one particular plan.”

Drug bills

When the state drug czar, James Vara, released his progress report on the drug crisis earlier this year, he listed the creation of a needle exchange program among a few key initiatives that would help addicts and protect public health.

Needle exchanges allow heroin and fentanyl addicts to drop off used needles in exchange for new ones, which reduces the chances of diseases like HIV and hepatitis C spreading.

Republican state Rep. Harold Parker of Wolfeboro Falls is the prime sponsor of a House bill that would implement such an exchange, and Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley has signed on as the Senate sponsor.

That shows strong support from the GOP leadership, but needle exchanges are fraught with controversy. An enabling bill failed to pass last session, largely due to concerns among law enforcement that having trace amounts of drugs in used needles would still constitute possession of an illegal substance.

Others have qualms about a program they see as enabling an addiction by providing the paraphernalia required to continue the habit. But proponents say the evidence shows the public health benefits and it does not show any signs of increased use.

New Hampshire’s neighboring states all have a form of needle exchange programs already.

Parker says he’s not sure whether his bill will pass this year, but he’s cautiously optimistic.

Another big piece of legislation related to drugs is the decriminalization of a small amount of marijuana. This is seen as a way to redirect law enforcement resources away from cracking down on cannabis, what scientists say is a relatively safe drug, so police can focus more on cracking down on opioids like heroin and fentanyl.

Decriminalization has long been popular in the House, where it has passed with larger margins each time, but it has repeatedly died in the Senate. A lot of new faces in the Senate and a governor-elect who supports decriminalization has led advocates to believe this will be the year it finally becomes law.

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Contractors will be busy next year as a number of major development projects — some that have been in the planning stages for years — get underway.

One of the most significant projects is the Woodmont Commons development in Londonderry. The $1 billion project will be constructed in phases, starting in spring 2017 with a 62-acre parcel that will include 260 rental units and townhouses, 500,000 square feet of retail, office and restaurant space and a 135-room hotel. The first building is expected to be an 11,000-square-foot brewery, where Londonderry’s 603 Brewery will transplant its operation.

“Their plan is, I believe, for the brewery to opened by the end of 2017,” said Londonderry Planning Director Colleen Mailloux.

She said the whole first phase will take about two to three years to complete.

A couple of other developments in Londonderry near the airport are also underway.

The largest is a one-million-square-foot F.W. Webb distribution center expected to open by next fall. Also likely to open before

New Hampshire is the only New England state that hasn’t decriminalized marijuana.

Miscellaneous

Bradley is the prime sponsor of a Senate bill that would set some funds aside to give dairy farmers some relief. It’s been a bad year for dairy farmers, with global milk prices dropping to extreme lows and supply far exceeding demand. Several New Hampshire farms have already closed or consolidated with other farms as a result.

the end of next year is an EFI inkjet printer factory that will employ an estimated 400 people.

Meanwhile, the continuing expansion of the Southern New Hampshire University campus in Manchester and Hooksett will include at least three new buildings opening next year. The school is expected to open the Gustafson Welcome Center — which will house its admissions department and career and institutional advancement centers — in January 2017, according to an SNHU spokesperson.

Later in the fall, a new athletic complex will be complete, as will a new apartmentstyle dorm. A new engineering building is also in the works. It received approval from the planning board this past fall but is still in the planning stages.

In Bedford, a second Murphy’s Taproom location will be built and opened by April 2017, according to owner Keith Murphy.

The biggest development in Bedford is the Market and Main project off South River Road (at the former Macy’s site).

Assistant Planning Director Mark Connors said he expects construction to start early next year. Developers will likely start with the cinema and retail properties 8

Bradley’s bill is going to be expedited at the start of the legislative session, according to his office.

House Minority Leader Steve Shurtleff is sponsoring a bill that would name the Division of Historical Resources building at 19 Pillsbury St. in Concord after late Department of Cultural Resources Commissioner Van McLeod. McLeod died earlier this year, after being the longest serving-DCR commissioner in state history.

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7 at the center and work their way outward from there for some of the mixed-use buildings for office space and a hotel. The first buildings might be ready by 2017, but the whole project won’t be done until 2018.

At the abutting former Wayfarer Inn site, where Whole Foods was recently built, developers will be working on construction for a 150-unit apartment building along the waterway. Connors expects construction for that won’t be complete until 2018.

In the spring, developer Joe Faro will break ground on a major undertaking in Salem with the first phase of a Tuscan Village. Faro had originally planned to create a walkable, mixed-use village in a 50-acre parcel broken off the Rockingham Park racetrack property. But after Rockingham put the rest of the property up for sale, Faro bought the remaining 120 acres.

According to Salem Planning Director Ross Moldoff, the original 50-acre parcel is still in the first phase of development.

“That plan ended up changing,” Moldoff said, referring to the 50-acre site.

Construction is expected to begin with a 35,000-square-foot Ford dealership, which already got board approval, in the spring,

followed by some residential property.

Moldoff said Faro plans to start with apartment buildings (256 units, four buildings) and then 100 townhouses That project will be followed by an 80,000-square-foot Market Basket. After that, Moldoff said, Faro plans to construct about 80,000 square feet of retail property. Moldoff expects the first phase will take about a year to 18 months to complete.

The changes to the Phase 1 area will make it more car-friendly and less walkable. Moldoff said that while developers are still in the concept phase for the remaining 120 acres, that’s where he expects the spirit of the original plan to come to fruition.

“That’s going to be the walkable area, town-center style development,” Moldoff said.

In Manchester, two hotels will be under construction. A Tru by Hilton and a Marriott Residence Inn will be breaking ground by second quarter next year, according to the projects’ respective developers, Peter Flotz and Dick Anagnost. Flotz said the Tru will take about 14 months to get built, and Anagnost said the Residence Inn will take about 16 months.

Home heating prices

A comparison of past winters, and what this year looks like so far NH Average Heating Fuel Prices for Winters 2009-2016

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Heating Fuel

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

#2 Oil/gal

$2.872

$3.454

$3.940

$3.882

$3.841

$2.910

$2.014

Propane/gal

$3.017

$3.464

$3.497

$3.241

$3.565

$3.193

$2.702

Kerosene/gal $3.363

$3.869

$4.408

$4.391

$4.324

$3.684

$2.804

$1.0679

$0.8892

$1.3369 $1.3019

Natural Gas/ therm (tier 2)

$1.1904 $1.105

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NH Average Heating Fuel Prices for Winters 2009-2016

Heating Fuel

2009

Electric rate

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2010

2011

2012

2013

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0.1527 0.1644 0.1557

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2015

2016

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Kerosene

Natural Gas Tier 2

Electric

Oct 2016

$2.03

$2.70

$2.766

$0.81

0.16315

Nov 2016

$2.16

$2.99

$2.788

$1.07

0.16315

Dec 2016

$2.28

$3.09

$2.861

$0.99

0.16315

Source: The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning

Predicting the future The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecasted that temperatures this winter will be 17% colder in the Northeast compared to last winter.

EIA expects households heating with home heating oil to spend an average of $1,370 this winter which is a $378 (38%) increase over last winter but 32% lower than average expenditures for the winters of 2010-11 through 2014-15. Prices are expected to average $2.46 per gallon compared to $2.06 last year.

Electricity: Households heating primarily with electricity are forecast to spend an average of

$945 this winter which is $49 (5%) more than last.

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Winter Fuels Outlook

NEWS & NOTES Q&A

Woman of excellence Lawmaker wins national award

Lynne Ober of Hudson is starting her seventh term as a Republican state representative. She was awarded the 2016 Elected Women of Excellence Award by the National Foundation for Women Legislators.

What was your reaction to learning you had won the award?

When they called me, I was amazed. I don’t know how I got submitted, I don’t know how they picked me.

And then I was very pleased, because I work very hard for my constituents in the state.

What are some of the legislative accomplishments of which you are most proud?

There are a lot. One bill that I authored — and I had to put it through two terms because the first term it got stuck onto a $50 fee, but the second term I asked them to please let it go through by itself — was to ensure that students who take driver’s ed will have a set number of hours driving after dark. Because so many of our young people have accidents after dark that are fatal. And New Hampshire was one of only 20 states at the time that required no after-dark training.

Did you work on any of the drug crisis legislation in the last session?

Yeah, the last term … we had a drug task force. We had three standing drug committees in that drug task force. I chaired one of those three subcommittees and the first thing we did was the drug task force met as a whole group and we looked at every bill and every idea that people had that would help us with the opiate crisis that we’re undergoing, from treatment to trying to deal with the penalties for people who are selling drugs. … We moved forward with a number of bills, including the drug court bill. … We also were able to put $42 million … into abuse treatment facilities and we put $5 million into establishing some transitional housing, because a lot of times an addict doesn’t have a house when he gets out of treatment, doesn’t have a job.

but maybe we can spend our money and do that.’ And I’d say, ‘Well, how much revenue are we going to have, because I really would like to implement this program.’ And he’d look at me Courtesy photo. and say, ‘I don’t think the state’s going to have that kind of revenue.’

What are some initiatives you would like to tackle in this upcoming term?

This upcoming term … we have several things going on that are of great concern. No. 1, and I don’t know what will happen with this, but the Affordable Care Act. Under the [ACA] which was passed, employers that provide what was deemed to be “too rich” of a health plan face a significant fine. The Obama administration did push that fine off into the future a little bit but it’s looming out there. The State of New Hampshire’s employee benefit plan falls under that fine and the state would owe something like $7 million every year. … So we have to kind of coordinate with them and see where we’re going to go, because the state can’t afford to be paying $7 million in fines. We need that money for services to our people.

What are some of the guiding principles you follow when crafting and voting on new bills?

One, does it make sense? Two, does it have any unintended consequences? I mean, sometimes you have this really great idea. ‘Well, we could save money by doing X.’ OK, so now you save that money. But then you look at why. Is that taking away money from someone that’s basically making it impossible to do something? … So it’s kind of a balance between what sounds like a great idea and what you need to make sure it really is a great idea.

Your husband Russell is also a state rep.

What’s it like being a husband-and-wife duo in the Statehouse?

Well, for a while, he sat on the Ways and Means Committee — that’s the committee that gives you the revenue [estimates] — and I sat on Finance, the [committee] that spends it. So, our dinner conversation was almost the same as our own [kitchen table] conversation. ‘Can Can you recall an early experience in we afford to do X?’ ‘No, not really this month, childhood that helped shape your work ethic or general philosophy?

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTO My dad was an attorney and he would RIGHT NOW? always say to me, ‘You have to research your I detest running, but we both like to hike facts, you have to figure out what you’re and I spend almost every morning, if I doing and then start to do it.’ And he said that can, in the swimming pool, swimming a to my brother and me as we grew up, over and couple miles for my exercise. over and over. — Ryan Lessard

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NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Bursting pipes

What wacky weather New Hampshire is having this winter, particularly this weekend; in Manchester alone, there were a half dozen reports of burst pipes due to Sunday’s rapid temperature changes, keeping Manchester firefighters busy all morning, according to the Union Leader. One burst pipe forced the evacuation of the Home Depot off South Willow Street.

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QOL Score: -1 Comment: At the site of the stolen Virgin Mary statue on Myrtle Street, homeowner Ken Kula put out a sign: “Please help! Mary missing. Joseph doesn’t want to be a single dad!”

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QOL Score: -1 Comment: Reviewers’recommendations included hiring more assessment workers, raising the number to 120, increasing the number of supervisors to 24 and lowering the bar in state statute for proving maltreatment.

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS

Time to hand out Christmas presents

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With the holiday underway for many folks and Christmas on Sunday, it’s time to hand out our annual Christmas presents to some deserving souls in the sports world: Tom Brady: The MVP. I’m not sure a guy who misses four games can be in the MVP talk until he’s played all 12 he’s eligible for. But in a year with few real contenders of any sort beyond Oakland’s Derek Carr or the Dallas duo of Ezekiel Elliott and the Dakster, who’ll split their votes, give it to TB12 based on 11 very good games, a just OK but mistake-free one in Denver, and for lifetime achievement just to show Roger the Dodger his trumped up, bogus four-game sentence didn’t mean squat in the big picture to the team, the player, the league or the real world.

Dak Prescott: Headphones to block out the ridiculous noises coming from the peanut gallery in Dallas demanding to bring back Tony Romo after one loss that followed 11 straight wins. Yikes.

The peanut gallery in Dallas: Hypnosis to mitigate collective memory loss that what the good guy Romo does best is get hurt a lot and spit the bit when the big moment arrives.

Theo Epstein: A new trophy case for the den because after being the GM/baseball ops president when the Cubs and Red Sox ended interminable periods without a World Series win you’re going to need a place to put your Hall of Fame plaque.

The Los Angeles NFL franchise: Getting either of the two perfect high-profile coaching options, Jim Harbaugh or Nick Saban, to take over the Rams over boring retreads like Mike Shanahan or Lovie Smith. Harbaugh would get hanged in Ann Arbor if he left after two years so it would take ginormous money to get him. But this is L.A., man, and after spending $2 billion on a stadium they need real sizzle to open it with. Heck, even propping up the long gone but still beloved

Being there is why we’re here.

the same way we enjoyed Ray Bolger’s nimble feet in The Wizard of Oz. Joel Embiid: Speaking of enjoying good feet. Good health, young man, because after a long wait due to those foot injuries, longsuffering Philly fans may have the next really good big man on their hands.

Tiger Woods: Ditto on the good health, because while his hubris probably brought on the karma for some of his miseries, it’s awful when chronic injuries take down greatness and at his peak he was true greatness.

Avery Bradley: A pair of elevator sneaks like Jimmy had in Seinfeld as a reward for somehow becoming the Celtics’ top rebounder.

Roger Goodell: A new job.

Coach B: A picture of Aaron Hernandez in his Florida Gator uniform. Because even with his ongoing savantness, he needs to be reminded that ignoring red flags can have consequences. Like bringing in Michael Floyd one day after he was fired for allegedly passing out at a stoplight behind the wheel with the car running and in gear. Because rewarding a guy working on his second DUI with a chance to go to the SB is not a good look or the right thing to do, even with Danny Amendola still on crutches.

Chris Sale: A fast start in Beantown, ’cause people here can turn on someone, anyone, in a hurry.

David Price: Ditto in 2017 for what Sale just got, along with a couple of strong starts in the post-season because you already know something about what we just told Mr. Sale about folks around here. Also, lose the Twitter account that ain’t helping you.

Dave Dombrowksi: A David Nivenstyle smoking jacket in which to enjoy the brandy and cigars around the Christmas tree he earned for getting Sale from Chicago to give the Sox a Top 3 rotation the Nation should love.

Happy and safe holidays to one and all.

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George Allen on the sideline would be a better choice than a retread.

Mookie Betts: Another stellar year leading to the MVP after doing the same in 2016 before getting robbed of the award by nitwit new-age voters who think WAR is more “valuable” than leading your team to actually winning a few games.

NFL, NBC and CBS workers: Thursday nights off next year, because forcing players to play three days after getting the crap kicked out of themselves the previous Sunday is killing the product and reducing the number of top-tier match-ups available later in the week.

Bill Simmons: A little humility gained from HBO’s canceling your horrible show with the good name, because while the basketball book was really good, in the words of Dean Wormer, self-important, ego-ridden and pretentious is no way to go through life son.

Celtics Coach Brad Stevens: A copy of the new book by Maxwell Smart, “Missed It By That Much: 86 ways to tell Marcus Smart (and other Celtics) Can’t Shoot Deep,” so he may see giving a green light to all 29.3-percent-and-below lifetime shooters from three-point-land ain’t such a good idea.

Danny Ainge: The trading partner you’ve been seeking forever to get the low-post-scoring, defensive-anchoring, backboard-eating big your team desperately needs.

Patriots fans: For those who think things happen in threes, something to quell the anxiety. Because with the Pats and Giants looking to me like they’re headed for a SB threematch, the surging G-Men are starting to remind me of the slow starting but hot as winter arrived (gulp) 2007 and 2011 teams that wreaked havoc on Patriot Nation.

Odell Beckham Jr: To the “if I only had a brain, hey look at me” nitwit diva of the NFL, the same kind of certificate the Scarecrow got from the Wizard’s bag of tricks in Oz. Because if he could manage to add a huge helping of maturity, class and a clue that responsibility comes with great talent we might be able to enjoy his great acrobatic skill

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S PEOPLE, PLACES & OTHER STUFF

Pelletier an All-American

The Numbers

4 & 6 – points and rebounds for local lad Wenyen Gabriel in 21 minutes in the week’s best game in college basketball when Kentucky outlasted North Carolina 104-100 as his freshman teammate Malik Monk went off for 47 points.

10 – different players scored for Bedford in their early-season grudge-match battle with Bishop Guertin, which was won by the Bulldogs 57-49 where with 12 and 10 points respective-

al when Bedford takes on Exeter at 3pm.

Lebanon-Dover follows at 4:30 p.m., then it’s West-Central at 6 and finally Memorial-Trinity at 7:30. It continues the next two days until one team remains undefeated after Thursday’s final.

Sports 101 Answer: The four to get to 500 NHL goals before the great Espo were, in chronological order, Maurice the Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau and Bobby Hull.

On This Date – Dec. 22: 1862 – Earlydays-of-baseball icon Connie Mack, who owned the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, is born, which means he was born during the Civil War! 1969 – LSU basketball star/circus act Pete Maravich sets an NCAA record by hitting 30 of 31 foul shots, but “only” scores 46 points in a win over Oregon State after shooting just 8 for 23 from the field. 1990 – Paul Coffey joins Islander alum Denis Potvin as the second NHL defenseman to record 1,000 career points, which he does in a record-breaking 770 games. Ray Bourque joins the club a year later.

ly Jenoyce Laniyan and Ali Fillion led the way for the winners while Meghan Cramb had a game-high 13 for the Cardinals.

14 – game-high points scored by Haleigh Shea in leading Memorial to its first win of the year in a 55-39 decision over Nashua South.

19 – game-high points from Emily Keefe in leading West to a 46-33 win over Windham for the Blue Knight hoopsters.

68 – combined margin of victory for the Bedford boys

Sports Glossary

and girls on Friday vs. Concord when the girls downed the Crimson 63-27 behind 13 points from the aforementioned Jenoyce Laniyan, while for the boys it was 89-57 with Troy Meservey going for a game-high 29 points.

131 – millions of dollars the Red Sox incredibly spent on Cuban exiles who never did anything for the majorleague club after the trading of Yoan Moncada and bustation of Rusney Castillo.

Jimmy: Basketball-playing goofball friend of Jerry on Seinfield who wears/sells platform sneaks to improve his vertical leap. Always talked in the third person, as in, “Jimmy will get you back, Kramer. Jimmy holds a grudge, Kramer,” after the just-back-from-the dentist Kramer drools water on the floor that puts Jimmy into traction after slipping on it.

Wizard of Oz: Blustery fellow behind the curtain whose “wizardry” grew because the Munchkins didn’t understand he really was just a bad hot air balloon driver blown off course to fly into the emerald Oz. His con took off from there after he saw their awe.

Ray Bolger: 1930s-’40s Hollywood song-and-dance man who played the scarecrow in the greatest movie ever made, The Wizard of Oz. David Niven: Suave British actor with the pencil-thin mustache who was the original Pink Panther in the first of that Peter Sellers series, the original James Bond needing to clear his name from his bumbling replacement (Sellers again) in 007 original Casino Royale, a good hot air balloon driver in Around the World in 80 Days and the treasonous VP Aaron Burr in 1946’s forgettable Magnificent Doll.

Smoking jacket: Goofy fashion statement garment for sophisticated debonairness in the golden days of Hollywood. Strangely, rarely did anyone actually smoke wearing one, though a cigarette holder and gold lighter wasn’t far off if they did. They gradually faded away in the 1970s after someone finally realized what a doofus they looked like with one on.

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Alumni News: Former Manchester Central two-sport star Troy Pelletier was named third team All-American in FCS football last week. It came after a season when he had 96 catches for 1,278 yards and 12 TDs. He was also a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, given to the best offensive player in the country.

Sports 101: On this date in 1974 the great Bruin Phil Esposito became the sixth player in NHL history to score 500 goals.

Name the four who did it before him.

Rough Debut of the Week: The Dave Keefe era for Manchester Central basketball got off to a bit of a bumpy start in a 90-52 thumping by Portsmouth on Friday night.

The tone was set early for the Green and Keefe, who returns to coaching after two years on the bench, when the Clippers ran out to a 17-2 first-quarter lead after getting the game’s first nine points. Antoine Revere was high man for Central with 19 points.

Hot Ticket: The Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament kicks off Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Manchester Memori-

Dr. Larry Puccini Completes UCLA Sleep Medicine Program And will now use his expertise to treat patients with sleep related breathing disorders, primarily Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) & Snoring.

"OSA, is a medical condition that significantly increases the risk for hypertension, heart attack, stroke and death and must be diagnosed by a physician." Said Dr. Puccini, " I want to work with area physicians and patients who may benefit from an oral appliance or who are seeking an alternative to other types of therapy, such as CPAP." In addition to examining for oral cancer and dental disease, we now screen every patient for the presence of primary snoring and possible sleep apnea. If OSA is suspected, we refer them to their primary physician for a diagnosis. If appropriate, an oral appliance may be prescribed.

Dr. Puccini is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a general dentist with a special interest in implant, cosmetic dentistry and sleep medicine. He and his wife, Dr. Susan Roberge, have owned and operated their dental practice in Bedford for over 30 years.

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By Angie Sykeny

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Sparkling wine is often reserved for things like a holiday party, fancy dinner or birthday celebration, but there’s more to this bubbly beverage than the iconic pop of a Champagne bottle.

Local winemakers and aficionados share their knowledge of different types of sparkling wine, where and how it’s produced and why it’s the perfect wine for any day — not just special occasions.

Sparkling styles

Like regular still wines, sparkling wines are grouped into three color categories.

Svetlana Yanushkevich, sommelier, wine educator and owner of WineNot Boutique and The Wine Steward in Nashua, said white wines are a shade of yellow and are made from green or yellow grapes such as chardonnay, sauvignon and riesling. White wines can also be made from dark-skinned grapes and still maintain their pale coloring through a process in

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which the grapes are carefully pressed to extract the clear or lightly pigmented inner pulp while excluding the pigmented skin from the wine. This process is commonly used for Champagne made with the black grapes pinot noir and pinot meunier.

Contrarily, red wine is made from darkskinned grapes to achieve a shade of violet, red or brown. All of the color is drawn from the pigment in the grape’s skin.

The third color category is rosé wine, which has a pink color achieved by extracting a small amount of pigment from dark-skinned grapes or by adding a small amount of red wine to a white wine.

Sparkling wines are also rated on a sweetness/dryness scale, Yanushkevich said. There are seven levels ranging from the driest kind of wine, called “brut nature,” which has only very small traces of sugar, if any, to the sweetest kind of dessert wine, called “doux,” which has the highest sugar content.

As far as ingredients, there are two types of sparkling wines. A varietal is named after a grape that constitutes at least 85

percent of the wine. A local example of a varietal is the Cayuga Sparkling White Wine from Flag Hill Winery in Lee, named after the cayuga grape, which makes up 100 percent of the wine. Other wines are made with blends of two or more fruits or grapes that each make up less than 85 percent of the wine.

Amy LaBelle, owner of winemaker of LaBelle Winery in Amherst, said blended sparkling wine, particularly fruit wine, has been a recent trend and something she’s enjoyed working with.

“It’s like cooking a dish that you love,” she said. “You put a little of this and a little of that, and it gives you freedom to take a single wine varietal and blend it to either express the qualities of that varietal in a different way or transform it into something entirely new.”

Fruit forward

Hermit Woods. Courtesy photos.

Most sparkling wines are made in the traditional fashion using grapes, but wines made from other kinds of fruit have recently entered the scene, particularly in New

Making wine at Hermit Woods. Courtesy photo.

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“Our most popular wines to sparkle are the fruit wines,” Incredibrew owner Erik Croswell said. “Those ones are so good as a sparkling because they’re very light and crisp, but still dry and not overly sweet.”

To make sparkling wine at Incredibrew, you can schedule a private session and make a whole batch for yourself, or you can participate in one of the periodic split-a-batch events and make wine in a group session. First, you’ll mix all the ingredients yourself and leave them to ferment. Then, you’ll return in four to six weeks to bottle them — just make sure to specify that you want them sparkling, and Incredibrew will do the carbonation process for you before you bottle them.

Croswell said it’s also popular for people to make a wine with half of the batch as a still wine and half of it sparkling.

“Why not get half of them sparkled and half not, because it’s almost like different varieties. They’re getting two different wines,” he said.

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Hampshire. In fact, all four of the locally produced sparkling wines from Hermit Woods Winery in Meredith and all three produced by LaBelle Winery are made entirely or partially from fruit other than grapes. Because most of the grapes used in sparkling wines don’t grow naturally here, winemakers are turning to native fruits.

“You can do it in human constructs and use sprays and various techniques to help [grapes] grow, but to avoid all that we decided to focus on what grows well here on its own without sprays,” said Ken Hardcastle, winemaker at Hermit Woods Winery. “Wild blueberries, apples, rosehips — those all can be handled in a way to still produce world-class fine wines.”

The winemaking process is the same with fruit as it is with grapes, and Hardcastle said that local fruit wines can turn out just as good if not better than grape wines because the fruits that grow in New Hampshire’s cold climate tend to have high acidity, which makes them ideal ingredients for sparkling wines.

However, there is still a stigma in the wine community about sparkling fruit wines and a belief that they are cheap, overly sweet and a lower-quality deviation from traditional grape wines.

“I like to treat fruit wine with the same respect as grape. We don’t use a fruit concentrate; we use fresh fruit just like you would with grapes, so fruit wines don’t all have to be sweet and syrupy,” LaBelle said.

“Our dry apple wine is a perfect example of that. It’s dry, crisp and clean with no residual sugar. You don’t feel like you’re drinking a fruit bomb at all.”

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Granite State sparkles Though New Hampshire is still in its early stages as a sparkling wine producer, it has already begun to develop a signature style that often incorporates native varieties of fruits not found in other wine regions. Get a taste of what the Granite State has to offer with these sparkling wines created by local wineries.

Flag Hill Distillery & Winery (297 N. River Road, Lee, 659-2949, flaghill.com) • Cayuga Sparkling White Wine, $22.95 A bright, sweet and aromatic varietal wine made with 100 percent Cayuga grapes.

Features citrus and exotic fruit flavors and a lingering well-balanced acidity. Pair with pasta dishes or with brunch, alone or in a mimosa.

Hermit Woods Winery (72 Main St., Meredith, 253-7968, hermitwoods.com) • Sparkling Harvest Apple, $24.95 Made with French and English heirloom apples, quince and crabapple. Crisp, light and fruity with a long finish. Pair with light appetizers, spicy foods or lobster.

• Sparkling Heirloom Crabapple, $24.95 Full-bodied wine made with whole heirloom Dolgo crabapples. Medium dry with a long and tangy finish. Pairs with spicy dishes, light meals or roast turkey.

• Sparkling Kiwi Berry, $29.95 Dry, full-bodied wine made with local organic kiwi berries. Features unique fruity aromas and flavors and a bright acidity. Pair with robust cheeses, savory dishes like pork and smoked salmon, and light summer fare like prosciutto and melon.

• Sparkling Three-Honey, $34.95 A sparkling mead made with a blend of three raw and unfiltered local wildflower honeys. Features a light floral aroma and finish. Pair with Thai or Chinese cuisine.

LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewinerynh.com) • Shimmer, $25 Semi-dry sparkling white wine made from a blend of 50 percent dry riesling and 50 percent dry apple wines. Aromatic and bright acidity with crisp fruit and floral tones. Pair with salads or small plates and cream-based dishes. Awarded Bronze, 2013, and Silver, 2014, at The Big E. • Sparkling Cranberry, $25 Semi-sweet and refreshing rosé wine made with New England cranberries. Pair with salad course and holiday meals. Premier exhibitor and winner of the “Best New Hampshire Wine” award at The Big E, 2016.

• Tempest, $25 Semi-sweet sparkling red wine made from a blend of LaBelle’s Red Raspberry and Seyval Blanc wines and the red grape baco noir. Fresh raspberry aroma and flavors. Pair with chocolate or a rich dessert.

Awarded Gold at The Big E, 2014.

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15 understand the stigma since a big part of winemaking is about capturing the essence of the region in which the wine is made, and New Hampshire fruit wines are doing just that.

“This idea in the wine industry that anyone making fruit wine is perpetuating this major atrocity is just a bizarre concept to me, because last I checked, grapes are a fruit, too,” he said. “One of the reasons for winemaking is to use the local agriculture around you, and we have blueberries, cranberries, apples and so many great fruits available here.”

with the traditional method for the first time this year.

“That’s the high-end French method so we’re excited to bring that to our process,” LaBelle said. “I don’t know if the average consumer will notice, but there is a style difference with using that method. The bubbles are a little softer on your palate and a little more elegant than the [artificial] carbonated bubbles.”

The simplest method, Hardcastle said, is forced carbonation which involves injecting carbon dioxide directly into the wine.

The result is large, ephemeral bubbles, and this method is used only for the cheapest tier of wines. It’s more commonly used for many beers, hard ciders and sodas.

Aged to perfection

The process of making a sparkling wine begins with making it as a regular still wine; most carbonation methods are performed after the primary fermentation period for the still wine is complete. The length of fermentation varies depending on what the winemaker is trying to achieve. For example, Ferguson stops fermentation for his white wines early so that there is a significant amount of natural sugars left in the wine.

“It’s a difficult process to do, but by leaving those sugars, it traps and preserves all the aromatic compounds of the grape and doesn’t allow those nice flavors to escape,” he said.

Hardcastle takes the exact opposite approach to achieve the opposite outcome.

“The bulk of fine wines are made in a dry fashion. In other words, they leave little or no residual sugar,” he said. “So we take our blueberries and blackberries and rosehips and ferment them until there’s no residual sugar, which is totally different than what most people do with fruit wines.

But those fruit wines aren’t typically ageworthy like the great wines of the world, and that’s what we’re trying to craft.”

After a sparkling wine is carbonated and

Bubbly benefits Hermit Woods wine making. Courtesy photo.

bottled, a winemaker may choose to bottle age it. The aging time for standard sparkling wines is typically between 9 months and 10 years, but that also depends on the winemaker’s preference and the type of wine being aged.

One of the biggest changes that occurs while a sparkling wine is aging is its flavor profile. Over time, the wine will start to lose the vibrant fruit flavors typical of a young wine, and the more earthy and robust secondary flavors will come to the forefront. The wine’s bubbles will also go through some changes.

“The longer you age a sparkling wine in a cellar, the more delicate and tiny bubbles it will have,” Yanushkevich said. “Tiny creamy bubbles create a sensation of silk, and that is a sign of a very good-quality sparkling wine. … But if you store it too long the bubbles may disappear, especially with Champagne.”

Making it sparkle

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Hardcastle said the most common carbonation method is the charmat method, also referred to as the tank method. It’s most famously used for Italian prosecco. After the still wine goes through its primary fermentation, it’s moved to a pressurized steel tank along with sugar and yeast and left for a secondary fermentation period during which it will become carbonated.

The most romanticized carbonation method, used for Champagne and other high-quality wines, he said, is the traditional method, also known as méthode classique or the Champagne method. The still wine is first fermented in a barrel on its own. After that, the wine is bottled along with added yeast and sugar and left for a second fermentation period during which the still wine will become a sparkling wine.

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Carbonation adds more than just bubbles. When it dissolves it creates carbonic acid, which alters the structure and acidity level of the wine.

“That actually changes how you perceive the taste of the wine,” Ferguson said.

“Even if you have two identical wines but one is carbonated, you can tell the difference between the two because [the carbonation] really does change the wine’s baseline a little.”

The carbonic acid from the carbonation can also help to balance out overbearing or clashing flavors and enhance the taste of the wine.

Hardcastle gives the example of CocaCola: when it’s flat, it has an overly sweet and syrupy taste that doesn’t come through when the soda is carbonated.

“You get that activity of the bubbles and that interplay of sweet and tingly on your tongue,” he said, “and sparkling wines are balanced in the same way to make it work.”

It’s not uncommon for someone who dislikes a particular style of still wine to have a change of heart about it once they try the sparkling version. The bubbles can help to draw out subtle sweet flavors in the background and carry them forward to make a dry wine more palatable, or they can make a full-bodied wine seem a little softer and more refreshing.

Erik Croswell, owner of the makeyour-own beer and wine lab Incredibrew in Nashua, said he’ll never forget the first customer to inquire about making sparkling wines. She told Croswell that she didn’t like red wine but wanted to drink it for its health benefits. Then she asked if it would be possible to make a sparkling pinot noir.

“That was the first one we tried, and it came out great,” Croswell said. “Pinot noir is a pretty dry wine, but when we sparkled it, it became more vibrant and had this fruit-forwardness. I was just surprised at how the bubbles could give that sense of the wine being sweet when it had no added fruit flavors.”

Wines of the world

Sparkling wine is produced all over the world and has a wide range of styles.

Yanushkevich said the most prestigious sparkling wines and many other varieties, particularly white wines, are produced in regions with cool climates, which are conducive to creating the high acidity and delicate, light-bodied quality commonly associated with sparkling wine. Warmer climates tend to foster wines that are flatter, bolder and fuller-bodied than what is typically desirable for sparkling wine, although there are some sparkling red wines designed to be a bit heavier than the whites and rosés that are produced in those climates.

Here’s a quick look from Yanushkevich at some of the top sparkling wine producing countries and their most notable wines.

• Germany uses the term sekt to refer to its standard sparkling wines. Sekt encompasses a range of sweet and dry wines and is known for its prominent fizz. The majority of sekt is composed at least partially of imported wine and grapes from other wine regions but premium sekt is made from native grapes such as pinot noir and riesling. Austria also uses the term sekt for its sparkling wines though they are different from Germany’s and are made with their 18 own native grapes.

A WORLD OF BUBBLES Explore the range of styles found in some of the best sparkling wine regions of the world with these recommendations from Svetlana Yanushkevich, sommelier, wine educator and owner of WineNot Boutique and The Wine Steward in Nashua. You can find all of them at WineNot, and many are available at other independent wine shops and at New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlets, either in the stores or through special order.

Austria • Steininger Cabernet Sauvignon Rose Sekt 2013, Kamptal, Austria, $33.99 Dry and refreshing, traditional-method pale pink rosé with blackcurrant leaf aroma and a soft fizz that exudes notes of tart blackcurrant.

Food pairings: salads, cheeses, fruit and seafood.

Brazil • Miolo Brut, NV, Serra Gaúcha, Brazil, $21.99 Pale yellow with fine bubbles and creamy texture, bright acidity and a pleasant aftertaste.

Complex aroma includes a range of fruits and aging florals.

Food pairings: shellfish, mild cheeses and salads.

California • Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noir, NV, Carneros, Sonoma, $27.99 Made from a blend of pinot noir rose and vin gris (pinot noir white wine). Has a creamy texture, lively bubbles and lingering finish.

Features red berry, cherry, lemon and cola flavors, floral notes and strawberry, black cherry and subtle vanilla aromas.

Food pairings: crab, roast pork, quail, foie gras, Thai cuisine, semi-sweet desserts and triple-aged gouda or hard-aged cheeses with persimmons and hazelnuts.

France • Baron de Seillac Brut Rose, NV, Provence, France, $15.99 Dry rosé made with 100 percent grenache grapes that exudes a white cherry flavor, subtle mandarin acidity and fresh floral aroma.

Food pairings: cold cuts, barbecue, small game and lightly smoked fish.

• 90+ Magic Door Champagne La Cle de la Femme, Champagne, France, $38.99 Champagne made from a blend of 80 percent pinot meunier and 20 percent chardonnay, featuring apple and white pear aromas and subtle notes of almond, buttered toast and baking spices.

Food pairings: triple cream brie-style cheese, mascarpone, buttered popcorn, seafood, butter cream sauce, salami, stuffed mushrooms, egg dishes, foie gras and sweetbread.

• Charles Heidsieck Brut Rose, NV, Champagne, France, $84.99 Rosé Champagne made with the classic three-grape blend and matured for over three years. Features a light sparkle and a complex aroma of strawberry jam, peach, gingerbread and subtle notes of cinnamon, with a deep, aromatic finish.

Food pairings: appetizers and dishes with intense but delicate flavors such as seafood, pasta and braised white meats.

Italy • Benvolio Prosecco NV, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, $21.99 Vibrant gold-colored wine with finely textured but lingering bubbles; citrus, honey and floral aromas; flavors of peach, lemon, green apple and grapefruit; and a crispy acidity with a light and refreshing finish.

Food pairings: spring and Caesar salads, prosciutto with melon, seafood, cold soups, risottos, polenta, broiled chicken, summer pasta and Asian cuisines such as Chinese, Thai, Indian and sushi.

• Villa Jolanda Coconut Moscato NV, Piedmont, Italy, $14.99 Sweet and delicate wine with natural coconut flavor and an intense straw-yellow coloring.

Food pairings: desserts, especially pastries.

• Turina Garda Spumanti Brut Rose NV, Lago di Garda, Italy, $25.99 Dry, light-medium rosé made from a blend of 50 percent groppello and 50 percent marzemino grapes. Features steady fine-textured bubbles, intense aromas of fresh strawberry, red cherry, watermelon and bubblegum, and fairly high acidity with a clean, quinine-like bitterness on the finish.

Food pairings: appetizers, fish, shellfish and lobster.

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• Italy is the second largest sparkling wine producing country. It’s home to some of the most popular sparkling wine varieties, including prosecco, a white wine made from glera grapes or a blend of at least 85 percent glera along with another grape such as chardonnay or pinot grigio. It’s carbonated through fermentation in a pressurized tank and is known for its big foamy bubbles that settle on top when poured. Its fruity and refreshing quality makes it a popular ingredient for mixed drinks such as bellinis and mimosas.

“Champagne is used for special occasions, but prosecco is more affordable, so you can use it as a fun everyday wine for a Sunday brunch or a summertime picnic,” Yanushkevich said. “It’s also not as dry as Champagne; it’s fresher and has younger flavors of pears, peaches and nectarines, so it appeals to a larger group of people.”

Another popular sparkling wine produced in Italy is moscato d’asti, a low-alcohol white wine made from muscat blanc grapes. Moscato d’asti is characterized primarily by its strong sweetness, featuring fresh floral notes and peachy fruit flavors. It comes in two styles: frizzante, which has very soft and subtle bubbles, and spumante, which is fully sparkling with prominent frothy bubbles.

Flavored varieties of moscato d’asti,

such as coconut, watermelon and strawberry, are also popular.

lively tiny bubbles that carry the aroma and flavor to the surface and magnify them as they pop.

“Champagne, one of the greatest sparkling wines from one of the greatest regions in the world, has a much higher acidity level that sets it apart from the warmer, richer wines and really lends itself to the bubbles,” Hardcastle said.

French wines that aren’t Champagne but use the Champagne production method are classified as cremant, which translates to English as “creamy.” These wines have larger bubbles and a more diluted fizz, resulting in a texture that’s more creamy than sparkling.

• Spain is famous for its cava, a highend white or pink sparkling wine often said to be comparable to Champagne because it is produced through the same traditional method. Cava is available in a range of dry and sweet styles.

• France is the No. 1 sparkling wine producing country and home to what is arguably the most prestigious sparkling wine in the world, Champagne. Grown, fermented and bottled in the famous Champagne wine region, it is the only wine legally allowed to bear the official name. This and many other regulations surrounding Champagne are meticulously upheld.

The three grape varieties used for Champagne are the white chardonnay grape and the dark-skinned pinot noir and pinot meunier grapes. Blanc de blanc (“white from white”) Champagnes are made entirely with chardonnay. Blanc de noir (“white from black”) Champagnes are made from 100 percent pinot noir, 100 percent pinot meunier or a mix of the two.

Rosé wines and most of the other styles feature a blend of all three grapes.

Champagne styles range from sweet to dry, though most are on the dryer side. Other characteristics depend on

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the grapes and blends used. These grapes also act as vessels for the region’s unique terroir, which gives the Champagne an added layer of complexity not found in wines produced in other regions.

Champagne is made through the traditional method of production. Ideally, the result will be a Champagne dense with

• California has some regions with a cool climate that’s conducive to sparkling wine production, including the production of champagne. Aside from not originating in the Champagne region, California champagnes share the same characteristics that define a French Champagne; they use the same grapes — chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, locally sourced — and the traditional method of production.

“The only difference is that, because the climate in California is warmer, its champagne has a more tropical fruit, green apple flavor and more sensation of sweetness,” Yanushkevich said. “But the quality of the bubbles [in California

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If you’re looking for something different from the mainstream wines and you’re willing to do a little digging, consider wine from up-and-coming sparkling wine regions such as Brazil, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and its neighboring island Tasmania.

“They can be harder to find on the market, but there are lots of countries and some exotic, unknown regions that are producing beautiful sparkling wines,” Yanushkevich said.

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You don’t have to wait for a celebration or party to enjoy a glass of sparkling wine. With so many different styles and price ranges, there are sparkling wines to suit any occasion.

Croswell said he’s found that more people are enjoying sparkling wine on a casual basis.

“It’s the new thing that’s trending. It’s like the new wine cooler,” Croswell said.

“It tastes great, and it’s certainly a different feel from the non-sparkling wines.

People just like bubbly.”

However, LaBelle said there is still a misconception that sparkling wine is only a celebratory drink, and she wants to disprove that and show that it can be the perfect wine any day of the week.

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“We’re big proponents of having sparkling wine more often than just for special occasions, and we’d love to try and get it brought to the forefront as an everyday wine,” LaBelle said. “When you open a bottle of sparkling wine, it brings an element of celebration to whatever you’re doing, whether it’s a party or just a regular old dinner at home.”

Fizzy cocktails You can easily take a mixed drink from basic to bubbly with a splash of sparkling wine. Check out these sparkling cocktail recipes, courtesy of Flag Hill Distillery & Winery in Lee and LaBelle Winery in Amherst.

Macintosh ½ ounce Flag Hill Josiah Bartlett Apple Brandy (or apple brandy of your choice) 1 ounce fresh apple cider 2 drops maple bitters Flag Hill Sparkling Cayuga White Wine (or sparkling white wine of your choice)

Flag Hill Sparkling Cayuga White Wine (or sparkling white wine of your choice)

Fill a pint glass with ice and add the Apple Brandy, apple cider and maple bitters Shake and strain into a martini glass.

Top with Sparkling Cayuga.

Garnish with an apple slice.

Raspberry Champagne Cocktail 3 ounces LaBelle Winery Red Raspberry (or comparable fruit wine) 3 ounces LaBelle Winery Shimmer (or sparkling white wine of your choice)

Violet Sky ¼ ounce Flag Hill Blueberry Liqueur (or comparable flavored liqueur) Flag Hill Sparkling Cayuga White Wine (or sparkling white wine of your choice)

Pour Red Raspberry and Shimmer into a tall Champagne flute.

Garnish with frozen red raspberries.

In a Champagne flute, fill glass with Sparkling Cayuga, leaving a half inch at the top.

Add the ¼ ounce of Cranberry Liqueur.

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In a Champagne flute, fill glass with Sparkling Cayuga, leaving a half inch at the top.

Add the ¼ ounce of Blueberry Liqueur.

Garnish by floating 3 fresh blueberries New England Royal ¼ ounce Flag Hill Cranberry Liqueur (or comparable flavored liqueur)

Sparkling Cranberry 3 ounces LaBelle Winery Shimmer (or sparkling white wine of your choice) 3 ounces LaBelle Winery Cranberry (or comparable fruit wine) Pour Shimmer and Cranberry into a Champagne glass.

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Christmas Eve on the Oval returns to the Union Square Bandstand in Milford from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event features an outdoor Christmas carol service, hot drinks and refreshments and more.

Admission is free and open to the public. Visit lwccnh.org or call 673-9324.

EAT: dinner and dessert Join the Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way) for a Christmas Eve dinner on Saturday, Dec. 24, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The dinner will feature a three-course prix fixe menu, followed by a grand dessert buffet in the Inn’s Great Hall. The cost is $79 per person and $39 for children ages 10 and under.

Visit bedfordvillageinn.com or call 472-2001 for more information.

Bring the family to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord) during your holiday break. The museum will open its doors all week for its planetarium shows, beginning Monday, Dec. 26, at 10:30 a.m., with shows throughout the day until Saturday, Dec. 31, at 4 p.m. Each show runs approximately 40 to 45 minutes and tickets will be sold until about 10 minutes before each scheduled show. Visit starhop.com or call 271-7827 for more details.

DRINK: wine The Wine Steward (201 Route 111, Hampstead) will hold its annual port and bubbles wine tasting on Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit thewinestewardnh.com or call 329-4634 for details.

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Join the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway) for the next meeting of the retro gaming club from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Discover old-school Game Boy and other retro Nintendo games, and learn how to turn current technology into emulators for your favorite old games. Admission is free, and no registration is required. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

BE MERRY: for Christmas at the Arena The Manchester Christian Church presents Christmas at the Arena at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester). The event will include a yuletide pre-show with carols, games, giveaways and more, followed by a Christmas worship service and classic sing-along tunes. The streets around the arena will also be decorated for the occasion, and non-perishables will be accepted for New Horizons for New Hampshire. Admission is free. Visit manchesterchristian.com or call 622-9677.

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ARTS New home

Majestic Theatre moves to 880 Page St.

By Kelly Sennott

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This winter, the Majestic Theatre makes its new home at 880 Page St., the former residence of the Grace Capital Community Church in Manchester.

During a recent tour of the new place, Artistic Director Robert Dionne was waist-deep in construction projects within the 7,000 square-foot space — an upgrade from its 5,400 of square feet on the third floor of the Bell building on Main Street.

When completed, it will house 10 music studios, three rehearsal rooms, offices and, most notably, an enormous 3,000 square-foot space at the building’s center, where the church used to congregate. For the time being, the new home will be used only for rehearsals and music lessons with the Ted Herbert Music School, which the theater company acquired early 2016. Productions will continue at the Executive Court Banquet Facility and Derry Opera House.

This enormous room was being used for storage mid-December while the studios were being finished, and it was filled with props, furniture, costumes, chairs, drums and pianos. At the front was a large platform left over from the previous tenants. Despite all the work that still had to be done, Dionne seemed optimistic at the time of the visit.

“Downtown is losing Ted Herbert’s, which is kind of sad because they’ve been there a long time, but the opportunity that this is going to provide is going to allow The Majestic Theatre Visit majestictheatre.net or call 669-7469.

Robert Dionne at work in the Majestic Theatre’s new home at 880 Page St., Manchester. Kelly Sennott photo.

the school to move to the next level,” he said.

The concept of “home” has led the 26-year-old Majestic Theatre on a roller coaster ride the past five years. In 2011, it was forced to move from the former Ste. Marie School building after 10 years there to the Bell building due to stricter fire codes — the Ste. Marie building needed a new sprinkler system, and the company couldn’t afford to have one installed at the time, Dionne said.

The positive outcome of this 2011 move was that the theater’s proximity to the Ted Herbert Music School in the same building afforded Dionne to get to know Mark and Marlene Herbert, who asked him if he’d be willing to take the school under the Majestic umbrella early 2016, which he did. At the same time, the siblings sold the building separately to Chandler LLC.

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But early fall, the new building owner informed Dionne that the Majestic Theatre and Ted Herbert Music School would need to vacate the building due to intentions to redevelop, Dionne said. Not long after, Dionne and Karen Bessette, development director with the school, began looking and found 880 Page St. They began construction around Thanksgiving.

Overall, rent is more, but it’s less per square foot because of its location in the warehouse district instead of the business

district, Dionne said. They liked it was two minutes from Interstate 93, and they liked its enormous size, which would enable bigger ensembles, classes, camps and bands, and its ample free parking.

Dionne signed a 10-year lease.

“When one door closes, another opens.

This has been a lot of work, but in the larger scheme of things, it’s going to be so much better. It’s giving us that stability we haven’t had since we left the West Side. The owner of this building, Jim McDowell, is amazing. He’s met us beyond halfway to get us in here,” Dionne said.

Since Dionne’s interview, the plan has seen some hiccups; the official movein was postponed from Dec. 17 to early January because the building and certificate of occupancy weren’t ready in time.

But he’s been encouraged by the community’s support, particularly on Dec. 3, when the theater and music school saw a crowd of 30 students, directors, teachers and locals helping the company move major items across town.

He hopes this presents the start of a more integrated nonprofit. The plan is to host a grand opening in January, once move-in is official.

“The way we were situated in ROBERT DIONNE the Bell building was in a ‘U.’ There were teachers on one end that didn’t really know teachers on the other end. ...

Now, we’re really all going to be one unit, which is what we want,” Dionne said.

...the opportunity that this is going to provide is going to allow the school to move to the next level.

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Theater Auditions/open calls • AUDITIONS: PALACE THEATRE Auditions for professional productions of Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever and Million Dollar Quartet.

Wed., Jan. 4, at 6 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Call 668-5588 to schedule appointment.

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River Theater Company production. Sun., Jan. 8, 3-6 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Charlestown Town Hall, Charlestown. Email breakaleg1@comcast.net.

Productions • A CHRISTMAS CAROL Players’ Ring production.

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• IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Seacoast Rep production. Dec. 2 through Dec. 23. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. $17-$30. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• GOING TO SEE THE KID Merrimack Repertory Theatre production. Nov. 30 through Dec. 24. Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. $26-$70. Visit mrt.org

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• A CHRISTMAS CAROL Palace Theatre production. On view Dec. 2 through Dec. 23.

Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25-$45. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• A CHRISTMAS CAROL Leddy Center production. Dec. 2 through Dec. 22. Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38C Ladd’s Lane, Epping. $20.

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• JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Winnipesaukee Playhouse production. Dec. 16 through Dec. 30. Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. $12-$22. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

• DORKS IN DUNGEONS: SEASON 5 Improv comedy show that explores stories in fantasy worlds using the traditions of role-playing games.

Fri., Dec. 23, at 8 p.m. 3S

Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. $12 or pay-whatyou-can. Visit 3Sarts.org or dorksindungeons.com.

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PALACE Featuring magician Jay Mattiolo and a cappella group Maccabeats. Mon., Dec. 26, at 5:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $8. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• ANDREW PINARD: DISCOVERING MAGIC Oneperson magic-themed production. Wed., Dec. 28, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 29, at 3 and 7 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 30, at 3 and 8 p.m. The Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $15.

Visit playersring.org. Call 4368123.

• ZEST FEST: THE YOYO SHOW Part of ZEST FEST: New Vaudeville Festival.

Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Children’s Service, 4:00 pm Christmas Hymns & Choral Anthems, 7:30 pm Festival Choral Service with Eucharist, 8:00 pm

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(The old equipment ranged in age from 30 to 50 years old, according to the press release.)

Visit nhtheatreproject.org.

The Rochester Opera House has also seen a great deal of support for its latest venture, its Performance & Arts Center, a new venue that will host performance and studio spaces, an art gallery and arts educational programs for kids and adults, with the mission of making the arts more accessible for all community members. Recent donations have come from Studley’s Flower Gardens and Jetpack Comics, according to recent press releases. “The Rochester Opera House is bringing something new and exciting to downtown Rochester. …

The new Performance & Arts Center not only adds to the downtown revitalization process but provides even more art, culture, and entertainment to the greater community,” Ralph DiBernardo, owner of Jetpack Comics, said in the release. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

— Kelly Sennott

Featuring John and Rebecca Higby. Wed., Dec. 28, at 2 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 29, at 2 p.m.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. $15. Visit pontine.org/performances.

• THE NUTCRACKER New Hampshire School of Ballet production. Thurs., Dec. 29, at 7 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $18.

• ZEST FEST: LELAND FAULKNER Part of ZEST FEST: New Vaudeville Festival. Featuring Leland Faulkner.

Fri., Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. $15. Visit pontine.org/performances.

• WHILE THE LIGHTS WERE OUT New Year’s dinner theater by the Majestic Theatre. Sat., Dec. 31, at 7 p.m., $50 per person, Sun., Jan. 1, at noon, $38 per person.

Includes raffles. The Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester.

Call 669-7469. Visit majestictheatre.net.

• THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) Produced by Cue Zero Theatre Company. Jan. 6 through Jan. 22. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $16.50.

Visit hatboxnh.com.

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• Zesty: Pontine Theatre hosts ZEST FEST: New Vaudeville Festival Dec. 26 through Dec. 30 at Portsmouth’s Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, with performances at 2 p.m. The festival presents family-friendly shows off the beaten track, starting with King Pong’s Ping Pong Rodeo on Monday, Dec. 26, and Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m., featuring Michael Trautman, a “non-traditional” clown. On Wednesday, Dec. 28, and Thursday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m., John and Rebecca Higby bring back The YoYo Show, which will include old favorites (Walk the Dog, Rock the Baby), plus some new ones. And finally, on Friday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m., Leland Faulkner performs World of Wonders, an original show featuring shadowgraphs. Tickets for each show cost $15.

Visit pontine.org, email info@pontine.org or call 436-6660.

• The last Nutcracker: Christmas doesn’t have to end Dec. 25; the New Hampshire School of Ballet presents its take of The Nutcracker Thursday, Dec. 29, at 7 p.m., at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. The production tells the classic tale of Clara, the Nutcracker, the Mouse King and the Sugarplum Fairy with a cast of more than 50, falling snow and a growing tree. Tickets are $18. Visit palacetheatre. org or call 668-5588.

• Seacoast theaters’ community support: The New Hampshire Theatre Project’s “Bring Up the Lights” campaign was a success, according to a recent press release.

The theater company, based in Portsmouth, needed to raise $10,000 by Dec. 1 in order to purchase the new equipment (dimmers, lighting instruments, cable, lighting board)

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ARTS

Building creativity and confidence NH Art Educator of the year on art and teaching

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Mary Ann Lessard’s classroom at Iber Holmes Gove Middle School in Raymond was bustling with activity one recent Tuesday afternoon — members of her after-school art club were working on oil paintings, some with brushes and palette knives, others with their fingers.

“They’re all experimenting right now.

It’s much different from watercolor and acrylic painting. We wanted them to get a feel for it,” Lessard explained as she took attendance.

A Taylor Swift song played on one student’s phone, softened by the buzz of chatter and laughter. The room had a relaxed, easygoing air, and the kids slapped paint on their canvases freely.

It’s the kind of atmosphere Lessard, named the 2016 Art Educator of the Year by the New Hampshire Art Educators’ Association, tries to create in her classroom all the time. For many middle schoolers, the idea of expressing themselves creatively is a huge risk, and it’s not one they’re going to take unless they feel comfortable. Her goal is to get them to take that risk.

“I think art makes kids more confident,” Lessard said. “It’s why some kids get up and go to school in the morning. … I give students a lot of choice. I think choice is really important. The more choice, the more variety, the more interesting all the pieces are, too. … When I was growing up, all the kids’ artwork looked the same.

And it drove me nuts. Here, you never see two that are the same.”

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Fri., Jan. 6, at 7 p.m.

Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $40. Visit kids-coop-theatre.org.

• BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR AND OTHER STORIES Presented by Mermaid Theatre. Fri., Jan. 6, at 10 a.m.; Sat., Jan. 7, at 10 a.m.

Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. $9. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• ARTICULATE PLAYREADING SERIES:THE PITMEN PAINTERS theatre KAPOW performs The Pitmen Painters

by Lee Hall . Sun., Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission ($15 for adults, $13 seniors, $10 students, $5 for youth ages

Mary Ann Lessard and her art club at Iber Holmes Gove Middle School. Kelly Sennott photo.

That day, 13-year-old Amber Arpin was painting a horse, and Thomas Saluto was working on a landscape. Stasja Sytek, 12, was painting with her fingers, which she found was easier than using a brush.

“I love art class. I like that I can express myself through art, and there aren’t any limits to what I can do,” Sytek said.

For Lessard, creating her award submission offered an opportunity to look back.

When she first began teaching 31 years ago, she “naively” thought her goal was to turn her students into professional artists.

“I thought everybody loved art that first

13-17). Visit tkapow.com.

• GODSPELL Produced by STEPS, Specialized Theatre Enrichment Program. Retelling with contemporary references and new arrangements.

Thurs., Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $15.

Visit stepsnh.org/company.

• LES MISERABLES: SCHOOL EDITION Palace Youth Theatre production. Fri., Jan. 13, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 14, at noon. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester.

Visit palacetheatre.org, call 668-5588.

• SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE Palace Theatre mainstage production. Jan. 20 through Feb. 11.

Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $25-$45. Visit pal-

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acetheatre.org, call 668-5588.

• 15TH ANNUAL NH THEATRE AWARDS Gala awards night featuring the best directors, actors, productions, etc., in NH professional and community theater. Sat., Jan. 21, at 7 p.m.

Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. $32.50-$50.

Visit ccanh.com or call 225-1111.

• THE LION KING JR. Palace Youth Theatre production. Wed., Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. $14. Visit palacetheatre.org, call 668-5588.

• RUMORS Majestic Academy Teens production. Fri., Jan. 27, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 28, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $10. Visit majestictheatre.net.

year. Then I realized, no — not everybody loves art! You have to learn how to adjust and make projects for all kids,” she said.

She put a lot of effort into her submission booklet, which she pulled out that afternoon. It was packed with information, including one essay on her philosophy of art in education (“STEM is all about project-based learning now, but art has always been project-based,” she said) and one on her cancer battle.

“It’s been a struggle. But art helped me get through it. The worst part was when I was too sick to do anything,” Lessard said,

• MASS APPEAL Peterborough Players production, part of inaugural winter season.

Feb. 1 through Feb. 11. Peterborough Players Theatre, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. $39. Visit peterboroughplayers. org.

• ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL Saint Anselm College Abbey Players present evening of innovative works. Thurs., Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester. $9. Visit anselm.edu or call 641-7700.

• DUNNET LANDING STORIES Pontine Theatre production. Fri., Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 4, at 4 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Court St.,

flipping through the book. “With art and creating, you can escape the pressure of being sick or whatever — you can create and be at peace.”

Between the text are photos, student art images and newspaper clippings from when 170 of her kids were showcased at the Deerfield Fair.

“I guess I did a lot more work [with the submission] than I had to. But as I was doing it, I was thinking I wanted something nice. I’m getting closer and closer to retirement, and part of me was thinking, you know, I want something I can keep, look back and reflect on. Because this has been my life, teaching,” she said.

Some of her students have gone on to become professional artists or study art, like Tiffany Nye, who had Lessard about 15 years ago and majored in art at UNH. Today Nye is a family consumer science teacher at the middle school and helps out with art club whenever she can.

Outside of school, Lessard has explored art independently; she has painted and restored local church statues and, most recently, she designed the pen and ink drawings that would be plastered on T-shirts for her son’s band.

But that day, she was more interested in showing off her students’ work. She pulled out shoe sketches, paintings on slabs of wood and animal- and fantasy tree-themed projects. For her kids, the sky’s the limit, as far as she’s concerned.

“I think it’s about where you set your standards. I’m a believer that, if you set your standards high, kids will reach up to it,” she said.

Portsmouth. $24. Visit pontine. org. Call 436-6660.

• STORY PIRATES Featuring stories written by kids, performed by NY and LA improvisers and musicians. Wed., Feb. 8, at 10 a.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. $7. Visit ccanh.com.

Call 225-1111.

• PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Peacock Players production. Fri., Feb. 10, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 11, at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 12, at 2 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 18, at 2 & 7 p.m.

Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. $12-$15.

Visit peacockplayers.org.

Workshops/other • “IT’S SHOWTIME: A HISTORY OF MANCHESTER’S

THEATERS” Showcasing artifacts and stories of Palace Theatre and many others that didn’t last so long in the Queen City. On view through Jan. 14.

Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford St., Manchester. $8. Call 6227531. Email history@manchesterhistoric.org.

Art Events • “MOUNT WASHINGTON: THE CROWN OF NEW ENGLAND” TOUR Currier art exhibition featuring Mount Washington-themed work. On view Oct. 1 through Jan. 16.

Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Tour on Wed., Dec. 28, at 11:30 a.m. Regular admission, plus a $5 special exhibition fee. Visit currier.org.

Call 669-6144, ext. 108.

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• “BioLath” and Noon Year’s Eve: The Currier Museum of Art’s annual Noon Year’s Eve happens again at the museum, 150 Ash St., Manchester, on Saturday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day of celebrations will feature bubble-wrap fireworks, art-making activities, face-painting, a dance party, live entertainment, a huge balloon drop plus tricks by magician and performance artist David Hall. Attendees are invited to dress in their party best. This is a ticketed event; admission is $15 beforehand, $20 at the door. In other news, the Currier Museum of Art was recently awarded a $15,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the upcoming exhibition “Soo Sunny Park: BioLath,” which will be on view at the museum Feb. 25 through Aug. 6. It will be a site-specific work that will transform the museum’s Putnam Gallery into an immersive sculptural environment exploring the effects of light on visual perception. Visit currier.org.

• PSA news: There’s a lot going on at Positive Street Art, a Nashua-based nonprofit that aims to build stronger communities through art. It hired its new Americorps VISTA, Nicole Otis, who recently returned home from serving 39 months as a Peace Corps volunteer leader, and who will work

• ZIMMERMAN HOUSE TOUR Tour of Currier’s Zimmerman House. Wed., Dec. 28, at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tour starts at Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Tours are $20. Call 669-6144, ext. 108, visit currier.org.

• NOON YEARS EVE Bubblewrap fireworks, a huge balloon drop, art-making activities, face painting, a dance party and live entertainment. Sat., Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Tickets go on sale Nov. 25.

Visit currier.org/calendar/noonyears-eve-2016 or call 6696144, ext. 108.

• MANCHESTER ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING Speaker/demonstrator is watercolor and collage artists William Earnshaw. Mon., Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. Bedford Public Library, Meetinghouse Road, Bedford.

• LABELLE WINERY ART TALKS, “SONNETS” Featuring NHIA faculty member Ryan Flaherty. Art talk while savoring artisan cheeses, wine.

Sun., Jan. 15, at 3 p.m. LaBelle

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with PSA the next 12 months. It also recently announced the addition of its new pop-up gallery at 175 Main St., which is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will give local artists the opportunity to show their work to the public at reasonable prices. According to a press release, the studio is also equipped with mirrors and hardwood floor. Visit positivestreetart.org.

• Representing NH: Members of New Hampshire military families working with the Currier Museum of Art have created ornaments for New Hampshire’s tree part of the 2016 National Christmas Tree display at President’s Park outside the White House in D.C. Historically, the Granite State also plays an essential role in this display; in 1856, New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, became the first president to place a Christmas tree in the White House.

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Winery, 345 NH-101, Amherst.

NHIA and LaBelle Winery event. Complimentary for NHIA alumni or NHIA members. $5 general admission.

• “THERE IS MORE TO COLOR THAN MEETS THE EYE” Presentation by Harold Boll. New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Tues., Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. Visit nhia.edu.

• LABELLE WINERY ART TALKS, “611 MILES: AN INTERROGATION OF POLITICAL, NATURAL AND INTERIOR BORDERS” Featuring NHIA faculty member Lucinda Bliss on her body of work, “Tracking the Border.” Art talk while savoring artisan cheeses, wine. Sun., Feb. 19, at 3 p.m.

LaBelle Winery, 345 NH-101, Amherst. NHIA and LaBelle Winery event. Complimentary for NHIA alumni or NHIA members. $5 general admission.

Openings • “REVERIE” Art show with work by Lisa Mann. On view Jan. 7 through Feb. 16. Han-

cock Town Library, 25 Main St., Hancock. On view during regular library hours. Call 525-4411. Visit hancocktownlibrary.blogspot.com.

• “SETTING THE STANDARD” League of NH Craftsmen multi-media work by jurors. On view Jan. 13-March 24. Opening Fri., Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m. The Craft Center, 49 S. Main St., Concord. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• “ART AND BLOOM” Art exhibition featuring floral art by the Concord Garden Club inspired by art at McGowan Fine Art. Opening reception Thurs., Jan. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Call 225-2515.

Visit mcgowanfineart.com.

• “STORIED BOOKS” Currier Library and Archives exhibition showcasing volumes from rare book collection. On view Feb. 6 through June 9. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org.

• “DEEP CUTS: CONTEMPORARY PAPER CUTTING” Showcasing work

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MEET THE DORKS The next Dorks in Dungeons: Season 5 is Friday, Dec. 23, at 8 p.m., at 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. The improv comedy show follows the story of a fantastical courier troop, the Special Parcel Service of Continentia, as they struggle to make heroic mail deliveries in the face of grave danger and their own incompetence. Their success or failure is determined by the roll of a 20-sided die, reminiscent of role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Tickets are $12 or pay-what-you-can at the door. Visit dorksindungeons.com or 3sarts.org.

by contemporary artists who reconsider, redefine and subvert practice of paper cutting.

On view Feb. 25 through May 21. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org.

• “SOO SUNNY PARK: BIOLATH” Site-specific work by Soo Sunny Park in Putnam Gallery. On view Feb. 25 through Aug. 6. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

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Open calls • CAMERA COMMONS CALL FOR ART For art show Jan. 15-April 19. “Winter Landscapes.” Deadline is midnight Dec. 31. Camera Commons, 652 Central Ave., Dover.

Visit cameracommons.com.

Email up to 6 photos electronically to gallery@cameracommons.com. Call 842-4713.

Workshops/classes/ demonstrations • INTRODUCTION TO ZENTANGLE Zentangle is a relaxing, easy to learn method of creating beautiful images by using simple structured patterns. Artists and non-artists alike enjoy the simple elegance of putting pen to paper and find that it enhances creativity and stress relief. No experience is required. Sat., Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $22 tuition due upon registration, with a $10 materials fee. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233.

• PENDANTS! Workshop by Christine Keenan. Sat., Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen, 98 Main St., Nashua. $22, materials $10.

For ages 12 plus, adults and kids. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• DOUBLE HELIX BRACELET Workshop by Deb Fairchild. Sat., Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen, 98 Main St., Nashua. $54, materials $20. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• COMMUNITY EDUCA-

TION For adults, teens, and children at NH Institute of Art. Disciplines include ceramics, creative writing, drawing, metalsmithing, photography, printmaking, fibers, and more. NH Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Prices vary depending on type of class and materials needed. Call 6230313. Visit nhia.edu.

• COMMUNITY EMPTY BOWLS Make clay bowls to donate to Manchester Empty Bowls event to benefit New Horizons. First Friday of the month 3-6 p.m. Studio 550, 550 Elm St., Manchester. Free; beginners and advanced artists welcome. Visit 550arts.com.

Call 232-5597.

In the Galleries • “ART EXHIBIT: REARTISTRY, THE ART OF RECYCLING” Featuring upcycled work by storyteller and puppeteer Martha Dana.

On view Nov. 28 through Dec. 22. Aryaloka Buddhist Center, 14 Heartwood Circle, Newmarket. Call 659-5456.

• “CLEARING” Art show featuring work by Melissa Anne Miller. On view Nov. 15 through Dec. 23. McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave., Concord. Visit mcgowanfineart. com. Call 225-2515.

• “WHAT ARTISTS LOOK LIKE 2016” Portraits of local artists and their work by Jay Goldsmith. On view Nov. 4 through Dec. 23. Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. Visit portsmouthhistory.org. Call 4368433.

• “INHERENT GROWTH,” “GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS” Two art shows, the first featuring work by Rachel Montroy and Joe Montroy, the second featuring work

by Ellen Wetmore. Nov. 26 through Dec. 23. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth.

Visit 3sarts.org, call 766-3330.

• ARTFUL GIFT GIVING 2016 Featuring affordable pottery, jewelry, paintings, indoor

and outdoor sculpture, mobiles.

On view Dec. 1 through Dec. 24. Mill Brook Gallery, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord.

Visit themillbrookgallery.com.

Call 226-2046.

• “REUNION EXHIBIT: RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, CLASS OF 1967” On view Oct. 1 through Dec. 24. Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord. Call 226-2046, visit themillbrookgallery.com.

• “ART FROM THE HEART” Art show supporting artist Christine Hodecker as she battles cancer. On view Oct. 28 through Dec. 31. Mill Falls Marketplace, 312 DW Highway, Meredith. Visit millfalls.com. Call 279-7006.

• “SPIRIT OF THE SEASHORE” Art show featuring watercolor paintings by Peg Duffin. Dec. 7-Dec. 31. Lane Library, 2 Academy Ave., Hampton. Call 926-3368.

• “ART FROM MEMORY” Featuring artwork by Saad and Al Hassan Hindel. On view through December. RiverStones Custom Framing, 33 N. Main St., Rochester. Call 812-1488. Email riverstonescustomframing@gmail.com.

• LINDA H. FEINBERG Artist show. On view through December. Provident Bank, 115 River Road, Bedford. Visit lindafeinberg.com.

• WCA-NH 6x6 PANEL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER Show comprising 6-inch by 6-inch panels designed by artists from around the state. Each priced at $66.

On view Nov. 4 through Jan. 5.

Studio 550, 550 Elm St., Manchester. Visit 550arts.com. Call 232-5597.

• 4TH ANNUAL CUP SHOW & SALE Curated collection of cups, mugs, tumblers. Most priced between $25 and $55.

On view Nov. 4 through Jan. 6.

Studio 550, 550 Elm St., Manchester. Visit 550arts.com. Call 232-5597.

• “JUXTAPOSITIONS” Pho-

SO ZEN Need a de-stresser for after the holidays? You can look forward to a Zentangle Basics class at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen gallery in Nashua, 98 Main St., on Saturday, Jan. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm. (tuition $22, materials $10, for adults and teens 10 and older) taught by Christine Keenan, no experience necessary. That same day she hosts Zentangle: Beyond Basics, on Saturday, Jan. 7, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. ($27, $10 for materials, for adults and teens 10 and older). Visit nashua.nhcrafts.org. Call 595-8233.

tography exhibition featuring work by Jean Stimmell. On view through Jan. 7. Epsom Public Library, 1610 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com.

• “ABANDONED PLACES” Camera Commons photography exhibition. On view through Jan. 8. Camera Commons, 652 Central Ave., Dover. Email info@cameracommons.com.

• “LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY” Camera Commons photography exhibition.

On view through Jan. 9. Camera Commons, 652 Central Ave., Dover. Email info@cameracommons.com.

• “MAKING PLACES: ARTIST STUDIOS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE” Currier museum Library and Archives Focus Exhibition. On view Aug. 31-Jan. 12. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

• “UNWRITTEN THOUGHTS” Art exhibition on view at Art 3 Gallery. On view Sept. 22 through Jan. 13.

Art 3 Gallery, 44 W. Brook St., Manchester. Call 668-6650 or visit art3gallery.com.

• LOWELL ART ASSOCIATION FALL JURIED MEMBERS EXHIBITION Mingling with artists, art lovers, with refreshments and art. On view through Jan. 21. Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St., Lowell. Visit whistlerhouse.org. Call 978452-7641.

• “CATCHING LUMINANCE” Featuring photography by Deborah Gray. On view Nov. 28 through Jan. 27. Derryfield Lyceum Gallery, 2108 Manchester Road, Manchester.

Call 669-4524, ext. 2201. Visit derryfield.org. Email lyceumgallery@derryfield.org.

• “THE WHOLE FLOCK” Traditional hand-carved birds, contemporary paintings, illustrations, sculpture. On view Dec. 9 through Jan. 27. Massabesic Audubon Center Gallery, 26 Auburn Way, Auburn. Call 668-2045.

• “NATURE’S BACKDROP” Art show featuring work by Josee Severino. On view through January. Sullivan Framing, 15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford. Visit sullivanframing.com.

• HONEYHOLDE HOLIDAY ART SHOW Grand opening of new location with show, “Art for the Holidays: 100 Paintings and Prints.” On view Nov. 5 through Jan. 31.

Honeyhole, 101 Water St., Exeter. Visit facebook.com/ honeyholeshop or call 978500-7220.

• “LOCAL COLORS” Art

by Mary Jane Solomon of Kensington. On view through January. Seacoast Artist Association Gallery, 130 Water St., Exeter. Visit mjsolomonart. com. Call 778-3910.

• “2016: ROUNDUP AT 100” Featuring works by more than 2 dozen NH, Maine and Mass. artists. On view Dec. 2 through Feb. 26. The Gallery at 100 Market St., 100 Market St., Portsmouth.

• “PARADISE LOST: A DOUBLE-SIDED MYSTERY” Currier exhibition featuring artwork by Max Pechstein. On view through March 27. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit currier.org. Call 669-6144.

Classical Music Events • HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING Opera evening concert. Fri., Dec. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Christ Church, 43 Pine St., Exeter. $15.

• SPIRIT FIDDLE Concert featuring Robin Warren on fiddle, Brian Clauncey on guitar.

Sat., Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. Nashua Presbyterian Church, 1010 W. Hollis St., Nashua. $10. Visit spiritfiddle.com. Call 579-0603.

• CONCORD CHORALE Concert, Handel’s Chandos Anthems: “The Lord is My Light” and “Oh Come, Let Us Sing.” Fri., Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Christ Church, 43 Pine St., Exeter. $25. Visit concordcho-

rale.org. Other concerts Sat., Jan. 14, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 15, at 3 p.m. South Church, 27 Pleasant St., Concord.

• MUNCHING WITH THE LOW BRASS Manchester Community Music School concert.

Featuring MCMS faculty Claude Fried, trombone, Jennifer Larson, French horn, and Rebecca Plummer, pianist. Wed., Jan. 18, at 12:10 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, 106 Lowell St., Manchester. Free. Visit mcmusicschool.org. Call 644-4548.

• SYMPHONY NH Concert featuring music by Mozart and Beethoven. Featuring Max Levinson on piano. Sat., Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua.

Visit symphonynh.org.

• NIGHT AT THE OSCARS NH Philharmonic concert.

Sun., Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Manchester. $12-$50. Visit nhphilharmonic.org.

• HARRY JONES MEMORIAL CONCERT Featuring Seacoast Big Band, David Seiler directing. Tues., Jan. 24, at 8 p.m. Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. $12. Visit unh.edu/music. Call 862-2404.

• ARIAS AND APERTIVO Live performance of arias from favorite operas in support of Opera NH. Silent auction. Proceeds support the nonprofit.

Sat., Jan. 28, 6-9 p.m. Nashua Country Club, 25 Fairway St., Nashua. $50. Visit operanh.org.

• LA TRAVIATA By Verdi.

Opera NH. Sat., Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre. 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets $15-$75. Visit operanh.org.

Classes/workshops • PICCOLA OPERA MUSIC THEATER WORKSHOP MASTERCLASS Jan. 7-Feb. 25. Saturdays 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m.

Piccola Opera, 8 N. Main St., Concord. Vocal technique, stage movement, performance practices. Tuition $160. Visit piccolaopera.net. Call 781-5695, email piccolaoperanh@gmail.com.

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LISTINGS 28 Clubs Hobby, service...

28 Continued Education Classes, seminars, lectures...

29 Crafts Fairs, workshops...

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31 Miscellaneous Fairs, festivals, yard sales...

32 Museums & Tours Exhibits, events...

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Get Listed From yoga to pilates, cooking to languages to activities for the kids, Hippo’s weekly listing offers a rundown of all area events and classes.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE A stellar view

NH Astronomical Society presents winter skywatch

By Matt Ingersoll

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While the weather may be getting chillier and nightfall arriving more quickly, low humidity levels are bringing generally clearer skies, creating perfect opportunities to bring out that telescope collecting dust in your closet.

If you want some tips from the experts while you look at the stars, there’s a winter skywatch scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Nesmith Library in Windham.

Steve Rand, a retired earth science teacher at Merrimack High School and current board member of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society, will be leading the event, which will consist of a presentation and discussion followed by a guided tour of all you can see up above this time of year.

Rand said the Society normally brings along at least three or four telescopes for viewing, but anyone is welcome to bring their own as well.

The library will be providing its own telescope given to them as part of the NH Astronomical Society’s library telescope public outreach program.

“Most of our skywatches will typically have a 30- to 45-minute Winter Skywatch When: Wed., Dec. 28, 5 to 7 p.m.

Where: Nesmith Library, 8 Fellows Road, Windham Cost: Free; registration required. Visit nesmithlibrary.org or call 432-7154.

Visit: nhastro.com There are also free public skywatches Saturday, Dec. 31, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Market Square in Portsmouth and Friday, Jan. 6, 7 to 10 p.m. at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive, Concord

Clubs Hobby • KNIT & CROCHET CLUB All knitters and crocheters are welcome, all levels of experience. This monthly knitting and crocheting club at the library is facilitated by Karen Heise and sponsored by the Friends of the Goffstown Public Library. The group meets the 4th Tuesday of

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slideshow presentation to start with while the telescopes are being set up,” Rand said, “and it’s basically an overview of astronomy and of where we are in space and time, as well as of the specific objects that we’ll be looking at in the night sky.”

Telescopes are then set up at a designated location, usually in a nearby area that is dim enough for viewing. Rand said among the objects that are visible this time of year is the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31.

“The Andromeda is one of our closer companions in this part of the universe. It’s about 2.5 million light years away,” Rand said. “Any star you see with the naked eye is in the Milky Way galaxy, but [the Andromeda] is another whole island of stars.”

The Orion Nebula, or M42, is also visible this time of year through a telescope. Rand said it is often called a “stellar nursery” because new stars are always being formed in that par-

each month at 6:30 p.m. Tues., Dec. 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Goffstown Public Library, 2 High St., Goffstown. Free. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

ticular part of the sky.

“There are globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars that are neat to see, and other galaxies are an awesome thing as well,” Rand said. “The moon is always awesome too, seeing the craters, and when there are planets that are visible, that’s always a popular thing to see. … For instance, Jupiter will be coming up later in the winter. Right now it is rising at around 2 in the morning, but as we get into January and February, then it’ll be rising at a more decent hour in the evening for viewing.”

The New Hampshire Astronomical Society is a nonprofit made up of volunteers, and skywatches are always free. All you have to do is be sure to dress warmly for outdoor viewing and be mindful of the cloud cover before you head out.

“You never know what the conditions are going to be like, but if it’s overcast and a skywatch gets can-

equip you with information about Friends Youth Mentoring and introduce you to some best practices. Wed., Jan. 4, 4:30 to 7 p.m. The Friends Program, 202 N. State St., Concord. Free. Visit Continuing Education friendsprogram.org or call 228Open houses 0108.

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celled or postponed, oftentimes we’ll still have the presentation,” Rand said. “It’s totally up to the group involved, so sometimes we might stretch the presentation into an hour and then follow it with the skywatch on an alternative date the next night or two nights later.”

The New Hampshire Astronomical Society holds several area skywatches and other astronomy events each month, usually at libraries or schools.

“The skywatches that are associated with schools basically pretty much get restricted to the target audience, because they might coincide with a physics or astronomy course going on at the school,” Rand said. “However, with the library skywatches, we’re apt to get anybody. It might be friends of the library or senior citizens, but it might also be family members that bring smaller kids in as well. …

Everybody that just has an interest in astronomy is welcome.”

sion counselor, talk to faculty, register for classes, learn about financial aid, transfer options and much more. Drop off your MCC application during the Open House and your $20 application fee will be waived. Wed., Jan. 4, 4 to 7 p.m. Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St., Manchester. Free. Visit mccnh. edu or call 206-8000.

• NHTI WINTER OPEN HOUSE Learn about NHTI’s 90 academic programs and take a tour of the 240-acre campus.

Find out about campus life, meet current and former students, academic department heads, and representatives from admissions and financial aid.

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The Nesmith Library (8 Fellows Road, Windham) will host a family holiday comedy magic show featuring professional comedic magician Ed Popielarczyk on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 10 a.m. Popielarczyk will keep the whole family entertained with magic tricks, audience participation and family-themed humor. The kids in the audience are the stars of the show, making the magic happen themselves. Popielarczyk has been performing his magic shows for more than 30 years. Admission is free, but registration is required. Visit nesmithlibrary.org or call 432-7154 to sign up.

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Crafty workshops

Cowabunga’s Indoor Inflatable Playground (1328 Hooksett Road, Hooksett) will celebrate Elf on the Shelf Night on Friday, Dec. 23, from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be storytimes, fun games, prizes and much more. The main gym will also be open, and games will be on the pavilion. The cost is $10 for kids, and adults and babies are free.

Cowabunga’s will also be open for special hours throughout the week in observance of the school holiday vacation. All three gyms will be open on Saturday, Dec. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from Monday, Dec. 26, through Friday, Dec. 30, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit mycowabungas.com or call 6258008 for more details.

Learn to play Spin the Dreidl at the Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive) on Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 2 to 3 p.m. Even if you don’t know how to play or have never played before, this is a perfect opportunity to learn the traditional

days” weekly from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 4, 5 to 7 p.m.

NHTI, Concord’s Community College, 31 College Drive, Concord. Free. Visit nhti.edu or call 230-4011.

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Celebrate the release of the Harry Potter franchise movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with a fantastic beasts and other weird things workshop at the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway) on Thursday, Dec. 29, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants will tear apart mechanical toys and create their own “fantastic beasts,” using cardboard, hot glue, paint and, of course, their imaginations. Admission is free, and no registration is required.

Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140 for more details.

Jump On In Nashua (456 W. Hollis St., No. 3) will hold its next jump and learn to paint session on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. The three-hour session includes an hour and a half of instructional painting, pizza and drinks and lots of jumping. The cost is $30 per child, with a 20-percent discount for siblings. Children must be at least 6. Visit jumponinfun.com or call 883-1135.

and challenging curriculum, and admissions process. The evening concludes with a selfguided tour of the school and opportunities to talk individually with teachers and administrators. Tues., Jan. 10, 6 p.m. The Founders Academy, 5 Perimeter Road, Manchester. Free. Visit thefoundersacademy.org or call 952-4705.

Crafts Workshops • PENDANT-MAKING WORKSHOP Participants will be introduced to several easy techniques using a variety of materials to create your own stunning glass pendants just in time for holiday giving. Each participant will bring home three pieces. Sat., Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. League of New

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The Pelham Public Library (24 Village Green) will screen The Secret Life of Pets on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Admission is free. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org or call 635-7581.

Don’t miss a screening of The Jungle Book in the auditorium of the Manchester City Library’s Main Branch (405 Pine St.) on Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

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Florists, garden centers and grocery stores are loaded with color right now, with plants that are bright, cheery and hard to kill. They are just what we need in these dark, dreary days of early winter when the sun goes down before 5 p.m. Christmas cactus and poinsettias are great plants that are affordable and easy. I recommend them highly.

You may think that poinsettias have big red flowers atop handsome green foliage. Wrong!

The colorful parts (they now come in white, pink, plum, burgundy, cinnamon and lemon) are actually bracts, or modified leaves.

The flowers are actually just pea-sized yellow blossoms in the middle of the bracts.

Poinsettias were introduced here in 1828

by President Andrew Jackson’s ambassador to Mexico, but only became popular holiday flowers in the 1960s. A grower in California promoted them heavily on TV, giving plants to the likes of Johnny Carson, who kept them on his desk during the Tonight Show.

If you buy a poinsettia, start it off right: Be sure it is enclosed in a sleeve or a bag on the way home — they hate the cold. But don’t place it near a wood stove or radiator, either.

The ideal temperature is 68 to 72 degrees, but my house is rarely that warm, and they do fine with daytime temps in the 60s and nighttime temps a little cooler. Anything below 50 degrees is fatal.

Poinsettias do not require direct sunshine.

In fact, bright indirect light is best; six hours is all that is required. And don’t over-water them.

Root rot results from keeping roots constantly soggy. Water once a week but check the soil first by probing the top inch with your finger.

If it feels moist, you can wait. Experts say it is best to water by placing the pot in a saucer or water and letting it soak up for 15 minutes, but I never do that. I water from the top and it works just fine. I often judge dryness by the weight of the pot, too. The heavier it is, the more water is in the pot. Fertilization is not recommended when they are in their bloom cycle.

Although I don’t usually do it, you can keep your poinsettia over the summer and hope to get it to produce colorful bracts next winter. These plants are photoperiodic, which means they are sensitive to daylight length.

They need 14 hours of darkness each night in the fall if they are to bloom. Even electric lights on in their room can interfere with the coloring-up process, I’ve read.

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Christmas cactus can be handed down to your kids and, later, their kids.

Like poinsettias, a Christmas cactus needs bright, indirect light and moderate temperatures. Overwatering can be lethal, so if you are starting a new plant from a cutting, add some sand to the potting mix for increased drainage. One part sand to three parts potting mix is about right.

Christmas cacti are not true cacti — they wouldn’t survive in a desert — so you shouldn’t let them get too dry, either. Feel the soil weekly; when the soil is dry an inch below the surface, it’s time to water. If you water too much or too little you will notice flower buds falling off.

A Christmas cactus does best with humidity in the 50- to 60-percent range. If you have a wood stove, chances are your house is drier than that in the winter. You can remedy the situation by filling a wide saucer with small stones, adding water, and placing the potted plant on the stones. As the water evaporates, it adds humidity to the air around the plant.

Aside from these colorful plants, I like to add some greenery around the house in winter. I have a number of foliage plants, but also like to pick some pachysandra outdoors to keep in vases, or to fill out bouquets of flowers I buy.

Pachysandra is a shade-loving vine with year-round glossy leaves. Even with snow on the ground you can pick stems and place them in a vase of water, where they will thrive all winter. The leaves stay glossy and green and will develop good roots in a vase. In the spring I plant them outdoors in shady places as a ground cover. Right now I have a vase full of pachysandra stems with a few twigs of red winterberries, which is quite festive.

Despite my careful attention to my outdoor plants — both vegetables and flowers — I have never paid near as much attention to indoor plants. Perhaps I need a break in winter, when they are needing my care the most.

So it is important to me that house plants be relatively undemanding. Poinsettias and Christmas cactus fill the bill.

Read Henry’s twice-weekly blog at https://dailyuv.com/gardeningguy. You can sign up for an e-mail link to the blog every time he posts. His email is henry.homeyer@ comcast.net.

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Other craft events • INTRODUCTION TO ZENTANGLE Zentangle is a relaxing, easy to learn method of creating beautiful images by using simple structured patterns. Artists and non-artists alike enjoy the simple elegance of putting pen to paper and find that it enhances creativity and stress relief. Sat., Jan. 7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $22 tuition due upon registration, with a $10 materials fee. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233.

Dance Other dance classes • PARTNER HUSTLE 4-WEEK BEGINNER DANCE CLASS Sun., Jan. 8, 6 p.m., Sun., Jan. 15, 6 p.m., Sun., Jan. 22, 6 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 29, 6 p.m. Dance Because, 2626 Brown Ave., Manchester. $12.50 per person per class (preregistration is required). Visit dancebecause.com or call 913428-9928.

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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).

Health & Wellness Exercise & fitness • CURIOUS ABOUT CHIROPRACTIC? Learn how chiropractic care can be beneficial at all stages and ages of life. Arthritis sufferers may be surprised to learn that they too can benefit from chiropractic.

Questions are welcomed. Sun., Jan. 8, 1:30 p.m. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham. Free and open to the public. Visit pelhampubliclibrary. org or call 635-7581.

Miscellaneous Card, board & dice games for adults • GAME NIGHT Join the library for a night of traditional board games and strategic games for adults. Bring a group or come on your own. Snacks and drinks will be served, and there will be a door prize. Ages 17+ only. Fri., Dec. 30, 5 to 8 p.m. Nesmith Library, 8 Fellows Road, Windham. Free. Visit nesmithlibrary.org or call 4327154.

Holiday events • FAMILY CAROL SINGALONG AND CANDLELIGHT SERVICE ASUMC will celebrate Christmas Eve beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a

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• NEW YEAR’S PARTY Ring in the New Year at the stroke of noon with noisemakers, balloons and confetti. Children ages 1 to 7 years old are invited to this celebration. Registration is required. Fri., Dec. 30, 11:30 a.m. Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester. Free.

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Religion-related events • CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Children’s service on Sat., Dec. 24, at 4 p.m., Christmas hymns and choral anthems at 7:30 p.m., festival choral service with Holy Eucharist at 8 p.m., and Silent Night: a Quiet Christmas Eve Service at 11 p.m.; Holy Eucharist service on Sun., Dec. 25, at 9 a.m. Grace Episcopal Church, 106 Lowell St., Manchester. Free. Visit gracechurchmanchester.org or call 622-9813.

• SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY: HOW YOU CAN BETTER THE WORLD Start the New Year with more than resolutions, featuring Christian Science practitioner and international speaker Tom McElroy. Sat., Dec. 31, 11:30 a.m. First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1 Boyd Road, Derry.

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Video game events • RETRO VIDEO GAME EVENT This event will focus on home consoles from the 80s and 90s. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by parents.

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Join the Maxfield Public Library (8 Route 129, Loudon) for a restorative yoga class taught by instructor Fran Nash on Tuesday, Dec. 27, from 6 to 7 p.m., to refresh yourself for the New Year. In addition to this class, Nash also teaches basic yoga on Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Tuesdays at 1 p.m., and a chair yoga class on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and Thursdays at 11 a.m. (No classes will be held on Monday, Dec. 26, when the library will be closed in observance of Christmas.) The cost to attend the restorative yoga class is $5 per person. Visit maxfieldlibrary. com or call 798-5153 for more information.

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• FAMILY NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION Enjoy “countdowns to midnight” at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m. Magic Fred, a local magician, will be doing several mini magic shows throughout the day. Sat., Dec. 31, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover. All activities are included in regular museum admission and free for members.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE LOONS Harry Vogel of the Loon Center in Moultonborough will explain efforts by the Loon Preservation Committee and others to increase their numbers in New Hampshire and worldwide. Wed., Jan. 18, 7 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Free and open to the public, no registration required. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4610.

Museums & Tours History & museum events • AMHERST LYCEUM PART 1 OF 2: WHETHER WAR HAD BEEN BENEFICIAL TO MANKIND This evening presentation will be divided down into three segments. First, time will be spent tracing Western historical conceptions that have been used to justify war.

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Nature hikes & walks • FIRST DAY HIKE Take an easy hike with the Beaver Brook Nature Center guides along the trail through Silver Lake State Park and Woodmont Orchard Conservation land. Enjoy a campfire, snacks and beverages by the lake afterwards. Sun., Jan. 1. Silver Lake State Park, 138 Silver Lake Road, Hollis. Free.

Call 465-7787 or visit nhstateparks.org.

• WILD WINTER WALK: GUIDED TOUR OF THE LIVE ANIMAL TRAIL Curious about what happens to the animals at Squam Lakes Natural Science Center during the winter? Join a staff naturalist for a guided walk on the live animal exhibit trail to see the Science Center’s animal ambassadors dressed in their winter coats and discuss how these animals are well-adapted for winter in New Hampshire. Sat., Jan. 7, 1 to 3 p.m. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, 23 Science Center Road, Holderness. $8 per person for members, and $10 per person for non-members. Visit nhnature.org or call 968-7194.

• FULL MOON HIKES OR SNOWSHOEING Join Beaver Brook Association naturalists for a hike or snowshoe around the trails of Beaver Brook. Dress in layers. The Association will supply the snowshoes or you can bring your own. Return to Maple Hill Farm for warm beverages and cookies. Fri., Jan. 13, 7 to 9 p.m. Beaver Brook Association, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. $13.50 for BBA members; $15 for nonmembers. Call 465-7787 or visit beaverbrook.org.

Nature & Gardening Birding events • NASHUA-HOLLIS CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Individuals or groups will be assigned specific areas to bird.

Count birds by day and tally your sightings over dinner at 5 p.m. in the Spear Room at Beaver Brook’s Maple Hill Farm.

Fri., Dec. 30, 5 p.m. Spear Room at Beaver Brook’s Maple Hill Farm, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. A $5 fee will be collected in the evening for a hot dinner and refreshments. Visit nhaudubon. org/birding/christmas-birdcount or call 429-2537.

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IN/OUT

Winter wildlife

Amoskeag Fishways hosts free open house

By Matt Ingersoll

mingersoll@hippopress.com

Spend a day of your holiday vacation learning about New Hampshire wildlife in the wintertime, creating nature-themed crafts, eating snacks and winning prizes at the Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center’s annual Open House on Wednesday, Dec. 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Anyone can drop by Tufted Titmouse. during the Open House to participate in any of the activities for free. “[The event] is really for the community, because we are really appreciative of … the participants in our programs,” teacher program naturalist Holly Groh said. “It’s a thankyou event for them.”

Amoskeag Fishways staff members will be leading a series of two themed presentations throughout the day every half hour. This year’s two themes are “Active Winter Mammals” and “Winter Backyard Birds.”

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Groh said each one is expected to be held at least twice on an ongoing basis.

“The purpose [of the presentations] is to connect people with local wildlife in their neighborhoods,” Groh said. “We will be presenting animals this time of year and will be talking about where they are hibernating, when and where they are active and where they are finding their food. … We’ll also be introducing people to native birds with pictures and sounds, so people will come away having learned a few new bird Snowshoe Hare. sounds.”

Other topics of discussion will include what the animals’ survival strategies are in the wintertime, as well as their behaviors to survive cold winters in the Granite State.

“A snowshoe hare, for example, has a changing coat color during the season that aids in its camouflage, and we would have a number of pelts and photographs that we

would show for that,” Groh said.

For New Hampshire’s feathered friends, presentations will include trying to identify some of the birds that appear at the feeder outside the center. But Groh added that predatory birds active in the wintertime are also likely to factor into the conversation.

“We have feeder birds [in New Hampshire] year round like blue jays, chickadees and woodpeckers, and we call them resident birds,” she said.

“Some birds that live farther north often struggle to find a habitat in the winter season, and so they migrate further south into the Manchester area. … We do have resident bald eagles, for example, and tend to see them down here more often in the wintertime.”

Groh said the focus is normally on mammals and birds simply because other species of animals like amphibians and reptiles would be hibernating.

“We do try to keep somewhat of a cyclical theme in terms of the wildlife you find,” she said.

One audience member per presentation will walk away with a door prize.

“In the past, we’ve given away things like puzzles and stuffed animals,” she said.

“Usually the prizes are nature-based.”

Like the presentations, craft activities will carry a winter theme, or possibly a holiday theme, Groh said, if Christmas is still on people’s minds.

Groh said the center will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26, in observance of Christmas, but will reopen the following day.

Amoskeag Fishways Open House When: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, 4 Fletcher St., Manchester Cost: Free Visit: amoskeagfishways.org

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IN/OUT CAR TALK

Pushbutton start doesn’t always do the trick Dear Car Talk: I own a 2013 Honda Accord. It came with a pushbutton start. I put my foot on the brake pedal and push firmly, and sometimes it starts and sometimes it

By Ray Magliozzi doesn’t. When it doesn’t — at least half the time — I get a staticsounding noise. This has been going on for approximately a year now. At first, I felt it had something to do with the brake pedal (where on the pedal I pushed). Sometimes the pedal was a bit mushy, and I had better results if I pumped the pedal until I got firm resistance. It got to where this didn’t help, so I moved my finger around the button from the center to all the edges. Currently, this is my method, and as yet, I haven’t been stranded. I’ve tried two respected local mechanic shops, and both said they couldn’t find anything wrong. I’ve discussed it with a guy at the gas station where I get my oil changed, and he experienced the problem but didn’t know what was causing it. I called the Honda dealership where I bought the car, and the guy who answered the phone said he had never heard of such an issue. I would like to get a diagnosis

and cure. Thanks. — Paul Once moving your finger to different parts of the button stops working, I think your next step is three Hail Marys and a couple of Our Fathers, Paul.

Actually, I don’t believe the brakes or your finger position has anything to do with it. Whatever it is, though, the dealer is your best bet. Just don’t ask the receptionist next time.

If anyone has seen this on multiple cars and knows what’s causing it, it’ll be the dealer, which services 2013 Accords every day. And since I presume it’s still under warranty — certainly, the problem began while the car was under warranty — they should fix it for you, whatever’s causing it.

So make an appointment with them.

Make sure that the service representative writes on the repair order exactly what the problem is. That’ll protect you in case they can’t fix it this time and you still have the problem after the warranty coverage expires. And if you can get them to experience the non-starting condition with you there, that’s even better.

It could be any number of things: a bad starter, a battery with a bad cell, a faulty brake-pedal interlock or neutral safety switch, or a physical problem with the

pushbutton switch. Or it could be that the key fob is not communicating correctly with the immobilizer in the car (this prevents someone without the key fob from starting your car).

I’ve never seen this on a 2013 Accord, so I don’t know precisely what’s causing it.

But your dealer needs to figure it out. It’s Honda’s responsibility, under its warranty, and you just need to insist that they give you a solution that doesn’t involve sprinkling eye of newt on the dashboard. Good luck, Paul.

Dear Car Talk: I have a 2002 Buick LeSabre that needs a new rack and pinion. Now, I found some that are pretty cheap, but they say they don’t have “Magnasteer.” I was wondering what this is, and if I need it or not.

Some rack and pinions claim to have Magnasteer, and others don’t. Is this something that can be repurposed from the old rack?

— David Magnasteer was an early version of variably assisted power steering. So, when you’re driving slow — like when you’re maneuvering this QE2 into a parking space — you get the maximum assist from the power steering. And when you’re cruising

on the highway and are more interested in just keeping the car pointed straight, you get a lot less power-steering assist. Lots of cars now do this via electric power-steering units.

I believe all the 2002 LeSabres came with Magnasteer. And as you’ve probably discovered, the Magnasteer rack costs close to $500. So, with labor, that’s a $700$800 job.

Can you replace your steering rack with a non-Magnasteer rack? Yes, and the nonMagnasteer rack is quite a bit cheaper. But unfortunately, in order to make the nonMagnasteer rack work, you have to replace both the inner and outer tie-rod ends. And by the time you do that, the price of the whole job ends up being about the same.

So you might as well bite the bullet and buy the Magnasteer rack if you plan to keep the car, David.

One other option is to find out what it would cost to rebuild your current rack.

It’s probably leaking, and you can have it rebuilt and have the seals replaced. I don’t know if that’ll save you any money, but you might as well ask around and find out.

Whatever you decide, good luck, and happy steering, David.

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CAREERS

What is your typical at-work uniform?

My students and I wear what we’re comfortable in. … Some peoHow did you ple think wearing find your current long sleeves is job? helpful but I tell The school them that won’t began in 2005 as protect them at all a result of there Nancy Cowan. Courtesy photo. from creatures being so much whose talons can demand to provide go through three information about our birds. layers of clothing … so we use falconry gloves that are made with three layers What’s the best piece of work-related of leather, for both left-handed and rightadvice anyone’s ever given you? handed people.

It’s an old mantra, that it’s not the man that trains the bird, but the bird that trains What was the first job you ever had? the man. You can’t pick up a how-to book I was a horseback riding instructor and get knowledge of training a bird of when I was 17. prey; you must have a relationship with — Matt Ingersoll them that is based on trust.

coners and from books and from what your bird has shown you. … You also need a hunting license.

Nancy Cowan Master falconer

Nancy Cowan of Deering is a master falconer and co-owner of the New Hampshire School of Falconry with her husband Jim. She is also the author of Peregrine Spring, a book about her experiences at the falconry school released earlier this year.

Explain what your current job is.

A falconer trains birds of prey. It’s a hunting activity. … What the school does is teach a pretty deep understanding of the bird of prey instinct and a lot of attention is paid to the techniques for knowing them. We make [students] much more in tune with the bird through hands-on activities. … People that come to a class handle a peregrine falcon and three Harris’s hawks, but my husband and I own some other birds too.

How did you get interested in this field?

I’ve always been an animal lover. …

We had family pets, but I didn’t have much other animal contact until I moved to New Hampshire and had my own sled dog team. … At the same time, my husband was into falconry and I was inspired by him.

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

You start off as an apprentice to someone more experienced as a master How long have you been in your career? falconer who will advise you … and you I’ve been a licensed falconer since 1990. constantly have to learn from other fal-

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One thing I continually wish I knew better is how to use the internet and social media to my advantage for the school, because it has widened my circle so much.

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FOOD New Year’s eats

Where to go for New Year’s dinner and brunch

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• Cajun flavors: A new Cajun restaurant is coming to Manchester. Chef Robb Curry and Kyle Davis are expanding their restaurant, Madear’s, located in Roxbury, Mass., to include another location at 175 Hanover St. in Manchester. Madear’s is a family restaurant serving contemporary Cajun cuisine in a casual setting and specializing in tapas and small plates. Its official opening as a full-service restaurant and bar is projected for early January. Hours of operation will be Tuesday through Thursday, from 5 to 11 p.m., and Friday through Saturday, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit madears603.com or facebook.com/madears603 for more information and updates about the opening.

• Last call for gingerbread: Catch the 26th annual gingerbread house contest exhibit before it’s gone on Friday, Dec. 23. The exhibit is on view at the Discover Portsmouth Center (10 Middle St., Portsmouth) as part of the Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth festivities. It includes houses made by kids, families and local businesses, including the People’s Choice Award winners “Maria’s Candy Land” by Children’s House Montessori (Most Delicious Looking), “Fantasy Cottage” by Joanne Nichols (Most Attention to Detail) and “Knubble” Light” by Rachel Koch (Most Seacoast Spirit). Activities including a gingerbread house scavenger hunt and gingerbread house coloring will also be available.

Admission is free. Stop by on Wednesday or Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visit vintagechristmasnh.org for more information.

• More hydroponic veggies: Oasis Springs Farm, a hydroponic farm in Nashua, is expanding its Winter Weekly Share Program to include another 10-week session and additional pickup locations. The farm had originally announced only one winter session, which ran from Oct. 17 through Dec. 19. The second will run from Jan. 2 through March 15. The cost is $15 per week, and each share includes five heads of lettuce (mini or full), one bag of greens (kale, chard, mustard greens and others, or salad mix) and one herb or microgreen of the week. Pickup locations include Nashua YMCA (24 Stadium Drive, Nashua), Great Harvest Bread (4 Sunapee St., Nashua) and Big Kahuna Grill & Café (380 Daniel Web46

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Celebrate the new year at one of these local restaurant serving food and drink specials, prix fixe menus, buffets and Champagne toasts on New Year’s Eve. Some are doing a New Year’s Day brunch, too. Check out the Nite section for other restaurants and bars hosting comedy, nightlife, live music and more on New Year’s Eve.

New Year’s Eve dinners

• 1oak on Elm (1087 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5599, facebook.com/1oakonelm) will host a celebration with a buffet, complimentary Champagne toast and entertainment. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for general admission before Dec. 25, $15 after Dec. 25 and $15 for general admission including the buffet. There will also be an early prime rib dinner for $25. Call for details.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will serve a buffet from 4 to 10 p.m., featuring assorted cheeses, shrimp, smoked salmon, chicken picatta, tortellini alfredo, baked ham, prime rib, desserts and more, plus a Champagne toast. Call for reservations.

• Alpine Grove (19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, 882-9051, alpinegrove.com) will serve a dinner with appetizers including onion soup, winter squash salad and charcuterie; entrees including crispy chicken ala orange, steamship round of beef with peppercorn demi-glaze, and roasted maple soy salmon; dessert and a midnight Champagne toast and snack buffet. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tickets cost $50. Call to reserve by noon Dec. 23.

• Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) will serve toasting beverages and a four-course prix fixe menu featuring appetizers like lobster bisque, steak tartare and crab-stuffed mushrooms; entrees like filet mignon, salmon filet and butternut squash risotto; and desserts like tuxedo cheesecake and Champagne and pomegranate sorbet. The cost is $75. Seatings are 5 to 9:30 p.m. in the dining room and Corks wine bar. Reservations are required.

• Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will serve its regular menu and specials, with reservations from 5 to 10 p.m.

• Campo Enoteca (969 Elm St., Man-

chester, 625-0256, campoenoteca.com) will serve its regular menu and specials from 4 to 10 p.m.

• Canoe Restaurant (216 S. River Road, Bedford, 935-8070; 232 Whittier Highway, Center Harbor, 253-4762, magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/canoerestaurant-and-tavern) will serve a special dinner with reservations until 10 p.m.

• Cask & Vine (1½ East Broadway, Derry, 965-3454, caskandvine.com) will celebrate its fourth anniversary on New Year’s Eve with food, beer and wine. Call for reservations.

• Cava (10 Commercial Alley, Portsmouth, 319-1575, cavatapasandwinebar. com) will serve a prix fixe menu for $125 featuring Nantucket Bay scallops, Alaskan halibut and foie gras, bison loin and more, with frozen raspberries and almond torta for dessert. Seatings are at 5:30 and 9 p.m.

Reservations are required.

• Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks St., Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) will serve a special dinner with soups and salads, appetizers like oysters on the half shell and truffled rabbit terrine; entrees like panroasted pheasant, lobster shepherd’s pie and mushroom tartlet; and dessert. Seatings are at 6, 7, 9 and 9:30 p.m. The cost is $85 for adults and $35 for kids under age 12.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677, copperdoorrestaurant. com) will serve a special prix fixe menu with two-course ($69), three-course ($79) and four-course ($89) options, and reservations until 9 p.m. The menu features soups and salads; appetizers like crab salad cocktail and creamy artichoke and potato gratin; entrees like grilled filet with lobster, braised lamb shank and osso bucco ravioli;

and desserts including fruit crumble, white chocolate Champagne fondue and chocolate cheesecake.

• Cotton (75 Arms St., Manchester, 6225488, cottonfood.com) will serve a special three-course menu from 5 to 10 p.m., featuring four appetizers, six entrees and three desserts. The cost ranges from $40 to $60.

• CR’s The Restaurant (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 929-7972, crstherestaurant.com) will serve a four-course prix fixe menu and Champagne toast from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m., for $90. Call for reservations.

• Epoch Restaurant (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will serve a special menu with optional wine pairings from 5 to 10 p.m.

• Firefly American Bistro (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will serve its regular menu and specials until 11 p.m.

• Giorgio’s Ristorante (524 Nashua St., Milford, 673-3939; 707 Milford Road, Merrimack, 883-7333; 270 Granite St., Manchester, 232-3323, giorgios.com) will serve its regular menu and specials until 10 p.m.

• Granite Restaurant (The Centennial Hotel, 96 Pleasant St., Concord, 227-9000, graniterestaurant.com) will serve a special four-course dinner for $65.

• Hooked Seafood Restaurant (110 Hanover St., Manchester, 606-1189, hookedonignite.com) will serve its regular menu, specials and a Champagne toast until 11 p.m.

• Ignite Bar & Grille (100 Hanover St., Manchester, 644-0064, hookedonignite. com) will serve its regular menu, specials and a Champagne toast from 4 to 10 p.m.

• Louie’s (86 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, 294-0989, louiesportsmouth.com) will

serve a four-course prix fixe menu for $75, featuring salad, burgundy snails, pork terrine and veal sweetbreads to start, followed by tortelloni, ravioli and risotto; entrees including veal loin, duck breast and halibut; and polenta pudding and chocolate tart for dessert. Call for reservations.

• Martingale Wharf (99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-0901, martingalewharf.com) will host a New Year’s Eve Black and White Ball from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., featuring hors d’oeuvres and martini stations, a Champagne bar and midnight Champagne toast, plus entertainment. Tickets cost $125 per person or $215 per couple.

• Mint Bistro (1105 Elm St., Manchester, 625-6468, mintbistronh.com) will serve a special entree menu with eight selections and its regular sushi and small plates menu.

Seatings are at 4:30, 5, 7, 7:30, 9:30 and 10 p.m. Call for reservations.

• MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) will serve its regular menu and specials from 4 to 10 p.m.

• O Steaks and Seafood (11 S. Main St., Concord, 856-7925, magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com/osteaks) will serve a special dinner with reservations until 10 p.m.

• The Old Salt (490 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-8322, oldsaltnh.com) will serve a special menu featuring baked lobster pie, grilled swordfish, prime rib beef au jus, salmon Wellington en croute and more.

Entrees range from $21.99 to $34.99.

• The Red Blazer (72 Manchester St., Concord, 224-4101, theredblazer.com) will serve food and drink specials and its regular menu, excluding sandwiches and pub fare, with reservations until 8 p.m.

• Restaurant Tek-Nique (170 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5629, restaurantteknique.com) will serve a six-course prix fixe menu from 4 to 10 p.m., for $75. Reservations are required.

• Roundabout Diner (580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Portsmouth, 431-1440, roundaboutdiner.com) will host a New Year’s Eve Sock Hop featuring an all-youcan-eat buffet with a prime rib and turkey carving station, barbecue meatballs, baconwrapped chicken, baked stuffed haddock, salads, pastries and more. The cost is $39.99 and includes a Champagne toast and entertainment. Doors open at 8 p.m.

• Row 34 (5 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth, 319-5011, row34nh.com) will offer Champagne and Ossetra caviar pairings along with its regular menu and specials featuring caviar, such as caviar-stuffed fingerling potatoes, duck egg salad with caviar on toast, and potato latke and smoked salmon with Ossetra caviar.

• Tandy’s Pub (1 Eagle Square, Concord, 856-7614, tandyspub.com) will host a New Year’s Eve party with a VIP candlelight dinner package for $75 per couple, which includes a dinner menu with several

selections, a dessert and a bottle of Champagne for each table. The dinner is held from 7 to 9 p.m., and reservations and dress attire are required. VIP admission including complimentary cocktails and excluding dinner costs $25 per person. Doors open for general admission at 8 p.m., with a $10 cover charge, and the countdown party begins at 9 p.m.

• The Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246, theshaskeenpub.com) will host its Epic New Year’s Eve Bash (21+) from 8 to 11 p.m., with a buffet, midnight Champagne toast, open bar and entertainment. Tickets cost $60.

• Stages at One Washington (1 Washington St., Dover, 842-4077, stages-dining. com) will host “Dining with Gatsby,” an eight-course ’20s-themed dinner featuring Prohibition-era inspired dishes. The cost is $100, with wine pairings for an additional $55. Reserve online.

• Tino’s Greek Kitchen (325 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-5489, tinosgreek. com) will serve a prix fixe menu featuring appetizers like crispy pita and lavash and dolmades with crispy lamb confit; salad and roasted kabocha squash soup; entrees including grilled sea bass, retsina-soaked stuffed quail and Greek beef Wellington; and desserts including Greek cheesecake and chocolate Napoleon. The cost is $110 and includes a Champagne toast and entertainment. Doors open at 5 p.m.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230, villagetrestle.com) will host a New Year’s Eve Bash starting at 8 p.m., with food and drink specials, a Champagne toast, free midnight buffet and entertainment.

• Wentworth by the Sea (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 422-7322, wentworth.com) will serve a special dinner in SALT Kitchen and Bar from 5 to 10 p.m., featuring a three-course menu with veal tenderloin, tuna tonnato, grilled filet mignon and more. The cost is $59.99 for adults and $24.95 for kids under age 12. In the Grand Ballroom from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., there will be a Casino Royale black tie ball with Champagne and hors d’oeuvres, a four-course dinner, open bar and midnight Champagne toast, plus entertainment. Tickets cost $179.95.

• Windham Restaurant (59 Range Road, Windham, 870-9270, windhamrestaurant.com) will serve its regular menu and specials from 4:30 to 10 p.m.

• The Yard (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545, theyardrestaurant. com) will serve a holiday buffet dinner for $75, featuring appetizers, salad, a carving station with roast turkey and baked ham, beef tenderloin, seafood Newburg, chicken piccata, desserts and more. There will also be a midnight Champagne toast and entertainment. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Call for reservations.

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• 250 Market (250 Market St., Portsmouth, 559-2626, 250market.com) will serve New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring a parfait bar, cinnamon French toast, omelet and Belgian waffle stations, glazed ham, cavatappi pasta and more. The cost is $29 for adults, $11 for kids ages 5 through 12 and free for kids under age 5.

• Applecrest Farm Bistro (133 Exeter Road, Hampton Falls, 926-0006, farmbistro.com) will serve New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Food & Drink Author events/lectures • DERRY COOKBOOK GROUP Group will choose a new cookbook for each meeting and make something from the book, then bring it in to share.

Discuss tips, tricks and troubles and eat. Cookbooks will be available to borrow at the front desk. First Fri., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Contact Jessica at jessicad@derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• PELHAM COOKBOOK EXPLORERS Group explores a new type of cuisine or diet each month. Share your cooking successes and challenges and leave with new recipes.

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• Epoch Restaurant (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will serve a special brunch menu from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Firefly American Bistro (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will serve a New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Martingale Wharf (99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-0901, martingalewharf.com) will host “Bubbles, Bloodies & Brunch” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring brunch, Champagne and bloody mary bars.

• New England Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will serve a special brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230, villagetrestle.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a makeyour-own bloody mary bar and hangover lunch buffet featuring a mashed potato bar, meatloaf, spiral ham, macaroni and cheese and more for $12.95.

• Wentworth by the Sea (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 422-7322, wentworth.com) will serve New Year’s Day Recovery Brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ballroom for $54.95. Call or see website for reservations.

• PORT AND BUBBLES Wine tasting. Wed., Dec. 28, 5 to 8 p.m. The Wine Steward, 201 Route 111, Hampstead. Visit facebook.com/lineagewineselections.

• HAPPY NEW BEERS Brew six brand new Incredibrew recipes and enjoy a variety case of the latest creations. Snacks and refreshments provided. Thurs., Jan. 19, 6 p.m. IncrediBREW, 112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua. Call 891-2477 or visit incredibrew.com.

• DARK AND STORMY BREWFEST Brew some of the darkest, thickest and heaviest Incredibrew beers. Not recommended for the entry-level beer drinker. Thurs., Jan. 26, 6 p.m., and Fri., Jan. 27, 6 p.m. IncrediBREW, 112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua. Call 8912477 or visit incredibrew.com.

• NEW YEAR’S EVE AT EARTH EAGLE BREWINGS New England’s only absinthethemed New Year’s Eve celebration featuring a fountain, absinthe mixed drinks, special nosh and music by La Belle Epoch. First come, first served.

Sat., Dec. 31, 8 p.m. to midnight.

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• WINES OF THE WORLD TOUR Each dinner party focuses on a different wine region of the world. Top-picked wines will be paired with five regional-influenced tasting courses.

Menu will be local farm-to-table driven. See website for “Tour Schedule.” Third Thurs., 6:15 p.m., Nov. 17 through Oct. 19.

Colby Hill Inn , 33 The Oaks St., Henniker. $115 for first class, $95 for additional classes. Registration is required. Call 4283281 or visit colbyhillinn.com/ wines-of-the-world-dinners.htm.

• NH BEER CLUB Monthly meetings feature a Granite State brewer, plus a limited edition or unique brew. Mon., Jan. 16, March 20, April 17, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. New England’s Tap House Grille, 1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett. Cost is $30 per event. See nhbeerclub.com.

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“The reason it was so attractive to me and that I continue to be so drawn to this mushroom is because I grew up in New Hampshire, and it’s available right in our own backyard.” she said. “I thought, ‘Everyone needs to know about this,’ and I knew I needed to spend time harvesting it and spreading the word about it.”

One year later, Runkel launched her business Chaga Grove, through which she sells chaga mushroom chunks, extracts and other products at local farmers markets and some independent shops.

Chaga mushrooms only grow in cold climates like northern New Hampshire. Two to three times a month, she and her boyfriend, William Golen, who joined her as a co-owner three years ago, head up to the White Mountains with chisels and hammers for an eight- to 10-hour hike to harvest chaga mushrooms. On a good trip they return with 10 to 20 pounds of them.

You can’t cook the chaga mushroom like you would a typical edible mushroom, but you can use it to make a tea or extract for a number of foods or drinks.

“There are so many ways to use it in cooking,” Runkel said. “It doesn’t have the earthy mushroom taste most people expect.

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Runkel says chaga mushrooms are known for various holistic medicinal benefits like strengthening the immune system and helping to fight colds and the flu.

“Once people start using chaga, they get hooked like I did,” Runkel said. “It’s just so easy to incorporate into everyday life.”

Chaga Grove You can order Chaga Grove products from its website or find them locally at Roots at Robie’s Cafe and Catering (9 Riverside St., Hooksett, 485-7761, rootsatrobies. com), Laney and Lu Cafe (26 Water St., Exeter, 580-4952, laneyandlu.com) and The Mustard Seed (80 Stage Road, Nottingham, 679-1800, mustardseedherbs. com). You can also find them at the Salem Farmers Market (salemnhfarmersmarket. org) every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and occasionally at the Concord Winter Farmers Market (concordwintermarket. com) held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Visit chagagrove.com or find them on Facebook for updates.

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p.m. Nashua Senior Center, 70 Temple St. , Nashua. $79. Visit thefarmersdinner.com.

• FARM-TO-TABLE DINNER CLUB Monthly four-course dinners prepared with local food and paired with wine or beer samplings from local wineries and breweries. Monthly, last Thursday, 6 p.m. Roots Cafe at Robie’s Country Store , 9 Riverside St., Hooksett. $40. Call 485-7761, or visit rootsatrobies.com.

Church & charity suppers/bake sales • CHRISTMAS DAY POTLUCK Sun., Dec. 25, 5 to 8 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 20 Elm St. , Milford.

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• VETERAN BENEFIT CHINESE NEW YEAR DINNER Menu includes oriental food, salad, c­offee, tea, d­esserts and ­ more. Fri., Jan. 6, 6 p.m. VFW, 6 Main St. , Pelham. $8 for adults, $5 for kids under age 12. Visit pelhamweb.org/vfw.

• MONTHLY HAM AND BEAN DINNER Menu features ham, two kinds of beans, potato salad, cole slaw, bread, a drink and pie. First Sat., Oct. through May, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Main St. United Methodist, 154 Main St., Nashua. $9 for adults, $8 for seniors (60+), $4 for kids ages 6 to 12, kids under age 6 are free.

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Make two to four servings of the recipe. Menu features baby kale caesar salad with white balsamic dressing and homemade croutons, creamy vegan mac and cheese, and double chocolate brownie bites. Sun., Jan. 8, 4 to 6 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning Street, Suite 105, Derry. $60. Visit culinary-playground.com.

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Rejean Sheehy and Dennis Hickey. Mon., Jan. 9, and Feb. 13, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sessions cover different material. Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St. , Nashua. This seminar is free for members and $10 for non-members. Registration is required. Call 889-6155.

• SCUOLA CULINARIA: RISOTTO Learn to make risotto in the true Artisan Italian fashion. Three-course dinner, prosecco and antipasti included.

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• COUPLES COOKING: INDIAN DINING Three hour class teaches how to create a meal from start to finish. Bring tupperware for leftovers. Event is BYOB. Menu includes chicken tikka masala with naan bread, aloo gobi (cauliflower and potatoes), basmati rice with ginger, garlic and cilantro, and kheer (rice pudding with raisins and nuts). Fri., Jan. 20, and Sat., Jan. 21, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning

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Healthy morning meals Tis the season for festivities, drink and cheer! It’s my absolute favorite time of year, so while I’m not complaining, there is a lot of eating and drinking and being merry going on around here. While I am enjoying every bit of it, my body craves a simpler time of less wassailing and more vegetables.

Instead of bemoaning the holiday parties and Christmas cookies, I do my best to make the times surrounding the festivities as healthy as possible. I start my day with filling and nutrient-dense food so if it finishes in a less-than-stellar way, I know how to get back on track the next day.

While there are varying opinions and studies about the importance of breakfast, I will say this: how you start a day sets a tone. Beginning the day with processed foods from your pantry is not going to give you the same energy as fresh ingredients from your fridge. While it may mean your first meal isn’t as “easy,” your day will seem easier because of the extra energy.

Two ingredients are critical to my breakfast: protein and vegetables. Whether I’m Egg Muffins, adapted from Beachbody’s Blog Olive oil cooking spray (I adore Trader Joe’s because it is literally just olive oil) 12 large eggs Salt and pepper, to taste 2 tomatoes, chopped 1/3-1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 10-ounce bag of baby spinach, chopped Heat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a muffin tin (with 12 cups) lightly with olive oil

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having a green smoothie or partaking in these egg muffins, I rely heavily on protein and vegetables to start my day strong. Both give me energy, keep me full and hit me with so many of the vitamins and nutrients I need. Starting my day strong puts me in the right mindset and I’m less likely to grab things to eat later in the day that will only temporarily fill me rather than fuel me. If I make a strong investment in my body in the morning, I’m less likely to devalue that investment throughout the day.

If the idea of doing something more complicated for breakfast makes you want to bust out your eye-roll emoji, let me put your mind at ease. You can make a batch of these whenever you have time, store them in your fridge and eat them on the go. If you’re running out the door for work, if you don’t like to eat breakfast until 10 a.m. or if you are a “sip your coffee and read the newspaper” kind of person, these are for you. Enjoy, and I hope they make your mornings better, fuller and healthier!

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Whisk eggs in large bowl and add desired ingredients and seasoning. Treat this like an omelet! Add my suggestions above or go crazy with bell peppers, green onions, goat cheese or mushrooms.

Pour mixture into muffin cups (make sure the heavier ingredients are distributed evenly).

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean. Store in sealed container in the fridge for future consumption.

tributes to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Fri., Dec. 23, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuscan Kitchen, 67 Main St., Salem. Tickets cost $116.20. Call 952-4875 or visit tuscanbrands.com.

• FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES AT TUSCAN KITCHEN Authentic Italian holiday meal. Sat., Dec. 24, 3 to 8 p.m. Tuscan Kitchen, 67 Main St., Salem. The cost is $55 per person, or $85 to include a wine pairing. Call 952-4875 or visit tuscanbrands.com.

• CHRISTMAS EVE AT EPOCH RESTAURANT Six-course prix fixe menu features an amuse bouche, soups and salads, appetizers, entrees including bronzed sea scallops, brined pork chops, char grilled fillet mignon, pan roasted salmon and a duck duo; and desserts. Sat., Dec. 24, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Epoch Restaurant & Bar at The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter. The cost is $59.99 per person. Dinner with a wine pairing costs $85.99. Call 7783762 or visit epochrestaurant.

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Winter has fully set in now, and that means I am reaching for red wines. The white wines sit patiently in my wine rack until warmer weather arrives in the spring.

When the weather gets colder, I like bigger, bolder reds, either on their own or with food. Many good wines were made to pair with steak, pasta or dessert, so this is the best time of the year to enjoy them.

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This is a big category of wines that would require more space than I have to describe them all. But if you haven’t ventured to the Italian wine section recently, go! There are so many nice Italian red wines that are not expensive. But if you are looking for a nice gift or a wine for a special occasion, there are options too.

I think what deters people from purchasing Italian wines, like many other wines from around the world, is not knowing what they are just from their names or varietal (grape). While I will say I don’t think you can go wrong here, here is a little bit of background on a couple of Italian reds.

Chianti is one of the most common Italian reds; it hails from Tuscany and is made using sangiovese grapes. Chianti wine must be produced in the Chianti region. It may contain a blend of grapes, including cabernet franc, merlot, or cabernet sauvignon. I find that it can be a bit too dry for me on its own, but it pairs really well with food.

Not surprisingly, dishes with tomato-based sauces are an ideal match, but it can also go with steak or other grilled meats. Good Chianti can be purchased within the $12 to $20 range.

Valpolicella is a red wine made from corvine, molinara, and rodinella grapes. It comes from the Veneto region of Italy and is usually a fruity, medium-bodied wine, according to WineIntro.com. This is one of my favorite Italian reds, as I find it to be smooth and velvety. This wine ranges in price from about $14 to more than $40.

The next wine, amarone, is a valpolicella subtype.

Amarone is a red wine from the Veneto region near Venice. According to LifeInItaly.com, it means “big bitter one.” Amarone is typically full-bodied and bold, as its name implies. It is aged for five years or more before it is bottled and can have an almost port-like texture. LifeInItaly.com recommends pairing it with cheeses and roasted pork. Amarone is not one of the cheaper Italian reds, but it’s worth the splurge.

Port wine

When the weather gets this cold, I like to sip on port to help warm me up. Port is a fortified wine, which means brandy is added during its production. It hails from the Douro Valley in northern Portugal and is available in many different styles, from aged tawny to late bottled vintage. White port is another option, which is often drunk as an aperitif. Traditional port is usually served with dessert or after a meal. It is rich and smooth and can be enjoyed young or aged, with 20-, 30- and 40-year-old or older ports (it dates back to the 1600s) available on the market. As it ages, its characteristics change, and many would say it gets much better with age.

Ice wine

Technically, ice wine can be red or white.

It is a dessert wine made from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine. It is very sweet and syrupy in texture. You will probably only want to enjoy a small glass. It is produced in smaller batches and its price reflects this, but it is a great choice for a gift or a special occasion. Some of our own New Hampshire winemakers, like Candia Vineyards and Jewell Towne Vineyards, make their own ice wine. Others available here typically come from Canada. Many different grapes are used but the most common are vidal, riesling, seyval blanc and gewürztraminer. Ice wines can also be made out of pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon or merlot. This wine is a splurge, often sold in 375ml bottles, but it is worth it if you have a sweet tooth — it will definitely warm you up.

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• Two days before Christmas is the 23rd, the next-to-last Friday of this miserable year in music. I think there are releases coming out that day, from bands run by crazy people who should have released their albums before the holiday shopping doom-fest, not after. I don’t know. I hesitate to even bother looking, but I take this stuff seriously, so off I go, to look for albums made by crazy idiots. Do you think I’ll find any? I don’t, but let’s beat ourselves silly … Dum de dum, clickety clack … wait. WAIT. Look! It’s Karpe Diem, a Norwegian rap group. At this writing, their new album, Heisann Montebello, is slated for release on Christmas Eve. This brings up many questions, folks, the first being “Christmas Eve? But isn’t Norway where Santa is from? This has to be a black-metal band, read it again, Saeger.” Other questions would be “‘A Norwegian rap group’? Don’t you mean THE Norwegian rap group? Are there more?” The answer I have to all these questions is “Who bloody cares?” That’s what I have for you. I have no bloody idea. You want me to go find out what this sounds like, don’t you. Fine. OK, I’m back. It sounds like Drake stuck in rap hell, but in babble-language and some pretty cool Munchkin samples. A great last-minute gift, if the shipment comes in on time, to your store, on Christmas Eve, of this year of hell.

• Yep, all we get this week in new music is reissues and probably goat-demon metal, and I’m just not desperate enough to deal with goat-demon metal quite yet. So here, look, it’s the original Boston debut album from 1976, in 180G limited-edition red vinyl. What a story, that first Boston album. Tom Scholz, the band’s leader, invented the “Rockman,” a device that made your guitar sound like it was from Mars, but cheesy. It made him rich, so he told the record company, “Eh, about the five records we promised you, let’s just forget it, you can have two, and the second one sucks.” And the record company was all “Oh no you didn’t,” and there were lawyers and whatnot until their third album 10 years later. The lesson there is there are some musicians who want to make albums, but no record company signs them, and others who get signed and don’t like to make albums.

This is all Lucifer’s plan, which is a good segue into our next segment, which will probably be about goat-devil metal.

• Cool, no devil-goat-monsters yet, because wait, it’s a soundtrack!

Specifically the soundtrack to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is some movie about space munchkins or Captain Kirk getting stuck in a bathtub full of tribbles, who knows. There is no preview for this crazy-orchestra nonsense, but the score was composed by Michael Giacchino, who has done some really cool stuff, including Lost, Doctor Strange and tons of other nerdy goodness.

• Lastly we have… well, nothing, at this writing. Not even a Finnish goat-devil black metal band in pancake makeup. Nope, nothing but reissues, including Rush’s 2112 (with rare live performances and yadda yadda), John Miles’s The Decca Recordings and a 10-LP mess from The Kinks titled The Mono Collection. Better luck next Kwanzaa! — Eric W. Saeger

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Chicago’s indie-rap scene is breaking wide, with the Closed Sessions imprint responsible for a large part of the chatter. Enter this guy, Zach Henderson, the label’s main producer, who’s brought a growing list of real-live instruments he’s learning to play and a similarly expanding crew of rising local R&B/rap stars into his debut LP, not counting a beat tape of sorts from a while back. String sections play a large part in carpeting the vibe here, but opening tune “Slept On” leans more toward a Drake-as-jazz-guy feel, a lonely sax straight from 1980s pop radio casually tooling away in support of guest Mike Golden’s breezy tenor voice. The loop for “Hereditary” is more to the point, screechy strings with AM radio squelch blare along with veteran mushmouthed Chicago rapper GLC, who’s largely responsible for putting all this on the map. Some of these guys have jammed with Chance the Rapper and whatnot, including Joey Purp, whose smiley-faced thinking-gangsta flows dominate the chaotic swirl of “Visions.” Not wildly creative by any means, but not instant oatmeal either. B — Eric W. Saeger Ranger, Speed & Violence (Spinefarm Records) Any year that sees any sort of Robin Thicke release counts as a down year for music, leaving critics free to start cleaning up any business they see fit as it draws to a close. For me in 2016, that spelled taking five seconds out of my acute workaholism to find out exactly what’s up with a random thrash-metal record company I’d never covered before and probably never will again. Yes, some dude in Finland probably actually called his mom to tell her he’d been signed to “Spinefarm Records,” which has to have won the “Kind of Scary-Sounding But Actually Cartoonishly Funny Company Name of The Year.” Finnish thrash is usually decent, and now there’s even a “new wave of Finnish metal” to get excited about if you like that sort of thing, and of course who wouldn’t. Anyway, supposedly this quartet is leading the charge, which I literally cannot prove, but the album intro is ’80s John Carpenter-movie-cheese, which is a retro move worth noting I suppose. The nice and lousy production is cool, sort of like Venom vs. the first Iron Maiden album on the title track, with an inordinate amount of amateur Rob Halford-ish screaming to get all the doggies barking or whatever its purpose is. Elsewhere it’s the same idea, Armored Saint, that kind of thing. Gosh, these guys are really trying. It’s inspiring.

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Warner writer David Elliott’s introduction to Greek mythology was a comic book he read as a 9-year-old kid: Uncle Scrooge: The Golden Fleecing, published by Walt Disney in the late ’70s.

“I loved that story of Scrooge McDuck. Later, when I learned about the real myths, I said, ‘Wait, they stole that from Scrooge!’ The pleasure I had of the myth was rooted in the pleasure of reading that comic book,” Elliott said via phone from his home office last week.

The experience taught Elliott that children’s literature can be both funny and informative, a lesson he takes to heart as the author of many stories for kids, most recently This Orq. (He #1!) released by Boyds Mills Press in September. It’s the third in a series of picture books featuring Orq and his interactions with bullies, competition and friendship, and they’ve been printed in multiple languages, including German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Swedish, Korean and Chinese.

This December, Elliott is in the midst of many projects. He’s concocting poems for an upcoming book, In the Woods, and he’s in the process of writing two novels, one with his son, Eli Elliott.

But most importantly, he’s getting ready for the March 2017 release of his 200-page novel, Bull, which presents a new spin on the ancient Greek tale Theseus and the Minotaur.

Elliott has been contemplating bringing new life to this story for years because of his unique perspective of it. He wondered, what was the Minotaur’s life like as a baby? As a toddler? As a young adolescent, or a teenager? What was the process that changed him into this monster?

“Theseus, even though he is the father of democracy, he was a thug. He was a frat boy. He was a bro,” he said. “My sympathies have always been with the Minotaur in that story.”

But what’s truly unique about Bull is that it’s written entirely in verse, with each character speaking in a particular poetic form.

The book’s Amazon description compares Elliott’s tactic to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s in Hamilton, turning a classic on its head in form and approach.

“I love books that have one foot in objective reality and one foot in the landscape of

imagination and all its possibilities,” Elliott said. “But one thing that has to be there for me is the opportunity to explore the playfulness, the resilience and the depth of our language. So Bull, yes, is about the minotaur — it’s about that myth — but it also very much is about language, and the way language can work.”

He had some concerns 111658 about getting such an unusual story published but was very happy when his agent, Kelly Sonnack, loved the idea and the first 15 pages of his “crazy manuscript.” They got two offers and took the one with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which is packaging Bull as a dark, comedic young adult novel.

At his publisher’s request, Elliott has been working hard getting the word out, updating his website, organizing book events and creating a blog to promote the story.

“All writers are balancing the day-to-day stuff of life,” Elliott said, noting that there’s the publicity stuff, administrative work and editing. “But all that surprisingly takes a lot of time.”

And if you’re not careful, he said, those things can overtake the most important work: writing.

Elliott didn’t always want to be a writer; first, he wanted to be an opera singer and studied classical voice at a conservatory. He feels privileged to be able to do this job instead. It’s a surprise what comes out every time he sits at his desk.

“When I sat down to write the book, as always, I had no idea what the book was going to be about. … I think Eudora Welty said, ‘If you haven’t surprised yourself, you haven’t written.’ And that’s true as much for writing a novel as it as for writing a picture book,” he said.

To date, Elliott has so many titles to his name, from picture and poetry books to middle-grade and young adult novels.

They cover all topics — animals, dinosaurs, orphans, jungles — and even though humor is an important element in his stories, he takes the job very seriously.

“Even if you’re writing funny books, it’s a serious business because you’re providing fodder for people who are not yet fully developed — physically, emotionally, physiologically. And I feel very privileged to be able to do it. I do it the best I can,” he said.

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Even if the last poem you read was in 11th grade, you probably know of the poet Mary Oliver — if not by name, at least by her words.

The last lines of her poem “The Summer Day” crop up on greeting cards, wall art and internet memes with the persistence of that Nigerian prince who needs you to make a deposit on his behalf.

“Tell me what is you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” the poem asks.

The wild life is the current that electrifies Upstream, the new collection of autobiographical essays by Oliver, one of America’s most beloved poets, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Oliver is now 82 and lives in Florida, but she and her late partner once lived in Provincetown, and these essays are steeped in New England.

She writes not only of P-town, but of Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond, and one chapter is devoted to Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the legendary writers she considers absentee mentors.

The others include Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley, Barbara Ward and Aldo Leopold: “Forebears, models, spirits whose influence and teachings I am now inseparable from, and forever grateful for. I go nowhere, I arrive nowhere, without them.”

Although divided into five sections, the book feels more like two: first, Oliver’s thoughts on art and nature; then, thoughts on her mentors. They provide not only instruction in the lives of the writers — such as Emerson’s astonishing intimacy with death (he lost his father, four brothers, two sisters and a wife by the age of 29) — but also the reason for Oliver’s enduring devotion.

Literary greats, Oliver says, left us not money but “an immeasurable fund of thoughts and ideas,” and those of us who benefit from them have “inherited responsibility” for their promulgation, and for living a certain way: thoughtfully, intelligently, “To enjoy, to question — never to assume, or trample.”

But it is Oliver’s reflections on nature and myriad animals of her acquaintance that elevate these essays to poetry. She writes of encounters with foxes, owls, turtles and raccoons, of her own dogs, and of nursing an injured gull she found on the beach, although — spoiler alert — “almost never is a rescue justified by a return to

health and freedom.”

Oliver and her partner cared for the gull for several months, developing a relationship with it even as the bird grew weaker. “And so he was in an impossible place. And we were more and more in a difficult place. How do I say it? We grew fond. We grew into that perilous place; we grew fond.”

But do not mistake Oliver for a simpering anthropomorphizer, she who so values the wild life, which is not necessarily the same thing as wildlife. In the ensuing days, she tries to kill the bird with sleeping pills — “but he only slept for a long time, many hours, then woke with his usual brightness.”

Elsewhere, she carefully removes eggs from a turtle nest, then takes them home and scrambles them for breakfast. One afternoon, she spends an hour romping around a forest on all fours; another, she spies on turtles mating. One day, she snuggles with a cat and her kittens, and sips of the mother-cat’s milk.

In this way, Oliver dodges comparisons with Thoreau, Rachel Carson or Henry Beston; compared to Oliver, their observations seem sleepy, while Oliver shocks.

Nor does she seem to pursue any agenda other than enjoying her own one wild and precious life. An admitted homebody most happy in the woods or on the shore, Oliver says she has never seen Rome, Paris, Greece or Sweden, and that she went to England “so long ago it seems like the Middle Ages.”

“I do know the way to the grocery store, and I can get that far. The simples of our lives: bread, fruit, vegetables. In the big store. The old small stores, which which I was long familiar, are gone.”

In interviews, Oliver has said all she ever wanted to do was write poems; in early adulthood, she wrote a list of what she was willing to give up in order to do so.

Later, she worked jobs that allowed her to write for several hours early in the morning, before starting work at 9. Now admired and well-compensated in her senior years, she exercises the right of ignoring the world while she honors her craft. “My responsibility is not to the ordinary, or the timely,” she writes.

Further: “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave it neither power nor time.” Watch for it. That line, among other memorable ones here, is coming soon to a greeting card near you. A — Jennifer Graham

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• Plan bookstore visits: Bookstores and libraries may be closed for the holiday, but the break should allow you to take the time to pack your January with author visits. On Friday, Jan. 6, at 5:30 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord, hosts its first literary event of 2016 — a visit by Vermont’s Poet Laureate Chard deNiord, who will talk about his poetry, plus Vermont novelist Robin MacArthur, who will talk about her debut collection of short stories, Half Wild: Stories, which was a finalist for the 2016 New England Book Award. The next day, Saturday, Jan. 7, at 4 p.m., Katrina Kenison talks about her new book, Moments of Seeing: Reflections from an Ordinary Life. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com or call 224-0562.

• Writers’Day announcement: The New Hampshire Writers’ Project announced on its Facebook page that Writers’ Day happens Saturday, April 1, at Southern New Hampshire University and will feature special guest Ann Hood. Registration opened on Dec. 20. Writers’ Day is an event of workshops, readings and presentations by local and visiting writers and is the biggest event of the year for NHWP. Visit nhwritersproject.org.

• Calling for submissions: Around Concord is looking for poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction between 750 and 1,000 words with a tight New Hampshire connection — especially in the Concord region. There’s no deadline, and the need is ongoing according to a recent Facebook post by NHWP. Payment is $250, paid upon acceptance. Email editor@ aroundconcord.com. — Kelly Sennott

Books Author Events • CHARD DENIORD, ROBIN MACARTHUR Writers talk about Interstate and The Double Truth. Fri., Jan. 6, at 5:30 p.m.

Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• KATRINA KENISON Author talks about Moments of Seeing: Reflections from an Ordinary Life. Sat., Jan. 7, at 4 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord.

• AERUM DELEVAN Author talks about Demon Chronicles: The Chaos Prophecy! Thurs., Jan. 12, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com.

• ZOIE V. LITTLE Author talks about Black, White, or

Other. Sun., Jan. 15, at 2 p.m.

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• MARINA DUTZMANN KIRSCH Author of Flight of Remembrance: A World War II Memoir of Love and Survival.

Sun., Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Visit nashualibrary.org.

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• WILL SCHWALBE Author talks about Books for Living.

Thurs., Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. $40, includes seat, copy of book, bar beverage, book signing meet-andgreet. Visit themusichall.org, call 436-2400.

• REV. MARY FRANCIS DRAKE Afternoon of poetry and faith. Sat., Jan. 21, at 2 p.m.

Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com/event/know-istrue.

• AUDREY DILLON Author talks about The Girl Who Said Yes. RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet St., Portsmouth. Sat., Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. Visit riverrunbookstore.com.

• JAMES ROLLINS Author talks about Seventh Plague.

Thurs., Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. Call 224-0562.

Poetry • POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Reading, plus open mike. Wed., Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit poetrysocietyofnewhampshire. org.

• POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Quarterly meeting. Sat., Jan. 28, at 9:30 a.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Followed by featured poet reading, Jenna Le, at 11 a.m. Visit poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org.

Lectures/discussions • “LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE” Part 1 of four-part community discussion on living, dying and forgiveness. Featuring Ashley Davis Bush. Thurs., Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St., Exeter. Call 7789731 or visit waterstreetbooks. com.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13)

A girl with a difficult family history (no, not that girl or that family) helps the rebellion against the Empire in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a post-prequels, pre-originals, plotpoint backstory.

But in a good way! (Some spoilers ahead.)

Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) is a scrappy sorta criminal serving time in an Empire work camp. Members of the Rebel Alliance break her out to get her help finding Saw Gerrara (Forest Whitaker), a fellow traveler in the sense of being anti-Empire but no longer allied with the Alliance. He is holding an imperial pilot, Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed), prisoner — well, sort of prisoner as Bodhi defected and came looking for Saw on orders from Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen).

Galen, Jyn’s father, whom she hasn’t seen in years, was once an engineer for the Empire, left and lived on a farm with Jyn and her mother (Valene Kane) but was later forced back into service. Now, he’s using Bodhi to get a message to the Alliance to let them know about a massive weapon that the Empire is close to having operational. This Death Star, as the Empire calls it, has the ability to destroy whole planets and thus wipe out any dissent to its rule.

Though initially in this quest only for the promise of freedom and the hope of seeing her father again, Jyn becomes invested in the idea that her father can help the rebellion find a way to beat his Death Star. She joins Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his snarky robot friend K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) on the quest for Galen. Along the way, they meet up with Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen), a blind holy man who is a total Jedi-like badass but with a stick instead of a light saber, and his buddy Baze Malbus (Wen Jiang), also great in a fight.

They fight against a variety of imperial baddies but primarily they must outmaneuver Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), who runs the weapons program and is determined not to let information about the Death Star get out.

There are things you can quibble with in this movie if you want to quibble with things: • The almost-but-not Star Wars theme music had a tendency to take me out of the movie.

• There is a lot of This planet and That moon and The Other outpost and I was never quite sure what was new and what I was supposed to be remembering and what I was totally missing. Also, do just half the planets look like Tatooine in this galaxy far far away?

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ing thing that you might find at a certain Florida theme park.

• The appearance of some original Star Wars people as their original Star Wars ages is, uhm, odd. The strange Peter-Cushing-like Grand Moff Tarkin (who is also played by Guy Henry in this movie, under the digital hocus pocus, I guess) really does seem like Peter Cushing but is clearly not Peter Cushing, because, among other reasons, he’s been dead for more than two decades. The visuals aren’t bad, exactly, but my brain had a hard time understanding what I was seeing when I looked at his face.

This is not the infamous final Livia scenes on The Sopranos but it’s still weird.

• And yeah, I know that the thing I always called Star Wars is now Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope. I could probably guess this even if I didn’t know that because there is a lot — a lot — of jabbering on about “hope” in this movie. Rebellions are built on hope, giving the rebellion hope is a cause worth fighting for, all you need is hope, hope is all you need.

• This movie is something like two hours and 14 minutes long. While this movie has a nice energy about it, at about an hour 50, it might have really zipped along.

This is not a perfect movie. And yet, so what, because: • Dogfights! Awesome original Star Wars and Return of the Jedi-style dogfights, both in space and in a planet’s atmosphere!

• Hand-to-hand combat! Well-choreographed fights — there’s some great hand-to-hand combat in this movie, most of it featuring Chirrut Imwe, that seem to be taking place in a real, grubby, physical space (versus, not to constantly dump on the prequels but, a cold green screen sound stage).

• Not unlike The Force Awakens, the movie captures the spirit of the original but, because it’s taking place immediately before the original movie, it captures the look of the original as well. And sure, some

of what you’re seeing is a little strange but a lot of it really works and allows you to believe you are there, back in 1977, about to feel a disturbance in the Force.

• This movie ties in just enough of the prequel trilogies to make it feel like they were worth something. You know that feeling you get when you think “hey, I’ve heard of that literary device; thanks, college!”?

That’s how I felt when a character from the prequels showed up.

• There is a nice balance of humor. Some of it comes from the comic relief robot but some of it comes from the humans. It lends the dialogue a more natural feel. Even...

• That “hope” stuff — sure, it’s heavyhanded, but the movie actually sells it in the end.

Rogue One is to Star Wars storytelling sort of what Ant-Man is to the Marvelverse.

This is not a Star Wars story at its very best; it’s more Star Wars at its pretty goodest.

Episodic movie-making isn’t easy to get even somewhat good — see for example a lot of what came out in 2016. But Rogue One is an example of a well-run, thoughtfully considered cinematic universe, adding new characters with new adventures while keeping us tied to the story we know and giving us an adventure (and a movie) that is fun in its own right. B+ Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of sci-fi violence and action. Directed by Gareth Edwards with a screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is two hours and 14 minutes long and distributed by Walt Disney Studios.

Collateral Beauty (PG-13)

A grieving man’s “friends” gaslight him so they can cash out of a failing company and we are supposed to find this adorable in Collateral Beauty.

Once, Howard (Will Smith) was a lively man full of nonsense about the higher calling of advertising. But since his six-

year-old daughter died, he has lost interest in everything and spends his days in his office setting up elaborate domino constructions. Instead of firing him for cause or using his lack of concern in the business and the resulting loss of customers to force Howard to join partner Whit (Edward Norton) in voting to sell, Whit decides to commit what I’m pretty sure is fraud.

I mean, I’m not a lawyer but if you fake up evidence to “prove” someone is crazy and then use that to force them to sell their property, there is at least a credible lawsuit that person could file, right?

Whatever, not in this movie. Whit gets senior staffers Claire (Kate Winslet) and Simon (Michael Peña) to join him in hiring three actors to play Death (Helen Mirren), Time (Jacob Latimore) and Love (Keira Knightley), three concepts that Howard has been writing letters to as a way of dealing with his feelings. Each is supposed to approach Howard and improv with him about what he wrote them, trying to coax him out of his grief. Well, that and this: his interactions with these future co-conspirators-turnedprosecution-witnesses will also be taped and (once the actors are digitally removed) used as video “proof” of his mental unfitness.

Because this is that kind of movie, each of the three actors also engages with one of the senior staffers about the their-conceptrelated issue in their life. Simon employs Death, which he has a hard time facing after a life spent battling a reoccurring cancer.

Claire deals with Time and with the decision of whether or not to use IVF to start that family she long put off. Love talks to Whit about Howard but also about Whit’s frayed relationship with his daughter, Allison (Kylie Rogers), who is still quite angry at him for his infidelity to her mom and their subsequent divorce.

You know that high school theater sketch on Saturday Night Live? Where the kids are filled with the smug belief that they are “saying something important” even though it always comes out ill-informed and stagey? This is the feature-length version of that only, somehow, with bankable stars.

Whit’s plan, as a plan, is stupid. What’s shocking to me is that this plan as a concept for a movie is also stupid and yet a lot of legitimately strong actors were persuaded to join this project. What possible version of this movie doesn’t end up a syrupy, obvious, nuance-free mess? Any version of this movie that includes this basic plot was going to be terrible and yet Helen Mirren showed up for work anyway. I don’t know if that is evidence of great salesmanship on the part of the filmmakers, Mirren’s dedication to craft or every actor’s need just to collect as many paychecks as possible.

And, it won’t hurt her brand, so why not?

There are a few big reveals at the end of this movie that are obvious the moment the

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assembling this solid cast. The movie gives them nothing to work with and does nothing for them but on the bright side it will probably be quickly forgotten and not hurt their careers. D Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language. Directed by David Frankel with a screenplay by Allan Loeb, Collateral Beauty is an hour and 37 minutes long and distributed by Warner Bros.

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MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • Nocturnal Animals (R, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, at 2:05, 5:30 & 8 p.m.

• Manchester by the Sea (R, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, at 2, 5:25 & 8:05 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 23, at 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 24, at 2 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 25, at 5 & 8 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 26, at 2, 5 & 8 p.m.; Tues., Dec. 27, at 2, 5:25 & 8:10 p.m.; Wed., Dec. 28, at 2, 5:25 & 8:10 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 29,at 2, 5:25 & 8:10 p.m.

• Scrooge (1935) Sat., Dec. 24, at 2 p.m.

• Lion (PG-13, 2016) Sun., Dec. 25, at 5:40 & 8:15 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 26, at 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Tues., Dec. 27, at 2;05, 5:40 & 8:15 p.m.; Wed., Dec. 28, at 2:05, 5:40 & 8:15 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 29, at 2:05, 5:40 & 8:15 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Loving (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

• Manchester by the Sea (R, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, through Thurs., Dec. 29, at 7:30 p.m., except for Dec. 24, whose screening is at 2 p.m.

• A Man Called Ove (PG-13, 2015) Fri., Dec. 23, through Thurs., Dec. 29, at 7:30 p.m.; no screening on Dec. 24 • White Christmas (1954) Sat., Dec. 24, at 2 p.m.

• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) Sun., Dec. 25, at 4:30 p.m., silent music with live music by Jeff Rapsis CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, ccanh.com • Nabucco (Met Live in HD) Sat., Jan. 7, at 12:55 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY 405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, manchester.lib.nh.us; some films at the West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560 • Sully (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, at 1 p.m. (West Branch)

• The Jungle Book (PG, 2016) Wed., Dec. 28, at 1 p.m.

• Captain America: Civil War (PG-13, 2016) Wed., Jan. 4, at 1 p.m.

CONCORD PUBLIC LIBRARY 45 Green St., Concord, onconcord.com/library, 225-9670, call 230-3682 for titles • Kids Afternoon Movie Wed., Dec. 28, at 2 p.m.

HOOKSETT PUBLIC LIBRARY 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett, 485-6092, hooksettlibrary.org • Lunch and a Movie Thurs., Dec. 29, at noon (bring lunch, blanket, pillows, family-friendly film) NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY NPL Theater, 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • Everybody Wants Some!! (R, 2016) Tues., Dec. 27, at 7 p.m.

• The Lego Movie (PG, 2014) Thurs., Dec. 29, at 2 p.m.

RODGERS MEMORIAL LIBRARY 194 Derry Road, Route 102, Hudson, rodgerslibrary.org. 8866030 • Cinema Celebration second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.

AMHERST TOWN LIBRARY 14 Main St., Amherst, 673-2288, amherstlibrary.org • Children’s Matinee Movie Thurs., Dec. 29, at 2 p.m.

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• About Schmidt (R, 2002) Tues., Dec. 27, at 7 p.m.

• The Eagle Huntress (G, 2016) Tues., Dec. 27, at 7 p.m.; Wed., Dec. 28, at 7 p.m.

• Oasis: Supersonic (R, 2016) Wed., Dec. 28, at 7 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 30, at 7 p.m.

• Seasons (PG, 2015) Tues., Jan. 3, at 7 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 4, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 5, at 7 p.m.

• A Man Called Ove (PG-13, 2015) Tues., Jan. 3, at 7 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 4, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 5, at 7 p.m.

• Loving (PG-13, 2016) Fri., Jan. 6, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 7, at 7 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 8, at 4 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 11, at 7 p.m.

ROCHESTER OPERA HOUSE 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, rochesteroperahouse.com, rochestermfa.org/film, 332-2211, 335-1992 • FOOD FIGHT: Inside the Battle for Market Basket Fri., Jan. 6, and Sat., Jan. 7, at 8 p.m.

THE FLYING MONKEY 39 S. Main St., Plymouth, 5362551, flyingmonkeynh.com • Moonlight (R, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 22, at 6:30 p.m.

• It’s a Wonderful Life (PG, 1946) Fri., Dec. 23, at 6:30 p.m.

• Captain Fantastic (R, 2016) Tues., Dec. 27, at 6:30 p.m., and Wed., Dec. 28, at 6:30 p.m.

• Ruin and Rose (R, 2016) Thurs., Dec. 29, at 6:30 p.m.

• How to Train Your Dragon (PG, 2010) Sun., Jan. 1, at 1 p.m.

• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (PG-13, 2016) Sun., Jan. 1, at 3:30 p.m.

• The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years (2016) Sun., Jan. 1, at 6:30 p.m.

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Ultimately, I give this movie credit for

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NITE Saturday night’s alright Local music news & events

By Michael Witthaus

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• Rock eye: Over a long career, Joe Stevens photographed a staggering number of rock’s greatest stars. Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Elton John and Paul McCartney are among his subjects. Stevens is also a great raconteur, and a show in Portsmouth devoted to his work featuring women, both the famous and the simply interesting, should be both visually arresting and illuminating. Go Thursday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m., Portsmouth Book & Bar, 40 Pleasant St., Portsmouth. See josestevens.com.

• Guitar man: Boston Music Awards nominee Matthew Stubbs plays a downtown venue with singer and harmonica player Dennis Brennan. Stubbs is a busy guy; he’s the longtime guitarist for blues legend Charlie Musselwhite’s band and fronts his own instrumental group, the Antiguas, inspired by guitarists like Link Wray and Duane Eddy and Memphis mainstays Booker T. & the MGs. Go Friday, Dec. 23, at 9 p.m. at Strange Brew Tavern, 88 Market St., Manchester. See matthewstubbs.net.

• Ivory power: Vermont-based jazz piano player Jonathan Kaplan entertains diners at a Hanover restaurant that offers live performers every day of the year save Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since 2016 is a leap year, that’s 364 days in the current annum. Known as “The Doctor,” Kaplan often works with singer-songwriter Alan Greenleaf, backing him on three of his albums. Go Saturday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m., at Canoe Club, 27 Main St., Hanover, canoeclub.us.

• Holiday set: It may be Christmas Day, but that won’t stop Brad Bosse from playing a three-hour set of tunes. The hardworking singer-guitarist is out doing his thing every day of every month — take that, Canoe Club.

Bosse is a back-to-back (2015 & 2016) Best of Hippo solo performer; he cites the Beatles, Wilco, Grateful Dead and Jack White as key influences. Go Sunday, Dec. 25, at 7 p.m. at Stumble Inn, 20 Rockingham Road, Londonderry. See facebook.com/bradbossemusic.

• Residential: Rootsy reggae and rocksteady music from The Feel Goods is a great way to pause midweek and regroup. The Seacoast band is doing its final set of a December residency. Fans of The Specials, Madness and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones will lock in to the seven-piece band’s sound, which feels like a summer festival stage in high gear. Go Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 8 p.m. at Fury’s Publick House, 1 Washington St., Dover. See facebook.com/FeelGoodsSka. Want more ideas for a fun night out?

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New Year’s Eve with no worries

By Michael Witthaus

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For the first time in seven years, New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday, affording most folks two days of recovery time. For those looking to get an early start, regional favorites Pat & the Hats play a Friday night party at Concord’s Area 23. Here’s a long list of ways to ring out 2016 and welcome 2017: • 603 Bar & Lounge (368 Central Ave., Dover, 742-9283) 11 p.m. $20 covers Champagne toast at midnight and party favors (hats, noisemakers, etc.) with a DJ playing the hottest music to dance into the new year.

• Alan’s (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 7536631) 8 p.m. DJ Tom plays dance music with a buffet featuring honey ham and prime rib carving station plus Champagne toast at midnight.

Call for reservations.

• American Legion Post 47 (551 Foundry St., Rollinsford, 742-5833) 7:30 p.m. Acoustic Radio & Hilton Park entertain; bands are coming off recent CD releases and gaining attention from all over the U.S. $12.

• Area 23 (State Street, Concord, 881-9060) holds a New Year’s Eve Eve party at 9 p.m. on Dec. 30 with Pat & the Hats.

• Ashworth by the Sea (295 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, 926-6762) 7:30 p.m. Uptown Celebration plays at 9 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom; hors d’oeuvres and cash bar reception until 8 p.m. Overnight packages available.

• Auburn Pitts (167 Rockingham Road, Auburn, 622-6564) 8 p.m. Mo’ Guitar Blues, a weekly favorite at the venue’s open-mic night, provide First Night entertainment.

• Blue Mermaid Island Grille (409 The Hill, Portsmouth, 427-2583) 7 p.m. Boom Lava brings its unique brand of funky reggae, funk, hip-hop and rhymes. $5 cover.

• Blue Ocean Music Hall (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury, Mass., 462-5888) 7 p.m.

Once again, The Fools ring it in; there’s an optional dinner buffet, Champagne toast, party favors and midnight balloon drop. Dinner and show is $90; show only is $26 general admission.

• Boston Billiard Club (55 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, 943-5630) 7 p.m. DJ Anthem Throwback spins popular and classic dance music as the balls keep banging.

• Bridgewater Inn (367 Mayhew Turnpike, Bristol, 744-3518) 8 p.m. The popular prime rib buffet returns. $25 includes party with Express Revival downstairs, DJ Di upstairs, party hats and tiaras, noisemakers, beads, glow bracelets and Champagne toast. Reservations strongly recommended. Party only is $15.

• Canoe Club (27 S. Main St., Hanover, 643-9660) 8 p.m. Lydia Gray, Ed Eastridge & Andy Bourke — a first-rate jazz singer, uber-

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noted guitarist, and bassist extraordinaire serve up a sophisticated jazz mélange.

• Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-7706) 6 p.m. Doubleshot Boston and American Ride perform, with dinner, breakfast buffet, party hats, horns and Champagne toast at midnight. $40 at the door.

• City Sports Grille (216 Maple St., Manchester, 625-9656) 8 p.m. Family New Year’s Eve party from 4 to 6 p.m. $54.99, from 7 to 9 p.m. $64.99, and from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. $99.95.

Each slot includes two-hour lane rentals, music laser light show, pizza, soda, noisemakers, etc.

Vital Signs play live music — $5 per ticket for just the band.

• Club Manchvegas (50 Old Granite St., Manchester, 222-1677) 8 p.m. Cross the Divide and Prospect Hill rock the downtown spot with DJ Bino. Tickets are $14.50 at ticketweb.com.

• Coach Stop Tavern (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022) 7 p.m. Steve Tolley performs an early set.

• Coat of Arms (174 Fleet St., Portsmouth, 431-0407) 7 p.m. Enjoy a Greenwich Mean Time toast, sing “Auld Lang Syne” and dance to ’90s-themed DJ music with party favors and a toast at midnight.

• Common Man (88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088) 8 p.m. Karen Grenier mixes originals with an extensive catalog of cover tunes.

• Concord Holiday Inn (172 Main St., Concord, 224-9534) 8 p.m. Comedians Harrison Stebbins and Ryan Gartley top a bill of laughs, with DJ dancing. $84 per person, $168 per couple includes three-course dinner.

• Cork n’ Keg (4 Essex Drive, Raymond, 244-1573) 8 p.m. Switchtrack entertains with party favors etc.

• Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871) 8 p.m. Soulshine performs.

• Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-1686) 9 p.m. Jonny Friday and Bite the Bullet provide sounds.

• Daniels Hall (186 Route 4, Nottingham, 942-8525) 9 p.m. A DJ dance party is a fun

and inexpensive night at $15; bring your own liquor and party favors.

• Davignon Snowshoe Club (218 Wilson St., Manchester) 9 p.m. Higher Ground Band plays at this members-only club.

• Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) 9 p.m. Last Kid Picked rocks the party. $15 ticket includes admission to see the band, Champagne toast at midnight and party favors.

• Dolly Shakers (38 E. Hollis St., Nashua, 577-1718) 9 p.m. Nasty Geckos provide musical entertainment.

• Dolphin Striker (15 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-5222) 8 p.m. Michael Troy, plus $50 threecourse dinner with toast.

• Dover Brickhouse (2 Orchard St., Dover, 749-3838) 8 p.m. Gazpacho rocks New Year’s Eve. • Ellacoya Barn & Grille (2667 Lakeshore Road, Gilford, 293-8700) 9 p.m. Paul Warnick performs at 9:30 p.m., $35 four-course dinner with 5, 7 and 9 p.m. seatings.

• Executive Court Banquet Facility (1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 669-7469) 7 p.m. Majestic Theatre presents While The Lights Were Out, An Off-the-Wall Murder Farce, which features a dinner menu.

• Fireside Inn (25 Airport Road, West Lebanon, 298-5900) 7 p.m. Shana Stack Band plays country rock at this Inn, with multiple ticketing options including $135 and overnight packages.

• Flying Monkey Movie House (39 Main St., Plymouth 536-2551) 8 p.m. Adam Ezra Band and Boston-based singer-songwriter Jay Psaros perform. $24.

• Fody’s Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015) 7 p.m. ShakesBEER comedy show and supper with three-course meal and comedic performances by The Nashua Theater Guild at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Champagne toast at midnight. Meal-and-show tickets $60 per person.

• Fratello’s (155 Dow St., Manchester, 6242022) 8 p.m. Paul Luff plays an early set from 7:30 to 11 p.m.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022) 9 p.m. Justin Cohn plays solo covers and originals.

• Fury’s Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) 9 p.m. Amulus anchors a high-energy party.

• Giuseppe’s (312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-3313) 9 p.m. Andre Balazs featured on guitar and vocals early, DJ and dancing later (advance tickets $10).

• Goosefeathers Pub (Mt. Sunapee Resort, Newbury, 763-3500) 9 p.m. DJ Rick Davis, food served until 8 and the fireworks begin at 9 p.m. on Eggbeater, just outside the Pub. • Governor’s Inn (78 Wakefield St., Rochester, 332-0107) 8 p.m. NYE Comedy Ball with Boston comedian Ace Aceto following a prime rib buffet, capped by DJ dancing into the new year. $70.

per person. Ages 16 and up only.

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535) 9 p.m. Wize Crackaz promises a raucous First Night party.

• Old Salt Tavern (409 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-8322) 9 p.m. Jimmy D is back, with room packages at Lamie’s Inn once again available.

• Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588) Recycled Percussion is home for the holidays to ring in 2017 with junk rock at two shows, 4 & 7 p.m.

• Pasta Loft (241 Union Square, Milford, 672-2270) 7 p.m. Baby Jakes plays countryinfused rock in the restaurant’s Country Strong room.

• Pat’s Peak Ski Area (686 Flanders Road, Henniker, 728-7732) 6 p.m. Party & POP (skiing) family celebration with dancing to The McMurphys, comedy show, fireworks and lots of food — Party&POP tickets are $50-$90, party-only $35-$70, POP-only $41.

• Patrick’s (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 2930841) 8 p.m. Justin Jaymes performs at the infamous No Hassle No Frills Party with hats, noisemakers and a Champagne toast at midnight — oh, and there’s a photo booth.

• Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535) 5 p.m. Great Craic, Pure Irish; three-course meal for two with four drinks (beer or wine) is $80 and served 5 to 10 p.m. with party favors and midnight Champagne toast.

• Penuche’s (96 Hanover St., Manchester, 666-3667) 9 p.m. Supernothing performs with a Champagne toast when the ball drops, along with games and prizes all night long.

• Penuche’s Ale House (6 Pleasant St., Concord, 228-9833) 9 p.m. Evidence Lies rocks the basement bar.

• Pit Road Lounge (388 Loudon Road, Concord, 226-0533) 8 p.m. Dirty Looks Band performs at a party with a $20 cover that includes midnight Champagne toast and party favors.

• Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043) 8 p.m. Racky Thomas Blues Band plays at this popular BYOB Lakes Region haven for original music.

• Portsmouth American Legion (96 Islington St., Portsmouth, 436-7575) 9 p.m.

Rosie rocks at this members-only club; free admission, but guests must be signed in by a member.

• Portsmouth Gas Light (64 Market St., Portsmouth, 430-9122) 8 p.m. A triple treat, with the elegant and swanky Gatsby Party upstairs. $60 tickets include plenty of party favors, passed hors d’oeuvres, a Champagne toast and a late-night buffet. Downstairs it’s Clint LaPointe in the Grille and Ryan Williamson in the Pizza Pub. • Press Room (77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186) 7:30 p.m. Dance party with BlacKat Productions starring Sarah Blacker & Aaron Z. Katz, Vitamin C and members of Percy Hill. $12/$15, 21+.

• Radisson Inn (11 Tara Boulevard, Nashua, 888-9970) 8:30 p.m. Billy Joel and Elton John tribute show, both performing with full bands.

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• Haluwa Lounge (Nashua Mall, Nashua, 883-6662) 8:30 p.m. Slakas play, with a dinner buffet from 4 to 10 p.m.; no cover, Champagne toast.

• Harlow’s Pub (3 School St., Peterborough, 924-6365) 8:30 p.m. Roots of Creation jams into 2017 at a party that sells out every year.

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• Homestead (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-2022) 7 p.m. Brad Bosse plays an early set.

• Jewel (61 Canal St., Manchester, 8361152) 8 p.m. Alec MacGillivray performs modern country music.

• La Mia Casa Pizzeria (1 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough, 924-6262) 7 p.m. Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson rings in the new year. $40 per couple and $30 per single ticket includes buffet dinner and Champagne toast at midnight.

• Magrilla’s (19 Hanson Road, Rochester, 330-1964) 8 p.m. Dancing Madly Backwards plays this year’s party.

• Main Street Grill & Bar (32 Main St., Pittsfield, 436-0005) 6 p.m. Nicole Knox Murphy plays country favorites.

• Margate Resort (76 Lake St., Laconia, 524-5210) 6 p.m. Along with DJ music, Back 2 Back (formerly Undercover Operatives) play hits from the ’50s through ’80s. $249-$339 inclusive with hotel, buffet dinner, complimentary Champagne and ball drop; there’s a breakfast buffet in the morning.

• Martingale Wharf (99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-0901) 9 p.m. Black and White Ball with hors d’oeuvres stations, martini and Champagne bars, party favors, photo booth, a midnight Champagne toast and more, $125.

• Molly’s Tavern (35 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston, 487-2011) 8 p.m. NYE Entertainment with rock band Next of Kin starting at 8:30 p.m.

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• Ri Ra Irish Pub (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) 7:30 p.m. Red Sky Mary performs a Great Gatsby-themed party, or is that O’Gatsby?

• River Casino & Sports Bar (53 High St., Nashua, 881-9060) 7 p.m. At the former Arena Sports Bar, it’s Casino Royale Night with DJ dancing and gambling. Arrive “dressed to impress” and receive $20 in match play for poker and blackjack tables; champagne toast at midnight.

• River’s Pub (76 Derry St., Hudson, 9437832) 9 p.m. Project Mess plays rock covers at this party.

• Riverwalk Cafe (35 Railroad Square, Nashua, 578-0200) 7 p.m. Parsonsfield brings its unique brand of roots and Americana to this Nashua music room, with great craft cocktails.

• Rudi’s (20 High St., Portsmouth, 4307834) 6 p.m. PJ Donahue performs at this party.

• Salt hill Pub Hanover (7 Lebanon St., Hanover, 676-7855) 7 p.m. Michael Spaulding performs, with the usual array of party favors and Irish spirit.

• Salt hill Pub Lebanon (2 West Park St., Lebanon, 448-4532) 9 p.m. Conniption Fits, fresh off winning new single “Misinformed Informant,” provide the music.

• Salt hill Pub Newport (58 Main St., Newport, 863-7774) 9 p.m. Regular favorites Flew-Z perform at an upstairs party that features Irish charm and noisemakers aplenty.

• Salt hill Pub Sunapee (1407 Route 103, Newbury, 763-2667) 9 p.m. Tirade plays the party at Salt hill’s resort location, nestled a stone’s thrown from Mount Sunapee.

• Savory Square Bistro (32 Depot Square, Hampton, 926-2202) 9 p.m. Husband-andwife duo Mel & John perform.

• Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 6250246) 8 p.m. Lock the Doors Bash is reprised with limited $60 tickets covering a food buffet, midnight Champagne toast, giveaways, DJ music and open bar. The club will be closed to anyone without tickets (21+ only).

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• Smokey’s Tavern (11 Farmington Road, Rochester, 330-3100) 9 p.m. Poor Howard and the Bullfrog perform.

• Stella Blu (70 E. Pearl St., Nashua, 5785557) 9 p.m. Mystical Magic party at this tapas restaurant.

• Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700) 6 p.m. DeadBeat makes the tie-dyed crowd “grateful” on New Year’s Eve • Strange Brew Tavern (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) 9 p.m. Howard Randall & Friends perform at the popular taproom and restaurant.

• Tandy’s Top Shelf (1 Eagle Square, Concord, 856-7614) 8 p.m. Black & White Party with DJ Iceman at 10 p.m. Grand Buffet from 6 to 9 p.m. is $30 per person, $50 per couple.

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• Taverne on the Square (2 Pleasant St., Claremont, 287-4416) 8 p.m. Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers play rootsy rock music. $75 per couple includes dinner for two, party favors and a Champagne toast at midnight.

• Telly’s (235 Calef Highway, Epping, 6798225) 8 p.m. Max Sullivan performs rock ’n’ roll music.

• The Yard (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545) 8 p.m. Headliners Comedy starring Larry Norton and Main Event DJ, with a buffet dinner and Champagne toast. $75.

• Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St, Portsmouth, 427-8645) 9 p.m. Jamsterdam gets down and dirty in the basement music space, while great beer flows on both floors.

• Thirsty Turtle (8 Temple St., Nashua, 402-4136) 8 p.m. Gate City Sound provides live music, with Champagne toast at midnight.

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• Union Coffee Co. (42 South St., Milford, 554-8879) 8 p.m. Wink & A Smile, Crowne Victoria, Jake McKelvie & the Countertops and DJ Tekhed perform.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) 9 p.m. Off Duty Angels play rock and country covers at this good-time bash.

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At last fall’s Apple Harvest Day, live music poured from outdoor stages across Dover, including one on Orchard Street that leaned toward country rock. Giving off a vibe befitting Nashville’s Broadway nightclub district, the location stayed crowded all the day. One patron enjoying the day’s sounds was a booker from the nearby 603 Bar & Lounge, who struck up a conversation with promoter Amanda Morneault.

A few months later, plans were set for a January residency by artists from NEON Music Management, where Morneault works as managing partner with founder Matt Casey.

The Wednesday night series features original performers playing a mix of country covers along with their own material.

The residency opens Jan. 4 with Kevin Herchen, a Rhode Island singer-songwriter. Early this year, Herchen won a Big Break competition in his home state, which allowed him to record a music video of his original song “Closer.” On Jan. 11, Jimmy Connor continues the series. ”He is a young Hunter Hayes,” Morneault said of the 16-year-old Massachusetts performer. “Such a prodigy; he amazes me.”

Another young rising talent, 18-year-old Caroline Gray, follows Connor on Jan. 18. A multi-instrumentalist (guitar and piano), Gray already has song co-writes in her resume; she collaborated with Music Row’s Marty Dodson, author of Blake Shelton’s Top 10 hit “Doin’ It.” Crossover duo Martin and Kelly — singer-songwriter Jilly Martin and guitar slinger Ryan Brooks Kelly — finish the month on Jan. 25. The pair released a selftitled EP last spring.

If it catches on, the series will continue in February; given Morneault’s track record, that’s likely. She found her way into the music business through her father’s sound company. Soon after installing a system at Portsmouth’s Thirsty Moose Taphouse, she was booking music there. A sold-out show by The Cadillac Three at the club connected her with New England Country Music’s Chris Whynock, which planted the seeds for her biggest venture yet.

“A few months later I was on a beach with my kids,” Morneault said. “I got a phone call from Chris saying, ‘I’m thinking that maybe we should put a festival together.’” In June Kevin Herchen Where: 603 Bar & Lounge, 368 Central Ave., Dover When: Wednesday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m.

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2015, country star Kellie Pickler headlined the first New England Country Music Festival at Redhook Brewery, and the show went clean.

A year later, TC3 returned to headline the second annual festival; it also sold out. That she’d booked the southern rockers in a nightclub two years earlier and now had them filling a venue with thousands of fans was testament to talent-selection savvy. Looking forward, 2017 portends even bigger things.

Three acts are already booked for the festival, though Morneault won’t say who just yet.

“But they all have No. 1 hits,” he said.

The festival always features several NEON performers. The acronym stands for North East Of Nashville, and the agency works tirelessly at artist development, alongside New England To Nashville (NETN), a support and artist exchange that started on Facebook and is now an 800-member-strong organization.

As the name indicates, NETN helps performers expand their reach, whether they’re local, or southern-based and looking to reach East Coast audiences. NEON manages their tours when they come up to the region, and if they have already established relationships with venues for weekend shows, helps them find midweek gigs.

“Fill in the gap and expand,” Morneault said. “That’s our goal.”

Efforts often include multi-act shows at Loretta’s Last Call in Boston.

“These are the artists that are hungry,” Morneault said. “They have quit their partor full-time jobs. Some are still in school and some folks are older, but everybody is dedicated and hard-working. When they’re not playing or writing, they are traveling back and forth to Nashville.”

Morneault wants the New England Country Music Festival to become a tradition like Hookfest, which recently surpassed two decades.

“That is what we want to grow this to,” she said, brimming with optimism and dreaming out loud about one day hosting a band like Lady Antebellum. “Outside, there’s 10,000 people.”

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Derryfield Country Club Claremont 267-7778 Exeter 366-4341 625 Mammoth Rd New Socials Shooters Tavern Pimentos Hanover Paradise Beach Club 623-2880 Rt. 3 DW Hwy 528-2444 2 Pleasant St. 287-4416 69 Water St. 583-4501 Salt Hill Pub Whiskey 20 Shooter’s Pub 7 Lebanon St. 676-7855 322 Lakeside Ave. 366-2665 20 Old Granite St. Deerfield Boscawen 6 Columbus Ave. Canoe Club 641-2583 Nine Lions Tavern Alan’s 772-3856 27 S. Main St. 643-9660 Patio Garden Lakeside Ave. Fratello’s 133 N. Main St. 753-6631 4 North Rd 463-7374 Pitman’s Freight Room 155 Dow St. 624-2022 Francestown Henniker 94 New Salem St. Foundry Derry Bow Toll Booth Tavern Country Spirit 50 Commercial St. Drae Chen Yang Li 740 2nd NH Tpke 262 Maple St. 428-7007 527-0043 Tower Hill Tavern 836-1925 520 South St. 228-8508 14 E Broadway #A 588-1800 Pat’s Peak Sled Pub 264 Lakeside Ave. Ignite Bar & Grille 216-2713 24 Flander’s Road 366-9100 100 Hanover St. 494-6225 Halligan Tavern Bristol Gilford 888-728-7732 Weirs Beach Lobster Imago Dei Back Room at the Mill 32 W. Broadway Ellacoya Barn & Grille Pound 123 Hanove St. 965-3490 2 Central St. 744-0405 2667 Lakeshore Road Hillsborough 72 Endicott St. 366-2255 Jewel Purple Pit 293-8700 Mama McDonough’s 61 Canal St. 819-9336 28 Central Sq. 744-7800 Dover Patrick’s 5 Depot St. 680-4148 Lebanon Karma Hookah & 7th Settlement Brewery 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Tooky Mills Rumor Mill Salt Hill Pub Cigar Bar 50 S Main St, 217-0971 47 Washington St. 9 Depot St. 2 West Park St. 448-4532 1077 Elm St. 647-6653 373-1001 Goffstown 464-6700 KC’s Rib Shack Asia Concord Village Trestle Turismo 837 Second St. 627-RIBS 42 Third St. 742-9816 Barley House 25 Main St. 497-8230 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 Londonderry Coach Stop Tavern Midnight Rodeo (Yard) Cara Irish Pub 132 N. Main 228-6363 176 Mammoth Rd 1211 S. Mammoth Rd 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Hampton CC Tomatoes Hooksett 437-2022 623-3545 Dover Brick House 209 Fisherville Rd Ashworth By The Sea Asian Breeze Stumble Inn Milly’s Tavern 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 295 Ocean Blvd.

753-4450 1328 Hooksett Rd 20 Rockingham Rd 500 Commercial St. Fury’s Publick House Cheers 926-6762 621-9298 432-3210 625-4444 1 Washington St. 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Bernie’s Beach Bar New England’s Tap Whippersnappers Modern Gypsy 617-3633 Granite 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 House Grille 44 Nashua Rd 434-2660 383 Chestnut st.

96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 Sonny’s Tavern Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 1292 Hooksett Rd Murphy’s Taproom 83 Washington St. Hermanos 139 Ocean Blvd. 929-7400 782-5137 Loudon 494 Elm St. 644-3535 742-4226 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669 Breakers at Ashworth Hungry Buffalo N’awlins Grille Top of the Chop Makris 295 Ocean Blvd. 926-6762 Hudson 58 Rte 129 798-3737 860 Elm St. 606-2488 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Breakers By the Sea 354 Sheep Davis Road AJ’s Sports Bar Penuche’s 225-7665 409 Ocean Blvd 926-7702 11 Tracy Lane 718-1102 96 Hanover St. 626-9830 Thursday, Dec. 22 Amherst LaBelle Winery: Robert Allwarden

Concord Common Man: Joel Begin Granite: CJ Poole Duo Hermanos: Jared Steer Penuche’s Ale House: Holiday Auburn Party Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ True Brew: Dusty Gray - All Gordy and Diane Pettipas Originals Bedford Copper Door: Triana Wilson Boscawen Alan’s: John Pratte

Hanover Canoe Club: North Country Chordsmen Exeter Salt hill Pub: Irish Trad’ SesStation 19: Thursday Night sion Randy Miller/Roger Kahle Live Hillsborough Gilford Turismo: Line Dancing Patrick’s: Don Bartenstein/ Dover Steve Grill Lebanon Salt hill Pub: Celtic Open SesCara: Bluegrass w/Steve Roy Fury’s Publick House: Evi- Hampton sion dence Lies CR’s: Don Severance Londonderry Coach Stop: Paul Luff

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Epping Telly’s: Dan Walker

Portland Pie Company 786 Elm St. 622-7437 Salona Bar & Grill 128 Maple St. 624-4020 Shaskeen 909 Elm St. 625-0246 Shorty’s 1050 Bicentennial Drive 625-1730 South Side Tavern 1279 S Willow St. 935-9947 Strange Brew Tavern 88 Market St. 666-4292 Thrifty’s Soundstage 1015 Candia Road 603-518-5413 Tin Roof Tavern 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722

Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Sq. 943-7443 5 Dragons 29 Railroad Sq. 578-0702 Arena 53 High St. 881-9060 Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Blvd.

943-5630 Burton’s Grill 310 Daniel Webster Highway 888-4880 Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers 38 East Hollis St. 577-1718 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Fratello’s Italian Grille 194 Main St. 889-2022 Mason Haluwa Lounge Marty’s Driving Range Nashua Mall 883-6662 96 Old Turnpike Rd Killarney’s Irish Pub 878-1324 9 Northeastern Blvd.

888-1551 Meredith O’Shea’s Giuseppe’s Ristorante 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 312 DW Hwy 279-3313 Peddler’s Daughter 48 Main St. 821-7535 Merrimack Portland Pie Company Homestead 14 Railroad Sq 882-7437 641 DW Hwy 429-2022 Riverwalk Jade Dragon 35 Railroad Sq 578-0200 515 DW Hwy 424-2280 Shorty’s Pacific Fusion 48 Gusabel Ave. 882-4070 356 DW Hwy 424-6320 Stella Blu Tortilla Flat 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 594 Daniel Webster Thirsty Turtle Hwy 262-1693 8 Temple St. 402-4136 Milford J’s Tavern 63 Union Square 554-1433 Lefty’s Lanes 244 Elm St. 554-8300 Pasta Loft 241 Union Square 672-2270 Shaka’s Bar & Grill 11 Wilton Rd 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Hampshire Hills 50 Emerson Rd 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. 42 South St. 554-8879

New Boston Molly’s Tavern 35 Mont Vernon Rd 487-2011

Moultonborough Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900

New London Flying Goose 40 Andover Road 526-6899

Newbury Goosefeathers Pub Mt. Sunapee 763-3500 Salt Hill Pub 1407 Rt 103 763-2667 New Castle Wentworth By The Sea 588 Wentworth Rd 422-7322

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Cafe Nostimo 72 Mirona Rd. 436-3100 Demeters Steakhouse 3612 Lafayette Rd. 766-0001 Dolphin Striker 15 Bow St. 431-5222 Fat Belly’s 2 Bow St. 610-4227 Grill 28 200 Grafton Road 433-1331 Hilton Garden Inn 100 High St. 431-1499 Lazy Jacks 58 Ceres St. 294-0111 Martingale Wharf 99 Bow St. 431-0901 Oar House 55 Ceres St. 436-4025 Portsmouth Book & Bar 40 Pleasant St. 427-9197 Portsmouth Gas Light 64 Market St. 430-9122 Press Room 77 Daniel St. 431-5186 Red Door 107 State St. 373-6827 Redhook Brewery 1 Redhook Way 430-8600 Ri Ra Irish Pub 22 Market Sq 319-1680 Rudi’s 20 High St. 430-7834 Rusty Hammer 49 Pleasant St. 319-6981 Thirsty Moose 21 Congress St. 427-8645 Raymond Cork n’ Keg 4 Essex Drive 244-1573

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Radloff’s 38 N. Main St. 948-1073 Smokey’s Tavern 11 Farmington 330-3100 Salem Barking Bean 163 Main St. 458-2885 Black Water Grill 43 Pelham Rd 328-9013 Jocelyn’s Lounge 355 S Broadway 870-0045 Sayde’s Restaurant 136 Cluff Crossing 890-1032

Somersworth Hideout Grill at the Oaks 100 Hide Away Place 692-6257 Kelley’s Row 417 Route 108 692-2200

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Old Rail Pizza Co. 6 Main St. 841-7152 Sunapee One Mile West Tavern 6 Brook Road 863-7500 Sunapee Coffee House Rte. 11 Lower Main St. 229-1859 Suncook Olympus Pizza 42 Allenstwon Rd. 485-5288 Tilton Black Swan Inn 354 W Main St. 286-4524 Warner Local 2 E Main St. 456-6066 Weare Stark House Tavern 487 S Stark Hwy 529-7747 West Lebanon Seven Barrel Brewery 5 Airport Rd 298-5566

Seabrook Castaways 209 Ocean Blvd 760-7500 Chop Shop 920 Lafayette Rd 760-7706

Windham Common Man 88 Range Rd 898-0088 Jonathon’s Lounge Park Place Lanes, Route 28 800-892-0568 Red’s Tavern 22 Haverhill Dr. 437-7251

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Weare Deerfield Stark House Tavern: Lisa Nine Lions: Ugly Sweater Party Guyer Solo Derry Windham Coffee Factory: Dave LaCroix Common Man: Chris Lester Hilltop Spot: Rob Benton

Newmarket Friday, Dec. 23 Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Auburn Auburn Pitts: Nicole Knox Prendergast Murphy Peterborough Belmont Harlow’s: Bluegrass Night Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark Plaistow Racks: Rock Jam w/ Dave Boscawen Alan’s: Joe McDonald Thompson

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Nashua Agave Azul: DJ K-Wil Ladies Night Country Tavern: Brad Myrick Fody’s: White Steer Fratello’s Italian Grille: Amanda Cote Riverwalk Cafe: Sarah and the Wild Versatile Shorty’s: Steve Sibulkin

Rochester Gary’s 38 Milton Rd 335-4279 Governor’s Inn 78 Wakefield St. 332-0107 Lilac City Grille 103 N. Main St. 3323984 Revolution Tap Room 61 N Main St. 244-3022

Dover Cara: Club Night w/ DJ Shawnny O Dover Brickhouse: DJ Erich Kruger Fury’s Publick House: Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers Top of the Chop: Funkadelic Fridays

Epping Claremont Holy Grail: Matt Gelinas Taverne on the Square: Brad Telly’s: Tim Theriault Myrick Gilford Concord Patrick’s: Dueling Pianos Area 23: Trade Andre Balazs & Jim Tyrrell

NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Goffstown Village Trestle: Reid Trevaskis Hampton CR’s: Judith Murray The Goat: Searching for Clarity (Duo) Savory Square: Joel Cage Wally’s Pub: Gone By Sunrise Hanover Canoe Club: Gillian Joy Salt Hill Pub: Will Michaels Henniker Country Spirit: Beechwood Hillsborough Mama McDonough’s: Chris White Hooksett Asian Breeze: DJ Albin Lebanon Salt Hill Pub: Tirade Londonderry Coach Stop: Chris Cavanaugh Manchester British Beer: Clint Lapointe City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Derryfield: Last Kid Picked Foundry: Justin Cohn Fratello’s: Ryan Williamson Jewel: Groovechild Christmas Party Karma: Mike Fioretti ManchVegas: Haywire Murphy’s Taproom: Without Paris Penuche’s: Lichen Shaskeen: Luddy Mussy Strange Brew: Matthew Stubbs Band featuring Dennis Brennan Whiskey’s 20: DJs Jason Spivak & Sammy Smoove Wild Rover: On 2 Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois

Merrimack Homestead: Kieran McNally Jade Dragon: DJ Laura Milford J’s Tavern: Heartbeat City Pasta Loft: Jenni Lynn Duo Shaka’s: Nasty Geckos Tiebreakers: Beth Mangano Union Coffee: Open Mic Nashua Agave Azul: Jimmy & Marcelle Boston Billiard Club: Wooden Soul Country Tavern: Johnnie James Fody’s: Pop Roxs with Kevin Hopkins Fratello’s Italian Grille: Brad Bosse Haluwa: Wise Guy Band Peddler’s Daughter: Pop Farmers Riverwalk Cafe: Urethane Stella Blu: Groove Cats New Boston Molly’s: Peter Pappas + Guest/ John Chouinard Newbury Salt Hill Pub Sunapee: John Lackard Newmarket Riverworks: Doug Mitchell Stone Church: Customer Appreciation Party w/ Noonday Crawlers

Press Room: Scott Kiefner Group Red Door: A/V Club Takeover Ri Ra: Jamsterdam Rudi’s: Will Ogmundson Thirsty Moose: Business Time Raymond Cork n Keg: Off Duty Angels Rochester Radloff’s: Dancing Madly Backwards Duo Smokey’s Tavern: Dan Walker Seabrook Chop Shop: 80 MPH Warner The Local: Senie Hunt Stewart Saturday, Dec. 24 Gilford Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man Hampton Savory Square: Rico Barr Hanover Canoe Club: Jonathan Kaplan Manchester ManchVegas: DJ Pending Nashua Haluwa: Dirty Looks Sunday, Dec. 25 Londonderry Stumble Inn: Brad Bosse

Newport Salt hill Pub Newport: Chad Gibbs

Monday, Dec. 26 Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa

Peterborough Harlow’s: Youngest Sun

Dover Top of the Chop: Acoustic Open Mic with Dave Ogden

Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Freight Train Martingale Wharf: DJ Ryan Obermiller Portsmouth Gaslight: DJ Koko/Chad Verbeck/Tom Emerson

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Newmarket Stone Church: SpeakEazy: Church Street Jazz Band / Bluegrass Jam Late

Manchester Fratello’s: Phil Jacques Strange Brew: Open Jam Tom Ballerini Blues Band

North Hampton Barley House Seacoast: Traditional Irish Session

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Peterborough Harlow’s: Celtic Music Jam

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Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Chris Lester Press Room: Jazz Jam w/ Larry Garland & Friends

Nashua Country Tavern: Tom Rousseau Fratello’s Italian Grille: Kelsie Hinds

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Wednesday, Dec. 28 Concord Hermanos: Mike Stockbridge Trio

Dublin DelRossi’s Trattoria: Celtic and Old Timey Jam Session

Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Don Severance Press Room: The Silver Linings ft. Kent Allyn/Jason Crigler/Monica Crigler/John Mettam/Kate Redgate Red Door: Red On Red w/ Evaredy (Service Industry Night) Ri Ra: Erin’s Guild Rudi’s: Dimitri

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Legendary New Hampshire drumming group Recycled Percussion is back in the Granite State for six great shows at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester).

Don’t miss this show packed full of surprises and crowd favorites in an incredible turbo-charged performance.

Be part of a one of a kind show and relive the journey of the local boys that took their bucket banging high school act all the way to the entertainment capital of the world — Las Vegas. Go Friday, Dec. 30, or Saturday, Dec. 31, at 4 or 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 1, at 7 p.m. or Monday, Jan. 2, at 4 p.m.

Tickets are $29.50 at palacetheatre.org.

Want to get your show listed in the Music This Week? Let us know all about your upcoming show, comedy show, open mike night or multi-band event by sending all the information to music@hippopress.com. Send information by 9 a.m. on Friday to have the event considered for the next Thursday’s paper.

NITE CONCERTS Capitol Center for the Performing Arts & Spotlight Cafe 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com The Colonial Theatre 95 Main St., Keene 352-2033, thecolonial.org Dana Humanities Center 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester 641-7700, anselm.edu/dana The Flying Monkey 39 S. Main St., Plymouth

536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse.org The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Loft 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com SNHU Arena 555 Elm St., Manchester 644-5000, snhuarena.com Stockbridge Theatre Pinkerton Academy, Route 28, Derry 437-5210, stockbridgetheatre.com Tupelo Music Hall 2 Young Road, Londonderry 437-5100, tupelohall.com

Chanukah at the Palace Monday, Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Recycled Percussion Tuesday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Recycled Percussion (2 shows daily 12/30-1/1 & 4 p.m. Jan. 2) Palace Theatre Kashmir (Led Zeppelin tribute) Wednesday, Jan. 4, 8 p.m.

Rochester Opera House Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Thursday, Jan. 5, 8 p.m. Tupelo Entrain Friday, Jan. 6, 8 p.m.

Tupelo 3 Redneck Tenors Friday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Who’s Bad: Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band Saturday, Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Davina & the Vagabonds Saturday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. Tupelo Leo Kottke & Keller Williams Saturday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Dietrich Strause with the Blue Ribbons Saturday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. Music Hall Loft Moondance: Tribute to Van Morrison Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Get the Led Out Saturday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. Cap Center 1964-Beatles Tribute Sunday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Pat Metheny Tuesday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Music Hall Marc Broussard Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. Tupelo

Decades Rewind (also 1/26) Wednesday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. Cap Center Will Hoge Thursday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. Music Hall Loft Beatlejuice Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m. Tupelo Draw the Line (Aerosmith tribute) Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Elton John Tribute Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Steve Earle Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Tupelo Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox Monday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Music Hall International Guitar Summit Friday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. Dana Center Jesse Colin Young Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. Tupelo Honest Millie Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. Cap Center Neptune’s Car Saturday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. Franklin Opera House Enter the Haggis Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Tupelo Alex Preston Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. Cap Center Alexis Cole Tuesday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Cap Center Maceo Parker & His Legendary Funk Band Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Dana Center Bruce In The USA: Tribute to Bruce Springsteen Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Geoff Tate - The Whole Story “Ryche” Acoustic Tour 2017 Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Tupelo Marcia Ball Sunday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Tupelo

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Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I think that most of us — myself included — go through life focusing on the negative. We often think we’re doing this to be realistic, or simply because we are identifying the negative things we are trying to eliminate in our lives. And although I don’t think we are wrong when we pay attention to that which hurts and bothers us — if we are really doing it for the sake of making things better — I believe it’s also important to dedicate time to focus on the good things, so we can repeat them and increase them in our lives. Go ahead and focus on all of it. Be mindful of how you respond.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) One night I had the urge to spend the night sitting under the Eiffel Tower, and so I did. I lay down in the park in front of the tower, and at midnight, I said to myself, “Happy New Year!” Clear your mind and start over.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Instead of thinking, “I am different from them,” try saying, “They are different from me.” It’s a good time to shake things up, thinking-wise.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Because when others see that we are full of love and that we give without expectation, they are not afraid to fully open up. Key words: without expectation.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) I will always be infinitely grateful to Mexico for everything it gave me, and all the opportunities it offered. It was my springboard into the rest of the world, because from theater I moved on to television soap operas and from soaps to film, and through film I came back to music. You are making progress.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) There are some people who believe that we should not have everything at once, but I disagree.

Instead, I feel we should not have everything until we are actually ready. And to become ready, one must work. A lot. Work.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) In the depths of my soul I knew I needed to take some distance to rest and think about everything that was happening to me, but somehow it never seemed the right time. It’s the right time.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) And who am I to tell other people what it is that will make them happy? They have to discover it for themselves. This is true.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) From age twelve to seventeen I never had to make a decision for myself (my clothes, hairstyles, music, and itinerary were all decided by someone else), and that is how I functioned: doing what was expected of me, always trying to please everyone else. So when I took control of my own life, I felt completely lost: I did not know where to look or what to do. You need to decide what your own expectations are.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Once again, here, like with so many different aspects of my life, I have learned that I have to focus on what I have done, as opposed to what is left to do. Otherwise, it would be too overwhelming.

Consider your accomplishments.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) I had spent so much time focused on doing publicity, being available, and always giving, giving, and giving to reach my goal that I didn’t realize that, to a certain degree, I had already reached it, and surpassed it without even noticing. That is when I understood that the rules of the game had changed and that I had to find a way to reclaim control of my time and my life.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPHERD takenly driven through someone’s back yard The passing parade and through the swing set.) (.188.)

(1) In November, a court in Christchurch, New Zealand, ordered the local police to “undo” the 493 bottles’ worth of liquor they Recent alarming headlines “Man Mixing LSD and Cough Syrup had recently poured down the city’s drain Saves Dog From Imaginary Fire” (WNYT- after raiding an unlicensed bar. The court said TV, Albany, N.Y.), 10-15-2016). (Panicked, the police must pay a pumping company to he had first sought help from neighbors who recall the hooch because of environmental were unpersuaded by the sight of a fireless regulations. (2) In November, the Littleton, Colorado, city government, faced with the fire.)

“Santa Claus Speaks Out Against North need to “blot” sticky tar on 120 streets whose Pole Ban of Marijuana Sales” (KTUU-TV, potholes it was filling, bypassed expensive Anchorage) (Cannabis is legal in Alaska “detackifiers” in favor of stuffing toilet paper unless towns ban it, and the legally-named over the tar, causing the streets to have a trickor-treat look.

Mr. Claus needs it for cancer pain.)

“Dog On Loose Causes Sheep To Have Sex With Their Sisters in Walton On The A News of the Weird classic Hill” (The wild dog has wrecked a planned (February 2013) mating program, leaving female sheep to An estimated 3.2 million kids ages 5-12 canoodle with each other) (Surrey Mirror, take mixed-martial-arts classes, training Compelling explanations Texas is among the most enthusiastic Redhill, England, 9-22- 2016) to administer beatdowns modeled after states for jailing low-income arrestees who the adults’ Ultimate Fighting Championcannot pay a money bail, especially dur- Least competent artists ships, according to a January (2013) report ing devastating family hardships, and the Apparently the plan by a 33-year-old unli- in ESPN magazine, which profiled the four Houston bail magistrates are particular- censed, un-car-registered driver in Perth, swaggering, Mohawked Derek “Crazy” ly harsh, according to a recent report of the Australia, in November to keep from being Rayfield, 11, and the meek, doll-clutching Texas Organizing Project. After hearing one stopped by police was to print “POLICE” in fighting machine, Regina “The Black Widfinancially overwhelmed woman beg sarcas- large, “official”-looking letters on the sides ow” Awana, 7. Kids under age 12 fight each tically that $1,000 bail is “nothing” next to of her white Hyundai, using a blue dry-erase other without regard to gender, and blows her other bills, unsympathetic magistrate Joe board marker. (She was, of course, quickly above the collarbone, and on the groin, Licata shrugged, “It’s nothing to me, either. stopped by police.) kidneys, and back are prohibited. “Crazy” It’s job security.”

A woman in a quiet north Minneapolis delivered merciless forearm chest smashneighborhood told reporters she became fear- es before the referee intervened, and the ful after seeing a large swastika spraypainted Black Widow won her match in less than Weird quantities (1) Price tag for one round of a 155mm pro- on a garage door down a nearby alley (just a minute via arm-bar submission. Parenjectile shot from the Navy’s USS Zumwalt: after election day!). (Problem: The base “X” tal involvement is said to be either “fear” $800,000. (2) Trees killed in California by of the correct design has “hooks” that should of their child’s getting hurt or “encouragethe now-5-year-old drought: 102,000,000. (3) always extend to the right, clockwise; three ment” to be meaner.

Recent finding of “water” farthest from the of the Minneapolis “artist’s” awkwardly hook Earth’s surface: 621 miles down (one-third of left.)

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