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Have any of you watched the FX TV series The Americans?

Spoiler alert: The Russians are spying on us and have been doing so for decades. The series takes place in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Everyone’s known that they’ve been spying on us since long before that. In the late 1950s and early ’60s, the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons made fun of Russian spies Boris Badenov and his colleague, a femme fatale, appropriately named Natasha Fatale. Mad Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy cartoon started in 1961 and continues today, depicting one spy dressed in black, another in white. We all know that our spies are the good spies dressed in white and the Russians are the bad guys.

With the recent presidential election shocker electing Donald Trump as our 45th president, the Democrats have been crying foul, that the Russians spied on them and released damaging information that they found in Democrats’ emails. Should we be shocked and dismayed that the Russians were spying on us? Of course not! But where’s the hue and cry over the specific information made visible to the public?

Did the Democrats deny the authenticity of the information released? No! They simply complained that it was released.

So, as Americans, are we glad or mad that we found out the truth, including that the Democratic National Committee did try to ensure that Hillary beat Bernie Sanders in the primary? Don’t you think that most Americans would want to know whether or not there was proof in Bernie’s vehement claims that the primary was rigged to ensure that Hillary would eventually win? It seems to me that information that was important to Americans was being hidden from the public and that Democrats are upset that they were found out.

Maybe Republicans did similarly bad things that would be embarrassing to them and Democrats are mad because they were the only ones who got caught. But being mad at Russia for spying is like being mad at the crocodile that you invited to your pool party because it bit someone. So are you glad or mad that you found out the truth on what Bernie Sanders was complaining about from the start?

In the end, did the Democrats pay a price in the general election for getting caught cheating in the primary? Maybe, but they did it to themselves. Next time, don’t cheat. Then you won’t have to worry about getting caught.

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

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NEWS & NOTES Autopsy backlog

A request by the state Attorney General’s office to accept a $284,747 grant to hire a new pathologist for the Medical Examiner’s office is being met with some resistance from lawmakers, NHPR reported. One of the highest priorities for the AG’s office, the money would go a long way toward easing a mounting backlog of autopsies, according to Department of Justice officials. But during a recent fiscal committee meeting, Republican Senate President Chuck Morse spoke against creating a new position that would eventually be part of the next state budget. Instead the committee voted to spend about $40,000 of the grant money for a contracted pathologist. The legislature will have another chance to use the rest of the money in July, either for another temporary contract or for a full-time position. The money is lost if it goes unspent in a year’s time. Autopsies are currently conducted by two pathologists at the ME’s office, but, largely due to the opioid crisis, drug deaths have increased from 40 to nearly 500 in the past nine years.

Medical MJ

A number of bills appear to be moving quickly through the legislature to ease restrictions in the state’s medical marijuana law. NHPR reported one bill would allow prescribers to write a prescription for therapeutic cannabis when patients are experiencing severe pain that isn’t treatable through conventional medicine or when other treatments produce significant side effects.

Another measure would expand those legally allowed to pick up a prescription to include nursing homes, hospitals and hospice houses. A third bill would add hepatitis C to the list of qualifying conditions. All three bills were passed unanimously by a Senate committee and are expected to pass the full Senate.

that would create a study commission with bipartisan membership designed to consider reciprocity for Russian meddling, including a possible suspension on the sale of Russian liquors at state liquor stores. Another idea the bill would have the commission consider is evaluating opportunities for the state pension to divest from Russian companies. While Russia denies it, top members of the U.S. intelligence community have said Russian leadership ordered an influence campaign on the election, which included the propagation of fake news, trolling and the hacking of Democratic Party emails.

School budget

The Manchester School District is projecting a $6 million budget shortfall out of a total operating budget of $180 million, NHPR reported.

Parents, school employees and city officials met to discuss ways to bridge the gap at a recent meeting in Parkside Middle School. Superintendent Bolgen Vargas said everything is on the table when it comes to budget cuts. The shortfall is the result of rising pension costs, reduced state aid and declining enrollment.

Gun drop

A Republican House lawmaker faced harsh criticism after she accidentally dropped a loaded gun while taking her seat in a committee room.

House Speaker Shawn Jasper said, “I have impressed upon her that, while no harm came from this incident, her lack of control is unacceptable,” in a press release. Multiple reports named Rep. Carolyn Halstead of Milford as the one who dropped the gun, which did not discharge.

The firearm came loose from her waistband when she removed her backpack. Halstead said her gun’s safety lock was on at the time. Lawmakers and members of the public are allowed to carry firearms in the Statehouse and legislative offices.

A similar incident occurred in 2012 when former state Rep Kyle Tasker dropped his gun while seated at a Russian liquor ban?

A state lawmaker wants to pun- committee meeting. ish Russia for its cyber-campaign to influence the U.S. election by Buffer zones banning the sale of Russian vodka A federal appeals court has upheld in the state. The AP reported Dem- a state law that creates an optional ocratic Senate Minority Leader 25-foot buffer zone around abortion Jeff Woodburn proposed a bill clinic entrances meant to protect HIPPO | JANUARY 19 - 25, 2017 | PAGE 4

patients from harassment while retaining the First Amendment rights of protesters. The AP reported the law, which was enacted in 2014, has been in limbo following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a 35-foot mandated buffer zone law in Massachusetts was unconstitutional. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld the New Hampshire law because it had not affected protesters’ free speech. No abortion clinic in the state has implemented a buffer zone yet. Opponents to the law say it has the potential to limit free speech. The case may be appealed to the Supreme Court next.

A high school student in Bow, Elin Warwick, is digitally logging and mapping each grave at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, the Concord Monitor reported. When the project is complete, visitors will be able to access the map at a computer in the cemetery’s welcome center. CONCORD

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Gov. Chris Sununu will have another key appointment to make in his first term since the state’s chief accountant is resigning three years early. The AP reported Comptroller Gerard Murphy is stepping down from the role at the end of January.

His final task will be to complete the state’s annual financial report.

The comptroller is in charge of all financial reporting and monitors state revenues so state officials know how much money they have to spend. Murphy is leaving to work as associate vice president of finance at Keene State College and he says he hopes to spend more time with his family. The commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services says the comptroller position is a difficult one to fill.

Kindergarten

A bill in the Statehouse would increase state funding for schools that offer full-day kindergarten programs. NHPR reported law-

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The town of Merrimack is considering new proposals to either renovate its existing Bedford library or build a new one, the Telegraph of Nashua reported. The library direcAmherst tor said while funds are still short of the goal, trustees Milford ultimately want to build either an addition or a new building.

Police in Goffstown are investigating a bomb scare at the Hannaford Supermarket on Mast Road. According to a press release, a person called and told an employee there was a bomb in the pharmacy. Police and fire officials determined it to be a hoax.

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makers heard testimony for the bill at a recent committee hearing. The current state funding formula halves state aid to kindergarten compared to funding for other grades, regardless of whether the district provides full-day or half-day programs.

Proponents of the bill say districts offering full-day kindergarten are inordinately burdening local taxpayers compared to

According to a press release, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen will serve as the lead Democrat on a “key” funding subcommittee. Shaheen was appointed to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which is tasked with writing the appropriations bills for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the FBI, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies. Shaheen will no longer serve as the lead Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

those who don’t. So far, about 80 percent of districts have begun to offer full-day kindergarten. If the bill is passed, districts would still have a choice, but those offering full-day programming would get more money, costing the state an approximate $14.5 million in new spending. Gov. Chris Sununu expressed his support for such a plan during his campaign.

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During the confirmation hearing for retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security, Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan cited a debunked story about the Russian government hacking a Vermont power plant.

NH1 News reported Hassan told Kelly during the hearing that The Washington Post reported that a hacking group connected with the Russian government had hacked Burlington Electric. The Washington Post later retracted the article, saying the IP address in question could have been related to benign activity. When asked about the use of the story, Hassan’s spokesperson said the investigation is ongoing but that Hassan was trying to make a point about the need to defend the country’s critical infrastructure.

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Who’s drinking...

Joseph Harding, the director of the state Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services, said the most reliable data come from a survey conducted by SAMHSA, which places New Hampshire securely in the top spot among states.

The researchers asked survey respondents age 12 and up if they had had an alcoholic beverage in the past month, but that’s a measurement of how many people drink, not how much they drink.

“Thirty-day use just says that generally these folks are engaged in the use of alcohol,” Harding said.

By that metric, 63.6 percent of residents age 12 and up are drinking. Only the District of Columbia was higher at 69 percent, and Vermont, Connecticut and Wisconsin were close behind with about 60 percent each. The national average is 52 percent.

“The one thing that those data points do not elaborate on is what’s the rate beyond the one alcoholic beverage a month,” Powers said. “If 60 percent of the population of folks that are of-age are consuming one alcoholic beverage a month, one alcoholic beverage a month is fairly moderate, I would say.”

nearly 64 percent of state residents aged 12 and up are regular drinkers also shows that 7.2 percent of them had an alcohol use disorder in the past year. That’s above the U.S. average of 6.14 percent, but not far from it. Four states and the District of Columbia had higher rates and several more weren’t far behind.

Other figures suggest New Hampshire might behave similarly (or even more responsibly) to those in states where consumption is lower overall. The Centers for Disease Control reported the state had a drunk driving rate of 1.4 percent, which was in the middle of the pack compared to other states and below the national average of 1.9 percent.

According to the NIAAA, deaths by alcohol-related cirrhosis in New Hampshire were in line with the national average of 5 per 100,000 population. The state had a rate of 4.9 between 2011 and 2013.

According to SAMHSA, New Hampshire’s overall binge drinking (five or more drinks in a short period of time) rate between 2013 and 2014 was 24 percent, which is slightly above the national average of 23 percent. Still, binge drinking among young adults is above average.

Is New Hampshire the drunkest state?

In December, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that nearly 64 percent of Granite Staters aged 12 and older had a drink in the last month, placing the state among the highest percentages reported.

A 2014 report from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism would seem to agree. Looking at alcohol sales and state population, it found New Hampshire topped the chart with 4.65 gallons of alcoholic beverages (a mix of spirits, wine and beer) sold per person per year, double the national average of 2.33 gallons per person per year. The state also came in first for per capita consumption in each of the categories of beverages.

The problem with this study is that 50 percent of our spirits and wine sales are from out-of-state customers, according to New Hampshire Liquor Commission spokesman E.J. Powers.

“Oftentimes the sale of alcohol has been a contributing factor in reported consumption rates, and with half of our sales coming from out-of-state residents, that oftentimes skews Youth consumption … And how much? the numbers,” Powers said.

According to the most recent SAMHThe same SAMHSA report that shows SA survey from 2014 to 2015, the state had among the highest rates of youth alcohol consumption, though numbers dropped by about 5 percent since the last survey conducted between 2008 and 2009.

“There’s no ambiguity surrounding the fact that underage consumption of alcohol is a serious issue and it must be faced on a local, state and Apparent Alcohol consumption national level,” Powers said. “The consumption for States per capita of alcohol by anyone under the age of 21 is unacceptable in the eyes of the liquor commission.”

In the 12-to-17 age group, 13 percent had a drink in the past month; among 18- to 25-year-olds, 69 percent had. The national averages for those groups were 10 and 59 NH has the most people age 12 and percent, respectively. Only the District of up who said they had an alcoholic Columbia beat out New Hampshire in the drink in the past month (63%) 18-to-25 age group with 74 percent.

– Substance Abuse and Mental Health While more research would be needed Services Administration to be sure, Harding believes bringing down New Hampshire’s youth consumption rates 69% of NH young adults age 18 to would substantially decrease our overall con25 had a drink in the past month sumption rates.

– Substance Abuse and Mental Health “I think it would probably bring us more in line [with other states],” Harding said.

Services Administration The state is about to solicit contracts to develop prevention education programs 1.4% of NH drivers report driving using $12 million in federal grant money, in an attempt to drive down undereage drinking. drunk in the past month. The One vendor has already been contracted to national average is 1.9% – CDC come up with an outreach campaign to reduce Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. high-risk drinking among young adults.

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Last fall the state handed out a total of about $1.2 million to more than a dozen law enforcement departments through the new Granite Hammer program passed by lawmakers last year. The program is meant to help police crack down on drug dealers, and the state’s three biggest cities are each working on strategies to make that happen.

Manchester received the largest chunk of money, nearly $400,000. According to the grant application documents provided to the Hippo by the Department of Safety in response to a Right to Know request, the Manchester Police Department plans to use the money for three different things.

One would be to continue its so-called Operation Granite Hammer sweeps of low-level drug dealers, which are done in a partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the New Hampshire State Police.

“We’ll go out 26 to 30 strong on a given night and we will attack the places that we know are known drug houses and we do everything we can to shut them down and arrest the dealers in real time,” said Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard during an interview in October.

Another would be Operation Cyan, a partnership with state police to beef up patrols and general police presence at crime hot spots determined by predictive analytics. The partnership adds about eight to 10 more officers in four or five cars, according to Willard.

Those are both existing programs. The eight Granite Hammer sweeps the MPD initially conducted cost $47,000 and were paid for from the department’s own budget, according to the documents.

A third initiative would be the creation of an overdose detective, someone who would respond to every fatal overdose case and try to track down the dealer who supplied the drugs involved, according to Willard.

Overall, the money is going to be used to bolster manpower and ease funding concerns.

The documents say “manpower and funding shortfalls have made it impossible for detectives to properly and thoroughly investigate overdose deaths. Our agency’s detectives generally carry a caseload of 20 to 25 felony cases at any given time in addition to investigating any major crime … that may happen during the course of their shift.”

The documents are redacted in some sections that outline specific strategies and how money would be spent, but they do break down the three main initiatives into projected

costs. The overdose detective would cost about $110,000, the Granite Hammer operations would cost about $120,000 and Operation Cyan would cost about $130,000. That’s out of about $361,000 the department requested. It ended up getting more than $395,000.

The document said the money would at least be used to cover overtime pay, but whether it’s used to hire new officers is unclear. However, the application does point out manpower shortages that affect the patrol division, which has been unable to fill the department’s mandatory cruiser routes. And Willard does want to hire more officers.

“When it’s about arresting drug dealers, the more people you have doing the cases, the more law enforcement officers you have in your city at one time working to lock up drug dealers, the better,” Willard said.

Criminal law professor Buzz Scherr at the University of New Hampshire School of Law is skeptical that the Granite Hammer grant program will be used purely for drug trafficking interference, as intended.

“Is this money for hole-plugging or is this money an increase?” Scherr said. “Because there is the hole-plugging problem. … That’s always a concern.”

Scherr says it’s been his experience that grants like these can be used for a variety of things when the underpinning legislation is written vaguely enough. That’s especially probable where municipalities have underfunded their law enforcement. Willard said Manchester’s police department is staring down a roughly $800,000 deficit after city aldermen signed a number of union contracts they didn’t budget for.

“Our budget is challenging,” Willard said.

“We’ve been essentially flat funded since 2015. Our costs have gone up but our budget has stayed stagnant. So we know going into [2017] that we were going to be in a deficit.”

While language in the law implementing the grant program makes clear the purpose, it does not prevent the money from being used for other things like filling budget holes.

Scherr says it’s unclear whether Manchester police are conducting Granite Hammer operations they wouldn’t otherwise be conducting with this new money. And their first sweep since receiving the funds had mixed results.

According to MPD, they arrested nine people during the sweep in October but the charges were for drug possession, theft and resisting arrest, not drug dealing.

Department spokesperson Brian O’Keefe said the Granite Hammer funds are meant to generally disrupt drug trafficking, which means going after buyers as well as sellers.

“Granite Hammer is an all-encompassing enforcement effort to curb the buying and

selling of illicit drugs within the city. Granite Hammer focuses on both the dealers and users in an attempt to rid the city of illegal drugs” O’Keefe said in an email.

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Meanwhile, the grant application submitted by the Nashua Police Department revealed it plans to use the roughly $249,000 it received from the state to pay for unbudgeted overtime needed to continue and strengthen two initiatives.

Its two programs are called Street Sweeper and the Combined Drug Impact Initiative.

Details of how the initiatives are carried out were redacted from the documents and calls to the Nashua police department were not returned by press time.

Nashua police conducted a CDII sweep in May that netted 13 arrests for various drug crimes. Since the department was awarded the grant, it conducted six sweeps, two in November, three in December and one in January, that it called Operation Granite Hammer. The sweeps totaled 57 arrests, and at least two of those arrests were for the same person weeks apart.

The second sweep that occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 22 was reportedly conducted in conjunction with the FBI. Before getting state funding, documents supplied by the state say Nashua was paying for its unbudgeted overtime partly through forfeiture funds but that it couldn’t continue to do so for long. The department was awarded slightly less than the $270,039 it requested.

Capital City

Concord police received $74,686.30 in Granite Hammer funds, the exact amount they requested. Since then, they participated in a joint roundup that began in Laconia and later involved Gilford and Concord police and the New Hampshire Drug Task Force.

About a dozen people were arrested; they were mostly Lakes Region residents and a few State Prison inmates. The arrested individuals were allegedly selling heroin and fentanyl.

The grant application submitted by the Concord Police Department says it plans to use the money to “conduct enhanced investigations” into opioid-related drug cases with the goal of reducing the number of overdoses in the city. Further details about its operations were redacted by the Department of Safety.

Chief Bradley Osgood said in a phone interview that all the money will be used for overtime funds and their regular tactics are not likely to change.

“We sought additional funding really to enhance our ongoing efforts. I think when we work 40-hour weeks, we can only get so much accomplished,” Osgood said.

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House Republican weighs in on tax proposal State Rep. Neal Kurk is the chairman of the House Finance Committee and a staunch supporter of the pledge to prevent the creation of any new broad-based taxes. We asked him to provide his views on a plan proposed by Democratic state Rep. Paul Henle to replace certain business and property taxes with an income tax (Henle talked to the Hippo about it on p. 8 of the Jan. 12 issue, which you can find at hippopress.com).

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Have you looked at the proposal being made by Rep. Paul Henle?

I have not read the bill itself. I have read several articles that Rep. Henle has written and published in, I believe, the Concord Monitor.

What is your position and what is the position of what you believe to be the majority of the Republicans in the state House in response to the plan?

The Republican party platform and I would think the vast majority of Republican candidates who won seats in the House campaigned on a promise not to impose new taxes or raise existing taxes. Therefore, any new tax — and Rep. Henle’s proposed income tax is obviously a new tax — would be opposed by the vast majority of Republicans in the House, including myself.

In speaking with Rep. Henle, he makes the point that our current system is “maxed out,” as he calls it. He says there’s no flexibility if we wanted to raise more money. Do you believe that to be true or are you optimistic there will be other more innovative ways to find revenue?

First of all, there’s an assumption behind that that government is not doing everything it should do and should do more and should raise additional revenue to do more. Obviously, I don’t share that perspective. … No. 2, government tax revenues fluctuate depending upon the economy — the national economy, the local economy — and what’s happening with respect to business environment. This [past] year … the state fiscal year just completed, we saw a 14-percent increase in business tax revenue. Now, that occurred without a tax increase or change in the tax law. I don’t believe that number reflects the recent reduction in the Business Profits Tax rate, because that occurred at a point in time when it was not likely to affect those numbers. So, there is this natural growth and decline in revenues depending upon where we are in the business cycle. But if you look over long periods of time, decades, regardless of the tax system that we have in New Hampshire, the total revWHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTO RIGHT NOW? I’m in the process of building an equipment shed. I hope to complete that by June of this year.

enue of these taxes, independent of any rate changes, is increasing. Because the economy is growing. We have more people today, almost twice as many, as we had in 1960. …

Of course one can say the state’s commitments have also increased, and that’s true.

But generally speaking, the commitments and the revenues are moving at approximately the same rate. … A third point … it’s very unlikely that by expanding the sources of revenue and by attempting to redirect the money to lower business taxes and property taxes, that’s likely to be successful. Rep. Henle should look at the case of New Jersey and the case of Connecticut. … In New Jersey, over the decades, they introduced first an income and then a sales tax in order to lower property taxes. And today, of course, they not only have a sales tax and an income tax, but the highest property taxes in the country. Connecticut probably 10 years ago went down the same path with an income tax and today they are facing a major deficit.

Rep. Henle argues that an income tax is a more flexible source of revenue and that it could be raised in certain situations like a crisis but would otherwise be revenue-neutral.

Do you think we need a more flexible system?

No. I think we have the ability to deal with crises as we have in the past. We reduce other spending and shift the money to the crisis area. We decide in particular cases, yes, we’ll raise the rate of existing tax. That’s very painful, but it’s happened in the past. When it’s necessary and when the economy justifies it, we’ve introduced new taxes. ... In 1990, we introduced a Communication Services tax because of changes in how communications worked. The state has the ability to raise the funds that it needs to support the programs that it wants or to reallocate existing funds to support the programs it wants. It does not need a new revenue source. As to the idea of reducing property taxes and business taxes, while property taxes are one of the most disliked, they’re one of the taxes that are especially useful in terms of maintaining voter control. That’s why we are successful in New Hampshire in terms of giving voters at the local level the right to determine their property taxes by how much they wish to spend on schools and roads and other things. Rep. Henle’s position would take away from that process. The idea that we have lower business taxes is a good idea and we are … in the process of doing that. — Ryan Lessard

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Prison overdoses During the weekend of Jan. 6, three inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men were found unresponsive from drug overdoses while a fourth man was found dead at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester, according to a press release from the state Department of Corrections. As a result, the prison shut down visitation for the following week and resumed visits on Jan. 14.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: An investigation is ongoing but there have been reports of “rampant” drug abuse in the prison for the past several years, according to NHPR.

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Veteran job openings There are about 60 entry-level positions in the state for which veterans are being encouraged to apply, NHPR reported. Some of the jobs are at TE Subcom in Newington. The company is also encouraging women, minorities and people with disabilities to apply. Employees would help manufacture undersea cables, and pay is expected to be more than $14 per hour. Albany Engineering Composites in Rochester will also be opening up about 20 manufacturing jobs in the spring.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Veterans who want to work at TE Subcom are asked to email veterans@lifewise-nh.org.

Treatment center wins award Serenity Place in Manchester was awarded the 2017 Champion in Action award in the category of addiction treatment services by Citizens Bank, according to a press release. The Union Leader partnered with the Citizens Bank’s program, which awarded $35,000 to Serenity Place with no strings attached. Executive Director Stephanie Bergeron said Serenity Place will use the money to increase outpatient services, family and education services and case management services.

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QOL Score: +1 Comment: Ski resorts enjoyed having the snow from the first big snowstorm during the week of Christmas. They expect the latest snowfall to bring more traffic.

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS

An anniversary to celebrate and savor

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Today is the 15th anniversary of the day the Patriots dynasty began.

While they’re still one Super Bowl win away from actually meeting my definition of the word “dynasty,” I use it today because all they have left is to beat Pittsburgh on Sunday and if that happens win in the SB two weeks after that. A tall task, but doable.

But they became who they are now on a snowy Saturday night in Foxboro when they did what they routinely do now — overcome the obstacles at hand, like playing so poorly on Saturday night, to win.

The obstacles were the Oakland Raiders, a team with a tradition of winning big games; a three-point deficit with time winding down; a rookie (basically) QB taking them down the field at this critical time in his first playoff game, and knowing the tying field goal would come from deep through a howling wind and blinding snowstorm.

Then, if they somehow pulled that off, they still had to win it in overtime. Plus, after flaming out in Cleveland in his first try as an NFL head coach their new head coach had many doubters.

As we all know, after being correctly saved by the worst rule in sports history, when the “Tuck Rule” turned what everyone thought/knew was a Raiders fumble recovery into the incomplete pass that kept them alive, they did it. Many teams have one game above all others to savor forever and that one is the Patriots’ landmark game, even more than the shocking upset of the Rams two weeks later to win their first Super Bowl. Because along with the miraculous Tuck Rule save, it was the first gigantically dramatic win of this great run, it didn’t come in some hermetically sealed dome, but in the wintry elements that make the playoffs in New England (and other

northern locales) so much more a test of toughness than any other sport, it gave the first real hint of what Tom Brady would become and it had the greatest field goal of all time while playing in the final game ever at Schaffer/Sullivan/Foxboro Stadium. They could play 1,000 more games and they’ll never top that one.

Amazingly the only ones still in the NFL are the night’s four key figures and remarkably all are at the top of their game! They are: Bill Belichick: I admit, he had me saying upon his hiring, “I don’t know about this,” after seeing his meltdown at the bizarre “I quit as the HC of the NYJ” press conference. And I wasn’t alone, as always wrong ESPN.com columnist Ian O’Connor, then writing for a New York area paper, proclaimed, “Patriots Will Regret Hiring Belichick.” To his credit, he calls that his “Dewey Beats Truman” column. But upon hearing Coach B talk after coming out of the bunker right before his first draft, I knew he was the right guy. Maybe not as right as he turned out, but definitely a good hire. Some say he’s lucky because he got Tom Brady at 199 when anyone else could have gotten him too. True, but he kept that skinny, not ready for prime time sixthround pick as a fourth quarterback in 2000, and no one ever does that.

Tom Brady: With Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice and Dick Butkus around I’m not quite ready to say he’s the greatest player ever. Nor the greatest QB either with the played-in- different-eras Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, John Elway and Roger Staubach in the conversation.

Though with his apples-to-apples rival Peyton Manning now retired, Brady wins that one. I think Ty Law should have been MVP in SB 36 also. But I do know he deserved his last Super Bowl MVP, that in his first try he led that drive vs. Oakland, another two weeks later vs. the Rams and again two years later vs. Carolina in typical clutch fashion to major wins and that he definitely

deserves to be in both debates mentioned at the start of this paragraph.

Adam Vinatieri: Those three drives just mentioned ended with kicks straight down Broadway. He won another title with Indy after his exile and was Parcell’s kicker in the SB vs. Green Bay. He turned 44 in a year he was 44 for 44 on extra-points tries and 87 percent on field goal tries. He’s third alltime in scoring, has two SB-winning kicks and the greatest one ever on the resume so he’s in the conversation for greatest kicker ever. Plus running down Herschel Walker from behind to prevent a sure TD in ’96 was the greatest tackle by a kicker as well.

Bob Kraft: Say what you want about his actions in Deflate-Gate, but he saved the team from being moved twice. First as stadium owner with an ironclad lease he prevented Billy Sullivan and Victor Kiam from moving the Pats to Jacksonville. Ditto when refusing James Orthwein’s offer to buy out the lease to go to St. Louis, while passing on a $50 million profit over what it cost to buy the stadium. Kraft then bought the team for $183 million, leading to 16 playoffs appearances and seven Super Bowl trips in 21 years. I was on the Parcells side when he bolted because Bobby Greer got to pick the groceries. But to Kraft’s credit he reversed his position on having one guy be Coach/GM and picked Coach B to do it despite being 36-44 with the Browns. And while I’ve never been quite sure whether he really would move to Hartford or was just leveraging the free stadium Gov. John Rowland offered to get a better local deal, unlike San Diego last week he kept the team where it belonged by spending $350 million of his own money to build Gillette.

So enjoy it all, because as the Globe’s Bob Ryan keeps telling us, “these are the good old days,” which all started 15 years ago on that great winter night in January 2002.

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S PEOPLE, PLACES & OTHER STUFF

SNHU keeps rolling The Big Story: The SNHU men’s basketball season continued heading in the right direction when it came back from 10 down at halftime to Adelphi on Saturday to win 83-76 to move to 12-3. It also continues to be a local story as Amherst’s Devin Gilligan (Island) led the way with 31 points and 7 rebounds.

Sports 101: Who is the all-time scoring leader in NFL playoff history?

Knick of Tyme Award: To Bedford’s Connor Crowley for sending the game to OT with 9 tenths of a second left on a coach-killing four-point play. The Bulldogs then pulled out a 69-65 win over Winnacunnet to move to 5-1 behind a combined 33 points from Nolan Anderson and Liam Greene.

Alumni News: That was Ryan Griffin of the Litchfield Griffins in Foxboro doing battle with the Patriots on Saturday night at Gillette.

Though the D did put the clamps on the big tight end by holding him without a catch.

The Numbers

2 – players from New Hampshire selected in last week’s National Women’s Soccer League draft when Morgan Andrews of Milford and USC went third overall to the Boston Breakers while Rachel Hill of Rollinsford and UConn went to the Portland Thorns.

7 – combined points from Bowen Bilodeau (2 goals, 2 assists) and Jack Compos, who had a hat trick and scored the game-winner in an 8-5 hockey win over Nashua North/Souhegan in NHIAA hockey action.

13 – wins against just

Stat Sheet: It was a high-scoring day in girls’ hockey on Tuesday night when Bishop Guertin beat ConVal 15-0 and the tri-school squad from Bishop Brady, Trinity and West were 14-2 winners over Central, with a six-point game for Guertin while Maddie Beliveau had four points overall including a hat trick for BB-T-W. Sports 101 Answer: With 234, Adam Vinatieri is the all-time playoff scoring leader by a wide (right) margin over David Akers.

On This Date – Jan. 19: 1937 – Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie are the first players elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame.

1974 – Notre Dame’s Dwight Clay’s 15-foot baseline J takes down mighty UCLA to end its NCAA Division I men’s record 88-game winning streak. 2013 – liar, liar pants on fire bicyclist/fraud Lance Armstrong finally admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories.

3 losses after their first 16 games after a 7-62 win over Binghamton to give the UNH women’s basketball team its best start ever under head coach Maureen Magarity or anyone else since their 14-3 start in 1981-82.

22 – game-high points scored by Jenna Chrabolowski in leading the Central girls to a 58-51 win over Winnacunnet as the Green moved to 3-3.

25 – points scored by all-name teamer Jacobee Burpee, which included five bombs from international waters to lead West over Hollis-Brookline 59-47.

75 – whopping number of shots on goal fired by Concord in a 4-0 win over Trinity when Matt Chorlain, Andy Cole, Colin Kastle and Devin Phillibrick scored for the Crimson and Griffin Gilbert picked up the shutout.

91 – remarkable number of consecutive games won by UConn women’s basketball after a nerve-wracking 84-48 win over SMU to pass their own record of 90 straight won between 2008 and 2011.

1,000 – career point mark passed by Londonderry’s Jake Coleman on a 29-point night when the Lancers were on the losing side 78-63 to Exeter.

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Sports Glossary

DL’s Dynasty Definition: Sustained excellence of 15 to 20 years with multiple championships during the run. As opposed to the one commandeered by fans trying to prop up wavering self-esteem during an admirable “period of dominance” by their team like when the ’90s Cowboys and the 2000s Pats at the start of this run won three SBs in four years.

Robert Orthwein: Backstabbing wolf in sheep’s clothing from the Budweiser clan who bought the Patriots with the express purpose of moving them to St. Louis.

John Rowland: Back in prison for Round 2, ex-governor of Connecticut who tried to lure the New England Patriots to Hartford by giving Bob Kraft a free stadium. Not too long after that tanked, Rowland went to the big house for 24 months for accepting improper gifts and in-kind services to curry favor with the big guy. He’s now back there for 30 more months on an election laws fraud rap.

Hartford, Conn.: Insurance capital of the world and horrible place to be home of the New England Patriots.

Bobby Grier: Patriots personnel man whose pick of wideout Terry Glenn with their first pick in 1996 started a rift with never satisfied bully Bill Parcells over who should pick the groceries. But since Lawyer Milloy came next, followed by Tedy Bruschi and the free agent signing of Adam V., that actually was a great draft. But top picks like Chris Canty (’97) and Andy Katzenmoyer (’99) left a lot to be desired.

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Stay active outdoors

Four easy ways to adapt to winter exercise start out feeling maybe a little bit chilly — your body will produce a lot of heat.”

Gould advised sporting wool socks and one or two pairs of athletic pants or tights.

Many winter runners also like trail gaiters, which cover shoes from your laces to your pant leg, protecting them from incoming snow.

Both Gould and Ferreira said normal running shoes are typically warm enough for winter running, even in the woods, but if you’re prone to cold feet, you could invest in a pair of sneakers with a light gore-tex lining or adhere duct tape to the toes of your shoes.

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It’s tempting to let your active outdoor life go to the wayside once it becomes cold and snowy, but there are ways to make exercising outside more enjoyable.

“I think what happens is people kind of feel trapped inside all winter. They get into the habit of getting on the treadmill, or the dreadmill as I call it, but it’s a lot of fun getting fresh air outside,” said Amber Cullen Ferreira, a New Hampshire professional triathlete, physical therapist and coach.

She and Runner’s Alley’s Jeremiah Gould offered some tips on how to brave the winter and go on with your outdoor life.

Be adaptable

Even Ferreira, who’s training for an Ironman race in Texas this April, has to give in to the cold and snow — sort of.

She makes small changes to her intensive workouts, like biking with fat tires in the snow instead of road bikes and running in the woods with microspikes or snowshoes specifically for runners.

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Be safe terparts; they’ll require more energy, and thus it might be wiser to go for time, not distance.

“Running a 5K in a pair of snowshoes is much harder than running a 5K on the road because of the extra weight and lift you need in a knee,” Gould said.

Be warm

If you’re going to be doing something active outside, start with base layers that wick away moisture — i.e., synthetic clothes.

After that, it’s about preference. Everybody has different points of cold tolerance.

Ferreira said she typically adds a lightweight face mask (which she can pull down and transform into a neck warmer if it becomes too warm), hat and light jacket, ideally one with a hood for cooler days. If you’re particularly susceptible to the cold, you may want to add a layer in between for insulation.

“If you start and you’re a little bit warm, you’re overdressed,” she said. “You want to

It’s important to plan ahead with outdoor winter activities, particularly if they’re to occur in the woods.

“You want to take the time to have a good understanding of where you’re running, just because any activity in winter in the woods is inherently more dangerous. So make sure you know the trails very well, or you’re with somebody who’s run those trails a lot so you can have a sense of what you’re getting into when you go out there,” Gould said.

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“If you’re looking at really aggressive climbs, microspikes are lighter than crampons but beefier than YakTrax,” Gould said.

“One of my favorite things to recommend for outside running in the winter is a trail running shoe.”

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Your method for clearing walkways can also play a part.

“As the snow [from the side banks] melts, it holds water on the path, so you always have to give it a place to go,” said David Vermokowitz, owner of Landscape Plus in Goffstown. “Clear a walkway as wide as you can, then clear a chunk out of one of the banks so the water will flow off the side of the walkway and into that holding area.

You’ll usually see plows do this on the side of the highways.”

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Gould said it’s also important to remember to hydrate, which is easy to forget in the winter. Just as important are warming up, cooling down and stretching inside.

• While it’s required to park your car off-street when a snow emergency is in effect, you can help snow removal services even more by staying parked off-street throughout the winter months as much as possible, particularly right after the snow emergency is lifted, so they can continue to clean up the roads and prepare for upcoming snowstorms.

You can help them and your fellow residents by keeping the sidewalks in your surrounding area open and clear of snow.

• Adopt a fire hydrant in your area and make sure it’s clear of snow if public works hasn’t gotten to it yet so emergency services can access it easily if needed.

• Keep the area around your mailbox clear of snow so that it is accessible for mail delivery.

• Aid in trash removal services by making sure the area around your trash and recycling receptacles is clear and accessible. In the case that a snowstorm delays trash removal, keep your trash inside if possible until the next trash day.

“The less trash that’s out on the curb, the easi• Refrain from throwing or pushing snow into er it is for crews to pick it up, and less potential the street or walkways. “It’s actually illegal to block the plows or for plows to hit it,” Shepand against city ordinance to do that,” Shep- pard said. pard said. “It can cause a lot of problems, for • Keep children away from streets and sideus and for the public as well.” walks while snow removal operations are in • Public Works can’t clear off all sidewalks effect, for their own safety and so plows and right away, especially in a snow emergency. other equipment can operate unimpeded.

temporary fix that makes the ice less slippery.

Many cities and towns have free sand available for residents. Kevin Sheppard, Manchester Public Works Director, said there’s a sand pile for Manchester residents on Lincoln Street.

“A lot of people don’t know about this,” he said. “Anytime, 24/7, residents are allowed to go and fill a five-gallon bucket of sand so they can keep their sidewalks and driveways safe.”

Rooftop tips

Snow buildup on your roof can be dangerous in a number of ways. In the most extreme case, Vermokowitz said, weak roofs on older homes can collapse from heavy snow loads. Ice can form along the edge above walkways and driveways and become hazardous.

“In older homes especially, there’s more heat loss in the attic, which melts the snow, then it refreezes on the edge of the roof,” he said. “You have to look at it as a preventative thing and make sure snow never builds up too much.”

If there’s snow or ice buildup along the edge, it can create a dam of water from the melted snow in the middle of the roof, which can eventually seep into the shingles and cause interior damage.

To prevent these problems, Vermokowitz suggests investing in a roof rake and clearing off your roof after every snowfall

the best you can. Continue to maintain the edge of the roof and rake off any snow or ice buildup that forms, and don’t forget to knock down icicles, which can be dangerous if they fall.

On the ice Heidi Murphy, administrative lieutenant for the New Hampshire Fish & Game Law Enforcement Division, shares some tips about how to stay safe during recreation on frozen lakes and ponds.

• Be mindful that temperatures and environmental factors are always changing, which can cause some sections of the ice to be thinner than others.

• If you start to see the ice crack beneath you, carefully step back to where you know it was safe.

• If you fall through, lay both arms on the unbroken ice and kick hard to lift yourself up onto the ice. “Be aware that your body will go through a panic for the first few seconds, but you have to just calm down and get yourself out,” Murphy said.

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Peter Goedecke, vice president of the Bedford Cross-Country Ski Club, said cross-country skiing preparation is a little bit different.

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Perhaps just as important as picking out the gear that’s right for you is taking a lesson if you’ve never skied before. Stefan Hausberger, owner of Zimmermanns Skis, Boards and More in Nashua, said the Gateway Hills Snow Park in Nashua is one of the newest local parks where you can get professional beginner’s skiing lessons. “[The park] is perfect to gain experience sliding around on the snow before you graduate up to the mountains,” he said.

Here are some other southern New Hampshire ski hills that offer group or private lessons in skiing and snowboarding: • Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride (615 Francestown Road, Bennington, 588-3668, crotchedmtn.com) offers skiing and snowboarding lessons for participants of all ages and abilities. Group and private lessons are available at varying rates. Private lessons are offered every hour from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., but reservations are recommended.

• McIntyre Ski Area (50 Chalet Way, Manchester, 622-6159, mcintyreskiarea. com) offers a variety of beginner’s skiing and snowboarding programs on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 7 p.m.

Special lesson programs for kids are available. The registration deadline for the next session of lessons is Jan. 29.

• Pats Peak (686 Flanders Road, Henniker, 428-3245, patspeak.com) offers several lesson packages for skiing and snowboarding lessons, including a “starter special” that enters you into the four-day passport program. On the fourth day of the program, you will receive free daily equipment use and 50 percent off additional group lessons.

Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing is an easy and affordable way to get on the snow fast. Chris Dunn of the Strafford-based Acidotic Racing event management company shared the basics: 1. Snowshoes are available in all kinds of shapes and sizes; recreational snowshoes are typically longer and wider than racing snowshoes. Check with a local sports shop to find the right fit for you.

2. As with cross-country skiing, dressing in lighter layers is recommended. “The amount of heat generated while running in snowshoes is tremendous,” Dunn said.

3. The same goes for footwear. Avoid heavier boots or hiking shoes because of the added weight.

4. The sport’s easy accessibility means you can jump right into social activities.

One upcoming local snowshoe race is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m. at Beaver Brook Maple Hill Farm in Hollis.

Snowshoe rentals will be available for $8 per person during registration.

Get on board Proper clothing, equipment and preparation all apply for snowboarding as well, with a shorter and softer board often working better for novices. But Hausberger said taking lessons is more critical for success when it comes to snowboarding than skiing.

“Just like anything else, there are certain tricks you can learn for everything to feel like it can just fall into place,” he said. “With snowboarding, there are a few tricks you can learn that once you learn them, picking it up becomes much faster.”

Hausberger said one of these tricks involves eliminating the tendency to face your body and feet forward the whole time, since you are facing sideways on a snowboard.

“First-timers often may have a tendency to face forward down the hill, and one thing instructors will tell you is how to focus on different parts of the terrain down there with your eyes to kind of get your brain tricked into staying sideways,” he said. “That kind of thing is so counter-intuitive to what you might think until you actually try it. It’s almost like a behavior that needs to be taught.”

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“The first thing you have to determine is the moisture content of the snow that you’re working with,” Fitzgerald said.

Wet, sticky snow is easier to roll up into a large ball, while dry, powdery snow is better for packing down and adding detail.

For creating shapes and carving, you’ll get the best results by using tools.

“That’s when you start going through the kitchen drawers and you’re looking for abrasive tools, raking tools … even spoons. There’s really no snow-sculpting depots, so you really have to be creative,” Fitzgerald said.

Transporting large snowballs can get tricky, which is why shaping snow with tools can be a better alternative.

“The problem that most people have is they go too big and they try to pick it up and then it breaks in half,” Fitzgerald said.

The best approach for the foundational snowball is to roll it to its final resting place.

For the second snowball that makes up the snowman’s midsection, Fitzgerald recommends using a blanket or towel to lift it up with the help of another person so it doesn’t lose any structural integrity during the transportation process.

Small children can get involved in a number of different ways. Once the body is built, they can add a scarf and hat and coal for the face. They can also have fun “coloring” the snowman by putting food-safe coloring in spray bottles.

Concord Recreation Supervisor Laura Bryant suggested having an ad hoc snowman contest with neighbors.

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You can use your snowman as the target in a snowball fight, too, Bryant said. While larger-scale snowball fights are fun, kids can enjoy throwing snowballs with relative safety by making snowmen the target. Each team can have its own snowman and whoever does the most damage to the opposing team’s snowman wins.

Alternatively, Bryant said, teams can have snow-painted snowballs with colors for each team and whoever has the most hits racks up the most points. For this game mode, replace a snowman with a target made of snow.

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ant recommends creating boundaries with snow walls, to simulate trench warfare, and assigning roles to various players. If you have at least two people on each team, one person can be assigned to make snowballs while the other throws them. She said there are snowball makers you can buy at the store that speed the process along.

But the fewer kids there are throwing snow at each other, the less likely it will end in tears, especially since wet snow can sometimes make for icier artillery.

Snow structures

One time-honored winter outdoor activity is building a snow fort. The quickest ways to do that, Bryant said, include digging a tunnel and hollowing out a large snow mound or creating snow bricks with plastic brick-makers.

“If you have the right kind of snow, they work awesome,” Bryant said. “It’s like a bucket [that’s] shaped like a brick.”

Once a fort is built, that can also be used as a base from which to launch your snowball fight.

Another thing parents can make for small children is a tiny sledding hill. Bryan recommends piling up snow and packing down a slope on one end that kids can slide down.

For older kids, parents can spray down the slope with a hose and make it even slicker.

For sledding, either at the park or at home, Bryant finds that the saucer-shaped sleds work best and wet sticky snow is ideal.

Stay warm

Serving hot cocoa is a surefire way to help keep the kids warm. For something a little more exciting, consider making a bonfire for roasting s’mores.

While parents are putting together the fire (which requires an appropriate fire pit and a license from the local fire department), they can keep kids busy by tasking them with finding long sticks for roasting marshmallows.

In a pinch, Bryant said, folks can use their gas grills instead.

“The more things you can figure out right in your yard, it’s probably easier for most families,” Bryant said.

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Wednesday, Jan. 25 Saturday, Jan. 21

The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Nashua Gallery (98 Main St.) will host a double helix bracelet workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to create two spiraling motifs that chase each other around a central core.

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Having trouble sleeping? Join Jim Readey of The Yoga Center (28 S. Main St., Concord) for A Better Night’s Sleep: The Art of Deep Relaxation, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. A Kripalu-certified yoga teacher, Readey will teach participants how to downshift their nervous system using user-friendly techniques to help them enjoy restorative and uninterrupted sleep again. Admission is free.

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DRINK: new brews IncrediBREW (112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua) will introduce six new beer recipes during its Happy New Beers event on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. The brewfest will be an opportunity to brew all six new beers and take home a variety case. Snacks and refreshments will also be provided. No brewing experience is necessary. The cost is $40 per variety case with bottles and cap stickers included. Visit incredibrew.com or call 891-2477.

Relive dozens of classic rock songs with Decades Rewind as it rolls into Concord to perform two shows at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St.) on Wednesday, Jan. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. The shows feature an 8-piece rock band with six vocalists and more than 100 costume changes, portraying classic musicians from Abba to Led Zeppelin, and other popular acts spanning from the 1960s to the 1980s. Tickets start at $35. Visit ccanh.com or call 225-1111 to buy tickets.

BE MERRY: at the Derry Art Show More than 20 New Hampshire artisans will appear at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway) on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the Derry Art Show and Sale. Artists will be displaying and selling their work, which will include sculptures, paintings, drawings, printmaking and more.

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This month presents an opportunity to delve into the music and history of one of the world’s most famous composers — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Concord’s Mostly Mozart Festival is Jan. 27 through Jan. 29 and comprises two showings of the New Hampshire Theatre Factory’s Amadeus and one concert courtesy of Elliott Markow and the Symphony New Hampshire Chamber Players.

NHTF Artistic Director Joel Mercier said via phone he’s happy to participate in this collaborative effort. It’s like Mozart 101, making the composer more accessible for people without music backgrounds. The concert allows you to compare his music Neal Blaiklock, John D. Conlon, Ray Dudley performing in Amadeus. Photo by Katie Griffiths. to the other composers’ of his time, while Amadeus lets you hear Mozart’s story. it as well,” Mercier said. “Mozart died very adaptation, which won the Academy Award “Obviously Amadeus is somewhat fic- young and unexpectedly from sickness. He for Best Picture. tionalized, but there’s also a lot of truth in was thrown into a pauper’s grave because NHTF produced Amadeus first last he had no money. Historically, he is one of spring, but the company’s bringing the play the most famous composers in history. … back to coincide with the festival (which Symphony NH concert Knowing those elements absolutely makes is happening in part to celebrate Mozart’s Before the Mostly Mozart Festival, you a difference when you’re listening.”

251st birthday on Jan. 27), with showtimes can catch a bit from the famous composAmadeus, written by Peter Shaffer in Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturer at the Symphony NH orchestra concert 1979, gives a highly fictionalized account day, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m., in the Concord City in Nashua. of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Auditorium. Mercier traditionally chooses • Words on Music: Symphony NH Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. It musical theater projects based on his theConcert Talk Thursday, Jan. 19, at 5:30 was on London’s West End and Broadway ater background, but he felt he could make p.m., presented by one of the orchestra’s and also famous for its 1984 Hollywood an exception for Amadeus. bassists, Robert Hoffman, at the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua, free “This show is about a musician and a Mostly Mozart Festival • Symphony NH’s “Mozart and composer, and I am a musician and a comBeethoven” concert Saturday, Jan. 21, at • Amadeus New Hampshire Theatre Facposer. I felt I could relate to this and wanted 8 p.m., at the Keefe Center for the Arts, tory production Friday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 to direct it,” Mercier said.

117 Elm St., Nashua, featuring conductor p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m., at After the play, Markow and the SymJonathan McPhee and pianist Max Levinthe Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince phony New Hampshire Chamber Players son and the New World Chorale; includes St., Concord, tickets $20 present a concert, a “Mostly Mozart Matmusic by Mozart, Schoenberg, Vaughan • Symphony NH Chamber Players coninee,” Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m., at the Williams and Beethoven, tickets $18-$49, cert Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m., at the Audi on the Amadeus set in full Amadeus 595-9156, symphonynh.org Concord City Auditorium, tickets $20 costume.

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Chelsea Pettibone in Amadeus. Photo by Katie Griffiths.

It features Markow on first violin; Rose Drucker on second violin; Joy Grimes on viola; and Harel Gietheim on the cello. On the menu is music by Mozart and composers from his era, including Salieri, Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Joseph Haydn.

Mozart’s music will be presented in the middle of the 80-minute concert for easy comparison. “[Salieri] was one of the most respected composers and teachers of his time. Two of his most famous students were Beethoven and Schubert,” Markow said. “I chose the repertoire specifically to exemplify the greatness of Mozart relative to his contemporaries. There were many, many really good composers around Mozart’s time, but very few of them were great composers. …

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Classical Music Events • WORDS ON MUSIC: SYMPHONY NH CONCERT TALK Presentation on upcoming Symphony NH concert, by Robert Hoffman. Thurs., Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua.

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• RANDY ROOS Cabaret-style concert. Line-up of jazz artists from school with special guest, Emmy-nominated composer/

guitarist Randy Roos. Fri., Jan. 20, at 7 and 9 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Visit ccmusicschool.org. Call 228-1196.

• 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.

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• 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.

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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.

• IRINA MURESANU Violin concert, “Four Strings Around the World,” Sun., Jan. 29, 4-5:30 p.m. Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst. Call 6732288. Visit amherstlibrary.org.

RSVP required.

• FACULTY CONCERT

SERIES Concert featuring Margaret Herlehy, oboe; Janet Polk, bassoon with Hsiang Tu, piano.

Sun., Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Johnson Theatre Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham.

Free. Call 862-2404 or visit unh. edu/music.

Open calls/workshops/ other • OPEN SING: SOUHEGAN VALLEY CHORUS No audition necessary.

Rehearsals

Tuesdays. Tues., Jan. 17, 7-9 p.m. Milford Middle School, Music Room, 33 Osgood Road, Amherst. Visit souheganvalleychorus.org.

• AUDITIONS: MANCHESTER CHORAL SOCIETY All interested from high school and beyond welcome. Mon., Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. Manchester Community Music School, 2291 Elm St., Manchester. Call 893-8501.

Email kirsten.mohring@gmail. com.

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NH art world news

• Not furniture: The New Hampshire Furniture Masters put furniture-making to rest for a bit and compiled a collection of sculptural wooden objects for “Sculpture Time!” It’s on view through April 1 at the Furniture Masters’ Gallery, 49 S. Main St., Concord, in conjunction with the League of New Hampshire Craftmen’s “Setting the Standards” exhibit in the same building.

Featured is work by Mark Ragonese, Leah Woods, Michael Gloor, Lynn Szymanski, Ted Blachly, Jon Brooks and Jeffrey Cooper.

Visit furnituremasters.org.

• Murals and fuzz: Didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas? There are two opportunities this weekend to find some locally made art. The first is this weekend at the Derry Art Show and Sale Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry, which will feature work by more than 20 New Hampshire artists (pottery, paintings, prints, digital arts, photography, etc.). The event is sponsored by the Derry Mural Project. Your second shopping opportunity is at the Winter Fuzz Festival Saturday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Congregational Church in Exeter, 21 Front St., Exeter.

It will be a haven for fiber artists (or fiber art lovers) with demonstrations on looms, spinning wheels and knitting needles.

Art Events • POSITIVE STREET ART 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Celebration, themed “Reactive.”

For all ages. Games, raffles, performances by THRIVE, music. Wear white or fluorescent colors to fit in with glow theme. Sat, Jan. 21, 6-9 p.m.

Martha’s Exchange, 185 Main St., Nashua. Tickets $25. Visit positivestreetart.org.

• DERRY ART SHOW AND SALE Featuring work by painters, printmakers, digital artists, potters. Sat., Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Email salmike@aol.com. Call 7852395.

• WINTER FUZZ FEST Featuring natural fiber artists. Art, demonstrations by local craftspeople. Sat., Jan. 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Congregational Church, 21 Front St., Exeter. Call 772-4534.

Openings • NEW ACQUISITIONS Photography, paintings, works on paper donated to or purchased

“Remnants II” by Lynn Szymanski. Courtesy photo.

There will also be locally made fiber art for sale (made from things like sheep wool, goat and alpaca fibers, etc.), plus work by carvers and wood artists. Call 772-4534 or visit exetercongchurch.org.

• Contemporary art and cocktails: The McIninch Art Gallery presents “New Acquisitions” Jan. 19 through Feb. 15 at Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, with an opening Thursday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. The show highlights recent acquisitions (photography, paintings, etc.), which were purchased or donated to the gallery for the purpose of building a collection students and faculty can use for research and curatorial studies, according to a press release. The event coincides with The Art of the Cocktail reception, so visitors can enjoy a blend of mixology and contemporary art. Visit snhu.edu, email Gallery Director Debbie Disston at m.gallery@ snhu.edu or call 629-4622.

— Kelly Sennott

by McIninch Art Gallery Collection. Jan. 19 through Feb. 15. Opening Thurs., Jan. 19, 5-7 p.m. McIninch Art Gallery, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu/art. Call 6294622.

• “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.

• “CLEW: A RICH AND REWARDING DISORIENTATION” Art show with work by Deborah Barlow, Todd Hearon, Jung Mi Lee, Jon Sakata. Music, poetry, visual arts. On view Jan. 20-April 15. Reception Fri., Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m. Gallery talk Sat., Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter. Call 777-3461. Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery.

• DUANE MARTIN Wood artwork on view at Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, Jan. 6-Feb. 1. Meet

the artist and see presentation Sat., Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. Visit cityofportsmouth.com/library.

Call 766-1711.

• “CLOSER READINGS: NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITERS RESPOND TO ART” Distinguished writers respond to significant works of art in permanent collection. On view Feb. 2 through April 9. Opening Thurs., Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. UNH Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa, call 862-3712.

• “FLEXTIME: CLAY SCULPTURES BY DAVID KATZ” Art exhibition. On view Feb. 2 through April 9. Opening Thurs., Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. UNH Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa, call 862-3712.

• “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.

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Angela Birchette’s first stint at the Palace Theatre was in Smokey Joe’s Cafe about 10 years ago.

She was in her late 20s at the time and had only recently moved to New York to pursue her dream. Her first gig was with a touring circus company in which she performed as a singing ladybug. The role as B.J. in the Manchester show was her second.

The singer returns to the Queen City as a seasoned performer for the theater’s reprise of Smokey Joe’s Cafe Jan. 20 through Feb. 11. Her most recent job was on the Broadway show, The Color Purple.

“It’s kind of a milestone for me because it will be a time to reflect over the last 10 years, going from nobody in New York … and literally this past Sunday, I closed my first Broadway show,” said Birchette, who audiences might also know from her Palace performances in Little Shop of Horrors and Divas Through the Decades.

Even with her big bookings, Birchette said she’s been antsy to return to the Palace for another run at Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Every time she touched base with Palace Artistic Director Carl Rajotte, she asked, When are you bringing Smokey Joe’s back?

“It is just an amazing show. This is some of the best music ever written in our time, and to be able to come back and sing some of the songs that are literally staples for me is something I’ve really been looking forward to,” she said.

Smokey Joe’s Cafe is the longest-running Broadway revue in history with more than 2,000 performances from its 1995 opening to

Where: Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester When: Jan. 20 through Feb. 11 Admission: $25-$45 Contact: palacetheatre.org, 668-5588

its 2000 closing. It’s more like a rock concert than a musical, made up of 39 songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller from the ’50s and ’60s, like “Ruby Baby,” “On Broadway,” “Charlie Brown,” “Yakety Yak,” “Stand By Me” and some tunes made famous

by Elvis like “Fools Fall in Love,” “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Rajotte said he’s been itching to go back to the show too.

“I just knew I would be able to put this cast together based on our connections and that it was going to be one of the better casts we’ve had. And that has definitely come true,” Rajotte said.

Everything about this show will be different from the one 10 years ago, he said. The cast of 10 will wear bright, colorful clothes with modern designs and references to the ’50s and ’60s, and the choreography will be more “true and authentic” to that period. Sets will be fairly simple — Rajotte didn’t want to upstage the music by adding special effects and video projection. Alongside the actors will be a five-member onstage band.

“I wanted to let [audiences] listen and enjoy these artists, these great singers, and remember their own memories,” Rajotte said.

“We’ve interviewed the actors today and they all got to talk about how much this music has inspired them as artists and made them who they are as singers.”

The first two weekends will also feature The Original Coasters, famous for many songs written and produced by Leiber and Stoller.

The group now features Joe Lance Williams, Dennis Anderson, Primo Candelaria and Robert Fowler and regularly performs in concerts across the country. It was the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (crediting members in the 1958 configuration).

After this show, Rajotte was looking forward to his annual New York audition to cast upcoming spring shows, Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever and Million Dollar Quartet.

“I’ve been very inspired by the talent, which has grown over the years,” he said.

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The New Hampshire Philharmonic Presents

A TRIP TO THE Notes from the theater scene

• Movies and Kilimanjaro: The New Hampshire Philharmonic presents a concert, “A Trip to the Oscars,” Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m., at the Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Featured are Hollywood scores past and present, from Gladiator to The Empire Strikes Back; soloist Sol Kim Bentley; and the world premiere of a four-part movement work for orchestra, “Kilimanjaro Suite” by New Hampshire composer (and Hippo associate publisher) Jeff Rapsis, who also specializes in creating new music for silent films.

Rapsis was inspired to write the piece after climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2015 and discovering Philharmonic Music Director Mark Latham’s extensive family ties to the legendary African peak. In 1926, Latham’s grandfather Donald Latham was the first Englishman to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro after Germany ceded it to Britain following World War I. Several features on the mountain sport the Latham family name, including “Stella Point,” named after his great-aunt Stella, the first woman to reach the summit. Tickets to the concert are $12 to $50. Visit nhphil.org or call 437-5210.

• Can’t attend the women’s march in Washington? Women Singing Out! invites people of all ages and genders who want to sing for peace and unity to join them at the Christ Episcopal Church, 1035 Lafay-

ette Road, Portsmouth, Saturday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m., the same day as the march. The event is free with a freewill offering. After the sing, the group presents a couple of concerts. “In the Bleak Midwinter: A Journey From Fear to Hope” happens Sunday, Jan. 22, at 3 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church, and Saturday, Jan. 28, at 3 p.m., at First Church Congregational, 63 S. Main St., Rochester. Tickets are $15 for the concert.

Visit womensingingout.org.

• Snoopy and the gang: The Riverbend Youth Company presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Friday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 21, at 2:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2:30 p.m., at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. The production features iconic characters from Charles Schultz’s Peanuts cartoons, including Lucy, Linus, Snoopy and Charlie Brown himself. Tickets are $12. Visit svbgc.org or email rlacroix@svbgc.org. All proceeds benefit the Amato Center for the Performing Arts and the performing arts programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley. — Kelly Sennott

KIlimanjaro suite

Theater Auditions/open calls • AUDITIONS, PALACE YOUTH THEATRE: THE WIZARD OF OZ For actors ages 8 to 18. Sat., Jan. 21, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. or noon. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Call 668-5588. Visit palacetheatre. org. Audition RSVP required.

Productions • 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.

• DOUBT Players’ Ring production. Jan. 6-Jan. 22. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sun., Jan. 22, at 3 p.m. The Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $15. Visit playersring.org. Call 436-8123.

• THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT Play by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Merrimack Repertory Theatre production. On view Jan.

Sunday, January 22nd | 2pm

Mark Latham. Courtesy photo.

4-Jan. 29. Nancy L. Donahue Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. $26-$70. Call 978-654-4678.

• METAMORPHOSES NH Theatre Project production. By Mary Zimmerman. Jan. 13-29. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $28. Call 431-6644, ext.

5. Email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL Rochester Opera House production. Jan. 19 through Feb. 5. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Call 335-1992. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Riverbend Youth Theatre Company production. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. Jan. 20-Jan. 21. Visit svbgc.org for ticket information.

• 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.

• UNHAPPY HOUR Franklin Footlight Theatre production.

Benefits Franklin Opera House.

Sat., Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. Franklin Opera House, 316 Central St., Franklin. $20. Call 934-1901.

• 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 6685588.

• BROADWAY’S NEXT HIT MUSICAL Fri., Jan. 27, at 7 p.m.

Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. $20. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• 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.

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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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You might not want to stow away your favorite ugly holiday sweater just yet — the second annual Ugly Sweater 5K returns to White Park in Concord Saturday, Jan. 21, followed by the Winter Carnival. The two events will feature face painting, games, a bonfire and chances to win prizes, including an award to be given out for the ugliest sweater of 2017.

This year’s events are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 21, with the race beginning at 10:30 a.m. and the carnival from noon to 4 p.m.

The race is being co-sponsored by the Friends of White Park and the City of Concord’s Parks and Recreation Department. Race director and Friends of White Park board member Sarah Beauregard said the event serves as a fundraiser for the replacement and maintenance of the city’s Monkey Around public playground, which was built by volunteers in June 1994 and is due for major renovations.

“We discussed ways to raise White Park’s Ugly Sweater 5K and Winter Carnival When: Saturday, Jan. 21; 5K begins at 10:30 a.m., winter carnival activities from noon to 4 p.m.

Where: White Park, 1 White St., Concord Cost: $30 per person to register for the 5K; Winter Carnival is free and open to the public Visit: whiteparkuglysweater5k.com

money and decided to tie the 5K into the Winter Carnival, which has been going on for more than 20 years now,” Beauregard said. “The new playground is in the city’s budget for 2018, but we’re really kind of there to make sure it is safe and up to date, because there will always be maintenance that will be needed.”

This year’s 5K will start and end on White Street, which will be shut down for the duration of the event, Beauregard said. The route travels east on Beacon Street before turning west in the direction of Bishop Brady High School, passing the school and looping around via Penacook and Auburn streets, and finally returning to White Park, where the Winter Carnival will begin shortly after.

All activities during the carnival are open to the public, and Beauregard said you don’t have to sign up for the race to participate in them.

“At the park, there will be open ice skating and a little kid zone where you’ll get to play games like tossing a ball into the belly of a picture of a penguin to ‘feed the penguins,’” she said. “There will also be a snowman-building competition and the winner will be announced at around 3:30 p.m.”

Other activities include face painting from 1 to 2 p.m., an ice skating race at 2:30 p.m. and a bonfire from 1 to 4 p.m. The sledding hill will also be open for sledding throughout the day and local food vendors will be on hand to serve hot chocolate and snacks.

Prizes will be given out to the top three overall race finishers

A scene from last year’s event. Courtesy of Friends of White Park.

and the top three in four different age groups. Beauregard said these have included gift certificates to several businesses in and around Concord like Capitol Craftsman & Romance Jewelers, Joe King’s Shoe Shop, Viking House, Things Are Cooking and others. Free hats will be given to the first 300

registrants.

“The award for the ugliest sweater will also get a plaque that I made that says the ‘Ugliest Sweater of 2017,’” she said.

In the event of extreme cold or inclement weather, both the race and carnival will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4.

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Family fun for the weekend

Frosty fun

Join the Kimball Library (3 Academy Ave., Atkinson) for the seventh annual Jack Frost Jamboree on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event is the library’s “winter carnival” and will feature an indoor mini golf course, crafts, cupcake decorating, fun games and chances to win prizes. Hot dogs, popcorn and hot chocolate will be served. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Admission is free. Visit kimballlibrary.com or call 3625234 to learn more.

Songs and stories

Family-friendly musician Ramblin’ Richard will appear at the Hollis Social Library (2 Monument Square) on Sunday, Jan. 22, from 2 to 3 p.m. for “Familiar Songs, Unfamiliar Stories.” Richard will bring to light all of the fascinating stories about several classic songs about America. There will be a Q&A session during which he’ll answer questions about songs like “God Bless America” and “This Land is Your Land,” and then he’ll perform those songs and more. The event is free. Visit hollislibrary.org or call 465-7721.

Free family film

The Nashua Public Library (2 Court St.) will screen the children’s film Kubo and the Two Strings (rated PG) on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 2 to 3:45 p.m. The film follows a young boy named Kubo who must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his father in order to defeat an evil spirit from the past. Admission is free, but children ages 6 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4600.

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The Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) will present Rascally Rabbits on Friday, Jan. 20, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the

Clubs Craft • AMOSKEAG QUILTERS’ GUILD MEETING This meeting features a few of the Guild’s own members demonstrating various techniques to expand your creative talents. Thurs., Jan. 19, 7 p.m. Emmanuel Baptist Church, 14 Mammoth Road, Hooksett. Free admission. Visit amoskeagqg.org or call 463-7587.

subject of its next family fun night. Learn all about New Hampshire’s long-eared and big-footed friends, as well as what they do and where they can be found in the wintertime. The cost is $8 per family, and advance registration is required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474.

Crafty fun

Join the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) to make Valentine’s Day clay vases on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will hand-build and decorate their own vase during class, and projects will be fired and available for pickup two weeks later. The one-day workshop is open to ages 5 and up, with accompanying adults. The cost is $25, and pre-registration is required. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144.

Make your own door hangers at the Canvas Roadshow (25 S. River Road, Bedford) on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m.

There will be five themed options to choose from, including New Hampshire, a football, a cupcake, a pineapple and a mason jar. Pick your shape and create a design you can hang in your own home. The cost is $25 per person and includes all materials.

Snacks, soda and water will also be sold separately. Visit thecanvasroadshow.com or call 943-2103.

• FORGOTTEN ARTS: FIBER ARTS GROUP Fiber artists and/ or interested onlookers are welcome to join the Happy Weavers & Friends group to learn the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting and more.

Tues., Jan. 24, 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. Free. Visit remickmuseum.org or call 323-7591.

Garden • NASHUA GARDEN CLUB FEBRUARY PROGRAM The program “America’s Romance with the English Garden” will be presented by Thomas Mickey, Profesor Emeritus at Bridgewater State University. Wed., Feb. 1, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St., Nashua. $5. Visit nashuagardenclub.com or email nashuagardenclub@gmail.com.

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I recently was re-organizing my gardening books and came across a great book by Michelle Obama: American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (Crown Publishers, 2012, $30 in hardback). I must have gotten it when it came out, but never read it until now. It’s a wonderful book, and every library should own it. Not only is it a good gardening book, it is a look into the life and character of Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama grew up in Chicago and never had the chance to garden as a child or young adult. But as a mom, she knew she wanted her children to eat fresh organic food whenever possible. When she and the family moved into the White House she had the opportunity to have a garden.

With the help from fifth-graders at nearby Bancroft Elementary School, Michelle Obama created a vegetable and herb garden.

They also got help from National Park Service staff, a professional farmer, and the staff of the White House, especially the cooks.

Their garden thrived and the food was not only eaten by the Obamas, but shared with the children who helped plant it, and with a local homeless shelter called Miriam’s Kitchen.

This book is more than a feel-good story.

Yes, a third of the food went to the homeless shelter. And yes, low-income children got to work in the garden and eat the results of their labor. But it also tells the story of how to create a garden, starting with removing the sod.

It’s full of useful gardening information.

It is full of spectacular photos showing the gardens every step of the way, from planting to harvest. It has diagrams and layouts of the gardens. It explains the importance of getting a soil test before planting. And it has recipes for using (and knowing when to pick and how to store) things like bok choi or cauliflower, which most of the Bancroft Elementary students had never encountered.

Like most beginning gardeners, Michelle Obama had doubts: “What if the seeds or seedlings were not set in correctly and we ended up with empty beds? What if we couldn’t control the weeds? I worried about the weather … What if the plants didn’t grow? And what if, after all this effort, the food that did grow didn’t taste good?” But her fears were unfounded, and the garden was a huge success.

The book includes profiles of others who worked in the garden with her and really gave full credit to everyone who helped, taking none for herself. And the book includes vignettes and photos of many community

Canillas Community Garden in Lebanon, NH. Photo credit Pat McGovern.

gardens around the country.

I particularly liked a section on a container garden in Houston, Texas. The Houston Parks Department donated 34 huge planting containers that were installed on a stone patio in front of a high-rise office building. Each floor got one or more of these waist-high containers and a choice of vegetables to plant. Office workers took turns watering and weeding – and taking home the lettuce, okra, tomatoes and more.

As most of you know, Michelle Obama has been a supporter of healthy eating and active lifestyles for children as a way to be healthy and reduce obesity. This garden, which she calls a community garden, is part of that effort.

The book also profiles others – some wellknown athletes, some ordinary citizens – who are doing things that support her goals. I loved a picture of 400 kids in purple T-shirts doing jumping jacks on the South Lawn with her in an effort to break a Guinness Book of Records record. And they did; over 300,000 people participated at the same time around the country.

Not everyone can have a garden, or even pots on a patio. Mrs. Obama spent time in the book lauding farmers markets, too. Fresh, local food is good food. She pointed out that Thomas Jefferson had started the first farmers market in Washington, D.C. (and that he also had a kitchen garden at the White House). So she lobbied city officials and got approval for a farmers market near the White House.

I haven’t tried any of the recipes in this book, but they look very good. Her corn soup made with fresh corn and thyme looks great, I shall try it next summer. And the spinach pie seems like a winner.

So as I bundle up to go outside on a cold January day, I like to think back to summer and my own vegetable garden. I like going to my freezer to extract bags of kale and squash for making my own soup. And I enjoy sitting by the fires and reading about other fine gardens. I think you would like Mrs. Obama’s book. I did.

Read Henry’s blog, and get an email alert every times he posts, by going to https://dailyuv.com/gardeningguy. His e-mail address is henry.homeyer@comcast.net. You may reach him by writing to him at P.O. Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH 03746.

IN/OUT TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna, I have a question for you about using antique china in a microwave. Will it damage the plate or bowl? Would it be safe to eat on after? I have just inherited a beautiful set and want to know if I can still use it.

Kim from Bow But I also see no harm in using them to eat on or drink from. I would just do a little research on your specific china, as some are not recommended to use today — but most are safe.

I would use modern dishes to heat things up in microwave and save the antique ones for using to eat on and sharing history about with family and friends.

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

She is an antiques appraiser and instructor.

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

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Continuing Education Adult education • ADULT COLORING NIGHT Materials are provided, or you can bring your own. Mon., Jan. 23, and Mon., Jan. 30, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Free. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• ADULT COLORING NIGHT Join the library for a relaxing evening of coloring and relive the magic of this fun activity. Registration is requested. Tues., Jan. 31, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Goffstown Public Library, 2 High St., Goffstown.

Free. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

Certificate/degrees • “HiSET” HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PREP CLASS Adult Learner Services of Greater Derry is offering this course.

Registration is Mon., Jan. 23, at 9 a.m. Classes meet Monday and Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to noon, for 12 weeks, beginning Jan. 30.

The “HiSET” test replaces the GED. Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon, beginning Jan. 30. Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 W. Broadway, Derry.

Visit greaterderryliteracy.org or call 432-1907.

Open houses • FRIENDS YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM ORIENTATIONS This session would

equip you with information about Friends Youth Mentoring and introduce you to some best practices. Tues., Jan. 31, and Wed., Feb. 15, 4:30 to 7 p.m. The Friends Program, 202 N. State St., Concord. Free. Visit friendsprogram.org or call 228-0108.

• NASHUA CATHOLIC REGIONAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE The evening starts with a brief presentation in the gymnasium, followed by tours by the students and conversations with parents and faculty. Thurs., Feb. 2, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nashua Catholic Regional Junior High School, 6 Bartlett Ave., Nashua. Free admission.

Visit ncrjhs.org or call 882-7011.

Crafts Craft events • HOMESCHOOL CLASS: PLANT MEDICINE - MAKE HERBAL LOZENGES Make simple crafts and gifts using inexpensive and natural materials.

Mon., Jan. 23, 10 a.m. to noon.

Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth. $5 per person. Visit remickmuseum.org or call 3237591.

• PRESENTATION ON ORIENTAL RUGS: TRIBAL, VILLAGE AND WORKSHOP WEAVINGS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA Rug expert

Barry Curcio will present a colorful exhibition and discussion on Oriental rugs. Tues., Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. (snow date is Jan. 31).

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• BEGINNER’S RUG HOOKING CLASS Participants will learn the basics of rug hooking to complete the 16” x 16” project.

Materials include a hook, pattern and various colors of wool to complete your project. Wednesdays, Jan. 25 to March 8 (no class Feb. 22). Brookside Mall, 563 Route 106, Loudon. $150 per student for the entire 6 weeks; no additional materials fee (pre-registration is required). Visit meredith. nhcrafts.org or call 279-7920.

Dance Other dance events • 26TH ANNUAL RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT This event is New Hampshire’s biggest dance show, with 172 dancers from 9 capital area studios rocking the stage. The Friends of The Audi will present the show to honor the spirit and talent of the city’s dance community. Sat., Jan. 21, 7 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. $12 per person, available at the door or at the UPS Store at 75 S. Main St., Concord. Email or call David Murdo at nhdm40@comcast.net or 344-4747.

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Dear Kim, Good question to ask before using antique dishes.

I have to say that some of older china, earthenware and porcelain could probably take a modern day microwave. I’m just not sure you want to take that chance.

Some china was made from materials that now aren’t even considered safe for eating on. Using one example, fiesta reddish-orange color was known to carry a lot of lead. Going back even further you could find glazes on china that to would not be acceptable today. And, finally, one of the dangers to a microwave would be the china made with metal finishes, such as a gold decorative rim, which would cause damage to both the piece and microwave.

So to answer your question, I think that my suggestion would be to refrain from putting antique dishes in the microwave.

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IN/OUT CAR TALK

This manual is acting like an automatic Dear Car Talk: Today, as I released the clutch, I noticed that my car would start driving away like normal, even though my foot was never on the gas pedBy Ray Magliozzi al. Instead of stalling out, as it normally would do if I didn’t give it gas, it just started moving, as if it had an automatic transmission. Any idea what’s going on? It’s a 2009 Subaru Outback. — Kelly Hang on while I ask NORAD if there’s been any paranormal activity in your area, Kelly.

Actually, I’m not sure anything is wrong. If you’re good with a clutch, you can get most manual-transmission cars moving in gear without using the gas pedal. And most cars will go 10 mph or so without you stepping on the gas at all.

But it sounds like you’re saying something has changed; I’m guessing it’s the idle speed. If you look at the tachometer, you may see the needle pointing to 1,300, 1,500 or 2,000 rpm instead of where it usually sits, probably a little below 1,000.

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Why does that happen? It could be nothing more than the outside temperature. The computer will automatically raise the idle speed when you first start the car in cold weather, to keep it from stalling. Under normal conditions, the idle speed will automatically drop back to normal once the car is warmed up — usually a few minutes, at most.

But if it’s staying elevated (or if you live in Havana), there could be a mechanical problem that’s caused your car to idle high. For instance, you could have carbon buildup on your throttle plate, which is keeping the throttle stuck open a little bit. Or, since you have an electronically controlled throttle on this car, you could have a bad sensor that’s feeding faulty information to the computer, which is then raising the idle. That’ll eventually make your Check Engine light come on — if it’s not already on by the time you read this, Kelly.

So check your tachometer when you start the car tomorrow, and see what it reads. Then check again five minutes later. If it starts a little bit high and comes back to normal, then it’s probably related to cold weather, and you can ignore it.

But if it starts very high (say, over 1,500

rpm), or stays high after a few minutes of driving, then it’s time to have someone take a look and figure out what’s causing that. Hey, at least you won’t stall in the meantime, Kelly.

Dear Car Talk: I really enjoy reading your column.

You recently answered a question about synthetic oil, and you recommended using it. I’ve used synthetic oil for years, with great results. What about using oil additives? They claim to reduce friction and extend engine life. I have used Slick 50 for years, and have now started to use a German product, Moly Lube. Do you recommend products like these? — Tom Moly lube is an engine additive? I always thought it was one of those “adult products.” My wife’s going to be really upset when I break the news to her.

Do I recommend oil additives? No. I think they’re all unnecessary.

The grade of motor oil recommended by your manufacturer, in general, has all the friction-reduction properties you need. And full-synthetic motor oils are even better and, more importantly, hold up better and last longer.

I don’t know anything about Moly

Lube’s claims. I do know that Slick 50 paid $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of false and unsubstantiated advertising some years ago.

I also know, in general, that over the years, many people have gotten rich selling unnecessary potions, additives and elixirs to the gullible auto-owning public. My wife reminds me of that every time I splash some MiracleGro on my ever-widening scalp.

Seriously, the proper oil for your engine (and I do like synthetic), changed regularly, is all your car needs to reduce friction and delay wear and tear.

If you want to do more to help prolong the life of your engine, I think the most effective thing you can do is change the oil a little more often than is recommended. So if the synthetic oil calls for a change every 10,000 miles, change it every 7,500 or 8,000 miles.

And just as importantly, drive gently.

Jackrabbit starts and hard acceleration do more to shorten the life of an engine than just about anything — short of lending the car to your teenaged progeny.

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Winter can be a critical time of year to have proper wilderness survival skills. At a handson workshop at the Massabesic Audubon Center on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m., you can learn the basics of a creating simple but potentially life-saving winter shelters.

Jake King of Thrive Outdoors, a stress management and life navigation school that uses wilderness survival techniques as tools, will be leading the workshop.

“No matter what kind of class we’re teaching [for Thrive Outdoors], we look at principles of mindset for wilderness survival, and the single most important thing is to look for a shelter,” he said. “However, some people, especially younger kids, tend to think of log cabins, teepees or other large settings as shelters, so I’ll talk about how bigger is not better.”

King said he plans to teach participants how to build basic forest shelters, including A-frames, lean-tos and debris huts, which can all be easily built using natural materials around you in the woods.

“The lean-to is usually the kind of shelter that we fall back on presenting, just because it’s the simplest and relatively easy to build,” he said, “but oftentimes, we try to use the materials and time we have to build at least three different types of shelters so that people can actually see what they look like.”

Along with the hands-on building, King will cover a variety of topics related to shelters, including the risk of hypothermia and how the shelter can be built to recirculate your own body heat.

Even if you’re not at risk for hypothermia, King said, the weather will have an impact on the shelter you create.

“In fact, with melting snow due to warmer temperatures, you’re going to get lots of

moisture from melting snow that can affect your shelter,” he said.

Placement will also be a key topic.

“You shouldn’t ever try to build a shelter near a waterway, or near a tree with dead limbs or branches, or on any kind of hill or cliff where the snow could be loose,” he said.

When you are finished with your shelter, you get to test it out by lying down in it. The entire shelter-building process should take no more than an hour to an hour and a half.

“At the end, I’ll talk about how you built the shelter off the ground, and whatever you can use to create a barrier between you and the ground,” King said. “That’s one thing that people often forget to do, because the ground sucks your core body temperature down faster than anything else.”

King added that a couple of “junior guides” are expected to attend to help him as assistants. The guides gain experience and skills from the various programs Thrive Outdoors offers.

“We teach classes at a number of places across New Hampshire, a lot of stuff in the White Mountains, but we do go to to the Audubon regularly,” he said. “We teach the basics and necessities of any survival situation, and how to use natural materials around you when that’s all you have.”

The average age group to attend Thrive Outdoors presentations and workshops is about 8 to 18, but King said participants of all ages and skill levels are welcome.

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CAREERS

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President of NH iPhone Repair

What do you wish you’d known at the beginning of your career?

The hardest thing for me has been hiring someone and realizing you can’t do everything yourself. … In order to grow the business, you have to entrust the people you hire to do the job as well as you would.

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

I studied small business and entrepreneurship at Plymouth State, and I also worked at the IT help desk up there. … The small business classes were really instrumental and helped me grow both businesswise and as a person.

Chad Johansen of Bedford started his own business repairing Apple products What is your typical atHow did you find your out of his dorm room at Plymouth State University. Today, NH iPhone Repair has current job? work uniform? office spaces in Bedford and Plymouth and has plans to expand to the Seacoast Our office is pretty casuI decided as I was get- Courtesy photo. later this year. The business also recently introduced a “come to you” service for ting close to graduation al. … We dress to look all device repairs. that this would be my best chance to go presentable but we don’t have any strict polifull-fledged with this, and the results have beginning of 2012 and operated out of my been great. parents’ house and dorm for the first three and a half years. … I moved into my curWhat’s the best piece of work-related rent office space about 18 months ago. advice anyone’s ever given you?

The biggest piece of advice I’ve gotten How did you get interested in this field? is that when it comes to small businesses, I’ve always kind of had the entrepreneurial your reputation is the only leg you have to spirit … and at school, I just kind of fell into stand on, and so honesty is the best policy. this. … I cracked my own phone and found … We’ve built our reputation as a reliable, out how to do a repair for myself and soon for trustworthy shop, so we’re honest about my friends, and then I learned that there was whether we think certain repairs are worth a need for a reputable trustworthy repair shop it or not, or even if we can’t fix something How long have you been in your career? [for Apple products] in the southern New or we mess something up.

I started [NH iPhone Repair] in the Hampshire area.

Explain what your current job is.

Customers can either set up an appointment online or call us, and all repairs are same-day service. … The most common repairs are water damage, battery replacements or cracked screens, and we can usually get them all done in 15 to 20 minutes or less. … We can repair most iPhones, iPads and iPods, and we’re just starting to expand to the Android market as well.

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FOOD Healthy and hearty

New Wilton restaurant serves health-conscious comfort food

By Angie Sykeny

News from the local food scene

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It’s not always easy to reconcile comfort food with healthy food, but a new restaurant in Wilton is taking on the challenge.

Oliver’s Restaurant, on Route 101 in the space that was formerly Gary’s Harvest Restaurant, is now open, with a breakfast and lunch menu featuring hearty, comfort food-style dishes prepared with healthier and organic ingredient alternatives that don’t sacrifice flavor.

Owners Ed and Maggie Goss had never owned a restaurant before, but when Ed Goss was laid off from his job a couple years ago they saw it as an opportunity to take on a new venture. The concept behind Oliver’s is simple: make everyone feel welcome. The restaurant is named in honor of the Goss’ family dog, who Ed Goss said exemplified the spirit of friendliness that he wants to bring to his customers.

“It was so nice to be greeted by Oliver.

No matter what kind of day you had, his tail would start wagging and he was so excited to see you,” he said. “We want people to feel the same way when they come in the restaurant. On good days, bad days, they can come here and relax, have a good meal and feel like they belong.”

The idea for a menu of healthy comfort food, Goss said, came simply from talk-

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Tickets are still available for New Hampshire Wine Week’s pinnacle event, the Easter Seals Winter Wine Spectacular, happening Thursday, Jan. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Manchester Downtown (700 Elm St., Manchester).

The expo-style grand tasting will feature 1,600 wines and food from nearly 30 local restaurants. Tickets cost $65. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit easterseals.com/nh.

Wentworth by the Sea (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle) will host its Winter Wine Festival from Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Feb. 26, with various wine events, including big tastings on Friday, Jan. 20, and Friday, Feb. 17, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. (tickets cost $49.95); Grand Vintner’s Dinners on Saturdays, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18 and Feb. 25, and Fridays, Jan. 27 and Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m. (tickets cost $104.94); flight nights every week, Monday through Thursday, from 5 to 7 p.m. (flights of three wines cost $12 to $16); Shell-Shocked: An Oyster and Wine Celebration on Fridays, Feb. 3 and Feb. 24, from 5 to 10 p.m. (no tickets required); and Bubbles & Jazz Sunday Brunch every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tickets cost $44.95). Visit winterwinefestival.com for more information and to purchase tickets for festival events.

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Oliver’s Restaurant Where: 944 Gibbons Highway, Wilton Hours: Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: 654-1237, oliversrestaurantnh.com

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ing with people in the area and asking them what they’d like to see in a new restaurant. He found that many people are becoming more health-conscious and are looking for ways to make the food they love a little healthier.

“You can make a meatloaf using beef with antibiotics and hormones, or you can make it using a high-quality, naturally raised beef,” Goss said. “Is it still beef?

Yeah. But all we’re trying to do is use ingredients that are healthier alternatives, and I think that’s something unique that we bring to the market.”

The menu features traditional comfort food items like eggs, bacon and sausage, special Benedicts and other specials for breakfast; and sandwiches, meatloaf and other hearty dishes for lunch. There are also some comfort-food dishes with a twist, inspired by various regional cuisines or using unique flavor combinations.

Goss said some of the menu is inspired by his upbringing in a food-loving ItalianPolish family, particularly by the recipes he developed and cooked with his mother and grandmother when he was young.

One such recipe that made it onto the menu is Nina’s stuffing sandwich, which is Italian sausage stuffing with homemade croutons, garlic, sage and a special seasoning on a sandwich.

“It’s kind of like bringing back the spices and flavors from my mother’s kitchen,” he said. “I think as we move forward with the menu you’ll see more of those influences from what you’d find in an Italian household, like garlic and polenta.”

There are menu items inspired by other regional cuisines, too, like a Mexican-style dish featuring a sliced half of an avocado with an egg in the pit, which is baked and placed on polenta with scallions and cilantro. Goss said he’s also offering unique vegan and vegetarian alternatives to the typical salad, such as chickpea fries and vegetable-based lentil soup.

Oliver’s serves coffee to-go and homemade baked goods like banana bread, muffin tops and scones, too.

Dinner service will be offered starting around the beginning of March, and an ice cream takeout window in late spring.

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Peter and Paulette Vollheim are confident that once you try their rum cake, you’ll never want to bring a fruitcake to dinner parties or holiday gatherings again.

For 25 years the Nashua couple has been making rum cakes for their family and friends using an old family recipe that dates back to the 1880s in southern Mississippi. Peter Vollheim said the demand for the cakes has been growing ever since.

“People have told us it doesn’t taste like normal rum cake and that it’s better than any other they’ve had,” he said. “The flavor combination is quite unique. It’s buttery and sweet, but not overpowering. I think it’s something about the old southern recipe and the rum that’s used. The rum -— that’s our secret.”

When Vollheim told his former business partner, Peter Stahl, who is now a restaurant owner, about how popular his and Paulette’s rum cakes had become, Stahl proposed that they team up and take the cakes to the next level. A few months ago the three of them

officially launched Black Cat Rum Cake Company, designating the kitchen in Stahl’s Watertown, Mass., restaurant as their baking headquarters. Their motto, Vollheim said, is, “Don’t be a target of fruitcake ridicule. Give a Black Cat Rum Cake.”

“Usually you get a fruitcake for Christmas and you don’t want it, so you stick it in the freezer and give it to someone else, and by the end of the year that thing has 200 miles on it,” he said. “Not our rum cake. Our rum cake gets devoured. When people try it, they don’t just try it; they eat it all.”

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“We wanted to put on an event that says, ‘We’re from New England. We can brave the weather and do what we want, even in the snow,’” Redhook Brewery Banquet and Events Manager Ryan Fleming said. “So we decided to do a grilling event modeled after our summer events, except this one is outside in January and in the snow.”

The outdoor cookout takes place Saturday, Jan. 21, from noon to 5 p.m., around the brewery’s parking lot and field area and will feature local food vendors, beer, games and entertainment.

There will be five or six vendors at the event serving food fresh off the grill, including Flatbread Co. of Portsmouth with grilled flatbread pizzas, Portsmouth Gas Light Co. with chipotle barbecue pulled pork sliders, coleslaw and pickled vegetables, and other vendors offering hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, fried dough and more.

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pound gift loaf baked and presented in a wooden tray; and as 5-ounce “single shots,” similar to cupcakes, individually wrapped and sold by the dozen or half-dozen.

There are all kinds of ways you can enjoy rum cake, and you don’t have to wait until the holidays to do it. You can eat it as you would a morning pastry on your way to work or with a cup of coffee. It also pairs well with wine, particularly port wines.

“Some people cut them up into cubes and freeze them and eat them frozen,” Vollheim said. “At my house, I like to freeze whole slices from the loaf and put ice cream on top.”

You can find Black Cat Rum Cake in Nashua at Bonhoeffer’s Cafe & Espresso, sold as loaves, slices and frozen cubes, and at Cava de Vino wine shop, sold as loaves and presented by Vollheim himself at some of the shop’s wine tastings. It’s also available online at blackcatrumcake.com.

When: Saturday, Jan. 21, from noon to 5 p.m.

Where: Redhook Brewery and Pub, 1 Redhook Way, Pease Tradeport, Portsmouth Cost: $5 for admission; pay at the door or purchase tickets in advance at pgf2017. eventbrite.com. All food plates and beers inside the festival cost $5 each.

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wood smoked chicken wings with quince barbecue sauce,” Fleming said. “We’re switching over to a new menu at the pub soon, so this will be like the kickoff for those chicken wings.”

Redhook Brewery will serve four beers on draft, including its flagship Extra Special Bitter, current seasonal Blackhook Porter, and Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale and Longboard Island Lager from Hawaii. Sixteen-ounce tallboy cans of Redhook’s year-round Long Hammer IPA will be available as well.

A heating tent and several fire pits will be placed throughout the event so attendees can escape from the cold. There will be live entertainment provided by DJ Evaredy and local rock band Amulus, and games including Kan Jam, ladderball, cornhole and a ring toss using hula hoops and beer kegs.

“I think it’s crazy and a unique thing that during the winter you can sit outside, drink some beer, play some games and pretend like it’s summer,” Fleming said.

The Polar Grill Fest is a family-friendly event open to all, including leashed dogs.

There is a $5 admission fee, and all beers and food plates cost $5 each, with $1 from each plate benefiting the Seacoast Family Food Pantry.

Lastly, Fleming said, people can rest assured that the brewery will not cancel the festival, no matter what the weather is like that day.

“One year, [the temperature] was in the mid 60s. We’ve had as many as 3,000 people come. But two years ago there was a blizzard and 10 inches of snow, and we still had 600 people come,” he said. “So, no matter how cold it is, if it’s raining or if it’s snowing, the event will go on.”

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Food & Drink Author events/lectures • TEA PARTY Tea expert Lynda Simmons comes to discuss tea etiquette, history, and health benefits. Wed., March 29, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry.

Call 432-6140.

• 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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Beer & wine making classes • 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.

• ABE’S ALEFEST Brew six top-selling ales, which include Charlie Brown, New England Chestnut, English Pub, Mad Hatter #9, Fat Tyre, and Dos X Amber. No brewing experience

necessary. Return two weeks later to bottle. Thurs., Feb. 9, 6 p.m. IncrediBREW, 112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua. $40 with bottles included, $30 if bringing your own bottles. Call 891-2477 or visit incredibrew. com.

Beer, wine & liquor dinners • FROG’S LEAP WINE DINNER Wine dinner with John Williams, owner of Frog’s Leap Winery. Wed., Jan. 25, 6 to 9 p.m. Hanover Street Chophouse, 149 Hanover St., Manchester. $95. Call 644-2467.

• SILVERADO VINEYARDS WINE DINNER Wine dinner with Jon Emmerich, winemaker of Silverado Vineyards. Wed., Jan. 25, 6 to 9 p.m. Bedford Village Inn, 2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford. $95. Call 472-2001.

• SERGE DORE SELECTIONS WINE DINNER Wine dinner with Serge Dore, owner of Serge Dore Selections, and special guests Amalie Aubert, co-owner and winemaker of Aubert Family Wines, and Christopher Garnier, winemaker for Thierry Delaunay & Millet Roger. Wed., Jan. 25, 6 to 9 p.m.

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• CANNONBALL WINE DINNER Wine dinner with Dennis Hill, co-owner and winemaker of Cannonball Wine Company.

Wed., Jan. 25, 6 to 9 p.m. Firefly American Bistro & Bar, 22 Concord St. , Manchester. $75.

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• CECCHI WINE DINNER Artisan Italian wine dinner with Andrea Cecchi, winemaker of Cecchi Wines, and Joseph Comforti, Tuscan Brands wine director. Wed., Jan. 25, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuscan Kitchen, 67 Main St., Salem. $100. Call 912-5467 or visit tuscanbrands.com.

• JOHN ANTHONY WINE DINNER Wine dinner with Geoff Whitman of John Anthony Family of Wines. Wed., Jan. 25, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Foundry, 50 Commercial St., Manchester.

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• TUCK ‘N’ SMUTT Sixcourse beer dinner with Smuttynose Brewing featuring both vintage and fresh batches.

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• NICARAGUA BEER DINNER Tasting of five Nicaraguainspired tapas with five Pipe Dream beers. Sun., Jan. 29, 3 to 5 p.m. Pipe Dream Brewing, 49 Harvey Road, Londonderry. $60. Visit facebook.com/pipedreambrewing.

• HARPOON SEASONAL BEER DINNER Five-course dinner paired with seasonal beers from Harpoon Brewing Co. Fri., Feb. 3, 7 p.m. Blue Latitudes, 431 Central Ave. , Dover. $55. Visit bluelatitudes.net.

• 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., through Oct. 19. Colby Hill Inn , 33 The Oaks St., Henniker. $115 for first class, $95 for additional classes. Registration is required. Call 428-3281 or visit colbyhillinn.com.

Beer, wine & liquor festivals & special events • OREGON WINE’S THE NEW FRONTIER Educational seminar and wine tasting in the Outlet Store’s Education Center. The president and owner of Firesteed Winery and former head of Oregon Pinot Camp will discuss the Oregon and the Pacific Northwest wine region. Tues., Jan. 24, 6 to 7:30 p.m. New Hampshire Liquor & Wine, 294 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. Tickets cost $10 and include a wine glass and a $10 coupon off any two or more bottles of the featured Firesteed Winery wines. Space is limited.

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What celebrity would you like to share a meal with?

Benedict Cumberbatch. My daughter thinks he’s just the hottest thing. He seems like a nice guy, funny and entertaining, and I think we’d have an enjoyable time having a meal with him.

What is your favorite granola or snack that you make?

The sweet and salty nut mix. I make it with candied walnuts, pistachios, cashews, raisins and cranberries. I really like it, and it’s a nice thing for snacking on.

What would you choose for your last meal?

A clam bake with steamed clams and lobster, corn on the cob, baked potatoes What is your favorite local restaurant? and a blueberry pie for dessert.

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I use a lot of honey. All of my granola bars are made with honey. It’s a healthier thing to use instead of sugar, and it gives it a different flavor.

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It also reminds me that food is so much more than meets the eye. From the ingredients and energy used to produce food to the way a person consumes it, what we eat is complicated. In our world of “fast food” we’d love to think otherwise, but there is no escaping these five faces.

During the winter, I think differently about food than I do in the summer. I want food to nourish me in a different way, protecting me from colds and viruses, for example. I also want food to warm and comfort me, as I sit here reading the thermometer for outside: 12 degrees.

I came across a great recipe that would Lemon and Honey Roasted Chicken with Asparagus Adapted from lacremedelacrumb.com 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts Olive oil Juice of one lemon 1 tablespoon honey 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1/3 cup low-sodium chicken broth Salt & pepper 1 bunch asparagus, ends cut

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• BENZIGER FAMILY WINERY - ORGANIC FARMING In this educational seminar and wine tasting, Chris Benziger of Benziger Family Winery in California will talk about his winery’s practice of biodynamic farming, a type of organic farming that takes special care to coexist with the land in its natural state. Wed., Jan. 25, from 6 to 7 p.m. New Hampshire Liquor & Wine, Willow Spring Plaza, 294 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. Tickets cost $10 and include a New

do exactly what I needed my food to do today, and I couldn’t wait to try it. How did I know it would nourish and warm me?

The recipe contained lemon and honey and called for roasting. Since lemon contains both antioxidants and vitamin C, it is always a welcome addition to my winter table, where sniffles and sneezes tend to visit often. Honey is an ancient medicine used for treating wounds and suppressing coughs. In addition to their medicinal properties, honey and lemon also taste really good.

I’m always partial to using fresh ingredients during the winter because it feels like such a treat. Rather than juice from a bottle, squeeze your own lemon juice from a big, yellow lemon. Shopping for honey? See what local jars you can come up with at a winter farmers market. I get my honey from a friend who practices in my yoga classes.

— Allison Willson Dudas 4 large sprigs of rosemary (more for garnish) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large baking sheet, arrange asparagus and chicken, being sure that chicken is on the actual pan. Arrange rosemary throughout pan.

Pour sauce mixture over chicken (do this a few times during cooking time) and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until cooked through.

Garnish with a lemon wedge and a sprig of rosemary.

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Chef events/special meals • VINTAGE An evening in of vintage cuisine celebrating traditional recipes learned from parents and grandparents. Chefs Keith Sarasin of The Farmers Dinner and Chris Viaud and Aurelien Blick of Cabonnay will prepare a multicourse meal honoring these traditional dishes. Sat., Jan. 28, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Nashua Senior Center, 70 Temple St. , Nashua. $79. Visit thefarmersdinner.com.

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Church & charity suppers/bake sales • FREE HOT MEALS The church’s Sonshine Soup Kitchen serves a free hot meal five days a week. Mon. through Fri., 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, 2 Crystal Ave., Derry. Visit freemealsinderry.blogspot.com.

• FREE MONTHLY DINNER Free, family-friendly meals served in a relaxed community setting. Third Sat., 5 to 6:30 p.m. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 63 E. Broadway, Derry. Call 434-4767.

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John Williams of Frog’s Leap in Napa Valley is just one of the celebrated wine experts who will soon be arriving for New Hampshire Wine Week, put on by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission Jan. 23 through Jan. 29.

I recently had the chance to talk to Williams via phone from California where he lives with his family and ask him about the wine business, what it is like to make wine in Napa Valley and what keeps him coming back to New Hampshire.

Williams grew up in western New York and went on to study in the dairy program at Cornell University. After a work-study program with a wine company, he enrolled in the enology and viticulture masters program at UC Davis. He then returned to the Finger Lakes area and was the start-up winemaker at Glenora Wine Cellars. He eventually returned to California and took over the winemaking duties at Spring Mountain Vineyards. Williams founded Frog’s Leap in 1981, and as you could say, the rest is pretty much history.

I asked Williams where the name came from, and he explained that the property was an old frog-raising farm many years ago. He had also spent some time at Stag’s Leap in California, so the name just seemed to fit.

Williams has taken a very natural approach to winemaking and not only uses organic methods, but does not use irrigation.

While many United States wineries use it, it is not permitted in the European Union.

“This is something you see all over the world. It creates balance, restraint and respect for the terroir. We make wines that are connected to the soil. We know we can make better wine that way,” Williams said. “It puts the wine in a more natural position. When the soil is healthy, flavors from the soil itself are produced. Everything in the grapes comes from the soil and the air around them.”

Since Williams has spent many years in the wine business, I asked what he enjoys most. I could tell from speaking with him and browsing his website that he has a humorous and humble approach to his career.

“I get to plant these vineyards, grow these grapes, live in this beautiful place and meet people who drink my wine. It’s a pretty cool thing,” he said. “I am constantly hearing stories from people who drink and enjoy my wine. That’s pretty cool to hear.”

Williams said Frog’s Leap produces sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, zinfandel, petite sirah, rosé and a red blend. They are not known for one grape in particular, but more for their classic Napa Valley style-wines.

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“The modern, bigger wines are not us,” he said. “We make European-style wines.

That is what we believe in. They are lower in alcohol, more age-worthy and they are based on the connection to the soil.”

Today, Frog’s Leap is a family-operation, as two of Williams’ children are working in the business. “There is something special about family wineries,” he said. “The passion is still going. I have been the winemaker since we started. My son is helping with the winemaking, and my daughter is now involved in the business as well.”

He noted that one part of New Hampshire Wine Week that is especially fun for him is being able to connect with other winemakers from around the country and the world through the Winter Wine Spectacular event, which takes place on Thursday, Jan. 26, this year.

“We don’t get to meet other winemakers all the time,” he said. “This gives us a chance to meet other winemakers and people who work in the trade. Also, the people from Martignetti [our distributors] have become good friends.”

Williams said he also enjoys how engaged consumers in New Hampshire are.

“They are curious and they talk and they engage. I appreciate that, and I like how engaged people are when they taste the wines. This is why we like New Hampshire Wine Week,” he said.

Attend a wine dinner with John Williams on Wed., Jan. 25, 6 to 9 p.m., at Hanover Street Chophouse, 149 Hanover St., Manchester. $95. Call 644-2467.

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Time once again to attempt separating one metalcore band from all the others, this time without having unimpeachable intelligence on Zao’s current religious-freak status, being that the entire band — repeat, the entire band — that appeared on the first Zao album (which history says is a Christian-metalcore thing) is long gone. I don’t want to beat that point into the ground, as it’s likely just shtick to begin with, but latest singer Daniel Weydant is supposedly Christian, so let’s leave it at that. Despite having a complete overhaul in personnel, conventional wisdom says that their current sound is basically the same as it was when the band launched in 1993, so, to be safe, I went back to their second LP, The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation, which had lots of nifty elements, including brain-damaged Limp Bizkit stomp, some emo-core and plenty of standard death-metal gruel. To me, this new stuff sounds different, beginning with leadoff track “The Weeping Vessel” and “Broken Pact Rules” — there’s actually mid-tempo doom-metal riffage in there, underneath all the messy black-metal yowling and frenetic fuzz. No, I don’t love these guys the way I love Baroness and Meshuggah, but yeah, they offer a nice, safe goat-demon harbor if you’re on a metal tangent. A- — Eric W. Saeger

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I do like conducting the occasional spot raid on the Brooklyn hipster scene here and there, right into the workaday heart of it, bashing my way into the party like the Kool-Aid guy, with an “OH YEAH” that actually merely signals my stomach’s preparedness to abide whatever offkey trust-fund-weenie worthlessness I’ll encounter, sort of like your dad bouncing into your room after you and your homies had just put down the bong. These guys are a small-potatoes thing that’s played a few shows, according to Brooklyn Vegan, which is all that blog has ever mentioned with regard to Jantar, and after wasting a half-hour of my life trying to dig up more fact-bites, there’s nothing to tell you, really, other than the core is a bass-playing guy and two girls, and the niche is experimental art-pop. Goody freaking gum-drops, I said to myself, but it’s really not bad. After 30 seconds of amniotic quirk-fluff intro, the band tries a low-key Spacemen 3-vs-Iron Butterfly angle (“Humble Moths”) that’s worthwhile, then a slithery Everly Brothers joint that has sitar at a nearly appropriate place (“Saint Margaret of Antioch,” which boasts the longest skronk-ringout you’ve heard in at least a week).

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• At this writing I haven’t even had all my innocent Christmas dreams dashed yet, but it’s even worse for you readers of the future, who will have to tolerate a new AFI record being blapped into the culture-sphere a few days after you’re reading this. The title of this new LP is AFI (The Blood Album) for some reason.

Why didn’t they just call it The Blood Album? I don’t know, I assume maybe the album cover, which of course will never even be seen by most download pirates, is just red, with no writing or whatnot. I don’t care, but you can go look and find out if you’re curious. No, I’m kidding, I don’t hate AFI all that much. “White Offerings,” the new single, is sort of like older Linkin Park but with a little less disinfectant sprayed on them. They’ll be at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston on Feb. 4.

• You may know Japanese quirk-twee artist Shintaro Sakamoto from the tune “You Can Be a Robot Too,” the banjo-and-children’s-choir-driven song that pointed out that being turned into robots would help people avoid anxiety and nihilism and that 20 percent of the Japanese people supported the idea of just that, having their brains microchipped. Wait, what, you didn’t hear about this? That’s OK, you can then look forward to not hearing about his new album Love If Possible, streeting any minute now.

The advance song “Tanin” has a slow, lazy Hawaiian-disco vibe, but this time no subtitles, so I haven’t the foggiest what he’s singing about. I wish I could see your face right now, dear reader, after taking in all this incredible information about this wingnut.

• The Proper Ornaments are a side band from James Hoare of British spaghetti-western-shoegaze band Veronica Falls. I don’t mind Veronica Falls, so now I’m going to the YouTube to see if I can stomach a song from Foxhole, the Proper Ornaments album that’s being released imminently. OK, here’s a song called “Memories.” It’s a sluggish psychedelic slog, somewhere between George Harrison and Spacemen 3. The melody is so boring, it’s putting me to sleep. OK, it just put me to sleep. I’m typing in my sleep, thanks to this boring nonsense.

• Lastly we have weird Chicago band Joan of Arc with their newest weirdly named album, He’s Got the Whole This Land is Your Land in His Hands. These weirdos are so weird, the only way to describe their new single “Stranged That Egg Yolk” would be to say “a cross between The Books and early Police.” Seriously, I’ve heard YouTube comedians make songs that sound like this, but at least that stuff made me laugh, not race to click the Stop button. — Eric W. Saeger

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“Most women don’t go into technical careers. There just aren’t a lot of women [in the field] and it’s a little intimidating, which is unfortunate,” said Lori Tiernan, who lives in Portsmouth and is the co-founder of Bhive, a service- and goods-trading tech service for small businesses.

Tiernan is one of four female entrepreneurs participating in a discussion after a screening of She Started It, a 2016 documentary focusing on getting more women in the tech industry, at 3S Artspace Tuesday, Jan. 24.

The event is organized by HubSpot, an inbound marketing software company with headquarters in Cambridge and an office in Portsmouth. Company members felt the film presents important messages that need to be spread, said Annie Misarski, office manager at HubSpot Portsmouth.

“Our company has a big focus on diversity and inclusion, especially heading into 2017. We want to see more women in science and technology and more women in executive roles,” Misarski said.

She Started It follows five women under the age of 30 — Thuy Truong, Stacey Ferreira, Sheena Allen, Brienne Ghafourifar and Agathe Moliner — who compete and thrive in the competitive “boys’ club” of high tech startups. The women come from

all over, and filming happened on location over the course of two years.

“This movie gets at the fact that we don’t tell enough stories about women who are kicking ass with their own start-ups,” Misarski said via phone. “The movie’s aimed at telling those stories to young girls, giving them role models and saying, ‘These are women just like you, under the age of 30, who are founding million-dollar tech companies!’”

After the screening, Katie Burke, vice president of culture and experiences at HubSpot, moderates a discussion with local female founders, including Kendall Tucker, founder and CEO of Polis; Amy Cueva, founder and chief experience officer at Mad*Pow; Stefany Shaheen, co-founder and president of Good Measures; and Tiernan.

“It’s great for girls,” Tiernan said. “It’s important to have these female trailblazers setting an example for others.”

Tiernan said she’s noticed these kinds of conversations growing in big cities like Boston and New York, so it’s nice to see that it’s moving to New Hampshire.

“Sexism certainly exists in most industries in the United States, and we need to start talking about it,” Tiernan said. “The good thing about tech companies is people are talking about it there, and they’re trying to fix those issues.”

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Beyond Earth, Charles Wohlforth and Amanda Hendrix (Pantheon Books, 297 pages) In the wake of Election Day, there seems to be an awful lot of conversation about people leaving the planet. At the movies, there’s Passengers, in which Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence head for deep space, not quite soundly asleep. In bookstores, there’s Beyond Earth, in which Charles Wohlforth and Amanda Hendrix propose to convince readers that colonization in space is possible without A-listers — not on Mars, but on the largest of Saturn’s 53 moons, a methane-riddled rock named Titan.

Wohlforth is a journalist and author, Hendrix a planetary scientist who worked for 12 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

They come to the project well-credentialed, but ultimately fail at making their case because of the immensity of the challenge and their insistence on reporting facts, not fantasies.

Fact: Earth could become uninhabitable by humans at some point in the future, but it’s not now, and compared to other celestial bodies it remains Eden for us if only because of its most underappreciated quality — gravity.

Wohlforth and Hendrix, however, envision a future in which humans are so threatened by “extreme temperatures, radioactive contamination, toxic air, and a debilitated biosphere for producing food” that they seek refuge on a moon with an an atmospheric temperature more than 200 degrees colder than ours, that is 10 times farther away from us than the sun, and that has an atmosphere composed of nitrogen and methane — the Earth-warming stuff that is emitted by manure and organic decay.

And they’d have to produce their own food in these foul conditions, wear oxygen masks, and adjust to living with no natural light.

There’s the matter of who volunteers for the task since, unlike the American colonists who could always go back to Europe, signing up for this journey means you won’t set foot on Earth again. Not only would it be difficult to get you back, but a stay on Titan would alter your body in ways that “would make a return to Earth difficult.”

Also, the prospect of a deep-space sex life is dicey at best, and it’s very likely you and your colleagues will be baked by radiation unless NASA figures out a way to cure radiation poisoning or bend subatomic particles away from the spacecraft, which would be hurtling toward Titan for about seven years.

(A chapter is amusingly called “Who gets to go?” More like: “Who has to?”)

In short, going to Titan is a hard sell for practically everyone but Hollywood. But Beyond Earth sells it nonetheless, in a narrative that nimbly bounces between present and future — what’s actually happening in aeronautics that could enable travel to Titan decades hence, and colonization as Wohlforth and Hendrix

envision it happening. This backand-forth between science and science fiction is nicely done, and the fantasy is occasionally engaging, with detail as minute as an azalea that the would-be colonists brought, “checking on it every day, as if it were a child.” In fact, throw in Pratt and Lawrence, and “future” would make a fine film on its own.

Why Titan? According to Wohlforth and Hendrix, it’s the best option out there. “Mars and the Moon will not be colonized because there is no reason to colonize them. We can put outposts there, at great expense, but only for a sojourn or as a steppingstone for going somewhere else,” they write.

Titan, however, offers an intriguing stew of elements that could be manipulated to help support human life. In fact, some scientists believe that its methane lakes and seas already teem with some form of life. Robots could go first, scouting conditions and inspecting the territory. Another fleet of robots would later go to build a base with a power plant and living quarters for the humans to come.

“Eventually, the first humans to arrive on Titan would be able to walk in, take off their outdoor suits, and sit down on the couch for a snack” — if, of course, all went perfectly, which the authors acknowledge is unlikely, and they note that when space travel ends in disaster, it’s rarely for reasons that risk analysts anticipated.

The authors quote astronaut Mike Barrett: “There are going to have to be people who are willing to take those risks. And there has to be a program and a population ready and understanding to accept the consequences when things go badly, and not let it freeze them, stop them, and not move on.”

With detailed reporting from places like the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Beyond Earth is a dense treatise on how humans could plan their ultimate escape, but even the authors admit the plan lacks a convincing reason for the trip.

“Saving the Earth is infinitely safer and saner than preparing to leave it,” they write.

And the reader can’t help but feel a bit bamboozled when Wohlforth and Hendrix conclude, “The events we’ve depicted in our scenario may not happen anything like the way you’ve read, and we’re absolutely certain the future won’t happen exactly as described. That isn’t the point. We developed these predictions to explore the state of science and to test ideas.”

They add, “And we’ve found that it might not happen for a long time.” Which could be interpreted as “disregard everything you’ve just read.” But take heart. Passengers is probably still playing at a theater near you, and it won’t take seven years to get there. B— Jennifer Graham

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Live By Night (R)

The son of a police officer gets tangled up in mob warfare in Live By Night, a pile of historic costumes and periodappropriate guns held together by the baling wire of Ben Affleck’s narration.

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them?” “Oh, wait, that wasn’t the movie’s end?” These are not the kinds of questions you ask when you’re being electrified by a movie.

These are the questions you ask when you’re waiting for a movie to run out the clock. At least the performances are good, I thought.

But then, the more I considered it (and this movie leaves lots of room for you to consider things, from plot silliness to whether you left the oven on), “ponderous” and “good” aren’t the same thing, and “ponderous” is what most of the actors are doing here.

Live By Night is the sort of movie that aspires to award season with its period setting, saga-like sweep and serious drama. But its parts never quite add up to anything that feels award-worthy. C Rated R for strong violence, language throughout and some sexuality/nudity. Written and directed

by Ben Affleck (and based on a Dennis Lehane novel), Live By Night is two hours and eight minutes long and distributed by Warner Bros.

Patriots Day (R)

Mark Wahlberg stars in Patriots Day, a too-soon movie about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Tommy Saunders (Wahlberg, playing one of the movie’s few characters not based on real people, according to media reports) is a Boston police officer. Though he’s a detective, he’s working the marathon in uniform as a way of getting back in the good graces of the higher-

ups after some infraction. Thus is he right at the finish line, near the scene of both bombings.

Many of the other characters we spend time with are based on real people involved in the bombing and its aftermath. We meet Officer Sean Collier (Jake Picking), the police officer killed by the bombers, Tamerlan (Themo Melikidze) and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Alex Wolff), a few days after the marathon. We meet a couple (played by Christopher O’Shea and Rachel Brosnahan) injured during the bombing. We meet the Watertown police sergeant (J.K. Simmons) who was involved in a shootout with the Tsarnaevs. We meet Dun Meng (Jimmy O. Yang), a student who is carjacked by the Tsarnaevs and who helps the police in their search.

The movie also gives us a bit of the postbombing investigation, led by FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon).

When officials, including Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Michael Beach) and Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), arrive at the scene, it’s DesLauriers who officially labels the bombing as terrorism and leads the Boston headquarters for the crime’s investigation.

When I saw Deepwater Horizon (also directed by Peter Berg and starring Wahlberg) in September, I felt I was watching people’s worst day a little soon — the disaster was in April 2010. I had a far more visceral “too soon” reaction to this movie, especially in

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Joe Coughlin (Affleck) returned from World War I full of bitterness. Though he’s the son of a respected police higher-up, Thomas Coughlin (Brendan Gleeson), Joe is a stick-up artist, robbing banks, other criminals’ poker games and the like. He is also tempting fate by dating Emma Gould (Sienna Miller), the girlfriend of Albert White (Robert Glenister), head of the Irish mob in Boston.

Albert is in a perpetual turf war with Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone), head of the Italian mob. Despite his desire to remain unaffiliated, Joe finds himself dragged into their fight.

Eventually, Joe lands in Florida working for Maso. He ships bootleg rum north with the help of Esteban Suarez (Miguel) and his sister Graciela (Zoe Saldana). The local law enforcement gives Joe a pass to operate, within some limits, in Florida and he sees the possibility for a peaceful life. But, as his father once told him, what you put out in the world comes back to you, and thus does Joe’s violent profession constantly put his safety and that of the people he loves at risk.

Live By Night feels like so much fancy nonsense. Its setting and the sleep-inducing way it approaches this slice of history remind me why, even though the subject sounded interesting, I gave up on Boardwalk Empire after about an episode and a half. The gangs of Prohibition-era Boston? Interesting. The disillusionment of soldiers returning from World War I? Interesting. The mix of ethnicities and their relationships to each other in Florida? The place of the KKK and of traveling preachers in American culture in the 1920s?

Criminality and the role of law enforcement during Prohibition? All interesting. And yet Live By Night? Pretty but boring.

Things I thought while watching this movie: “Wait, when are we?” “If we’re in Florida now, what was the point of all that Boston stuff?” “If that character has come and gone, what was the point of ever spending time with

the early scenes. The movie’s final moments made me feel a little better about what I had just watched. In the movie’s best scenes, we see real-life footage of David Ortiz at the first Red Sox game after the bombing and interviews with the real people actually involved — real police officers, the real people injured.

The words and images of the real people were far more affecting than the reenactments and actors. And, if they (the real-life people and their loved ones) feel like this movie is giving them or Boston their due, then I support that. I support anything that gives aid and comfort to them even if the Hollywood part of the movie felt, at times, a little exploitative.

There is one section of this movie that really works and the movie would have been better if more time was focused on this: the scenes of the hunt for the bombers. It was fascinating to watch the command center get set up — how did they get a pallet of computers that fast? How do you get a pallet of anything that fast? And the way they recreated the crime scene inside a warehouse. And they way they pored over video and photos from cell phones and security cameras, searching for just the right body language and behavior to indicate somebody with evil intentions. Every decision the investigators make — from declaring the crime terrorism through when to release photos of the suspects — is made incredibly fast and has extremely high stakes. This is your tension-filled movie glorifying, rightly, the hard work of people doing their jobs. Why not focus on this, instead of interjecting a bunch of scenes of Wahlberg just, I don’t know, Wahlberging around? As those last scenes show, the real people and their real efforts searching for the killers or surviving their injuries are far more meaningful and interesting.

Ultimately, the people of Boston and the people whose lives were touched by the bombing deserve something better, truer and smarter than Patriots Day. C+ Rated R for violence, realistically graphic injury images, language throughout and some drug use. Directed by Peter Berg with a screenplay by Peter Berg & Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer, Patriots Day is two hours and 13 minutes long and distributed by CBS Films.

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WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com Lion (2016) Fri., Jan. 20, through Thurs., Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Additional screenings Sun., Jan. 22, at 2 & 4:30 p.m.

Manchester by the Sea (2016) Fri., Jan. 20, through Sun., Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Additional screening Sun., Jan. 22, at 2 p.m.

The Snows of Kilamonjaro (1952) Sat., Jan. 21, at 4:30 p.m.

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Lion (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., Jan. 19, 2:05, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 20, 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 21, 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 22, 1, 3:30 & 6 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 23, 2:05, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.; Tues., Jan. 24, 2:05, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.; Wed., Jan. 25, 2:05, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.; Thurs., Jan. 26, 2:05, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.

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NITE Nashville taught Local music news & events

Andrew Merzi showcases at Flying Goose

By Michael Witthaus

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• Nashville cat: After spending a lot of time down south, Dusty Gray is solidly back in the Granite State music scene, playing shows with his band and turning up at fun soirees like last month’s Rocking Horse Christmas concert. Dusty also leads a weekly all-originals open-mike night in downtown Concord. Find the next rising star or be surprised by an old favorite working on new material. Go Thursday, Jan. 19, at 9 p.m. at True Brew Barista, 3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, truebrewbarista.com.

• Road warriors: Braced by a month of touring at year’s end, Hunter returns for a hometown show. The band’s Still Hunting tour ranged all the way west to Denver and ended in the southern music Mecca of Asheville, North Carolina. Kudos to the scrappy indie folk rockers; the NEMA-winning quartet have big plans for 2017, and hints of what’s to come will be on display in the room where they launched a few years ago. Go Friday, Jan. 20, at 9 p.m., Fody’s, 9 Clinton St., Nashua. Cover is $3. See huntertheband.com.

• Fine folk: Called “playful and profound” by the Boston Globe, Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem have charmed New England folk audiences for decades with brilliant instrumentation, scintillating harmonies and insightful songwriting. Go Saturday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Bass Hall at Monadnock Center, 19 Grove St., Peterborough. Advance tickets are $20 at pfmsconcerts.org.

• Cool blue: A tradition continues as Bolt Hill Bluegrass Band perform the weekly Bluegrass at Nippo session. The series runs October through early May, and the Seacoast quartet — Rick Watson on guitar and mandolin, Dave Kiphuth playing banjo, Justin Quinn on mandolin and guitar and upright bassist Todd Robertson — are regular favorites. Go Sunday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m. at Nippo Lake Restaurant, 88 Stagecoach Road, Barrington. See nippobluegrass.com.

By Michael Witthaus

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Nashville, packed with clubs, record labels and publishing houses, is a beacon of hope for singer-songwriters like Andrew Merzi. The New Hampshire native lived almost four years in Music City and spent many nights performing so-called “in the round” shows.

Trading selections with other folksingers honed his craft.

“I totally learned a lot of things being around that caliber of artists all the time,” he said in a recent interview. “You had to be ready to step on stage and go … pull the best that you had out right away; didn’t have that warm-up time.”

At the same time, quick burst song pulls whittled away at one of Merzi’s key instincts.

“I enjoyed playing there and met a lot of cool people, but I was losing my chops a little bit for doing longer gigs,” he said. “It was largely get on stage and do three or four songs with other people; then you’re off.”

Merzi headed back home to New Hampshire in late 2015. He’d departed his home state with a growing resume that included a sponsorship with Timberland and a pair of albums; he returned a young father. While Nashville was a great place to grow as a performer, it wasn’t home.

An Evening With Andrew Merzi When: Thursday, Jan. 19, 8 p.m. (dinner seating at 6 p.m.)

Where: Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille, 40 Andover Road, New London Reservations: Required – call 526-6899 More: andrewmerzi.com Merzi is also performing Feb. 24 at British Beer Co. in Manchester.

Andrew Merzi. Courtesy photo.

“Our daughter came along, and we wanted to be around family here,” he said. “That was the main motivator, and [my wife and I] were both a little homesick.”

The presence of family and friends will help Merzi at his first showcase gig since returning. He’ll play Thursday, Jan. 19, at Flying Goose Pub in New London.

The brewpub-restaurant’s Thursday night folk-singer series is a storied affair that’s welcomed greats like Ellis Paul, Patty Larkin, John Gorka and David Wilcox over nearly three decades.

“Brooks Williams plays the weekend before me; Ari Hest has played there,” Merzi said. “That’s some pretty heavy hitters to be among, playing on the same stage.”

Over the years, he’d talked with Flying Goose owner Tom Mills about performing there; his new booker helped make it happen.

“I’m a little nervous because I wasn’t sure if I could fill the place, but it’s look-

ing good, like a decent crowd,” he said. “It doesn’t hurt that I have a good-sized family here — they’ll come and bring friends.

It’s gonna be kind of a family affair, friends and relatives.”

The long-format solo show provides Merzi with a chance to unveil a few new songs and dig into a catalog that began with his 2009 debut, Country Sun. “It will be fun digging back into my older songs that went by the wayside, because I feel there’s some good material I’ve neglected,” he said. “I’m always about the new thing, but people have been requesting them. I’m spending a lot of time rehearsing; it’s been so long.”

Merzi will perform a more recent song about a beloved relative.

“I have a great uncle who served in Vietnam and he’s always telling stories; he actually died this year for nine minutes, but they were able to resuscitate him and now he’s doing well,” he said. “I have a song about flying called ‘Wheels Up, Rings Off’ — you couldn’t fly with a ring on because it might get hooked on something.”

Several of Merzi’s newer songs explore his experience as a new father.

“Family life, the challenges day to day of raising a daughter and keeping your marriage growing, that’s what’s been inspiring me,” he said.

Club gigs will continue apace, with Merzi playing a mix of covers and originals.

He also has plans to record.

“I have a lot of ideas,” Merzi said. “A good friend, Mike Moran, is a really talented producer and drummer, so I think I’m going to start tracking at my home studio, and have him master. I may also go into his studio. I’ll put songs out one at a time as singles, then eventually [compile] them into an album. That’s the plan; I’m thinking about that all the time.”

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263 Lakeside Ave. Bungalow Bar & 226-0533 Auburn Epping 967-4884 366-5855 Grille Red Blazer Auburn Pitts Holy Grail Old Salt Baja Beach Club 333 Valley St. 72 Manchester St. 167 Rockingham Road 64 Main St. 679-9559 409 Lafayette Rd. 89 Lake St. 524-0008 518-8464 224-4101 622-6564 Telly’s 926-8322 Broken Spoke Saloon Cactus Jack’s Tandy’s Top Shelf 235 Calef Hwy 679-8225 Ron’s Landing 782 South Willow St. 1 Eagle Sq. 856-7614 Bedford Tortilla Flat 379 Ocean Blvd 929-2122 1072 Watson Rd 866-754-2526 627-8600 True Brew Barista Bedford Village Inn 1-11 Brickyard Sq Savory Square Bistro Faro Italian Grille 72 Central Ale House 3 Bicentennial Sq. 2 Olde Bedford Way 734-2725 32 Depot Sq 926-2202 Endicott St. 527-8073 23 Central St. 660-2241 225-2776 472-2001 Popovers Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Fratello’s City Sports Grille Copper Door 11 Brickyard Sq 734-4724 Blvd. 926-0324 799 Union Ave. 528-2022 216 Maple St. 625-9656 15 Leavy Drive 488-2677 Contoocook Stacy Jane’s Covered Bridge Shorty’s Epsom 9 Ocean Blvd. 929-9005 Holy Grail of the Lakes Club ManchVegas 12 Veterans Square 50 Old Granite St. Cedar St. 746-5191 206 Rte 101 488-5706 Circle 9 Ranch The Goat 737-3000 222-1677 Farmer’s Market 39 Windymere 736-3111 20 L St. 601-6928 Margate Resort Crazy Camel Hookah 896 Main St. Belmont Hilltop Pizzeria Wally’s Pub 76 Lake St. 524-5210 and Cigar Lounge 746-3018 Lakes Region Casino 1724 Dover Rd 736-0027 144 Ashworth Ave. Naswa Resort 245 Maple St. 518-5273 1265 Laconia Road 926-6954 1086 Weirs Blvd.

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, Jan. 19 Dover Auburn Cara: Bluegrass w/Steve Roy Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ Fury’s: Hambone Gordy and Diane Pettipas Epping Bedford Telly’s: Tim Theriault Copper Door: Chad LaMarsh Exeter Boscawen Station 19: Thursday Night Live Alan’s: John Pratte Gilford Concord Patrick’s: Mike Loughlin/Bill Granite: CJ Poole Duo Noland Hermanos: Mike Morris Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man True Brew: Dusty Gray originals

Lebanon Salt hill: Celtic Open Session

Manchester Central Ale: Jonny Friday Blues City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Foundry: Justin Cohn Fratello’s: Jazz Night Manchvegas: Open acoustic jam Penuche’s: Hot Chochey’s w/ Zach Haithcock Shorty’s: Joe Sambo Strange Brew: Quick fire Whiskey’s 20: DJs Wild Rover: Frenchie

Londonderry Coach Stop: Clint Lapointe

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Matt Langley

Hampton CR’s: Don Severance Hanover Canoe Club: Joseph Stallsmith Salt hill: Irish Trad’ Session Hillsborough Turismo: Line Dancing

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

Merrimack Homestead: Brad Bosse Nashua Agave Azul: DJ K-Wil ladies night Country Tavern: Jenny Lynn Duo Fody’s: Phileep Fratello’s: Chris Cavanaugh Riverwalk: The Evoke Ensemble Shorty’s: Ryan Williamson New London Flying Goose: Andrew Merzi

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

Newmarket Stone Church: Jordan TirrellWysocki & Jim Prendergast Peterborough Harlow’s: Bluegrass Night La Mia Casa: Soul Repair Plaistow Racks: Rock jam, Dave Thompson Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Lester Knox Duo Fat Belly’s: DJ Flex Press Room: Soggy Po’ Boys

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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

Red Door: Green Lion Crew Seabrook Chop Shop: Spent Fuel Weare Stark House: Lisa Guyer Solo Windham Common Man: WhiteSteer duo Friday, Jan. 20 Auburn Auburn Tavern: Boo Boo Groove Barrington Onset Pub: Chuck N John Belmont Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark

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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 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

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 Somersworth Hideout Grill at the Oaks 100 Hide Away Place 692-6257 Kelley’s Row 417 Route 108 692-2200

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

Dover Cara: Club Night DJ Shawnny O Dover Brickhouse: Armies Fury’s: When Particles Collide Top of the Chop: Funkadelic Friday

Hooksett Asian Breeze: DJ Albin

Epping Holy Grail: Side Car Telly’s: Brad Bosse

Lebanon Salt Hill Pub: Brooks Hubbard

Gilford Patrick’s: Dueling Pianos Schuster’s: Julia Velie

Laconia Pitman’s: Blues Tonight Band

Londonderry Coach Stop: Paul Luff Stumble Inn: Dusty Gray

Manchester British Beer: Triana Wilson City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Derryfield: Soundtrack to Monday Hampton Foundry: Charlie Chronopoulos Community Oven: Colin Axxwell Fratello’s: RC Thomas Murphy’s: Wize Crackerz CR’s: Wendy Nottonson Savory Square: Dave Gerard Penuche’s: Goose Wally’s Pub: Clown Shoe Shaskeen: Bruce Jacques Strange Brew: Gravel Project Whiskey’s 20: DJs Hanover Wild Rover: Stu & Chip Duo Canoe Club: Gillian Joy Jesse’s: Tad Dries Salt Hill Pub: Rich Thomas Duo Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois Henniker Merrimack Sled Pub: Ryan Williamson Homestead: Clint Lapointe Hillsborough Mama McDonough’s: Mikey G Milford Pasta Loft: Sage and Whiskey and Train Wreck Goffstown Village Trestle: R&B Dignity

NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Shaka’s: Sugarbush Road Nashua Country Tavern: Jimmy D Dolly Shakers: Boneshakers Fody’s: Hunter Fratello’s: Ted Solovicos Haluwa: Rock City Peddler’s Daughter: Queen City Soul Riverwalk: B3 Kings w/ Matthew Stubbs & the Antinguas Stella Blu: Brian Owens Thirsty Turtle: Farenheit Friday New Boston Molly’s: Mike Morris/Dan Murphy Newbury Salt Hill Pub: Sullivan Davis Hanscom Band Newmarket Riverworks: Joe Young Stone Church: Old Man Luedecke Newport Salt hill Pub: Tirade

Barrington Onset Pub: Moon Boot Lover Bedford Shorty’s: Sonic Boomers Belmont LR Casino: Tim Kierstead Boscawen Alan’s: On 2 Duo Concord Hermanos: Matt Poirier Penuche’s: Cole Robbie Band Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz Contoocook Covered Bridge: Kenny Weiland Dover Cara: Club night DJ Shawnny O Brickhouse: Yankee Cockfight/ Laid to Dust/Miketon & the Nightblinders/Nick the Barbarian Fury’s: Red Sky Mary Epping Holy Grail: Matt Gelanis Telly’s: Triana Wilson

Peterborough Harlow’s: Town Meeting Plaistow Racks: Spare Change Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: George Belli and The Retroactivists Grill 28: Jake Davis Martingale: Michael Troy & Craig Tramack Book & Bar: Jon Ross Gaslight: Sam Robbins/Kevin Burt Press Room: Esseks, Zoo Logic and Yung Abner Red Door: Exodus Rudi’s: Duke Snyder Thirsty Moose: Adam Robinson Band Rochester Radloff’s: Dancing Madly Backwards Duo Smokey’s: Tom Emerson

Gilford Patrick’s: Tim Theriault’s Tribute to Neil Young Schuster’s: Dan the Muzak Man Goffstown Village Trestle: Karen Grenier Hampton Community Oven: Tim Parent The Goat: Searching for Clarity Wally’s Pub: Wildside Hanover Canoe Club: Ed Eastridge Salt Hill Pub: B-3 Brotherhood Henniker Sled Pub: Nick’s Other Band Hudson River’s Pub: Blacklite

Seabrook Chop Shop: Innerchild

Laconia Pitman’s Freight Room: Swing Dance - Tall Granite Big Band

Weare Stark House: Ken Budka

Lebanon Salt Hill Pub: Conniption Fits

Saturday, Jan. 21 Auburn Auburn Pitts: Nicole Knox Murphy Auburn Tavern: Luke Moss

Londonderry Coach Stop: Ted Solovicos Manchester City Sports Grille: The Voice

COMEDY THIS WEEK AND BEYOND

Thursday, Jan. 19 Hampton Beach Old Salt: Joe Yannetty/ Ryan Gartley/Matt Brown

Newmarket Stone Church: Dan Crohn/Matt Barry/ Mariel Cabral/Brett Johnson

Saturday, Jan. 21 Monday, Jan. 23 Manchester Concord Headliners: Mike Don- Penuche’s: Punchlines ovan

Derryfield: Chad LaMarsh Band Foundry: Rob Carmichael Fratello’s: Bob Rutherford Murphy’s Taproom: Take 4 Penuche’s: Skyfoot, Brian Mailhot Shaskeen: Pat & the Hats Strange Brew: Erik Gustafson One man Band Explosion Whiskey’s 20: DJ Hizzy/Shawn White Wild Rover: Songs With Molly Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Connor Merrimack Homestead: Paul Luff Milford Shaka’s: Jimmy Pockets Band Union Coffee: Pat Evans, Zero Front, BEDS, SubPunch

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Nashua Agave Azul: DJ, tropical Saturday Boston Billiard Club: DJ Anthem Throwback Country Tavern: Wooden Soul Dolly Shakers: Slaves of Rhythm Fody’s: Pop Roks Fratello’s: Ryan Williamson Haluwa: Rock City Peddler’s Daughter: Beneath The Sheets Riverwalk Cafe: Slam Kitchen Stella Blu: Doug Thompson Thirsty Turtle: Bryan McPherson/Radiator Rattlers/Hometown Eulogy/ Nick The Barbarian/Berten Lee New Boston Molly’s: Morgan and Pete/John Chouinard Newbury Salt Hill Pub: Dusty Gray Band Newmarket Stone Church: People Like You w/ Revibe Newport Salt hill Pub: Tirade Plaistow Racks: Undercover Portsmouth Blue Mermaid: Seth Adams Dolphin Striker: Rythm Method Martingale: Brooks Hubbard Portsmouth Book & Bar: Wooden Eye Portsmouth Gaslight: Corey Brackett/Brian Gray

Tuesday, Jan. 24 Derry Hilltop Spot: Comedy on Purpose - Alana Susko

Shaskeen: Jordan Handren-Seavey/Jere Pilapil

Merrimack Pacific Fusion: ComWednesday, Jan. 25 edy on Purpose - Alana Manchester Susko Murphy’s: Laugh Free Or Die Open Mic

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Press Room: Jazz Lunch Red Door: Ryan Obermiller Ri Ra: Cover Story Rudi’s: Barbara London Thirsty Moose: Down a 5th

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Manchester Central Ale: Jonny Friday Duo Fratello’s: Rob Wolfe or Phil Jacques Meredith Giuseppe’s: Lou Porrazzo

Newmarket Stone Church: Blues Jam Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Old School Earth Eagle: Joe Young Press Room: Ken Ormes Ri Ra: Oran Mor Tuesday, Jan. 24 Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa Dover Fury’s: Tim Theriault Friends Sonny’s: Soggy Po’ Boys

Seabrook Chop Shop: Bare Bones Wednesday, Jan. 25 Concord Hermanos: Craig Jaster Dover Fury’s: Blindspot Dublin DelRossi’s Trattoria: Celtic and Old Timey Jam Session Gilford Patrick’s: Cody James - Ladies Night Hanover Canoe Club: Black Shoals Hillsborough Turismo: Blues Jam with Jerry Paquette & the Runaway Bluesmen Londonderry Coach Stop: RC Thomas

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Manchester Fratello’s: Phil Jacques Strange Brew: Open Jam - Tom Ballerini Blues Band

Gilford Patrick’s: Paul Luff hosts

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Luff

Hanover Canoe Club: TBD

Merrimack Homestead: Kelsie Hinds

Manchester Fratello’s: Brad Bosse Shaskeen: Ryan Jackson (Cactus Attack) Strange Brew: Andrew Gravel Whiskey’s 20: Sammy Smoove & DJ Gera

Nashua Country Tavern: Darleen Fratello’s Italian Grille: Ryan Williamson

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois

Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Pat Foley Press Room: Scott Solsky w/ Mike Walsh Red Door: Red On Red w/ Evaredy (Service Industry Night) Ri Ra: Erin’s Guild Rudi’s: Dimitri

Merrimack Homestead: Clint Lapointe Nashua Fratello’s: Amanda Cote Newmarket Stone Church: SpeakEazy: Church Street Jazz Band / Bluegrass Jam Late

Plaistow Racks: DJ Sensations

Rochester Lilac City Grille: Tim Theriault - Ladies Night

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Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Dana Brearley Press Room: Jazz Jam w/ Larry Garland & Friends

Hanover Canoe: Marko the Magician Salt hill Pub: Hootenanny

Nashua Dolly Shakers: Monday’s Muse w Lisa Guyer Fratello’s: Kelsie Hinds

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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

Marc Broussard Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. Tupelo Decades Rewind (& 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 Elton John Tribute Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre Draw the Line (Aerosmith tribute) Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m.

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“Best of 2016” — yes, there were some things Across 1 Hairless on top 5 Had in mind 10 Backstage access 14 Lyft competitor 15 Tree with chocolate-yielding seeds 16 “At Last” singer ___ James 17 Red gemstone 18 Singer whose “Blonde” was Esquire’s #1 album of 2016

20 Late Jeopardy! contestant Cindy with an inspiring six-day streak (despite treatment for Stage 4 cancer and running a fever during taping) 22 Cries of exasperation 23 Clubber Lang portrayer in “Rocky III” 24 Shrewd 25 2016 animated movie with a 98% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes 27 El ___ (Peruvian volcano)

29 Furniture wood 30 Puts on, as clothes 31 One way to find out 32 Founder of analytical psychology 34 “Spy vs. Spy” magazine 36 With 38-Across, 2016 headline that ended a 108-year streak 38 See 36-Across 42 LBJ’s VP 43 Self-defense system with throws 44 “Westworld” airer 45 Beverage brand whose logo is two lizards 48 Dandified dude 49 Copier paper orders 51 Newfound planet similar in mass to Earth (from National Geographic’s “6 Science Discoveries Worth Celebrating in 2016”)

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Down 1 They may get stuck to hikers’ socks 2 Lie adjacent to 3 Movie millionaire sought by a samelast-named “Dude” 4 Deadpan style of humor 5 “Back to the Future” hero Marty 6 “My Name Is ___” (Jason Lee sitcom) 7 Obamacare acronym 8 “___ of the North” (1922 silent documentary) 9 2020 Summer Olympics city

10 Chest muscle, slangily 11 “Resume speed,” to a musician 12 Be the headliner of 13 Seasonal mall figures 19 East, to Ernst 21 Actor Wood of “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” 25 Follow a jagged path 26 Bookie’s calculations 27 Cheese’s partner 28 “Kinda” suffix 29 Yoko who loved John Lennon 33 “I’m not touching that!”

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Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I’m going to brag a little bit. I have waited thousands and thousands of tables. I was good. Very good. As an actor I am only okay, but as a waiter, I was masterful.

To this day, I often feel like jumping up in restaurants and taking over the waiter’s job when the staff doesn’t know what it’s doing. Keep a lid on it unless your expertise is requested.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) The rehearsal period for an actor is a very delicate process.

One is exploring, making mistakes, trying things out, spitting a lot, bumping into furniture, and falling flat on one’s face. You are in for some messy yet productive imperfection.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Even though I was woefully skinny and out of shape, I became an expert mover and van packer. People would look askance when this gawky, gangly, pale dude with a big head would show up .... What they didn’t see was that I was wiry/strong ... and was like a boxwielding, stair-maneuvering mongoose. You might even surprise yourself, mongoose.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Television, in and of itself, is really not something to have snobbery about. … There are so many things to be upset about in the world. Hunger, education, the environment, all those needless stickers on fruit. You have a chance to go beyond snobbery about those fruit stickers.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) There is SO much to complain about with Hollywood and what it stands for. BUT I will say this: It is an IDEA FACTORY. Good week for brainstorming.

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You’ll handle a crowded situation better if you stake out a place ahead of time.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) I want to thank the publishers of this book for allowing me to have a special thanks section in which to thank them. Thanks are in order.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Like in the movie Sliding Doors, I often wonder what would have happened HAD I gotten the job at the Mrs. Fields cookie store on “the Ave” in Seattle in 1985.

You wouldn’t have liked it.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) We had a pet sloth named Andrew. Sloths are bizarre. They are SUPER slow and nocturnal. (Like a lot of my Midwestern relatives, now that I come to think of it.) Others may take up the slack for you as you are a bit slothful. Be sure to return the favor.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I made a commitment to “dare to be boring.” To just listen while acting. To simply breathe. To BE the character and see the world through the character’s eyes, without amplifying my performance in any way, shape, or form. The idea of working in this manner was absolutely terrifying to me. Dare to be boring.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) I ask you to savor the following sentence: For several years, off and on, I was a member of the following clubs at school: marching band, pep band, orchestra, debate club, computer club, chess club, Model United Nations, and pottery club. … And then, if that wasn’t enough, I decided to play the bassoon. It’s a good time to join a club, or several.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) As a teen in Wilmette, I worked as a kind of super at an apartment building and would empty the

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• Over a six-year period (the latest measured), drug companies and pharmacies legally distributed 780 million pain pills in West Virginia — averaging out to 433 for every man, woman and child. Though rules require dispensers to investigate “suspicious” overprescribing, little was done, according to a recent Drug Enforcement Administration report obtained by the Gazette-Mail of Charleston — even though half of the pills were supplied by the nation’s “big three” drugmakers (whose CEOs’ compensation is enriched enormously by pain pill production). Worse, year by year the strengths of the pills prescribed increase as users’ tolerance demands. (West Virginia residents disproportionately suffer from unemployment, coal mining-related disabilities and poor health.)

• University of Kentucky professor Buck Ryan disclosed in December that he had been punished recently (loss of travel funds and a “prestigious” award) by his dean for singing the Beach Boys classic “California Girls” for a lesson comparing American and Chinese cultures — because of the song’s “language of a sexual nature.” The school’s “coordinator” on sexual harassment issues made the ruling, apparently absent student complaints, for Ryan’s lyric change of “Well, East Coast girls are hip” to “Well, Shanghai girls are hip.”

• Because the 2015 San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack that killed 14 and seriously wounded 22 was a “workplace” injury (in that the shooters fired only at fellow employees), any health insurance the victims had was superseded exclusively by coverage under the state’s “workers’ compensation” system — a system largely designed for typical job injuries, such as back pain and slip-and-falls. Thus, for example, one San Bernardino victim with “hundreds of pieces of shrapnel” still in her body even after multiple surgeries and in constant pain, must nevertheless constantly argue her level of care.

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