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President Donald Trump’s moves to limit legal immigration and crack down on illegal immigration are misguided.

While much milder than advertised during the campaign, they are not going to help make us safer or stronger or help American workers.

Trump says he’s just putting Americans first with his temporary ban of visitors and refugees.

But his own Homeland Security department thinks the temporary ban is a bad way to stop terrorists. The short of it is that we get no benefit from the ban. On top of that we alienate the very allies we need to find terrorists. Country of origin isn’t a good way to tell who is and isn’t going to try and hurt us. Even after 9-11 we didn’t ban travel from Saudi Arabia, the country of origin for almost all the hijackers.

Wouldn’t it just be safer to wall ourselves off from the world? No. It would be far less safe. For starters, America isn’t an island. We do business with virtually every nation on the planet; our way of life is interconnected with all those countries and businesses. So how does it help us do business when we ban people because of where they came from?

On the immigration front, why aren’t we retaining the best and brightest when they graduate from our colleges? Should the next Amazon or Google be out of China or Canada? Don’t we want to be (and keep) the best?

As it is now immigrants come here legally to go to our colleges and then after getting an education they must go home. Why not let the ones that want to stay? Why not have their educations used here? Why not have that wealth stay here? More than that, we should be bringing that intellectual capital here from other countries. That’s actual “America first” — bringing the most talented people here. If you want to see what happens with no immigration just look to Japan, a country stuck in economic deflation for almost 30 years.

On the other end of the spectrum is lower wage immigration from countries such as Mexico. These workers have been coming here for generations to look for agricultural and construction work. Both fields don’t have enough workers and yet we’re looking to send these folks home? Why? They aren’t taking work from people who want it — that’s for sure.

On a recent visit to New Hampshire, a California winemaker told me he can’t find enough workers to work the vineyards, even though some of his people are making $20 an hour. A wall or fence isn’t the answer. We need, and Trump should push for this, a comprehensive and expanded work program that allows these folks in the country legally.

Immigration is such a strength that we can’t let it be diminished. This isn’t a liberal or conservative value; it’s an American value.

And it makes us stronger.

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ON THE COVER 12 GROW YOUR OWN BEER Hops are making a comeback in New Hampshire, as small craft breweries and home brewing enthusiasts discover the art of growing a hops garden. The Hippo dug into the history of hops, what it does for beer and how to grow your own.

ALSO ON THE COVER, After six years, Hairspray returns to the Palace Theatre, p.

22. For a totally different kind of show, you can watch local chefs square off in the annual Steel Chef Challenge, p. 34.

And if you’re looking for live music this weekend, see the list starting on p. 55.

INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 4 Heroin strike force; finding C-section scar relief; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 18 THE ARTS: 20 ART Paper cutting.

22 THEATER Hairspray.

24 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 27 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

28 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

29 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

30 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

CAREERS: 32 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a...

FOOD: 34 STEEL CHEF Learn to cook vegan; Heart of the Grape; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; Perishables.

POP CULTURE: 46 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz tells you where to find all the Oscar winners and puts Get Out on the short list for next year’s award season.

NITE: 53 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Anna Madsen album release show; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

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

ODDS & ENDS: 60 CROSSWORD 61 SIGNS OF LIFE 61 SUDOKU 62 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 62 THIS MODERN WORLD

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NEWS & NOTES School choice bills

The so-called Croydon bill and other bills related to school choice passed the state Senate, according to multiple press releases. In a statement, Republican Sen. Ruth Ward of Stoddard praised the passage of the Croydon bill, which allows for districts to use tax dollars to send kids to a private school if there is no public school for the child’s grade in that district. Ward said the bill’s passage is “one step closer to allowing parents and local school boards to choose the education that best fits the needs of their students.” The bill gets its name from a dispute between the state and the Croydon School Board, which arranged to send a group of its kids to a Montessori school in Newport. A judge ruled the arrangement illegal, which spurred school choice advocates to draft this bill. Gov. Chris Sununu has signaled his support. Opponents fear it will open the doors to possibly weakening public schools by allowing districts to redirect resources to private schools.

Another bill that passed the Senate would prohibit the state from requiring the Common Core State Standards, which are learning benchmarks set for each grade level. Current state law does not make Common Core mandatory, but the previous Democratic administration supported the standards, and federal dollars were at risk of being lost for districts that didn’t adopt them.

Transgender bill

A bill to create nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in the state received a recommendation for passage in the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee with a 15-2 vote, according to a press release from transgender advocacy group Freedom New Hampshire. The organization said the vote followed testimony from more than 50 people during the hearing, most of whom spoke in favor of the bill. Other organizations spoke in favor such as the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police and the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. The bill will go to the full House for further debate.

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Child protection

The Senate passed a bill that would eliminate parental rights of rapists over any children that result from the assault. According to a press release by Democratic Sen. Bette Lasky of Nashua, the bill passed unanimously. Lasky said every senator agreed it would protect the well-being of sexual assault survivors and any children they may choose to keep from the assault. Current law allows for parental rights of rapists to be terminated but that does not happen automatically.

Food stamp limits

A bill in the Senate would create limits for food stamp eligibility in the state. NHPR reported the bill is drafted from a template made by a Florida-based think tank called the Foundation for Government Accountability. Republican Sen. Kevin Avard introduced the bill and said in a statement it would create an “asset test” to make sure the system isn’t being abused by people who aren’t really in need.

Work requirements and child support payments would be made a condition of receiving the aid. But according to the NHPR report, the bill would stop the state from calculating child care costs into the amount of aid families qualify for, which would affect about 17,000 of the 94,000 families on the program. The Republican leadership in the Senate and House has signaled support for the bill but opponents include the New Hampshire Food Bank and New Hampshire Legal Assistance. Reducing the number of food stamp recipients would not save the state any money, but it would reduce the amount of federal money coming in, since it’s 100 percent federally funded. The state pays half of the administration costs, according to the story.

Sen. Feltes bills

Democratic state Sen. Dan Feltes of Concord has introduced a number of bills in the past week, according to multiple press releases. One bill would appropriate $25 million to the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority for the affordable housing fund. Feltes said in a statement that the money will help address the state’s housing crisis, which affects the workforce

shortage and by extension the state economy. Another bill would use a portion of state education property taxes to aid in the cost of childcare expenses. Feltes said more than 20 states have created a similar “working families tax credit” and that it helps families get ahead. A third bill is meant to provide some emergency aid to the Concord School District, which is set to lose heat and water when Concord Steam shuts down at the end of May. The $2.5 million would be used to install new heating and water systems. The bill was tabled, according to the government website.

Conversion therapy

A bill banning the use of conversion therapy on minors (seeking to change someone’s sexual orientation) passed the Senate 15-8, according to the government website. A press release by the New Hampshire Young Democrats praised the bill’s passage and called on Gov. Chris Sununu to vocally support the bill. Proponents of the bill say conversion therapy is a form of discrimination that causes mental health issues and increased rates of suicide, while opponents want to protect parental rights.

Drug advisor

Gov. Chris Sununu appointed Marty Boldin, a longtime recovery coach in the state, to be the Governor’s Policy Advisor on Prevention, Treatment and Recovery. According to a press release from the governor’s office, Boldin will work alongside the current Governor’s Advisor on Addiction and Behavioral Health James Vara, the so-called

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A small 2.0-magnitude earthquake shook neighborhoods centered around Boscawen at 4:53 a.m. on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Residents in Penacook and Hopkinton also CONCORD reported feeling the quake on social media.

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A resident in Bow who works as a pediatrician in Concord is pushing for later start times at Bow High School, the Bedford Concord Monitor reported.

He proposed the plan to the school board, citing research Amherst that recommends high school students start school after Milford 8:30 a.m.

A dispute over the proceeds of a sewage treatment plant in Allenstown between the town and Pembroke has reached the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The Concord Monitor reported Pembroke helps pay the costs of the facility but a judge recently ruled in Allenstown’s favor, saying it doesn’t need to share the profits from a recent increase in capacity.

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The home in Nashua where a 15-month-old boy died on Feb. 22 was an unlicensed daycare according to state officials.

The Telegraph of Nashua Derry reported there have been comMerrimack plaints about an unlicensed child care facility being operatLondonderry ed at that Ash Street address since 2008.

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“drug czar.” Boldin, who is a Dean’s Fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the Boston University School of Social Work, and is in recovery himself, will have a special focus on longterm recovery programs.

Concealed carry

Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law the elimination of permit requirements for lawful gun owners who wish to carry a loaded

The University of New Hampshire is offering a huge helping hand to a few hundred low-income first-year college students from the state. According to a press release, UNH is launching its Granite Guarantee program to give an estimated 285 students in the Durham and Manchester campuses who receive federal Pell grants a full tuition exemption. As long as the students remain enrolled full-time, Pelleligible and make “satisfactory progress” toward their degree, they will pay zero tuition for all four years. The move, which was made possible by the success of an ongoing fundraising effort to raise $275 million through 2018, was praised by elected officials on both sides of the aisle.

firearm concealed in their clothing or vehicle. According to a press release from the governor’s office, Sununu said the change in state law aligns with the state’s constitution and the laws of neighboring Vermont and Maine. The bill was opposed by Democrats and the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police. The law took immediate effect upon signing on Feb. 22.

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Major drug trafficking organizations have increased the supply of heroin and fentanyl into the state in the past two years.

In response, New Hampshire’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force has created a heroin strike force to crack down on the drug dealing infrastructure.

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The goal of a drug trafficking investigation is to connect the dots from the addicts and overdose victims all the way up to the source.

“We want to take some of the bigger cases and expand them as far as we possibly can, and that can’t always be done by a local [police] drug group or drug task force. In fact, sometimes that’s what hurt us,” said Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jon DeLena, the head of the strike force.

And in order to do that best, the OCDETF (pronounced Oh-seh-def) heroin strike force pools the resources of federal investigators from agencies like the DEA (which leads the team), ATF and FBI as well as local police officers and state troopers.

The organized crime team has been around for more than 20 years, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Davis, the lead prosecutor of cases built by the task force. The force received additional federal funding and manpower in late 2015 with commitments secured by then-U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

At the time, Ayotte said the strike force was meant to “supplement and strengthen ongoing interdiction and prosecution efforts by allowing the U.S. Attorney’s Office and law enforcement to work directly together to pursue federal prosecution of high level drug traffickers.”

DeLena said too often police departments even as large as Manchester’s don’t have the resources, manpower or the ability to cross jurisdictional lines to trace the drug supply back to the major operators, most of whom are based in northern Massachusetts. And since these high level drug rings are working with guns and sizeable fortunes, the inter-agency team can pursue more serious charges.

“What we’re able to do … is hit these organizations even harder with things like complex financial investigations, which often result in financial charges and convictions.

Those can add substantial time federally to a prison sentence,” Davis said.

U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice said that while local police are rounding up low-level dealers through programs like Granite Hammer, the state is also doing more to curb the

drug supply closer to its source.

“Law enforcement involves a lot of acronyms but I think what’s important for the public to know is that in New Hampshire, federal, state and local law enforcement truly is firing on all cylinders on this issue,” Rice said.

Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard said one of the major benefits of the heroin strike force is it’s freed up resources in his and other police departments to focus more on the lowlevel dealers and quality-of-life issues the drug crisis tends to stir up.

Finding the source

DeLena said the heroin and fentanyl coming into New Hampshire is delivered locally by drug rings with ties to the kingpins in the Dominican Republic and is manufactured and shipped by the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.

“Through investigations, we’ve been able to determine that the Dominican-based Drug Trafficking Organizations have a tremendous stronghold on northern Massachusetts,” DeLena said.

About two years ago, investigators and prosecutors started seeing a shift in the economic model deployed by the drug traffickers operating out of Massachusetts. The quantity of drugs had ballooned and suppliers began fronting drugs for free to Granite Staters who were looking to sell them for profit or to help feed their own addiction with part of the proceeds, DeLena said.

“As inhospitable as we are making it here, the drug trafficking organizations are doing a tremendous job at the customer service industry down there. They have collectively made a decision to treat people well,” DeLena said.

“This isn’t the crack cocaine days where maybe half the time you’re going down, you’re going to get robbed. … That’s not happening down there. They’re welcoming people down there. In fact, they’ve said, ‘we’re fronting dope.’ They’re giving samples … they’re trying to encourage people to get down there.”

So now, instead of a Lawrence-based supplier driving up to New Hampshire to sell their wholesale goods, local people are driving down to Massachusetts to pick up their supply there, according to DeLena.

“If you drove your car with New Hampshire plates to Lawrence right now and stopped at a stop sign, in all likelihood somebody will be throwing a sample of fentanyl into your car with a phone number wrapped around it,” Davis said.

Since fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin, a kilo of fentanyl is tantamount to 50 kilos of heroin.

All of this is adding up to more clusters of overdoses in New Hampshire, Davis said.

NEWS

Scar tissue

Relief for C-section pain tested in new study

By Ryan Lessard

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Women who have been suffering chronic pain in the scar tissue left by cesarean sections are finding relief in massage, and a local physical therapist is looking for more patients to participate in a study that will scientifically measure the effectiveness of those massage techniques.

Jennifer Wasserman, an assistant professor in Franklin Pierce University’s Doctor patients’ pain upon their first visit and then of Physical Therapy program and a Ph.D. waiting a month before testing again and student, received a $10,000 grant to study starting treatment. the techniques’ effectiveness.

“That way, we can use them as their own A couple years ago Wasserman and a controls to show, if they get nothing, what group of students published the results of happens,” Wasserman said. a small study on two women that measured The scar pain is often caused by something and documented the pain relief the patients called tissue adhesions. After abdominal experienced after a few treatment sessions surgery, it’s not uncommon for an organ to using what Wasstick other organs serman called scar or connective tissue release techniques it’s not accustomed and myofascial to sticking to, and release techniques, that lack of mobiliboth forms of deep ty causes pain when tissue massage. the patient moves.

Now WasserUntreated, that pain man is working on can last decades. her dissertation and, The massage techseeing a dearth of niques are designed research on the topto dislodge some of ic, she has set out to the glued-together do the nation’s first tissue and provide JENNIFER WASSERMAN more flexibility. full-scale, multi-site, controlled clinical Surgeons are trial of these techniques on C-section scar already aware of the problem and have tissue. The Women’s Health Section of the changed some of their techniques to better American Physical Therapy Association avoid scar tissue pain. Talcum powder from awarded the grant. latex gloves that gets into the body has caused “They only give out one research grant adhesions, so they’ve stopped using gloves a year, so I was honored to get it,” Wasser- with talcum powder. And there are some gel man said. substances that can be applied to help prevent Besides Manchester, clinics in Washing- them while surgeons are sewing up. ton, D.C., and Seattle, Washington, will Wasserman said 1.3 million C-sections also be participating. Wasserman needs are performed every year in the U.S. and between 30 and 36 women who have pain studies have shown that 7 to 18 percent from C-sections they received at least three result in chronic scar pain. That’s between months ago and up to several years ago.

91,000 and 234,000 new cases each year.

She has about 27 patients so far.

Wasserman’s motives are twofold: She Patients will need to come to a total of wants to have published science that measeven half-hour sessions over the course sures the relative effectiveness of two kinds of four months, but the grant allows Was- of massage techniques, and she also wants serman to give participating patients a $50 to help women who have been living with stipend upon completion. And there’s a this pain, sometimes for years. good chance their pain will be relieved.

“Most of the people that are coming in ...

“Intuitively, we know this works. There’s are saying they never knew there was anyactually been nothing published,” Wasser- thing that could be done,” Wasserman said. man said.

If you have C-section pain and would Wasserman didn’t want to deny anybody like to participate in the study, you can treatment, so instead of using a control contact Wasserman at csectionresearch@ group with a placebo, she is measuring franklinpierce.edu or 731-5327.

Most of the people that are coming in ... are saying they never knew there was anything that could be done.

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NEWS & NOTES Q&A

Gardener of the Year

Local permaculture champion wins statewide award

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Amy Antonucci is a homesteader, gardener and blogger from Barrington. This year, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire awarded her the Leading Gardening of the Year Award. You can read her blog at livinglandpermaculture.com.

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How did you react when you learned you won the Gardener of the Year award?

I was very surprised and just really honored. NOFA is an organization I’ve been involved with for going on 20 years and [I] have been a real fan of the offerings that it’s given. They’ve really helped me in my work. And then to have them turn around and honor me was really amazing.

Can you explain what permaculture is for readers who may not know?

Sure. Permaculture is a design system, actually, that aims to bring a lot more thoughtfulness into our planning of our whole … lives and habitats to create a more sustainable community. And gardening is just one part of that and it is a big part of it and sort of one of the first places it was implemented and really worked on.

How did you first get started with gardening and permaculture?

I went to UNH, not for agriculture or anything like that. I actually have a degree in women’s studies. But while I was there I joined a food coop and started to learn about health food and growing practices and just started to be exposed to this — something I hadn’t really ever thought of.

And while I was working there, actually, we started working with some local farms to bring in fresh food and one of them sent a young woman about my age who had buckets and big mud boots and I was just sort of taken. … I had never really seen it as something that would interest me, but then, here is this woman really similar to me who is doing it. So I became intrigued and I started hanging out at her farm. … She worked at a local farm, which was organic and was in the process … of becoming the first CSA in the seacoast. … Community Supported Agriculture. … I had a working share and I would go and I learned to pick beans … and pull carrots out of the ground. [There] was this world I hadn’t known about and I really fell in love with it. … That was in 1995.

WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTO RIGHT NOW? Right now I’m also involved in a storytelling program in Portsmouth. … It’s called True Tales Live and we’re on PPM-TV.

When did you start your own garden?

It was probably five or six years later. I was living in apartments. I didn’t have any space of my own and my day job by Courtesy photo. then was, in the growing season, I was at the farm itself. … Then I did have an apartment where I had the ability to have a garden and I started doing that. … I actually found that the gardening was even better. I just loved it even more. Then in … 2008, my partner and I bought our own land in Barrington and that’s when we seriously started … homesteading. We have a garden but we also have bees, chickens, ducks, dairy goats.

We’re putting in orchards.

What is your favorite plant to work with?

I grow a great diversity of plants, and that is part of permaculture and organic farming. … I will say that one plant I truly love is nettles. … It’s stinging nettle. It’s a perennial plant, which comes up super early. Just as the snow is melting, we’ll be getting nettles up. It’s our first green vegetable of the season and it’s just packed with nutrition and just an awesome plant.

What are some of the most challenging things you’ve had to do to make your garden what it is today?

In the place where we are growing, here in Barrington, we really didn’t have much in the way of soil. … A farmer would have looked at our land and said, ‘Can’t do it.’ But using the permaculture techniques, we have been building our own soil. It’s work. We have to bring a lot of materials in. … We actually had to take trees down. We had to do a lot of ground work before we could get to the point where we could plant a single thing.

What are some things you’d like to add to your garden down the road?

Mostly, we just want to continue to expand. … What I want to learn next that isn’t really something I have skills at yet is growing our own grain. … I want to be able to grow our own wheat and other sorts of grains, oats and rye.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX In the spotlight

New Hampshire’s Safe Station program gets some light as its creator, the city’s emergency medical services officer, Christopher Hickey, will be in D.C. this week to receive the 2017 National Pillar of Excellence Award for Treatment from the Addiction Policy Forum, according to a recent story in the Union Leader. The Safe Station initiative — essentially an open door policy at any Manchester fire station for people seeking addiction treatment — was launched last May and is expected to welcome its 1,300th visitor in the next few weeks.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The award is one of six handed out nationally, according to the story.

Consumer confidence at record high

For the first time in 15 years, consumer confidence in New Hampshire has rebounded to the point where 67 percent of residents think state businesses will enjoy good times financially. That’s according to a UNH survey that also found 17 percent of Granite Staters expect businesses will experience bad times and 16 percent expect mixed conditions. The margin for error is 4.3 percent. The change is partly due to the November elections, which saw huge wins for Republicans at the federal and state levels.

In New Hampshire 84 percent of Republicans expect good times, compared to 52 percent of Democrats. Prior to the election, Democrats were at 63 percent and Republicans were at 38 percent. Independent voters in the state have also swung closely to Republicans. Prior to the election, 48 percent expected good times; after the election, 70 percent are bullish.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Whether they’re right or not, high consumer confidence could have a positive effect on the economy.

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According to the website WalletHub, New Hampshire is the fifth-best state for women based on a number of factors such as health, social and economic well-being, education and civic engagement. The Granite State came in first in the nation for having the fewest women in poverty and the lowest high school dropout rate for women. Another ranking by WalletHub placed Concord as the seventh-best capital city to live in based on more than 40 key metrics, including the quality of the school district and the cost of living. Concord boasted having the lowest unemployment rate of all the state capitals with 2.0 percent. Hartford, Connecticut, had the highest unemployment rate with 7.1 percent.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The only New England capital to rank higher than Concord was Montpelier, Vermont, at No. 6.

Not great weather for syrup

The above-normal winter temperatures are of high concern for many of the state’s maple syrup producers, who joined climate experts and Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan last week to talk about the changing climate and how it’s affecting the sugar industry in the state. According to a story in the Concord Monitor, many farmers have seen a steep drop in the amount of sap, and thus, the amount of syrup they’re able to produce. Some of the blame goes to consecutive 60-degree days mid-winter, causing the trees to bloom early and stop sugar production for the year.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: Ideal temperatures are in the 20s at night, the 30s and 40s during the day.

QOL score: 69 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 71 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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Maybe it’s just me, but after a long period of estimable patience, Celtics Nation and the media yakkers seemed pretty whiny last week after Danny Ainge couldn’t (or wouldn’t) get a deal done at the trade deadline on what was being offered. Like Chris Gasper whining in the Boston Globe about him getting everyone excited and then letting them down. Au contraire, while Wyc the owner got some jacked and pumped a few summers ago when he said to expect fireworks, Danny has never said anything like that. All he’s done is build his team from ground zero to one that got to the playoffs two years early with savvy (unknown Jae Crowder and a first-round pick for Rajon Rondo), outstanding (Isaiah Thomas for the 29th overall pick) and downright incredible (over-the-hill KG, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry for three likely Top 3 overall picks) trades, while doing the greatest job of assembling high-value draft picks since Jimmy Johnson traded Herschel Walker to Minnesota for 47 players and draft picks.

I blame it on the Patriots, because with their being so good for so long, people around here act like it should happen to all the teams. But for most, building takes time. So Danny’s got a plan, which he stuck to last week. I’m OK with that, even if they miss out on one more playoff round this year.

What They Really Needed: Yes, they need a second major scorer. But those kind of deals rarely happen at mid-year. And even if they get that star scorer, they ain’t getting by LeBron and company without a rebounder/athletic quarterback for the defense. So I wish he had topped the Dallas offer for restricted free agent Nerlens Noel. He’s not a top-tier rebounder, he’s an improvement and will be better with steady

playing time. Plus, he’s young, athletic and would be an under-radar find for the defense, as the good Isaiah Thomas has been for the offense.

The Big Mid-Season Trade: I can think of five that were difference-makers. Clyde Drexler to Houston in 1996 and Rasheed Wallace to Detroit in 2004 led to immediate NBA titles. Pau Gasol to L.A. in ’08 got them right to the finals and the title in ’09 and ’10. Wilt Chamberlain from San Francisco back to Philadelphia in 1965, and Dave Debusschere was the quintessential final piece for the building Knicks in 1968, though both teams took two years to win — the 76ers in 1967 and the Knicks in 1970.

So it’s possible, but five in 67 years says it’s not likely.

Paul George: I doubt Indy GM Larry Bird had any intention of trading him. By asking for that ridiculous package — the 2017 Brooklyn pick and any three of Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart — he was gauging George’s market value for this summer. Plus, Jimmy Dolan and Phil Jackson seem like the only two dumb enough to give up that much for a guy making goo-goo eyes at returning home to play for the Lakers in free agency with just one year left on his contract.

Jimmy Butler: He’s signed for three years at below-market contract, which makes it a palatable deal. But, while he’s a better scorer and passer and more durable, Bradley’s Achilles heel (no pun intended), he’s not that much better. Bradley is a better defender (though Butler’s not far off), rebounder and three-point shooter by a lot. So if you subtract the ask of Bradley, Crowder from the core and the 2017 Brooklyn pick from the future, are they really better off in two years?

The Plan: After finding the right coach, selling off aging talent to assemble draft picks and getting firm control of the salary cap, the plan has always been to build bit by bit. Now, four years in, he’s assembled

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The Brooklyn Picks: The amazing thing to me is how so many said you can’t rebuild unless you sink to the bottom for three or four years to get the high picks needed to get the talent a winner needs — who, now that they have them, are now willing to give that up for 25 cents on the dollar. Nuts to me. And since I know how the Lakers got the first overall pick for Magic Johnson, I’m not giving up either pick until I know where they fall in the draft. The one caveat is, if the brass knows no college player will be a top 15 player for 10 years, then I’m willing to deal it. But more likely they add players who’ll eventually be pretty good to the pretty good core. Or give more ammo to deal for what they need.

Fan Pressure: Two guys come to mind on this subject. Red Auerbach, who asked, “do you have any idea how short a period of time a year is?” in explaining why he took Larry Bird over immediate draft help knowing he’d have to wait a year to get him, and Bill Parcells, who famously said, “If you listen to the nitwits in the peanut gallery, sooner or later you’ll be up there sitting with them.”

After seeing what Bird turned out to be, I can wait three more months for the plan to play out, as I think it’ll produce a longer run of winning than impatiently overpaying for a star to go one more playoff round farther this spring.

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The Big Story: It was a great week for local college hoopsters starting with Saint Anselm knocking off SNHU 95-87 in the NE-10 regular-season final in a game featuring five 20-point scorers. Taylor Fortin (28), Tim Guers (22) and Chris Braley (20) did it for the Hawks, while Dimitri Floras and Devin Gilli had 22 and 21 for the Penmen. Both were winners in the NE-10 tournament on Sunday: The Hawks won 8774 over Southern Conn when Londonderry freshman Cody Ball had 21, while the Penmen roared back from 14 down late to get past Adelphi 97-95 thanks to a combined 55 points from Daquaise Andrews (28) and Chris Walter (27).

Sports 101: On this day in 1962 Wilt Chamberlain set five NBA records in one game as he scored 100 points when his Philadelphia Warriors downed the Knicks 169-147. Name the records he broke.

Hoped for Hot Ticket: If Saint Anselm and SNHU got by LeMoyne and St. Rose on Wednesday, they will meet Saturday at 1 p.m. for the NE-10 title at Southern NH. Stat Sheet Filler of the Week: It goes to Kelly Walsh, who had 18 points, six blocks and four steals in Goffstown’s 51-44 win over Windham.

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7 – number of penalties called on Bishop Guertin in the third period alone, which helped turn a 5-1 Cardinals lead in a 5-4 nail-biting win over Londonderry.

15 – wins against one loss and one tie for the Bedford hockey team after Jack McDonough went for the hat trick and Griffin Gagne

Stat Sheet: Friday was the feast of Exeter for Memorial basketball and two players in particular. On the girls’ side Haleigh Shea had a huge night in scoring a career-best 35 points in a 68-49 drubbing of Exeter that got the Crusaders back to .500 at 9-9. On the boys’ side, Jake Carrier had the big night as well in going for 31 in an 83-69 win.

Honors: SNHU’s Devin Gilligan of Amherst was named Northeast 10 Basketball Player of the Year. Soto Karapostolou in 2002 is the only other Penman to earn that honor.

Sports 101 Answer: The records Wilt broke in his 100-point game were most points, most FG attempted and made (36 for 63), and most FTs made and attempted (28 for 32). The game was played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and only seen by the 4,124 on hand as it wasn’t televised.

On This Date – March 2: 1874 – the batter’s box is officially adopted in baseball.

1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the highestpaid player at $70,000; when a reporter asked if he should make more than the president, he shot back, “I had a better year than he did.” 1969 – Phil Esposito becomes the first in NHL history to score 100 points in a season.

added two more goals in an 8-0 whitewash of Central.

21 – game-high points for Jenna Chrabolowski in leading the Central girls to a 54-48 win over Merrimack.

34 – consecutive points scored by the Bishop Guertin girls from the start of the second half into the fourth quarter as they turned 36-24 at halftime into a

72-30 win over Pinkerton when Erin Carney and Meghan Cramb led BG with 16 and 15 respectively.

78 – score carded by Matt Paradis when SNHU competed in the Newbury Invitational at the famed for Ryder Cup courses on Kiawah Island Courses where the Hooksett native finished 16th overall.

Sports Glossary Wilt and Philadelphia: Wilt actually played on two Philadelphia teams. The first was the Warriors, who moved to San Francisco and later to Oakland to be renamed Golden State.

The other was the 76er’s, who previously had an early NBA stable as the Syracuse Nationals before they moved to Philly as soon as the Warriors skipped town.

Guys Traded for Wilt: In a “what were they thinking?” mid-year trade, the Warriors sent Wilt east to the 76ers for big man Connie Dierking, Paul Neumann (the actor Paul Newman would have been better), Lee Shafer and cash. A better one was when the Lakers got Wilt for Darrall Imhoff — who was covering the big fella when he scored 100 points vs. the Knicks 55 years ago March 2.

Players Picked with the First Overall NBA Draft: A listing of players who make you say that’s an awful lot to give up for Paul George. They include Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Elvin Hayes, Lew Alcindor, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan and LeBron James.

Magic Johnson Goes No. 1 Overall: It came about in a complicated 1976 trade allowing the New Orleans Jazz to sign free agent Gail Goodrich. With no idea who Magic Johnson was, they sent their 1979 first-round pick to L.A. Three years later Goodrich was retired, the Jazz were living in Utah as cellar-dwellers and with no first-round pick, and the Lakers were about to win five rings in the ’80s.

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The history of hops and how to cultivate your own

By Ryan Lessard

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Increasingly, beer brewers, homebrewers and farmers in New Hampshire are getting their hands dirty by cultivating hops to be used in locally made brews.

“What we’d like to see is a hop greenery of New Hampshire going on, both on the private side, with people having it in their gardens, and on the professional side with breweries interested in growing some of their own hops,” said Berthold “Bert” Bingel, owner of Bert’s Better Beers in Hooksett. “I think that’s one of these things that’s going to be growing over the next few years in New Hampshire, people growing their own hops or at least growing hops in order to supplement what they have to buy on the open market.”

A critical ingredient in modern beer, the hop plant was once a cash crop for New England farmers but for the past 150 years has been largely absent from the state’s agricultural scene. Now, it’s making a resurgence thanks to the growing popularity of craft beer, homebrewing and the local food movement.

Hops: a primer

The hop plant (humulus lupulus) is a native of Europe imported to the U.S. during colonial times. It grows as vines known as bines from pencil-sized roots called rhi-

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Dried Columbia hops at Candia Road Brewing.

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zomes. It’s easier to clone the females of the plant by cutting off root stems than it is to propagate the species by seed. Growers can also buy crowns, which are already-planted rhizomes. After about three years, the bines mature enough to grow a good harvest of hops, which are green cones that can be used to essentially season beer. Each winter, the bines die off and are chopped down while the perennial roots hibernate, to grow new bines the following spring.

The beer making process begins with steeping grains in hot water where enzymes are deployed to break down the starches into simple sugars in a process called mashing.

When that’s done, the sugar-filled liquid, called the wort, is boiled and sanitized before it can begin the fermentation process. It’s during that boil that a brewer will add hops.

A beer’s relative hoppiness is an expression of how much hop flavor (both its bitterness and aroma) is conveyed.

Some hops are selected for their bitterness, others for their aromatic qualities. The relative bitterness of a hop can be measured by its percentage of alpha acids. The Chinook variety, for instance, has a high alpha acid range usually, which makes it ideal for bittering, while Citra is good for adding more fruity notes.

Michael Hauptly-Pierce at Litherman’s Limited Brewery in Concord said many varieties serve both purposes, and another: acting as a natural preservative.

“The hops play a couple of different roles in beer. The oldest one … would be as an antibacterial agent in the beer, preventing spoilage from pathogens. At the same time, [they’re] offsetting the sweetness of the malt to sort of balance the flavor out,” Hauptly-Pierce said.

The key ingredient needed from hops is the yellow powder called lupulin, according to Thom Neel, brewer at Candia Road Brewing Co. in Manchester.

“The lupulin powder is what gives you that flavor and aroma,” Neel said.

As with grapes for wine, some folks believe the soil in which hops are grown affects the flavor and characteristics of the plant significantly, a concept called terroir.

The terroir of hops in Canterbury can be vastly different than that in Oregon, according to Canterbury Aleworks owner Steve Allman. But this is a matter of some debate; others are skeptical that the difference is all that noticeable.

In order to prolong shelf life, hops are dried with a device called an oast, which is similar to a food dehydrator. It can range in size from a stack of drawers to a full room. Allman said you can also get by with a jury-rigged system involving a window screen and an electric heater.

But large-scale harvesting and pelletizing requires agricultural equipment that isn’t easily available in the region. No one seems to own a pelletizer in the state. The closest pelletizer is likely at Aroostook Hops in Westfield, Maine, which bought it last year and is not ready to sell its service to other growers yet. (A group of people started an Indiegogo campaign to try to start a hop processing facility in the state in 2014 but failed to reach their fundraising goal.)

Allman noted a harvester based in Vermont, Mike Noyes of Wicked Bines Farm, who can bring his equipment to a local hop farm.

Hop history

Rich Stadnik, owner of Pup’s Cider Co. and Houndstooth Brewing Co. in Greenfield, has done some research on the history of hop-growing in New England. He said the plant first arrived from England on ships and it was planted in central Massachusetts (places like Groton and Fitchburg) and the Merrimack Valley area of presentday New Hampshire.

“It just became the hot crop for a while that everybody was growing,” Stadnik said.

The first hop yard in Greenfield was planted in 1791, according to Stadnik. He said much of the hop farming at the time could be traced along present-day Route 101 from the Wilton and Lyndeborough area up through Greenfield to Bedford and maybe a bit in Merrimack.

“I found that, in Bedford, there was a major hops growing area there as well,” Stadnik said.

In fact, both Bedford’s and Greenfield’s records boast having the largest hop growing operations in the state.

According to the book The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

by Dennis Donovan and Jacob Andrews Woodward, there were many hop yards in town up to about 1860.

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In the late 18th century, it made good economic sense to grow hops in New England.

“Hops were commanding really good money on the boat to England, even though they were crap hops. By England’s definition, they really stank,” Stadnik said.

For the most part, Stadnik said, American hops exported to English breweries were used early in the boil so their flavor wouldn’t be conveyed as heavily.

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GET INVOLVED The best thing about hops is just about anyone with some land can grow them. For one thing, since hops grow vertically or in any direction the bines are trained to go, they don’t require as much surface area as grain.

“Hops are pretty easy to grow. They’re essentially a weed. All you need is welldrained soil, good exposure to the sun and a little bit of room to grow things vertically and you can grow hops,” Bingel said.

To start off, you need to get your hands on some rhizomes. If you know someone who grows hops, you can ask them to share a few from their own garden. Rhizomes can also be ordered online for $2 to $4 apiece from outof-state farms. Suppliers include Gorst Valley Hops in Wisconsin, Great Lakes Hops in Michigan, Aroostook Hops in Westfield, Maine, and The Hop Yard in Portland, Maine.

Candia Road Brewing sells home-brewing supplies and often has a sort of trading library for rhizomes so growers can try varieties they don’t have yet.

“You dig a shallow hole, they don’t have to be super deep,” Hauptly-Pierce said. “They like water but they don’t like to swim in it.”

Then you’ve got to make sure there is some kind of apparatus for the bines to climb up, like a trellis, archway or pergola. Hauptly-Pierce has a post in the ground next to his house and hooks in his eave that he weaves

twine through. He said the twine should have enough nap to it so that the bine has something to grab onto.

Given the right conditions, hops will grow fast. At their peak, Bingel said, they can grow as much as six or eight inches per day.

Come winter, the bines die off and you have to trim them to make room for next season.

But the root structure remains alive. In fact, the roots grow so rapidly Bingel said he has to dig the plant up every year to cull the roots, which leaves him with additional rhizomes he can share with his friends. He said he’s probably shared hundreds of rhizomes over the past several years that have since become hop gardens across the state.

The biggest culprits for hurting hops are downy mildew and Japanese beetles. If spring is too damp and warm, mildew is more likely.

In lieu of pesticides, you can try having chickens roam the ground beneath your hops so they eat the beetles, but you want to make sure they can’t reach the hop cones themselves.

Hops resources For buying hops: buyhoprhizomes.com, freshops.com, thehopyard.com, aroostookhops. com, gorstvalleyhops.com, greatlakeshops.com Learn more: northeasthopalliance.org, uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/hops, madisoncountycce.org/agriculture/hops-program

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The Canterbury Aleworks hop yard in June 2016. Photo by Ryan Lessard.

13 to nosedive. Soon after, the farms moved westward, where land was cheaper and more vast and the soil was better.

They appeared in upstate New York, then in midwestern states like Nebraska and Kansas, until finally settling on the West Coast.

By the late 19th century, Britain was using between 25 and 50 percent American hops in its brews, most of which came from California and Oregon.

HOP VARIETIES Aroma It’s not always about being the most bitter beer.

There are countless varieties of beer; some are dark and chocolaty, others are light and citrusy. Having the right kind of hop can provide you with certain smokey, floral or fruity aromas.

Cascade Columbia Crystal East Kent Golding Fuggle Glacier Hall. Gold Hall. Mittelfruh Hall. Tradition Late Cluster Liberty Mt. Hood Perle Saazer Saazer 36 Spalter Sterling Teamaker Tolhurst TriplePearl Tettnanger Vanguard Willamette

Bittering Since beer, like wine, is made from fermenting sugars from a plant (in this case grains), the end result would be very sweet if it was not balanced by a bitter ingredient. For many beer enthusiasts, bitter is better and how a hop’s unique characteristics lend a beer a certain kind of bitterness can make or break a beer.

Brewer’s Gold Bullion Centennial Chinook Comet Galena Hall. Magnum Horizon Newport Northern Brewer Nugget Olympic

Source: Northeast Hop Alliance

In 2016, 75 percent of the hop production in the U.S. happened in Washington, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Erik Wochholz, a historian at the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, said hop growing in the seacoast area happened in smaller operations, mostly centered around a brewery run by Frank Jones in the 19th century.

Today, you can find wild hops all over, including on Appledore Island. The Strawbery Banke Museum operates a hop garden to show how it was used for medicinal purposes and about 50 to 100 hop plants are growing in the Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial Garden. The cones are for local brewers to make historical cask brews like lemongrass, sage or elderberry beers.

Rhizomes will be donated to hop farmers, Wochholz said.

The first hops to be cultivated in Europe are called Noble hops today. They include varieties like Hallertauer, named after the global center of hop production, Hallertau, Germany.

Hop yards

Throwback Brewery in North Hampton, Tuckerman Brewing Co. in Conway, Canterbury Aleworks in Canterbury and The Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille in New London all have hop yards on their properties.

Throwback, which will be enjoying its first full harvest this spring, has about 500 hop plants in a half-acre yard. Flying Goose has more than 100 hop plants in about a quarter of an acre, and Tuckerman Brewing planted between 150 and 200 hop plants in a roughly quarter-acre yard.

According to the Northeast Hops Alliance, a nonprofit membership organization based in Madison County, New York, that is pushing for more hop growers in the Northeast, there are seven members in New Hampshire, four of whom joined in 2016.

They include a couple breweries (one is Throwback) and a few homebrewers growing 40 to 60 plants in 1/20 of an acre.

Canterbury Aleworks has about three quarters of an acre growing about 180 hop plants (double spaced).

“I think most of the growing in New Hampshire is just on the sort of postage stamp acre operations,” said Allman.

He said there are a number of benefits for brewers to grow their own hops.

“It’s part of agro-tourism, it’s part of the destination concept, it’s part of how to get different flavors. It’s how to get control of that particular ingredient a little bit more, which can be pretty volatile in the open market,” Allman said.

With few exceptions, locally harvested hops would be used mostly for so-called wet hop or whole hop brews, which incorporates whole hop cones, freshly harvested.

A wet hop ale, unlike beer made from commercially available dried and pelletized hops, is old-school and only available as a short-lived seasonal special.

“We had really nice, juicy, round stonefruity flavors in our wet-hopped IPA last fall.

People were digging that. And that was just a mix of different things we pulled out of the yard,” Allman said.

While the number of hop yards in the state is growing and existing yards are gradually expanding in size, there are still not enough to accommodate the regular demand of a largerscale brewer like Smuttynose Brewing in Hampton (Allman estimates they would burn through the entire New England supply in just two months), but microscopic operations like Allman’s, which uses a single-barrel system, can soon get by using just his own hops if he wanted to, assuming he has a good harvest. He would still import some hops for certain recipes that call for hop varieties he doesn’t have. But after using what he has, he could ideally sell the surplus to another local brewery interested in local ingredients.

“That’s always going to be a value as far as that goes because the locavore movement is very big. People are very interested in [local sourcing] on all levels,” Bingel said.

Rick Marley, the brew master (or braumeister, as he prefers to be called) at Flying Goose, said the brewery crowdsources its harvesting by hosting a hop harvest party around late August or early September. The brewery supplies a feast of sandwiches and beer, and families can bring their children to help hand-pick the hops from the long bines.

“They kinda look like dancing hula ladies when the wind blows,” Marley said of the full-grown bines.

Marley then takes the hops and produces a beer called the Full Blown Home Grown, which uses all local malts and hops.

“Last year’s iteration was kind of a light pub-style wheat ale,” Marley said.

While most commercial hop growers are

local breweries, some local farmers are starting to grow the crop and sell it to interested brewers.

Julion Parker, a farmer getting started at Millcreek Dairy in Chester, was originally planning to grow blueberries. But after some research, he decided to start growing hops instead.

“Generally, if you can grow them, you can sell them,” Parker said. “A lot of brewers are very interested in buying hops locally in the Northeast region.”

So far, Parker has ordered about 80 plants for just over a quarter of an acre, but eventually he hopes to fill out the plot with about 150 to 200 plants. He will start planting them this spring.

In the long run, after Parker moves on from his incubator program at Millcreek, he hopes to buy upward of 100 acres of his own farm and dedicate three acres to hop-growing.

Annette Lee at Throwback said growing their own hops and buying hops from local growers such as Aroostook Hops in Maine is part of their company’s ethos, which celebrates the history of farm-to-beer brewing.

“That’s what we’re all about here at Throwback,” Lee said. “Our name comes from sort of this nod to pre-Prohibition brewing where brewers used what was around them to make their beer.”

Each hop yard involves erecting tall posts, often 16 feet tall with rows of strings for the bines to grow along. Lee said to build a hop yard of any significant scale, one should be prepared to make a big up-front investment.

She said for each acre of standard hop yard (rows are usually spaced 36 inches apart) it costs about $10,000 worth of trellis materials and land preparation.

It’s not likely that a brewery, however focused it is on local sourcing, will completely forego importing some varieties of hops. Primarily, that’s because recipes may call for varieties that are proprietary brands such as Citra, Simcoe and Amarillo. No one is allowed to grow those in New Hampshire since out-of-state companies own the rights to the plant’s genome.

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Marley said he harvested 58 pounds of hops from his yard last year, enough to brew one batch of beer, which was seven barrels or 217 gallons.

Hauptly-Pierce made a tinier run of beer from the 40 ounces of hops he collected from his home garden.

“It was enough to do about five gallons of an IPA, as a dry hop,” Hauptly-Pierce said.

Allman said different beers require different amounts of hops.

“A German pilsener, you might be using anywhere from a quarter or maybe a half a pound [of hops] per barrel, per 31 gallons of beer. On the other hand, for a big, super-crazy IPA, you might be using three or more pounds per barrel of beer,” Allman said.

And different varieties of hops yield better harvests than others. It’s been Allman’s experience that a Hallertauer plant will get him about 1.5 pounds of hops, whereas Cascade will yield 2.5 to 3 pounds.

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On the smaller scale, brewers, home brewers, gardeners and other hobbyists have taken to planting hops on their home properties.

“I’ve been involved in growing hops now for about 15 years. I started off growing just a couple of styles, particularly Hallertauer, in my backyard,” Bingel said. “It was very successful. It took about three years but then I started getting more hops than I knew what to do with.”

He’s had his hops used in some locally made beers such as Brother Berthold (named after Bingel) by Swift Current Brewing Co. in Manchester. He thinks one of the bestperforming hop plants on his property is a Willamette.

Bingel planted his rhizomes at the base of his patio and trained them to grow up and over as a canopy. Originally, he got into it for his own home-brewing hobby.

“I do a lot of freestyle brewing [with] whatever I have on hand,” Bingel said. “Just see what comes out. But that’s half the fun of it, just experimenting.”

Using a mix of different hop varieties in a brew is more the rule than the exception for commercially available beer, he said. The same is often true with home brews.

Hauptly-Pierce started with some rhizomes from Bingley and now has 10 hop plants growing at his Manchester home.

Tom Albright, the owner of Out.Haus Ales in Northwood, grows 11 hop plants (10 varieties) on his home property. He used the hops in 2014 to create his first New Hampshire Harvest ale.

Rouleen Williams of Salisbury is no brewer, but she loves craft beer. Williams grows 32 plants across eight varieties in a 1/8-acre plot.

“Brewers Gold and Nugget are the heaviest producers,” Williams said.

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“It’s really fun to have a product that’s grown right in New Hampshire and have it be turned into beer that’s consumed in New Hampshire. It’s really very gratifying,” Williams said.

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Putting up the hopyard with Barry White. Courtesy of Throwback Brewery.

Williams, who has a background in farming, went a bit further than most home gardeners by building an eight-row trellis from small trees she cut down from the woods on her property. She has an irrigation system and experimented with chickens to protect her plants from Japanese beetles.

That lasted a few years until local predators starting eating the chickens.

“I used a tomato cage around each plant to get it started,” Williams said.

She has shared her hops with local brewers

in the past. One such brewer is Thom Neel at Candia Road Brewing Co. Combining them with the harvest from 60 Chinook bines at his home, Neel makes a New Hampshire Harvest ale using most of Williams’ hops, which totals about 20 to 30 pounds.

“It’s an American pale ale made exclusively with New Hampshire-grown hops,” Neel said.

He adapts the recipe to whatever hop varieties are available each year. And Williams said it sells out within weeks.

A lot of local hop growers are in search of the holy grail of hops — a “holdout from days of yore,” as Allman calls it.

Since hops are such a tenacious species of plant, even farmland that cleared away the crop still has remnants to this day.

“If you go to Strawbery Banke, there’s hop vines there from like a hundred years ago,” Annette Lee at Throwback said. “You can find them. I’ve seen them on the roadsides.”

Lee also had some wild hops growing in her old backyard in Rye. For folks like Allman, Marley and Stadnik, half the fun of growing hops is trying to discover a new local species.

“If somebody can find a strain of hops that was very desireable and was commercially available and would do well here, they could probably make a killing with it,” HauptlyPierce said.

Allman found what he terms “heirloom” hop plants in Canterbury, Barnstead and Loudon.

“One of my hopes is that we’ll find some

local heirloom hops variety that’s been growing sort of wild since pre-Prohibition that might actually be a cool hop that might have some good flavors to it,” Allman said.

Stadnik has collected about 20 rhizomes from wild hops around the state.

“It becomes a challenge today to find those things,” Stadnik said.

He even found some hops growing in the old Fletcher Farm property of Greenfield, where hops were historically grown, along some old rock walls. Today the owners of the farm grow a couple hop plants up the side of their barn for home brewing.

This spring, Marley plans to get some rhizomes from a wild hop plant growing at a blackberry farm in New London that he says has a nice aroma.

“I tend to collect these weird, wild hops,” Marley said.

He found some Manitoban hops at his sister’s property in Campton, another wild hop in Sutton, and about three years ago he traded growlers of beer for a chance to collect some hops on the seacoast that date back 150 to 200 years.

Hoping to keep the seacoast location a secret, Marley declined to name the town, but he said the site is widely believed to be New England’s first hop field.

“They’re some old English cultivar, I would imagine,” Marley said.

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It’s Opening Day at AG Paintball (158 Deering Center Road, Weare), all day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first 25 people who sign up for the day will receive 500 free paintballs. Registration starts at $25. Visit agpaintball.com or call 529-3524.

More than 70 home improvement exhibitors will appear at the annual Greater Nashua Home Show, which will be held for two days on Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the event center at the Courtyard Marriott (2200 Southwood Drive, Nashua). Admission is $5. Call 455-9123 for details.

EAT: ham and beans Main Street United Methodist Church (154 Main St., Nashua) will hold its monthly ham and bean dinner on Saturday, March 4, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The dinner will feature ham, two kinds of beans, potato salad, coleslaw, a drink and a pie. The cost is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $4 for kids ages 6 to 12 and free for kids under 6. Visit mainstreet-umc.org or call 882-3361.

Don’t miss Songs of Emigration: Storytelling through Traditional Irish Music, featuring Celtic fiddle player Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, who will be at the Kimball Library (3 Academy Ave., Atkinson) on Monday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m., and at New Boston Community Church (Central Square) on Wednesday, March 8, at 7 p.m. Admission is free to both programs. Visit nhhumanities.org.

DRINK: wine Join the WineNot Boutique (170 Main St., Nashua) for a Tuscan wine tasting with Italian chef and author Sarah Fioroni on Thursday, March 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free. Visit winenotboutique.com or call 204-5569.

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ARTS Not your grandma’s paper cutting “Deep Cuts” gives the form a modern spin

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“Deep Cuts: Contemporary Paper Cutting” rejects the idea we’re moving into a paperless world.

Everything within the multi-room exhibition, on view at the Currier Museum of Art through May 21, is constructed via paper, from Mark Wagner’s dollar-bill broom to Randy Garber’s installation featuring player piano scrolls and boxes.

“When you think about it, most artists start on paper. Even if you’re a sculptor, you’re probably sketching something before you start putting your hands on clay,” said the museum’s assistant curator, Samantha Cataldo, during a walk-through of the gallery days before the opening. “For us at the Currier, we wanted to do something that was new and different, that our “Untitled” (Portrait) by Nikki Rosato (2016). Courtesy image. audiences wouldn’t have seen before. Cut paper is not something you come across a Paper-cutting’s origins are in China, cut-out shapes from junk mail to a commulot, but there are obviously a lot of artists Europe and the Middle East, but the 36 art- nity collage, and it continues through two doing this.” ists who’ve created 41 pieces for this show gallery rooms following several themes. tackle paper-cutting in modern ways, from One segment contains art made from technique and style to theme and intent, maps — like Nikki Rosato’s portrait bust Upcoming “Deep Cuts” turning this centuries-old practice upside of her partner, which is constructed from programming down. It’s easy to appreciate the intricacy cut-up highway strips. Another looks at Currier After Hours: “Deep Cuts” and labor required to make these objects, money and consumerism, exemplified in Explored: Thursday, March 2, from 6 to especially if you made paper snowflakes in Mark Wagner’s “Very Expensive Push 9 p.m., explore the art of paper, talk by grade school.

Broom,” which contains $80 worth of brisRandy Garber and music by Julie Rhodes, “There’s an entry point for everyone, tles, shaped from sliced $1 bills. art-making station, cash bar, general admisbecause you’ve probably done something Many pieces are sculpted from old books sion rates apply like this before,” Cataldo said. or papers. August Ventimiglia’s “Borrowed Creative Studio Saturday: Rolled “Deep Cuts” technically starts at the Lines, from Huckleberry Finn” is a colPaper Design: Saturday, March 11, from museum’s entrance, where visitors can add lage made up of the underlines found in 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., learn how to quill paper and make your own work of art; free a secondhand Mark Twain book. Stefana “Deep Cuts: Contemporary admission for NH residents 10 a.m. to noon McClure’s “Manner of Death: Natural” is Paper Cutting” ARTalk: Updated Use of Traditional a knitted blanket made from autopsy and Where: Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash Paper: Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m., Jane death reports of detainees held in Iraq and St., Manchester: South, Randal Thurston and Lisa Nilsson Afghanistan American prison facilities.

When: On view through May 21 discuss how they use paper in unusual ways “This is very unsavory information, and Admission: $15 for adults, $13 for Focus Tour, “Deep Cuts” and “Bioshe’s totally transformed it into these knitseniors, $10 for students, $5 for youth Lath”: Saturday, March 18, at 11:30 a.m., ted forms,” Cataldo said. “There are some Contact: currier.org, 669-6144 tour of two new contemporary exhibitions things in the show that you have to get real-

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Everything is really beautiful and really amazing to look at, but there’s always just a little more behind it.”

With Lisa Nilsson’s work, it’s the technique you notice first; she made her pink, purple and white piece by quilling, which involves rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper. It was first practiced by nuns during the Renaissance and later taken up by 18th-century women to pass the time. You may not recognize the design until you read the side panel. (It’s a male pelvis.)

Yuken Teruya’s “Tory Burch” is made from shopping bags that feature tiny cut trees dangling from the inside, and Li Hongbo’s “Rainbow” contains colorful accordion art. Unfolded, they take abstract, beautiful shapes. Folded, they resemble guns.

“It’s an interesting play because it changes how you think about it,” Cataldo said.

“Folded up, it’s a menacing object. Unfolded, it’s beautiful.”

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Art Events • SOO SUNNY PARK PRESENTATION NH artist whose latest installation, “BioLath,” is on view at the Currier. Mon., March 6, at 11:45 a.m. NHIA, French Hall, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Free. Visit nhia. edu, email karenhillson@nhia. edu.

• FREELANCING Q&A, NHIA FACULTY Panel members include Eric Pinder (creative writing), Amber Cannan (design), Cory Levine (illustration) and Mark Morelli (photography). Wed., March 8, at 5 p.m.

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• AARON MESHON Presentation by visiting artist, who designs and illustrates for magazines, advertisements, children’s products, books, etc. Fri., March 10, at 11:30 a.m. NHIA, French Hall, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Free. Visit nhia.edu.

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NECTIONS: A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBIT” Celebrating pastel medium, featuring artwork from Pastel Society of Maine and NH members. On view through April 1. Opening Fri., March 3, 5-8 p.m. NH Art Association, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit pastelsocietyofnh.com.

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tion and art sale with work by NHIA faculty, staff, students and members. All pieces no larger than 4 inches in any dimension. On view March 10-April 8. Emma B. French Gallery, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Opening reception Fri., March 10, 5-7 p.m. Visit nhia.edu.

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• Kid workshops and 50 years: In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St., Exeter, offers free workshops for kids with help from a New Hampshire Charitable Foundation grant (though registration is required, and space is limited). The next are “Catching Rays” Thursday, March 2, from 1 to 3 p.m., with Deb Fairchild (make a suncatcher, for ages 7 to 10) and “Handbuilding and Wheel Basics” Friday, March 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with instructor Sharon Lee (for ages 12 and older, learn pottery-making techniques). Also at Exeter Fine Crafts starting mid-March is an exhibition fundraiser, “50 for 50,” with 50 tiles made by members, $50 each. The reception is Friday, March 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. Call 778-8282 or visit exeterfinecrafts.com.

• Glass art workshops: Studio 550 hosts stained glass workshops on Saturdays, the next on Saturday, March 4, from 3 to 6 p.m., at the studio, 550 Elm St., Manchester. This one-day workshop is designed to let people try out a class before signing up for a 10-week course. Students will learn the basic ways of working with stained glass (cutting, applying copper foil, soldering), and each participant will make a project to take home. Tuition is $45, with all materials included. Call the studio at 232-5597 or visit 550arts.com. StudioVerne also hosts upcoming one-day fused glass workshops Wednesday, March 8, from 6 to 8 p.m.; Thursday, March 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3 p.m., at 81 Hanover St., Manchester.

Flynn’s workshop on drawing. On view March 11-April 22. Opening Fri., March 10, 5-7 p.m. Epsom Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com.

• “PERFECT EXPOSURE” Photography show featuring work by Ash Street Group. 44 different prints. Opening Mon., March 13, 6:30-8 p.m. Hooksett Library, 31 Mount St. Marys Way, Hooksett. Call 485-6092.

• “FLIGHTS OF FANCY” Work by 6 NH artists inspired

by Boston artist/teacher Bill Flynn’s workshop on drawing. On view March 11-April 22. Epsom Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com.

Open calls • OPEN CALL: OMER T. LASSONDE OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION Seeking works

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The theme: “Going Green.” Tuition is $60.

Visit studioverne.com or call 490-4321.

• Freelancing and ceramics: Ever wonder what it takes to be a freelance artist?

The New Hampshire Institute of Art faculty offers answers to some common questions and speak on their own experience in their individual fields during a Q&A that’s free and open to the public Wednesday, March 8, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Emma B. French Hall Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester.

On the panel will be Eric Pinder (creative writing), Amber Cannan (design), Cory Levine (illustration) and Mark Morelli (photography). The school also presents a ceramics department bowl sale Tuesday, March 7, through Thursday, March 9, at the Roger Williams Gallery, 77 Amherst St., Manchester. All the work is handmade

by NHIA students and faculty and priced at $20, cash only; proceeds help support student participation and attendance at the National Council on Education in Ceramic Art in Portland, Oregon. Visit nhia.edu.

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of art across all media that engage NH theme, “Live Free or Die.” Submissions by March 12 at 5 p.m. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation. org. Call 431-4230.

• OPEN CALL: STUDIO 550 Looking for artwork for upcoming shows. The next is “Upcycled Art,” with a March 6 deadline. Other upcoming shows/themes/deadlines are available at 550arts.com, where artists will also find the application and more information. Call 232-5597.

In the Galleries • “ART WITH EMPATHY” Mixed media exhibit with work

by Elaine Morrison, focusing on social awareness. On view through March 4. Open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.,

Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Epsom Public Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com. Call 736-9920.

• “BEHOLD THE SHELL OF 72,000 CORRIDORS” Exhibition, new installation by Julie Periera. On view Feb. 10-March 10. New Hampton School, 70 Main St., New Hampton. Visit newhampton.org.

• “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” Art show featuring work by pastel artist Mary Ellen Brown and oil painter William Turner. On view Feb. 10 through March 17. Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis. Visit wildsalamander. com. Call 465-WILD. • “AT LARGE” Women’s Caucus for Art exhibit; includes paintings, prints, mixed media works. On view Jan. 26-March 23. Great Bay Community Col-

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Feel-good show

Palace Theatre gets dancing with Hairspray

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Palace Theatre Artistic Director Carl Rajotte thinks Hairspray is exactly what theater audiences need right now.

“I think it’s very relevant to the climate of the country,” Rajotte said between rehearsals last week.

Meghan Quinn, who “It’s very poignant, plays Tracy in the Palace’s Hairspray. yet at the same time Courtesy photo. extremely entertaining and funny. It’s a great time for this perfect message.”

Hairspray, which is up March 3 through March 26, is set in Baltimore during the 1960s and follows a plus-sized teen, Tracy Turnblad, who dreams of dancing on the The Corny Collins Show (based on the real-life The Buddy Deane Show), a teen TV program featuring local dancers. She gets her wish when a Corny Collins regular named Brenda gets pregnant and has to leave, and Tracy becomes an instant Hairspray Where: The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester When: Opening weekend times are Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 4, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, March 5, at 2 p.m.; show runs through March 26 Admission: $25 to $45 Contact: palacetheatre.org, 668-5588

lege, 320 Corporate Drive, Durham. Visit greatbay.edu.

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

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

• “MYSTERY AND MAGIC OF THE NATURAL WORLD” Art show featuring work by Alicia Cubbage. On view Feb. 18 through March 30. Hancock Town Library, 25 Main St., Hancock. Visit han-

TV celebrity. She uses her new fame to advocate for integration in the racially segregated show.

It was a film by John Waters first in 1988 and moved to Broadway in 2002, with a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, respectively. It won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and was adapted into a musical film in 2007.

Rajotte and Palace CEO Peter Ramsey knew they wanted to produce Hairspray again after its successful 2011 premiere on the Manchester stage.

“I always like to remount shows we’ve done in the past because I can usually say we’re at a different place now than we were then. The production value is better. Everything is better,” Rajotte said. “But when we decided to do this one, I actually got a little nervous because I think that the last production we did was really, really good.”

Plus, Hairspray is hard to put on.

“This show is way bigger and harder than it seems when you’re watching it. I remember the first time doing this, when I finally finished writing my directions in the script, I closed it, took a big breath, and I actually started crying. I didn’t know why! But it just felt like this big release,” Rajotte said.

The 2011 take featured solid pastel colors — pinks, blues, greens — but this time, the inspiration is Baltimore, which Rajotte knows well from his days living nearby in in Lancaster, Pa. Onstage is a Maryland neighborhood with buildings, storefronts and streets, with larger units moving on and off as the story requires. Colors are bright, and wigs are large, courtesy of costume art-

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• SIMON SARRIS Photo show with work that came from recent trip to Lisbon. On view through March 31. Rochester Public Library, 65 S. Main St., Rochester. Visit rochestermfa.org/ gallery.

• “ANDI & LANCE OLSEN: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE TIME” Show that blends visual art, the written word, blurred boundary between fact and fantasy. On view Feb. 24-April 1.

NHIA, Roger Williams Gallery, 77 Amherst St., Manchester.

Email exhibitions@nhia.edu.

Visit nhia.edu.

• “CANNOT BE DETERMINED IN ADVANCE” Sitespecific work installed by artist Debra Weisberg in McIninch Art Gallery. On view Feb. 23-April 2. Southern New Hampshire

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University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Free. Visit snhu. edu.

• DEBRA WEISBERG Artist installation, “Cannot Be Determined in Words.” On view Feb. 23-April 2. SNHU, McIninch Art Gallery, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu, call 629-4622, email m.gallery@snhu.edu.

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

• “MOMENTUM: WORKS

BY THE UNIVERSITY’S

Members of the “nicest kids in town,” who perform in Hairspray at the Palace Theatre. Courtesy photo.

ist Jessica Moryl. Choreography contains flavors from old TV shows like Soul Train and American Bandstand.

“Last time, I studied the original production quite a bit. I learned from that and then sort of made it my own, but didn’t stray far from it,” Rajotte said. “But I looked at those shows for research, and saw they had some really fantastic dancers. … So I decided to push myself, choreography-wise.”

In the lead role is Meghan Quinn, the theater’s youth administrator and company manager, who frequently performs in stand-out roles on the Palace stage. As a whole, the cast is pretty New Hampshireheavy, with Marc Willis, Tony Clements, Andrew Barret Cox and Missy Clayton rounding out the mix. For most productions, Rajotte looks for singers who move

ART AND ART HISTORY DEPT. FACULTY” On view through April 9. 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. UNH Museum of Art, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Visit unh.edu/moa, call 862-3712.

• DON JALBERT Art show featuring landscapes and seascapes of Southern NH and beyond, plus wildlife. On view through April 14. Harvey Mitchell Memorial Library, 151 Main St., Epping. Visit eppinglibrary. com.

• “CLEW: A RICH AND REWARDING DISORIEN-

well, but this 25-member cast needed to be made of dancers who could sing.

“I got a Snapchat from the cast house last night at midnight. They had pushed the dining room tables against the wall and were practicing,” Rajotte said.

Which is isn’t usual, said Clayton, who grew up performing with the Queen City theater and plays Brenda. “[The cast house] is where we do most of our work. … The rehearsal process is so short. It’s really just go, go go. Then it’s our job to go home and do our homework and make sure we’ve really, really got it for the next day,” said Clayton, who describes the production as a high-energy, feel-good show. “It’s an easy show to come, relax and just know you’re going to have a good time.”

TATION” Art show with work

by Deborah Barlow, Todd Hearon, Jung Mi Lee, Jon Sakata. Music, poetry, visual arts. On view Jan. 20-April 15. Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter. Call 777-3461. Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery.

• “FROM TELLING TO KNOWING” Exhibit of paintings by artist Nan Hockenbury.

On view through April 28. Mandarin Asian Bistro, 24 Market St., Lowell.

• “DEEP CUTS: CONTEMPORARY PAPER CUTTING” Showcasing work by contemporary artists who reconsider, redefine and subvert practice of paper cutting. On view Feb. 25 through May 21. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org.

• “STORIED BOOKS” Currier

Library and Archives exhibition showcasing volumes from rare book collection. On view Feb. 6 through June 9. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester.

Visit currier.org.

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

Workshops/classes/ demonstrations • MANCHESTER ARTISTS ASSOCIATION MEETING Mon., March 6, at 7 p.m. NHIA, French Hall Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester.

• GOING GREEN St. Patrick’s Day-themed fused glass workshop. Wed., March 8, 6-8 p.m.;

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Notes from the theater scene

• Absurd theatre: Theatre KAPOW’s second show of the season is Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, which takes the Stockbridge Theatre stage at Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry, Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 5, at 2 p.m. The play is an absurdist drama that makes fun of all the things tragedies usually take seriously. It follows King Berenger, who was at one point able to command nature and force people to obey his will but is now dying, much to his denial, with his kingdom crumbling. It matches with the company’s Season 9 theme, “Hear/ Here,” about the importance of listening and the urgent need for audiences and artists to remain present. “In theatre KAPOW’s exploration of the human condition, it’s important to be reminded of just how ridiculous human beings are. We are so serious, it’s funny,” Peter Josephson, board president, who plays King Berenger, said in a press release. Tickets are $20. Visit tkapow.com.

• Rebuilding a life: Hanover Productions presents The Learning Man, written and performed by Alan Wilbar, at the Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord, March 3 through March 19, with showtimes Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The play is about a man who uses art to rebuild his life after a 47-foot fall, and the company uses a multimedia format to take audiences on this journey of loss to recovery. The play also features guest musicians, speakers and lobby art created by brain injury survivors. Tickets are $16.50. Visit hatboxnh.com.

Thurs., March 9, 6-8 p.m.; Sat., March 11, 10 a.m.-noon or 1-3 p.m. StudioVerne, 81 Hanover St., Manchester. $60. Visit studioverne.com. Call 490-4321.

Theater Auditions/open calls • LOCAL AUDITIONS FOR SUMMER SEASON Seeking equity, non-equity local actors and those interested in joining the Peterborough Players’ Second Company as an intern or apprentice. Thurs., March 9.

Peterborough Players Theatre, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough.

Visit peterboroughplayers.org.

Equity members should prep 2 contrasting monologues. Nonequity actors should have at least 1 monologue prepared and be ready to read from a script.

Auditions by appointment only; call 924-9344.

Theatre KAPOW presents Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco in Derry this weekend. Matthew Lomanno photo.

• New theater in Concord? The legendary Concord Theatre could be reborn as a versatile mid-sized event venue housing about 270 people; Capitol Center for the Arts Executive Director Nicolette Clarke said via phone there’s an agreement for Concord developer Steve Duprey’s company to purchase the theater from its current owner, Arthur Aznive, and develop the space at 16-18 S. Main St. with a $4 to $5 million construction budget. The plan is for the Cap Center to buy it from them over time. The deal is expected to close sometime this summer, but whether and when it goes through depends on fundraising and whether the project qualifies for certain tax credits. The hope is to start construction next fall and open September 2018.

The venue would be flexible, allowing for seated or standing room options, and host smaller theater shows and bands that can’t yet fill the 1,300-seat Chubb Theatre. Clark said it’s one part of a bigger plan to make other investments and updates at the Cap Center, including heating, sound system and elevator upgrades. — Kelly Sennott

Productions • WOMEN IN JEOPARDY! Merrimack Repertory Theatre production. On view through March 12. Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. $26-$70. Visit mrt.org, call 978-654-4678.

• NOT LAST NIGHT ... BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE! New comedy by George HoskerBouley. Feb. 24-March 12. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. Matinee Sat., March 11, at 4 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $20. Call 978683-7745.

• A THOUSAND DOORWAYS Featuring Boston-based guest artist Diane Edgecomb. Pontine Theatre production. Fri., March 3, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 2 p.m.

Newington Old Town Hall, 336 Nimble Hill, Newington. $24.

Visit pontine.org. Call 4362400.

• MORNING’S AT SEVEN Generic Theatre production.

Feb. 17-March 5. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $15. Call 7707188.

• A DRAGON’S TAIL NH Theatre Factory Stage Setters Youth program production. Based on The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame. Fri., March 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 2 & 7:30 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $16.

Visit nhtheatrefactory.org.

• THE LEARNING MAN Dramatic tale about brain injury and recovery. Written and performed

by Alan Wilbar. March 3-March 19, Fridays and Saturdays at

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ROMANTIC COMEDY The Manchester Community Theatre Players presents the romantic musical comedy Promises, Promises by Neil Simon this weekend and next at the MCTP theater at the North End Montessori School, 698 Beech St., Manchester. Performances are Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 5, at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. The play is based on the film The Apartment starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray and features songs like “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Promises, Promises” and “I Say a Little Prayer.” Tickets are $20. Call 800-838-3006 or visit mctp.info.

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7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $16.50. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• PROMISES, PROMISES Neil Simon play, produced by Manchester Community Theatre Players. Fri., March 3, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 2 p.m.; Fri., March 10, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 7:30 p.m.

North End Montessori School, 698 Beech St., Manchester. $20.

Visit mctp.info, call 800-8383006.

• EXIT THE KING Theatre KAPOW production.

Fri., March 3, at 7:3 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 2 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre, Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. $20. Visit tkapow.com.

• THE CAPITOL STEPS Satire of American politics. Fri., March 3, at 8 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. $13-$39. Visit ccanh.com, call 225-1111.

• THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY Majestic Theatre production. Fri., March 3, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 7 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 1:30 p.m. Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester. $38-$42. Includes dinner. Visit majestictheatre.net.

• HAIRSPRAY Palace Theatre mainstage production. March 3-March 26. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets $25-$45. Call 668-5588.

• TALES TOLD: “LOST” Authentic voices sharing true tales of the human experience.

Modeled on “The Moth.” Tues., March 7, at 7:30 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $16.50. Visit talestoldproductions.com.

• THE WIZARD OF OZ Palace Youth Theatre production.

Wed., March 8, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, at 7 p.m.; Wed., March 15, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., March 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets $14. The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St.,

Manchester. Visit palacetheatre. org.

• VIOLET Seacoast Repertory Theatre production. On view March 10-April 2. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Prices vary; visit the site for details. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• THE ODD COUPLE Leddy Center for the Performing Arts production. March 10-March 29, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays and one Wednesday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38 Ladd’s Lane, Epping. $20.

Call 679-2781.

• JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Kids Coop Theatre production. Fri., March 10, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 1 & 6 p.m. Derry Opera House, Kids Coop Theatre, Derry. $12. Visit kids-coop-theatre.org.

• A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD Peacock Players production. March 10-March 19. Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua. $12-$17. Visit peacockplayers.org. Call 886-7000.

• PLAY ON! Comedy by Rick Abbott, directed by Joe Pelonzi.

Bedford Off Broadway production. Fri., March 10, at 8 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 8 p.m.; Sun., March 12, at 2 p.m.; Fri., March 17, at 8 p.m.; Sat., March 18, at 8 p.m. Bedford Old Town Hall, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford. $12. Visit bedfordoffbroadway. com.

• THE DROWSEY CHAPERONE Derryfield School production. Fri., March 10, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 11, at 2 & 7 p.m. Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester. $15. Visit etix.com.

• LOVE, SEX AND THE IRS Milford Area Players production. March 10-March 19, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon Road, Milford. Visit milfordareaplayers.weebly.com.

Classical Music Events • WORDS ON MUSIC: A SYMPHONY NH CONCERT TALK Presentation by Robert Hoffman, about history, context and special musical moments of pieces featured in upcoming March 4 Symphony NH concert. Thurs., March 2, at 5:30 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Visit nashualibrary.org, call 589-4610.

• UNH CONCERT BAND AND UNH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Concert. Thurs., March 2, at 8 p.m. Johnson Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center, 30 Academic Way, Durham. Free. Call 862-2404.

• TAKING FLIGHT: BACH’S LUNCH LECTURE Peggy Senter presents “Musical Migrations: Schubert, Spirituals & Show Tunes.” Thurs., March 2, 12:10-12:50 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Free. Visit ccmusicschool.org. Call 228-1196.

• MARCH MANDOLIN FESTIVAL: NEWMARKET CONCERT Part of 15th March Mandolin Festival. Fri. March 3, at 7 p.m. Stone Church, Zion’s Hill, Newmarket. $12. Visit stonechurchrocks.com or call 6597700.

• “BRAHMS AND TCHAIKOVSKY” With internationallycelebrated cellist Sergey Antonov.

Sat., March 4, at 8 p.m. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. $18-$49. Visit symphonynh.org. Call 595-9156.

• VISIONS OF CAPE BRETON AND BEYOND Concert featuring Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Sat., March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Free.

Visit theaudi.org.

• MARCH MANDOLIN FESTIVAL: CONCORD CONCERT Part of 15th March Mandolin Festival. Sat., March 4, at 7:30 p.m. Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. $20. Visit stonechurchrocks. com or call 659-7700.

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There are a lot of other variable that go into the payback on a mortgage.

But the first economic concept taught in most cases is risk / return trade off. No matter how you cut it this concept is still in effect. If your in a bi-weekly payment now please don’t beat yourself up. When I was getting my MBA sitting in Economics class 700 something my professor had just taken a bi-weekly mortgage....and he has a PHD in Economics.

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LISTINGS 26 Clubs Hobby, service...

26 Continued

INSIDE/OUTSIDE Tuning in

Annual antique radio show moves to Nashua

Education

By Matt Ingersoll

Classes, seminars, lectures...

27 Crafts Fairs, workshops...

27 Dance Ballroom, folk...

27 Health & Wellness Workshops, exercises...

29 Marketing & Business Networking, classes....

29 Miscellaneous Fairs, festivals, yard sales...

29 Nature & Gardening Hikes, animal events...

FEATURES 27 Kiddie pool Family activities this week.

28 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.

29 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

30 Car Talk Click and Clack give you car advice.

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.

Get your program listed by sending information to listings@hippopress.com at least three weeks before the event.

Looking for more events for the kids, nature-lovers and more? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play or online at hipposcout.com.

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You never know what you might find at any of the New England Antique Radio Club’s shows — there are telegraphs and transistor radios and everything in between.

The club’s 48th annual flea market-style antique show — aptly called “Radio XLVIII” — is happening Sunday, March 5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the event center of the Nashua Radisson, making its first appearance in the Gate City. (Two other events are planned for June 3 and Oct. 21, both at the Brookline Event Center.)

With nearly 100 New England area and Northeast vendors appearing each year to sell old radios, record players, amplifiers and more, the event is known as the largest antique radio and vintage electronics show on the East Coast.

For the past 15 years, the March shows were held at the Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center in Massachusetts, but the club decided to move them to Nashua in search of a larger space.

Radio XLVIII: Antique Radio & Vintage Electronics Flea Market When: Sunday, March 5, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: The Radisson, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua Cost: Before 11 a.m.: $10 per person, free for spouses and children under 18; after 11 a.m.: free general admission Visit: nearc.net

Clubs Craft • FIBER ARTS GROUP Fiber artists or interested onlookers are welcome to join the Happy Weavers & Friends group to observe the historic art of weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting and more. Tues., March 7, and Tues., March 21, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth.

Free; no registration is required (does not include access to the museum). Visit remickmuseum. org or call 323-7591.

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Antique Radio Flea Market in Nashua. Courtesy photos.

“We don’t define [our shows] as being just about old radios,” said Bruce Phillips, owner of Radio Orphanage and NEARC president.

“It’s not really a computer show either, though, so calling it a vintage electronics show sort of separates it that way. … We’ll have people who will have record players, some televisions, some amplifiers and other things as well.”

Phillips said collectors from all over New England and other states like New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be at the event to sell and buy from others, but their antiques will also be on display. “[The vendors] will be at the show to sell and talk about their radios and other things, and people can learn about who deals in the area and who can repair them for you,” he said. “We’ve been trying to attract younger people who perhaps grew up remembering the old antiques their families had back in the 1980s and before then as well.”

The event is even an opportunity

Events • BEDFORD DEMOCRATS MEETING Nick Taylor, Director of the House & Senate Democrats for the New Hampshire Democratic Party, will give an up-to-the-minute briefing on critical issues before the New Hampshire House and Senate. Mon., March 6, 6:30 p.m. Bedford Public Library, McAllaster Room, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford.

Free. Visit bedford.nhdems.org.

• PITCHERS N’ POLITICS The Raymond Democratic Committee will meet at the Cork N

for a history lesson when it comes to electronics, for younger kids raised on more advanced levels of technology, Phillips added.

“I love seeing people coming in with their 8- or 9-year old, giving them a transistor radio or a rotary dial and showing them how it works,” he said. “The honest real-

Keg in Raymond for Pitchers N’ Politics on March 7 and April 4. New members are welcome.

Tues., March 7, and Tues., April 4, 7 p.m. Cork N’ Keg Grill, 4 Essex Road, Raymond. Free.

Visit rockinghamcountydems. org.

Garden • MILFORD GARDEN CLUB MEETING The club will welcome Rita Wollmering of the HERB FARMacy at its next meeting. “The Joy of Herbs” will cover growing herbs, how and

ity is that most of our vendors are between 65 and 80 years old and they are ready to move [the antique collecting] on to somebody else, so we like seeing younger vendors coming in and picking some of these up as well.”

From 8 to 11 a.m., admission is $10 for one person and free for children under 18 and spouses. During the last two hours of the event, everyone gets in for free. Several antiques and other prizes will be drawn from a raffle each hour, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Your raffle entry comes with your admission ticket if you pay to get in during the morning, but Phillips said additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

Onsite parking will be available for the duration of the show for free. In addition, Phillips said the hotel will be providing coffee and lunch items in the event center for a small fee.

when to harvest them, and multiple ways to preserve them. Mon., March 13, 9 a.m. First Congregational Church Parish House, 10 Union St., Milford. Free and open to the public. Visit milfordnhgardenclub.org.

Men’s • NH RETIRED MEN’S ASSOCIATION MEETING This meeting will feature a discussion on safe computing practices.

How to protect your business, personal or mobile computer will be presented by Brian Grimaldi,

owner of C-2 Computer Solutions. Tues., March 21, 1 p.m.

Jutras American Legion Post No. 43, 56 Boutwell St., Manchester.

Free. Visit nhretiredmen.org.

Continuing Education Open houses • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE Meet with an admissions counselor, talk to faculty, register for classes, learn about financial aid, transfer options and much more. Drop off your MCC application during the Open

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Family fun for the weekend

Up to bat

Learn softball skills from local pros at the Russ Saucier Benefit Softball Clinic at Hudson Memorial School (1 Memorial Drive) on Sunday, March 5, from noon to 4 p.m. The clinic will include high-level instruction in softball, for hitting, fielding, pitching and catching. Instructors will include Mike Soby, head softball coach at Campbell High School in Litchfield, Matt Tupman, former MLB catcher and UMassLowell graduate, and Dave Yates, head coach at Hudson Memorial School, among others. Girls of all ages are encouraged to attend and will be grouped by age for drills and instruction. The clinic serves as a fundraiser for local coach Russ Saucier, who is battling stage 4 esophageal cancer. The cost is $50 and the first 100 paid registrants will receive a free T-shirt. Visit paypal.me/ nicoleennis to register or call 475-9977 for more information.

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have extra supplies available, or you can take the bag home and make your craft there.

Visit rodgerslibrary.org or call 886-6030.

Crazy for cocoa

Learn about the origin of chocolate at a free program at the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St.) on Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m. Melissa Brooks of the Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center in Peterborough will present The Science of Chocolate, leading participants in a chocolate-making demonstration. You’ll even get to sample a modern version of Mexican spiced hot chocolate. Learn where the cacao tree grows, how beans are processed to make chocolate, and what “organic” and “fair trade” really mean in the world of cocoa. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102 to register. For more information on the program, visit hippopress.com/ read-article/cozy-up-with-cocoa.

The Stage Setters youth program at the New Hampshire Theatre Factory will present A Dragon’s Tail at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway) on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, March 4, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The production is a retelling of Kenneth Grahame’s 19th-century fairytale “The Reluctant Dragon” and features a cast of youth performers from the Granite State. Tickets are $16 general admission. Visit nhtheatrefactory.org/drag- Super fun onstail.html or call 635-4445.

Cowabunga’s Indoor Inflatable Playground (1328 Hooksett Road, Hooksett) Wrapped in mystery will host superhero night on Friday, Join the Rodgers Memorial Library (194 March 3, from 5 to 8 p.m., featuring speDerry Road, Hudson) for a mystery bag cial appearances by some of your favorite craft workshop on Saturday, March 4, from superheroes. All three gyms will also be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by the library’s chil- open. The cost is $10 for kids and free for dren’s room, pick up a mystery bag and open adults and babies. Visit mycowabungas. it up to make a cool craft. The library will com/events or call 625-8008.

House and your $20 application fee will be waived. Thurs., March 2, 4 to 7 p.m. Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St., Manchester. Free. Visit mccnh.edu or call 206-8100.

Women’s • GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS MERRIMACK SOUTH DISTRICT MEETING Includes a breakfast buffet and luncheon. Sat., March 4, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St., Nashua. Call 889-4700.

Crafts Workshops • BEADWEAVING: TRELLIS NECKLACE This graceful necklace is made using a diagonal netting technique. Sat., March 4, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $48 tuition, plus $25 for materials. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233.

p.m. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough. $10 general admission; $7 for students and seniors. Visit monadnockfolk. org or call 762-0235.

• TANGO FOR BEGINNERS Classes are available for ages 18 and up. Mondays, March 6 to March 27, 6 to 7 p.m. Whipple Hall, 429 Main St., New London. $80 per couple. Call 526-6401.

Dance • FIRST SATURDAY CONTRA DANCE Sat., March 4, jam session at 6:30 p.m., workshop at 7 p.m., and dancing begins at 8

Health & Wellness • GUIDE TO GI HEALTH: DINNER WITH THE DIETITIANS Join Emily Palen, RD and Tegan Swift, RD, in dis-

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IN/OUT THE GARDENING GUY

The value of hedges Great windbreakers for winter

By Henry Homeyer

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Although I’ve never read a scientific paper on the value of hedges for garden plants, my personal theory is that they are beneficial, particularly in winter. They break the cold winter winds that damage flower buds on trees and shrubs in cold times and can help keep soil from drying out from hot, dry winds in summer. Easier to install and less expensive than wood fences or stone walls, this is a good time to think about planting a hedge, come summer.

Hedges can be grown using almost any plant material that survives our winters, or even those that die back to the ground each winter. For most of us, the important thing is that they look good, be affordable and grow relatively quickly.

If you want a tall hedge to screen an eyesore or provide privacy, you should select a woody evergreen hedge. Canadian hemlock if good for that – it grows fast and will grow close together. For a 6-foot hedge, plant hemlocks 6 feet apart. For an 8-foot hedge, plant 8 feet apart, and so on. Yew is also good, but generally is pruned to stay lower and deer love to eat it. Boxwood and privet are traditional hedges, but privet (a deciduous shrub) is now considered an invasive plant in many places and discouraged or prohibited.

In order to keep an evergreen hedge looking good, you need to taper it so that the bottom has longer branches than those on top. That allows the lower branches to get more sunlight.

When planting a shrub or tree for hedging you should start with small plants, plant them close together, prune early on, and prune hard. By pruning early and hard you encourage good branching down low, so you don’t end up with a gawky hedge with little greenery near the bottom.

It’s best to prune your hedge one to three times each summer, even when they are small, to encourage branching and maintain a thick hedge. If you don’t prune every year, your hedge will have thick, stubby branches when you cut it back instead of small, feathery branches. And it can get too tall.

Cost is an issue when selecting plants for hedges, as they require many plants. Ideally you can use plant material that you own and can divide and use for free. I’ve rooted willow twigs to create a small wall. Lilacs often send out root suckers that can be dug up and moved. According to what I’ve read, other good candidates for rooting include elder, flowering quince, forsythia, mock orange, rugosa rose, spirea, viburnums and witch hazel.

Creative pruning of hedges can create dra-

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matic results. There is no reason why a flat and “boring” hedge cannot be pruned to different heights to create a wave of green mimicking a distant view, or shaped to have a pointy top or be shaped like a dome. And you can trim a hedge to different heights at different places to open up a view – or hide the abandoned car on your neighbor’s property.

In addition to the usual hedge plants, edible hedges can be made using gooseberries, currants or blueberries. Decorative grasses can be used, or even golden rod (if you dare risk the scorn of your neighbors). I once divided and moved several large peonies for a client who was re-doing a garden. I divided them into 50 plants and spaced them so that, when mature, the foliage would mingle and create a single row of plants. By now it must be drop-dead gorgeous in June. It’s not a hedge that provides privacy, but it is wonderful in bloom and it sets off their lawn from the neighbor’s lawn.

Lastly, you can make a hedge by installing (or utilizing an existing fence) and growing vines on it. Evergreen euonymus is an evergreen variegated-leafed vine that will grow in shade and is quite vigorous. And most vines will start easily from cuttings. English ivy, Virginia creeper, or even grapes can be used.

When they mature, the fence disappears, and you have a wall of green. Climbing hydrangea will not attach to a wooden fence, but it can be attached to one, and will grow in full shade and flowers magnificently.

A word of caution: if you are using a hedge as a separation of your property from a neighbor’s, remember that the neighbor should be consulted, as they will have to trim their side of the hedge. Or plant it far enough back from the property line that you can trim both sides, without stepping off your own property.

Your hedge probably won’t serve to keep out hungry animals. Deer are really the only ones you have to worry about in most neighborhoods, and anything less than 8 feet is just an easy leap for all but the oldest, most arthritic deer. Still, it will keep out young neighborhood ruffians, particularly if the plants have thorns.

See Henry’s blog at https://dailyuv.com/ gardeningguy. His website is Gardening-Guy. com.

IN/OUT TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna, I have acquired a silverware set from family that is marked sterling. It’s all in original plastic sleeves like new condition.

It’s not something that I would use so I am considering selling it. Can you help with any information?

Elaine from Hampton Dear Elaine, Your pieces are from the Towle Manufacturing Co. They were right down in Newburyport, Mass., way back to the late 1800s. So there is a lot of information and history that goes with your pieces.

I think what you have are replacement pieces possibly added on to the original set but never used. It’s not uncommon to find sets with add-ons. Maybe at the time there was going to be a special event for which extra settings were needed but got put away and forgotten.

Old Master pattern was one of the most common patterns that Towle made; it was released in 1942. Today, pieces are easily found in the secondary market. Being sterling makes them valuable, and the condition and lack of monogramming makes them even more desirable to anyone looking to add to a set.

It’s hard to find the direct market value unless you know someone looking for it.

Each piece should be in the $15 range. This is not a price that comes with a large mark-

covering the ins and outs of keeping your gut healthy. Topics such as digestion, high-fiber diets and hydration, pre-and probiotics, diverticulitis, exercises and stress reduction will be discussed. Tues., March 7, 6 to 8 p.m. St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. $10 fee; includes dinner. Visit stjosephhospital.com/classes or call 595-3168.

• YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND YOUR HEALTH Dr. Deborah Bonfanti will introduce you to the immune system, helping participants understand how it works and why it is important for helping to maintain the most optimal level of health. Dr. Bonfanti is a state-licensed naturopathic physician from Amherst.

Wed., March 8, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.

Wadleigh Memorial Library, 49 Nashua St., Milford. Free. Visit hopendnh.com or call 249-0645.

• HARMONY HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OPEN HOUSE Wed., March 8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Harmony Healthcare Institute, 10 Al Paul Lane, Merrimack. Free. Call 886-0822.

up for retail stores. This is what I think the secondary collector market will pay.

Remember always that sterling prices depend on the manufacturer, age, rarity, condition, weight and unusual patterns and pieces. All this can change the value from piece to piece.

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).

Marketing & Business Job fairs • THE FOUNDERS ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL JOB FAIR This event is free and open to all applicants with a passion for teaching. Applicants should bring their resumes, credentials, sample lesson plans and references. Wed., March 8, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Founders Academy, 5 Perimeter Road, Manchester. Free. Visit thefoundersacademy.org or call 952-4705.

Miscellaneous Workshops • FRIENDS YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM ORIENTATIONS These sessions would equip you with information about Friends Youth Mentoring and introduce you to some best practices. Thurs., March 2, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friends Youth Mentoring Program offices, 202 N. State St., Concord. Visit friendsprogram.org or call 228-0108.

• ADULT SELF-DEFENSE Learn some simple self-defense moves with Officer Jackie Pel-

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letier of the Goffstown Police Department. Fri., March 3, 10 a.m. Goffstown Public Library, 2 High St., Goffstown. Free; registration is requested. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

• FAKE NEWS: WHAT’S THE REAL STORY? Join Randall Mikkelsen for a nonpartisan discussion on how to understand the social mediadriven news landscape and how to distinguish what’s real and what’s not. Sun., March 5, 2 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Free and open to the public. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4610.

Nature & Gardening Animals/insects • CHRIS BOGARD, TURTLE AND WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR Chris Bogard, a New Hampshire licensed wildlife rehabilitator, will speak about her work with injured turtles.

Sat., March 4, 10 to 11 a.m.

Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount St. Mary’s Way, Hooksett. Free. Visit hooksettlibrary. org or call 485-6092.

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IN/OUT CAR TALK

Cold clutch doesn’t want to work properly Dear Car Talk: I have a 2013 Hyundai Accent with a six-speed manual transmission. When the temperature drops below 40 degrees overnight, the next

By Ray Magliozzi morning, my clutch doesn’t respond properly. After starting and shifting into reverse, I can have my clutch to the floor and I still can’t shift out of gear or stop my car from moving backward. If I stop the car using the brakes, it kills the engine, just as if I had tried to stop with the clutch completely out. If after stalling I pump the clutch three or four times, the car runs perfectly for the rest of the day. I have only 2,000 (yes, two thousand) miles on the car. I’m 75 years old and have never owned a car, truck or motorcycle that I didn’t have to shift manually, so I know how to use a manual transmission. The service department at the Hyundai dealership where I purchased the car new can’t find the problem and correct it. Do you have any ideas?

Thanks. — Hugh Sure. Years ago, a customer came into the shop with a similar complaint. After

running up his repair bill for a few hours, we finally discovered that he had two sets of floor mats in the car. Because they were bunching up behind the pedals, they prevented him from pushing the clutch all the way to the floor. So we tossed them in his trunk, charged him $300 and sent him away happy.

Not really. We only charged him $280.

Since you have so many years of experience driving stick shifts, Hugh, I’m going to guess that’s not your problem.

But check.

If your floor mats are not guilty, and if you’re not actually leaking hydraulic fluid, I’d ask your dealer to swap out your clutch master cylinder. There may even be a technical service bulletin on it by now.

Clutch master cylinders often fail this way in cold weather. If the seals around the plunger are failing, they can shrink a little bit in cold weather and allow the hydraulic fluid to bypass the plunger. That creates insufficient pressure to disengage the clutch. Once everything warms up, the seals expand enough to do their job, and the clutch works fine again -- until the next cold start.

Since you’re under warranty, I think you should politely insist that they replace

the clutch master cylinder. They owe it to you to try something, and that’d be my first guess. Plus, it’s the cheapest thing for them to try.

If that doesn’t fix it, then unfortunately — for the dealer — the problem is the clutch itself, and they’ll owe you one of those, too.

You don’t say whether the dealership has actually witnessed the problem, Hugh. It might be that they don’t believe you. You don’t wear your tinfoil hat to the dealership, do you?

Since it’s a predictable problem, I would advise you to leave it with them overnight on a night when the temperatures will be low enough to make the clutch fail. You might even come back in the morning when they open so that everyone can witness the clutch failure together. Once they’ve experienced the failure themselves, they’ll be obligated to fix it for you.

Just remind them not to store your car in their heated garage overnight, Hugh.

Good luck.

Dear Car Talk: I have a VW convertible that I leave garaged in Florida for eight months. Is it

better to leave the top up or down when I am gone? — Frances Gee, Frances, I’m trying to figure out why you’d want to leave the top down.

Maybe to keep the car aired out? So it’ll smell musty, like your garage, when you get back?

The top is designed to keep things out of the car — not just rain, but dust, debris and the occasional iguana falling out of a tree. So I’d be inclined to secure the top and let it do its job.

While it’s unlikely to rain in your garage, the car certainly will fill with dust. Mice, spiders, centipedes, larvae, scorpions or lost Boy Scouts aren’t out of the question, either.

Plus, we’ve seen some convertible tops get creased if they’re left down for a long time. You can always un-crease them by putting the top back up for a while, but sometimes the color changes a little bit where the roof is stretched and folded.

And given that I can’t come up with any really good arguments for leaving the top down, I’d say secure the car and leave the top up, Frances.

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IN/OUT

Rolling out

Prevail Martial Arts hosts charity event

Roll-a-Thon at Prevail Martial Arts and Fitness Center in Amherst.

By Matt Ingersoll

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If you’re new to martial arts, you can start with some basic instruction at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Charity Roll-A-Thon.

The event is happening on Saturday, March 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Prevail Martial Arts and Fitness Center in Amherst and is open to the general public.

For a $10 fee, anyone is invited to the center for an open mat event, using all the equipment the center has to offer. Instructors at Prevail Martial Arts and other members of the martial arts community will be there to teach basic techniques to newcomers in the area of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

“Anyone can come down to spend the day practicing and training, even if someone has little to no experience at all and wants to come see what it’s all about,” Richard Hubbard, owner and head instructor at Prevail, said. “We will have some very experienced instructors here whose specific roles will be to get beginners on the mat and to show them some techniques, and they’ll also have the opportunity to roll around a little or do some pad work.”

There will also be a potluck with open tables of food set out for the duration of the day. Hubbard added that there will be meditation sessions offered in the upstairs space of Prevail.

“You can come and stay for a half hour, or you can stay for the whole day, or leave and come back,” he said. “We’re going to track every person who donates either online or at the door, and at the end of the day, Prevail will be contributing a dollar per every person who donates.”

The Roll-A-Thon serves as a fundraiser

for the Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the organization, which advocates for research for and awareness of the disorders.

“One of my students actually has a chiari malformation, which is a pretty serious spinal malformation … and she was looking for something to turn her life around but was concerned that she wouldn’t be able to train,” Hubbard said. “She came to me and said she met some other people who were a part of the foundation. They wanted to do some type of fundraiser, and I thought it was a great idea.”

While the Roll-A-Thon is the first specific event of its kind held by Prevail, it is one of several annual events the center has hosted to benefit charity organizations.

Other groups that have benefitted from the center’s fundraisers have included the Nashua Soup Kitchen, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, local animal shelters and more.

“We usually do at least two events like this every year and sort of have a rotating series of them,” Hubbard said. “I’m a very firm believer that martial arts are a vehicle for the development of an individual to be more productive and to play a larger role in the health of the community, so that’s why we do whatever we can to raise money.”

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Charity Roll-A-Thon When: Saturday, March 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Prevail Martial Arts and Fitness Center, 3 Howe Drive, Amherst Cost: $10 Visit: prevailmartialarts.com

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CAREERS

with balloons … and I came home and said, “I know I can do something really cool with this.”

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

The biggest part of my job is trying to make so many different techniques, but being an entertainer, you also need good customer service skills … and Dan Staples of Nashua is a full-time balloon twisting artist and the owner of having good relationships with Dan’s Balloons. He has appeared at corporate events, birthday parties, baby the public is crucial.

Dan Staples Balloon artist

showers and other events all across southern New Hampshire and the Boston area and regularly appears during New Hampshire Fisher Cats games and New England Patriots game promotions at Patriot Place.

Explain what your current job is.

I do a lot of random, officetype things. … Companies might just have like a casual Friday and they’ll bring me in almost as a stress reliever. …

I get more birthday parties up here in New Hampshire, and I’ll appear at schools too. … I’ll also be at this year’s Fairy Tale Festival at Greeley Park [in Nashua]. … When I’m not out at events, a lot of my time during the week has to do with marketing and coming up with new designs.

How long have you been in your career?

I’ve been twisting balloons for over four years now, and I just started to get [the business] going about two years ago.

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

I wish I started doing this 15 years ago, because I would’ve been unstoppable.

What is your typical at-work uniform?

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I use the word uniform but a lot of people say it’s a costume [laughs]. … I wear a black buttoned shirt and black dress pants, and a fun tie and a baseball hat. I’ve also got a cartoon verHow did you find your current job?

The Fisher Cats games and the grand sion of myself on my business card wearing opening for Launch Nashua two years ago those same things, so that when you see me, were the first big [clients] I had, and now I you’ll know what I’ll look like. try to get to them as often as I can. I actuWhat was the first job you ever had? ally reached out to [the Fisher Cats] myself I grew up in South Boston, and from sixth at first and got to sit down with them and everything. … This year will be my third grade through high school, I worked as a first season with them and we have huge plans mate on the boats going back and forth to to do some really awesome stuff. … I’ll be Thompson’s Island. — Matt Ingersoll at at least 15 games this summer.

How did you get interested in this field?

To be completely honest, I am still shocked to this day that this is what I do for a living. … I’ve always been into retail and customer service. … My buddy owns What’s the best piece of work-related an entertainment company in Boston and advice anyone’s ever given you? one day he had an event I helped him out To make sure you’re doing what it is that with, and I learned how to make a dog and you want to do. … It’s important that you’re a monkey and a sword and other things doing something that makes you feel ful-

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What’s something you’re really into right now?

I really like music a lot. … I play guitar and a little bit of ukulele, and I like listening to music too.

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FOOD Heated competition

Food Network chef hosts cooking challenge for NH chefs

By Angie Sykeny

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Foodies and fans of competitive cooking shows can get a taste of a live chef competition and experience the action up close at the New Hampshire Food Bank’s second annual Steel Chef Challenge, happening Monday, March 6, at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.

Modeled after Food Network programs like Chopped and Iron Chef, the Steel Chef Challenge invites four local chefs to face off in a timed cooking challenge in front of a live audience. Celebrity chef Robert Irvine from the Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible, Restaurant Express and Dinner: Impossible will host the event and prepare, with the help of his team, a gourmet meal to be served to the guests as they watch the competition.

“We’ve always wanted to do an Iron Chef-type event,” said New Hampshire Food Bank Director of Development Nancy Mellitt. “For sponsors and supporters of the food bank, for foodies interested in cooking and for fans of Robert Irvine and the Food Network, it’s a good time for a good cause.”

For the challenge, the stage in the Radisson’s Armory Ballroom will be transformed into a simple kitchen with some essential appliances and a cooking station for each chef. The chefs will have 20 minutes to create a dish using a set of secret ingredients revealed by Irvine as well as a main meat selected by the audience. Contestants will also have access to a basic selection of pro-

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• Celebrate beer in Portsmouth: The eighth annual Portsmouth Beer Week is going on now through Monday, March 6, with dozens of beer tastings, tap takeovers, beer dinners and food pairings, restaurant deals, pub crawls and special events happening at various breweries, restaurants and bars in and around Portsmouth. The celebration highlights beers from Seacoast-area breweries like Smuttynose Beer Co. and Smuttlabs, Bad Lab Beer Co., Liars Bench Beer Co., Redhook Brewery, Earth Eagle Brewings and more, as well as other New Hampshire breweries and breweries from around the country. For a full schedule of events, visit portsmouthbeerweek.com. To read the full story that ran in the Hippo, visit hippopress. com, click on “past issues,” click on the Feb. 23 pdf and look for the story on p. 36.

• A day of wine and chocolate: Out of the Box Tours of Manchester will host a Wine and Chocolate tour of southern New Hampshire on Saturday, March 11, at 11 a.m. The six-hour tour will make four stops: Dancing Lion Chocolate in Manchester, Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry, LaBelle Winery in Amherst and Nelson’s Candies in Wilton. At each stop, tour participants will have a chance to explore the facility, taste the wine or chocolate and learn about how it’s made. The stop at LaBelle Winery will include a time to grab lunch in the Bistro (not included in tour cost). The tour will depart from and conclude at 125 S. River Road, Bedford, at the parking lot near Whole Foods Market. The cost is $59, and registration is required by Monday, March 6. For more information and to register, call 660-8427 or visit traveladventureswithtammy.com. To read the full story that ran in the Hippo, visit hippopress.com, click on “past issues,” click on the Feb. 2 pdf and look for the story on p. 39.

• Learn the basics of healthy cooking: The Derry Medical Wellness Center (14A Tsienneto Road, Suite 300, Derry) is offering a four-week class series on Healthy Cooking Basics during the month of March. Dietitians Sue Olson and Allison Vernet will discuss quick meal-planning tips, simple cooking skills and ingredients, and give hands-on meal-cooking demonstrations. Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 7, March 14, March 21 and March 28, from 6 to 7 p.m. The cost is $50 per person or family. For more information and to register, call 537-3033 or visit 42 Looking for more food and drink fun? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and hipposcout.com.

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Steel Chef Challenge When: Monday, March 6, at 6 p.m.

Where: Radisson Hotel Manchester Downtown, 700 Elm St., Manchester Cost: $125 per person. Tickets are limited. Purchase online by Saturday, March 4.

Visit: steelchef.nhfoodbank.org

Food & Drink Author events/lectures • DEMO & TASTING WITH REBECCA CAMIRE Rebecca Camire will discuss her lifestyle system, “Refreshed Nutrition,” sign copies of her new smoothie cookbook, The Smoothie Reset, and make a smoothie for visitors to try. Sat., March 11, 2 to 4 p.m. Book Cellar, 34 Northwest Blvd., Nashua. Call 881-5570.

• HOW TO KOMBUCHA A healthy tea program by Mariah Kimball. Wed., March 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

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duce and spices that they can add to their dish if they choose.

“Last year, the secret ingredients were Lucky Charms, Coke and pickled pigs’ feet, so it will be interesting to see what we have this year,” Mellitt said. “It’s fun to see the chefs’ creativity and how they all come up with different dishes and prepare a dish with no recipe.”

During the competition, guests will be served a three-course meal designed and prepared by Irvine and his team with the help of a few non-competing local chefs.

The top chef will be chosen by a judges panel consisting of WMUR anchor Erin Fehlau, wine specialist for Martignetti Companies of New Hampshire Craig Pierce and owner of Michael Timothy’s Dining Group restaurants Michael Buckley. The judges will taste and evaluate each dish based on flavor, texture, presentation and creativity in utilizing the secret ingredients. The winner will be announced at the end of the night and awarded a Steel Chef engraved chef’s knife.

• BREAKFAST AT INA’S Showing of the documentary Breakfast at Ina’s, including a special gala brunch before the film and a post film discussion with Ina Pinkney. Pinkney will also be selling and signing her acclaimed cookbooks. Sun., March 26, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. South Eastern Regional Education Center, 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford. $36, $48.50 after March 20. Search event on brownpapertickets.com.

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The chefs chosen to compete this year include Jason Seavey, executive chef at Havenwood Heritage Heights in Concord; Tony Bomba, chef at Lago Restaurant in Meredith; Evan Hennessey, chef and coowner of Stages at One Washington in Dover; and Bryan Leary, executive chef at the Inn at Pleasant Lake in New London.

A total of 14 chefs applied; to qualify, applicants must be active, professionallevel chefs currently employed at a New Hampshire establishment. The committee charged with choosing the four chefs conducted a series of phone and in-person interviews, looking for chefs who exhibit a high level of culinary creativity, a vibrant personality and excellent stage presence.

“I know it was very difficult for [the committee] to whittle it down to just four people,” Mellitt said. “There are so many talented chefs in New Hampshire.”

For general updates about the event and profiles of this year’s competing chefs, follow the hashtag #SteelChef on social media.

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• LIGHTEN UP LIGHT BEER SPLIT-A-BATCH Brew light beers including a lager (Stella Our Try), a pale ale (Majestic Pale Ale), and a session IPA (Chillax). Sun., March 5, noon. Incredibrew, 112 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua. $30 bottles not included, $40 including bottles. Visit incredibrew.com.

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• LEARNING WINE LANGUAGE AND SECRETS OF SOMMELIERS Learn how to discern different smells and flavors in wines, why to decant a wine and the importance of how to serve it at the right temperature and in the right style of glass.

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only toward people committing to veganism, but also toward people looking to incorporate more produce into their diet.

“Not everyone can be totally vegan; for some people it’s not healthy for them,” she said. “But we’ll talk about how to make small changes in that direction and how to reframe a plate so that vegetables are the star of the show and it’s not all dependent on animal products.”

Fletcher will give a cooking demonstration of eight to 10 vegan recipes, such as vegan sushi, nut cheese, raw dessert and winter salads. Many of the recipes will highlight seasonal produce from local farms such as squash, onions and other root vegetables.

After the demonstration, participants will have an opportunity to taste the dishes and will be given the recipes to take home.

The workshop will focus on quick and easy recipes that people with any level of cooking experience can make on their own.

“I’m all about shortcuts and prioritizing and practicality when it comes to cooking,” Fletcher said. “I want people to feel excited and empowered about being in the kitchen and being able to prepare the foods that make them feel good. That’s my root cause.”

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Local vegan chef Christine Fletcher has set out to redefine veganism and encourage people to view it not as a mere label but as a mentality.

“Sometimes people jump back when they hear ‘vegan,’ but it’s not about eliminating whole sections of the grocery store,” she said.

“It’s more of a direction. It’s about having a sense of awareness about where food comes from and how our choices impact the world around us.”

On Friday, March 10, at Ohana Yoga in Contoocook, Fletcher will present an introductory workshop on vegan cuisine, focusing not on the restrictions, but on the possibilities of eating a plant-based diet.

The workshop will include dialogue about the benefits of eating vegan, both for personal health and for the environment; how to choose foods that work in harmony with your body; ways to support local farms and utilize the local produce that’s available this time of year; how to prepare balanced and delicious plant-based meals and how to modify your favorite meals to make them vegan without sacrificing taste or nutrition.

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More than 100 wine varieties from vineyards around the world will be available for sipping at Concord Hospital’s Heart of the Grape Wine Tasting Benefit.

The 12th annual tasting takes place Friday, March 3, at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.

“It seems to be enjoyed by many,” event coordinator Jessica Bailey said. “It’s a great atmosphere where people who are new to wine can get their feet wet, and it’s good for the people who are really into wine.

They always compliment us on the wine selection.”

Upon arriving, guests will be provided with a glass to use for sampling as they make their way around the expo-style tasting.

Wine tables will be lined up around the perimeter of the ballroom, each manned by a distribution rep who will be pouring the samples and answering any questions the guests may have about the wine. At the center of the room, there will be tables with charcuterie, cheese and cracker spreads.

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Where: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord When: Friday, March 3, 7 to 9 p.m., for general admission; VIP tasting and Grape Expectations program begin at 6 p.m.

Cost: General admission $40, VIP $75, Grape Expectations $120. Tickets can be purchased online; a limited number of general admission tickets will be available at the door the day of the tasting.

Visit: giveto.concordhospital.org/events/ wine-tasting

There will not be an option to order wines on the spot, but guests will be given a program with the full list of featured wines so they can make notes of the wines they like, and each wine table will have info cards that make it easy to locate or order that wine at a New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlet store.

In addition to the wines and light hors d’oeuvres, the tasting will have tables from several local restaurants, including Granite Restaurant & Bar, The Common Man, O Steaks & Seafood, Granite State Candy Shoppe and Firefly American Bistro & Bar. “In the past they’ve brought things like mac and cheese and crab cakes,” Bailey said. “It’s usually one of their appetizers or something that’s a staple on their menu that people can easily eat on the go.”

Those looking to get more out of the tasting can opt for the VIP experience, which includes admission to the tasting one hour early, exclusive access to higher-end wines and a complimentary Riedel wine glass to take home.

For an even more VIP experience, guests can purchase tickets for the Grape Expectations Wine Tasting where a rep from Riedel wine glass company will talk about how glassware affects the wine tasting experience and how to choose the best glassware for different kinds of wines. Participants will get to taste wine from various styles of Riedel glasses and take a full set of the glasses home.

“It’s really to help people learn why there are so many types of wine glasses,” Bailey said. “They’ll get to see how, if they drink a wine out of a plastic cup and then drink it from a nice Chardonnay glass, there is a significant difference.”

Proceeds from the tasting will benefit the patients of Concord Hospital’s Breast Care Center.

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Beer, wine & liquor dinners • TUSCAN WINE DINNER Dinner featuring renowned Italian chef, AIS-certified sommelier and author Sarah Fioroni.

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• ST. PATTY’S DINNER PAIRING Five-course dinner paired with five Pipe Dream beers. Thurs., March 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Pipe Dream Brewing, 49 Harvey Road, Londonderry. $60. Visit facebook.com/pipedreambrewing.

Beer, wine & liquor festivals & special events • PORTSMOUTH BEER WEEK Ten-day celebration of beer featuring brewery tours, tasting events and more. Sat., Feb. 26, to Mon., March 6.

Portsmouth, NH, 03801 Portsmouth., Visit portsmouthbeerweek.com for full list of events happening throughout the week.

• SPRING WINE SPECTACULAR Wine tasting event features 80 high quality wines poured along with craft beer, appetizers, steak tips, cheese, fine chocolate and more. Fri., March 17, 6 to 9 p.m. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua. $35. Call 204-5569.

Beer, wine & liquor tastings • BULLET WHISKEY Promo night. Tues., March 7, 8 to 9 p.m.

Central Ale House , 23 Central St. , Manchester. Call 935-7779.

• HIGHLAND WINE MERCHANTS TASTING Thurs., March 9, 5 to 8 p.m. Lucia’s Bodega, 30 Indian Rock Road, Windham. Visit facebook.com/ HighlandWineMerchants.

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guidance of a chef instructor to make an Italian-themed meal with spinach lasagna roll-ups and cannoli bites. Once they’re done cooking, families can dine together in the class kitchen.

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• NIGHT AT THE QUILL Dinner at the student-run, finedining restaurant to benefit the Easter Seals programs. Wed., March 29, 5 to 8 p.m. The Quill Restaurant at SNHU, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. $65.

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Church & charity suppers/bake sales • IRISH THEME DINNER Ham dinner, coffee, tea, desserts, 50/50 raffle and performance by the O’Halloran Irish Step Dancers. Sat., March 4, 5:30 p.m. St. Patrick’s Church, 12 Main St., Pelham. $10 for adults, $5 for kids under age 12.

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• PIE, BAKE & BOOK SALE Snack and lunch items are available, all to benefit Union Congregational Church. Sat., March 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Union Congregational Church, 80 Main St., Union. Call Betty at 473-2727.

• CHOWDER LUNCHEON Features fish chowder and corn chowder served with homemade bread, coffee or tea, and choice of homemade pie slice for dessert. Take-out is also available.

Tues., March 14, and March 28, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Greenland Parish House, 44 Post Road, Greenland. $8 per person. Call 436-8336 or visit communitychurchofgreenland.org.

• COMMUNITY SOUP NIGHT Bring a soup, a bread or dessert, and your own bowl and spoon. Fri., March 24, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Dunbarton Public Library, 1004 School St., Dunbarton Center, Dunbarton. Call 774-3546.

Classes/workshops • BAKING ZEN BROWNIES Hands-on course teaches fundamental brownie techniques and chemistry and how to create your perfect brownie. There will be plenty to bring home after the class. Wed., March 8, 6 to 8 p.m. Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm St., Manchester. Cost is $65 per person. Call 625-4043 or visit dancinglion.us.

• VEGETARIAN SERIES: MARCH MENU Learn the art of meatless cooking. Participants work independently under the guidance of a chef. Make two to

four servings of the recipe. Menu features beet salad with arugula, goat cheese and walnuts, lentil and mushroom shepherd’s pie, and spice-poached pears. Sun., March 12 and March 26, 4 to 6 p.m. The Culinary Playground, 16 Manning Street, Suite 105, Derry. $60. Visit culinary-playground.com.

• MAPLE SYRUP IN SAVORY AND SWEET PREPARATIONS Part of the Winemaker’s Kitchen Cooking Class Series.

Learn to prepare a meal with dishes paired or prepared with LaBelle wines. The menu includes maple season cocktails, maple crusted chicken tenders and bacon waffles with dipping sauce and sweet potato tots (paired with Tempest) and maple churros (paired with Dulce). Wed., March 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. LaBelle Winery, 345 Route 101, Amherst. $25. Call 672-9898 or visit labellewineryevents.com.

• INTRODUCTION TO CHOCOLATE Learn the history and myth-perceptions of chocolate, make chocolate like the Mayans by grinding beans, and taste four different chocolates. Thurs., March 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dancing Lion Chocolate, 917 Elm St., Manchester. Cost is $45 per person. Call 625-4043 to register. Visit dancinglion.us.

• ST. PATTY DAY PARTY Create your own “Pot of Gold” for St. Patrick’s Day with decorating a 6” vanilla cake, marbled with green and chocolate batter with a choice of Vanilla or Bailey’s Irish Cream butter cream with gold glitter, three chocolate dipped strawberries and fondant shamrocks. Thurs., March 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Jump N Joy , 477 Province Road, # 3, Laconia. $35. Call 527-8020 or visit ooolalacreativecakes.com.

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than their green predecessors. When the brown spots appear on its peel, it means the banana is producing Tumor Necrosis Factor, a cancer-fighting ingredient that can attack sick cells in the human body.

Knowing those benefits, I went on a search for some other way to use my browning bananas, which are actually incredibly versatile. While you might prefer to throw your overripe ones into a smoothie or some banana bread, I’ll be digging into these banana oat pancakes. They were super easy to make and a great alternative to the original if you’re gluten-free or want to avoid the box mix.

— Allison Willson Dudas applesauce as alternative) Serving suggestions: with syrup, with berries and yogurt, with jelly, with peanut butter & jelly (think sandwich alternative!)

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Flip when bubbles appear, cooking until slightly browned. Serve hot. Store in fridge and reheat in toaster.

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Food tours • WINE AND CHOCOLATE TOUR OF SOUTHERN NH Six-hour tour is an introduction to southern New Hampshire’s wineries and chocolate makers. Sat., March 11, 11 a.m. 125 S. River Road, Bedford. $59. Purchase tickets on Eventbrite.

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One upright banana turned to the other one and said, “Why don’t they just put him out of his misery?” The second upright banana replied, “They are saving him for something called ‘banana bread.’” Whenever I see an overripe banana, I think only of banana bread. The thing is, I don’t make banana bread often so I either dole out the overripe bananas to my family or, rarely, discard them.

Bananas actually change as they ripen.

When green and unripe, they are starchy and not very sweet. As they ripen, the starch breaks down into sugar. While ripe bananas are not so great for a Type 2 diabetic, they are safe and wonderful for the rest of us. The organization Simple Organic Life alluded to a Japanese study done on bananas in various stages. Upon ripening, bananas contain more antioxidants

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Girl Scout cookie season is upon us. If you’re going to eat them (because let’s face it — they are irresistible once they are in the house), you might as well pair them with your favorite beverage. Here are suggestions that I found online from several experts, along with my own. I am not an expert, but I am offering my suggestions anyway.

If you’re pairing anything with wine, most experts would say start with the lightest and go from there. The same could be said about beer.

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another suggested pairing because it is lightbodied and fruity. This pairing will also create a peanut butter and jelly scenario. Moonlight Meadery’s Coffee in Bed could also make an interesting combination.

Trefoils Beer: Craft Beer & Brewing suggest trying a smoked porter or a coffee stout. I would (shortbread cookies) Wine: All of the experts overwhelmingly even venture to try this cookie with Able suggest pairing this basic shortbread cook- Ebenezer’s Burn the Ships and see how the ie with Champagne or a sparkling wine. The smokiness stands up against the peanut butter. rich, buttery taste will pair nicely with the liveliness of the bubbly and bring out the fla- Tagalongs vors of the wine. I may also try a vinho verde (peanut butter & cookie covered in since it has some effervescence. chocolate) Beer: Craft Beer & Brewing suggests the Wine: According to experts, this cookfollowing beers: Smuttynose Brewing Co.’s ie goes well with Madeira, or a wine with a Baltic Porter and Oskar Blues Old Chub. hint of fruit and sweetness like a zinfandel.

They also suggest an IPA to contrast with the I would also try it with local fruit wines like buttery biscuit quality of the cookie.

Sweet Baby Vineyard’s Raspberry Wine or Hermit Woods Winery’s Deep Blue.

Samoas Beer: The Beer Chicks offer Wells & (cookie with caramel & coconut) Youngs Banana Bread Beer as an ideal pairWine: This is one of my all-time favorite ing. I happen to love this idea because it Girl Scout cookies due to its combination of combines three things I like: bananas, chocchocolate, coconut and caramel. Huffington olate and peanut butter.

Post food suggests pairing this cookie with Spirit: First We Feast suggests Johnny port, and I have to agree. The sweetness of the Drum by Willett because it can stand up to port pairs nicely with the notes of the cookie, the richness of the cookie. and its smoothness will counter the ever so slight crunch and texture. Moonlight Mead- Thin Mints ery’s Blissful could also be a great match.

Wine: I wouldn’t typically drink wine Beer: Craft Beer & Brewing suggests and eat a mint cookie. I like mint foods, but a barley wine as a match for this cookie to this combination is very odd to me. Howcomplement the toasted coconut. Other sug- ever, experts suggest syrah or port. Their gestions include an IPA and coconut porter. richness can stand up to the chocolate and Try Squam Brewing’s “The Camp” Barley- mint in the cookie. wine Ale. Beer: A beer pairing I can get behind, and Spirit: According to First We Feast, Craft Beer & Brewing suggests, is a chocoAngel’s Envy Rye is a good match for the late stout, which I think is a genius idea. A Samoas because its brown sugar and cinna- beer with some coffee, chocolate or caramel mon work well with the coconut in the cookie. notes will complement the cookies and its weight will match the cookie crunch. They Do-Si-Dos do point out, however, that these beers tend to (peanut butter sandwich) have a higher alcohol content, so extra cookWine: I like the idea of turning this pair- ies may be needed! ing into a peanut butter and jelly situation. It Try Henniker Brewing Co.’s The Roast, doesn’t necessarily mean grape jelly, either. a seasonal winter stout with gourmet coffee To make this happen, you need a fruity, beans roasted exclusively for them by Conjammy wine. What comes to mind for me cord’s own White Mountain Coffee Roasters. is Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz, a South African Spirit: First We Feast suggests pairing Thin red wine that would go nicely with the pea- Mints with Basil Hayden’s because its peppernut butter. Zweigelt, an Austrian red wine, is mint notes will complement the cookie.

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Tinariwen, Elwan (Anti- Records)

This world-rock band is from Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa that’s had a good amount of political turmoil. Owing to the constant string of crises in that country over the decades, bandleader-guitarist Ibrahim Ag Alhabib is always in on-again offagain status for touring, a long story in itself, but regardless of that, he and his crew keep their musical heads held high, finding positivity among the ruins and making raw 1960s-B- movie-blues out of it. Their niche is eloquently and correctly noted as “desert blues,” a label that does nail it; the tunes generally involve Alhabib croaking over a mixture of his rawboned, scratchy electric guitar and the staunch percussive workings of his eight cohorts, most of whom brandish standard rock instruments, with the occasional calabash thrown in for good measure. A bullet description would be “music for bombing around in a cushionless Jeep in the Sahara” — yeah, it’s that cool. A+ — Eric W. Saeger Eisley, I’m Only Dreaming (Equal Vision Records)

One could get cynical over the relatively minor degree of nepotism that launched this Partridge Family-esque indie-bubblegum group into the lower stratosphere, but it’s a reach. If anything, it might be fair to suspect the DuPree parents of forcing these kids to take on the role of house band at their parents’ part-time rock venue. Right, it’s not this space’s function to question parental motives nor even the record industry’s underbelly for that matter, but in this case I must confess being slightly mystified that the band’s uneventful single “Smarter” ever charted as high as it did. By the same token, at least it wasn’t your typical Avril Lavigne-ish explosion of musical clown-confetti where every bar was trying to be a Broadway show-stopper — it was more like a Ke$ha B-side. This new LP has some fine stuff, beginning with “Always Wrong,” an ambitious cruiser that finds common ground between Echosmith and Natalie Merchant.

“Defeatist” is awesome too, a little trip-hop injected into the ’80s and ’90s quirk-chick vibe. The melodies are terrific here, way above most records that stump for the soccer mom vote. B- — Eric W. Saeger

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• Now you know you’ve gotten old: Cali-based indie-rockers Grandaddy put out their first album 20 years ago! Remember that album, Under the Western Freeway, and the one circus-time song that ended up being used on 28 Days Later, and how the whole thing sounded like it was recorded on a budget of pocket lint? And then you heard something about their breaking up and you imagined them all working at Arby’s, but then they played some festivals, and maybe you even heard that they’d be releasing Last Place, their first album since 2006? Well, those rumors are true. “Way We Won’t,” the single, is a Calexico-vs.-Flaming Lips-ish bit of broke-down trudge-pop that’d be the coolest thing ever if it was done by some mummy like Rod Stewart, but in this case it’s kind of commercial and may not make their fans happy.

And what care I of that? Not one whit, just trying to make all the senile Grandaddy fans happy in the nursing home.

• Seattle pseudo-proggers Minus the Bear, as I’ve said many times, are awesome. I’ve grown up enough to admit they aren’t the greatest band in history, but they are a lot better than most of the other new alt-jazz-pop bands who intentionally muck up their hard-rock-pop tunes with cheesy noises. VOIDS, their new album, is on its way directly, and the latest single is “Invisible,” a crazy-good song that combines a spazzy Animal Collective fractal and the sort of Asia-like tech-pop they invented for the album Omni. Great song, not the greatest thing ever, but close.

• Not that it’s any of his business, but Noel Gallagher of Oasis thinks everyone should be into psych-pop band Temples, who are from Kettering, U.K. You blinked and missed it when they were on Jimmy Fallon and Ellen, so you just march right to YouTube right this minute and familiarize yourself. Or not. Who cares? Their second LP, Volcano, is due out March 3, spotlighting the tune “Certainly,” an airy, pleasant bit of electro-zapped ’80s-style dance pop, like if Dexy’s Midnight Runners hadn’t sucked. Pumped or what?

• I should probably be talking about the new Alexis Taylor album, but I don’t know if you awesome, super-intelligent readers know about her (she’s in Hot Chip) or Nadia Reid, who won the coin toss for this last slot in this week’s word-fricassee. Good, you have no idea who either of those people are, let’s proceed.

Reid is from New Zealand, and her new full-length is Preservation, which has a single titled “The Arrow and The Aim,” a strummy, desolate track that’s basically like Sarah McLachlan covering Chris Isaak. To me she looks like Amy Schumer’s bookish sister, if that helps your buying decision. — Eric W. Saeger

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Robert Crawford’s goal as Derry’s first poet laureate is to make the art form more mainstream in town — no easy task.

“Some people would rather do almost anything — have a root canal — over reading or writing poetry,” Crawford said, laughing, via phone last week. “If I could do anything, I’d like to make poetry more popular again, and show that poetry can be a powerful and inspiring art form.”

Staff at the Derry Public Library selected Crawford for his writing (his books include Too Much Explanation Can Ruin a Man and The Empty Chair) and his work establishing the Frost Farm Poetry Conference and the Hyla Brook Poets writing workshop and reading series at Robert Frost Farm. The Derry Town Council endorsed this decision Jan. 24.

Library Director Cara Barlow conceptualized the position about a year ago, though initially she envisioned it as a DPL poet-in-residence.

“But as I started to think about it, it seemed to make more sense to have a poet laureate of the town, since poetry is such a big part of the Derry history and Derry community,” Barlow said. “The purpose of this program is to support the local reading and writing community, and also to bring some positive attention to the town of Derry.”

In the next two years, Crawford will work closely with the DPL to formulate programming at the library via an on-site office reserved for the poet laureate, from workshops and lectures to a poetry contest named after Derry’s first librarian, Rev. W. E. Gaskin. Barlow also hopes to create an appointment committee to choose the next Derry poet laureate in two years, drawing applications from residents of Pinkerton towns: Derry, Hampstead, Chester, Candia, Hooksett and Auburn.

It’s important to Barlow that the programming coming out of this effort be active.

This was also her intention in starting Derry Author Fest, which celebrates its third year this May. “I’m very interested in helping people learn how to pursue their interests outside of a social setting, and the public library’s a perfect place to do that,” Barlow said.

“It’s important we’re not offering passive programming, but programming you can participate in. I wanted Author Fest to be a how-to event, not an event where you go and listen to an author do a reading. I wanted to help people increase their skills and make social connections that will help them.

I think the programming we do with the poet laureate will be similar to that.”

And, in her opinion, Crawford is one of the best people to start things out.

“I’m not a poet, and I’ve never done anything like this before, and he has some connections with the poetry community,” Barlow said.

Crawford, a Chester resident, is a big player in Derry poetry organizations, but he came to the art form later in life. He moved to the area in 1994 in search of the simple life after working at the Pentagon. Having grown up in Gilford, Crawford always dreamed of coming home and owning a white house with a wood stove, writing Tom Clancy-like novels. But it was less fun than he anticipated.

“I got so bored. Slowly, I became more interested in the words,” Crawford said. “The actual sound and rhythm and beauty of them put together.”

While working as an evening librarian at the Chester College of New England, he took out every book he could find on poetry. One of the most notable was Introduction to Poetry by X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, which was heavy on form and meter.

“At the time, I didn’t think anyone wrote that way anymore,” Crawford said. “The more I found out, the more I started to enjoy writing in meter and rhyme. That’s how I discovered Robert Frost.”

Of course, he’d known Frost’s work, having read “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” in school, but he felt a different appreciation after studying the craft. Or maybe it was just living in the same town where Frost did so much writing. Crawford became a trustee at the farm and co-established a few Derry poetry events and contests, mostly because he felt somebody should.

“When I first discovered that Robert Frost lived in Derry, one of the things that surprised me was there had been no … ongoing poetry activity associated with the farm. I thought it was a shame, because boy, that’s an amazing draw for poets, Robert Frost Farm,” Crawford said.

Poetry and writing in Derry Robert Frost Birthday bash: With Rick Holmes Monday, March 20, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the library Derry Author Fest: Saturday, May 6, times and details TBA; there will be a Hyla Brook Poets and Frost Farm Poetry Conference table at the event, at the Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry, free for all Hyla Brook Poets: Reading series is at Robert Frost Farm typically June through September, visit robertfrostfarm.com/hyla Frost Farm Poetry Conference: Friday, June 16, through Sunday, June 18, at Frost Farm $310 (includes food), aimed at writing/ teaching metrical poetry, frostfarmpoetry.org

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The One Hundred Nights of Hero, Isabel Greenberg (Little, Brown and Company, 224 pages) Isabel Greenberg was universally lauded for her first graphic novel, 2013’s Encyclopedia of Early Earth.

Say what you want about Greenberg’s writing or art, but clearly, she’s a genius at timing.

According to Publishers Weekly, sales of graphic novels grew 23 percent in 2015, after 16-percent growth in 2014. Of course, that may be because there’s more of them to sell; the market is so hot that it even found room for a graphic novel called Clinton Cash.

In her new book, The One Hundred Nights of Hero, Greenberg dabbles in politics, too, skewering the male power structure that hobbles the mythical city of Migdal Bavel (first introduced in Encyclopedia of Early Earth), and maybe, just maybe, occupies some pockets of Earth today.

While her first book lays out a tapestry of tales — some original, some ancient and embellished — that explain the origins of the planet, The One Hundred Nights of Hero zeroes in on two young women living in this peculiar world where the gods are all birds: the unhappily married Cherry and the titular lover/handmaid, Hero.

Cherry got married because, well, she had to; this isn’t Utopia, but Early Earth governed by a deeply misogynistic god, BirdMan, and his equally repulsive minions. But the marriage (to “a second rate man with a second rate mind”) has not been consummated, and Cherry’s husband believes that this is proof of his wife’s virtue, not his own loathsomeness.

He is so convinced of his wife’s piety, in fact, that he makes a wager with his equally loathsome best friend. He will stay away from his castle for 100 nights. If his friend — who looks vaguely like the villain in the Perils of Pauline — can seduce and bed the virtuous Cherry, he can have her, and the castle, to boot.

The friend figures he can’t lose. If he can’t win Cherry over, he’ll just rape her; he’ll win anyway.

But Cherry and Hero hatch a plan. Hero will beguile the lech with stories, stories so fanciful and compelling that they will continue one night after another, with the beast putting off the deflowering of Cherry until the stories are finished, or at least until he grows wise to the scheme.

Inside that literary scaffolding unfolds a collection of stories — some call them myths; others, history. Hero, it turns out, is part of a line of secret storytellers, secrecy being neces-

sary because in this Medieval society it’s forbidden for women to read or express any sort of creativity. Even sassiness is a capital offense.

The stories that Hero tells are worthy of Clarissa Pinkola Estes, the Jungian scholar whose classic Women Who Run With The Wolves set the standard for wild-woman storytelling. She may even repeat some of them.

There is the child mothered by the moon, who occasionally comes to Earth in human form to take a lover; there are the five sisters who possessed a skill that was “sinful and wicked and was absolutely verboten for women in the Empire of Migdal Bavel” — they read and they wrote — until one of them was found out, and it ended badly for them all.

There are the sisters who unbeknownst to each other were engaged to the same man until one accidentally kills the other, leading to this conclusion: “Lesson: Men are false. And they can get away with it. Also, don’t murder your sister, even by accident.

Sisters are important.”

At this point, it’s looking like all men in this universe are pigs, but there are, in fact, a few that escaped from the sty: the moon’s lover, for one, and also the Plucky Farm Boy (yes, that’s his name) who helps 12 sisters whose father has forbidden them to dance. It’s in this last story that Greenberg’s saucy wit really shines, though her caustic commentary dribbles into the margins throughout the book.

When writing, for example, that the Plucky Farm Boy had 11 older brothers, Greenberg has the young man say, “Grandmother. It seems to me that a remarkably satisfying bit of plot symmetry is going on!”

Overall, it’s a smart story that, like a Russian nesting doll, builds upon layers that are occasionally dark. A happy ending is not guaranteed for Cherry and Hero, as Greenberg reveals her willingness to kill the good guys early on. The art is satisfyingly complex, as is the storyline. This is a true graphic novel, not a glorified comic book.

Then again, it’s a graphic novel and as such won’t appeal to everyone, even those who share Greenberg’s distaste for the beaked patriarchy. And even those who appreciate the art — and don’t mind a book entirely written in italics — will find it too clunky and heavy to read for long periods of time comfortably. There will be no cat curling up on your chest. Also, there are no page numbers — what’s up with that?

For the genre, however, it’s a worthy addition to a Tolkien-like universe Greenberg is creating.

B — Jennifer Graham

POP CULTURE BOOKS

Book Report

• Erica Dunbar: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, who teaches black studies and history at the University of Delaware, first learned about George Washington’s runaway slave, Ona Judge, about 20 years ago while researching her first book, A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City, in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania archives. She was fascinated by Judge, who lived out the rest of her life in Greenland, New Hampshire.

“I thought, why don’t I know who this Ona Judge woman is?” Dunbar said via phone last week. “I said to myself, I’m going to come back and find out details about her when I finish up this book. … When I came back, it became clear why so little had been done on her. Facts were scarce. She was a person who wanted to remain anonymous the majority of her life.”

Much of Dunbar’s research was done in New Hampshire, including Portsmouth, Concord and Exeter, and she was able to fill in the blanks thanks to her scholarship and work in similar topics. The result, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, looks at the state of the country at the time through an enslaved person and gives a full account of Judge’s life. Dunbar promotes the book at events this Thursday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m., at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord, gibsonsbookstore.com, and on Saturday, March 5, at 2 p.m., at the Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, portsmouthhistory.org.

• Live literature and stories: The final for the New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s Three Minute Fiction Slam is Thursday, March 9, at 7 p.m., at the New Hampshire Institute of Art’s French Hall Auditorium, 148 Concord St., Manchester. Semifinal winners from around the state will read short fiction pieces for audiences and a panel of judges, with the crown being a free ticket to New Hampshire Writers’ Day. Visit nhwritersproject. org for details. New Hampshire’s Poetry Out Loud final occurs at the Statehouse, 107 N. Main St., Concord, Friday, March 10, at 6 p.m., at which time students from around the state will compete for the opportunity to represent New Hampshire at the national Poetry Out Loud Championship, reciting famous work aloud. Eight thousand students from 40 New Hampshire high schools have competed during the 2016-2017 school year. If you want your chance to get up on stage, the New Hampshire Institute of Art recently announced details for its Storytelling Festival Saturday, April 8. Submissions are due by March 17, with brief descriptions to be sent to membership@ nhia.edu. Visit nhia.edu. — Kelly Sennott

Books Author Events • KRISTA TIPPETT Author talks about Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. Part of Writers on a New England Stage series.

Thurs., March 2, at 7 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $13.75; to secure copy of book, purchase voucher

in advance ($17). Visit the musichall.org. Call 436-2400.

• ERICA ARMSTRONG DUNBAR Author talks about Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. Thurs., March 2, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com. Second event Sun., March

5, at 2 p.m. Discover Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth. Visit portsmouthhistory. org.

• WILLIAM R. GRASER Author talks about Veterans’ Reflections: History Preserved.

Sat., March 4, at 2 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord.

• SHANNON STIRNWEIS Author signs and discusses 80 Years Behind the Brush. Sat., March 4, at 2 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Call 924-3543.

• SHARON WILSIE, GRETCHEN VOGEL Authors talk about Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide. Sat., March 4, at 11 a.m.

Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Call 9243543.

• RICHARD ADAMS CAREY Author talks about In the Evil Day. Tues., March 7, at 7 p.m.

Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St., Dover. Call 516-6050.

• E.C. AMBROSE Author talks about Elisha Mancer, book 4 in Dark Apostle series. Thurs., March 9, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit thedarkapostle.com.

• LAURA FEDOLFI Author talks about Revealing Hannah.

Sat., March 11, at 2 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com.

• DAVID NAGEL Author talks about Needless Suffering: How Society Fails Those With Chronic Pain. Sat., March 11, at 3 p.m.

Toadstool Bookshop, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks. com.

• MEG KEARNEY Author signs and discusses When You Never Said Goodbye: An Adoptee’s Search for Her Birth Mother. Sat., March 11, at 11 a.m.

Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Call 9243543.

• MICHAEL FINKEL Journalist talks about The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. Tues., March 14, at 7 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $40, includes reserved seat, copy of book, bar beverage, book signing meet-and-greet.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Get Out (R)

A man’s trip to meet his girlfriend’s parents quickly gets creepy in Get Out, a smart, funny horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele of Key & Peele fame.

Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) is nervous about meeting girlfriend Rose Armitage’s (Allison Williams) family, all the more so when she tells him she hasn’t mentioned to her white parents that Chris is black. She tells him not to worry, that though her dad might go on at length about how much he likes President Obama, her mom (Catherine Keener) and dad (Bradley Whitford) are nice people and not racists.

Awkward Obama praise, however, is only a small part of the weirdness Chris encounters when he arrives at the Armitages’ secluded country home. Even Rose’s brother Jeremy (Caleb Landry Jones), who appears to be a menacing psychopath, isn’t the weirdest part of the visit. The Armitages’ groundskeeper Walter (Marcus Henderson) and housekeeper Georgina (Betty Gabriel), both African-American, behave oddly.

Chris thinks at first that they may be disapproving of his relationship with Rose, but as time goes on he starts to suspect something stranger, especially after he meets Logan (Lakeith Stanfield). An African-American of about Chris’s age, Logan appears to be in a relationship with a much older white woman who is friends with Rose’s parents. At an uncomfortable party hosted by the Armitages, Chris is at first happy to see Logan but his strange behavior deepens Chris’s suspicions, especially after a camera flash makes

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Logan suddenly grab Chris and shout “get out!” The movie’s very earliest scenes clue us in on what Chris only suspects, which is that “get out” is not a threat but a desperate warning.

What’s the big scary thing at the center of Get Out? Racism! Specifically, how race shades so many different kinds of interactions and ways that people relate to each other. There is the straightforwardseeming racism of a brief encounter Chris has with a police officer on the way to the Armitages’ house. There is the different kind of racially charged reaction that Chris expects (and receives) when he meets the Armitage family. There is the passively menacing response of the smiling gray-

haired couples at the Armitages’ party.

Then there are Chris’s own perceptions, what he thinks is behind the behavior of Rose’s brother, why he suspects the Armitages’ staff might not like him. Race, all the twisty ways that it alters people’s perceptions and all the baggage that can come with interracial interactions in America, serves to amp up the tension and menace in Get Out. It also serves as sort of a clever distraction for a much weirder but still race related plot twist.

Without giving away too much, the movie heads off somewhere unexpected in a way that allows for some amped up hysteria (and even notes of camp, in the

best possible way) at the end of the movie.

What appears to be one thing turns out to be a much stranger kind of horror but still a sharp commentary on what it can mean to deny the humanity of a group of people.

All of this is exceptionally well-constructed, with the movie playing with perception and preconceived ideas as well as giving the viewer the ability to figure some things out for themselves.

In addition to being smart, Get Out is also funny, as you would expect from Peele. Kaluuya does a good job playing the straight man to the weirdness around him but with considerably more normal reactions that most of your horror movie protagonists. He mixes his “I’m sure it’s nothing” with “something’s going on here.” The meeting with the Armitages is inherently awkward, and so he rolls with the oddness, even as all these individual nothings are clearly adding up in his mind to something.

We also get humor from scenes with Rod Williams (Lil Rel Howery), Chris’s friend and the person watching his dog while he’s away. Rod is much quicker to be suspicious that Chris is in trouble and his character’s payoff is perfect.

Get Out is a deeply enjoyable horror film that sticks the landing in a way so many in its genre don’t. A Rated R for violence, bloody images, and language including sexual references.

Written and directed by Jordan Peele, Get Out is an hour and 43 minutes long and distributed by Universal Pictures.

AT THE MULTIPLEX

Reviewlets: Special Oscar wrap-up edition Apparently, you can take the calendar out of 2016 but you can’t take the 2016 out of our collective cultural events.

I was wrong about so many winners of Sunday’s Oscar awards — out of 14 predicted categories, I guessed right only seven times (worse than my usual 60 to 66 percent).

But the surprise winners made for a more interesting show and, after predicting a win for La La Land but declaring my preference for Arrival, I found myself, by the end of the show, really pulling for an out-of-nowhere Hidden Figures win. And, of course, that come-from-sobehind-we-thought-we-lost spot went to Moonlight, whose well-deserved victory was good-naturedly announced by one of the La La Land group who had just

won for best foreign film.

I haven’t seen it yet but it is scheduled to come to the Music Hall Loft in Portsmouth Tuesday, March 7, through Thursday, March 9, at 7 p.m., according to Amazon.com. The movie comes from Amazon Studios, so check the website for updated release information.) As always, my picks for mustsee-now films are marked with a *. thought they’d won.

Here, with the exception of the one winning film I didn’t see, is a rundown of the winners of the 89th Academy Awards and where to find them. Theater information is as of Feb. 27 and very likely to change March 3. (The Salesman, a film from Iran,

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*Moonlight (R) Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders.

And Alex Hibbert, all playing the same character, a boy named Chiron, at three points in his life. Neglected by his mother (Naomie Harris) as she sinks into addiction, the child Chiron befriends a fatherly drug

sweetheart. Gentle but at times tough to watch, Moonlight offers a compelling character study. Other Oscar wins included that stunner of a best picture victory and best adapted screenplay for Barry Jenkins (who also directed the movie) and Tarell Alvin McCraney. A Currently playing on screens in the Boston area, Moonlight is available now for home viewing.

dealer (played by Mahershala Ali, who won best supporting actor for this role). Bullied at school, the teen Chiron also gets a glimpse of romance with his friend, the only boy who is nice to him. Hard and emotionally walled-off as a man, adult Chiron tentatively revisits this could-have-been

La La Land (PG-13) Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling.

Still a big winner on Oscar night, La La Land took home prizes for best director (Damien Chazelle), best actress for Stone, best original song (for “City of Stars”), original score, production design and cinematography.

This bright-colored fairy tale of life at the edge of the

entertainment industry in Los Angeles is a sweet romance.

It has also had just enough hype that I strongly recommend letting some time pass before you see it (I plan to give it a rewatch in several months and hope to see the magic that early viewers reported). B+ Currently

*Manchester by the Sea (R) Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler.

I think it was a little bit of a surprise that Affleck beat out Denzel Washington for the best actor award for his role as a broken man trying to take care of his teenage nephew after the death of his brother in this well-made if deeply sad movie. The movie also snagged a welldeserved Oscar for Kenneth Lonergan (who also directed the movie) for best original screenplay. A Available for home viewing now, Manchester by the Sea is also screening at Showcase Cinemas Lowell. *Fences (PG-13) Denzel Washington, Viola Davis.

Davis absolutely crushed all competition with her performance her as a woman whose life is upended and who has to figure out how she’s going to move forward.

In show-don’t-tell fashion, her character has a lot to say about women and this particular woman, and her role as a wife and mother in late 1950s Pittsburgh. She won a much-deserved Oscar for best supporting actress. AAvailable now for home viewing, Fences is screening in the Boston area.

Zootopia (PG) Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman.

This best animated feature winner explores the finer nuances of modern American race relations via a cartoon with adorable animals. And it works! Though perhaps a little dark at points for the youngest movie-goers, Zootopia has that textured, detail-rich story-telling that we’ve come to expect from Pixar — only Zootopia is just plain old Disney. B+ Available now for home viewing. *O.J.: Made in America (TV-MA) Though nearly eight hours long, this ESPN-produced

look at not just the life of O.J. Simpson but also race, policing, celebrity and society in Los Angeles during the span of his lifetime is the winner for best documentary feature. A Available for home viewing, it is divided into five just-over-90-minute episodes and highly watchable. *The White Helmets (TV-14) Winner for best documentary short, this 40-minute movie tells the story of the White Helmets, a group of men who rush to the scene of destruction in Syria in hope of rescuing or at least recovering people stuck in bombed and crumbled buildings. A Available via Netflix. *Piper (G) This winner for best animated short ran before Finding Dory and shows off Pixar’s excellent technical abilities at rendering water, bubbles and feathers as well as telling a sweet story. A Available for home viewing, Piper and the rest of the animated shorts block is also screening at Red River Theatres in Concord through Thursday, March 2. *Sing Winner for best live-action short, Sing was not my predicted victor but my favorite in this category. In this Hungarian (according to Wikipedia) film, children in a choir cleverly take on a bully. B+ Available for home viewing as part of the collection of Oscar-nominated animation shorts; the animated shorts block is also screening at Red River Theatres in Concord through Thursday, March 2.

Hacksaw Ridge (R) Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington.

The legitimately interesting tale of a man who refuses to carry a gun but desperately wants to join the Army during World War II gets bogged down in some weird storytelling choices, but the late-movie focus on a battle in which he works as a medic is fascinating. The movie took home best film editing and best sound mixing Oscars. B- Available now for home viewing. *Arrival (PG-13) Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner.

This chilly, fun, smart sci-fi appears to be one thing about 80 percent of the way though and turns into something else in its final act ― both things are well-acted and engrossing. Arrival won an Oscar for best sound editing. B+ Available for home viewing now.

The Jungle Book (PG) Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba.

Loosey-goosey story-telling takes a back seat to the amazing visuals, for which the movie won a best visual effects Oscar. This might be the best use of CGI to create photorealistic animation I’ve ever seen and is also a topnotch match of voice talent, character and on-screen animal. A- Available for home viewing now.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston.

This first of five planned films about a pre-Harry Potter Harry Potter universe didn’t have as much wonder or adventure as hoped but it does however, have some swell costumes, for which it received the best costume design Oscar. C+ Available for home viewing on March 7, according to iTunes.

Suicide Squad (PG-13) This decidedly not-beloved movie did get a few things right ― the Harley Quinn character, for example, and apparently makeup and hairstyling, for which it won an Oscar. C Available for home viewing now.

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RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • 20th Century Women (R, 2017) Thurs., March 2, at 2, 5:30 & 8:05 p.m.

• Lion (PG-13, 2016) Thurs., March 2, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.

• Oscar-nominated Shorts: Animated (NR, 2016) Thurs., March 2, at 2:10 & 5:35 p.m.

• Oscar-nominated Shorts: Live Action (NR, 2016) Thurs., March 2, at 7:15 p.m.

• The Eagle Huntress (G, 2016) Fri., March 3, at 7 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 1:40 & 3:40 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 1:40 & 3:40 p.m.; Mon., March 6, at 2 & 5:30 p.m.; Tues., March 7, at 2 & 5:30 p.m.; Wed., March 8, at 2 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, at 2 & 5:30 p.m.

• Moonlight (R, 2016) Fri., March 3, at 1:10 & 3:40 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 8:35 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 5:40 p.m.; Mon., March 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Tues., March 7, at 7:30 p.m.; Wed., March 8, at 7:30 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, at 7:30 p.m.

• Lion (PG-13, 2016), Fri., March 3, at 1, 3:30, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 1, 3:30 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 1, 3:30 & 6 p.m.; Mon., March 6, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.; Tues., March 7, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.; Wed., March 8, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, at 2:05, 5:25 & 8 p.m.

• I am Not Your Negro (PG13, 2016) Fri., March 3, at 2, 4, 6:05 & 8:05 p.m.; Sat., March 4, at 2, 4, 6:05 & 8:05 p.m.; Sun., March 5, at 4 & 6:05 p.m.; Mon., March 6, at 2:10, 5:40 & 7:35 p.m.; Tues., March 7, at 2:10, 5:40 & 7:35 p.m.; Wed., March 8, at 2:10, 5:40 & 7:35 p.m.; Thurs., March 9, at 2:10 & 7:30 p.m.

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• Irish light: When Black 47 disbanded in late 2014, Larry Kirwan kept busy making music, writing books — A History of Irish Music was published last year — and hosting his weekly Celtic Crush satellite radio show. His solo show in Manchester will include songs from the many stages of his career, and undoubtedly much brilliant banter. See Kirwan on Friday, March 3, at 9 p.m. at Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. Tickets are $15 at brownpapertickets.com.

• After party: In addition to his arena concert, there’s the Official Luke Bryan Pre & Post Show Bash, with a performance by Brett Young, an opening act on the tour and one of Bryan’s old friends. Anything could happen in the surprise guest department, but an intimate solo performance by Young is worth the admission price. A set by Tom Dixon and DJ music happens at the early set.

Go Friday, March 3, at 5 p.m. and post-show, Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester. Tickets are $20 at jewelnh.com.

• Little axe: Proving that great things come in small packages, the March Mandolin Festival showcases the best players of the demure guitarlike instrument. Italian virtuoso Carlo Aonzo headlines, with Tim Connell bringing a Brazilian touch, local hero Steve Roy, and Concord Community Music School Folk Department chair and multi-instrumentalist David Surette with singer-guitarist Susie Burke. Go Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m., Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Tickets are $20 at ccmusicschools.org.

• Helping out: To raise money for a local woman stricken with ALS, Maria’s Country Benefit has three area country music performers — Tom Dixon, April Cushman Duo and Canyon Run — along with dance tunes from DJ Mikey B. Appetizers, bull-riding and a cash raffle are included; the beneficiary is well-known for her work with the Manchester Animal Shelter, helping it raise over $60,000 through the years. Go Saturday, March 4, at 3 p.m. at Club Manchvegas, 50 Old Granite St., Manchester. Tickets are $20; call 315-1054.

• Blues power: At Shake Off Them Winter Blues, Granite State Blues Society celebrates both Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers and Arthur James reaching the semifinals at the recent International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The show is also a fundraiser to recoup travel costs. Go Sunday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at Sweeney Post, 251 Maple St, Manchester.

Tickets $10 at granitestateblues.org.

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When Anna Madsen set out with a sheaf full of songs to find a record producer, Pittsfield’s Rocking Horse Studio looked good in part because it was reachable on back roads.

Driving to Boston terrified the new Utah transplant; a farmhouse facility in rural New Hampshire provided the perfect opposite.

Madsen’s ensuing two-year creative journey would ultimately cross the Atlantic Ocean to find her singing on the BBC and working with members of progressive rock royalty such as Genesis, Fairport Convention and Dream Theatre. These artists were drawn to her register-scaling voice and lyrical talents. But Madsen’s strongest champion turned out to be Rocking Horse owner Brian Coombes.

After meeting by happenstance, the two would become a creative team, though Coombes was quick to clarify what that means in a recent sit-down at his studio.

“I’m the junior writer,” he said, “here to make sure we’re fulfilling her vision.”

The veteran producer brings a mad-scientist fervor to his role, tenaciously shaping Madsen’s work to perfection.

Twice, the effort led to reshaping and refining earlier songs. Madsen’s latest CD, Whisper, will be released March 3 and celebrated with a Tupelo Music Hall release show two days later. It’s her most fully realized effort, with four brilliant new songs. Six of the record’s tracks, however, began either on Madsen’s debut EP Palm Reader or on the 2016 LP Efflorescence.

“It’s our third bite of the apple,” Coombes said.

Some songs are reinvented from the ground up, like “Devil’s Garden,” which went from dreamy to danceable and pushed Madsen’s vocals to the forefront. Others are augmented; “Palm Reader” adds a new Madsen lead vocal and drums from Dave Mattacks, a legend who’s performed with Paul McCartney, Nick Drake and others.

“It was the first song I ever recorded here,” Madsen said during a preview session at the studio. “I felt tentative, and as time went by I became more confident. I think that really comes across with the reworked version.”

Madsen’s songwriting skills have also grown, as the new material shows. “If You Madsen When: Sunday, March 5, 7 p.m.

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Anna Madsen. Courtesy photo.

Run” has the lyrical economy of a great pop tune wrapped around a sinister tale of romantic duplicity.

“I’ve got a story, but it’s not a fairy tale,” she sings, while warning a friend away from the wrong man. “Paint the Town Red” is a Europop romp, and “Dead Daisies” tells a witty spinster’s tale with a sketchy narrator, who complains, “love and I don’t agree.”

“Fingerprints” is a gorgeous and revealing song, and one of Whisper’s best. Madsen wrote it after she went through a divorce last fall. Usually, she doesn’t get personal as a songwriter, instead preferring themes and stories to confession.

“I was angry, which is rare,” she said. “I don’t know what to do with those emotions. ... I never felt so much anger and hatred. I went from anger to sadness in like a day. I wrote the song and pretty much said all I needed to say.”

Madsen envisioned “Fingerprints” as a spare acoustic ballad until Coombes suggested a synthesizer progression he’d worked up.

“My starting points were ‘Time After Time,’ Genesis’s ‘Man on the Corner,’ ‘One More Night’ by Phil Collins,” he said.

Madsen agreed, though she remembered Cyndi Lauper’s song from the 1990s movie Strictly Ballroom, not the 1980s MTV hit.

The generation gap produced another funny moment. Coombes has a close bond with Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett, and produced an album last year for Genesis roadie Dale Newman. He’s giddy at the thought of Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford hearing about Madsen when they meet up with Newman to play golf. Newman has booked him into Genesis’ storied Farm Studio later this

spring when Madsen tours Europe.

Coombes, in other words, is a fan, but when the two met Phillips and Hackett for lunch last December, Madsen didn’t get it.

“I wasn’t starstruck,” she said. “I remember Phil Collins from Tarzan; I was 12 years old when that came out. It wasn’t until Ant Phillips mentioned he was uncle and godfather to Emma Watson that I freaked.”

Yes, that Emma Watson, of Hogwarts and Beauty & the Beast fame. Madsen was slightly tuned out when Phillips mentioned a niece and her audition for Harry Potter.

“I said, ‘Who are we talking about?’ Then I wanted to scream with glee,” she said. “He got the reaction he was waiting for when he said that.”

The UK is providing a healthy fan base for Madsen. Whisper’s first single, “Black Dress,” made Spotify’s Top 100, and the song charted on British iTunes. A music video, with a Pretty Woman meets 50 Shades of Gray script written by Madsen, hit YouTube in mid-January. Follow-up British television appearances are set when she returns, part of a tour that includes France, Spain and Wales.

With luck, Madsen may even land a spot on a Royal Armistice Day show happening this fall in London.

“They really liked ‘Soldier Song’ from Anna’s first album,” Coombes said. “We’re hoping to find a special guest to sing it with her, one with a big enough name to put her on the bill.”

“That’s on my bucket list — to perform for the Queen,” Madsen said.

Fortunately, success means if it does happen, she won’t have to drive in the thick of London traffic. A cab — or a limousine — should suffice.

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Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Difficult and creatively engaged are not the same.

Having an engaged, invested cast and crew comes through on a molecular level. Even as a casual viewer, you can feel that kind of care. It’s all good if you can stay engaged.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) Most actors know instinctively to prepare. Part of that preparation is reading a script and studying a character and coming to the stage or the set with ideas. Bring your ideas to work.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) A lot of people around us were raving: Profound, they said, groundbreaking. We have a hit on our hands. Something very special and rare. But all I knew at that moment was that we were doing something daring and we were having a good time. Nothing more.

That may be all you need.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Work, hone your craft, enjoy your successes in whatever doses they may come. But do not fall in love with the poster, the image of you in a movie, winning an Oscar, the perks, the limo, being rich and famous. Work.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) People tend to think that actors or writers or directors know when something is going to be a hit.

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Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) Some aspects of acting — philosophies and ideas and techniques — can be imparted in a formal environment. But the fact is that at its heart there’s an element of mystery to any craft, and the mystery takes you inward. Writ-

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Undignified deaths

Leslie Ray Charping, 75, of Galveston, Texas, lived “much longer than he deserved,” according to his daughter, in a widely shared obituary in February, in a life that “served no obvious purpose.” The death notice referenced his “bad parenting” and “being generally offensive,” and closed with “Leslie’s passing proves that evil does in fact die.”

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