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GRANITE VIEWS STEPHEN RENO Time to hit restart

Our daughter was 7 at the time when she stood at the door of my study and cast her glance at the floor-toceiling bookshelves across the room. With hands on hips, she asked the question that, while understandable for the child her age, was actually truly appropriate.

“What are we going to do with all these books and papers when you die?”

Her question — not well answered by me at the time — morphed into a different statement several years later when she assured me: “Dad, don’t worry. I’ll take your books someday.”

This year, however, a larger context came to focus. My wife and I had “downsized” and, attendant on that exercise, had shed many belongings — of some we’d seemingly become curators. The operative question now — my books having been somewhat weeded — was what to do with all of my files that included lectures notes back to 1969, speeches given, articles written, and essays on everything from the state of higher education to the place of religion in the political sphere.

On the advice of seasoned colleagues who had dealt with similar challenges before me, I steeled my courage, assembled all 13 of the file boxes into the car, and made for the transfer station.

I did first go through many of the files soon to be consigned to oblivion. There were pages that took me back to the place and time that I wrote them: themes that had emerged late at night, early in the morning, or while driving, that became the focus of a speech, a lecture or an article. I could recall writing notes for one lecture in Britain by the light of an oil lamp during the 1971 coal miners’ strike and electricity outages. Others were speeches given to audiences still so vividly in my memory that I could pick out faces in the audience.

Now, however, these many sheets of paper were no longer of value. What fond hopes I might have had of mining them for new pieces to write were high-centered on the realization that such would probably never happen. Better now to start afresh.

In most religious traditions, there is a time for cleaning out the old and starting anew, whether it is extinguishing an old fire and kindling a new, casting away old leaven and making fresh, or a yearly confession of sin or a Day of Atonement. Such ancient practices offer templates for other aspects of our lives.

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

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ALSO ON THE COVER, learn how to grow or use organic food, p. 38, or indulge in all kinds of Greek eats at Greekfest in Manchester, p. 36. Find live music happening at local bars and restaurants this weekend in Music This Week, starting on p. 54.

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8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 18

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FOOD: 36 GREEKFEST NH Permaculture Day; An Evening with Vino and Dino; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; From the Pantry.

POP CULTURE: 46 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz suggests we all enjoy the end of summer with some laid back action from The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Logan Lucky.

NITE: 52 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Don McLean; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

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

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NEWS & NOTES Insurance exchange

Nearly a week after Ambetter announced it will continue to offer insurance plans through the state’s Healthcare.gov exchange, two major providers made similar announcements within hours of each other. According to press releases from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, Harvard Pilgrim and Anthem will both offer plans in 2018, but Minuteman Health will not. Ambetter, Harvard Pilgrim, Anthem and Minuteman all covered people in 2017. Minuteman is a Massachusetts-based health insurance co-op that had planned to relaunch as a for-profit company in time for next year, but it missed the deadline. It currently covers about 27,000 Granite Staters, according to the NHID. Minuteman said it still plans to relaunch, even if it can’t do it as early as 2018. Current customers will have to find coverage elsewhere in the intervening year. Anthem covers about 27,000 residents and Harvard Pilgrim covers about 11,000.

Due to uncertainty coming from Washington, D.C., health insurance markets are facing “unprecedented instability,” according to Insurance Department Commissioner Roger Sevigny. So it was uncertain whether Harvard Pilgrim or Anthem would continue offering plans in the state next year. He said having three insurance companies remain in the market is “incredibly encouraging.”

Drug court program

Superior Court Chief Justice Tina Nadeau said Merrimack Valley will start a drug court program

by September, according to the Concord Monitor. The program is available in six other counties in the state. Last year, lawmakers created a statewide drug court office that provides state funding for programs that are unable to launch using federal grants. The office was allocated $3 million for the first year and lawmakers have to revisit funding annually. The program diverts repeat offenders who are drug addicts away from prison with a system of accountability and sanctions while they undergo treatment.

According to the story, the county prosecutor’s office in Merrimack County is flooded with drug cases, about 40 percent of its caseload.

Puppy mills

Largely in response to the rescue of 84 Great Danes from an alleged “puppy mill” in Wolfeboro where the dogs were kept in unsanitary conditions, according to police, Gov. Chris Sununu is pushing for stricter standards for commercial breeders. NHPR reported Sununu said tightening the regulations will make it safer for the animals.

He made the comments during a ceremony in Wolfeboro, where he signed an executive order to strengthen and reorganize the Governor’s Commission on the Humane Treatment of Animals. He plans to work with the Humane Society of the United States and lawmakers next year to pass legislation that would provide greater oversight to the pet breeding industry in the state, according to the story.

Currently, state law requires breeders to register with the state if they sell more than 10 litters of puppies or 50 individual dogs. Animal rights activists say that is too much. Vermont, for example, sets its threshold at three litters.

The city of Manchester is poised to sue Purdue Pharma separately from the state, according to NHPR. A lawyer with the New York-based firm Napoli Shkolnik said the city is likely to file its lawsuit in the next couple of weeks.

known as “spice” being smoked as cigarettes in the parks. It was also pitched as a way to prevent litter in the parks. The first offense will result in a $50 fine and the second offense will be $100. Officials will decide whether to make the change permanent in February.

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Members of a task force invesheroin overdose victims is on tigating the causes of a cluster display at the New Hampshire of pediatric cancer cases in the State Library in Concord this month. The AP reported AnnHooksett Seacoast area, including a state lawMarie Zanfagna of Plaistow maker, took issue with the state painted 80 portraits starting epidemiologist over comments he with her own daughter who Goffstown made about a study on the health died in 2014. effects of perfluorochemicals. The Portsmouth Herald reported state MANCHESTER Rep. Mindi Messmer called for the resignation of state epidemiologist The state has added three Benjamin Chan after he called the churches, including one from Bedford Nashua, to the New HampC8 study a legal settlement. Messshire Register of Historic mer reportedly said the study is Places, the APDerry reported. The Merrimack Amherst valid and should be included in the St. Francis Xavier Church task force’s final report. She said in the Gate City was built in Londonderry Milford Chan was not looking out for the 1898 for the Franco-Ameripublic’s best interest. In a statement can community. released by the state Department of Health and Human Services, offiNASHUA cials supported Chan’s work, saying there is no definitive science on the Keno on ballots Manchester and Concord resi- health effects of PFC exposure. dents will have a chance to vote on related brawl that broke out in the sequent aliases up to his death in a whether to allow keno gambling Gang unit in their cities. The AP reported the The Manchester Police Depart- Mall of New Hampshire earlier this California prison in 2010 was Terry Peder Rasmussen. He was origiConcord City Council voted Aug. ment has created a gang unit to summer. nally from Colorado, served in the 14 to put the measure on the bal- address a troubling problem with Navy and had a wife and four chillot. Manchester’s Board of Mayor young people getting involved in Serial killer and Aldermen voted the next day to gangs in the city. WMUR reportThe man police believe to be dren when he was in his 20s. The do the same. Both cities will see the ed the unit has made 30 arrests the killer of the women and chil- identity of the bodies found in question on their November ballots so far and seized drugs, cash and dren found in barrels in Bear Brook Bear Brook are still unknown, but during municipal elections. Frank- weapons. Chief Nick Willard told State Park has been identified by his one belonged to his own daughter, lin previously added the question reporters his department is cracking real name. The AP reported the man according to DNA tests. He’s also to its ballot. Nashua and Keene are down on gangs after arrests were who went by Robert “Bob” Evans suspected of killing missing person currently considering it. The state made in connection with a gang- in New Hampshire and other sub- Denise Beaudin of Goffstown. enabled keno gambling in legislation earlier this year, which also ensured an additional $1,100 per student toward full-day kindergarECLIPSE FANS NH’S GOP ten, but left it up to the communities On the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 21, New The New Hampshire Republican Party headto pass it. It would only be allowed Hampshire citizens watched through protecquarters were vandalized with the word “NAin establishments that have liquortive glasses as the moon passed directly beZIS” in capital letters inside a heart sympouring licenses.

Manchester parks

During a six-month trial period, five city parks in Manchester will have a smoking ban in effect.

The AP reported the ban is in force at Victory, Veterans, Bronstein and Pulaski parks and Stanton Plaza.

Manchester police lobbied for the change, saying they’d noticed an increase in illicit synthetic drugs

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tween the Earth and the sun, partially blocking its light. While the state was too far north for a total eclipse, many Granite Staters took trips south to see it. NHPR reported the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord sold out of eclipse glasses a week before the event. Viewing events were held across the state at various science centers, libraries and other venues. The next eclipse will be in 2024, which will be a total eclipse visible in New Hampshire.

bol, the AP reported. The graffiti was painted in black spray paint on the back wall of the building overnight, on the same painted-over spot where vandals spray-painted the message “WWJD Healthcare for Everyone” in 2013.

NHPR reported state GOP spokesman Patrick Hynes said the graffiti was a symptom of the tense political climate.

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Nearly 100 people are expected to walk the blocks surrounding the park in Lawrence, a city that’s often cited by law enforcement as a source for drugs that end up in New Hampshire. Johnson and others plan to descend upon the area in full view of drug dealers with a candlelight vigil in the hopes of disrupting illicit business there. Lawrence police will be providing some security.

One of the things that makes this event unusual is how it involves both New Hampshire and Massachusetts people, and organizations from both states are represented.

Johnson said that participants in Hope for NH Recovery and the Derry chapter of FASTER (Families Advocating Substance, Treatment, Education and Recovery) will be walking together with members of Massachusetts-based recovery centers.

“This crisis knows no boundaries, not state lines nor economic lines,” Johnson said. “I just want to make people aware of, not only the epidemic, but the people that its affecting.

It’s not just affecting people that are down and out or people that don’t have families.

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Teaming up

As such, officials have had to ramp up their cross-border partnerships in the past few years, especially in law enforcement.

New Hampshire State Police Sergeant Mark Hall runs the Mobile Enforcement Team. It was created in 2015 with him and three other troopers who were specially trained to identify people trafficking illegal drugs. Because most of the drugs entering the state tend to come from Massachusetts, Hall said the MET unit focuses the majority of its efforts along the southern border.

“It definitely is a vast majority of our work [that] comes from points south,” Hall said.

“A big part of what we do is work with other agencies.”

He said his unit works directly with Massachusetts State Police on a regular basis, often sharing leads that could result in cross-border arrests and drug seizures.

Earlier this summer Gov. Chris Sununu signed legislation that funds an additional five troopers for the MET unit, in hopes of improving drug interdiction efforts.

Hall said the cooperation with Massachusetts authorities has certainly increased in just the past few years in response to the opioid addiction crisis.

“We’re right there dealing with the same problems and the same people,” Hall said.

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“The level of cooperation right now is better than I have ever seen it in my career,” Encarnacao said.

He said the Massachusetts and New Hampshire State Police departments have always worked well together but when he worked undercover about 15 years ago there was a lot less communication and overlap in their investigation efforts.

“Back a number of years ago, a lot of things were done hush-hush. One agency wouldn’t necessarily inform the other of cases they were working and things that they were doing,” Encarnacao said.

As the years went on, leaders in the two departments developed more contacts, policies were set up to “deconflict” cases so overlapping cases didn’t collide, and new High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area units were set up to fight drugs across both jurisdictions.

But the crisis in the past few years has pushed that cooperation even further, he said, especially as more and more New Hampshire-based addicts are driving down to places like Lawrence, Massachusetts, to buy drugs that they bring back to towns all across the Granite State to sell. Until recently, the drugtrafficking business was more concentrated in urban centers like Manchester.

“It’s really forced us to operate in that manner,” Encarnacao said.

Often, Massachusetts State Police will reach out to New Hampshire detectives with information about a case they’re working on or vice versa when an investigation leads an agency over the border. Sometimes, Encarnacao said, a case can begin as a cross-agency partnership.

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What is your history with New Hampshire?

I moved up in 2004 to take a job at the Hippo and was there for a couple of years. … I have had several other jobs in between, but I’m still here in New Hampshire. My now wife and I fell in love with it as the place we chose to start our family, to buy our home. Now, I’m even running for [Ward 2 alderman] here.

It’s home to us and we love it.

How do you plan on using your experience in economic development and leading the Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce to keep more young people in New Hampshire?

Certainly, one of the biggest, if not the biggest challenge faced by the state is the attraction and retention of 20-to-30-something demographic. I hear from business owners all the time saying that the biggest challenge they face right now is finding people to work for them, to do the jobs they need done. … We’re at an unemployment rate of 2.8 percent, which, practically speaking, might as well be zero. … If you look at the trends and the way things are going, people have termed it in the past the “silver tsunami.” We’re the second-oldest state in the nation and we’re getting older as a whole and that does not bode well for the state on a number of levels but particularly for employers who need those people if they want their businesses to not just survive but thrive. So I’ll certainly be drawing from all the economic development experience I’ve acquired, both as the president of the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber, as well as, before that, the vice president of economic development at the Greater Manchester Chamber. It certainly helps me to understand the issue and to understand where employers are coming from and what they’re looking for and be able to apply that in a number of ways through Stay Work Play, working in conjunction, of course, with the board of directors, the target demographic and other stakeholders, to really figure out what’s wanted and needed on both sides — from WHAT ARE YOU REALLY INTO RIGHT NOW?

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He starts in the new role on Sept. 5.

My six-year-old is getting ready to start first grade and he’s very excited about that. … Right now, we’re kind of in backto-school mode. … I’ve just been having fun this summer watching him progress and learn and grow.

both the young professional side of things, what do they need and want, as well as employers — to be the conduit between the two and to … advocate for them and move the needle.

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How do you think some of your most recent projects, like your book, An Insider’s Guide to Manchester, or the Manchester bike share initiative, play into the mission of attracting and retaining youth?

I think both of those examples dovetail quite nicely. … One of the impetuses behind the book was to share those [bestkept] secrets that a lot of people might not know about. And I think both the city and the state have those, a lot of those. … So that was my kind of small way to try and change the narrative a little bit, particularly with regard to Manchester. And one of the target demographics for that book was young professionals who are moving here or who are considering moving away. … With the bike share, it’s another one of those quality-of-life amenities that I think are very important to the younger demographic. These days, people can and do live anywhere they want, particularly with the internet and different forms of technology that allow people to work and live anywhere. … The bike share is one of those things that’s an indicator that, even if you don’t bike, you’re seeing a bike share program in the city … that’s something that makes [people] want to stay here.

Do you see your taking the helm of this organization as an opportunity to steer it in some new directions?

Yeah, I certainly think so. The organization, since its founding in 2009, has done an amazing job raising awareness of the need to retain and attract more 20- and 30-somethings, as well as to help market this state and all it has to offer to this demographic. One of the reasons the board ended up selecting me to be the next leader was to help capitalize on the success of the organization thus far by developing a more action-oriented agenda to really move the needle in regard to attraction and retention of younger workers in particular.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX

Saving historic barns

The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance is trying to save 52 historic New Hampshire barns this year that are at risk of falling apart or being torn down to make room for new developments, according to the AP. The list includes barns dating back to the 1700s and hard-to-maintain dairy barns from the 1800s, such as a Westmoreland barn built in 1850 and a barn in Lee that was damaged in a snowstorm in 2015.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The Alliance has already provided 41 grants to owners for professional assessments allowing them to develop a roadmap for preservation.

Mosquito-borne illness reported

A Hanover resident tested positive for Jamestown Canyon Virus, a rare illness spread through infected mosquitoes, according to NHPR. Only three human cases of the virus have been reported in the state in recent years, the last being in 2015. As with West Nile Virus, many people infected with JCV do not experience symptoms, but those who do can experience anything from mild flu-like symptoms to more severe central nervous system infections.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan told NHPR that the best ways for people to protect themselves from the virus are to wear protective clothing and to remove standing water, in which mosquitoes often breed.

Overdoses expected to dip slightly in 2017

An update sent by the state Chief Medical Examiner’s office shows year-to-date overdose deaths at 187 so far. Of those, 132 involve fentanyl either alone or mixed with other drugs. None of them involve heroin alone. About 109 cases are still pending toxicology. Based on the numbers gathered so far, the ME’s office is projecting the total for 2017 to be approximately 466. That’s 20 fewer than the final tally for 2016. But it’s still hundreds more than what was seen in the years prior to the onset of the opioid epidemic.

In 2012, there were a total of 163 overdose deaths.

QOL Score: -2 (Even with a small improvement over last year, 466 is still 466 too many.)

Comment: Hopefully the state’s efforts to battle the opioid crisis will continue to lead to fewer overdose cases.

Fourth-best state for health care

According to a new study by WalletHub, New Hampshire is one of the top five states in the country when it comes to health care.

Looking at 35 measures of cost, accessibility and outcome, New Hampshire ranked fourth overall. It was fourth place in the access category, seventh in outcomes and 16th in cost. The state ranked second in physician Medicare acceptance rate and seventh in percentage of insured children aged 0 to 17.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Hawaii held the top spot, followed by Iowa and Minnesota. Louisiana was in last place.

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As the pennant races tighten, baseball players are on the move.

Like Curtis Granderson going to a Dodgers team so stacked they had to send ex-All-Star Joc Pederson to the minors to fit him on the roster.

Or A’s GM Billy Beane finally moving alleged “ace” Sonny Gray four prospects in a deal with the Yanks after dangling him as trade bait since Harry Truman was president.

In the NFL, Buffalo got hammered for tanking the year after sending once-prized wideout Sammy Watkins to the Rams for a second-round pick after giving up two firstround to move up to get him in the draft. In the NBA, Top 10 player Paul George was put up for auction after saying he would leave Indy next year, as other big names like Kyrie Irving, Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis are endlessly being rumored on the move.

GMs will be lauded for their brilliance if any work out. Like in L.A. if Watkins for once can get lucky on the injury front. That would give them a real burner on the cheap and Buffalo gets draft ammo for a needed reboot. But for Kevin Pritchard and Sam Presti their deal could blow up in both of their faces. Pritchard for taking far less from Oklahoma City than Danny Ainge offered, just to keep George out of Indy’s conference, a ridiculous decision since George will already be home in L.A. if Indy ever contends again. That has Oak City’s Sam Presti being lauded for giving up just young big Domantas Sabonis and Victor Oladipo, who he was lauded for getting a year ago of PG-13. But if/when George goes one and done on OKC and brings new best bud (and L.A. native) Russell Westbrook home to L.A. in a free-agent package Presti’s team is a bottom-feeder after getting nothing for his stars.

Then there’s the old adage that sometimes the best deals are the ones not made.

Like Tom Yawkey reneging on sending Rico Petrocelli and Yaz to the Yanks for Tom Tresh and shortstop Phil Linz after sobering up the next day. Dave Dombrowski did that by doing a ho-hum deal for San Francisco utility man Eduardo Nunez and bringing 20-year-old Rafael Devers to fill the black hole at third base. And with Devers doing power things at 20 comparable to only Babe Ruth and Ted Williams and the pair hitting .345 and .350 respectively they’ve provided a major jolt to put them to five up in the East after Sunday’s win over the gigantically overrated Gray.

Thus, it’s been an interesting couple of months for front offices around sports.

And since I fancy myself a GM in waiting, I want in on the action. So here are a few thoughts on what I’d do if I were the Boston GM as some more big names came over the trading radar.

Deal – Tom Brady: I’m not for trading Brady — period. But the Patriots have a big decision coming at QB next spring. And if the least sentimental coach/GM I know decides then what’s best for his football team long-term is doing what San Francisco, Indy and Green Bay once did by keeping the younger QB over their living legend, I’d aim for JJ Watt. True, filling the only hole of a team with a top-ranked defense makes them a major contender. But it gives the Patriots the kind of disruptive defensive force they’ve never had.

Deal – Giancarlo Stanton: After hitting 22 homers in his last 34 games he’s probably not going anywhere. But maybe new owner/baseball ops boss Derek Jeter thinks the money in his mammoth contract can be spent be in better ways. If I’m Sox GM then I say hmmmm, because he’d hit a million over the wall. But I’d then wonder why he only has one 100-RBI season to date. Plus, after seeing David Price, Carl Crawford and other small-market guys

here, I think his surly attitude wouldn’t fly.

Combined with his giant contract it means he’s too big a risk, so I pass.

Deal – Kyrie Irving for Isaiah Thomas: This has some locals salivating, because they can’t get past Isaiah’s size. Yes, that hurts the defense, but when was the last time Irving was confused with Gary Payton? So defensive issues would remain at point guard and since Isaiah’s 29 a game makes him as good a scorer as Irving, I pass here too. Plus, he’s more durable, a far better leader, and the winning started when he arrived. That wasn’t a coincidence. Give him the max deal next summer and be done with it.

Deal – Irving or LeBron: As the great Branch Rickey famously said, it’s better to deal a guy a year too early than a year too late. And if Cleveland waits until next year, they get nothing back when LeBron bolts for L.A. So I’d pass on one last run at Golden State and, like in the similar Shaq and Kobe drama, build around the younger guy and whatever comes back for LeBron and Kevin Love.

Deal – LeBron James: If I’m Danny Ainge, I swing for the fences. While I know the coming draft class is packed with talented bigs that could make this a potential six- or seven-year run. But adding LeBron for picks and maybe Jae Crowder would put them on par with Golden State — now.

I’d even give up the last Brooklyn pick — if Lebron would give the Celtics an extra year extension to contract. And if he gave two more years, I’d add more first-round picks except for the one from L.A. The bottom line is it’s risking a seven-year run at the top for two or three. But who knows, he may like restoring the NBA’s mecca to lofty heights and stay longer.

Besides, if LBJ gets to L.A. and wins two quick titles, they’d move past Boston for most ever. That’s not an option — so get to work, Danny.

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No varsity at Trinity The Big Story: It was the news that Trinity High School decided not to field a varsity football team this fall. It came down to numbers, as just 24 kids came out to preseason camp. And with most of those being sophomore and freshmen the Trinity brass wisely decided to cancel for player safety concerns.

Sports 101: Which college football team had the last all-white team to win a national championship?

Thumbs Up: To all involved in the recent CHaD Battle of the Badges baseball game, which raised an astonishing $102,000 through a mix of revenue sources that will be donated to Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. Team Police won the game at Northeast Delta Dental 15-2 while Team Fire won the fundraising competition by bringing in approximately $50,000. Well done by all!

Quote of the Week: It comes from Patriots slot receiver Julian Edelman as he described to the Globe’s Jim McBride the benefit of holding crossover practices with the Houston Texans last week: “That’s the great thing about these practices, is that you have an opportunity to get out of training camp. It’s almost like when you’re in school and you go on a field trip. You may be learning things but it’s like 10 times bet-

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2 – number of no-shame, “strenuous” Division III games with Lyndon State and Wheelock the UNH men’s basketball team will use to pad its 2017-18 record according to the schedule it released last week.

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ter than being in class.”

What a Stupid I Yam Award: To me for saying in last week’s column on the ’67 Red Sox that they were fighting to win their first pennant since 1918. I meant to say, win their first World Series since 1918. As I do know, and a plethora of e-mailers pointed out, their last pennant win was 1946. I could be presidential and blame it on just about everyone or anyone else. But, truth is, I accidentally combined the two and made the dumb mistake myself! See how easy that is — Don. Sports 101 Answer: The last (good riddance) all-white team to win a national championship in college football was the 1969 Texas Longhorns, led by outstanding option QB James Street and coached by Darrell Royal.

On This Day – Aug. 24: 1940 – Ted Williams pitches the last two innings of a 12-1 blowout loss to Detroit where he gives up three hits and one earned run. 1972 – In a class that probably couldn’t get any better, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens all-timers Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau are enshrined in the hockey Hall of Fame. 1989 – In a judgment that looks even better today than it conclusively did then, Peter Rose is suspended from baseball for life for betting on baseball.

ers in the same game in Sox history after Rafael Devers joined Ted Williams and Tony Conigliaro in that exclusive group after doing it vs. Cleveland last week.

5 – year extension given to UNH Women’s Basketball Coach Maureen Magarity in reward for the U’s stellar 26-6 campaign in

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This year marked the 25th anniversary of the inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition, which took place in the Manchester Memorial High School gymnasium. And over the years, many athletic automatons built by New Hampshire high school students have competed in what has since become an international phenomenon with thousands of teams in the U.S. alone. Several rookie teams from New Hampshire have assembled in just the past year, with their robots making impressive debuts.

To celebrate the boxy, ambulatory machines and their makers, the Hippo has created an unofficial Hall of Fame for the best robots of southern New Hampshire.

Each team that contributed to this selected its own top bot; here are their picks, in no particular order.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: PowerKnights Team Type: 4-H affiliated, with students from Goffstown High School and Manchester High School West Awards: Excellence in Engineering Award: Southern NH Event in Bedford About the robot: Spray and Pray looked like a box on wheels with a tube-frame chassis, but there was more than met the eye.

According to team mentors Stu Lewin and Adam Martin, the robot was designed and Dover Mini-Maker Faire You can check out robot-like inventions and more at the Dover Mini-Maker Faire, happening Saturday, Aug. 26. Read the story on p. 26 for more on the event and its makers.

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built to be modular so students could make constant upgrades throughout the season and easily add and remove subsystems for the shooter mechanism. The robot was fast on the field and could climb a rope quickly. The three ways to score points in the Steamworks game were to shuttle large plastic gears and place them on a spring, shoot wiffle balls into a target that looked like a furnace or climb a rope. While the team hoped to do more with shooting balls initially, according to Martin, they ended up focusing primarily on shuttling gears and climbing ropes.

Ultimately it worked out: The team finished eighth at the District Championship and qualified to compete at World’s, though they couldn’t afford to compete there. At the District Championship, they teamed up with two Manchester teams: CHAOS from Central High and FUSION from MST. There were about 25 students on the team. Leaders on the team included Josh Heger, Matt Dodge, Pat Dodge, David Gibson, Alex Rudolph and Christian Pribyl.

Year: 2014 (Aerial Assist) Team Name: Cardinals Team Type: Affiliated with Bishop Guertin High School Awards: Chairman’s Award: District Championship in Boston, Chairman’s Award: Granite State Event in Nashua About the robot: Incendio gets its name from the Harry Potter fire spell. The robot excelled in the Aerial Assist game, which involved grabbing two-foot-diameter balls and moving them from one side of the field to another. Robots would gain extra points by handing the balls off from one robot to another allied team’s robot. Part of the game involved shooting the balls a great distance over a bar in the middle of the field.

“It had a pair of tennis racket-shaped arms to pick up the two-foot-diameter ball from the field and it had a very powerful catapult to throw the ball,” said Tom Indelicato, the lead mentor.

What made this robot so successful was the clutch used to throw the balls. In earlier

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versions, Indelicato said, the clutch was made of aluminum or cast iron, but they settled on stainless steel when it gave the best results.

In the design process, the team played with the idea of using a pneumatic piston to shoot the ball, but abandoned the idea because it wouldn’t be powerful enough. One of the challenges they encountered during competition was with faulty Mecanum wheels — a type of drive that allows a robot to move in any direction, something the team had never worked with before — that would lose bearings constantly.

“One wheel lost eight of 10 bearings … during a match. We were limping horribly,” Indelicato said.

But it didn’t slow them down. Incendio made it all the way to the World Championship in St. Louis.

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There were about 55 students on the team that year and more than half were girls. The student leaders were Luke Yost and David Grossman.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: FUSION Team Type: Affiliated with Manchester School of Technology Awards: Winner of Greater Boston Event in Revere, Highest Rookie Seed: Greater Boston Event, Rookie All Star Award: Greater Boston Event, Rookie Inspiration Award: Granite State Event in Windham About the robot: For a rookie year, FUSION’s inaugural robot, Miss T, performed admirably. Miss T is a phoneticization of the Manchester School of Technology’s acronym, MST, according to head mentor Andrew Nicholas. At Miss T’s first district event in Windham, she experienced some issues with her climbing mechanism getting stuck, but the students learned quickly from their mistakes during that game.

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from the fire hose, essentially,” Nicholas said.

After a few adjustments that included arms that guided the rope away from the sides where it would snag, the bot became one of the best climbers in subsequent events, such as the Greater Boston Event, where they won, and in the District Championship, according to Nicholas.

“We did great actually. As an individual robot, we scored enough points to be 14 What is FIRST? FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded by local inventor Dean Kamen as a way to get more young people involved in science and technology through mentorbased research and friendly competition.

The FIRST Robotics Competition is the flagship program geared toward high school kids, while other programs are offered to younger children. The FIRST Lego League is offered to kids in grades 4-8, where they create a robot using Lego Mindstorms. FIRST Lego League Jr. is for kids aged 6-10, grades K-4, using Lego Education WeDo 2.0.

Baked into of the foundational ethos of the program is a concept called “Coopertition,” which encourages kindness and respect even as teams compete. One of the ways it encourages this environment is by having each team create alliances with others (usually with two other teams) for the main competitions.

Every team needs two adult mentors and about 10 high school-aged students and a place to meet and build their robot, usually with the help of community sponsors. The season kicks off in January, when the parameters of the game, which change each year, are announced. Competitions at the district and regional level start in late February and continue through April, leading up to the World Championship at the end of April.

In the 2017 competition season, there were about 460,000 students participating.

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Year: 2000 (Co-Opertition) Team Name: CHAOS Team Type: Affiliated with Manchester Central High School Awards: 1st Place Winners: Regional Competition in Connecticut. 2nd Place Finalist: National Competition in Epcot Center, Florida About the robot: CHAOS 6 is the oldest robot in this hall of fame. As such, it earned many of its achievements in a different era for the FIRST Robotics Competition that veteran mentor Dave Kelso likes to think of as the “good old days” when there were fewer teams nationally and everyone knew everyone else. Still, CHAOS 6 has a hard reputation to beat. In a game that involved placing balls in a trough that was about six feet high in order to score points, the robot was one of the very rare ones that could also remove the balls from an opposing team’s trough. That skill led them all the way to the National Competition in Florida.

“There were like 270 teams at the event and there had to have been less than 10 that could in any way successfully remove a ball,” Kelso said.

Most balls were yellow, which were worth one point each, and there were also two black balls on the field worth five points each. Kelso said collecting those black balls was a critical part of their strategy.

CHAOS 6 moved quickly on the field in its default position, during which it was no taller than one’s knees. But it had the ability to extend upward, which enabled it to remove balls as easily as place them. There were about 25 students on the team that year.

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13 one of the alliance captains,” Nicholas said. “Which is a big deal.”

The robot scored enough points from that to enter the World Championship.

There were about 20 team members. Team leaders included Alycia Ashby, Nick Carrero, Megan Michaud and Dylan Bleau.

leaders included Sabra George, Aasha Krishan, Ben Frothingham, Erik Christensen, Ben Nichols-Farquhar and Liam Bewley.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: Team Phoenix Team Type: Regional club hosted by the Academy for Science and Design in Nashua Awards: Innovation and Design Award: District Championship in Durham, Entrepreneurship Award, District Championship, Entrepreneurship Award: Southern NH Event in Bedford, Innovation in Control Award: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event About the robot: Steam Phoenix was basically “a big tub,” according to the team’s current student leader, Ben Brockway. He said the rectangular robot’s most prominent feature was a hopper that held balls or gears that needled to be shuttled. But the team is most proud of its control board inside the machine. It was contained by a 3D-printed box that held the battery inside and all the components around the battery. This proved to be a super-compact way to house the electronics, especially in contrast to laying it out flat as most teams do. But it was also easy to replace. The team had two control boxes built and ready to go so if something ever happened to the primary box, they could swap it out quickly and easily. Steam Phoenix was designed to earn points in all three ways allowed by the game, but it had problems with the camera that helped the ball shooter aim. But the climber worked well, especially after mid-season upgrades with Velcro. Brockway said this is the first year the robot had a lot of 3D-printed parts. The robot didn’t ultimately qualify for World’s and the team’s 2015 robot got further in the competition, but they selected the 2017 bot because they were proud of the innovations with the control box and the Innovation and Design Award the won at the District Championship, something the team had never earned before.

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Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: Tidal Force Team Type: Affiliated with Concord High School Awards: Judge’s Award: District Championship, Creativity in Control Award: Southern NH Event in Bedford, Creativity Award: District Event in Reading, Mass.

About the robot: This year’s robot was named Hungry Toaster, just as the previous robot was named Flat Toaster.

“It’s a bit of a theme that we have going with toasters,” said Emily Soule, a team member who provides public relations support.

The team has been around since 2006, but this year’s bot stands out competitively.

“This was the first year that we had major success,” Soule said. “We went all the way to World’s.”

The bot focused on shuttling gears and climbing ropes. It grabbed gears using a passive V-shaped slot.

“There’s no moving parts on it, which made it a lot easier to design and build with the time constraints that we had,” Soule said.

It was very efficient with the gears, according to Soule. During a match, they were able to deliver about six or seven gears, one time as many as eight, which Soule said is on the high end.

Soule said the Hungry Toaster had the best climbing mechanism in New England. The climbing motor — a gypsy motor like the kind used to lift anchors — can lift an entire metric ton without backdriving.

This year, the team had to deal with rapid growth. Last year it had five members, but that grew to 30 by the start of this season, about 15 of whom were active members.

“We had a lot of newbies who didn’t know what was going on, including myself,” Soule said.

Leaders on the team included Brennan Macaig, Caleb Marcel, Zach Samenfeld, Zach McMenemy, Josh Shamash and Abby Maynard.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: Crusaders Team Type: Affiliated with Manchester Memorial High School Awards: Winner of Southern NH Event in Bedford, Imagery Award: Southern NH Event, Imagery Award: Granite State Event in Windham About the robot: As with this year’s bot, the Crusaders like to name their bots after things or characters from the Batman universe, Two-Face, of course, being one of the villains. The color scheme of the robot, black and yellow also fit the Batman theme. Lead technical mentor Jonathan Bryant said the students build two robots, one for competition and another for practice. They named the practice bot Harvey, after Two-Face’s alter-ego.

Like many bots in the Steamworks competition, they were able to shuttle gears and climb ropes, but they went the extra mile by being able to shoot “fuel,” the game name for wiffle balls that are meant to be shot into a target that looks like a steam furnace.

“It takes in these balls and … it can hold about 50 of these five-inch wiffle balls,” Bryan said.

Then it shoots the balls at a rate of about five balls per second. The shooter mechanism can also turn 180 degrees, which was the inspiration for the name.

Bryant said the shooter had an accuracy rate of about 60 percent, but it helped boost their points enough to make it to World’s. The team chose this bot because it got further than past robots were able to get in the competition.

“We wanted to perform on a higher level,” Bryant said.

Its climbing mechanism enabled them to climb about 75 to 80 percent of the time, according to Bryant.

Still, it was difficult to make two robots.

Harvey, the practice bot, helped the team fine-tune its software and experiment with possible upgrades while their main bot was bagged and sealed after the six-week design period ended.

There were about 25 team members. The leaders included Matthew M., Camryn A. and Sara B.

Year: 2016 (Stronghold) Team Name: The Metal Vidsters (currently The Big Red) Team Type: Affiliated with St. Paul’s School in Concord Awards: Winner of UNH District Event, District Championship Points Qualifying Team: Pine Tree Event in Lewiston, Maine About the robot: Named after how much Lexan polycarbonate was used to make the bot, Lexy was a multi-purpose robot. Lead mentor Will Renauld said it was originally designed to be an offensive robot that would shoot balls into castle windows. The Stronghold game that season was modeled after medieval siege warfare. But later, Lexy was redesigned to be more defensive, with a shield to block shots from enemy robots.

Other allied teams asked them to make the switch in order to change up the team dynamic, so they dismantled the shooter they originally built.

“It was a defensive robot that would climb,” Renault said.

The climbing mechanism was powered by a big pneumatic cylinder with eight air tanks.

Some of the students even had to learn sewing in order to create a reversible bumper and a banner for the driver’s station, according to Renauld.

At St. Paul’s School, the FIRST Robotics team is organized as a class rather than a club, Renauld said. As such, each year is like a rookie year because it’s constantly getting replaced with new blood.

That can be a challenge when it comes to competing, but they were still able to walk away with the first-place prize at the UNH District Event that year.

There were about 50 students on the team.

The captains included Karlee Koswick, Sam Caccavale and Makale Camara.

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Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: Morpheus Team Type: Regional club based in Concord Awards: District Championship Finalist: District Championship in Durham, Creativity Award: Southern NH Event in Bedford

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About the robot: Torque-Nado was a jack of all trades in the Steamworks competition.

It was able to shoot balls into the boiler, carry gears and climb ropes. But on top of it all, it was able to pick up the gears that had been dropped onto the ground by other players along the way. This was an uncommon ability as many robots had passive catch-and-release systems for taking gears off their racks and placing them on the objective. Team captain Daler Kang thinks the mechanism they used to pick up gears was the most creative aspect of the robot. It had wheels that sucked the gear into the robot and stood it upright so it could be placed properly.

Another difficult feature to master was the shooter. Kang said it took a lot of trial and error to get it right, but eventually it had achieved about 80 percent accuracy.

At one point there was a crisis involving a climbing attempt when the rope the robot was climbing snapped mid-climb and the bot came tumbling down and the climber broke.

Despite the challenges, the team got second place in the District Championship. It was only the second time the team has made it to World’s, where it placed 12th in its division.

“If we had one more match, we would have been in the top eight and we would have moved on,” Kang said. “It was pretty close.”

Morpheus is a relatively small team with about seven team members. Besides Kang, team leaders included Will Spear, Ajay

Year: 2014 (Aerial Assist) Team Name: Windham Windup Team Type: 4-H affiliated club with students from Windham and Salem.

Awards: Winner of Archimedes Division of World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, Winner of UNH District Event, Winner of Northeastern University Event, Chairman’s Award: UNH District Event About the robot: At the center of Wingman was a sort of cradle on a spring that could be used to shoot two-foot-diameter balls from the right or left side. It was named Wingman because of the mechanisms on its sides that would pick up the balls on its sides with rollers. When the mechanisms were extended outward, they had the appearance of wings. The tricky part of the robot’s design, according to lead mentor Scott Kukshtel, was figuring out how to shoot it with just the right power.

“The interesting thing about it was … how to impart energy into the ball to get it to fly as far as we wanted and still do that within a small area,” Kukshtel said.

Ultimately, the team decided to make Wingman push the ball out, but they needed to devise a strap that would tighten underneath the ball as it pushed up so it would pop out at just the right speed.

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MakeIt Labs (25 Crown St, Nashua, (978) 226-3266, info@makeitlabs.com, makeitlabs.com) hosts the Nashua Robot Builders group (nashuarobotbuilders.org) on the third Sunday of every month at 6 p.m. They also host the New Hampshire Robot Operating System meetup on the second Sunday of every month at 6 p.m.

Manchester Makerspace (36 Old Granite St., Manchester, contact@manchestermakerspace.org, manchestermakerspace.org) Port City Makerspace (68 Morning St., Portsmouth, 373-1002, shop@portcitymakerspace.com, portcitymakerspace.com) MAxT Makerspace (1 Jaffrey Road, Peterborough, info@monadnockartxtech.org, maxtmakerspace.org) hosts a workshop called “Arduino, Pi and Pizza” every Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Claremont MakerSpace (46 Main St., Claremont, claremontmakerspace.org). This makerspace just began construction on Aug. 14. Visit the website for more info.

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Alice

15 “The secret weapon was that strap,” Kukshtel said.

Wingman had a bicycle brake installed to keep to keep the launcher locked into place before shooting.

The robot did very well in competition. It won two district events and made it as far as winning its division at World’s and competing in the final championship round.

“Getting to play in the final championship round is quite an accomplishment that only a few New Hampshire teams have done,” Kukshtel said.

There were about 30 team members. Leaders included Jake Mathews, James Bedard, Dan Browne and Eric Chin.

Year: 2016 (Stronghold) Team Name: Red Storm Team Type: Affiliated with Bedford High School Awards: Pit of the Day Safety Award: Granite State Event in Windham About the robot: Alice was able to do it all, from collecting and shooting balls to opening doors and getting past the myriad obstacles that earned the team points in the Stronghold game.

“We wanted to be able to accomplish every task, get around as many obstacles as possible,” said Eric Huffman, the team’s current student CEO. During the 2016 season, he was the team’s documentarian.

He said the drivetrain was built to overcome every obstacle, including jumping over a rock wall with just the right amount of speed. One of its most stand-out features was an “arm” that was able to extend out and gather up balls or open doors. But its most unusual ability, according to Huffman, enabled it to climb up towers for a bunch of bonus points.

“The way we did it was fairly unique,” Huffman said.

The climber used 3D-printed pieces, a talon motor on a rod with tape measures around it.

It was especially rare to see that in the early competitions, he said. So, while it didn’t get as far as the District Championship, the team was very proud of this robot.

The team had about 30 members and the leaders included Brian Mailhot and Cami Cruz.

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Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: PVC Pirates Team Type: Affiliated with Londonderry High School Awards: Championship Subdivision Winner: World Championship - Archimedes Division in St. Louis, Winner of Granite State Event in Windham, Creativity Award: District Championship in Durham About the robot: According to mentor Mike Pettengill, the goal with Wingin’ It was to keep it simple. The fewer complicated things attached to it, the fewer things to go wrong. And that turned out to be a successful strategy, he said.

“Our primary goal was the climbing because we knew it was guaranteed points every single match,” Pettengill said.

Second to that on the priority list was the gear shuttling objective. At first the mechanism Wingin’ It used was passive, but right before the six-week design season came to a close, the team made a significant alteration to the mechanism that made it more active, enabling it to pick gears up from the floor.

“That was probably the single biggest breakthrough for the season for us,” Pettengill said.

He said this was definitely the team’s most successful robot when it came to competitive achievement. They won the Granite State Event and when they got to the World Championship they got into the final rounds of the Einstein Division.

There were about 30 to 35 active team members, according to Pettengill. Leaders included Bethany Costello, Amanda Graf, Adrianna Belanger, Andrew Browne and Mackenzie Conner.

Year: 2016 (Stronghold) Team Name: Tough Techs Team Type: A regional club based in MakeIt Labs in Nashua with students from Nashua High School North, Nashua High School South and elsewhere Awards: Judge’s Award: UNH District Event About the robot: The Bermanator was designed to overcome obstacles and the team had to overcome obstacles of their own to

Bermanator

build it. The robot was named after Jerald Berman, a physics teacher at Nashua High School South who died of a heart attack at the end of the previous season, according to team member Harrison Pound.

Bermanator is just under a foot tall, short enough to drive under the low bar obstacle, something Pound estimates only about 40 percent of robots were able to do.

It was also able to use an arm-like appendage to open gates and drawbridges. The arm had a “shoulder” motor and an “elbow” motor to add dexterity.

“We could do everything except for the rock wall,” Pound said.

Pound concedes there were some robots made by the Tough Techs team back in the 1990s that made it further in the competition but all the data and pictures from those days were accidentally lost on a school hard drive. Still, the Bermanator stands out among the best recent robots because it was the first time in about a decade they were picked to be an alliance captain. Alliance captains are the top eight teams going into the playoff rounds.

There were about 35 team member on the team that year. Captains included Lauren Ritter and Taylor Frothingham.

About the robot: E.W.T. is pronounced “oot” and stands for “Eh, we tried,” according to mentor Wayne Moulton. He said the humbly named robot went through a dramatic transformation over the season. It started out as a plywood box that contained electronics. They later drafted a metal box between the first and second district competitions. All told, the robot did very well as the rookie team’s first robot.

“The team did win two awards our first year,” Moulton said.

E.W.T. was especially good at overcoming certain obstacles on the field like the sally port and holding them open for allied robots to cross through for additional points. The robot was also good at shooting balls in the lower target windows.

The team opted out of trying to design a climbing mechanism for their robot that year, which was an optional feature in the game that could be deployed for bonus points.

There were 13 team members.

Year: 2016 (Stronghold) Team Name: The Wire Clippers Team Type: Affiliated with New Heights and Portsmouth High School Awards: Rookie All Star Award: UNH District Event, Rookie Inspiration Award: Pine Tree Event in Lewiston, Maine

Year: 2015 (Recycle Rush) Team Name: Mechanical Mayhem Team Type: A regional club based in Milford made up principally of home schoolers Awards: Winner of the District Championship in Worcester, Mass., Winner of Northeastern University Event, Winner of Granite State Event in Nashua, Winner of UMass-Dartmouth Event, District Chairman’s Award: Northeastern University Event, Innovation in Control Award: Granite State Event, Entrepreneurship Award: UMass-Dartmouth Event, Excellence in Engineering Award: District Championship About the robot: King Tote-n-can-um could stack a bunch of tote-style recycling containers onto itself to score points. Team alumnus David Gray said it was able to do it quickly and efficiently because it was equipped with mecanum wheels that allowed it to move side by side as well as forward and backward. With a long list of awards, including winning three district events and the District Championship that year, the King was one of the most successful robots in the history of Mechanical Mayhem.

Gray said the robot used a pneumatic claw to pick up the totes. At first it could stack

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as many as four at a time, but later the team upgraded the bot so it could stack up to five.

There were about 30 team members that year. Besides Gray, leaders included Nick Garcia and Kaileb O’Neil.

did fairly well at the national level. There were about 50 students on the this this year.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: The Blue Devils Team Type: Affiliated with Salem High School Awards: District Championship Rookie All Star Award, Rookie All Star Award: North Shore Event in Reading.

About the robot: The robot nicknamed “TARDIS” after the space-time-ship used in the popular Doctor Who TV series was not technologically complicated, according to lead mentor John Seeman. But one could say it’s figuratively bigger on the inside, with a passive gear-grabbing system and an effective climbing mechanism powered by a single motor.

“We were able to climb in less than 10 seconds,” Seeman said.

In fact, the “TARDIS” was able to climb in every match it played in, he said, making this the robot’s most favored feature.

While the robot didn’t earn enough points to compete in the District Championship, it earned awards at other district events and was able to win the Rookie All Star Award at the District Championship through an interview process. Seeman said they were one of two teams in all of New England to receive that honor.

The team had about 15 members. The team captains included Nick P. and Joe D.

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: The Force Team Team Type: Affiliated with Hollis-Brookline High School.

Awards: Winner of Southern NH Event in Bedford, Winner of District Championship in Durham, Silver Medal on Carver Field: World Championship About the robot: The robot shuttled balls and gears and was able to climb ropes at the end the match, according to mentor Sue Hay. Zeppelin was on winning alliances at the district level

Year: 2017 (Steamworks) Team Name: MV roboPride Team Type: Affiliated with Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook Awards: Rookie All Star Award: Southern NH Event in Bedford, Highest Rookie Seed: Southern NH Event, Rookie Inspiration Award: Greater Boston Event in Revere About the robot: Bertha’s claim to fame, according to lead mentor Jeff Dutton, was how inexpensive she was to build.

“We were pretty proud of … the simplicity and the budget that we did it on,” Dutton said.

Out of an allowed budget of $4,000, the team only spent $350 overall. When they would hand in the itemized budget for judges to review, it covered one side of a single sheet of paper, he said.

Bertha even had pieces of old wooden bleachers the high school had removed attached to her. This was the team’s first robot as it was their rookie year in the competition.

“It was a very new experience for all of us,” Dutton said.

Bertha focused on moving gears and climbing. The team was able to make her climb about 80 percent of the time, Dutton estimates.

The robot also used a passive gear mechanism.

There were about a dozen team members.

Captains included Gabe Jaquith and Jasmine Gormley.

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EAT: locally grown eats The Contoocook Farmers’ Market continues on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Contoocook Railway Depot (896 Main St.) and features a variety of local farmers, bakers and brewers selling fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy products, seafood, jams, honey and more. Live music and special events are also often featured. The market will continue to be held every Saturday through Oct. 28. Visit facebook.com/ contoocookfarmersmarket or call 746-3749.

Wednesday, Aug. 30 Sunday, Aug. 27

Four-piece jazz and blues rock group The Visitors performs at the Riverwalk Cafe & Music Bar (35 Railroad Square, Nashua) at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Visit riverwalknashua.com or call 578-0200.

DRINK: a beer for vets Pipe Dream Brewing (49 Harvey Road, Londonderry) is hosting its fifth annual Ride for Veterans on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. For $25 per rider and $5 per passenger, enjoy a two hour motorcycle ride through New Hampshire, followed by a Pipe Dream brew back at the brewery. All proceeds will be donated to the Liberty House in Manchester. Visit pipedreambrewingnh.com or call 404-0751.

The Hooksett Garden Club’s next monthly meeting will be held at the Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way) at 4 p.m. Meetings are free and open to the public, and new members of the club are always welcome. Visit hooksettnhgardenclub.org.

BE MERRY: with games Join the Manchester City Library’s Main Branch (405 Main St.) for its next family game night on Tuesday, Aug. 29, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The library will be offering a variety of different board games and puzzles in its children’s room. Admission is free and no registration is required. Visit manchester.lib. nh.us or call 624-6550.

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ARTS On the fringe

Actorsingers get racy with The Wild Party

By Angie Sykeny

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From The Music Man and Spamalot to Rock of Ages and Singin’ in the Rain, The Actorsingers have put on numerous Broadway classics over the years. But each summer, in addition to its mainstage productions, the Nashua-based community theater puts on a different kind of show.

The “Fringe Show” series was started three years ago as a way to bring lesserknown, edgier musicals, often containing mature content, to the New Hampshire stage. This year’s Fringe show, The Wild Party — a 1920s tale of sex, jealousy and violence — definitely fits the bill.

Director Beth Schwartz, who proposed the show, says she fell in love with it about 12 years ago when a friend introduced her to a cast recording.

“I played it pretty much nonstop until my children begged me to play something else,” she said. “It was the music that got me, even before I knew anything about the story. … It’s challenging — at times, haunting, at times, comical. There’s levity in the score. It shows you the dark and seedy side of things without taking you too far into an abyss.”

The Wild Party, written by Andrew Lippa and based on Joseph Moncure March’s The Wild Party When: Friday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m.

Where: Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua Tickets: $20 for adults, $18 for students and seniors More info: actorsingers.org, 320-1870

The Actorsingers present The Wild Party. Courtesy photo.

1928 poem of the same name, centers on the toxic and volatile relationship between a vaudeville dancer named Queenie and her lover, a vaudeville clown named Burrs. In an attempt to restore some passion to their relationship, the two decide to throw a wild party to end all parties. At the party, Queenie finds herself taken with a mysterious man named Mr. Black, who arrived with her friend Kate. Things take a violent turn as Queenie’s feelings for Mr. Black are reciprocated and Burrs is unable to control his jealousy.

The cast consists of 23 members, five of whom were involved in both of the previous Fringe productions, American Idiot in 2015 and Bat Boy The Musical in 2016. Schwartz says she couldn’t be happier with the casting choices, and that the cast has great chemistry.

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“Many of the cast members are my children’s friends or my friends’ children, and there’s one actor I’ve known since he was 6 years old, so it makes it a little awkward to choreograph them in a sex scene,” she said. “But we all approach it in a very mature and professional manner, and that has made it easier.”

The musical uses a one-unit set — the apartment where the party is held — with moveable pieces to create the bedroom scenes and a bathroom scene, where one half of an act takes place.

“Relationships grow, build and crumble in the course of five songs in a 5-by-9-foot bathroom,” Schwartz said.

“I think that might have been my biggest challenge directing — having all that play out in such a small area and making it look interesting.”

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• A boy and his peach: The Peterborough Players’ second and final Second Company production of the season, James and the Giant Peach, will be performed at the Peterborough Players theater (55 Hadley Road, Peterborough) on Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. The story follows a boy named James who discovers a magic potion that grows a giant peach, which he takes on a journey across the ocean with a group of singing insects.

The production features original music composed by Pedro Kaawaloa and the show’s director, Gus Kaikkonen. Tickets cost $8 for children and $10 for adults. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org.

• Exploring family: Theaterography will present Ava Molnar’s Living Through on Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 27, at 9 p.m., at the Players’ Ring (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). The play centers on a family through multiple timelines while exploring family and relationship dynamics, love and individuality. Tickets cost $12 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors.

Visit playersring.org or call 436-8123.

• Full of wonder: The Palace Theatre Children’s Summer Series will bring Alice in Wonderland to the stage at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) Tuesday, Aug. 29, through Thursday, Aug. 31. The play tells the magical tale of a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers Wonderland, a world with all kinds of quirky characters

Theater Productions • PORTSMOUTH UNDERBELLY TOUR Join accused spy Silas Deane and tavern wench Olive Madbury as they take attendees of the tour back and history and tell the stories the city would like to forget. Every Monday and Saturday at 6 p.m. Starts at the corner of State and Pleasant St. The Rusty Hammer, 49 Pleasant St., Portsmouth. $15. Call 978-683-7745.

• THREE SHORT PLAYS Granite State Playwright Workshop.

Aug. 18-Aug. 27. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. $16.50. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA Peterborough Players production.

Aug. 16-Aug. 27. Peterborough Players, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. $39. Visit peterboroughplayers.org or call 924-7585.

The Peterborough Players present James and the Giant Peach. Courtesy photo.

and adventures. Showtimes are at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each day. Tickets cost $9 for individuals or $8 per person in groups of 10 or more. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• A special friendship: ACT ONE will present Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun at the West End Studio Theatre (959 Islington St., Portsmouth) on Fridays, Aug. 25 and Sept. 1, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, Aug. 26 and Sept. 2, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. The play, written

by Norm Foster, tells the story of Holly Fitch, a young pregnant woman who forms a friendship with Robert Castle, a disabled man, and his mother Claire. Tickets cost $20 for general admission and $18 for students and seniors. Visit actonenh.org or call 300-2986 for more information.

• Actors needed: The Pelham Actors Guild is having auditions for its next production, Death by Chocolate, at Sherburne Hall (6 Village Green, Pelham) on Sunday, Aug. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m., and Thursday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. Auditions will be reading from a script. The production will take place in early November. Find more information and the casting list at pelhamactorsguild.org.

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• LIVING THROUGH Theaterography production. Aug. 18-Aug. 27. Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $12. Visit playersring.org.

• JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Peterborough Players production. Fri., Aug. 25 and Sat., Aug. 26, 2 p.m. 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. $8 for children, $10 for adults. Visit peterboroughplayers.org/james-and-the-giantpeach.html.

• PINOCCHIO Presented by Palace Theatre’s Childrens Summer Series. Tues., Aug. 22, through Thurs., Aug. 24, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. , Manchester. $9. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• KISS THE MOON, KISS THE SUN An ACT ONE production.

Fri., Aug. 25 and Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 26 and Sept. 2, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27,

2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth.

General admission $20, seniors/ students $18. Visit actonenh.org/ summer-festival-kiss-the-moonkiss-the-sun.

• WILD PARTY Nashua Actorsingers production. Aug. 25-27.

Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua. Visit actorsingers.org.

• THE LENDING DOLL Musical by William Ogmundson and Tom Dunn. Fri., Aug. 25, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 26, at 3 and 7 p.m. Whipple Town Hall, New London. Visit alchemistsworkshops.com.

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND Presented by Palace Theatre’s Childrens Summer Series. Tues., Aug. 29, through Thurs., Aug. 31, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St. , Manchester. $9. Visit palacetheatre.org.

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ARTS

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An antique wheelchair, a giant rocking horse, an old porthole television — those are the kinds of things you’ll find in Manchester photographer Karen Jerzyk’s photos.

Using models with elaborate costumes and an eccentric array of props, and shooting largely in abandoned and dilapidated buildings, Jerzyk describes her work as “surreal, dream-like, fantastical and full of irony.”

“I really want the photos to tell a story visually,” she said. “There’s not an ultimate concept or a right answer or a certain conclusion that people should come to. I want the viewer to come up with their own story.”

To help other photographers create visual stories with their photos, Jerzyk has organized three upcoming day-long photography workshops focused on creating scenes and concepts. The workshops will take place at her Manchester studio, where participants will have access to Jerzyk’s diverse collection of costumes and props, as well as a model.

Jerzyk will start the workshops by demonstrating her own process, from

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drafting ideas on a storyboard to choosing the costumes and arranging the props and lighting. Then, she’ll help each participant design his or her own scene and shoot it.

“It comes pretty easy for me to think of [scenes], but I’ve realized that some people struggle with coming up with ideas, so I wanted to share my process and tools with them,” she said. “Hopefully in the future they can use [what they learned] when shooting in their own space.”

Jerzyk started her photography work in 2003 after graduating from UNH, shooting concert photos and promotional photos for musicians. Six years later, she decided that she wanted to pursue a kind of photography that allowed her to be more creative, so she started doing portraits. It wasn’t until her father’s death in 2011, she said, that she really discovered and developed her signature style.

“I had a lot of trouble after he passed away. … I started taking all that bottled up energy and pouring it into my photos.

The more elaborate the idea, the better, because it took my mind off things,” she said. “That’s when my work started to tell a story.”

Jerzyk said she hopes the workshops will help other photographers find what inspires them and channel that into generating original ideas for photo scenes.

“It’s about helping them jumpstart their thought process and getting them to condition themselves to think in a certain way and be positive about their ideas, not self-defeating,” she said. “I want them to leave with images that they’re happy about, that they didn’t think they’d be able to create.”

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• Outdoor painting: The New Hampshire Art Association’s annual Plein Air Showcase will be on view Aug. 30 through Sept. 30 at the East and South galleries of the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth). The show features paintings by NHAA members that depict outdoor scenes and were painted outdoors on location. “Plein air painters cope with all kinds of weather — hot sun, biting insects, storms blowing in, tides going out, as well as continual interaction from the inquisitive public,” featured artist Lennie Mullaney said in a press release. “We may interpret, edit, and respond with emotion and memory. But the painting is built around capturing a moment in time, a particular place, and the effect light has on objects (including figures).”

Gallery hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. There will be an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., with winners announced at 6 p.m.

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• Bob Ross day: Eclectic Avenue Creative Art Space will host a community art event, “Let’s Art Together!,” at the Manchester City Library (405 Pine St., Manchester) on Thursday, Aug. 24, from 3 to 8:15 p.m.

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Art Events • DERRY HOMEGROWN FARM & ARTISAN MARKET Locally-made food, art and crafts. June 7 through Sept.

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• ART MARKET Hosted by Creative Framing Solutions and StudioVerne. Thursdays from 3-8 p.m. Nutfield Lane, Manchester. Visit creativeframingsolutions.com or studioverne.com.

• TWILIGHT GATHERING OF ART, MUSIC AND FRIENDS A showcase of artists’ new work form around the state. Sat., Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m.

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face painting, cupcakes and more. Bob Ross certified instructor Dennis Braje will be working at his easel from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

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• Farewell to Art in the Park: The Manchester Artists Association’s Art in the Park Show scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26, in Watson Park in Merrimack has been cancelled due to a shortage of artist participation. After 50 years of hosting outdoor art exhibits, the Association announced that it will instead start using the internet for exhibit opportunities and promoting its members’ work. Visit manchesterartists.com.

• Arts in the Lakes: The Annual Lakes Region Fine Arts and Crafts Festival returns on Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Main Street in Meredith among the Meredith Village Shops and the Mill Falls Marketplace. The outdoor juried arts and crafts exhibition and sale features work from more than 80 artists and craftspeople, as well as music, entertainment and food. Visit meredithareachamber.com for more information.

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• CONCORD ARTS MARKET Handmade arts, crafts and goods by local craftspeople and artists. Starts June 3 and occurs almost every Saturday until Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bicentennial Square, Concord. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

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The fair will feature creations from more than 65 makers from around New England. As the only licensed Maker Faire in the state, it’s expected to see roughly 1,600 attendees, according to museum Communications Director Neva Cole.

Booths will be set up for individual makers and organizations that support engineering and design.

“Some are nonprofits; others are individual makers who have something going on in their garage that they have been working on for a really long time and they want to share,” Cole said.

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technology. Using information online and his own mechanical engineering experience, Matthew re-created the accelerator and gyroscope technology for his own transportation unit, which will be on display at the fair.

“It’s one of those things where I’ve always wanted to make it, but now that it’s built I don’t really know what to do with it,” Matthew said.

Matthew said he is not sure yet whether he will let people ride his transportation unit or whether he will give demonstrations himself, but either way he wants to share his project’s story with any curious makers.

J Fitzpatrick is a maker and high school principal who decided he wanted to create a conversationthemed card game. Players are given a set of cards with words

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Once a player has been handed a card, the card is theirs to use on someone else. The use of the cards could include good-natured banter between coworkers, quiet gestures with loved ones and interactions with a complete stranger.

“The goal was to create an opportunity for people to interact with each other without their phones,” Fitzpatrick said.

The fair will be the first time Fitzpatrick has used the cards outside of his friend group, and he is hoping people will be interested and share their ideas with him.

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“They are pretty loud, and we usually gather a big crowd,” Dupont said.

The coil accelerates the electricity from an outlet to create powerful voltage bursts of music, according to Dupont. The project started on kickstarter.com as the brainchild of two MIT students, Heidi Baumgartner and Bayley Wang. It’s now available as a kit that welding and electronics hobbyists can use to build and play their favorite songs.

The fair will be spread out over the upper and lower sections of Henry Law Park and at 1 Washington Road, across the river from the museum.

Cole said Ghostbusters and pirates will be spotted walking around the fair this year after last year’s Star Wars Stormtroopers were a success.

“Because it’s such a family-oriented event, we definitely encourage people to come dressed however they want,” said Cole.

The Maker Faire will also feature food — some of which is especially fitting for the event. SubZero of Nashua uses liquid nitrogen to freeze ice cream in seconds, so the process is also a lesson in chemistry, Cole said.

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It took me a long time to appreciate hostas.

When I was a young gardener, I wanted bright flowers with lots of pizazz. Roses. Daffodils.

Peonies. But over time I have come to appreciate the subtle colors of green, the soothing textures, the dependable nature of hostas.

I took a walk around my gardens and counted about a dozen different kinds of hostas. The smallest, Blue Mouse Ears, has little leaves just 2 inches long. My largest hosta is probably Hosta montana, Stephen Parish, from Cider Hill Gardens in Windsor, Vermont. It stands 3 feet tall in a clump five wide, even though I divided it in half three years ago. I have to admit I don’t know the names of many of my hostas, having gotten divisions from friends or just plain lost the tags.

Some basics: Hostas do well in shade and thrive in rich, dark well-drained soil that never dries out. That’s a tough demand. But they will grow and survive even in shade with dry, poor soil. They just won’t get as big.

I have my biggest hosta growing in two locations. The first is the ideal soil described above, the second place is in shade with dry soil and plenty of tree roots competing. The difference is remarkable. The plants in ideal soil are a full foot taller, and much more vigorous. One might even think they are different species.

I shudder when I drive past a house with hostas growing in full sun. It’s like tying up your dog in full sun, in August, with no water bowl. Inhumane. The hosta leaves bleach out, develop brown edges and practically scream at their owners. Some morning sun is fine for many hostas, but afternoon sun is brutal for most. That said, it’s almost impossible to kill a hosta, so they survive.

Most hostas are hardy to Zone 3 (-40 in winter) or Zone 4 (-30). So unless you live in the arctic, you can grow hostas. Having selected a nice spot with gentle sun, enrich the soil with plenty of compost and a little organic bagged fertilizer mixed in. Always water right after planting, and once a week or so until the plant is well established.

Problems? Slugs love hostas, and so do deer. When the leaves come up in the spring, rolled up like cigars, squirrels and chipmunks will eat them like asparagus. I once sprayed liquid fish fertilizer on those early rodent treats, and was rewarded with the sounds of a squirrel screaming after taking just one bite!

I was working in a public garden, and got a serious glare from a patron who thought I’d poisoned the poor thing.

As to slugs, some years are worse than others. There are chemical slug remedies, but I’m not sure even the so-called organic one,

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which uses iron phosphate, is safe. According to one report I read, the “inert ingredients” which are not listed, may actually be toxic to the slugs, and us. I say pick off the slugs and put them in soapy water, or let them munch your hostas. Saucers of beer are attractive to slugs, too, and will drown them. But that might be too good a demise for slugs.

I recently went to see Gary and Sarah Milek of Cider Hill Gardens because I have gotten many of my favorite hostas from them, and they have splendid display gardens. Here are a few of the hostas I liked: Gold Regal: Large leaves, all of a yellow-green.

Gold Standard: Large yellow-gold leaves with green edges.

Sagea: Large, dark green leaves with white or yellow edges Brother Stephan: Yellow/chartreuse leaves with dark green edges Curly Fries: This name is worthy of a giggle. The leaves are very narrow and long, green and white, with scalloped edges.

Empress Wu: Nice rich green leaves. Gary says it is the largest of all hosta plants, sometimes standing 5 feet tall.

Hosta leaves will shade out most weeds, so they can be used as ground covers. Jewell weed will grow up through hostas, however. I like to plant daffodils between clumps of hostas as I don’t need to cut back the daffodil leaves; the hostas will obscure them by the time they are getting old.

While at Cider Hill I also got a chartreuse spikenard (Aralia cordata) that really looks great in shade. It’s a variety called Sun King and I got one last year. This year it is a nice large plant that does not attract slugs, and has maintained its color all summer.

I also got a nice creeping sedge for a shady ground cover while at Cider Hill. It has leaves 8 to 12 inches long, green with white edges. It’s a variegated Carex. I’m hoping it will out-compete the spotted deadnettle (Lamium spp.) that is currently taking over empty places in my shade garden.

So don’t ignore those shady places. Hostas and plenty of other plants will grow just fine.

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Dear Donna, I have a few of these napkin rings from my mother. Do you know of any collectors or a person who would be interested in them and possibly for purchasing? Can you also help with a value?

Thanks.

Tina from Brookline Dear Tina, First things first: You have to figure out if your napkin rings are sterling silver or silver plated. The value is much different. So you would have to look inside the ring to find a mark, and possibly a maker as well, which also will help to determine a value.

If they are sterling silver they will be marked that way (sterling). If they are plated (which is a silver coating over another metal alloy) they might have marks and even possibly say “silver,” which would mean plated — unless they have touch marks, and then you would want to have them looked at by someone.

Common, non-figural napkin rings in sterling can be found in the secondary market in the range of $25 to $30. Everything depends on weight, condition and maker.

Silver plated ones are much lower-value and less desirable.

So before you can find them a new home, you have to either bring them to be checked by someone (an antique dealer or jeweler) or you can make the determination yourself.

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

She is an antiques appraiser and instructor.

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

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IN/OUT

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The Pembroke and Allenstown Old Home Day returns to Memorial Field (Keystone Lane, Pembroke) on Saturday, Aug. 26. The day-long event features a variety of family-friendly activities from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. that include a parade with floats, marching bands and antique cars, as well as inflatables, arts and crafts, hay wagon rides, live music, food concessions, miniature golf, a dunk tank, a fire foam demonstration, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and more, before ending with a fireworks display at dusk. Admission is free. Visit pembroke-allenstownoldhomeday.com or call Patti Fowler at 224-7324 for details.

Don’t miss the Weare Historical Society Old Home Day, which is happening at Weare Town Center (Route 114, General John Stark Highway) on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features more than 20 crafters, vendors, clubs and nonprofits, as well as farm animals, martial arts and wellness demonstrations, an origami table and more. Admission is free. Visit wearehistoricalsociety.org.

in southern New Hampshire (235 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua; 125 S. Broadway, Salem; 1741 S. Willow St., Manchester; and 45 Gosling Road, Newington) for a storytime at 11 a.m. featuring the children’s book How to Get Your Teacher Ready by Jean Reagan. The book follows a class of students giving all kinds of fun tips and tricks for getting their teacher ready on the first day of school.

Activities related to the book will follow the storytime. Admission is free. Visit stores.barnesandnoble.com or call your local store for details.

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New Hampshire author Karen Beaudin will visit Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Friday, Aug. 25, at 5:30 p.m. to present her children’s book, The Kirby Boys’ Adventure: Searching for the Lost Key. She will also be joined by the book’s illustrator, Valerie Main, to talk about its plot, which follows brothers Wyatt, Logan and Tucker and their quest to find a lost key after discovering a secret in their backyard. Admission is free. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

Just in time for back to school, visit any of the four Barnes & Noble bookstores

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats’ last regular season home game is Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:35 p.m. at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive, Manchester) against the Hartford Yard Goats. To celebrate the end of the season, the team will host an on-field balloon sword fight, featuring balloons courtesy of Dan’s Balloons in Nashua. There will be a huge balloon sword fight, an attempt to break the world record. Game tickets start at $12. Visit nhfishercats.com or call the box office at 641-2005.

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IN/OUT CAR TALK

Cloudy windshield often means bad heater core Dear Car Talk: I have a 2015 Yukon XL with a cloudy inside windshield. It looks perfectly clean until the sun or oncoming headlights shine on it. I have tried to wash it with glass

By Ray Magliozzi cleaner, and also plain water. When I go to dry it, it streaks really bad. One time, when I took it in for service, I asked the service representative if the manufacturer had put some kind of film on it.

She said, “It’s coming from the defroster, and there is nothing I can do about it.” The only way I have found to clean it is with a dry cloth. I like to drive with a clean windshield inside and out. No one smokes in my vehicle.

I have been driving for 56 years and have cleaned a lot of windshields. Do you have any ideas? I live in northern Ohio, so I can’t just stop using my defroster. But I hate having to clean my windshield every time I use my defroster. What’s wrong? — Judy Well, these are classic symptoms of a leaking heater core, Judy. But your car seems to be too new to have a bad heater core.

The heater core is a second, small radiator that provides heat to the passenger compartment. When you call for heat, coolant from

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the engine circulates through it, then the fan blows over the heater core and transmits heat from that hot coolant, through the vents, to the car’s interior.

But if the heater core is leaking, coolant mist can get blown by the fan, along with the warm air. Coolant is greasy, and guess what it does? It leaves a film.

It also has a sweet taste, but it’s toxic, so I don’t recommend that you give it the taste test. You might want to give it a sniff, though, and see if it smells at all sweet to you.

If you were writing to me about a 2005 Yukon, I’d feel pretty certain that a heater core is what you need. But it’s odd to have one fail on a newer car.

The only other possibility is that the vinyl from the car’s dashboard and interior parts is outgassing. That’s what most of us know as the “new car smell.” But it’s actually the sublimation of vinyl particles into the air, which can leave a film on your windshield, too.

But you say the film appears every time you use the defroster, so I’d have to lean toward a heater core problem. You’re probably still under warranty, Judy, so go back and ask them to fix it. If they say, “It’s related to the defroster,” ask them how. The only way I can think of is that the heater core is leaking coolant, and it’s blowing onto your windshield.

If they have another explanation, write back and let me know what it is. Maybe we can use it to get rid of some of our troublesome customers. Good luck, Judy.

Dear Car Talk: My wife, Mary, has a 2010 Chevy Cobalt.

Recently, she noticed that the fuel gauge indicated more gas than there could have been in the tank. The following week, she took the car to the local dealer. After more than an hour, Mary was given an explanation that she didn’t understand: She was instructed to keep the tank full, and told that the problem might resolve itself. Until this situation arose, the service people had always been very helpful. Mary returned home disheartened, and with an inaccurate fuel gauge.

There was no charge for the “help.” Any suggestions? — James Well, that was nice of them not to charge her. But the advice she got was worth exactly what she paid for it.

It sounds like she’s got a bad sending unit.

There’s a sensor in the tank that floats up and down along with the level of gasoline.

It sends a signal to the fuel gauge, telling the gauge what position it’s in, and therefore how much fuel is in the tank. It sounds like Mary’s sending unit no longer works.

Maybe the dealer thinks the float is stuck, and by filling the tank frequently, Mary might somehow help unstick it. We sometimes do see sending units that fail on and off for a bit when they’re on their last legs.

But eventually they always seem to conk out completely. So if she gets relief, my guess is it probably won’t be long-lived.

The dealer may have just sensed that Mary was feeling financially vulnerable when she came in. He may have noticed the $400 worth of Bull Mastiff Chow she had just purchased in the back seat, and didn’t think she could stomach the estimate for a new sending unit the same day. Unfortunately, making that repair involves a fair amount of labor, because it requires removing the gas tank.

But unless she’s comfortable keeping track of her mileage, filling the tank based on how many miles she’s driven, always driving with a fully charged cellphone and never lending the car to anybody, she probably should get it fixed.

I’d suggest that you go back, James, and ask for a more detailed diagnosis. If they’re sure it’s the sending unit, and Mary plans to keep the car for a while, it’s probably worth spending a few hundred bucks to fix it.

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Learn about the life span of a single drop of water and how it travels miles and miles to get to your backyard during “All the Water in the World,” happening Saturday, Aug. 26, at Amoskeag Fishways in Manchester.

Holly Groh, a Teacher Program Naturalist at Amoskeag Fishways, said the program will teach children and adults about the importance of water in Manchester and southern New Hampshire.

Groh said the energy generated by the rushing water in the Merrimack river is essential to the city’s electrical needs. The hydro plant (owned by Eversource, which helps fund the Fishways, along with the New Hampshire Audubon, New Hampshire Fish & Game and U.S. Fish & Wildlife) creates 16 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about half the homes and businesses in Manchester, according to Groh.

At the event, there will be an activity that will show the molecular properties of the water that powers the plant.

There will also be an activity where guests will learn about the ecosystems the water interacts with before ending up in the river and about the lifecycle of a single drop of water.

A water conservation brainstorming activity will teach guests about the importance of conserving water and what steps they can take to reduce water usage at home.

“The classic example is turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth,” said Groh.

The lessons are taught using Amoskeag Fishways’ KIND methodology, which Groh said teaches people to understand and respect the natural world around them.

“It’s a starting point and we are sending out ripples,” said Groh.

The Merrimack River is home to many fish, reptiles and plants that can be harmed by human intervention, according to Groh.

The dam was built in the 1800s near the Amoskeag area of the river for industrial manufacturing mills. “Amoskeag” is a word used by the Penacook Native Americans who inhabited the area 400 years ago

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that means a place of many fish, according to Groh.

The presence of the dam greatly reduced the population of fish in the area because many of the fish were anadromous, meaning they feed in the Atlantic Ocean and migrate up freshwater rivers to spawn.

“We don’t see as many fish today as we did 400 years ago, but we still see several species of fish that are coming up from the Atlantic Ocean,” said Groh.

Now the 47-foothigh dam has a fish ladder, or series of low-water steps, that lets the fish climb upstream, which is on disHOLLY GROH play at Amoskeag Fishways.

The Fishways’ other exhibits will be open throughout the day and will let people see live turtles, frogs and salmon. Groh said the facility’s crowning jewel is the Timber Rattlesnake, an endangered species native to southern New Hampshire.

Groh recommends the event for ages 7 and up. Those interested in attending should register in advance. She also noted that there’s a chance anyone doing the interactive activities might not stay dry.

“You can’t have a water event in August without getting a little wet,” said Groh.

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I was an Oracle database administrator at Raytheon.

And then I moved into more web development throughout the years and then mostly into internal software development for companies.

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My current job is to increase the software infrastructure of this company, basically combining new architecture of software development with the current software that’s been developed and come up with a new strategy that we can expand on and leverage … going forward. … We’re improving the user experience on the front end, the backend stability of the provisioning process, billing processes, things like that.

How long have you worked there?

I’ve been here for a year.

How did you get interested in this field?

I was really passionate. I started programming, actually, in high school. So, I was really passionate about programming. … I don’t know how to explain it, I just like programming. I like writing the codes, seeing the output, seeing what you can do with it, tinkering with things and so forth.

It’s like somebody who is a linguist likes to translate to other languages. Programming is somewhat similar. I’m talking to a computer instead of talking to other humans.

administrator at Raytheon before I moved into being a database administrator. I really wish, early on, that I didn’t continue with the database administration because it just wasn’t me.

It just wasn’t something Courtesy photo. that I was interested in. … I wish back then I could How did you find your current job? have told myself, ‘Hey, back off of that and I used a headhunter to get my current job. continue your R and D and continuing your So Alexander Technologies up here in New programming skills.

Hampshire told me that there was a position at Right Networks and I interviewed What is your typical at-work uniform? and got an offer.

Everybody here in the development area, we dress casually. You know, some T-shirt, What’s the best piece of work-related jeans, sneakers. They understand here that advice anyone’s ever given you? the more comfortable the programmer is Be truthful. I guess that’s the biggest with their surroundings and their environthing. … I’ve always found that, whoev- ment, the more output you can get from er I’m working for, make sure they know them.

100 percent what I’m … working on, and if there are any issues of that nature that What was the first job you ever had? they know right away. … CommunicaI was a carriage pusher at Alexander’s in tion is key. Make sure people know where Chelmsford. — Ryan Lessard everything stands — then people have good expectations of when software is going to What’s something you’re really be released and the stability of it.

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

What do you wish you’d known at the I got a computer science degree at the Unibeginning of your career? versity of Massachusetts - Lowell. From I started out my career as a Unix system

interested in right now?

I do woodworking. I have a woodworking machine in my basement that’s, like, industrial grade. I make all sorts of things.

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FOOD Greek out

Greekfest returns to Assumption Church in Manchester

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Taste authentic Greek coffee prepared over a fire, gyros straight out of the rotisserie oven and loukoumades — fried dough balls — deep fried to order with cinnamon and homemade honey, all under one tent at Greekfest.

The festival is returning to Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Manchester for the 26th year on Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, Aug. 27.

“The festival started off as a cultural event … for people in Manchester and the surrounding areas to celebrate Greek traditions,” said Costas Georgopoulos, Greekfest chairman. “In the beginning, we had just a traditional barbecue lamb and a Greek rotisserie chicken, but over the years, the menu has grown and expanded, and now [the festival] is kind of a staple in the community.”

The menu at Greekfest today is much more extensive, Georgopoulos said, with dozens of Greek recipes prepared by church and festival committee members.

There’s still the barbecue lamb and rotisserie chicken, but other features now include loukaniko, which is a Greek pork sausage, and pastitsio, a Greek lasagna made with ground beef and bechamel, a white cream sauce.

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The deadline to enter a chili in the contest has passed, but for $2 per cup of chili, visitors can taste a variety of offerings and vote on their favorites. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. The event will include vendors and live music throughout the evening. Admission is free. Visit intownmanchester.com or call 645-6285.

• Kitchen fire at Brown’s: An early morning electrical fire tore through the family-owned Brown’s Lobster Pound in Seabrook on Sunday, Aug. 20. According to the Union Leader, fire crews responded about 3 a.m. and remained on scene for nearly five hours. There were no injuries, but the restaurant’s kitchen sustained heavy damage and may be forced to miss the rest of the summer’s business. However, Brown’s is still looking ahead to the annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, Sept. 8 through Sept. 10, with plans to feature its usual offerings.

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salads, Greek rice, stuffed grape leaves, stuffed peppers, pork souvlaki, Greek meatballs, a spinach pie dish called spanakopita, and gyros cooked on site, an item Georgopoulos said was introduced to the festival only a few years ago.

For dessert, there’s a wide variety of Greek pastries, like baklava, butter cookies, loukoumades, and a custard pie called galaktoboureko that is made with phyllo dough and homemade honey syrup.

Assorted soda, water, beer, wine and coffee will be available for purchase as well, Georgopoulos said, including traditional Greek coffee.

“Greek coffee is not brewed through a coffee machine,” he said. “The coffee grounds are actually cooked over a fire. It’s very strong, almost like an espresso. It’s always a very popular item.”

Georgopoulos said a unique aspect of Greekfest has to do with the timing of the food’s preparation. Unlike other community food festivals organized by church members, almost all of the food is not made until the week before the festival so that none of it is frozen weeks or months ahead of time.

“Our committee members … want to make the food nice and fresh,” he said.

“Over the years, they’ve kind of put their own fingerprints on [the recipes]. They’ve been making so much for so long that they’re kind of their own recipes now.”

Also under the tent will be live performances by the Boston-based Greek Matoula Music, a kids corner under the tent with popcorn, ice cream, games and more, and a few Greek vendors selling various items.

“This year we’ll have Greek coffee, jewelry, flags, T-shirts and other knick knacks for sale,” Georgopoulos said. “We’ve actually got someone coming back who came for the first time last year who sells authentic olive oil made and shipped from Greece.”

Visitors — between 5,000 and 8,000 are expected over the course of the weekend — can come to the festival and explore all that is offered without any obligation to buy anything, Georgopoulos.

“It’s really all about sharing our traditions and culture to the community,” he said. “People love the food especially, and our focus is in showcasing the food.”

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“Permaculture is essentially a set of principles that aims to find practical solutions to ecological, social and environmental challenges that we see today,” said Bret Ingold, a volunteer of the event’s planning committee. “What that includes is all kinds of ideas like organic gardening, natural building, water and forest management and alternative energy. … It’s a way to look at and understand all these parts as a connected system. … In other words, [permaculture] is a collective term for a lot of different practices. It’s, at its heart, kind of an agricultural movement that has broadened over time.”

Ingold said the event has had a different location across the state each year to build momentum and awareness about permaculture concepts and to give each community its own platform. Past events have been held in Alstead, Chichester and Dorchester, with future plans to move farther north.

This is the first New Hampshire Permaculture Day event to be held in the Kearsarge region of the state, with nearly all of the food from the farm-to-table lunch coming from farms in Warner and surrounding towns, according to Ingold. Foods will include organic locally raised pork, several different salad and side options and more.

“The Kearsarge Food Hub [in Bradford] will also be doing a presentation on how regional food systems can do more to meet the needs of the community,” Ingold said.

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“Permaculture was widely imagined in the ’80s, but it’s not like organic gardening was a new idea,” Ingold said. “This stuff has been practiced for thousands of years.”

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The more than 30 presentations and demonstrations will also include grafting fruit trees, edible self-care and natural medicine, water management and more.

Ingold said demonstrators this year will also take advantage of the extensive garden on the museum’s property, offering talks about traditional Native American ways of gardening and planting food.

Presentations are divided into four different topics, with about five or six happening simultaneously throughout the day, according to Ingold. Visitors will receive a schedule at the door and be able to pick and choose which ones they would like to view.

“Most of the events … are on the introductory side, but for people who are more self-sufficient, there’s a lot here for them too,” he said. “There is an interesting group of presenters here and it’s unique to get them all in one place.”

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For the past four years, winemaker Al Fulchino has hosted a six-course gourmet wine-pairing dinner at Fulchino Vineyard in Hollis with live tributes to honor the late music great Frank Sinatra. But a new event will honor another prominent figure of the Rat Pack era: singer Dean Martin.

On Sunday, Aug. 27, at 4 p.m., Fulchino will host “An Evening with Vino and Dino” as a tribute to Martin. The fourcourse wine pairing dinner will include food provided by Pig Tale Restaurant and a live performance by Steve Palumbo, who portrays Martin.

“We’ve done a number of dinners, but this is the first one of its kind,” Fulchino said. “[The dinner] will not only feature the sounds of Dean Martin, but complementary Fulchino wines will be specifically paired with four different dishes prepared by [Chef] Rob Jean from Pig Tale, representing some of Dean Martin’s favorite foods.”

The dinner will begin with pasta e fagioli as the first course, a dish Fulchino said is meant to be a refined version of Martin’s homemade pasta and bean soup.

The second course will feature linguine and clams, inspired by Martin’s favorite dish from the former Da Vinci Ristorante in Beverly Hills.

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Those will be followed by grilled lamb chops with yogurt sauce and rosemary potatoes as the third course and butterscotch crepes with chantilly cream as the fourth and final course, a dish also inspired by Da Vinci Ristorante. Two wines will be paired with each plate, Fulchino said.

“Pig Tale has been doing all our meals for the last three years,” he said. “Chef Jean has a lot of talent and creativity and adds a lot of different twists I don’t think of.”

Palumbo is expected to sing many of Martin’s old tunes throughout most of the dinner, beginning at 4 p.m., Fulchino said.

“He has a beauAL FULCHINO tiful, rich voice and does a wonderful job capturing the essence of Dean Martin’s singing,” he said. “It will really bring you back to the patina of a bygone era.”

Fulchino said he will choose from about eight or nine original wines grown at the Vineyards to pair with each meal. The focus for each of these dinners, he said, is for visitors to discover good combinations of wine and food.

“Wine-pairing dinners can be somewhat educational, because [they take] people out of their wheelhouse a bit,” he said. “They might try a wine they may not otherwise when it’s put with a certain meal, and they’ll give it a go regardless of whatever ingrained habits or preconceptions they might have had.”

Fulchino Vineyard is also planning a grape-themed festival in September to commemorate its 10th anniversary. Features will include wines, gelato, photo opportunities in a grape-stomping barrel and more, to raise money for the Hollis Police Benevolent Association.

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Chicken Parmesan Casserole Chicken Parmesan is one of my favorite dishes, but it’s more labor-intensive than I would like for a weeknight dinner. So when I found this recipe for a chicken Parmesan casserole that only required about 7 minutes of active prep time, I had to try it.

While chicken Parmesan is delicious, one of my least favorite things to do is dredge and bake chicken, which ends up killing my motivation to make the traditional version of the dish. But chopping up some chicken, mixing it with sauce and cheese and topping it with breadcrumbs and basil is a breeze.

I used to get made fun of in college for boiling chicken, but it’s one of my favorite shortcuts for dishes requiring pre-cooked chicken, such as chicken salad or this casserole. After boiling for just a few minutes (time varies depending on the size and cut of chicken), the chicken is fully cooked and ready to be tossed into whatever you’re making. For this recipe, I boiled the chicken breasts until they were just under fully cooked, as I didn’t want the chicken to get dry or chewy once baked. Alternatively, you could just as easily use a store-bought rotisserie chicken to start this dish.

Other than the chicken, this dish was very pantry-friendly. Pasta sauce, panko breadEveryday Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe Adapted from Delish 4 cups chicken breast, cooked and shredded 1 (28-ounce) jar marinara 8 ounces mozzarella, shredded 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan 1 cup panko bread crumbs (with Italian seasoning) 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

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crumbs, basil, red pepper flakes and some cheese rounded out the list of ingredients.

Each bite of the casserole is reminiscent of traditional chicken Parmesan; plus, with all the ingredients mixed together, you don’t run the risk of getting a bite with too little sauce or cheese. Every forkful of this casserole was moist and flavorful, to the point where most of it went straight from the casserole dish to my husband’s mouth instead of to a plate.

The panko breadcrumbs (I used ones with Italian seasonings) added the perfect amount of crunch, and the saltiness from the cheese blended nicely with the trace amounts of heat from the red pepper flakes.

The basil on top of the casserole, however, may have been my favorite aspect of the dish, as it added a fresh element and kept the dish from ever presenting a boring bite.

This simple casserole was great and filling on its own, but could easily be served over spaghetti for a heartier meal. Likewise, leftovers served in a fresh Italian sandwich roll or with a side salad are perfect for lunch the next day. Overall, this dish packed all the flavor of chicken Parmesan but without any of the hassle.

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Several years ago, my brother and I scoffed at my father as he chose a “Golden Pilsner” by Mayflower Brewing. In so many words, the sentiment we conveyed was, “A pilsner? Really?” as if there was something wrong with that choice, something somehow unbecoming of a true beer drinker.

Look, I was going through a phase and I’m embarrassed. There’s nothing wrong with a pilsner. In fact, the pilsner is the consummate, well, beer.

“I like to call it the beer-tasting beer,” said Brian Dalke, sales manager at Moat Mountain Brewing Co. in North Conway, in reference to Moat Mountain’s Czech Pilsner. “This is what a beer should taste like.”

Still, I would argue that “Oh man, you have to try this pilsner” is not among the phrases you have heard in recent years.

People probably urged you to try doubleand triple-dry-hopped IPAs and bourbon barrel-aged stouts. Pilsners? No. It seems pilsners developed something of a stigma among craft beer enthusiasts, probably due to the proliferation of the pilsner by America’s giant beer producers — looking at you, Anheuser-Busch. This is not to say a Budweiser or a Miller Lite or Coors Banquet Beer is bad, but the style had become ubiquitous. The pilsner wasn’t unique in a sea of interesting and increasingly complex craft beer options. The pilsner was boring. But it never stopped tasting like beer.

Originating in the Czech Republic, the pilsner is typically a lighter brew characterized by a bright, citrusy burst and a crisp finish. It’s pleasing, easy to drink, and completely unoffensive in every way. Everyone should be drinking pilsners. (I owe my father and Mayflower an apology.)

Today, as brewers load beers with pounds and pounds of the hoppiest hops they can find, some brewers are seeing something of a movement back to simplicity, back to lower alcohol contents, and back to beer that simply tastes like beer.

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you use nontraditional hops?’” said Brian Parda of Great North Aleworks in Manchester, which brewed the “Northbound Pilsner” as its summer seasonal brew this year. “Hops are not the star of the beer. The beer is about balance. There’s a familiarity to it, but it’s so much more satisfying than the mass-produced options.”

At Moat Mountain, the Czech Pilsner is the best seller, both on draft and in cans. On the Seacoast, beer drinkers can enjoy a traditional pilsner called “Stephen Urquell” at the Portsmouth Brewery.

More and more, pilsners are filling a void in the craft brewing scene.

“Brewers are realizing there can be a barrier to entry for those who are maybe not sure about the craft movement,” said C.J. White, executive director of the Granite State Brewers Association.

“You have a domestic beer drinker who wants to drink something local … a locally made pilsner is an easy transition to the craft beer world,” Dalke added. “From there, I’m hoping they’ll try other things.”

Along with tasting like beer, pilsners are typically lower in alcohol and lighter in body, meaning you can have a few and not get completely bogged down. Also, a pilsner is a great option with food, as it does not overpower the flavor of the food, Parda said. It’s comfortable sitting in the background, refreshing and pleasing your palate, without taking away from the dish at hand.

The pilsner isn’t new. It’s decidedly old.

“It’s sort of a return to the beginning,” Parda said.

Next time you see a locally brewed pilsner, try it and appreciate its crisp, refreshing, slightly tart and citrusy flavor. Like Parda said, it will be familiar. It will also be much, much better than the pilsners you used to drink in numbers during college.

Also, it will taste like beer.

Jeff Mucciarone is a senior account executive with Montagne Communications, where he provides communications support to the New Hampshire wine and spirits industry.

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• A Woman’s Place is at the Top A • Book Report Includes listings for lectures, author events, book clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events.

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Arcade Fire, Everything Now (Columbia Records)

Haters gonna hate, and boy, I despise nearly everything about all the hayloftindie oatmeal that’s come out of Canada during the last decade. Toward seeing it all end and never having to put up with any more of that smug, what-me-worry, ironicbut-unamusing tripe ever again, I’d love to hate this album and give it the sort of treatment I’ve restrained myself (and I’m proud of that) from pulling for a dog’s age now.

But it’s not this band so much, even if their candlelit, bring-your-own-crappy-wine, offschedule shows feel like subtle class warfare and their last LP’s knowing anti-consumerist nod to Naomi Klein’s No Logo (that was definitely what they were doing with all that wall-flyering and whatnot) was a little too cockeyed, even for a “rock” thing. No, I don’t completely hate this at all, and I mean that personally, not as someone doing due diligence — the tunes are fine if you miss the Bee Gees (I don’t). The 45-second opening bit dredges up 10CC from the 1970s, and then comes the title track, whereupon the whole exercise goes mirror-ball-disco (in the realest sense) and 1980s radio. They admit there wasn’t a central theme to this record, which is fine, but what it boils down to is a 13-song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” statement that couldn’t have had worse timing. Yes, critics are divided about this album, but not the ones with brains in their heads. C — Eric W. Saeger Living Colour, Shade (Megaforce Records)

If you’re a ’90s kid, you already know what I’m going to say about this record, because you know the axiom that comes bundled with any album from a hard-rock band that’s been around for three decades and somehow survived the horrors of diving into jacuzzis full of Fredericks models and having to choose a Ferrari color during their brief peak. It’s the opposite of the million-monkeys-with-amillion-typewriters saw, that is, give any hard rock band enough time and they’ll eventually morph into a Vegas act in which you can tell the old tunes from the new tunes because the new stuff makes you realize the band was once pretty freaking cool, and not a bunch of finger-snappin’, blues-diggin’, leather-vested Wayne Newtons. Here, the whole “Wow, four hip black dudes kicking Judas Priest’s ass” thing naturally devolves into lounge-metal from your “B”-est 1980s Steven Seagal B movie, beginning with “Freedom Of,” a grim reminder of when The Cult decided to drop the Native American accoutrements and go full phoned-in groupie-bait. The horribly named “Expression (Fox)” had me running for my Nazareth records to get the stench out of my ears. Et cetera. C- — Eric W. Saeger

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• Jeez, finally something fun to deal with up in this joint, as Gogol Bordello has a new album, Seekers And Finders, coming straight to all you fans of Borat and rock and Borat-rock on Aug. 25. The single is “Saboteur Blues,” which has fiddles, punk-metal and a double-call-out to Descartes and Darwin in the lyrics (sung with the same accent as the Russian spy who was hiding microfilm rolls in watermelons on that Three Stooges episode from the 1940s): “Those two grandest bandit robbers are busted at last!”

• If you love Queens of the Stone Age’s choppy “angular” guitar riffs, Black Lips irreverence and all their bragging about drugs, you’ll be happy to read that their new album, Villains, is right now being delivered to your record store in some Breaking Bad camper home or whatever, so you can listen to it and sniff bags of mosquito repellent or whatever you kids do these days while your smartphones are charging. One of the tunes on this LP is “The Way You Used to Do,” which finds our heroes doing their ZZ Top imitation again, just like, oh yeah, nearly everything they’ve done, but this one sounds more like “Tush” than ever. If I weren’t such a proghead I could maybe like this stuff, but in order for me to get to that point you’d have to stop bogarting the mosquito repellent.

• Oh Sees used to be called Thee Oh Sees, but they shortened it so they could get a little attention or something, does it really matter? Remember when the band Wire changed their name to Wir for one album, because one of their foursome went off to focus his energies on collecting Beanie Babies or playing real-life Frogger in traffic or whatever it was, and then the band suddenly realized it was probably the stupidest thing they’d ever done and changed it back? I’d wonder why Thee Oh Sees changed their name but I don’t care, so let’s visit the Wikipedia gizmo and find out. OK, Wiki doesn’t know either. Boy, these guys have fired six drummers, what the dilly, who cares. Their new album due Aug. 25, is called Orc and the single is called “Static God,” a stripped-down hyper-punk peel-out but kinda softly delivered — psychedelic twee-punk I guess you’d say, and I dig it, but they need to pick a band name.

• Aaaand the winner of this year’s “Come On It Isn’t Even Labor Day Yet” Hannukwanzmas award is British jazz-goth-folk conundrum Nadine Shah, whose new LP Holiday Destination will be going into all your stockings down in Whoville in the middle of August. Wait a second here, I have to strip the award, because this isn’t a Christmakwanzukkah album, at least if I’m supposed to judge it by the single “Out the Way,” since it’s half Japanesestyle drone-rock but with a Sade twist to it, and bad saxaphones.

Besides, the video is obviously inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale, look at those darn Puritans, doing their thing. Know what, though, I’m counting it, because someone’s grandmother is going to buy this and play it on Christmas Eve, and she’ll let it play the whole way, because Happy Whatsis! — Eric W. Saeger

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A new adventure After nearly a decade of writing true crime novels, Karen Beaudin has taken a very different direction with her newest book, The Kirby Boys’ Adventure: Searching for the Lost Key, which she’ll be reading from and signing at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord on Friday, Aug. 25.

The 60-page children’s mystery-adventure tells the story of three brothers — Wyatt, age 8, Logan, age 7, and Tucker, age 5 — who uncover a locked treasure chest in their backyard and must work together to find the key.

Beaudin is best known for her books A Child is Missing: A True Story, released in 2010, and its sequel, A Child is Missing: Searching for Justice, released in 2016, which are personal accounts and explorations of the unsolved murder of her sister, Kathy Gloddy, who was murdered in 1971 at age 13 in Beaudin’s hometown of Franklin, New Hampshire.

Additionally, she was a contributing author for Lynda Cheldelin Fell’s The Grief Diaries: Project Cold Case and The Grief Diaries: Surviving Loss by Homicide.

“A lot of my work has revolved around [the murder], and it was very emotionally straining. It was time to do something different. You’ve got to balance your life out,” Beaudin said. “The children’s book is fun and joyful and full of life — the total opposite of what I had been writing about in the other books. It was a breath of fresh air.”

The Kirby Boys’ Adventure is inspired

by Beaudin’s three grandsons living in Ohio: Tucker is the sarcastic jokester, often playing tricks and keeping his brothers on their toes; Logan contributes his logic and organizational skills; and

Wyatt is the leader and protector, Beaudin said. The boys’ parents in the book also mirror the boys’ real-life parents.

Even their miniature schnauzer makes an appearance.

“It was a lot of fun to put in those characters and bring out each of their personalities in the book,” she said. “As I wrote each chapter I would send it to [the boys], and they really liked it. They’d text me, like, ‘When will you finish the next chapter?’ so that was encouraging for me.”

The illustrations, too, depict the personalities of Beaudin’s real-life grandsons. Beaudin recruited Valerie Main, a relative with a passion for art, to illustrate the book and to integrate some of the boys’ favorite things into the handpainted watercolor scenes.

“They’re big New England Patriots fans, so there’s some Patriots stuff, and they’re soccer players, so there are soccer things.

There’s even this blanket that Logan got attached to … that we incorporated into the bedroom [scene],” Beaudin said. “All of these things, I KAREN BEAUDIN wanted to incorporate so that it would be sentimental for [the boys].”

Beaudin said the story’s message is “morally sound” and includes themes like using teamwork to accomplish a goal and not judging a person based on his or her appearance. She hopes to continue with a Kirby Boys’ series of books in which the boys embark on different adventures and encounter different characters while learning important life lessons.

“My motto is, every child should have great adventures,” she said. “A lot of kids don’t have that anymore, so I want them to be able to read this story and feel like they’re going on an adventure with these boys.”

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You probably haven’t heard of Annie Smith Peck, but your grandparents or great-grandparents would have. The Rhode Island native made a name for herself nationwide in the early 20th century by setting mountain-climbing records in the Andes and giving talks about her expeditions. She worked Kickstarter-style, drumming up funds to pay for gear and travel expenses and rewarding her patrons with exclusive articles or lectures about her journeys — and in her later years, in-show advertising.

Only she had to write her fundraising pleas on paper with a pen. In cursive.

You might think there’d already be a biography or two about this trailblazing mountain-climber and suffragist, but it has fallen to Massachusetts’ Hannah Kimberley to write the first, and she’s made it a brisk read.

Growing up in a well-to-do family in Providence, Annie Peck had always desired to excel in the model of her three older brothers. She wanted to support herself rather than depend on a husband, and she envisioned becoming a well-paid professor or a high school principal (as two of her brothers did). However, just as Peck’s family thought it a matter of course that the boys would attend college, they thought it a matter of course that Annie would not.

Where her parents fell short in supporting her ambitions, high school teachers stepped in, and when a new teachers college opened in Providence she enrolled, paying her own way with money she’d earned giving piano lessons and substitute teaching. This still wasn’t enough to land her her dream job, so at 24, again over family objections, she entered the University of Michigan, which had recently begun to admit women. (She tried for Brown, but they said no girls.) She graduated with honors, went on to earn a master’s degree, and finally scored a teaching job at young Purdue University in Indiana.

Where, it turned out, she hated the weather, she hated the cost of living, and she was always tired.

Just over 30 years old, she took a refreshing vacation in the Adirondacks and did her first real climbing. A seed was planted.

Using her college connections, she next attended the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the first woman to do so, and climbed as many Greek mountains as she could in conjunction with her studies.

Back from Europe, educated and experienced to the hilt, she hoped to become a classics professor at a coed school. The best she could score was a job at women-only Smith College.

Now in her 40s, she began to carve her own path by giving lectures on her areas of expertise, mainly Latin and Greek archaeology. Buoyed by letters of recommendation from former professors, she quickly went from speaking at ladies luncheons to addressing college crowds, art clubs and the National Geographic Society.

“At this rate,” Kimberley writes, “Annie could teach ten classes and equal her annual salary at Smith or Purdue in just a few months.”

It was not long before she put together her love of climbing and her lecturing skills. Rather than continue giving the same talks on Greek history she’d given for years, she needed to branch out. So Annie Peck set her sights on being the first person to climb Huascaran in Peru, and began seeking sponsors.

They gave freely at first, but after two attempts failed due to weather and reluctant guides, things changed. She asked a brother for money for a third go; he said, in not so many words, “Get a real job, here’s $5 for Christmas.”

She sent the $5 back. It took five tries and it cost a Swiss guide his hand (frostbite), but she got to the top, making headlines and money.

Her next project became a race against Hiram Bingham — possibly the inspiration for Indiana Jones; Kimberley asserts that he was, and calls him “possibly even more self-involved than Annie” — to be the first to summit Coropuna in Peru. Bingham was a man who did not think women should be out scaling mountains, so, though he may have gone 250 feet higher in the end (they scaled different peaks), there was a small triumph in Annie’s planting a flag on Coropuna that read “Joan of Arc Equal Suffrage League — Votes for Women.”

The biography winds down with Annie in her 70s, still lecturing but now focused on women’s suffrage and commerce between North and South America. She pitched the idea to some government officials of her being an ambassador to a South American country, but, what with her being female, that idea went nowhere.

Kimberley notes, “Peck wanted to have a book written about her. She wrote her own biographical notes … assuming that her first biographer might use them.” To the reader’s benefit, Kimberley leans more heavily on Peck’s letters and diaries and contemporaneous news reports. This a biography, not a thriller, but it stays lively and relatable throughout. A — Lisa Parsons

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• Tiny fish: Author Sy Montgomery will be at The Toadstool Bookshop (12 Depot Square, Peterborough) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m., for a signing and discussion of her latest children’s book, Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest. The book is part of Montgomery’s Scientists in the Field series of fully illustrated children’s books about the work of scientists around the world. It explores how tiny fish, called piabas, can help preserve not only the rainforest but the environment as a whole. Visit toadbooks.com or call 924-3543.

• Mount Washington stories: Author Mike Dickerman will be at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road, Warner) on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a signing and discussion of his newest book, Mount Washington: Narratives and Perspectives.

The book includes a collection of more than 20 previously written pieces inspired by New England’s highest peak. Visit mainstreetbookends.com or call 456-2700.

• Free books for all: Eight Little Free Libraries will be installed in Nashua on Aug. 30, made possible through a partnership including BAE Systems, Nashua Public Library, P&L Landscaping and United Way of Greater Nashua. The Little Free Libraries are small 2.5-feetsquare houses on posts filled with free books and placed in “book deserts,” low- or mixed-income neighborhoods or areas that are far enough from a library or other book source that a person wouldn’t typically get there by foot.

They’ll be installed at the Nashua Rail Trail, Labine Park, the Legacy Playground, Lamprey Healthcare, the Adult Learning Center, the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, the Greater Nashua Dental Connection and the United Way office on Broad Street. The program is currently seeking volunteer stewards to maintain the libraries. Those interested can email Mike Apfelberg at mapfelberg@unitedwaynashua.org.

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• JOYCE MAYNARD Author talks about The Best of Us: A Memoir. Thurs., Oct. 12, at 7 p.m.

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• SY MONTGOMERY & ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS Authors talk about Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind.

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• JAMES WRIGHT Author discusses Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War. Tues., Sept. 12, 6 p.m. Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road , Manchester. Visit nhhumanities.org.

• SHARON DUNN Author talks about Under a Dark Eye: A Family Story. Wed., Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

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• ATUL GAWANDE Author discusses Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. Fri., Sept. 8, 7 p.m. The Music Hall’s Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St. , Portsmouth. $26. Visit TheMusicHall.org or call 436-2400.

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R)

Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds kicky-punch at each other and assorted baddies in The Hitman’s Bodyguard, an almost average action comedy.

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you’re looking for at the theater in late summer or on cable six months from now.

That it doesn’t completely clear this low bar is, I think, due to the writing. The movie has the amount of funny right, maybe even the type of funny (though it leans a little too heavily on the idea that pretty ladies swearing bilingually is hilarious) but it just isn’t as funny as it needs to be. And while some of its energy comes from the fights and the (rather low budget) explosions, most of it has to come from the actors and their dialogue. The actors give this movie exactly the amount of effort it deserves but the writing doesn’t quite hit the mark. The comedy needs to be sharper, perhaps more self-aware (Samuel L. Jackson sells lines like “I am harm’s way” because the movie knows what we want to see from a Samuel L. Jackson character in a lightweight action movie) and definitely more lively and having a better time.

All of this is to say that The Hitman’s Bodyguard does not live up to its potential, which, let’s be honest, was probably never all that much higher than being a C+ movie. As it is, we’re at a not horrible but not quite successful C. Rated R for strong language and violence throughout. Directed by Patrick Hughes and written Tom O’Connor, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is an hour and 58 minutes long and distributed by Lionsgate Films.

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Brothers stage a heist at a North Carolina speedway in Logan Lucky, a light and dry comedy caper from director Steven Soderbergh.

Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is a divorced dad of elementary-school-aged Sadie (Farrah Mackenzie) living in West Virginia. Angry when his ex (Katie Holmes), who has custody of Sadie, informs him that the family is moving a few hours away for her new husband’s job, Jimmy is powerless to fight her. Recently let go from his job, Jimmy can’t afford either a court battle or relocation.

About that job: it involved fixing sinkholes beneath a speedway in North Carolina, one that hosts large NASCAR races and has an elaborate pneumatic tube system to get the cash from the many concession stands to a vault. Jimmy happens to see the system, and an access point to the tubes, while working underground.

Jimmy explains the system (with the help of a superb cardboard model) to his brother, Clyde Logan (Adam Driver), a bartender who lost part of his arm while serving in the military. With a well-placed vacuum cleaner and a bit of misdirection, a burglary of the vault could be carried out during a game without anyone realizing what happened until the crew was long gone, so says Jimmy.

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Michael Bryce (Reynolds) was a highpriced, well-regarded security expert for wealthy, vaguely bad-guy clients. His career of careful planning was all for naught when an arms dealer was assassinated while under his protection. Now, he works the bottom rung of the security world and blames his misfortune on his ex-girlfriend, Interpol agent Amelia Roussel (Elodie Yung), who he is certain was behind the hit on his client.

A few years later, Amelia is working on the high-profile war crimes prosecution of a Belarusian dictator, Vladislav Dukhovich (Gary Oldman). One of the key witnesses against him is gun-for-hire Darius Kincaid (Jackson). Kincaid has agreed to testify on the condition that his wife, Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek), who is also in jail, is set free.

The plan to transport Darius from a jail in the U.K. goes wrong almost immediately.

Terrorists working for Dukhovich intercept the security force moving Darius and soon Amelia finds herself alone with Darius.

Since she’s not sure who to trust at Interpol, she calls Michael and offers him a return to his previous level of status (and income) if he can get Darius to The Hague.

Naturally, Michael and Darius have history. In addition to the many times Darius has tried to off Michael and his clients, the two also have opposing work styles. The orderly, plan-making Michael with doesn’t appreciate the take-situations-as-they-come Darius.

Setting aside the ick factor of a movie featuring violence in European cities as viewed during this particular moment in history, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is almost fine. Not good, not bad, just OK-fine.

Almost. It has a workable structure, solid cast and a serviceable approach to pacing and tone. This movie was never going to be an Oscar winner or (please no) the start of a franchise but it feels like exactly what

named Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) and, reluctantly, his not-so-bright brothers, Fish (Jack Quaid) and Sam (Brian Gleeson). One hiccup with Joe: He’s currently incarcerated so the plan needs to include not just an escape but also a way back behind bars before anyone notices he’s gone (getting caught would extend his nearly completed sentence).

Working against the gang is not only the complexity of the plan — and what Clyde believes is a multi-generational curse on the Logan family — but also the surprisingly efficient sinkhole-fixing crew. When Jimmy learns they’ll be done earlier than expected (and thus the access to the workings under the raceway will be closed off), he has to move up the schedule.

Toward the end of this movie, somebody refers to the heist as “Ocean’s 7-Eleven” (a nod to a series Soderbergh also directed).

That is Logan Lucky exactly. Remove the glamorous sheen of the fancy hotel and Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and George Clooney and you’ve got this movie, with its dry comedy and familiar rounding up of participants, each of whom plays a gear in the clockwork mechanism of the plot. Even the use of a comic duo, the relationship between the main pair of heist-ers and the way the movie ends have a very Oceans feel.

And it works! Tatum is excellent here — the movie gives him just enough dramatic acting to do along with the comedy, at which he is very skilled. Driver and Craig do a good job of playing people with quirks without letting those quirks become the whole character. We get some development of them and just enough of the even odder minor characters to make us care about (and root for) the heist planners.

In some ways this week’s movies are very similar — both are a relaxing frozen cocktail of comedy and action that seem built to help you chill out. Logan Lucky does it better. B Rated PG-13 for language and some crude comments. Directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Rebecca Blunt, Logan Lucky is an hour and 59 minutes long and distributed by Fingerprint Releasing and Bleeker Street.

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MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX RED RIVER THEATRES 11 S. Main St., Concord, 2244600, redrivertheatres.org • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (PG, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 2:05 p.m.

A Film Music Documentary (NR, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 2:10, 5:35 & 7:40 p.m.

• Wind River (R, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.; Fri., Aug. 25, and Sat., Aug. 26, 1, 3:25, 5:50 & 8:15 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27, 1, 3:25 & 5:50 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 28, through Thurs., Aug. 31, 2, 5:30 & 8 p.m.

• Ingrid Goes West (R, 2017) Fri., Aug. 25, and Sat., Aug. 26, 12:45, 3, 5:15 & 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27, 12:45, 3 & 5:15 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 28, through Thurs., Aug. 31, 2:05, 5:25 & 7:40 p.m.

• Menashe (PG, 2017) Fri., Aug. 25, and Sat., Aug. 26, 1:30, 3:30 & 5:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 28, 2:10 and 5:35 p.m.; Tues., Aug. 29, and Wed., Aug. 30, 2:10 p.m.; Thurs., Aug. 31, 2:10 & 5:35 p.m.

• The Big Sick (R, 2017) Fri., Aug. 25, and Sat., Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27, 5:15 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 28 and Thurs., Aug. 31, 7:40 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Lost in Paris (2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m.

• Wonder Woman (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m.

• The Big Sick (R, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m.

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• The Detective (1968) Sat., Aug. 26, 4:30 p.m.

CHUNKY’S CINEMA 707 Huse Road, Manchester, 206-3888; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-7499; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys.com • All About Eve (PG, 1950) Thurs., Aug. 24, 11:30 a.m.

• The Goonies (PG, 1985) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

• The Nut Job 2 (PG, 2017) Sensory-friendly showing, Sat., Aug. 26, 9 a.m.

• Top Gun ( PG, 1986) Thurs., Aug. 31, 7 p.m.

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK 889 Elm St., Manchester, intownmanchester.com • The Goonies (PG, 1985) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, ccanh.com • Salome (National Theatre Live, 2017) Tues., Aug. 29, 6 p.m.

CINEMAGIC 1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com • Castle in the Sky (PG, 1986) Mon., Aug. 28, 7 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY 405 Pine St., Manchester, 6246550, manchester.lib.nh.us; some films at the West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560 • Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (PG-13, 2014) Thurs., Aug. 24, 3 p.m.

PELHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY 24 Village Green, Pelham, pelhampubliclibrary.org, 635-7581 • Film screening Fri., Aug. 25, 2 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org, some films are screened at Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth • Lost in Paris (NR, 2016) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

• Wonder Woman (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

• Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (PG, 2017) Sat., Aug. 26, 7 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 27, 4 p.m.

• A Ghost Story (R, 2017) Tues., Aug. 29, through Thurs., Aug. 31, 7 p.m.

• Letters from Baghdad (NR, 2016) Tues., Aug. 29, and Wed., Aug. 30, 7 p.m.

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PETERBOROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE 6 School St., Peterborough, pctmovies.com • The Glass Castle (PG-13, 2017) Fri., Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 26, Sun., Aug. 27 and Wed., Aug. 30, 2:30 & 7 p.m.; Thurs., Aug. 31, 7 p.m.

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CINEMAGIC STADIUM 10 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 319-8788, cinemagicmovies.com • Aliens (R, 1986) Thurs., Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

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PRESCOTT PARK 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, prescottpark.org • Dirty Dancing (PG, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

• La La Land (PG-13, 2016) Fri., Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

• Spaceballs (PG, 1987) Thurs., Aug. 31, 8 p.m.

RIVER STREET THEATRE 6 River St., Jaffrey, 532-8888, theparktheatre.org • Brave New Jersey (NR, 2017) Thurs., Aug. 24, through Sat., Aug. 26, 7 p.m.

• October Sky (PG, 1999) Tues., Aug. 29, 2 & 7 p.m.

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• House concert: Indie rockers Jake McKelvie & the Countertops perform with Concord-based singer-songwriter Will Hatch. See the quirky band Thursday, Aug. 24, 6:30 p.m., Milford Community House, 5 Union St., Milford. See facebook.com/ UnionFestNH. • Solo go: One half of hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, Havoc is a renowned MC and producer who’s worked on tracks from a who’s who of rap — Eminem, Nas, LL Cool J and The Notorious B.I.G. among them. Go Friday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. Tickets $20 at brownpapertickets.com.

• Beach bash: Featuring pedal steel guitar played like Hendrix on a Stratocaster, Robert Randolph & the Family Band is a soulful, energetic band with one of the best live shows around. Opening are Dub Apocalypse and Spiritual Rez veteran Van Gordon Martin. Go Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. at Bernie’s Beach Bar, 73 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach. Tickets $18 at ticketweb.com.

• Storyteller: Joel Cage plays regularly throughout the region, but it’s a treat to see him in a listening room. Cage’s heartfelt songs are accompanied by skillful guitar.

Go Saturday, Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m., The Back Room at the Mill, 2 Central St., Bristol.

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• Good cause: Three bands with awesome instrumental prowess appear at the Gather to End Hunger Festival. Nth Power tops the bill, joined by Rustic Overtones and Truffle. Go Sunday, Aug. 27, 1 p.m., Smuttynose Brewery, 105 Towle Farm Road, Hampton.

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For Don McLean, all roads lead to “American Pie” — few songs accomplished more than his 1971 hit. In eight and a half minutes, it defined a generation and made “the day the music died” synonymous with the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. Holly’s catalog sales surged in its wake, as did plenty of oldies stations.

This begs the question: Did McLean have dreams of rock and roll immortality as he recorded the song? The short answer is no — and if he had known what would happen, he might have waited.

“I was getting a lot of what was called underground and college airplay” on his first record, Tapestry, McLean said in a recent phone interview. “A bunch of these stations would play the whole album. So I was building something that was very cool, and ‘American Pie’ ruined it.”

The last words come with a laugh, as McLean talks about a “startling, frightening, exhilarating type of experience that catapulted me very quickly to the front ranks of singer-songwriters immediately.” The consequence, however, was fans moving backward and sideways to find gems like “Vincent” and “Castles in the Air,” or to learn that the title cut from his debut helped launch Greenpeace.

Yes, along with chronicling the ’60s in a single iconic song, McLean was a midwife to the environmental movement. It came out of his experiences sailing with Pete Seeger to protest water pollution in the Hudson River in Don McLean When: Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.

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the mid-1960s. The two met when he began a correspondence with the folk legend while he was in middle school. Seeger became a mentor and friend, though McLean recalled more than a few good-natured arguments.

“I’d say anything to him, and he’d laugh about it and we’d discuss it,” he said, noting that Seeger’s politics came up often, or more accurately, the songwriter’s choice of targets.

“He never criticized the Communist regime, never wrote a song about anything that happened in Vietnam ... but if it was a right-wing junta in South America....”

Seeger’s cover of Malvina Reynold’s “Little Boxes” was not one of McLean’s favorites.

“My mother’s parents came from Italy, and that is a very condescending song,” he told Seeger. “My grandparents would have been very happy to send their kids to summer camp and have a little box to live in and go to the university that this song mocks. ... You should get your shit together.”

However, their relationship had more love than sparring, McLean said.

“He was so terminally upper-class that he couldn’t even realize when he was saying something that was revealing that; but by the same token, he was the sweetest, most generous, most open person, and his talents were a wonder,” he said.

McLean shared Seeger’s activist spirit,

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and despairs of its seeming disappearance in today’s culture. Though “Dixie Chick” is a verb for career ruination invented by the right, he believes there’s shared responsibility for what he views as an excessive reticence.

“We live in a time of Teutonic fascist conformism and it comes from both sides; it’s the polarization of different parties,” he said.

“Political correctness is at a point where it’s become almost fascism. Really, don’t you think it’s Orwellian that there are all these words that you can’t say? ‘What is that word you’re talking about — why don’t you just say the word? Oh, my God, you said the word!’ It’s almost like a Lenny Bruce routine come to life.”

For this reason, McLean is eternally grateful that he’s a performer.

“I could never work in a corporation, I am completely unemployable,” he said. “I’d hear something absurd or ridiculous and I’d say something and I’d be fired.”

Instead, he gets to write and play; during the interview, he expressed excitement about a new album, Botanical Gardens, long in the works. He expects to play selections from it at his upcoming Tupelo Music Hall concert.

McLean is also famous for something he didn’t write. “Killing Me Softly” was a 1973 hit for Roberta Flack born from a poem that singer-songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote in response to seeing him perform his song “Empty Chairs” in concert. How did McLean feel about being immortalized in such a way?

“I don’t know,” he said with a sigh. “I’ve just tried to do the purest, best thing I could do, in the recording studio and on stage, and it’s caused these things to happen. It was never planned, I never had any support, Rolling Stone never put me on the cover. Every time I was down I came back; it’s the damndest thing. ... I never had a show, I still don’t. I go out and lose myself in my own world and go from one song to the next, and somehow it caused these things to happen.”

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Milford J’s Tavern: Yesterday Pasta Loft: Drag Show Union Coffee: Delaney with Eli & the Mamouth

Press Room: Press Room Jazz Lunch Ri Ra: Ashley Dawn Band Rudi’s: Barbara London Thirsty Moose: Boston Common Band

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Tuesday, Aug. 29 Concord Hermanos: Paul Bourgelais

Peterborough Harlow’s: Celtic Music Jam

Laconia Margate: Jim Tyrrell

Dover Fury’s Publick House: Tim Theriault and Friends Sonny’s: Soggy Po’ Boys

Portsmouth Portsmouth Gaslight: Joe Sambo Press Room: Jazz Jam w/ Larry Garland & Friends

Londonderry Coach Stop: RC Thomas

Gilford Patrick’s: Paul Luff hosts

Seabrook Chop Shop: Bare Bones

Hampton The Goat: Alec Macgillivray Wally’s Pub: Rob Benton

Wednesday, Aug. 30 Atkinson Merrill’s Tavern: Sean Von Clauss

Laconia Margate: Jim Tyrrell Manchester Derryfield: Deck- JD Ingalls Fratello’s: Brad Bosse Murphy’s Taproom: Clint Lapointe Strange Brew: Lisa Marie Whiskey’s 20: Sammy Smoove & DJ Gera Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois Merrimack Homestead: Ryan Williamson Nashua Burton’s Grill: Chase Clark Fratello’s Italian Grille: Kim Riley Newmarket Stone Church: Bluegrass Jam North Hampton Barley House Seacoast: Traditional Irish Session

Bedford T-Bones: Brian Gray Concord Hermanos: Rob Wolfe Dover Fury’s Publick House: Fules Gold Dublin DelRossi’s Trattoria: Celtic and Old Timey Jam Session Gilford Patrick’s: Cody James - Ladies Night Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar: Fireworks & Music The Goat: Rob Benton Hillsborough Turismo: Blues Jam w Jerry Paquette & the Runaway Bluesmen

Satisfaction- the International Rolling Stones Show Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry The Bacon Brothers Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. Flying Monkey Girls Guns and Glory Friday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m. Music Hall Loft Citizen Cope Acoustic Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Chris Stapleton/Margo Price Saturday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. Bank of NH Pavilion Gary Clark Jr w/ Michael Kiwanuka Saturday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. Casino Ballroom

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Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com SNHU Arena 555 Elm St., Manchester 644-5000, snhuarena.com Stockbridge Theatre Pinkerton Academy, Route 28, Derry 437-5210, stockbridgetheatre.com Tupelo Music Hall 2 Young Road, Londonderry 437-5100, tupelohall.com

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Aries (March 21 – April 19) I grew up in an artistic home, but that’s not true of all artists. You might be an artist who grew up in a home full of mechanics, but in order to find out that you love the arts, you’d have to expose yourself to them and try them! It’s a good time to try new things.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I saw that acting was another way to move people. …

Movies, plays, and television shows offer people a different perspective from the reality they live in, and sometimes they even offer hope. In my first acting roles I came to understand that and I thought, Hmm, COOL! Move and be moved.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) I had loved True Jackson, VP, and I missed the comfort of that scenario, but even before it was canceled I’d begun to feel ready for a larger role. People had started referring to me as “the girl from Nickelodeon.” That annoyed the ^*%$ out of me. What matters is how you refer to yourself.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Sometimes we have to turn down opportunities, even “good” ones, to get to those that were custom-made for us. Try to pick the best opportunity.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I knew I had so much to say about life and that my feelings and experiences were probably not so different from other young people. If you speak up, others will relate.

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Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) If you love your mom, but your mom was always too scared to try anything new, it makes no sense to expect her to encourage you when stepping outside of your comfort zone. Try recalibrating your expectations.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Every day, people put much more effort into taking time to check on social media than the do checking in with themselves, and that’s when it’s unhealthy. Check in with yourself.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I was still having trouble establishing an identity outside of my career and outside the perception of others. Their labels bothered me so much simply because I knew there was more to me than that. Sometimes people make assumptions that are not correct.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Now, I didn’t believe everything I read, lol, but certain things I found on the internet piqued my interest and I studied them in depth. I researched and double-checked things I’d seen before, forming my own opinions on the subjects. A new topic may pique your interest.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) When I was a kid, I loved story lines that had a beginning, a middle, and an end. That’s one reason I was that kid who did not like Saturday morning cartoons. For some reason I felt they were too vapid, hahaha. No, I didn’t literally think the word vapid, but I did hate the fact that Tom and Jerry never learned anything. A repetitive storyline will leave you feeling frustrated. It’s up to you whether to keep viewing.

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“I would love to know what really happened,” said Jennie Adair, “because it’s just so, so odd.”

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Out of eight candidates for Detroit mayor in the Aug. 8 primary, half were convicted felons, the Detroit News reported. Three women and one man have convictions including gun crimes and assault with intent to commit murder. “Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” opined political consultant Greg Bowens. Michigan law allows convicted felons to vote and run for office unless they are currently incarcerated, or if their offenses are fraud-related or constitute a breach of public trust. (Update: None of the felons advanced to the general election.)

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• Summers are hot in Lawrence, Kansas, and Christopher Steven Carlson, 34, of Riley took advantage of the warm temperatures on July 30 to stroll down a sidewalk in the busy college town in his birthday suit twice. Police first arrested Carlson around 2 p.m. in downtown Lawrence for indecent exposure, after which he paid his $500 fine and was released.

He caught a taxi from the Douglas County Jail back to the downtown area, where he stiffed the driver, left his clothes in the car and resumed his in-the-buff constitutional. Local business owner Meg Heriford said: “Our customers were not alarmed. It was more like, ‘Hey, there’s a naked guy.’”

• Nakedness does leave one a bit vulnerable, as Travis Tingler, 32, found out on July 16 as he stood unclothed outside his girlfriend’s house in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, shouting and threatening to hurt the people inside. When police arrived, they tried and failed to get Tingler back into his pants, so they handcuffed him.

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Or so it appeared to drivers along route A66 in Workington, Cumbria, in England, who spied four “shame-faced” men walking along the road wearing nothing but sneakers on July 30. The four “protected their modesty with cupped hands” and appeared to be walking quickly, according to Kathryn Lynn, 50, who drove by with her husband and daughter and snapped a photo of the odd group. “It was a bit of a shock to see,” she said.

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cers tried to handcuff Hietala, he resisted, prompting one officer to fire his Taser, which missed Heitala and hit Officer Browning instead. Hietala took off running, with Browning chasing on foot.

Soon a sheriff’s deputy arrived with a police dog, but as Browning cornered Hietala in an alley, the dog bit Browning instead of the criminal. Officers finally arrested Hietala for fleeing a police officer and drug possession.

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In Munich, Germany, Benjamin David has found a unique way to drown his commuting sorrows. He swims to work.

“When I was on my bike, I would yell at cars,” David said. “When I was on foot, I would yell at cyclists. ... (J)ust a few metres to the side of (the road) is the (Isar) river, and if you just swim down that, it’s completely relaxed and refreshing.” David stores his work clothes, laptop and mobile phone in a waterproof bag, and the river’s current sometimes allows him to float along his 1.2-mile route and enjoy the scenery including bystanders on bridges.

In Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Spartans of Vincent T. Lombardi Middle School won’t be playing football this year because of a lack of coaches. Jim Van Abel, principal of the school named after the revered coach of the Green Bay Packers, told parents in a letter that the district had been advertising for coaching positions since April, to no avail. Student Alex Coniff said last year about 55 students played on the school’s two football teams. (Interestingly, the district was also unable to provide a representative to be Awesome! interviewed for the story.)

Two Subway sandwich shop workers in Coventry, Rhode Island, frustrated a potential robber on July 25 by acting like Readers’ choice Dilworth, Minnesota, police officer teenagers, ignoring his demands for monBrad Browning suffered a bout of bad ey until he finally gave up and left the luck on Aug. 2 after he pulled over a car store. Police told a local news station that with a burned-out headlight. The driv- the robber, caught on security cameras, er, Stephen Hietala, 27, of Perham, had looked “exasperated.”

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