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In 2005, the New Hampshire State Board of Education made the most sweeping changes to state education regulations of any state in the nation. That move sent shock waves through departments of education all over America and started a movement that will change public education forever. Today, competency-based education (CBE) is being implemented in small and larger ways in over 40 states. It is the future of public education and New Hampshire should be proud that, once again, we were first in the nation.

The state regulations call for learning for credit toward graduation to happen anytime, anyplace, with students driving their own learning. In essence, we (I chaired the board back then) were calling for near limitless choices on how students could earn credits, in and outside of school walls. A high school student might say, “I want Mrs. Johnson for English, but I want to use my karate lessons for PE, play in a rock band for music, learn automotives at the car dealership, space science at the planetarium, U.S. history online,” etc., all as part of a public education.

Certainly, this school choice model would make obsolete the old notion of choosing between two or three schools, if the public system actually followed the letter and spirit of the regulations. But 12 years later too many districts are only scratching the surface of what the state board envisioned.

As a result, many schools look largely the same as they did before the changes.

I am convinced that we are cheating kids, families, communities and our state by not fully implementing competency-based learning. The school districts in our state that are doing it well are getting great results! (See the Research for Action - Philadelphia study of New Hampshire’s extended learning opportunities or ELOs.) Parents want choices for their kids. Students want choices. If the public schools don’t give them the choices that they want, and are supported by the State Board, don’t be surprised when legislators decide to force the issue onto the public system.

Senate Bill 193 is a school choice bill now being considered in our legislature. I would have preferred for choices to happen without needing legislation. If districts don’t want bills like these, there is a good way to make them unnecessary; that is to provide the choices that were envisioned by the state board of education in 2005.

Fred Bramante, former chairman of the New Hampshire State Board of Education, speaks and consults on education redesign.

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ON THE COVER 12 2017 HOLIDAY GUIDE ‘Tis the season for parades, tree lightings, gingerbread house making, holiday concerts and more. Our annual Hippo Holiday Guide is chock full of those events and so much more — all the holiday fun you can think of, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. ALSO ON THE COVER, there’s no shortage of fun for your long Thanksgiving weekend, starting on the eve of Turkey Day; check out the Drinksgiving guide on page 12 for night-out options. To make room for all that pie, there are turkey trots galore on the big day; find one on page 14. Then, throughout the rest of the holiday weekend, there are all kinds of seasonal activities, like Nashua’s Winter Stroll (page 15), a spooky version of A Christmas Carol (page 44), a holiday open house at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op (page 48) and fun for the kids (page 49).

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NEWS & NOTES School choice

After delaying a vote on a school choice bill for a week, the House Education Committee has recommended a heavily amended version of the legislation. The AP reported the bill, SB 193, would allow parents to use state tax dollars to send their kids to private schools or pay for home schooling through a program called “education freedom savings accounts.” Parents would get $3,000-per-pupil grants, which is the amount currently spent on students for public school by the state.

The committee voted to recommend the bill with a narrow vote. While it passed on mostly a party line vote, two Republicans opposed it and one Democrat voted in favor. The Senate passed the bill in March. The measure has been a key agenda item for Gov. Chris Sununu, who pressed for the vote before it was postponed for another week of workshopping the language in the bill. In a statement, Sununu said the bill would give parents and students the “ability to choose the education path that is best suited for them.” Opponents of the bill say it is unconstitutional. The main point of contention is whether the money should be allowed to be used for religious schools, which is a prohibited use of tax dollars in the Constitution.

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Democratic state Rep. Mindi Messmer of Rye is throwing her hat into the already crowded race for the 1st Congressional District seat. Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is not running for reelection in 2018. Messmer, an environmental scientist, will be running against Democrats like Executive Councilor Chris Pappas, former AFL-CIO head Mark MacKenzie, former VA official Maura Sullivan, former Stafford County Attorney Lincoln Soldati and Rochester’s city attorney Terence O’Rourke.

Republicans in the race include state Sen. Andy Sanborn and Eddie Edwards, the former head of the state Liquor Commission’s enforcement division.

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two publicly disagreed over a controversial proposed boat launch on Lake Sunapee. NHPR reported Sununu appointed Eric Stohl to replace Ted Tichy on the commission, after Tichy has represented Coos County for 15 years. Earlier this year, Sununu canceled the longplanned boat launch at the Wild Goose site, citing environmental and traffic concerns. Tichy responded by writing an open letter in August accusing Sununu of appeasing rich property owners at the lake Northern Pass The U.S. Department of Ener- who didn’t want the boat launch. gy gave a key permit to the Northern Pass project, allowing Lead bill Some landlords are against Canadian hydropower to be transmitted across the border and into changes made to a bill that would the United States power grid, the revamp the state’s juvenile lead poiAP reported. It’s a crucial step for- soning standards and protections. ward for the $1.6 billion project, The change made by the House and concludes the federal permit- Finance Committee, before it voted ting process. Eversource President to recommend the bill, would use Bill Quinlan said in a statement that $6 million in loans instead of grants, construction on the project is on as it was originally written, to fund track to begin in mid-2018, as the lead paint remediation projects, the state and Canadian permitting pro- AP reported. The state funds would cover up to 60 percent of the cost cess nears completion. through a guaranteed loan program.

The bill would also require lead Cold case Investigators recently searched the testing for all children age 2 and woods behind a West Side Manches- younger. It goes to a vote in the full ter apartment complex in connection House in January. with a missing person case from 37 years ago. The AP reported a tip led Pot legalization The House Criminal Justice and officials to search the Black Acres area for clues related to the disap- Public Safety Committee voted pearance of Denise Daneault, who not to recommend a bill that would was a 25-year-old divorced moth- legalize marijuana for recreationer of two when she went missing al use for people age 21 and older, on the night of June 8, 1980. While the Concord Monitor reported. The investigators haven’t confirmed any bill would enable the legal sale of connection with the disappearance cannabis through licensed businessof Denise Beaudin in 1981, the two es that would be taxed by the state.

Opponents of the bill said the drug is lived on the same street. racial diversity and equality and foster a “more socially conscious and inclusive campus.” NHPR reported the New Hampshire ACLU and the Seacoast NAACP penned a joint letter to the university, asking the search committee to consider the hiring as a way to redirect the school after a series of racially charged incidents during the last school year. Current president Mark Huddleston is retiring.

The planning board in Loudon has approved a three-day country music festival at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway next summer, the Concord Monitor reported. The board required the Speedway to pay for a sound study during the concert, which will be sometime between June 1 and Sept. 1, 2018.

A retired New Hampshire county commissioner recently returned to fix a clock tower at Spaulding High School in Rochester, the AP reported. Paul Dumont, who has a background in electronics, originally brought the clock back into working order in 1999.

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Last Thursday, Nov. 16, Pembroke Academy was Goffstown put on partial lockdown, the Concord Monitor reported.

Police responded to a threat made “via electronic device” and investigators found the origin of the message and determined the students Bedford were safe.

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The City of Nashua celebrated the one-year anniversary of its Safe Station program MANCHESTER with an appreciation event on Friday, Nov. 17, the Telegraph of Nashua reported.

Mayor Jim Donchess, Congresswoman Annie Kuster and other public officials Derry attended the event, which Merrimack included the presentation of certificates to Safe Station Londonderry representatives.

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still illegal under federal law. There is currently a study commission tasked with reviewing legalization, but advocates say the commission is filled with opponents.

Keno moving fast Manchester may see keno gambling before the year ends. WMUR reported Club Manchvegas expects a keno kiosk to be set up before

Christmas, as it was among the first to file an application. The Lottery Commission expects 100 locations statewide to go live by Dec. 15, according to the story. Bar owners see it as a boon to business, expecting it will keep patrons in their establishments longer. Keno was passed in Manchester and six other cities in the recent elections. Towns will have a chance to weigh in in the spring.

School bus seatbelts

A legislative study committee looking into a possible school bus seat belt requirement is not going to recommend any bill to that effect, NHPR reported. The committee chairman, Rep. Steven Smith, said there isn’t enough data to suggest a seat belt requirement will help.

According to the story, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is actively studying it. No other state requires seat belts on buses.

Two organizations are urging the Fish and Game chair University of New Hampshire to Gov. Chris Sununu replaced the see the selection of its next presi- longtime chairman of the state Fish dent as an opportunity to emphasize and Game Commission after the HIPPO | NOVEMBER 23 - 29, 2017 | PAGE 4

SCOTT MURRAY

New Hampshire has a new incoming U.S. Attorney. According to a press release, President Donald Trump nominated Merrimack County Attorney Scott Murray to serve as the next U.S. Attorney for the New Hampshire district.

In a statement, Gov. Chris Sununu said Murray is widely respected throughout the state’s legal community. Emily Gray Rice was the previous U.S. Attorney appointed by President Barack Obama. After President Trump fired all the Democratic appointments earlier this year, Rice took up a new role as the interim city solicitor for Manchester.

PEOPLE EXPOSED TO POWDER

Elliot Hospital workers and two police officers were exposed to a white powder believed to be an illicit substance after a tussle with a patient under police supervision. According to a press release, a man was arrested after a domestic assault charge but was sent to the hospital after he seemed under the influence of drugs and asked for medical assistance. While at Elliot, the man identified as Theodore Macenas, 26, attempted to ingest the powder he had concealed on his person. One of the officers present noticed this and tried to intervene. During the struggle, the powder was spread through a tear in the plastic bag onto the bathroom floor, adjacent hallway and nearby individuals. An “overabundance” of caution was used to treat those exposed.

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Page and Cook had a unique experience, and it surprised them just how fast adoption was made possible. Page said she fully expected to be providing foster care placements for a few years before she was able to adopt any kids, which was one of her dreams.

“It’s been a wonderful process and an emotional process but also the best decision that we’ve ever made,” Page said.

Catherine Meister, the adoption program manager at the state Division of Children, Youth and Families, said the more common scenario is one where foster parents help a child achieve reunification with their biological families, which is a long process that usually takes years.

And the need for that has only increased as more kids enter the system and fewer foster parents take up the responsibility.

“We do still have a shortage of foster homes to meet that demand,” Meister said.

In 2011 there were about 500 general foster homes in the state, but as of this past April that number has not only failed to keep up with population growth and increased demand caused by the opioid epidemic, it has gone down to about 470.

“That is a challenge that we have to deal with every day,” Meister said.

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From October 2016 to September 2017, there were 107 adoptions in the state. In the same period the year before, there were 85.

Meister said the state is looking to recruit a lot more people in the state to become foster parents. She said they are looking for all kinds of people: married, single, older, younger, pet owners or not, homeowners or renters.

“You don’t have to be a superhero to do this,” Meister said. “All you really have to have for it is a heart to want to help a child … and be willing to learn.”

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The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has unveiled a new commemorative bottle that will raise money to preserve and protect the Hall of Flags in the Statehouse lobby.

There are 115 flags on display there, including 88 from the Civil War, but they are kept hanging and exposed to natural light, which is not ideal for long-term preservation, and many are deteriorating with age.

Officials estimate it will cost north of $1 million to redesign the Hall of Flags in a fashion that will properly preserve the flags, which will include laying them flat in display case drawers and, in some cases, doing some restoration work.

This is the third commemorative bottle the liquor commission has released as part of this fundraising effort. The first two bottles, which were designed with images of the Old Man on the Mountain and summer camping, respectively, have raised over $100,000 so far. And commission Chairman Joseph Mollica expects to raise over $40,000 from this new bottle, which is designed with images of the

actual Hall of Flags on it.

“This one’s got a real heart to it, so we’re excited about it,” Mollica said.

The bottle was procured by M.S. Walker Fine Wines & Spirits, which also distilled the blended American whiskey within it. The bottle sells for $29.99 at select state liquor outlets across the state.

Mollica said the NHLC has had a longstanding relationship with M.S. Walker.

“They’ve been doing business with the liquor commission since there was a liquor commission,” he said.

Mollica said the commemorative bottle would make a great gift.

“Our history in New Hampshire is important to all of us, whether we’re originally from New Hampshire or we’ve been adopted by the state,” Mollica said.

Another bottle is already in the works for the summer season. Mollica said it will likely be released around mid June or early July to capture the busy foot traffic in the summer months.

It will be a gradual process to raise the money needed though commemorative bottle sales, but Mollica said the commission plans to continue with the project.

“We’re going to do this … as long as it takes to raise the money. That’s the bottom line,” Mollica said.

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Mark Proulx of Manchester is a retired Nashua firefighter, having serving there for 30 years. He still does part-time firefighting and has been part of the Massachusetts 1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) since 1999, through which he is deployed as a first responder to major natural disasters. He recently returned from Puerto Rico and previously deployed to Florida after Hurricane Irma.

Can you paint a picture of what sort of things you’re doing while you’re on deployment with DMAT? As a team, we go out, usually as a 36-member team, and we have the ability to set up a tent hospital. … We have doctors, nurses, pharmacists, EMTs, paramedics, logistics people, communications people, and we will go usually where a hospital has been wiped out and take the place of that hospital. We can do pretty much anything an emergency room can do. And if we have a patient that we can’t continue the care that’s needed — like surgery and things like that — we will transfer them out either [by] helicopter, ambulance, whatever works best for that patient, out to a receiving hospital out of the disaster area. We can see quite a few patients per day. … We can do anything from putting a Band-Aid on to suturing, cardiac arrest [stabilization]. …

When we were down in Key West, we were the only hospital in 50 miles in each direction, so whatever the ambulance picked up were coming to us. … The other thing that we can do is if we’re not replacing a hospital we do what’s called medical sheltering. … So we can do nursing home care or … things like that. It’s not just a shelter for regular people but people who have medical needs.

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Let’s talk about some of your recent experiences. Can tell me what the situation was like when you went to the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma?

When we first went down, the Keys were actually blocked off. If you had evacuated, you couldn’t get back in. Quite a lot of people

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hadn’t evacuated and there were a lot of first responders. So we went to the city of Marathon because there was a hospital in Marathon that had been wiped out. We actually set up our tents in the parking lot of Courtesy photo.

City Hall. We got there about 7 o’clock at night, and before midnight we were operational and taking in patients.

EMS had been told that we were there and we started receiving ambulances. The signs went out and we started getting patients that night.

Even though there was a curfew, the curfew was lifted for people who needed to seek medical attention. … [For some], their medications were destroyed. We bring a whole pharmacy cache with us, so we can replace them until the local pharmacies open. … Cuts, bruises, heart attacks. You name it, we saw it. … There was a lot of devastation.

How long were you home before you went back out again for Puerto Rico?

It was about two and a half weeks.

What was the situation like there? Was it any different from your experience either in the Keys or elsewhere?

It was similar, but you have to figure that we were about four weeks post-hurricane, so some things were up. … We were there to assist with other teams. We went to Fajardo and there [were] tent hospitals set up in the parking lot of the local hospital. There was a New York medical team made up of nurses and doctors from two separate hospitals from New York, but they were using … our tents, our equipment. … So we sent a nine-person team to run that for them and assist them. … We stayed there about a week and, as that medical team transitioned out, we transitioned out with them as they brought in a full DMAT team to replace them … and I believe they’re still there. … We went to San Juan for a day and the next day we were back out. I went to Manati, and we did a combination of an emergency room setup and a medical sheltering. … When I was there, we had five or six vent patients that needed constant electricity and oxygen plus medical care. And there were at least 40 other nursing-home-type patients. And we were also seeing anywhere from 140 to 180 patients through our emergency or urgent care facility every day. — Ryan Lessard

NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX

Historic discovery

A team of divers have discovered a World War II-era shipwreck of a U.S. merchant vessel off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine. The AP reported the shipwreck of the S.S. William H. Machen was found in 300 feet of water. It sank on July 7, 1942, after a collision with the cargo freighter Maid of Stirling. For 75 years the wreck was a footnote of history, with only a single line entry in a Coast Guard report, according to the story. After searching for the wreck for about three years off and on, the team discovered it this summer, about 15 miles off the coast of Portsmouth. According to archived reports, all 34 crew members abandoned ship safely and were rescued by the Coast Guard.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to WMUR, Ryan King of Brentwood, one of the divers, said the dive team hopes this discovery helps them learn more about the crew and what happened that day.

Health care for veterans and first responders

A new health care facility run by veterans for veterans and first responders opened in Manchester last week, WMUR reported. Strive VFR Healthcare will treat patients with substance abuse and mental health issues. The goal is to provide a place where people who serve their country and community can feel comfortable receiving health care. Strive plans to open more facilities throughout the state.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The opioid crisis in particular can take its toll on first responders’ mental health, Nashua Fire Chief Steven Galipeau told WMUR.

Free trees for fourth-graders

The White Mountain National Forest is waiving its typical $5 fee for cutting down a Christmas tree if the family has a fourth-grader participating in the “Every Kid in a Park” program, the AP reported. Those who wish to get a tree from the National Forest will be allowed to do so using hand tools as long as they stay within a certain area and adhere to size limits. Permits are available at WMNF offices in Campton, Lincoln, Gorham and Conway.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Getting young people to experience the outdoors early is a good way to keep them returning to the state’s parks.

Study finds local zoning is linked to housing shortage

What has long been a refrain of state housing experts now has some research behind it: local zoning ordinances are limiting housing in the state. In particular, rural communities are setting minimum lot sizes, which tends to exclude low-income housing options from being built.

That’s according to a study by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. In rural areas, these policies are often driven by a desire to preserve scenery while homes in these areas are left vacant yet unavailable because they’re used as second homes.

QOL Score: -1 Comment: According to the study, 28.9 percent of rural housing units in New England are vacant, but 74.6 percent of them are designated for seasonal, recreational or occasional use.

QOL score: 83 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 85 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire?

Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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With Thanksgiving at hand, it’s time for our annual column to gives thanks for great things in sports today and to point out who the turkeys have been this year as well.

Thanks – Sports gods: Sports is a great unifier as shown by Houston winning the World Series six weeks after the city was torn apart by Hurricane Harvey, which was a little like the Sox winning in the year of the marathon bombing.

Turkey – The guy who named the hurricane Harvey: The name Harvey is way too friendly for a destructive natural disaster. It’s got to be nasty. Like how about Hurricane Felger.

Turkey – Five-hour baseball games: Do I really have to say anything more about games packed with TV commercials and often unnecessary pitching changes made by micromanagers in the dugout?

Thanks – J.J. Watt: Back to the sports gods: Ditto for him miraculously raising $37 million in just a few weeks to help out the folks in storm-ravaged Houston. This guy gets it. Hopefully he comes back strong.

Turkey – David Price: This guy doesn’t get it. David, I get that you had a (petty, overly sensitive) grievance with the Eck, but it could have been done in a much more adult fashion, rather than doing it in front like you’re a tough guy trying to make one of the kids in eighth look bad. Leaders solve problems, they don’t create bigger ones. Time to grow up, pal.

Thanks – Celtics GM Danny Ainge: I may not always agree, but he keeps things interesting by being constantly willing to shake things up with gutsy trades as evidenced by turning over 11 players from his 53-win, two-playoff-win 2016-17 team for a newer and thought to be better 2017-18 version.

Turkey – Sports injuries: To whoever in the grand scheme of things was behind

wrecking everyone’s fun by putting Gordon Hayward out for the year with that horrible injury five minutes into his Celtics career.

Thanks – Isaiah Thomas: You got screwed, buddy, but it’s time to get over it and move on. But thanks for the memories.

You were a joy to watch while making the big dudes look bad. And guess who was in the locker room when Hayward was brought into it in Cleveland after his injury to say a prayer. Yup – IT. Class.

Turkey – Adrian Gonzalez: While Hayward says in his player tribute manifesto he wants to do everything he can while hurt to help the team get better, the team-first A-Gone goes to Europe on vacation instead of being with his Dodgers during the World Series. Boy, what a loss to Red Sox Nation.

Phew!

Thanks – Brad Stevens: He may not be the best coach in the NBA yet, but that’s only because there are some other great ones. But he does what all great coaches do: players always improve on his watch, always play hard and as evidenced by what’s been going on since Gordon Hayward went down, they hang in during bad times. That of course has a lot to do with the players, but in the case of this coach, he has an ability to bring it out of them even more.

Turkey – the process in Philly: With Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons looking like future stars there is a lot of talk about how the so-called “process” worked. And it’s great to see Philly near ready to rekindle one of the NBA’s two greatest rivalries, but unlike the Celtics who were back in the playoffs three seasons ago after one tanking season with Philly in 2014, it took a looong time to get there. And with Nerlens Noel in Dallas and Jalill Okafor on his way out of town it’s hardly been an example of great picking at the top of the draft. Plus, with Jayson Tatum off to a strong start after the Celtics traded out of the top spot, it looks like Philly got their pocket picked as the C’s got another Top 5 pick from the process

to do it while their pick Markelle Fultz is struggling and injured.

Thanks – The Patriots: Just appreciate what this organization has done since 2001.

The constants during that time have been a great QB, a great coach, a great owner and continually finding each year the same characteristics in new players that have fueled what they’ve done for 17 years — smarts, grit, toughness and resilience.

Turkey – Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: He’s the guy who told Bob Kraft to swallow the punishment for deflate-gate and not sue for the good of his other 31 “partners” in the NFL ownership cabal. Now he’s suing those 31 “partners” while trying to intimidate Roger the Dodger to back down on the Ezekiel Elliott suspension or get him fired for doing it.

Turkey – Michael Felger: Don’t buy the apology from the idiot 98.5 The Sports Hub yacker for his rant about not feeling bad about the late Roy Halladay because he was courting death while thrill seeking when his experimental plane crashed. He did it because they made him. He talks like that on almost every subject he covers. Even if you agree with the basic sentiment Halladay was irresponsible to do it, it’s just cold behavior.

Especially when his wife and two small children are in shock and grieving in Florida. To paraphrase the quote of Joseph N. Welch, “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”

Thanks – JuJu Smith-Schuster: Both for the Steelers rookie supplanting whiny Martavis Bryant as the No. 2 receiver in Steel City with his impressive play, and for reminding us just how young these guys are at the start as he gets to practice each day by riding his bike because he doesn’t have his driver’s license yet.

Turkey – The guy who stole JuJu’s bike two weeks ago.

Have a great Turkey Day, everyone. I’ll be behind enemy lines in the evil empire gathering info for future assaults.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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Pinkerton falls short The Big Story: It wasn’t to be for Pinkerton Academy on Saturday. They fell short in a 41-21 loss to Winnacunnet in the Division I Title game at UNH. The Warriors dominated from the jump by scoring touchdowns on every possession through the first three periods, while not having to punt until late in the fourth quarter. Winnacunnet tailback Jordan Fuller ran for 186 yards and three TD’s while wide-out Evan Welch scored touchdowns on all three of his receptions. The Astro’s lone highlight was the two TD day of Gannon Fast.

Sports 101: One team in NBA history had four players taken first overall in the draft on a team at the same time. What was that team?

Hot Ticket: The annual Thanksgiving Day morning high school football battle at Gill Stadium, which this year will feature Manchester Central vs. Manchester West. Game time is 10 a.m.

Hot Ticket II: Stan Spirou’s SNHU Penmen trek across town to face Keith Dickson and his Saint Anselm Hawks in the first 201718 meeting of their (semi-)ancient rivalry in Stoutenburgh Gymnasium on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Their other scheduled meeting this season will come on Feb. 14, when college basketball comes back to (now) SNHU Arena for the first time in 14 years.

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8 – most in MLB playoff history number of home runs given up during the just completed postseason

by Dodgers “ace” Clayton Kershaw.

57 – astonishing number in millions of people who follow the vapid but incredibly rich Kim Kardashian on Twitter providing further evidence the world has

Alumni News: When would you rather be run over by a rickshaw than the person riding in it? When the passenger is (now) 400-pounder Shaquille O’Neal, who was riding in one recently when it slammed into Drew Mokas of the Manchester Mokas’ and Derryfield School as he was navigating the streets of NYC on a rental bike. The big fella got out to help up the now Manhattan-bound financial analyst to complete the surreal experience.

Sports 101 Answer: It was the 1987-to1989 L.A. Lakers who had Kareem Abdul Jabbar, taken as Lew Alcindor by Milwaukee in 1970, Magic Johnson in 1979, Mychal Thompson by Portland in 1978, which was the year junior eligible Larry Bird was taken sixth, and James Worthy in 1982. And Thompson basically replaced famer Bob McAdoo as their big off the bench who was taken second overall in 1972.

On This Date – Nov. 23: 1943 – Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is banned from baseball for life for betting on his own team. 1947 – The NFL’s Slingin Sammy Baugh throws six TD passes as Washington downs the Chicago Cardinals 45-21. 1988 – Wayne Gretzky scored his 600th career NHL goal.

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2,000 – runners that competed in last week’s Manchester City Marathon, which was won by Nick Aguila of Lee, N.H.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-to-L.A. trade: The rare trade of a superstar that actually delivered good long-term players back to the team trading their star. The Lakers got the big fella in June 1975 along with seven-footer Wes Wesley, while Milwaukee got seven-foot shotblocker Elmore Smith, UCLA All-American forward Dave Meyers, Junior Bridgeman, and Brian Winters. The latter two were stalwarts on very good Bucks teams through the ’80s while Meyers became a pretty good player before stunning everyone by retiring to be a Jehovah’s Witness in 1980.

Mychal Thompson to L.A.: The Lakers got Klay’s dad in February 1987 while the Spurs got big Frank Brickowski, Petur Gudmundsson (whoever he was), a 1987 first and a 1990 second-round pick that turned out to be journeymen Greg (Cadillac) Anderson and Sean Higgins.

Joseph N. Welch: Chief Counsel for the Army who stood up to the dastardly, publicity-mongering Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy to utter what is considered the turning point in the senator’s self-aggrandizing red scare hearings of the 1950s, “At long last, have you no sense of decency, sir?” After that it was all over but Joe’s excessive drinking for his fraudulent witch hunt.

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With hundreds of local holiday events and only a few short weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, deciding what to add to your festivities calendar can be trickier than navigating Black Friday crowds.

The Hippo’s annual Holiday Guide offers help, with details on everything from tree lightings and train rides to festive food events and frosty runs.

If you want to sit back and watch a show, there are all kinds of Nutcrackers and Christmas Carols, plus other holiday theater, classical music concerts and live bands playing songs of the season at venues big and small. For more active fun, make a gingerbread house, peruse an art fair or take a holiday stroll. If you know of a cool event not listed here, send it to listings@hippopress. com and we’ll put it in an upcoming edition.

PAGE 12 Drinksgiving

PAGE 22 The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol

PAGE 14 Turkey trots and Santa shuffles

PAGE 24 Tidings of theater

PAGE 15 Nashua’s holiday stroll

PAGE 25 Sounds of the season

PAGE 16 Midnight Merriment in Concord

PAGE 27 Eat, drink and be merry

PAGE 17 Queen City parade

PAGE 30 Holly jolly arts

PAGE 18 Fairs, festivals and other frosty fun

PAGE 32 Craft your holidays

PAGE 19 Marching through the season

PAGE 33 Fun for the littler ones

PAGE 20 Happy trees

PAGE 36 Nighttime festivities

Pre-gobble wobble Prepping for the holiday

By Michael Witthaus

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Depending on who you ask, the night before Thanksgiving is either the first- or second-busiest night of the year for many taverns. Whatever the ranking, most places offer more than most midweek nights. Called Friendsgiving by many, it’s a gathering of pals prior to heading home for the holiday.

Here are a few locations offering a fun pre-Turkey Day night out this year.

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• 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3330) Jumbo Circus Peanuts perform a benefit show for Gather, a local organization fighting local hunger in many progressive ways including distribution, education and collaboration.

They’re calling it “Thanksforgiving.” $13 at the door.

• 603 Bar & Lounge (368 Central Ave., Dover, 742-9283) At DJ B Money’s Birthday Bash, the house host for many nights of the week enjoys a double celebration.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St.,

Boscawen, 753-6631) Thanksgiving Eve with Natalie Turgeon marks the return of the much-loved country and rock singer.

• Area 23 (254 N. State St. Concord, 552-0137) Dr. Harp gets bluesy at a Capitol City haunt beloved for its selection of craft beer and tasty finger food.

• Atkinson Resort and Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, 362-8700) Peter Higgins, lead singer of soon-to-disband rockers Soundtrack to Monday, plays solo in Merrill’s Tavern.

• Boston Billiard Club (55 North-

eastern Boulevard, Nashua, 943-5630) A Thanksgiving Eve Party is light on details, but this event happens every year.

• Bridgewater Inn (367 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater, 744-3518) The Granite State edition of Shameless (one of many, apparently — it’s the “Springfield” of bands) plays rock covers.

• British Beer Co. (103 Hanover St. at Portwalk Place, Portsmouth, 501-0515) Thanksgiving Eve with Ellis Falls, an acoustic duo acoustic leaning toward altrock, country and pop.

Awards, plays a mix of covers and originals.

• Fury’s Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) High-energy Americana rockers Wellfleet, one of the most popular bands on the Seacoast, continues its residency.

• Giuseppe’s (312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-3313) Paul Luff plays solo.

• Harlow’s (3 School St., Peterborough, 924-6365) Thanksgiving Eve Party features no music, but plenty of fun.

• Harold Square (226 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 432-7144) Houdana the Magician performs tableside tricks, a new addition to the restaurant.

• Hermanos (11 Hills Ave., Concord, 224-5669) Mike Walsh plays amidst the margaritas and Mexican food at this popular place.

• Holy Grail (64 Main St., Epping, 6799559) Singer-guitarist Tequila Jim plays good-time covers; he may be joined by musical partner Super Cindy.

• Homestead (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-2022) Sean Coleman plays solo; this guy’s a fantastic guitarist and a go-to for many area venues.

• Jewel (61 Canal St., Manchester, 8199336) It’s an all EDM show with Shlump, Of The Trees, Ludge and Hiram dropping the beat all night long.

• Lilac City Grille (103 N. Main St., Rochester, 332-3984) Tim Theriault is a regional institution who’s played with Sully Erna and others; this is his regular Wednesday gig.

• Martingale Wharf (99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-0901) North Shore rock trio Rule of 3 performs covers.

• Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House (393 Route 101, Bedford, 4885975) Josh Logan, a local hero and finalist on The Voice a few years back, returns with musical partner Olivia Henken for a $10 cover event.

• Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535) Take 4 plays rock covers, offering music of all kinds from the ’50s, up to the most current songs on the radio.

• Pasta Loft (220 E. Main St., Milford, 672-2270) Morning Wood plays rock covers for the evening crowd.

• Patrick’s (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 293-0841) Cody James holds down his weekly Ladies Night event with rock and country covers.

• Penuche’s Music Hall (1087 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5599) Zero to Sixty covers everything from Eagle-Eye Cherry to Sponge, with an emphasis on ’90s alt-rock.

• Portsmouth Gas Light Co. (64 Market St., Portsmouth, 430-9122) Two rooms offer music at this multilevel downtown restaurant-pizzeria, Amanda Dane in the Grill and Sam Robbins in the Pizza Pub. • Racks (20 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-2406) Spare Change plays rock covers.

• Ri Ra (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) Erin’s Guild returns for its weekly night of traditional Irish music.

• Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246) DJ Myth runs the party, with comedy in the back room taking the week off.

• Skinny Pancake (3 Lebanon St., Hanover, 277-9115) Bow Thayer is a Vermont music legend and a frequent guest at this hybrid creperie and craft beer bar.

• Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700) Prom Queen, hot off a London-Glasgow hop, plays New Hampshire for one night only, promising cinematic throwback songs of love and death, often mashed together.

• Strange Brew (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) David Rousseau plays rock and blues covers at this popular downtown tap room and restaurant.

• Taverne on the Square (2 Pleasant St., Claremont, 287-4416) Mark & Deb Bond perform a mix of covers and selections from their new album, One Less Glass.

• Telly’s (235 Calef Highway, Epping, 679-8225) At Telly’s Karaoke Party, sing along to your favorites.

• The Local (2 E. Main St., Warner, 456-6066) Songs With Molly performs; this female-fronted cover band is among the most popular at this restaurant and bar, which has a great local beer selection.

• Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St., Portsmouth, 427-8645) Legends of Summer plays downstairs.

• Toll Booth Tavern (740 2nd NH Turnpike N., Francestown, 588-1800) Northern Stone plays an assorted mix of 1960s rock ’n’ roll covers and current hits.

• True Brew (3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, 225-2776) Friendsgiving with Pat and the Hats and friends is fast becoming a Capitol City tradition, with anyone likely to stop by and sit in.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) Bruce Marshall Group returns.

The blues rockers are an annual attraction at this bend-in-the-road bar and restaurant.

• Whiskey Barrel (546 Main St., Laconia, 527-8210) Jodie Cunningham Band plays country rock covers, with one or two originals sneaking in occasionally.

• Wolfeboro Inn (90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016) A Get Basted Pre-T-Day Party offers mirth if not live music.

• Whiskey’s 20 (20 Old Granite St., Manchester, 836-5251) Dance the night away at this upscale downtown watering hole at Homecoming with DJ Cootz & DJ EP.

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• Bungalow (333 Valley St., Manchester, 792-1111) Church Tongue and Rainsound appear at a place gaining a reputation for multi-act hard-rock shows most nights of the week.

• Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-7706) The Guitar-a-oke & Cocktails live music sing-along is a regular feature here; it gets the pre-game treatment.

• Coach Stop (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022) Johnny Angel is a solo acoustic guitar player who sings and plays a custom-made drum set with his feet.

• Common Man (88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088) Singer-songwriter Karen Grenier plays a warm mix of covers and originals.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677) It’s an extended night at the popular restaurant-bar: Chad Lamarsh plays a set at 3 p.m., followed by Clint Lapointe at 7 p.m.

• Copper Door (41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033) Brad Bosse, the busiest musician in New Hampshire (and a two-time Best of Hippo winner), plays rock covers.

• Country Spirit (262 Maple St., Henniker, 428-7007) Beechwood is a wellloved blues rock band and a regular at this rustic restaurant-bar.

• Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871) Ted Solovicos, a ubiquitous presence in the local music scene, plays covers.

• Covered Bridge (16 Cedar St., Contoocook, 746-5191) Open Mic Night happens; it’s an institution at this riverside restaurant.

• Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-1686) Bite the Bullet plays rock covers.

• Derryfield (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) Mugsy holds down the party; the rock cover band is a regular here.

• Dolly Shakers (38 E. Hollis St., Nashua, 402-4179) Granite Street Rhythm plays funk, groove and soul covers.

• Dover Brickhouse (2 Orchard St., Dover, 749-3838) DJ Erich Kruger spins the tunes.

• Element Lounge (1055 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2922) It’s another night of “Karaoke with George Cox – You Are the Star,” a low-risk chance to do your The Voice thing.

• Falls Grill & Tavern (421 Central Ave., Dover, 749-0995) Rick Watson plays solo.

• Fody’s (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 5779015) Joe McDonald and The Human’s Being (a great moniker for these times) hold down the party.

• Fratello’s (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022) Doug Thompson plays solo, with wine and Italian finger food.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022) Ryan Williamson, a nominee at this year’s New England Music

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The Rotary Club of Merrimack’s 5K Turkey Trot is at Merrimack Middle School, 31 Madeline Bennett Drive, Merrimack. The race starts at 8 a.m. Registration is $15 to $25. Visit merrimack5k.com.

Head eastward for the third annual Turkey Day Dash to the Sea at Hampton Academy, 29 Academy Ave., Hampton.

The race starts at 8:30 a.m. Registration is $30 to $35 or $100 for a family of four.

Take part in the Fisher Cats Thanksgiving Day 5K on Thursday, Nov. 23. The race starts at 9 a.m. outside Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester. Fees range from $10 to $30. The first 1,500 registrants get a tech shirt. Visit millenniumrunning. com/thanksgiving.

The Greater Derry Track Club’s 44th annual Turkey Trot 5K Road Race is on Thursday, Nov. 23, at Gallien’s Town Beach on Beaver Lake in Derry. The race starts at 9 a.m. Registration is $10 to $20.

Visit gdtc.org.

Take a run through Mine Falls Park in Nashua for the 15th annual Great Gobbler Thanksgiving 5K. Race gets under way at 8 a.m. at Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St. Proceeds go to Nashua High School cross-country teams. Cost is $20 to $25, free for young ones ages 2 to 10, who can participate in a Little Gobbler 400-meter fun run at 7:30 a.m. Visit greatgobbler.com. Contact Nate Burns at burnsn@nashua.edu or Ryan Haggerty at ryan.haggerty91@gmail.com.

Head to Bow High School, 55 Falcon Way, for the Bow Police Association 5K Turkey Trot at 8 a.m. Cost is $30 (free for kids 12 and under). Visit runreg.com or 223-3950.

The annual Rochester Runners Free Fall 5K starts at Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield St., at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $10 to $15 ($5 for ages 12 and under) and shirts cost an additional $10. Visit freefall5k.com.

The Dover Turkey Trot 5K at Shaw’s Lane begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $10 to $25. Proceeds benefit the Garrison School PTA. Visit doverturkeytrot.com.

Make your way from Peirce Island to Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth for the ninth annual Seacoast Rotary Club Turkey Trot starting at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $30 ($10 for

The Santa Claus Shuffle in Manchester. Courtesy photo.

ages 12 and under, $20 for teens 13 to 19).

See seacoastrotary.org and register at runreg.com. Email turkeytrotportsmouthnh@ gmail.com or call 488-1186.

Don’t miss Keene’s Wobble Gobble starting at 8:30 a.m. (walkers) or 9 a.m. (runners) at 312 Washington St. This four-mile race used to be called the Cranberry Run. Cost is $25. See tri-state-racingonline.com.

The 19th annual Galloping Gobbler four-miler road race at Bishop Brady High School, 25 Columbus Ave., Concord, begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $30 including a T-shirt for the first 300 to register. Proceeds go to the Bishop Brady Tuition Assistance Fund. Visit bishopbrady.edu.

The 23rd annual Windham Turkey Trot begins at 9 a.m. at 70 Blossom Road in Windham, rain, snow or shine. The family-friendly event has three- and five-mile courses to run, walk, stroll scooter or rollerblade. Race proceeds benefit The Shepherd’s Pantry and Windham Helping Hands. Cost is by donation of your choice. See windhamturkeytrot.org. Contact windhamturkeytrot@gmail.com.

The 11th annual Lake Sunapee Turkey Trot 5K, at the Ben Mere Gazebo at Sunapee Harbor, Sunapee, begins at 9 a.m.

Cost is $25 (free for children 12 and under, $10 for seniors 65 and older). A 1K Chicken Run for kids starts at 8:15 a.m. Visit sunapeeturkeytrot.com. Contact info@ sunapeeturkeytrot.com.

Take part in the Gilford Youth Center’s 10th annual GYC Turkey Trot 5K and family walk starting at 9 a.m. at 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. Cost is $26 ($90 for a family of up to five). See gilfordyouthcenter.com. Contact Scott Hodson, 524-6978, gccscott@metrocast.net.

Get in the spirit of the season by running in the Thanks for Giving 5K & 10K. The race starts at 8:30 a.m. and 10K runners will do a double loop of the course start-

Saturday, Dec. 2

Get a head start on the Christmas parade in the BASC Santa Claus Shuffle, a three-mile run that starts at 3:15 p.m. at Veterans Park in Manchester. Dress up as Santa and run with an army of other Santas. This year, all who register will get a new and improved full Santa suit. Cost is $25 to $35 ($10 for children 11 or younger). The run is followed by Manchester’s holiday parade at 4 p.m. Visit milleniumrunning.com/santa to register.

Sunday, Dec. 10

Take part in Atkinson’s fourth annual Jingle Bell Half Marathon & 5K at 9 a.m. at 85 Country Club Drive. Cost is $70 for the half marathon, $30 for the 5K. Both start at the same time. Visit jinglebellhalf. com. For questions email mike@locorunning.com.

Bring joy to the kids by running in the Merrimack Toys For Tots 5K Race & Walk at 10 a.m. at the Merrimack High School, 38 McElwain St. Cost is $15 to $20 plus a $10 unwrapped toy, or pay $25 to $30 without a toy. $10 from each toyless entry will go to Toys For Tots.

Visit g2racereg.webconnex.com.

Rev up your engines for Yule Light Up the Night, a 2.1-mile run through the Gift of Lights display at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 1122 Route 106, Loudon, at 4:30 p.m. Costs range from $15 to $30 ($10 for children 3 and under). Register at millenniumrunning.com/lights.

Participate in the Portsmouth Jingle Bell Run for arthritis at 10 a.m. at Little Harbour School, 50 Clough Drive, Portsmouth. Registration costs $35. Register at jbr.org. Contact Tom Bringle, 724-6080, tbringle@arthritis.org.

Saturday, Dec. 16

Help Bishop Brady High School and Habitat for Humanity by running in the Touch of Grey 64 Four Mile Race at 25 Columbus Ave., Concord, at 11 a.m. Participants can

enter by donation. Contact Suzy Seagroves at seagroves@bishopbrady.edu and visit g2racereg.webconnex.com for more info.

Don your ugliest sweater at the Ugly Sweater 5K at 50 Commercial St., Manchester, starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit the Manchester Animal Shelter. The race is capped at 425 people. Registration is $25 and free for kids 12 and under. Call Christine Lewis at 860-6275 and visit racewire. com for more info.

Sunday, Dec. 17

Run into the Christmas spirit with the Concord Jingle Bell Run for arthritis at 10 a.m. at Rundlett Middle School, 144 South St., Concord. Registration costs $35.

Register at jbr.org. Contact Tom Bringle, 724-6080, tbringle@arthritis.org.

Monday, Jan. 1

Don’t miss The Millennium Mile Road Race on Mammoth Road starting at 2 p.m. in front of Londonderry High School. Preregistration costs $18, race-day $20. Kids 11 and under pay $10. Register at millenniumrunning.com/millenniummile.

Take part in a long-running tradition with the 40th annual Peanut Butter Chip Chase 5K at Temple Town Hall, Route 45, at noon. The kid’s run is at 11:30 a.m.

Race proceeds go to Souhegan Lions Club.

Pre-registration costs $15 ($13 age 18 and under); race-day registration is $20 ($15 age 18 and under). Registration is capped at 300. Visit 3craceproductions.com. Contact Michele Siegmann, 878-9066, godspeed@ myfairpoint.net.

Stroll into the season Lace up for Nashua’s big holiday event

By Ryan Lessard

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The 2017 Nashua Holiday Winter Stroll kicks off at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, with a candlelit walk from City Hall to the Hunt Memorial Building, where a tree lighting ceremony concludes the procession at 5:30 p.m.

The fun doesn’t end there, as the downtown area will be chock full of activities and entertainment until the event ends at 10 p.m.

“This year we have over 65 performances taking place as part of the event,” said Paul Shea with Great American Downtown. “We will have a wide variety of music, from classical to rock to bluegrass.

We have hip-hop dancers, we have … magicians, we have Nashua Community Music School performing.”

And the event will continue to highlight the city’s vibrant and growing Indian community, with performances such as Bollywood dancing and, new this year, kirtan call-and-response music.

“We have been working to welcome our growing Indian population to share their cultural elements in this event,” Shea said.

The stroll will also include Diwali candles (diya), as in previous years, though the Indian festival of lights took place in October this year.

The lights and decorations are added upon every year. Last year, they added about 30,000 new points of light. This year, Shea said, they added 48 pieces of illuminated garland, which roughly doubles the length from last year.

They’ll also be using brighter projectors for 3-D animated surface projections, pro-

vided by MFI Productions.

One of the biggest changes this year has to do with the big man himself.

“Santa Claus will be coming to town early on in the day,” Shea said.

In past years he’s been stationed at the Hunt Memorial Building and people would stand in line through the Festival of Trees to meet him and take pictures.

Now he’ll be available downtown as early as 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 30 Temple St. “It creates more of an opportunity for families with younger children to come down and make some memories,” Shea said.

After the tree lighting ceremony, he’ll return from 5:45 to 9:45 p.m. And people will be more free to check out the Festival of Trees at the Hunt Memorial Building without having to wait in line.

There will be plenty of food with a dozen food trucks up and down Main Street and about 30 restaurants to choose from. New this year is the option to pay $15 to get access to a limited crowd venue on the second floor of Martha’s Exchange. The space will max out at 200, but it’s a way to avoid the lines to get into a restaurant as 7 p.m. rolls around. Tickets are available online at downtownnashua.org/holidaystroll.

This year, they’re also giving away 400 tote bags full of promotions and information about small businesses. They’re available first-come-first-served starting at 9 a.m. at 110 Main St. Shuttle buses to the stroll are available at Holman Stadium and Rivier University, and the first buses depart at 4:15 p.m.

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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Midnight Merriment event in Concord, which takes place on Friday, Dec. 1, from 5 p.m. to midnight.

“It’s going to be very merry, very festive, as usual,” said Kate Fleming with Intown Concord.

It’s the second year the event has been set in a vastly redesigned downtown area, which was made more pedestrian-friendly with wider brick sidewalks and more street lamps.

The redevelopment will give shoppers an easier walking experience and entertainers will have more spaces to perform.

Many of the same features that were available last year will return, and some popular attractions have been expanded upon.

“We did a lot of new stuff last year,” Fleming said.

There will be an Elfie Selfie station with a cutout of Buddy the Elf, wandering carolers, piped music for added ambience, holiday lights decorating the promenades and, of course, Santa Claus.

Santa will be stationed at New Hampshire Federal Credit Union on Main Street, where he’ll take pictures with kids.

Midnight Merriment is primarily a shopping event, where small shops that line the downtown strip stay open until midnight and offer complimentary treats like cheese and wine, as well as special promotions.

There will also be regular pop-up raffles throughout the evening for people to win Downtown Dollars, which can be redeemed at most downtown businesses.

An arts market area called Giftopolis will be set up in the atrium in Eagle Square, where local artists and artisans will sell their creations.

Returning this year is the beard competi-

tion, which is sponsored and organized by Granite State Candy Shoppe in Concord.

“That’s hugely popular every year and it just seems to get even bigger,” Fleming said.

Forms to sign up are available at the store but people can also enter the competition on the spot. Last year, the competition was a big hit.

“There were some seriously impressive beards,” Fleming said. “One of the guys had like twinkle lights in his beard and beads strung up.”

The S’more Stations, a new feature from last year, was so popular that Fleming said they’ll be sure to come better prepared this year.

“We had like 300 packages of s’mores that were donated by Granite State Candy … and it was gone in like 45 minutes,” Fleming said.

While they’ll still have two fires for the free s’mores, Fleming said they’re working with Granite State Candy to make sure they have even more supplies so they last longer.

Before Midnight Merriment, Intown Concord is also organizing a few other holiday shopping events in the city.

On Friday, Nov. 24, there will be Concord’s answer to Black Friday: “Plaid Friday,” where you dress in plaid to show your solidarity as local businesses offer special discounts. More discounts will be offered Saturday, Nov. 25, during Shop Small Saturday. And, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day, Intown Concord is partnering with TD Bank to take donations to benefit Families in Transition in a program called Stuff a Truck. The truck will be parked in City Plaza in front of the Statehouse.

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On Saturday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m., the Manchester Christmas Parade will “light up the holidays” — that’s the theme that Intown Manchester came up with after realizing that the Queen City’s parade is the only nighttime holiday parade in the state.

“Our goal with that is to get as many lit floats as possible … going down Elm Street,” Trixie Vazquez from Intown Manchester said.

As in recent years, the parade immediately follows the Santa Claus Shuffle.

“As soon as the last Santa starts to run, we send the parade right after him,” Vazquez said.

It starts on the north side of Elm Street at the Brady Sullivan headquarters and proceeds down to Veterans Memorial Park, so people can set up blankets or chairs or stand on either side of Elm Street between those two locations and be able to see the whole parade.

About 80 participants are expected this year. They include UNH Manchester, a women’s jazzercise group that dances throughout the entire parade, FIRST Robotics team the PowerKnights and more.

A stage with announcers, including Heather Bishop of WZID, will be set up at the south end of the parade.

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on a fire truck, according to Vazquez. In front of him will be firefighters dressed as reindeer. And USPS postal workers will run around collecting letters for Santa from kids in the crowd.

More Intown Manchester holiday events Aside from the parade, Manchester has a few other holiday events planned.

On Saturday, Nov. 25, the city will feature Small Business Saturday to encourage local shopping at the city’s small businesses. Participating stores will offer discounts and gift cards with purchases, according to Vazquez.

“The goal of Small Business Saturday is … after the craziness of Black Friday, to turn to support local businesses,” Vazquez said.

After that, there will be five days set aside for the annual downtown Holiday Market, sponsored by Brady Sullivan. Located in the Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., the Holiday Market will take place on Thursdays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will be up to 50 local artisans and craftsmen set up in the shopping area, which will be decorated with all the holiday trappings.

“We get really excited about the Christmas decorations,” Vazquez said.

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Festive fun for the family Holiday happenings below the North Pole

By Ethan Hogan

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Get into the holiday spirit with a Christmas Village stroll, a visit to a Winter Wonderland, a party with Santa or any one of these family-friendly events.

Fun in the Neighborhood

• The Exeter Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Holiday Open House on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 4 to 8 p.m.

Historic downtown Exeter will be filled with carolers waiting for Santa to arrive on the Exeter Express. With a wave of his hand, Santa will turn on the decorative lights downtown on Water Street and Front Street at 5 p.m. Guests can take a ride on the Exeter Express roaming train when it stops in front of the Exeter Town Office building. Gingerbread houses will be on display at the Congregational Church on Front Street and the Exeter Town Hall will host over 50 decorative trees. All events are free. Visit exeterarea.org.

• Laconia’s downtown community center (306 Union Ave.) will become a Christmas Village on Thursday, Nov. 30, and Friday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 2 to 5 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be visiting from the North Pole, bringing along all their helpers. Guests can get a professional picture with Santa for $3. Free to attend with donations accepted. Visit facebook.com/laconiachristmasvillage.nh or call 524-5046.

• Wilton’s Holiday Shopping Fair returns to Pine Hill Waldorf School (77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton) on Friday, Dec. 1, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. with live music, artisan crafts, refreshments and children’s activities. Visit pinehill.org or call 654-6003.

• Join the village of Contoocook in Hopkinton for a Starry, Starry Weekend

Christmas at Canterbury. Courtesy photo.

on Friday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The weekend includes special holiday shopping opportunities from local vendors and artisans, and Christmas merriment including a special reading of The Polar Express on the Pullman Train Car at the Contoocook Railroad Depot (896 Main St., Contoocook) on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit explorecontoocook.com or call 660-9290.

• Join Santa’s Big Party at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia) on Saturday, Dec. 2, Sunday, Dec. 3, Saturday, Dec. 9, Sunday, Dec. 10, Saturday, Dec. 16, Sunday, Dec. 17, and Saturday, Dec. 23. To get to the party, guests take a 30-minute horse-drawn ride through the Christmas trail to the secret party location. Santa will play holiday music and meet with every kid. Sugar cookies and hot cocoa are available for everyone to enjoy around a bonfire alongside holiday per-

formances and activities. Tickets are $19 per person. Call 483-5623 or go to visitthefarm.com.

• The Lighted Winter Wonderland at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia) will be held Fridays and Saturdays from Dec. 1 through Dec. 23, plus Sundays, Dec. 17 and Dec. 24, and Thursday, Dec. 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event includes a horse-drawn ride through thousands of lights on your way to the little North Pole.

There, guests will find Christmas light displays, a Nativity scene with live animals, costumed characters like the Grinch, a petting zoo, Santa and reindeer, and Christmas trees available for purchase. Bring your letters for Santa. Tickets are $25. Call 4835623 or go to visitthefarm.com.

• The Candlelight Stroll is back at the Strawbery Banke Museum (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth) for its 38th year. The festivities will be held during the weekends of Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3, Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10, and

Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec. 17.

Hours are Saturdays from 5 to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 4 to 8 p.m. Walk through the Museum grounds as they glow with hundreds of lighted candle lanterns and holiday music fills the bonfire air. See the historic homes adorned with handmade decorations. Visitors tour the houses and are greeted by costumed role players and performers who recreate the traditions of times past. There will be interactive cooking and craft demonstrations and activities for all ages. Tickets are $25 for adults, $12.50 for children age 5 to 17, and $60 for families, which covers two adults and two children age 5 to 17. Children under 5 attend free. Active-duty military, veterans and their families attend free. Call 4331100 or visit strawberybanke.org.

• The town of Hillsborough will host its Olde-Fashioned Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 2, starting at 8 a.m. in downtown Hillsborough. Downtown shops and merchants will be open for shopping and there will be entertainment, crafts and food available at multiple locations. The day ends in the evening with Santa and the Christmas tree lighting in Butler Park. Call 464-2953 or visit hillsboroughpride.org.

• The Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St., Manchester) is hosting an American Girl Doll Tea Party on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take a tour of the museum through the eyes of an American Girl and afterward enjoy a tea party with refreshments and crafts. $10 per person.

Register by calling 622-7531 or visiting manchesterhistoric.org.

• The Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St., Manchester) is having its open house on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be children’s crafts, holiday storytimes, old-fashioned board games, cookies and from 10:30 a.m. to noon there will be photo opportunities with Santa Claus. Free admission. Visit manchesterhistoric.org or call 622-7531.

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Parading around FUN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD • The Derry Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m. with a “Sights and Sounds” theme this year. The parade attracts 10,000 spectators each year and features the sights and sounds of marching bands, festive floats, comical clowns and costumed characters as they move through downtown Derry. Visit derry-chamber. chambermaster.com/events.

• Nashua’s Tree Lighting and Holiday Stroll is on Saturday, Nov. 25, starting at 5 p.m. with a candlelit procession up Main Street from City Hall to Railroad Square, where the City’s official Christmas tree will be lit. Food vendors, entertainment and holiday cheer will line Main Street while shops and restaurants remain open for shopping.

Call 589-3000 or visit nashuanh.gov.

• The Laconia Holiday Parade on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 3:30 p.m. will start at Wyatt Park (22 Champlin St., Laconia) and go down South Main Street to Main Street and end at Veterans Square for the tree lighting ceremony. The parade will have bands, floats and more. Call 455-2084 or visit lakesregionchamber.org.

• Nearing a half century of tradition, the 46th annual Salem Holiday Parade is on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. beginning at the intersection of Main and Policy streets. The theme to this year’s parade is “Letters to Santa.” Visit salemnhparade.org.

• The Dover Christmas Parade is taking place on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 2:30 p.m. and will shut down most of downtown Dover as decorated floats, marching bands and fire trucks make their way through town. Visit facebook.com/doverholidayparade.

• The Nottingham Holiday Parade and Children’s Craft Workshop is on Thursday, Dec. 2, starting at 10 a.m. at the Community Center (139 Stage Road). In addition to the parade, there will be a craft workshop where kids can make holiday crafts and decorations.

Visit nottingham-nh.gov.

• The Exeter Holiday Parade is being held Saturday, Dec. 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will feature a variety of creatively designed floats that will make their way down Portsmouth Avenue and Water Street. The Exeter tradition is held the first Saturday of December every year. Awards will be given to the best floats at the parade. Visit exeterholidayparade.org.

• The Hampton Christmas Parade will be on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. It begins on Route 1 at the Hampton-North Hampton town line and proceeds to Route 1 through downtown Hampton. Floats in parade will be the Home for Christmas theme. The parade follows the tree lighting ceremony, which is on Friday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m. Visit experiencehampton.org.

• This year’s Somersworth Christmas Parade and Gala will be held at the Somersworth Plaza (200 High St., Somersworth) on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. The parade’s theme this year is “Believe.” The gala will be

from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m. and will have performances, exhibits, events, and a parade viewing area. Visit somersworth.com or email somersworthchristmasparade@gmail.com.

• The Holiday Parade in Rochester will be Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. The theme of this year’s parade is Hometown Christmas. Call the Chamber of Commerce at 332-5080 or visit rochesternh.org.

• Merrimack’s 24th annual Holiday Parade is on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. with this year’s theme of a “Whoville Christmas.” The parade will travel down Daniel Webster Highway to Baboosic Lake Road. There will also be a tree lighting ceremony starting at 3:45 p.m. at Abbie Griffin Park (6 Baboosic Lake Road, Merrimack) attended by Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Call 882-1046 or visit merrimackparksandrec.org.

• The fourth annual Seacoast Toys for Tots Parade and Holiday Stroll will be held Sunday, Dec. 3, starting at 3 p.m. at the Chop Shop Pub and Grub (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook). The parade will travel down Route 1 in Seabrook and end at the Walmart parking lot where there will be a live concert. The parade will have floats, characters, motorcycles and vintage cars. There will be a Toys for Tots drive during and after the parade. Call 760-7706 or find the event on Facebook.

• The 53rd annual Hampstead Firemen Association’s Christmas Parade will be held on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. Families and business will make floats that will go from Holiday Lane to Central School with cocoa and cookies waiting at the end. Visit hampsteadnh.us.

HOLIDAY DAY TRIP • Berlin is hosting their Parade of Lights on Friday, Nov. 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. where there will be a Cartoon Christmas themed parade downtown. The parade will start on Glen Avenue and go up Main Street. Floats will be made by organizations, businesses, and schools in the community. Visit facebook.com/berlin.mainstreet.

• The Littleton Holiday Parade will be on Friday, Nov. 24, from noon to 3 p.m. starting at Hitchiner’s and making its way down Main Street. Old Saint Nick will make an appearance in the parade. Visit littletonareachamber.com.

Berlin Main Street Parade. Courtesy photo.

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• The Plaistow Fish and Game Club (18 May Ray Avenue, Plaistow) will host the Festival of Trees put on by the Lions Club from Friday, Nov. 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 25, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Decorated artificial trees and wreaths made by members of the community will be on display and available for auction. A craft fair will be running during all three days of the event and there will be breakfast with Santa, holiday stories, Santa’s workshop, caroling for children, a snack bar and many special visits from Santa.

Admission is free. Donations of nonperishable food items are encouraged. Call 378-0048 or visit plaistow.nhlions.org.

• The ninth annual Southern New Hampshire Festival of Trees will be held in Sherburne Hall in the Pelham Municipal Building (6 Village Green, Pelham) from Friday, Nov. 24, till Saturday, Dec. 2. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. on weekends. The fair is one of the largest holiday event in southern New Hampshire with decorated trees designed and donated by local organizations and business on display. Raffle tickets for the trees are available for $5 for a sheet of 25 tickets. Admission is $5, free for kids under 12. Visit snhfestivaloftrees.pelhamcommunityspirit.org.

• The “Fez”-tival of Trees will be held at the Bektash Shrine Center (189 Pembroke Road, Concord) on Friday, Nov. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fully decorated artificial trees will be on display and raffled off on Sunday at 4 p.m. with the silent auction ending Saturday at 5 p.m. Guests can also visit with Santa and play children’s games while refreshments are served at the Candy Cane Cafe. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free for children under 12. Visit bektashshriners.org or call 225-5372.

• The annual Antrim Festival of Trees will feature a display of trees, wreaths and exhibits adorning all three floors of the James A. Tuttle Library (45 Main St., Antrim) on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests can vote for their favorite tree in categories such as funniest, overall favorite and kid’s creation.

The festival will remain on display through to Tuesday, Jan. 2, and can be visited during regular library hours, which are Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 8 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit antrimfestivaloftrees.org.

• Bow’s Community Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held at Bow Town Bandstand (3 Bow Center Road, Bow) on Sunday, Nov. 26, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. There will be a holiday sing-along with hot chocolate, cookies and s’mores. Santa arrives at 5:15 p.m. and families can get their picture with the busy holiday man. Contact 228-2222 or email aguertin@ bownh.gov.

• The Jackson Village Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 4 p.m. and will showcase the iconic evergreen tree that the town is known for. The tree

is the focal point of the Jackson Village Christmas Holiday Winter Beautification Project.

The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce along with a committee of local businesses, residents and the Selectmen set out to enhance all the village winter decorations this year. The Jackson Grammar School children and the Da Capo Singers will be caroling and Santa will do the honors of lighting the tree at exactly 4:30 p.m. Call 383-9356 or visit jacksonnh.com.

• Exeter’s 19th annual Festival of Trees will take place on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Exeter Town Hall (10 Front St., Exeter). The 50 live evergreen trees will be decorated with lights and ornaments for all to see. Some of the trees will be whimsical while others will be traditional. There will be a silent auction with proceeds benefiting the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce Children’s Fund. Admission is free. Call 772- 2411 or email c.christyu@comcast.net.

• Bring the whole family to the Atkinson Resort & Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson) on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for a Light the Tree Holiday Celebration. The event will feature activities for kids and adults including hayrides, caroling, arts and crafts, music, ice carving demonstrations, hot chocolate and holiday cookies. The Stagecoach Grille and Merrill’s tavern will be open to the public for food. The club will accept donations of toys for Toys for Tots and nonperishable food items. Call 3628700 or visit atkinsonresort.com.

• Join the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce as they present the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 1, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Central Square in downtown Rochester.

See the large Christmas tree on Central Square lawn light up for the first time this holiday season. Guests will also enjoy a reading of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, cookie decorating, hot chocolate, dance performances and a photo booth to capture it all. Call 332-5080, email events@rochesternh.org or visit business.rochesternh.org.

• Dover’s 8th Annual Festival of Trees will be held on Friday, Dec. 1, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Rivermill at Dover Landing (2 Washington St., Dover). The festival features over 30 trees elaborately decorated by local businesses and organizations. The trees are auctioned off to benefit the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce City Lights Committee. The event also includes live choir performances, children’s activities, holiday carols, refreshments and more. Call 742-2218 or visit dovernh.org/ festival-of-trees.

• The historic Franklin Opera House (316 Central St., Franklin) Festival of Trees will be held on Friday, Dec. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec., 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to noon. The Opera House will be decorated in the Christmas spirit with tabletop Christmas trees, wreaths and festive gift baskets. The festive decorations are donated by local individuals, families, businesses and organizations. Live entertainment and raffle selections will be held. The cost for a sheet of 25 raffle tickets is $5. Visit franklinopera-

house.org or call 934-1901.

• Portsmouth will host its Christmas Tree Lighting & Illuminated Holiday Parade and Food Drive on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m. with the parade starting at 6 p.m.

The community will count down the time to the tree lighting ceremony and the parade of illuminated holiday floats that will go down Islington Street and through Market Square.

Call 431-2000 or visit vintagechristmasnh. org/events/.

• The annual Tree Lighting in Windham is being held on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Town Hall Commons (3 N. Lowell Road, Windham). Call the Recreation Department at 965-1208 or visit windhamnewhampshire.gov.

• The Warner Tree Lighting Ceremony is on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. at the Warner Town Hall (5 E. Main St.). The lighting of the tree kicks off Warner’s Festival of Trees.

Fifteen trees are decorated by various organizations and businesses and are on display at the Town Hall until the day after Christmas. Area restaurants will donate treats visitors can eat while enjoying the view. Visit warner.nh.us.

• The 24th annual Merrimack Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Commons Shopping Plaza (515 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack) at 3 pm. The ceremony will begin with the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus at Abbie Griffin park at 3:45 p.m. Call 624-6444.

• Loudon Historical Society’s Tree Lighting Ceremony is on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Charles Barn Community Center (29 S. Village Road, Loudon).

Enjoy hot chocolate, cookies and caroling.

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by Roger Maxfield will be available to purchase for $15 with proceeds going to the writing of the town history. Email loudonhistory@gmail.com.

• Join Rivier University (420 S. Main St., Nashua) for its tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 7 p.m. on the Chapel Quad. There will be a special visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Call 888-1311 or email marketing@rivier.edu.

• The preview gala of the Wolfeboro Festival of Trees at the Wright Museum (77 Center St., Wolfeboro) is scheduled for Thursday, Dec 7, with the trees officially on display on Saturday, Dec. 9, Sunday, Dec. 10, Wednesday, Dec. 13, Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec. 17. The preview gala will open the exhibit with a cocktail reception with wine and beer provided. More than 60 uniquely decorated trees created by area businesses and organizations will be on display on two floors of the Wright museum. Visit wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com.

• Check out the Amherst Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 8, from 6 to 6:30 p.m. at Village Green across from Amherst Town Hall (2 Main St., Amherst). There will be cocoa and roasted chestnuts with songs and readings by local groups and Amherst residents. When Santa arrives he will light the tree. Visit amhersttreelightingfestival.weebly.com.

18 • Community Congregational Church of Greenland will hold its 52nd annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greenland Parish House (Greenland Community Church Parish Hall, 44 Post Road, Greenland). The event will feature two floors of merchandise and activities including a cookie walk with hundreds of homemade cookies, tables of jewelry, gourmet goodies and locally made products. Santa will visit at 11 a.m. Call 436-8336 or visit communitychurchofgreenland.org.

• The Winter Snow Flake Family Dance is being held at the Milford Town Hall (1 Union Square, Milford) third-floor auditorium on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be food, music, games, door prizes and an opportunity to go home with a keepsake photo.

Formal attire is recommended. Advance tickets are required, $8 per person by calling 249-0625 or visiting milfordrec.com.

• Join Mill Falls Marketplace (312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith) for its Holiday Open House on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. for the chance to enjoy holiday shopping, horse-drawn wagon rides, strolling carolers and a visit from Santa. Visit millfalls.com or call 279-7006.

• Lights on the Hill is an annual Christmas celebration for the community of Candia on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 1 to 8 p.m. where guests can walk the village campus visiting historic buildings and enjoying hundreds of holiday lights, or ride the shuttle bus to each site. The Candia Congregational Church (182 High St., Candia). Visit candiacongregational.org/ loth/loth.html or call 483-0506.

• Christmas at Canterbury will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 16, from 3 to 8 p.m. at the historic Shaker buildings (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury). Guests can see a 19th-century magic show, meet Santa, make Christmas crackers, decorate cookies, admire a toy train display or listen to fiddlers, all while drinking hot cider and singing carols as the Village Christmas tree is lit. Tickets are $18 for adults, $8 for children age 6 to 17, and free for kids under 5. Members’ tickets are half price. Visit shakers.org or call 783-9511.

• Hampton Beach will be hosting a special New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show at the Sea Shell Stage (169 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach) on Sunday, Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m. The show is free and open to the public. Visit hamptonbeach. org.

• Join Pats Peak for their New Year’s Family Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 31, starting at 6 p.m. The night kicks off with skiing, snowboarding and tubing.

Guests can enjoy a comedy show, raffle prizes and a performance by The McMurphys. Themed tasting stations include “American Bistro,” “Mama Mia, That’s Italian” and “Chinese New Year.” At midnight there will be a fireworks display and Champagne toast. Tickets are $95 for adults, $55 for kids age 6 to 17 and $55 seniors 65 and older. If you don’t want to ski, tickets for the party are $75 for adults, $40 for kids age 6 to 17 and $40 seniors 65 and older. If you just want to ski tickets are $44 for everyone. Just tubbing is $22 for everyone. Call 428-3245 or visit patspeak.com.

Holiday Day Trip

• The Gift of Lights returns this year to the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1122 Route 106 North, Loudon) starting Friday, Nov. 24, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and running every night through Sunday, Dec. 31, except Monday, Dec. 4 and Monday, Dec. 25. Guests get to drive through more than two miles of light displays and on a portion of the speedway’s NHMS Road Course. The route includes a trip through the infield tunnel known as the “Tunnel of Lights” before heading to VIP Street.

Admission is $20 per car at the gate. Anyone who brings three non-perishable food items to be donated to the Loudon Food Pantry will get $2 off per car load. Visit giftoflightsnhms.com.

• Jump aboard Santa’s Holiday Express this season at the Conway Scenic Railroad (38 Norcross Circle, North Conway) on Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 26, Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3, Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10, and every day from Saturday, Dec. 16, through Saturday, Dec. 23. The train fills with holiday cheer as Santa and his helpers share their hot chocolate and cookies with everyone on board.

Bring your camera and take a picture with the visitors from the North Pole. There are two take-off times at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. each day. The cost for tickets ranges from $17.50 to $26.50 for adults, $12.50 to $22 for children ages 4 to 12, and up to $14 for children under 4 years old, depending on the types of seats. Visit conwayscenic.com or call 356-5251.

• The Castle in the Clouds (455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough) is hosting its Christmas at the Castle event on Friday, Nov. 24, Saturday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the rustic Luckow estate. The historic 1920s estate will be decorated in the theme of “A Rustic Woodland Christmas.” There will be holiday music, family craft activities, games and more. Tickets are $20 for adults and seniors, $10 for children ages 5 to 17 and free for children 4 and under. Friends of the Castle members are $15 for adults and seniors 22

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21 and $8 for children age 5-17. Visit castleintheclouds.org or call 476-5900.

• The Ho-Ho-Hobo Santa Express on the Hobo Railroad (64 Railroad St., Lincoln) returns this year with a special holiday train ride that comes with cookies, hot chocolate and a gift from Santa Claus for every child. The special ride will run from Friday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Nov. 26, Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3, Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10, Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec. 17, with the final ride on Saturday, Dec. 23. Guests can also make a handwritten letter to Santa while they enjoy the hourand-20-minute train ride. The train departs each day at 1 p.m. Coach tickets are $22, first class is $28 and kids under 2 are free.

Visit hoborr.com or call 745-2135.

• Take the Cold Turkey Plunge on Saturday, Nov. 25, with registration starting at 11:30 a.m. and the Plunge at 1 p.m. at the Waterville Valley resort (33 Village Road, Waterville Valley). Over 100 brave souls will be jumping into ice-cold Corcoran Pond at Waterville Valley. Each Plung-

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• The New Hampshire Farm Museum (1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton) is hosting a Victorian Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tour the historic Jones Farmhouse, which has been decorated and filled with costumed role players who complete the Yuletide experience of the late 1800s. Guests can make hand-dipped candles and enjoy storytelling and Victorian parlor games.

Gingerbread, hot cider and other seasonal treats will be served in the farmhouse kitchen. $7 for adults, $4 for children.

Museum members admitted free. Call 6527840 or visit farmmuseum.org.

• See a national touring company production of A Christmas Carol on Friday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rochester Opera House (31 Wakefield St., Rochester).

Tickets cost $16 to $18. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater presents The Nutcracker on Friday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 25, at 11 a.m., 4 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 26, at 1 and 4:30 p.m., at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester). Tickets cost $39 to $46 for adults and $25 for children ages 6 through 12. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• New England Dance Ensemble presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Nov. 26, at 4 p.m. at Seifert Performing Arts Center (44 Geremonty Drive, Salem). Tickets cost $25 to $35.

Visit nede.org.

• Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens, will perform a one-man show of A Christmas Carol on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St., Nashua). Tickets cost $25. Visit fortingage.com.

• The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts (38C Ladd’s Lane, Epping) presents A Christmas Carol Dec. 1 through Dec. 10.

Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday and Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $20. Visit leddycenter.org.

• Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) presents A Christmas Carol Dec. 1 through Dec. 17. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) presents A Christmas Carol Dec. 1 through Dec. 23. Showtimes are Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $14 for students and seniors and $12 for children under age 12. Visit playersring.org.

• The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) presents A Christmas Carol Dec. 1 through Dec. 23. Showtimes are Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at noon and 5 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for children ages 6 through 12 and $39 to $46 for adults. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• New England School of Dance presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. at Bedford High School (47 Nashua Road, Bedford). Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Visit newenglandschoolofdance.com.

• Portsmouth School of Ballet presents

The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Exeter High School auditorium (1 Blue Hawk Drive, Exeter). Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for children. Visit psb-nh. com.

• Stardancer Studios presents Clara’s Cracked Christmas, a story based on The Nutcracker, on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at Claremont Opera House (58 Opera House Square, Claremont). Visit claremontoperahouse.info.

• Eastern Ballet Institute and the Concord High School Orchestra present The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord).

Tickets cost $18 to $23 in advance, or $3 more the day of the show. Visit ccanh.com.

• Dance Visions Network presents Nutcracker Suite on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 1 and 6 p.m. at the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester).

Tickets cost $17 in advance, $18 at the door.

Visit dancevisionsnetwork.com.

• Northeastern Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. at Oyster River High School (55 Coe Drive, Durham) and on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. at Kingswood Arts Center (396 S. Main St., Wolfeboro).

The cost is $20 for adults, $17.50 for seniors and children under age 18, and a $60 maximum for a family of four. Group rates for 10 people or more are also available. Visit northeasternballet.org.

• The Peterborough Players (55 Hadley Road, Peterborough) present Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol Dec. 7 through Dec. 17.

The play is a twist on A Christmas Carol and follows Scrooge’s deceased business partner Marley and his efforts to save Scrooge’s soul. Showtimes are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $39. Visit peterboroughplayers.org.

• City Center Ballet presents Clara’s Dream, a story based on The Nutcracker, on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 and 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. at Lebanon Opera House (51 N. Park St., Lebanon). Tickets cost $19 to $38 for adults and $9 to $19 for students age 18 in advance, with an additional $5 on the day of the show. Visit lebanonoperahouse.org.

• Prescott Park Arts Festival presents A Christmas Carol Dec. 8 through Dec. 17 at Exeter Town Hall (9 Front St., Exeter).

Showtimes are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for children under 12. Visit prescottpark.org.

• St. Paul’s School Ballet Academy presents The Nutcracker: Act II, an abridged version of The Nutcracker, on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s School (325 Pleasant St., Concord). The show is free

Ballet Misha presents The Nutcracker. Courtesy photo.

and first-come, first-served. Visit sps.edu.

• Turning Pointe Center of Dance presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. at Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord). Tickets cost $18. Visit turningpointecenterofdance.com.

• Bedford Dance Center presents The Nutcracker Suite on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. at Bedford High School (47 Nashua Road, Bedford). Tickets cost $18. Visit bedforddancecenter.com.

• Sole City Dance presents The Nutcracker at Rochester Opera House (31 Wakefield St., Rochester) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m.; and Thursday, Dec. 14, and Friday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $26 for adults and $22 for students and seniors. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• New Hampshire School of Ballet presents The Nutcracker on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. at Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) and on Thursday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m. at Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester). Tickets cost $18. Visit nhschoolofballet.com or palacetheatre.org.

• Gate City Ballet presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 and 5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17, at 1 p.m. at Stockbridge Theatre (Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry). Tickets cost $22 for adults and $20 for seniors and children. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. at Colby-Sawyer College (541 Main St., New London). Visit nhperformingarts.com.

• Ballet Misha presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Dana Center (Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester). Tickets cost $20. Visit dimensionsindance.com.

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• New Hampshire’s medieval and Renaissance a cappella group Myschyffe Managed performs its holiday musical show at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The show is free. Visit concordcityauditorium.org.

• The Ogunquit Playhouse presents Irving Berlin’s White Christmas the musical at The Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) Nov. 29 through Dec. 17. Showtimes are Wednesday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. (no 2 p.m. show Nov. 29), Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (plus 2 p.m. show Nov. 30), Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at noon and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $34 to $94. Visit themusichall.org.

• Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-greatgrandson of Charles Dickens, presents the story “A Child’s Journey with Dickens” on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 12:30 p.m. at the Nashua Senior Center (70 Temple St., Nashua). Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Visit fortingage.com.

• Bedford Youth Performing Company presents Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the Derryfield Theatre (2108 River Road, Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $13.50 for students and seniors.

Visit bypc.org.

• The Concord Dance Academy presents its Holiday Spectacular Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1 and 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) Tickets are $15. Visit concorddanceacademy.com.

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• The Winter Wonderettes will perform ’60s versions of classic holiday tunes at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) Dec. 7 through Dec. 31. Showtimes are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $15 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• The Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford) presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Dec. 8 through Dec. 10. Ticket information is TBA. Visit svbgc.org/amato-center.

• Pontine Theatre presents A New England Christmas on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., at the Seacoast Science Center (570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye). The show is composed of original adaptations of three Christmas stories written by New England artists. Tickets cost $24. Visit pontine.org.

• The Majestic Theatre presents Miracle on 34th Street on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors 65+ and $12 for youth age 17 and under. Visit majestictheatre.net.

• The Windham Actors Guild produces The Best Christmas Pageant Ever on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., at Searles

School (3 Chapel Road, Windham). Tickets cost $12.50 for adults and $10.50 for children and seniors. Visit windhamactorsguild.com.

• The Manchester Community Theatre Players present Christmas Stories at the MCTP Theatre at The North End Montessori School (698 Beech St., Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m., and at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (180 Loudon Road, Concord) on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 and 7 p.m. Ticket information is TBA. Visit manchestercommunitytheatre.com.

• Carpe Diem presents A Dickens of a Christmas at the Old Salt Restaurant (490

Lafayette Road, Hampton) Monday, Dec. 11, through Thursday, Dec. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

Gourmet dinner, live music, holiday carols and the show. Tickets cost $39.99 for adults and $19.99 for children. Call 926-8322.

• The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents A Charlie Brown Christmas Dec. 14 through Dec. 23.

Showtimes are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m., with an additional evening show Sunday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15 to $20. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• Rockapella Holiday comes to the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry) on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15 to $32. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

Sounds of the season Classical music with holiday spirit

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For those who are looking to hear classical holiday music, New Hampshire orchestras, choirs and music ensembles offer all kinds of spirited concerts this time of year.

• The New Hampshire Philharmonic presents its holiday pops concert on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m., at the Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry). The Pinkerton Academy Chorus will join the orchestra.

Tickets cost $12 to $50 for adults, $12 to $45 for seniors and $5 for students. Visit nhphil.org.

• The Manchester Community Music School (2291 Elm St., Manchester) presents its Holiday Pops Concert, “Sounds of the Season,” on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. New Hampshire Youth Jazz and Wind Ensembles, the Dino Anagnost Youth Symphony and Concert Orchestras and the Flute Choir will perform. Tickets cost $40. Visit mcmusicschool.org.

• The Strafford Wind Symphony presents its holiday pops concert on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., at the Rochester Opera House (31 Wakefield St., Rochester). Tickets cost $12 for adults and $7 for children under age 12. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• Mont Vernon Congregational Church (4 S. Main St., Mont Vernon) presents its Mont Vernon Messiah Sing concerts on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. The show is free. See “Messiah Sing - MVCC” on Facebook.

• The Rockingham Choral Society presents its Christmas concert featuring chorales by Martin Luther and composed

by Bach, Eccard, Mendelssohn and others on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., at

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (22 Fox Run Road, Newington) and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m., at Christ Church (43 Pine St., Exeter). Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door for adults, $10 in advance or $12 at the door for seniors and students, and free for children age 11 and under. Visit rockinghamchoralsociety.org.

• The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus presents its 20th anniversary holiday concert series “Celebrating the Holidays,” with shows on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church of Nashua (121 Manchester St., Nashua); Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church (1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth); Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., at Wesley United Methodist Church (79 Clinton St., Concord); and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 p.m., at The Derryfield School (2108 River Road, Manchester).

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors 65+ and veterans and free for children age 12 and under. Visit nhgmc.com.

• Nashua Choral Society performs Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m., at Immaculate Conception Church (216 E. Dunstable Road). Visit nashuachoralsociety.org.

• First Congregational Church (508 Union St., Manchester) presents its Christmas concert “Lessons and Carols” featuring Chancel Choir, Soloists and Sabbath Bells on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 7 p.m. Visit facebook.com/fccmanchester.

• The Granite State Ringers handbell choir presents its Holiday Bronze Concert Series, with shows on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. at Tillotson Center (14 Carriage Lane, Colebrook) and Sunday, Dec. 17, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant View Retirement Center (227 Pleasant St., Concord). Visit granitestateringers.org.

• Pelham’s own Hand Bell Choir will perform its annual holiday concert at Pelham Public Library (24 Village 26

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• Portsmouth Pro Musica presents “A Ceremony of Carols” with special guests the Sandpipers Seacoast Children’s Chorus on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church (25 Third St., Dover) and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. at North Church (2 Congress St., Portsmouth). Tickets cost $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors in advance, $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors at the door. Visit portsmouthpromusica.org.

• The Concord Chorale presents its holiday show “Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings” on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m., at South Congregational Church (27 Pleasant St., Concord); and Saturday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m., at Christ Church (43 Pine St., Exeter). Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors 62+ and free for students. Visit concordchorale.org.

• The Granite Statesmen barbershop chorus presents its annual Christmas Cabaret show on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 and 7 p.m., at Saint Joseph the Worker Church (777 W. Hollis St., Nashua). Tickets cost $5 to $7.

Visit granitestatesmen.org.

• Symphony New Hampshire presents its holiday pops concerts on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., at the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua) and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m., at Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord). Tickets cost $18 to $49 for adults, $18 to $44 for seniors, $10 for students and free for children. Visit symphonynh.org.

• Granite State Choral Society presents “Sing the Joy, Ring the Season” featuring the Granite State Ringers on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., at First Congregational Church (400 Main St., Farmington), and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m., at First United Methodist Church (34 S. Main St., Rochester). Tickets cost $12. Visit gschoralsociety.org.

• The Monadnock Chorus performs the Christmas Cantata “Sing Noel” by American composer Hal Hopson, featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet and the Hancock Village Ringers handbell choir on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m., at the Peterborough Town House (1 Grove St., Peterborough). Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for students. Visit monadnock-chorus.org.

• The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra performs its holiday pops concert featuring guest vocalist Seraphim Afflick on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m., at the Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium (Route 25, Meredith). Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students. Visit lrso.org.

• The Souhegan Valley Chorus performs its holiday concert “Christmas in the British Isles,” featuring holiday songs from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales, on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. at Souhegan High School (412 Boston Post Road, Amherst). Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Visit souheganvalleychorus.org.

• Solo pianist Jim Brickman stops at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) during his Joyful Christmas tour on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $44.50 to $55.50. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• The Boston Pops Holiday Concert comes to the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $23 to $110. Visit snhuarena.com.

• The Capital Jazz Orchestra performs its holiday pops featuring guest vocalists Patty Barkas, CJ Poole and Laura Daigle at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. Tickets cost $27.50 to $47.50. Visit ccanh.com.

• The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra presents its family pops show at The Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, and Thursday, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $12 to $25 for adults, $12 for students and $22 for seniors. Visit themusichall.org.

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From holiday dinners to Christmas cookie baking and gingerbread house building, there is plenty out there to satisfy your sweet tooth this holiday season.

• Sample food and drinks from more than 25 local restaurants at the seventh annual Homeward Bound Food & Beverage Festival on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Nashua Radisson Hotel (11 Tara Boulevard, Nashua), presented by the Anne-Marie House in Hudson.

Also included will be a silent auction with chances to win sports memorabilia, holiday gift baskets and more. Tickets are $75.

Visit annemariehouse.org or call 883-7338.

• Make your own candy cane with Van Otis Chocolates (341 Elm St. Manchester), which is opening its doors on Saturday, Dec. 2 , from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for a holiday candy cane demonstration. Watch experienced candy makers handcraft candy canes the old-fashioned way. At the end of the demonstration, you will be handed a sample piece, ready to be given your final touch. This event is suitable for all ages.

In addition, a large Santa made of delicious milk chocolate will be raffled off in the store. The price for each participant is $5. Half of the proceeds will benefit Easterseals of New Hampshire. Visit vanotis. com, email contact@vanotis.com or call 627-1611.

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• The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Derry) will host a parent-child gingerbread house decorating workshop on Sunday, Nov. 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon. All materials will be provided and hot cocoa and cookies will be served. The cost is $42 per parentchild team and registration is required. Visit culinary-playground.com or call 339-1664.

• Join the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) for family gingerbread house decorating workshops. Choose from five sessions: Saturday, Nov. 25, at noon; Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 30, at 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m.; or Saturday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m.

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• Portsmouth Historical Society is hosting the 27th annual Gingerbread House Contest, which features handmade dessert homes built by local businesses, artists, families and kids competing for best designs, as part of Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth.

The kickoff is Friday, Dec. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Discover Portsmouth Center (10 Middle St.). The display will be on view from then until Saturday, Dec. 23, daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Monday, Dec. 18, the People’s Choice Award will be announced at noon via FaceBook Live. Visit vintagechristmasnh.org.

• Stop by the Slusser Senior Center (164 Houston Drive, Hopkinton) for a gingerbread house workshop on Saturday, Dec.

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• Join the Hopkinton Recreation Department (41 Houston Drive, Hopkinton) for a Gingerbread House Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $15 admission gets you the gingerbread house and all the materials; all you have to bring is your holiday cheer. Visit facebook.com/ hopkintonnhrecreation.

• The Bow Community Center (3 Bow Center Road, Bow) will host a gingerbread house workshop on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for kids ages 5 and up.

Instructors Malinda Blakey and Anne-Marie Guertin will teach participants how to decorate their own pre-constructed gingerbread houses. All supplies are included. The cost is $45 for Bow residents and $50 for non-residents. Visit bow-nh.com.

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There will also be a Santa’s Shop and a chance to win a handmade quilt.

• Join Grace Ministries International (263 Route 125, Brentwood) for its 21st annual Christmas Tea event on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of food, tea, live entertainment and fundraising. The theme this year is “Be Our Guest.” Tickets are $25 per person or $140 per seven seats. Visit gracemi.org or call 657-0259.

• Visit Incredibrew (112 D.W. Highway, Nashua) for its Hoppy Holidaze Ale Split-a-Batch event on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 9 a.m. A new full-bodied red IPA called Pilgrim’s Christmas will be introduced, perfect for the hop lover who is looking

for more color and body in their beer with delicious undertones of holiday spice. No beer brewing experience is necessary; just come brew with other participants, then return in two weeks for bottling. The cost is $40 for new brewers, with bottles included, and $30 for returning brewers.

Visit incredibrew.com or call 891-2477.

• The Quill on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University (2500 N. River Road, Manchester) will host its annual Italian Christmas dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The cost is $55 in advance. Visit snhu.edu or call 629-4608.

• Learn to make holiday-themed appetizers and treats at either of two The Winemaker’s Kitchen Cooking series events at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst): on Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 6

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• Join the Nashua Senior Activity Center (70 Temple St.) for its annual gingerbread house contest on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8 to 11 a.m. Local businesses, groups and individuals are all welcome to submit an entry. This year’s awards include Best in Show, Most Elegant, Most Festive, Most Scrumptious and People’s Choice. Visit nashuaseniorcenter.org or call 816-2649.

• Make mini pot pies and gingerbread people cookies at The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Derry) on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. and on Friday, Dec. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. Classes are appropriate for ages 5 to 12. The cost is $40 per pair and registration is required. Visit culinary-playground.com or call 339-1664.

• Join the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry) for a crafty gingerbread program on Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. Kids will read along with the age-old fairytale of the Gingerbread Man and see how he narrowly escapes the clutches of various critters only to be gobbled up by one tricky fox. Afterward, kids will make a gingerbread-scented craft to take home. Visit derrypl.org, call 432-6140 or email alexismb@derrypl.org.

• Join Frederick’s Pastries for a gingerbread house decorating class for adults on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and for kids on Wednesday, Dec. 6, and Thursday, Dec. 14, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. All materials will be provided at each class. The cost is $60 per person and registration is required. Visit pastry.net or call 882-7725.

• Join the Amherst Town Library (14 Main St., Amherst) for gingerbread house making workshops on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Bring a bag of candy to contribute to the “pot luck” supply. All other materials will be provided. All ages are welcome and admission is free, but registration is required. Visit amherstlibrary. org or call 673-2288.

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The cost is $99 per person. Visit chezboucher.com or call 926-2202.

• Don’t miss the 21st annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie and Candy Tour on Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10, a self-guided tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Visit inns in various towns, including Albany, Eaton, Intervale, Jackson and North Conway and Fryeburg, Maine, to taste cookies and candy and get holiday recipe and decorating tips. The tour stretches across 10 inns, with each no more than 15 minutes from another.

Advance tickets come with reserving a lodging package at one of the participating inns. Remaining tickets are $30 from Dec. 1 through Dec. 7. Visit countryinnsinthewhitemountains.com.

• Enjoy holiday afternoon tea at The Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13, Brookline) on Sunday, Dec. 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $34.95 and registration is required.

Visit thecozyteacart.com or call 249-9111.

• Kids ages 3 to 6 can learn to make Christmas tree sugar cookies at the Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Derry), during classes that will include cutting, frosting and decorating. Available sessions are on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 and 11:30 a.m., and Sunday, Dec. 17, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. The cost is $16 per child. Visit culinary-playground.com or call 339-1664.

• Birch Wood Vineyards (199 Rockingham Road, Derry) hosts its annual Jingle Ball Holiday Party on Friday, Dec. 15, from 6 to 11 p.m. The evening will feature a cocktail hour with assorted hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and a four-course dinner with tomato bisque with smoked gouda crostini, holiday pear salad, New York sirloin and crab cake topped with white asparagus, and mascarpone lemon berry cake for dessert. The cost is $65 and reservations are required. Visit birchwoodvineyards.com/jingleball.html or call 965-4539.

• Join Chez Boucher Cooking School (32 Depot Square, Hampton) for a holiday dessert and pastry workshop on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m. The cost is $99.

Visit chezboucher.com or call 926-2202.

• Incredibrew (112 D.W. Highway, Nashua) will host its holiday winefest on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. The event will feature a wine tasting, wine making and six bottles of wine for participants to take home. Incredibrew will be launching two new wines, including a strawberry white merlot and blackberry cabernet. No wine making experience is necessary. The cost is $60 and registration is required, as space is limited. Visit incredibrew.com or call 891-2477.

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• The Quill on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University (2500 N. River Road, Manchester) is hosting its annual French Christmas dinner on Thursday, Dec. 7. The cost is $55 in advance. Visit snhu.edu or call the restaurant at 629-4608.

• Get Breakfast with Santa at the Milford Town Hall (1 Union Square, Milford) on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Enjoy pancakes and sausages with Santa. $9 per person and kids under 2 are free.

The registration deadline is Monday, Dec. 4, at milfordrec.com or call 249-0600.

• Join The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Derry) for the next event in its Sweet Saturdays series on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 1 to 3 p.m. Kids ages 6 to 10 will learn to make their own holiday-themed cookies. The cost is $38 and includes a discussion of proper eating habits and kitchen safety. Visit culinaryplayground.com or call 339-1664.

• Don’t miss the 13th annual Currier & Ives Cookie Tour on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. At 19 shops in the towns of Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Rindge, Troy, Dublin, Peterborough, New Ipswich and West Swanzey, the selfguided tour will include homemade treats, refreshments and recipes available for visitors. Tickets are $15 per person and will be available for purchase at The Inn at East Hill Farm, The Little River Bed and Breakfast, The Monadnock Inn and the Woodbound Inn, beginning Dec. 1 (cash only). Visit currierandivescookietour.com.

• Join Brookstone Park (14 Route 11, Derry) for its More the Merrier Holiday Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. The evening will feature a salad station, a carving station, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, a cash bar and more.

The cost is $49.95 per person. Visit brookstone-park.com or call 328-9255.

• St. John’s United Methodist Church (28 Cataract Drive, Dover) will host a turkey dinner on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The menu will include turkey, cornbread stuffing, roasted garlic sour cream mashed potatoes, corn maque choux, peas with pearl onions, cranberry sauce, rolls and homemade desserts. The cost is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and veterans, and $4 for kids. Visit stjohnsdover.org or call 742-3046.

• Chez Boucher Cooking School (32 Depot Square, Hampton) is hosting a “Holiday Classics” cooking workshop on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 9 a.m. Learn how to make standing rib roast au jus naturale, boneless white and dark turkey roast, leg of lamb au mehta jus lie, horseradish pota-

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• Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen) has its holiday exhibition “Glow” on view now through Dec. 16, featuring art that celebrates home, family and friends. Visit twiggsgallery.wordpress.com.

• The Craftworkers’ Guild’s Holiday Craft Shop is open through Dec. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Oliver Kendall House (5 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford). There will be a variety of handmade goods by juried artisans. Visit facebook.com/ CraftworkersGuild.

• The Wild Salamander Arts Center (30 Ash St., Hollis) has its Holiday Art Show and Sale open now through Dec. 23, featuring small artwork by artists defining what “home” means. Visit wildsalamander.com.

• Rolling Green Nursery (64 Breakfast Hill Road, Greenland) hosts its Holiday Artisan Market on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit rollinggreennursery.com.

• The Jingle Bell Craft Fair returns to Crowne Plaza Hotel (2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua) on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eighty exhibitors will show and sell handmade crafts, jewelry, decor, wearable art and more. Visit joycescraftshows.com.

• Frisella Fine Art (87 Lafayette Road, Suite 6, Hampton Falls) celebrates its 11th anniversary with an art show, “Home for the Holidays,” on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 2 to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 2 to 5 p.m., at. Visit frisellafineart.com.

• Intown Manchester’s Downtown Holiday Market will be open at Brady Sullivan Plaza (1000 Elm St., Manchester) on Thursdays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit intownmanchester.com.

• The 40th annual Contoocook Artisans Holiday Craft Fair returns to St. Andrew’s Parish Hall (354 Main St., Hopkinton) on Friday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The juried fair features items by 29 local artisans.

• The Concord Arts Market hosts its Winter Giftopolis on Friday, Dec. 1, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. in Eagle Square, Concord. Shop a variety of handmade gifts by local artists and artisans. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

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• Hampstead Congregational Church (61 Main St., Hampstead) hosts its annual Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters will exhibit handmade jewelry, woodworking, painted glass, pottery, knitted items and more. Visit hampsteaducc.org.

• The Picker Collaborative Artists (3 Pine St., Nashua) host their Holiday Open Studio Event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be handmade gifts including jewelry, fiber arts, photography, fine art, mixed media arts, woodworking and more.

Visit pickerartists.com.

• GFWC Hudson Junior Woman’s Club Craft Fair takes place at Hudson Memorial School (1 Memorial Drive, Hudson) on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be handmade items by more than 100 local crafters. Visit facebook.com/gfwchcc.

• The Capital Area Artisans’ annual Holiday Fair takes place at Presidential Oaks (200 Pleasant St., Concord) on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Browse handmade items by local artisans, including jewelry, knitted items, holiday decor and more. Visit presidentialoaks.org.

• Celebrate the giving spirit of St. Nicholas at the Grace Episcopal Church (30 Eastman St., East Concord) Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. Shop affordable one-of-a-kind holiday gifts and hand-knit treasures. There will also be second-hand jewelry, fresh balsam wreaths and a selection of baked goods. Admission is free. Call 2242252 or visit graceeastconcord.org.

• The Seacoast Artisans present their first Christmas Pop Up Show at Lafayette Crossing, North Hampton, on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3. Browse a variety of crafts made by the artisans. Find the event 32 details on Facebook.

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• New Hampshire Institute of Art 30 has a Holiday Maker Fair on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 148 Concord St., Manchester. More than 35 artisans will present handmade items such as ceramics, graphic design art, illustrations, jewelry, paintings and more. Visit nhia.edu/makerfair.

• The Great New England Craft Fair Holiday Shopping Extravaganza is Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, at Hampshire Hills Athletic Club (50 Emerson Road, Milford). More than 70 local crafters and artisans will feature jewelry, scarves, puzzles, woodworking, pottery, metal art and more. Visit hampshiredome.com.

• The Holly Jolly Craft Fair takes place at Crowne Plaza Hotel (2 Somerset Parkway,

Nashua) on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eighty exhibitors will show and sell handmade crafts, jewelry, decor, wearable art and more. Visit joycescraftshows.com.

• Pipe Dream Brewing (49 Harvey Road, Londonderry) will host a Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 9, from noon to 5 p.m., featuring handmade jewelry, woodworking, wreaths and more. Visit facebook. com/pipedreambrewing.

• The New Hampshire Audubon hosts its Holiday Fair on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the McLane Center (84 Silk Farm Road, Concord). A number of local artists will show and sell their work, including jewelry, pottery, photography, greeting cards and prints and more. Visit nhaudubon.org.

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Craft your own presents and decor

By Ethan Hogan

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Make gifts from the heart or holiday ornaments, wreaths and other decorations at a crafty class or workshop.

• The New Hampshire Farm Museum (1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton) is holding a Wreath Making Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to noon.

The hands-on workshop will teach guests how to make their own wreaths that they can take home or use as a gift. Participants need to bring their own clippers but all other supplies will be available. $25 pre-registration for non-members and $15 pre-registration for members is required at farmmuseum.org/ farm-events.

• Hike with the Beaver Brook Association (117 Ridge Road, Hollis) and gather evergreens to craft a holiday wreath on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Find eastern hemlock, white pine, mountain laurel, pine cones and winter berries and take them back to Brown Lane barn to enjoy tea and cookies while you learn to fashion a holiday wreath. $25. Register online at beaverbrook.org/calendar or call 465-7787.

• Learn to make your own holiday body care gifts at Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury) for their Do-It-Yourself Holiday event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Instructors will discuss and demonstrate the basic steps for making lip balm, body cream, bath salts and sugars, scrubs, aromatherapy spray and massage oil.

Then participants will get to make five of their own products to bring home and give as gifts. The cost is $45 for members and $55 for non-members, which includes all materials and supplies. Register at shakers.org.

• Learn how to make a suncatcher holiday ornament on Sunday, Dec. 3, from noon

to 3:30 p.m. at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen (36 N. Main St., Concord). Learn one approach for using bead netting to create a colorful and light-catching holiday ornament. Instructor Deb Fairchild will teach the class. No prior experience required. Tuition is $44 and the materials fee is $20. Call 5958233 or visit nhcrafts.org.

• The annual Holiday Gift Extravaganza at the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry) will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Make your own cards, soaps, jewelry, candles and ornaments so you don’t have to go near a mall this holiday season. Registration is required. Visit derrypl. org, or call 432-6140 or email lizr@derrypl.org.

• A craft workshop for youngsters is being held at the Kelley Library (234 Main St., Salem) on Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 7, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Children age 3 to 6 can make crafts just in time for the holidays. Admission is free, but registration is required. Visit kelleylibrary.org or call 898-7064.

• Learn to make a unique holiday gift at Gnome Night at the Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) on Wednesday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m. Crafters will learn how to make little holiday gnomes out of felt and wool. Registration is required for both kids and adults. Call 249-0645 or email troberts@wadleighlibrary.org.

• Learn to make a winter scarf for yourself or give it as a gift at the Nashua League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s (98 Main St.) workshop on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will learn to make nuno scarves, which are made through the integration of silk fabric and wool roving.

Tuition is $62 with a $35 materials fee payable to the instructor, Melinda LaBarge. Call 595-8233 or email nashuarg@nhcrafts.org.

• Stop by the Currier Museum Art Center (180 Pearl St., Manchester) on Saturday,

Dec. 9, for an ornament painting workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. . The class is for all ages and costs $15. Register at currier.org/art-center/programs or call 669-6144, ext. 122.

• Join the Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) for an adult craft class Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Participants will learn to make paper holiday decorations, including snowflakes. No registration is

required and classes are open to the first 16 people who arrive. Call 589-4610.

• It’s Christmas Craft Time at the Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) on Friday, Dec. 15, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Each month the library offers a new activity, and in December guests will learn to make holiday ornaments. No registration required. Call 249-0645 or email tmclenon@wadleighlibrary.org.

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Find holiday entertainment for the kids at these storytimes, craft workshops, Christmas parties and movie screenings.

• Santa is coming to town at Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops (2 Commerce Drive, Hooksett) through Sunday, Dec. 24. with kids’ crafts, games, activities and a free photo with Santa. Visit facebook.com/bassproshopshooksettnh.

• Join the Whipple Free Library (67 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston) for holiday stories every Monday at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Friday at 11 a.m. starting Monday, Nov. 27, with the last session on Friday, Dec. 15. The stories are for ages 3 to 6 and there will be songs and crafts included. Admission is free but pre-registration is required at whipplefreelibrary.org.

Call 487-3391.

• Learn to make pom-pom ornaments at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store (80 Storrs St., Suite 5, Concord) on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. The kids’ class will teach participants how to make ornaments using a pom-pom maker and acrylic paint.

The cost to attend is $35 plus materials.

Visit joann.com.

• The Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) will be hosting preschool holiday movies with a screening of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Friday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m.; Frosty’s Winter Wonderland on Friday, Dec. 8, at 10 a.m., and ’Twas the Night before Christmas Friday, Dec. 22, at 10 a.m. with. No registration required. Visit goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

• Visit Barnes & Noble in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway), Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) or Salem (125 S. Broadway) for their annual Polar Express storytime on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m.

Bring your pajamas and enjoy a storytime with the beloved classic The Polar

Express and enjoy coloring and activities afterward. Visit barnsandnoble.com or call your local store.

• The TRIP Center (12 Rowell Drive, Franklin) will host Santa & His Workshop, a program with games and fun for everyone, including photos with Santa, on Friday, Dec. 1, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Admission is free and registration is not required.

Visit franklinnh.org/parks-recreation or call 934-2118.

• Santa Land will return to the Gilford Youth Center (19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford) for two days on Friday, Dec. 1, from 5 to 7 :30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon. The free event features games, arts and crafts, cookie decorating, face painting, bounce houses and visits from Santa Claus. Visit gilfordyouthcenter. com or call 524-6978.

• The Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) will be getting a visit from Santa on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The visit will include pictures with Santa, crafts, and milk and cookies. Visit rodgerslibrary.org or call 886-6030.

• Join the Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett) on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for their Santa party with holiday themed games and crafts, and pictures with Santa. Pictures can be printed for $1. No registration necessary. Visit hooksettlibrary.org or call 485-6092.

• Barnes & Noble stores in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway), Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) and Salem (125 S. Broadway) will be hosting a How the Grinch Stole Christmas storytime on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. After the reading there will be holiday activities. Visit barnesandnoble.com or call your local store.

• Join St. Joseph Hospital (172 Kinsley St., Nashua) for their Jolly Holiday Christmas event on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to noon for a morning of festive live music, make-your-own crafts and ornaments, face painting, cookie frosting, games and refreshments in the decorated atrium. Get a free picture with Santa. 34

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• Join the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) for their Jingle Bell Express on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 9, with sessions at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. both days. The Jingle Bell Express will take guests on C&J’s double-decker bus to the Cochecho Country Club to hear a reading of the classic children’s holiday story The Polar Express. Cost is $25 per person and children under 2 are free. The price includes a family keepsake photo and time to explore the Children’s Museum and make a holiday craft. Space is limited. Register at childrens-museum. org or call 742-2002.

• If you have ever dreamed about being one of Santa’s elves, join the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry) for its annual elf training program on Thursday, Dec. 7. There will be three separate elf training programs from 1 to 2 p.m., 3 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m. Elves in training will make special elf hats, create ornaments, decorate cookies, sing songs, and play reindeer games. Pre-registration is required. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• The Amherst Town Library (14 Main St., Amherst) is hosting a gingerbread house workshop on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to learn how to construct a graham cracker house for the holidays. Frosting, graham crackers and music will be provided but families bring their own candy to decorate. Registration is required at amherstlibrary.org or call 673-2288.

• Barnes & Noble stores in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway), Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) and Salem (125 S. Broadway) will be hosting a storytime for Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Big Golden Book Saturday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. The story follows Olaf, Anna, Kristoff and Elsa from Disney’s film Frozen through a frozen adventure to find the best holiday traditions. After the reading there will be holiday activities. Visit barnesandnoble. com or call your local store.

• Join the Friends of Griffin Free Public Library for their Santa Breakfast at the Auburn Village School (11 Eaton Hill Road, Auburn) on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 8 to 10 a.m. There will be a pancake breakfast with coffee and at 8:30 a.m. Santa will arrive on a fire truck. Families can get their picture taken with Santa and enter the raffle to win prizes. Raffle tickets are $3 apiece or two tickets for $5. Cost for admission is $6 for adults, $3 for kids, free for children under 3. Visit griffinfree.org or call 483-5374.

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Branch (76 N. Main St., Manchester) will be hosting a Polar Express party for grades 1 through 5 on Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. featuring a story, crafts and snacking fun. Registration is required. Visit manchesterlibrary.org or call 624-6560.

• The Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead) invites children in preschool through eighth grade and their families to spin the dreidel on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 6 to 7 p.m. Families will learn the traditional Hanukkah game of dreidel along with the fast paced version, speed dreidel. Winners get a chocolate gelt. No registration required. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org or call 329-6411.

• Join the Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) for their kids’ holiday celebration on Friday, Dec. 15, at 10 a.m. Kids up through kindergarten are invited to celebrate the holidays with crafts and magical reindeer food as they listen to stories. Registration is required at goffstownlibrary.com or call 497-2102.

• Join the Griffin Free Public Library (22 Hooksett Road, Auburn) for a storytime with Santa on Friday, Dec. 15, from 1 to 2 p.m. No registration required. Visit griffinfree.org or call 483-5374.

• Join the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry) for storytime and photos with Santa Claus on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. Santa will read a story to the kids and have a treat for everyone. Stay for cookies and holiday music. Regular museum admission of $5 applies but members and children under 12 receive free admission.

Visit nhahs.org or call 669-4820.

• The Barnes & Noble stores in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway), Manches-

ter (1741 S. Willow St.) and Salem (125 S. Broadway) are hosting a River Rose and the Magical Christmas storytime on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. Follow River Rose on Christmas Eve as she stays up all night to hand-deliver a note to Santa. After the storytime there will be holiday activities and crafts. Visit barnesandnoble.com or call your local store.

• Visit the Hampstead Public Library (9 Mark E. Clarke Drive, Hampstead) for holiday bedtime stories on Wednesday, Dec. 20, from 6 to 7 p.m. Children of all ages and their families are invited to wear their favorite pajamas, make a craft, sing songs and listen to holiday stories from different cultures. Visit hampsteadlibrary. org or call 329-6411.

• The Barnes & Noble stores in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway), Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) and Salem (125 S. Broadway) are hosting a Santa’s Magic Key storytime on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. The story follows a boy who realizes on Christmas Eve that his new house does not have a chimney for Santa to use.

He thinks Santa won’t be able to deliver presents until the boy finds a magic key.

Visit barnesandnoble.com or call your local store.

• Join the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry) for their Noon Year’s Eve Party on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Instead of staying up all night, ring in the new year at the library at noon with a dance party and balloon drop. No registration required. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

• The Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead) is having its New Year’s at Noon celebration on Saturday, Dec. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org or call 329-6411.

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Swing into the season

Music and other nightlife for the holiday season

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From arena rock versions of “Carol of the Bells” to Harry Potter holiday improv comedy, there’s a bit of everything in the entertainment realm this season. Check out these options.

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• Holiday Pops at Stockbridge Theatre (44 N. Main St., Derry, 437-5210) on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. $12 to $50. Members of the Pinkerton Chorale sing their favorite holiday selections. Get into the holiday spirit by joining conductor Mark Latham and the orchestra to sing along with all-time favorites.

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra at SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 6445000) on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 3:30 and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $63 to $79. TSO’s tour will be a celebration of the art and accomplishments of the lauded group’s late creator-composer-lyricist Paul O’Neill and his inimitable creation, which he dubbed rock theater. Prior to his untimely passing, O’Neill worked tirelessly with his close-knit team preparing an exciting new take on The Ghosts of Christmas Eve for the 2017 tour.

• Strafford Wind Symphony at Strand Theatre (20 Third St., Dover) on Sunday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. $21 at thestrandballroom. com The third annual holiday show happens after the Dover Christmas parade.

“Here We Go Holidays” features favorite songs of the season, followed by a singalong. Also Dec. 10 at Emmanuel Church in Rochester.

• First Fridays! Holiday Concert at Whipple Hall (25 Seamans Road, New London 526-4444) on Friday, Dec. 1, at 5 p.m. The event has Santa, tree lighting, and holiday music for all ages, featuring The KRES Chime Tones, Exit 13 Tuba Quartet, and the Sunapee Flute Choir, plus a community sing-along.

• Community Toolbox 2nd Annual Holiday Disco Ball at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3300) on Friday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. $35. Disco tribute band Motor Booty Affair performs.

Break out the platform shoes and holiday polyester for a funky good time. Cash bar, silent and live auction, and prizes for best costumes in support of a favorite Seacoast charity.

• Have Yourself a Swingin’ Christmas at Exeter Town Hall (10 Front St, Exeter, 778-0591) as the Blue Note Big Band performs on Friday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m. It’s the second year for the event, a benefit for

the Exeter Arts Committee and part of the Ring in the Season festivities. Tickets are $10 ($20 per family). Email exeter2arts@ gmail.com.

• Annual Holiday Pops Concert at Manchester Community Music School (2291 Elm St., Manchester, 644-4548) on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. $40 ($350 for a table of 10). The New Hampshire Youth Jazz and Wind Ensembles, the Dino Anagnost Youth Symphony and Concert Orchestras and the Flute Choir celebrate the sounds of the season. Holiday photo booth with props, raffle prizes, and Santa might stop by if everyone has been really good.

• Festival of Trees at Franklin Opera House (Main Street, Franklin, 934-1901) on Friday, Dec. 1, at 5 p.m. Free. Runs through Dec. 3. As in the past, the Opera House will have lit displays of floor and tabletop trees, wreaths, wall hangings, holiday stockings and a prize raffle. The classic show It’s a Wonderful Life is performed by Franklin Footlight Theatre.

• Susie Burke and David Surette with Ken Allyn at Universalist Fellowship (20 Madbury Road, Durham) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. $15. Featuring selections from their holiday release Wonderland, along with folk and acoustic fare from their standard repertoire, with influences and styles ranging from folk to jazz, Celtic to rock, blues to Broadway and beyond. Also at Concord Community Music School (Wall Street, Concord) on Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Del Rossi’s Trattoria (Route 137, Dublin) on Dec. 16 at 8 p.m.

• Alumni Band of the New Hampshire National Guard Christmas Concert at Merrimack Valley Baptist Church (517 Boston Post Road, Merrimack, 595-0955) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. Music includes a selection of traditional Christmas songs like “Feliz Navidad,” “Sleigh Ride” and “Fantasy on a Bell Carol,” patriotic tunes and a Christmas sing-along to celebrate the season. Also Dec. 11 at American Legion Post No. 79, Manchester and Dec. 18 at Sweeney American Legion Post No. 2, Manchester.

• Ed Gerhard at Historic Belknap Mill (25 Beacon St., Laconia, 524-8813) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. $24. Renowned acoustic guitarist performs a pre-holiday concert with a mix of non-holiday and Christmas favorites. Annual food drive at concert for the Laconia area food pantry.

• Gary Hoey’s Ho Ho Hoey Rockin’ Holiday Show at Blue Ocean Music Hall (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury, Mass., 978-462-5888) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8

p.m. Tickets are $30 to $40. The guitarist’s annual tour has become a tradition; his live show includes holiday music, older hits like “Hocus Pocus” and songs from his recent CD, Dust & Bones.

• Strafford Wind Symphony at Rochester Opera House (31 Wakefield St., Rochester, 335-1992) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. $12, children $7. Ring in the season with the annual Strafford Wind Symphony holiday pops concert, featuring favorite tunes old and new, a special narrated piece and the famous gift basket raffle.

Great holiday entertainment for the whole family.

• Hometown Christmas at First United Methodist Church (34 S. Main St., Rochester, 948-1179) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. $8. Featuring national award-winning recording artists MeCa, with special guests G.R.A.S.P. and The Witherell Bells.

Refreshments and a meet and greet follow the show. All profits help fund local community outreach programs.

• Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl through downtown Rochester on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. $10 in advance. This second annual trek offers a day of beer, entertainment, food and more beer. Draft specials, WHEB personalities hanging out and giving away prizes, free food at every spot, and prizes for best dressed. First 24 people to buy tickets at each location receive a Sam Adams pint glass. Tickets at Revolution TapRoom & Grill, Lilac City Grille, Mel Flanagan’s Irish Pub & Cafe, Radloff’s Cigar Shop and On the Rox Lounge, The Garage at the Governor’s Inn and Moe’s Italian Sandwiches of Rochester.

• Matthew Lister - A Christmas Concert at Red & Shorty’s (4 Paul St., Dover, 767-3305) on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. $10 at elysiumarts.com. A classical guitarist from Dover with over a decade of professional experience, Lister studied classical guitar under the guidance of Professor Chris Kane at UNH, where he was a member of the classical guitar ensemble.

• Greater Keene Pops Choir Holiday Concert at Colonial Theatre (95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033) on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. $12 in advance. Unique performing ensemble that sings popular American music in all its many styles. Under the direction of Diane Cushing and accompanied by Walt Sayre, singing music from around the world celebrating the holiday season.

• Eric Mintel Quartet; A Vince Guaraldi Christmas at First Congregational Church (10 S. Park St., Lebanon, 448-0400) on Sunday, Dec. 3, 4 p.m. $20, $10 under 18. LOH on Location show. From the White House to the Kennedy Center and beyond, the Eric Mintel Quartet has been thrilling audiences with their electrifying jazz performances. Hear them celebrating the music from A Charlie

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• Seacoast Santa Jingle Bell Jam at Redhook Brewery (1 Redhook Way, Portsmouth, 343-4390) on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. $10. RoxxSaxx, Relish and Johnny & the Night Crawlers perform to help Seacoast families keep the magic of Christmas alive for their little believers. Ugly sweater contest, light appetizers and cash bar.

• Mannheim Steamroller at SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, ticketmaster.com) on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. $41.30 and up. A 30-year holiday tradition continues as Grammy Award-winner Chip Davis has created a show that features the group’s unique Christmas music and dazzling multimedia effects.

• Irish Christmas in America at Dana Center (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, 641-7700) on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. $35.75. Features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in history, humor and boundless energy.

The 2017 tour brings back TG4 Traditional Singer of the Year Séamus Begley and Sligo’s Niamh Farrell.

• Funky Divas of Gospel Holiday Concert at The Castle on Charles (19 Charles St., Rochester) on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. $8. A blend of gospel, bluegrass and traditional Christmas music. This year the Divas are joined by Seacoast area a cappella singing group Mixtape for a Christmas celebration strong on harmonies and the spirit of the season.

• Winter Wonderettes at Seacoast Rep (125 Bow St., Portsmouth, 433-4472) on Thursday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 to $38. Multiple shows through Dec. 31. Join the original cast from 2016 hit The Marvelous Wonderettes as they hop back into action, this time to save the Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party when things go amiss.

Hear iconic ’60s versions of classic holiday tunes like “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.”

• Christmas with The Celts at Flying Monkey (39 Main St., Plymouth, 5362551) on Friday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. $39 and up. Combines ancient Irish carols, 38

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• Charlie Brown Christmas with Heather Pierson at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 5270043) on Friday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. $20. The Heather Pierson Quartet (Heather Pierson, piano and vocals; Joe Aliperti, alto and tenor saxes; Shawn Nadeau, bass; Craig Bryan, drums) performs the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, as composed by Vince Guaraldi, plus other holiday favorites and classics.

• Holiday Pops with Act of Congress at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua, 595-9156) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. $10 to $49, under 15 free with adult.

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• Bluegrass Christmas Concert at Pilgrim United Church (197 Route 111A, Brentwood, 778-3189) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Now in its 14th season, this one-of-a-kind show features traditional, contemporary and original Christmas music performed with acoustic instruments and vocals. To keep the shows fresh, each performing act introduces new material each season, much to the delight of the audience.

• Concord Coachmen at Candia Congregational Church (1 South Road, Candia) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. Performing an entire repertoire of classic caroling favorites and a few surprising Yuletide numbers at the long-running “Lights on the Hill” festival at Candia’s Congregational Church.

• Christmas at Canterbury at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, 783-9511) on Saturday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 16, 3 and 8 p.m. $18 ($8 for children 6-17). Experience

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Here are a few local comedy shows to keep you laughing through the holidays.

• Kyle Crawford at Curlie’s Comedy Club (12 Union St., Rochester) on Friday, Nov. 24, 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.

• Dueling Pianos at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord) on Saturday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m. Tickets are $19 to $23.

• Bucky Lewis at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia) on Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Steve Guilmette at Headliners at the Radisson Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Laugh Free or Die Open Mic at Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 9 p.m. Free.

• Paul Landwehr and Miguel Perez at Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m. Free most nights.

• Ha Ha’s & Hops Humpday Comedy at Merrimack Biergarten (221 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m. Free.

• Abishek Shah with host Greg Boggis at Fody’s (9 Clinton St., Nashua) on Thursday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.

• Robbie Printz & Harrison Stebbins at Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry) on Friday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Dennis Fogg at Curlie’s Comedy Club (12 Union St., Rochester) on Friday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10.

• Steve Coppola (Hypnotist) at Chunky’s Pub (707 Huse Road, Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 2, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Rob Steen at Headliners at the Radisson

Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 2, 9 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Nick Offerman at Capitol Center (44 S. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Dec. 3, 8 p.m. Tickets are $39 to $59.

• Paul Nardizzi at Headliners at the Radisson Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 9, 9 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Drew Dunn and Kate Procyshyn at Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. Free most nights.

• Frank Santos at Chunky’s Pub (151 Coliseum Ave, Nashua) on Saturday, Dec. 9, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• The Tenderloins (TruTV Impractical Jokers) at SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester) on Thursday, Dec. 14, 8 p.m. Tickets are $52.50.

• Rolling Stone Comic to Watch Tim Dillon and Luke Touma at Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 8 p.m.

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• Steve Scarfo / Harrison Stebbins at Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia) on Friday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Sam Morril & Josh Day at Redhook Brewery (1 Redhook Way, Portsmouth) on Friday, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. Also two shows Saturday, Dec. 16.

• Artie Januario and Ryan Gartley at Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Frank Santos at Headliners at the Radisson Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 9 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Dan Boulger and Lucas O’Neil at Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 8 p.m. Free most nights.

• Rob Steen at Headliners at the Radisson Hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 23, 9 p.m. Tickets are $20.

• Emma Willmann (Colbert) and Alex Kumin at Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m. Free most nights.

• Juston McKinney’s Last Laugh at Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Friday, Dec. 29, 8 p.m. Tickets are $26.

• Juston McKinney’s Last Laugh at Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Saturday, Dec. 30, 8 p.m. Tickets are $26.

NEW YEAR’S EVE • Steve Guilmette and Jay Grove New Year’s Eve show at Holiday Inn (172 N. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and up.

• Mark Turcotte, EJ Edmonds and Nick Lavallee at Chunky’s Pub (707 Huse Road, Manchester) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30.

• Dueling Pianos (dinner included) at Fratello’s (155 Dow St., Manchester) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $70.

• New Year’s Eve Gala w/ Mike Donovan, Paul Landwehr, EJ Edmonds, Matt Barry and Dueling Pianos at Headliners at the Radisson hotel (700 Elm St., Manchester) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 and up.

• Tom Hayes, Dennis Fogg and Amy Tee at Chunky’s Pub (151 Coliseum Ave, Nashua) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $30.

• Dave Russo and Dan Crohn (Steve Scarfo hosts) at Sheraton Harborside Hotel (250 Market St., Portsmouth) on Sunday, Dec. 31, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $45.

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Go inside the historic Shaker buildings to watch a 19th-century magic show, meet Santa, make Christmas crackers, decorate cookies, admire a toy train display or listen to fiddlers. Also Dec. 16.

• Laurie Berkner Holiday Show at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. $35-$50, with four-pack at $25 per ticket. A kid-centric holiday show from the uncrowned queen of children’s music and the power behind the progressive “kindie rock” movement.

• FAFS-NH Holiday Party at Executive Court Banquet Facility (1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 524-1262) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. DJ dancing and buffet. $43 per person.

• Granite Statesmen Christmas Cabaret at St. Joseph’s Parish (777 W. Hollis St., Nashua, 886-7464) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 and 7 p.m. A Christmas concert performed by a group of men singing in the classic barbershop a capella style.

• Ghost Riderz at The Elks at Franklin Lodge of Elks 1280 (192 Central St., Franklin, 934-9852) on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. Christmas party for members and bona fide guests. Band plays a mix of classic rock, oldies and country music. For more information or to become a member, visit on Facebook.

• Jim Brickman: A Joyful Christmas at Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588) on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. $44.50 and up. A holiday concert tradition as the Grammy-nominated songwriter and piano sensation returns to Manchester to bring the sound and spirit of the season.

• Harvey Reid & Joyce Anderson at Flying Goose Pub & Restaurant (corner of routes 114 and 11, New London, 207-3631886) on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Seacoast acoustic music luminaries perform their 23rd annual holiday concert. Intertwined voices, Reid’s guitars, autoharp and mandolins, and Andersen’s violin and viola provide an evening of warm and brilliant holiday music.

• Christmas Revels: A French-Canadian Celebration of the Winter Solstice at Hopkins Center (2 E. Wheelock St., Hanover, 646-2422) on Thursday, Dec. 14, 6 p.m. Tickets $8 to $48. The Upper Valley’s most enduring holiday tradition. This year, a young girl in search of her heritage is drawn into the mystical tales of her ancestors in a Nordic celebration of the season. Her quest unfolds through traditional songs, dances and pageantry performed by a cast of talented locals and thrilling guest musicians and dancers. Through Dec. 17.

• Seventh Annual Buzz Ball at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111) on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. $30 to $40. Annual benefit featur-

ing Morning Buzz crew and Velvet Elves, an all-star band supporting area celebrities and musical guests. This is a night full of surprises.

• Dan Fogelberg Holiday Tribute at Castle on Charles (19 Charles St., Rochester) on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. $16.

Don Campbell pays tribute to Dan Fogelberg and plays holiday favorites. It’s an uplifting event offered in an old Episcopal church renovated for private events and entertainment.

• A Charlie Brown Christmas at Seacoast Rep (125 Bow St., Portsmouth, 433-4472) Thursday, Dec. 14, at 10 a.m., continuing various days through Dec. 23.

Tickets $15 and $20. Vince Guaraldi’s classic jazz score and the classic animated television special come to life in this faithful stage adaptation, in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang discover the true meaning of Christmas.

• Wizards of Winter at Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 536-2551) on Friday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 p.m. $40 and up. Featuring former members of The Trans-Siberian Orchestra and some of the mid-Atlantic’s finest rock and progressive musicians, the group performs a holiday rock opera titled Tales Beneath a Northern Star. The story is based on the music of their self-titled CD and their new album The Magic of Winter.

• Ed Gerhard at South Church Portsmouth (292 State St., Portsmouth, 664-7200) on Friday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. $30. One of the country’s finest acoustic guitarists, Gerhard will perform soulful arrangements of well-loved carols as well as his own concert favorites. Fans of guitar music and Christmas alike will want to be a part of this memorable show, which includes an annual food drive to benefit the Seacoast Family Food Pantry. Also Dec. 16.

• Rockapella Holiday at Stockbridge Theatre (44 N. Main St., Derry, 437-5210) on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. Tickets $15 to $32. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more influential group out there in this era of network television a cappella shows like NBC’s The Sing-Off, movies like Pitch Perfect, and innumerable college vocal groups that own the corner of cool on campuses everywhere. This has become a Stockbridge holiday tradition.

• Telly’s Annual Christmas Party at Telly’s Restaurant & Pizza (235 Calef Highway, Epping, 679-8225) on Friday, Dec. 15, at 9 p.m. Live entertainment by DJ Sean O’Brien, drink specials, appetizers and door prizes. Enter to win autographed Rob Gronkowski jersey, with Boston Bruins tickets to second-place winner and Celtics tickets to the third-place winner in the raffle.

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• Christmas with Rocking Horse Studio at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m. $25. Moving to the main stage, New Hampshire’s premier music production and recording facility presents an evening of traditional and contemporary Christmas music performed by some of New Hampshire’s finest singers and musicians. Performers will include Pat & the Hats, Lizzy Marella, Brooks Young Band, Justin Cohn, Dusty Gray, Justin Cohn, Steve Blunt and many others.

• Ronan Tynan Christmas Concert at Colonial Theatre (95 Main St., Keene, 3522033) on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 8 p.m. $29 to $43. Called the “burly tenor with a big, silvery voice” by Variety, Tynan brings his special holiday concert of traditional carols and classic Irish ballads, accompanied by his longtime pianist Bill Lewis.

• Pemigewasset Choral Society at Silver Center for the Arts (17 High St., Plymouth, 535-2787) on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 3 p.m. $9 to $15. The Pemi Choral Society will be performing David Pinkham’s beloved Christmas Cantata with brass quintet and organ along with several seasonal favorites.

• Holiday Pops – Capital Jazz Orchestra at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111) on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. $27.50 to $47.50.

Big Band music rings in the holiday season, with special guests Ms. Patty Barkas, Ms. Laura Daigle and Mr. CJ Poole. They perform such chestnuts as “The Christmas Song,” “Let It Snow,” “Jingle Bells” and “Sleigh Ride.” Also, NHPR’s Laura Knoy recites “The Night Before Christmas.”

• Chanukah at the Palace at Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 6685588) on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m. $8 to $14. Featuring Eighth Day on the Eighth Night and magician Anthony Salazar.

• Portsmouth Symphony Holiday Pops at Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m. $12 to $25. An annual tradition, with guest choruses, a special performance by resident artist Randy Armstrong, and a holiday sing-along. Also Thursday, Dec. 21.

• Christmas at Hogwarts at Seacoast Rep (125 Bow St., Portsmouth, 433-4472) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. $12.

Stranger Than Fiction troupe presents an improvised comedy adventure through the magical world of J.K. Rowling for a second year. This satirical interpretation of the popular Harry Potter book series will leave you searching the skies for an owl with your Hogwarts letter. Mystical creatures, whimsical spells, dangerous secrets, and holiday joy await in this next great adventure.

• Harvey Reid & Joyce Anderson at Community Church (17 Main St., Durham, 207-363-1886) on Friday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. $10 to $15. Seacoast acoustic music luminaries intertwine their voices for their 20th annual holiday concert, melding Reid’s guitars, autoharp and mandolins with Andersen’s violin and viola for an evening of warm and brilliant holiday music in this historic church.

• Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Celebration at Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111) on Friday, Dec. 22, at 8 p.m. Tickets $39 to $79. A night combining their hits and a Christmas celebration. Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in music.

The Boys’ four-part harmonies and upbeat songs have spawned dozens of country hits and a No. 1 pop smash, along with Grammy, Dove, CMA and ACM awards.

• Ugly Sweater Christmas Party at Derryfield Restaurant (625 N. Mammoth Road, Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. Music from DJ Terry Moran (function room), Never in Vegas (main bar) and DComp (outside deck). The fundraiser has attracted over 1,000 guests in each of the last three years, with an estimated $100,000 raised for charity; of that total $90,000 has been given to Make A Wish NH alone.

• Uncle Steve Band at Back Room at the Mill (2 Central St., Bristol, 744-0405) on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 7:30 p.m. $15.

Christmas party benefit with The Uncle Steve Band playing holiday rock, soul and blues to raise money for Bristol Community Services.

• Juston McKinney’s Year in Review at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400) on Friday, Dec. 29, at 8 p.m. $26. Also Dec. 30. Have the last laugh of 2017 with Juston as he dishes on New England life and looks back at the year that was. The comic recently filmed a special in Manchester; he’s been a guest on The Tonight Show and performed in two Comedy Central specials, including his own one-hour show.

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THIS WEEK

EVENTS TO CHECK OUT NOVEMBER 23 - 29, 2017, AND BEYOND EAT: like your life depends on it Join certified nutrition coach Kate Cretsinger for her Eat Like Your Life Depends on It educational cooking class hosted by the NH Health and Wellness Center (60 Main St., Suite 320, Nashua) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cretsinger will teach students the effects of sugar and grains on the body and give an overview of healthier choices. Cost $10. Email katecretsinger@gmail.com.

Friday, Nov. 24

The Southern New Hampshire Festival of Trees in Pelham opens at 6:30 p.m. at the municipal building (6 Village Green, Pelham). The nine-day festival will fill the hall with Christmas trees and wreaths decorated by local organizations, businesses, community groups and individuals. Guests can also meet Santa Claus, make crafts and enjoy refreshments. On opening night, there will be a special reading of The Polar Express by a train conductor and a screening of the film. Call 978-566-1507 or visit snhfestivaloftrees.pelhamcommunityspirit.org.

Friday, Nov. 24

See Rockspring at The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant (900 Elm St., Manchester) starting at 9:30 p.m. The high-energy string band blends bluegrass with rock, pop and other eclectic influences. Free. Visit theshaskeenpub.com or call 625-0246.

Saturday, Nov. 25

Bikram Yoga Manchester (70 Foundry St., Unit 201, Manchester) is hosting its annual Open House from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The yoga studio is celebrating its community with free yoga classes at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon, and a hot pilates class at 2 p.m. Bring a partner to be entered into a raffle. Visit facebook.com/ bikramyogamanchester or call 669-7711.

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Saturday, Nov. 25

See Dueling Pianos at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord) at 8 p.m. The high-energy interactive performance features two piano players sitting across from each other and taking requests from the audience.

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Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday story gets a spookier spin in the New Hampshire Theatre Factory’s production, A Christmas Carol: The Musical Ghost Story, onstage Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 24 through Nov. 26, at the Concord City Auditorium.

The musical Christmas Carol adaptation written by artistic director Joel Mercier tells the traditional Dickens tale with original music and a more ghostly, Tim Burton-esque feel. Mercier composed the piece a decade ago while in college and debuted it at the Concord City Auditorium with a different theater company in 2010. Since then, he has been looking for another opportunity to get the show onstage. This year, it worked out through a partnership with the Concord Community Concert Association.

A Christmas Carol follows an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge, who is given a chance at redemption after being visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

Mercier has always loved the story, particularly for its fantasy aspects, but noticed that in many theater adaptations its ghost A Christmas Carol: The Musical Ghost Story Where: Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord When: Friday, Nov. 24, and Saturday, Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m.

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a ballad performed by Scrooge’s fiance Belle, and a piece in memoriam of the Christmas-future’s deceased Tiny Tim. Mercier said the most unique song is the opening song which accompanies a nontraditional prologue scene in which Jacob Marley is put on trial after his death and sentenced to carry chains for eternity.

The 32-person cast features youth and adult actors, four of whom performed in the debut production in 2010, and several others who attended the debut show and were inspired to be a part of this year’s production.

One of the biggest challenges of producing A Christmas Carol: The Musical Ghost Story is the special effects required for the story’s supernatural elements. The musical will make use of smoke and fog machines, special lighting and “props that do cool things,” Mercier said.

“Every magical moment has to JOEL MERCIER be planned out. No one wants to see a ghost just walk on stage,” he said. “I don’t want to give too much away, but I will say that Marley has a really cool and scary entrance.”

The plan is to make the production an annual Thanksgiving weekend event that will include pre-show entertainment and activities like Christmas carolers, visits with Santa and a food drive.

“We want to make this a new tradition in Concord and a city-wide kick-off to the holidays every year,” Mercier said.

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portrayed by a female Father Timelike character; The Ghost of Christmas Present, commonly a bearded Father Christmas type, is Mother Nature; and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, traditionally represented by a Grim Reaper figure, is a black widow spider.

Mercier also incorporated additional scenes and lines that give Scrooge’s character more depth.

“When a character is so well-known like Scrooge, he starts to become generic,” he said. “My goal was to not let Scrooge become generic, but to explore why he is the way that he is, what led him to that place and what personal wounds he had to overcome to rejoin humanity, and to redefine all that for a modern day audience.”

The goal, Mercier said, was to write and produce a Christmas Carol adaptation that is traditional yet fresh and appeals to everyone.

“We didn’t want the Dickens diehards who love the story to come and watch this and feel like it was so weird or far-off from the original that they couldn’t enjoy it,” he said. “But we also tried to make it unique. There are just enough bits and pieces with a twist that people who are sick of the story and have seen it a million times will be excited to see something new.”

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Notes from the theater scene

• Original reading: New World Theatre will present a staged reading of the new, original one-act play An Unexamined Life by local playwright William Ivers at the Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett) on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 6:30 p.m. The reading will be followed by a talkback with the audience.

Visit newworldtheatre.org.

• Birdie auditions: Majestic Theatre (880 Page St., Manchester) will have drop-in auditions for its Young Performers Edition production of the musical Bye, Bye, Birdie on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The auditions are open to actors ages 7 to 15 and will consist of cold readings from the script provided. Actors must also prepare a song from a Broadway musical to perform. Visit majestictheatre.net • Teen angst: One Light Theatre presents The Heathers: The Musical on Friday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 25, at 2 and 7 p.m., at Rome Theater (Tilton School, 30 School St., Tilton). The rock musical is adapted from the 1988 cult film Heathers and follows the story of teenager Veronica Sawyer, who winds up in a murderous plot with her boyfriend to take down the most popular clique in school.

The show is not suitable for children. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. Visit onelighttheatre.org.

• Christmas tales: Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, will perform two shows on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Nashua. At 12:30

Theater Productions • DISNEY’S THE LION KING The Peacock Players present.

Nov. 10 through Nov. 29. Court Street Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Visit peacockplayers. org for tickets.

• WILLY WONKA Oct. 20 through Nov. 28. Leddy Center for the Performing Arts, 38 Ladds Lane, Epping. $20. Visit leddycenter.org.

• THE TIME MACHINE New Hampshire Theatre Project production. Nov. 10 through Nov. 26. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $28 general admission, $24 students and seniors. Call 431-6644 ext.

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p.m. at the Nashua Senior Center (70 Temple St.) he will tell the story “A Child’s Journey with Dickens,” written by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggins about a 12-yearold girl who has the chance to meet Charles Dickens on a train going from Portland, Maine, to Boston; tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 at the door. At 7 p.m. at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St.) he will perform a one-man show of A Christmas Carol. Tickets cost $25. Visit fortingage.com.

• Theater for seniors: Seacoast Repertory Theatre is launching a new theater program for seniors, tentatively titled Senior Repertory Theatre. The program will provide expanded opportunities for seniors in theater, including a weekly combination of instruction and performance paired with outreach to nursing homes, assisted living facilities and senior centers.

The senior group will perform a full play or musical at least once a year; first rehearsals will begin in January. Call 433-4472 or visit seacoastrep.org.

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Wed., Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Free. Visit concordcityauditorium.org.

Art Events • 5TH ANNUAL CUP SHOW & SALE A curated collection of functional and beautiful cups and mugs made by more than 20 artists will be on display and for sale, priced between $25 and $65. Nov. 9 through Jan. 6. Studio 550 Art Center, 550 Elm St., Manchester. Visit 550arts.com or call 232-5597.

• LAKES REGION ART ASSOCIATION POP-UP ART SHOW Features the work of numerous Lakes Region artists

and photographers. Sat., Nov. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mon., Nov. 27 through Fri., Dec. 1, noon to 4 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Belknap Mill, 25 Beacon St. East, Laconia.

In the Galleries • LOMOWALL PROJECT Exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of lomography, an analog camera art movement, a photo mosaic of analog images by photographers from around the world, bringing together a number of cultures in a symbol of global unity. The exhibit is one of hundreds of LomoWalls currently on display throughout the world. On view through Dec. 10. Granite Town Gallery, 42 South St., Suite 4, Milford.

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Salem artist MaryLou Sears is one of about 50 Greater Salem Artist Association members who will show and sell their work at the group’s annual Winter Show, happening Thursday, Nov. 30, through Saturday, Dec. 2, at Kelley Library in Salem.

A retired art teacher, Sears has been a GSAA member for 11 years and does primarily landscapes with oil paint and occasionally acrylic paint. Her work depicts all kinds of New England vistas, including mountain, water and snow scenes.

“It’s mostly things that catch my eye,” she said. “I know right away when I see something that I want to paint and that I think would make a beautiful painting.”

For the show, artists can submit up to three works in one of the four medium categories: watercolor, oils, acrylics and mixed media. Two established local artists will judge the show and name the first, second and third place winning pieces in each category. The judges score each piece based on composition, skill with the medium, uniqueness and ability to express emotion.

“The show always tends to bring out the best in the artists,”said Nancy Pond, GSAA president and a featured artist. “This isn’t just art that looks like something you could buy at Walmart. There is some extraordinary art that will blow your mind.”

Sears will present three paintings in the oils category. One is a painting of her family’s farm in northern New Hampshire with sunflowers in front of it. Another is a winter scene of her home with snow falling. For the third painting, Sears broke out of the landscape mold and did a still life of a boat filled with buoys that she came across in Rye. “The boat painting is the most different thing I’ve done. It’s outside, but it’s technically a still life, not a landscape, because there’s no sea around it. It’s just a closeup of the buoys,” she said. “There were so many different colored buoys — reds, golds, greens and blues. It was the colors that really attracted me to it.”

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with all kinds of media, but her latest endeavor is impressionistic watercolor base paintings with colored ink over the top.

“The chemical reactions that happened between the ink and the watercolor, and with using different kinds of paper, fascinated me,” she said. “I’ve never seen anything else quite like it. Other people use watercolor and ink together, but it’s usually for things like illustrations; it isn’t the same as what I do with it.”

Her inspiration, she said, is nature in New Hampshire. Her work includes landscapes and “small scapes,” which focus on a small piece of an outdoor scene, such as a branch of apples or a group of leaves.

At the show, artists will have cards and prints for sale as well as their original works, and visitors will have a chance to win some of the cards and prints in a series of raffles. Additionally, there will be an exhibit featuring art created by kids from local elementary schools.

An opening reception will be held on Friday evening, during which nearly all of the featured artists will be present to discuss their work and answer questions. As long as the show is open, there will be at least three artists on site to welcome the visitors.

Pond said one of her favorite things about the show is the opportunity to share her art and engage with the public.

“As an artist, you don’t often have a lot of people around you. Artists are solitary people, until they start talking about their art,” she said. “I get very excited talking about my art and other people’s art. I could go on forever.”

“I love showing people my work,” Sears added. “That’s part of the fun — not keeping it to yourself, but sharing it with other people. Seeing someone win one of your prints or buy one of your paintings is the best feeling.”

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NH art world news

• Antique art: New Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm St., Milford) presents “Art: Salon-style” in the Tower Gallery Nov. 24 through Jan. 30. The exhibit showcases original paintings from the 1800s to the present, hung in the style of traditional 19th-century French salon exhibitions. There will be more than 50 oil paintings and watercolors in a variety of styles including landscape, impressionist, abstract and realist. Sketches by Leon Kroll and Lucy Hariot Booth, a large impressionist beach scene by Stefanos Sideris, still life works by Frederick Rhodes Sisson, and works by notable local area artists such as David Dodge, Christopher Myott, Peter Sandback, Steve Previte and Daryl Johnson will be featured. Art will range from $30 to $995. The exhibit will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit nhantiquecoop.com.

• Two new exhibits: The Andres Institute of Art will present two new exhibitions in its Education and Event Center (Big Bear Lodge, 106 Route 13, Brookline). Tony Jimenez Rica will show pieces he created since the AIA 2017 Symposium on Saturday, Nov. 25, and Sunday, Nov. 26, from 1 to 5 p.m., with an opening reception on Friday, Nov. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. Meet Rica and observe him creating in wood and granite. New Hampshire contemporary artist Bill Glasser will show his work on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. • NEW ARTISTS’ PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE EXHIBIT On view through Dec. 24. Mill Brook Gallery, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord.

Visit themillbrookgallery.com or call 226-2045.

• TWO-ARTIST SHOW Exhibit features the works of artists Gary Haven Smith and Bert Yarborough. On view Oct. 31 through Dec. 22. McGowan Fine

Stephano Sideris, “At the Beach,” featured at NH Antique Co-op’s “Art: Salon-style” exhibit.

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3, from 1 to 5 p.m., with an opening reception on Friday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit andresinstitute.org.

• Art fair: Trumpet Gallery (8 Grove St., Peterborough) will host a one-day art fair Saturday, Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featured art will include mixed media, kinetic sculpture, charcoal, oil painting, watercolor, etchings, photography, woodworking and collage for $50 or less. Visit trumpetgallery.com.

• Unique jewelry: Exeter Fine Crafts (61 Water St., Exeter) presents its November Artist of the Month, Jungwhon Joo, who will come to the gallery on Saturday, Nov. 25, from noon to 3 p.m. to talk about her work.

Joo creates cloisonne fine art jewelry with a contemporary spin. She bends and fuses fine silver or gold onto precious metal surfaces, then fills each partition with vitreous enamel powder that she fires in a kiln. She files each piece to an even surface, flash-fires and polishes it, and creates a unique bezel to set each enamel piece. Visit exeterfinecrafts.com.

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• “IN FULL BLOOM” Exhibit highlights the work of artist Bruce McColl, a plein-air landscape and still-life painter who works in pastel, watercolor and oil. On view through Dec. 22.

McIninch Art Gallery at Southern NH University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu or call 629-4622.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Search for a treasure

Holiday-themed open house at antique co-op

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Find a treasure among thousands of antique items from all over the world at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op’s Holiday Open House, happening Friday, Nov. 24, through Monday, Nov. 27.

The open house will have holiday-themed activities and exhibits for families as well as sales on antique items.

Each day of the open house will have a special feature. Friday kicks off the event with a sale at the Main Street and Small Treasures Hall, where items are brought in exclusively from New Hampshire antique dealers and consignors.

“We decided we wanted to make sure Black Friday wasn’t just for big box stores. We wanted to celebrate the importance of small business and shopping local,” said Jason Hackler, co-owner of New Hampshire Antique Co-op.

In the Main Street section, guests can search for items ranging from 18th-century furniture to numerous grandfather clocks and dining room tables.

Holiday Open House Where: New Hampshire Antique Co-op, 323 Elm St., Route 101A, Milford When: Everyday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. between Friday, Nov. 24, and Monday, Nov. 27.

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“We are constantly acquiring new pieces. We are known for handling good, 18th- and 19th-century furniture, as well as quality custom pieces from the early 20th century,” said Hackler.

An 18th-century cabinet called a Tiger Maple Highboy is a standout item in the Main Street section, according to Hackler. The item is collectable because it was made by respected Weare craftsmen Moses Hazen 200 years ago.

Small Business Saturday will feature an antique themed scavenger hunt where guests have to search for specific items among the co-op’s 20,000 square feet.

“That’s what going into our antique shop is like; it’s like going on a treasures hunt,” said Hackler.

Scavenger hunt winners will get gift cards and prizes. While guests hunt for antiques, kids can write letters to Santa and put them in a special North Pole box during the Letters to Santa activity.

On Sparkle Sunday, guests are encouraged to help the co-op’s

golden retriever Sparkle, collect non-perishable food items and money for SHARE, the local food pantry. On Cider Monday, the co-op will have cider and cider doughnuts for customers shopping local, which Hackler said is the opposite of Cyber Monday.

The Discovery Barn will be open throughout the weekend where quests can search through small, affordable items from all over the world. The Discovery Barn hosts a treasure trove of fun finds ranging from 1950s kitchen collectables to postcards and unique tools.

“You are the one discovering,” said Hackler.

A vintage holiday-themed exhibit will feature a collection from renowned antique ornament expert Beverly Weir-Longacre.

Hackler said the collection will focus on Frosty the Snowman, with ornaments and holiday memorabilia from America’s holiday history.

Visitors will get a sneak peek at co-op’s Art Tower, a new install-

ment to the co-op. The Art Tower will have up to 100 paintings displayed in salon style.

Hackler said the paintings range dramatically in price, from $30 to $995, and style — still life, landscape, marine, impressionist and modernist works will all be found in the Art Tower.

“What makes our shop unique is that we have things ranging from $5 to $10,000. To have that all under one roof is a unique experience,” said Hackler.

The open house will let guests experience the same shop atmosphere Hackler fell in love with when he was 11 years old. Hackler took over the family business from his parents, who founded the New Hampshire Antique Co-op 34 years ago.

“I grew up in the business. … Being a group shop, we have almost 200 dealers. It’s an interesting shop, new things come in every day. Dealers and collectors have become part of an extended family,” said Hackler.

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The Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) will host Alejandro’s Olde Tyme Magik Show on Saturday, Nov. 25, during the city’s Holiday Stroll. The show stars Andrew Pinard, selected three times as best magical entertainer by New Hampshire magazine. There will be two shows, at 5:45 and 7:10 p.m. Visit nashualibrary.org or call 589-4631.

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Take the kids to Brookstone Park (14 Route 111, Derry) for a family-friendly holiday fair on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 2 to 6 p.m. offering a host of free family activities, including Movie time photos with Santa. The fair also features venBring a blanket, snacks, your lunch and dors so you can do some gift shopping. Free. drinks to the Hooksett Public Library (31 Visit brookstone-park.com or call 328-9255.

Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett) on Friday, Nov. 24, from noon to 2:30 p.m. to enjoy Craft making a screening of the live-action Beauty and the The Canvas Roadshow (22 S. River Road, Beast movie. All ages are welcome and there Bedford) will provide step-by-step instrucis no registration necessary. Visit hooksettli- tions for making mini shelf-sitters during brary.org or call 485-6092. its Hammer & Stain project on Saturday, See a free family film at Rogers Memorial Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CanLibrary (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Sat- vas Roadshow calls it a great family class urday, Nov. 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. The library for ages 5 and up. The cost is $15 per person will show Cars 3 on the big screen and serve and includes materials and instruction. Visit fresh popcorn. No registration necessary — thecanvasroadshow.com or call 943-2103.

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Each fall I pot up daffodils, tulips, crocus and other bulbs for indoor blooming. Now is the time to do it. It takes a long time for bulbs to establish roots and get ready to bloom, come spring, so the sooner you do so the better. Most bulbs need three to four months before they are ready.

Most bulb packages will specify early, mid-season or late blooming times. When selecting bulbs for forcing, choose earlyblooming or mid-season varieties. Species tulips like Fosteriana and Kaufmanniana are both early. The Darwin hybrids are early to mid-season varieties that force well. Triumph tulips are also good.

Of the early daffodils my favorite is Tete-aTete, which produces small gold flowers, two or three blossoms per bulb. These are readily available in grocery stores in early spring and I buy them already blooming in small pots for under $5. One of my favorite things to do with them is to put a pot in a rubber boot in the mudroom, their blossoms poking out of the boot. It always evokes a reaction from visitors.

So how do you force bulbs? Plant them in ordinary potting soil in pots and keep them in a cool spot that stays slightly above freezing, and never more than 50 degrees. I have a cold, above-ground basement that is perfect for that. But you can keep them in the garage or perhaps the bulkhead.

No harm is done if temperatures drop below freezing for part of the time they are getting ready, but no growth occurs when they are frozen, so keeping them above freezing is better.

Bulbs have everything they need to bloom already packaged inside. You don’t need to fertilize the bulbs when you plant. Each fall I clean out all the pots that had annual plants on the deck and save the potting mix in a big contractor bag. I use that potting material to fill other pots for forcing bulbs.

Mice can be an issue if planting tulips or crocus, though daffodils and alliums are of no interest to them. I cut squares of plywood large enough to cover any pots I use for tulips.

I put a brick on top of the plywood to keep mice out — they can squeeze through incredibly small spaces.

Most gardening books warn against watering the soil mix in which you have planted bulbs. They say bulbs will rot if too wet. That may be true, but I’ve found that in winter my problem has been more with the soil drying out too much. Humidity is very low in winter, and the potting mix, which is peat-based, loses moisture quickly by evaporation. I check the soil once a month and water if the soil

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feels dry. One year I let the mix dry out too much and did not get many blossoms. Always start with lightly moist soil mix.

Clay pots may look good to you, but they can allow moisture to evaporate quickly from the sides of the pot. Plastic, fiberglass or porcelain containers are better for bulbs because they hold the moisture of the potting mix, minimizing water loss.

So how close can you plant your bulbs?

Basically as close as you want. I have some nice Italian pots that I use each year for forcing. They are rectangular, roughly 14 inches long, seven inches wide and six inches deep. I put eight to 10 bulbs in each one. In a 10-inch round pot I put 10 daffodils. An inch or two between bulbs is fine.

Most pots do not allow the same planting depth you would have outside. Instead of 6 inches of soil covering a tulip or a daffodil, two or three inches is fine. I put a thick layer of soil in the bottom of the pot, then arrange the bulbs on it. I push down on each bulb to set it firmly in place, and then cover with soil mix. A light watering is good after patting the top of the soil to firm it up a bit.

If you do have a deep pot, 10 inches or so, you can plant two layers of bulbs. Plant daffodils near the bottom of the pot, add soil mix, and then add some small bulbs like crocus or snowdrops near the soil surface. Just leave a little more space between the small bulbs than you might otherwise so that the daffodils can grow up between them.

How do you know when your bulbs are ready to bring into the warmth of the house?

Make a tag for each pot that tells you what is planted, and when it was planted. Eight to 12 weeks is fine for daffodils, and 16 weeks for tulips. But look at the pots. If buds are up and craving light, bring them up a little early if you wish. But never bring tulips up before the end of February or they won’t bloom.

Winter is often a hard time for gardeners. We crave working in the soil and seeing things grow. Forcing bulbs indoors is one way we can satisfy our need to have flowers — even with snow on the ground.

You may reach Henry at PO Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH 03746. Please include a SASE if you want a written reply. Or email him at henry.homeyer@comcast.net. You may read his blog posts at https://dailyuv.com/gardeningguy.

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I have an antique Chippendale-style table and was wondering what it might be worth.

I bought it from a 93-year-old woman about 35 years ago. She was moving into an assisted living place and was selling her home. I used to visit her weekly and dusted the table for her, then fell in love with it and purchased it from her. She told me it was a wedding gift.

It has a beautiful balcony style top and the ball and claw feet.

I placed it at about 1923, and it was made by a company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I say the replacement value on your table is believe. in the $300 range.

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Dear Brenda, What you have is a Chippendale-style pie-top table in mahogany with balland-claw feet. It looks to be in very nice condition with its original finish. Sometimes the pie tops even tip (meaning the top flips up to a upright position.)

The age is in the area you were told — after the turn of the century. There have been many Chippendale pieces re-made after the original earlier ones. As with anything else you want quality craftsmanship, condition and design in all pieces; I would

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, 624-8668).

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By Ray Magliozzi two cars on the lot I am considering. One is a brand-new, 2017 fully loaded Passat for around $26,000. The other is a 2012 certified used Touareg with 52,000 miles — also fully loaded, for the same price. Which do you think is the better choice? — Stefan The Passat. It’s brand new. It comes with a warranty. And you can get the Passat with at least some of the modern safety features that we strongly recommend to all of our readers.

You should be able to get a “loaded” Passat with blind-spot monitoring and at least low-speed automatic emergency braking. Those features save both lives and sheet metal. We also strongly recommend high-speed automatic emergency braking to anyone buying a new car, but unfortunately that’s not available on the Passat yet.

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have none of that stuff. Plus, the Touareg has had very questionable reliability over the years, with lots of complaints about its electronics. In fact, our very first introduction to the Touareg, years ago, started ignominiously: The manufacturer left a test version in our driveway, and when we went out to start it, it wouldn’t start. We figured the battery had died, so we got out the jumper cables and popped the hood — no battery.

Turns out the battery is in the back, in the cargo area. So we went to open the rear hatch to jump the battery, and the lift gate wouldn’t open because — the battery was dead. So VW had to come and drag it on four locked tires out of the driveway, and flatbed it back to the dealership for repair.

And even now, when a Touareg comes into the shop, all my guys run and lock themselves in our one-stall men’s room, hoping someone else gets that repair ticket.

We’re not against good used cars, Stefan. But I’m not sure a 5-year-old Touareg is a hobby you really want to commit to.

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The gas cap is a common source of a pressure leak. As you can imagine, sometimes people forget to put the cap back on.

Or they don’t tighten it enough, or they screw it on incorrectly. But if you’ve tried a new factory gas cap and still get that message, I think it’s fair to say that the gas cap itself is not the problem; the pressure is escaping from somewhere else.

So you need to take the car somewhere where a good mechanic can put the scan tool on it and figure out where the pressure leak is. It could be a solenoid that’s malfunctioning. It could be the charcoal canister. It could be a rust-perforated filler neck. Or it could be something as simple as a hose that’s old and cracked.

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• The Jingle Bell Craft Fair hosted by the Crowne Plaza (2 Somerset Boulevard, Nashua) on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will feature fine jewelry, wearable art, wooden crafts, quilts and quilted home decor, gourmet food, glass art, floral arrangements and more. Call 528-4014 or visit joycescraftshows.com.

• Join the Sanborn Ice Hockey Boosters for its eighth annual craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sanborn Regional High School (17 Danville Road, Kingston). There will be over 100 craft vendors, a craft table for kids and face painting. Call Sanborn High at 642-3341.

• The Timberlane Regional High School (36 Greenough Road, Plaistow) craft fair is being held on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be local craft vendors alongside Mealy’s Meals, who will be accepting donations of nonperishable food items to help families in the Plaistow area.

There will also be raffles and concessions available. Visit facebook.com/ meaghan.guanci.

• Join the Concord Christian Academy (37 Regional Drive, Concord) on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. for their Christmas craft fair hosted by the Booster Club. The fair will feature handmade crafts including soy candles, personalized items, wooden decorations, cloth dolls, burlap and more. Call 228-8888.

• Visit the Saint Patrick Parish (29 Spring St., Nashua) during Nashua’s Winter Holiday Stroll on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 3 to 9 p.m. The craft fair is being held inside the gym during the stroll. Visit stpatricksnashua.org/33 or call 882-2262.

• The Lyndeborough Holiday Fair will be held on Saturday, Nov. 25, at the J.A.Tarbell Library (136 Forest Road, Lyndeborough) featuring work by local craft vendors including ornaments, milk soups, jellies and jams, sewing crafts and jewelry pouches. Call the library at 654-6790.

• Join the New Boston Farmers Market at the Whipple Free Library (67 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston) for its craft fair on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Featured crafts include locally made maple syrup, caricature carvings, honey, hand-knitted sweaters and more. Complimentary refreshments provided by Joe English 136th BPSA Troop. Visit newbostonfarmersmarket.webs.com or call 487-2480.

• Visit the LuLa Roe Holiday Shopping Extravaganza on Sunday, Nov. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza (2 Somerset Boulevard, Nashua) to shop from 34 LuLaRoe independent retailers plus eight crafters and vendors, visit a bake sale, participate in raffles and donate to the Toys for Tots Toy Drive. Contact facebook.com/Lularoemaribeth.

• Join the N.H. Institute of Art for their Ceramics Department Cup Sale at Roger Williams Hall (77 Amherst St., Manchester) on Tuesday, Nov. 28, Wednesday, Nov. 29, and Thursday, Nov. 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. All of the pieces are handmade by NHIA students and faculty, and every purchase comes with a free tote. Proceeds fund a student trip to the 2018 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference. Email maureenmills@nhia.edu.

• Intown Manchester is hosting its Downtown Holiday Market starting Thursday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Brady Sullivan Plaza (1000 Elm St., Manchester). The market is being held Thursdays and Saturdays till Dec. 16. Shoppers will find different styles of handcrafted jewelry, glass ornaments, handmade wooden products, baked goods, fine artwork, glassware, clothing, accessories and more. Call 645-6285 or visit intownmanchester.com.

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Jillian Edelmann Cultural resources manager

Jillian Edelmann of Pittsfield is the cultural resources program manager for the Department of Transportation.

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My job is making sure that all of the DOT’s projects comply with the federal and state rules and regulations when it comes to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. So I make sure that all of our projects are attempting to avoid impacting historical resources like bridges and archaeological sites, and if we’re not able to avoid those, that’s where I get a little bit more involved [as] we try to compensate for the loss of those historic resources that may or may not be impacted. … Most of my work happens before we go out to construction and the preliminary engineering phase. So this

is all during the planning phase. … It’s a lot of paperwork and just keeping up with projects, consultant oversight and working with the engineers and the other environmental specialists. … We have an archaeologist on staff and we work with consulting archaeologists as well, and architectural historians.

How did you get interested in this field?

I went to Salve Regina University for my undergraduate in cultural and historic preservation, which is in Newport, Rhode Island, which is about the best learning environment you could possibly imagine for anybody interested … and I fell in love with it. … In high school I took a couple of drafting classes that were offered … [and] I loved them.

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

For me personally, I wish had more background in GIS (geographic information systems) training, just because I think it would be helpful to my position and growing my program even further. … Overall … it’s a very weird dynamic when you’re mixing historians and Courtesy photo. engineers and project managers and environmentalists. Conflict manageWhat kind of education or training did ment and those types of things come in you need for this? really handy.

Typically a master’s in some sort of preservation, historical architecture, archaeWhat is your typical at-work uniform? ology. Those types of things. And on-the-job Most of my days are in the office so experience … [learning] conflict manage- office casual, jeans and a nice shirt. In the ment between a lot of different parties. field, it’s a safety vest, hard hat if it’s a construction site, and steel toe boots.

How did you find your current job?

I was working for a preservation consultant What was the first job you ever had? and she suggested I apply for the secretary I worked at an insurance agency filing position to get my foot in the door at the things.

Department of Transportation because she — Ryan Lessard thought I would do really well in this position.

How long have you done this?

I’ve been with state for going on nine years. … I’ve been in cultural resources with the state for about eight of those years.

I started as a secretary to get my foot in the door and then jumped into this as soon as I What’s the best piece of work-related could because this is what I wanted to do. advice anyone’s ever given you?

Prior to that, I did some consulting work. …

Probably that it’s OK to make mistakes [I’ve been program manager] since 2011. and ask for help.

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FOOD Whiskey business

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For David Spagnuolo and Stacey Murphy, owners and founders of the Gale Motor Co. Eatery in Manchester, opening a second location in the capital city was a logical step in helping them expand on the culinary fusion concept that put them on the map.

Gale Motor Co. Whiskey & Wine, a new 47-capacity restaurant and bar in downtown Concord that opened on Nov. 11, contains some menu items available at its Manchester counterpart, but with a wide variety of new offerings worth checking out for the drink lover, according to Spagnuolo.

“We do a lot more craft cocktails and infused vodkas down in Manchester,” he said, “but up here we’re focusing on about 34 different whiskeys and bourbons and ryes at this point from all over the world, which we’ll expand as we go along. …

We’re trying to keep the mother brand as Gale Motor Co., and then we’ve [given] a different name to what that location is going to be. So that name is always in there somewhere, but they are definitely different.”

Some of the whiskeys and bourbons are sourced nearby, like the bourbon from Flag Hill Distillery & Winery in Lee, the Old World and farmstock rye whiskeys from WhistlePig in Shoreham, Vermont, and the whiskey from Bully Boy Distillers in Boston. But many others come from far and wide, from places like Ireland, Scotland

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• Copper Door opens in Salem: The Copper Door Restaurant opened its second location at 41 S. Broadway in Salem on Nov. 14, according to private dining coordinator Sandy Rozek. The new location takes the place of the former Weathervane seafood restaurant and contains all of the same lunch and dinner menus as in Bedford. The menus will vary seasonally and include wood-fired oven pizzas; steaks and seafood, and other items sourced from local farms. Rozek said, like its predecessor in Bedford, the new Salem restaurant has two dining rooms for private events of up to 40 people, though spaces for them are filling fast and are already booked through most of December. The new location is open seven days a week, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Visit copperdoorrestaurant.com or call 458-2033 for more details.

• Beers and pies: Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave., Manchester) is joining forces with the Manchester-based Pretty Little Pie Co. to host Brewed & Baked, a beer and pie pairing event, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and includes three four-ounce pours paired with three mini pies and your choice of a 10-ounce pour to end the evening. The pairings will include apple pie with Robust Vanilla Porter, maple bourbon pecan tart with Moose Juice IPA, and dark chocolate sea salt ganache tart with Cranberry Wit. Visit greatnorthaleworks.com or call 858-5789.

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and even Japan. You can also try several different American and European wines, like merlot, pinot grigio, pinot noir, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon and sauvignon blanc.

Spagnuolo said the idea was to feature these drinks in Concord as a way to remain exclusive to their own brand but in an area with not as many other restaurants as in Manchester.

“Stacey … does the bar management and buying of the drinks, and she always makes sure to try not to sell the same things as somebody else,” he said, “and she tries to do that up here also.”

Several of the foods will be different, too, though the presentation will be similar.

“We’re still going to do small plates [tapas] up here, but they are going to be a little bit more intricate,” Spagnuolo said.

“So for example we’ll do like prime cuts of meat, and we’re actually going to do some

sushi rolls as well. We do one ramen in Manchester, but I want to do at least two or three different kinds up here. I really want this place to have just a couple more choices [than in Manchester], even though the menu down there is pretty big.”

Visitors will still be able to enjoy popular staples of Gale Motor Co., like the spicy tuna and crispy rice, pulled pork tacos and steak and cheese egg rolls.

According to Spagnuolo, careful consideration was made into which menu options to include with the various wines, whiskeys and bourbons.

“All of these … have different flavor palates to them and you can match them to stuff,” he said.

Whiskey & Wine is currently open five days a week for dinner only, but Spagnuolo said they may consider introducing a lunch menu and a Sunday brunch menu as well in the future.

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Other appetizer options include beef and chicken empanadas, fried pork and plantains, and meat and vegetable fritters called alcapurrias.

Main entree dishes include the pork shoulder, the pork chops, fried pork, chicken stew, a ¼-pound rotisserie chicken, and steak tips, all of which come with your choice of three sides, like white or yellow rice and beans, plantains, potato salad, chicken pasta salad and more.

“All of these are in our style that we do,” Marrero said. “The pork shoulder … is a fourhour baking process of the [meat] and then marinated to our seasonings.”

The jibarito, a sandwich made with fried plantains in place of the bread, is a popular lunch item Marrero said you can order either with pork, chicken and bacon or steak. The same ingredients can also be ordered as regular hot subs.

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Owner Enrique Marrero is no stranger to the food business in Nashua; his resume includes a stint as owner of Gate City Pizza on West Hollis Street, and he managed takeout operations at Nellie’s Mart & Deli on Burke Street before that.

The menu at Fuego, though, is made up of authentic Spanish dishes influenced by recipes from Marrero’s native Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands.

“We want to bring the real Caribbean atmosphere here,” said Marrero, who moved to Nashua from the San Juan area at the age of 12. “We were doing some Spanish food at the pizza shop, but they had already had the pizza oven there, and my first job as a kid was at a pizza shop. [But] our main dishes here are all Spanish dishes.”

The restaurant seats about 92 in both its bar and dining area and is open for lunch and dinner. Marrero said its appetizer menu is great for people who may not necessarily be familiar with Caribbean options. The mofongo balls, for example, can be ordered as an appetizer for six smaller portions or as a full meal with either chicken or pork or on a pizza.

“Mofongo is very traditional in Puerto Rico. It’s basically mashed plantain with … fried pulled pork inside of it, and it has a little bit of butter and garlic,” he said. “We have the mofongo dinner, but then also an appetizer, which is smaller balls. So maybe if you come in with a few friends and you’ve never had it so you don’t want to risk [ordering] it if you don’t like it, then you can just try it as

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The event, which is always held on the Thursday after Thanksgiving, includes live music, presentations, games and a chance to win prizes that are raffled and auctioned off through a silent and a live auction.

The festival is hosted by Family Promise of Greater Nashua, with proceeds benefitting the Anne-Marie House, a transitional housing facility in Hudson for working families.

“Usually what happens is the restaurants will bring tastings of whatever menu items they feature and we assemble a menu for the evening,” said Amy Freise, director of development and marketing for the Anne-Marie House. “It’s great because people can circulate and try different things … and they might say to somebody else, ‘Oh, that looks good, where’d you get that? I want to get some of that.’ You’ll have a place to sit down and enjoy your meal, and then come back up and sample more.”

Some menu options will include shrimp risotto from Fratello’s Italian Grille, rigatoni Bolognese from Burtons Grill of Nashua, sushi and chicken wings from You You Japanese Bistro, butternut squash soup, meatloaf and mashed potatoes from 110 Grill, and chicken masala and vegetable samosas from Udupi Indian Restaurant.

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Most of the restaurants, bakeries, breweries and wineries that participated in the past are returning again this year, Freise said, but three new vendors are the Henniker Brewing Co., California Burritos of Hudson and Nashua and the Pretty Little Pie Co. based in Manchester.

Guitarist Bob Pope will be providing background music for the duration of the evening, according to Freise, and there will also baskets and gifts available during the auctions.

“Some of our live auction items … are a signed Tom Brady jersey, a one-carat diamond necklace, [Boston] Celtics tickets for Paul Pierce’s retirement jersey night, and tickets to see Kenny Chesney [at Gillette Stadium] next summer,” Freise said. “Then in the silent auction we have lots of amazing baskets … [and] certificates like for a tasting for four at Sweet Baby Vineyard, [New Hampshire] Fisher Cats tickets, a Tom Brady signed football and a Big Papi signed bat.”

For the first time this year, electronic bidding will be available through your phone via 501 Auctions, a service volunteers at the festival will be on hand to help with. Guests who get outbid for an item will receive a text inviting them to continue bidding.

At the end of the evening, a graduate of the Anne-Marie House will share their success story with guests about what happened when they entered the program and where they are now.

Participating restaurants and beverage producers 110 Grill, Nashua Burtons Grill of Nashua California Burritos, Hudson & Nashua Cava de Vino, Nashua Cupcakes 101, Bedford Djinn Spirits, Nashua Flag Hill Distillery & Winery, Lee Fratello’s Italian Grille, Nashua Henniker Brewing Co. The Homestead Restaurant, Merrimack Loyal Dog Winery, New Boston Martha’s Exchange & Brewery, Nashua

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They are everywhere around this time of year and so easy to cook with. While they are delicious when roasted in a healthy way, you can get away with a very different approach during the holidays. Cream? Yes please. Cheese?

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Root vegetables are exactly that: the roots of a plant. They grow beneath the surface and absorb the nutrients in the soil. Because of Root Vegetables Gratin Adapted from Southern Living 2 large beets, peeled and cut into 1/8-inchthick slices 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices 3 large parsnips, peeled and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt ¾ cup heavy cream, divided in half ¾ cup fat free half and half, divided in half 8 ounces Gruyère cheese, shredded (about 2 cups), divided

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And for those who want to stick to something more familiar, the restaurant offers several traditionally made American subs like steak and cheeses, turkey clubs, BLTs and hamburgers.

“We understand that sometimes a group comes and not everybody would like to eat Spanish food, so we have some kind of alternative,” Marrero said. “It’s there for that particular person who can’t eat Spanish food for whatever reason or doesn’t like it, so that you don’t have to go here and then go to another place.”

Marrero said he’s focusing on putting out a relatively small menu for now to see which foods people respond to more than others.

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this, they are rich in vitamins and minerals and ought to be a staple part of anyone’s diet.

Not all are created equal however. While carrots and sweet potatoes resemble each other, potatoes are much higher in both calories and carbohydrates. In the recipe I provide today, you’ll see I’ve mixed various root vegetables together for a more interesting flavor and nutrition profile.

If you’re looking for taste and health, I suggest cutting and roasting your vegetables.

Somewhere between 400 and 450 degrees will do and be sure to sprinkle on some olive oil, leaving plenty of space in the pan for everything. Go this route if you’ve overdosed on the rich cuisine of the holidays or are trying to keep weight off. Follow my recipe below if you’re happy to let loose and want something decadent! — Allison Willson Dudas Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix vegetable slices together with half the cream, half the half and half and the salt in a large bowl until well coated. Spread onethird of the mixture evenly in a lightly greased 11x7-inch baking dish top with ¾ cup of the Gruyère. Layer another third of the vegetable mixture and ¾ cup of the Gruyère. Then, add what remains of the vegetable mixture and top with what’s left of the cream/half and half and the cheese.

Cover loosely with tin foil and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until top is golden brown.

Let cool for a few minutes before serving.

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Marrero’s vision for the restaurant includes live entertainment. In fact, the bar as well as a small staging area was built to accommodate the city’s nightlife population.

“For right now, we’ll be open Fridays and Saturdays to 1 a.m. and then we’ll usually have a DJ and sometimes a band,” he said. “I also want to do a comedy night and an open mic night as well. … You know, you go to Puerto Rico, or the Dominican Republic, or Colombia, or any of the Bahamas, and it’s all about entertainment. So that’s what we want to bring here.”

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One of my go-to beverages this time of year is mead because it is so versatile and is a great complement to holiday foods. You can chill it, enjoy it at room temperature and even heat it up depending on how you want to enjoy it.

In basic terms, mead is wine made from honey and considered to be the most ancient beverage. Honey ferments well for an obvious reason: it is made from sugar and that is what yeast eats to make it. It is typically sold in smaller bottles than wine because the alcohol content can be higher than some wines (the range is about eight to 20 percent with most wines falling in the 12 to 16 percent range).

I find that many people try one mead — maybe one that has a strong honey flavor — and decide they don’t like it. I encourage everyone to try a few before they write it off for good because there are some different styles. For example, mead made with honey and fruit is called a melomel; mead made with apples or apple juice is a ceyser, and mead made with maple syrup is called an acerglyn.

If you have never had mead before and are interested in trying it, the good news is that we have several mead makers right here in New Hampshire. Here is some general information about them and some of my recommendations.

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Ancient Fire is the newest mead maker based in Manchester. They are currently getting their taproom up and running. They are hoping to open in early 2018 and will have mead and cider. Learn more at ancientfirewines.com.

Hermit Woods Winery

Hermit Woods in Meredith is often described as the winery that makes fruit wines — but not in the way you may think.

They mirror grape wines in terms of nose, notes and finish. It is no surprise that winemaker Ken uses honey in his winemaking, along with several other local products.

Their Three Honey Wine was one of my first introductions to mead. One of my favorites is Red Scare (2014 currently listed on their website) made from honey, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.

Visit hermitwoods.com for more wines.

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Moonlight Meadery

Moonlight Meadery in Londonderry has so many different kinds of mead that I struggled to decide which ones to suggest here. The best thing to do is go visit and do a tasting where you can sample some different styles and flavors. Here are just three of my picks: Kurt’s Apple Pie, Fling and Coffee in Bed. I went for the sweet ones here, as I like to enjoy Kurt’s Apple Pie poured over vanilla ice cream or paired with warmed cider. Fling is just delicious as is. Coffee in Bed is great for these cooler months as it can be enjoyed heated up with coffee or paired with tiramisu. Check out their full menu at moonlightmeadery.com.

Sap House Meadery

Like Moonlight Meadery, Sap House Meadery in Center Ossipee makes mead.

If you have not made a trip to this hidden gem, I highly recommend it as they now have a cozy pub with lighter fare and delicious cocktails. What I like about Sap House is they are always trying something new. For example, they are currently offering Mirepoix Mead, made from honey, celery, onions, bay leaf and more. This mead was originally made as cooking mead six years ago and can also be used as a mixer in bloody marys. So while they are doing some really cool stuff over at Sap House, my all-time favorite mead of theirs, hands down, is the Vanilla Bean Mead. It’s not too sweet but has great vanilla notes and is delicious as is. I also add this one to warm apple cider. You can find out more at saphousemeadery.com.

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It rates a little above “eh.”

• A lot of you 30somethings may remember the Britpop band Take That, and if you do, you know that the band got back together from 2009 to 2012. Either way, since 1995, their leader Robbie Williams has been quite the successful solo artist, and his 12th album, Under the Radar Vol 2, is due out imminently. The single “Eyes on the Highway” sounds like Wham and U2 doing a ballad together, it’s that ’80s-sounding. As usual, it will be a huge hit in Europe, but no one in the States will hear it, because all we listen to out here is Katy Perry and Rascal Flatts.

• Now here’s a band I can actually stomach, a roiling, rollicking, droning rock ’n’ roll mess called His Electro Blue Voice, with their new album Mental Hoop, due on Nov. 24! They’re an Italian band that really seems to dig old Ministry and things like that, to go by advance single “Earthworm,” which is like shoegaze for fast-moving zombies, something of that nature: mindless synth abuse, no-fi guitars and paranoid yelling. I don’t know why this kind of thing is my sweet spot, but it definitely is, and the song titles are cool, too.

• Geez, never thought I’d be dealing with reggaeton again, but supposedly this 23-year-old Colombian dude Maluma is into it, so I guess we’ll find out in a minute. His third record, X, is due out right around now, and — OK, here’s the single, “Seguiré Así,” whatever that means. It’s like bedroom trap chill, look at all the slow sexy dancing going on in this video, hand me my heart pills!

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It wasn’t until she got home that she realized hundreds of strangers had also been following her journey.

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Fersch decided to hike the Camino de Santiago after her husband returned from a six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail.

“He told me how transformative it was and said, ‘You have to do something like this for yourself.’” she said. “I wanted to have an adventure that spoke to me the way [the Appalachian Trail] spoke to him.”

She settled on the Camino de Santiago — “The Way of Saint James” in English — a pilgrimage from Saint-Jean-Pied-dePort in France, over the Pyrenees Mountains and across Spain, to the famous Santiago de Compostela cathedral. For 38 days, she hiked 12 to 18 miles a day through vineyards and wheat fields, small towns and five major cities, staying at hostels at night and using their wifi to upload her blog posts.

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Why We Sleep, by Matthew Walker (Scribner, 342 pages) What if there were a pill that could make you more intelligent, more creative, more attractive, more alert, less depressed, less anxious and less likely to get cancer or dementia? And you could get it for free?

Matthew Walker says that there is such a miracle treatment, but it’s not a pill — it’s your bed.

Such are the gifts of sleep, which doesn’t require a prescription or co-pay but has been proven to deliver all the benefits above and then some, he argues in Why We Sleep. A neuroscience professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Walker says he hopes the book will be a catalyst for societal change in how we view sleep: from a comatose state desired only by the lazy, to a powerful treatment for everything that ails us.

Of course, it doesn’t take a Ph.D. to know that we perform better after eight hours of sleep than after four. And with the emergent popularity of sleep science, there are plenty of authors who address the topic superficially, Arianna Huffington among them. What Walker brings to the table is the science.

As director of the Sleeping and Neuroimaging Lab at Berkeley, he’s spent decades hooking people (and mice) up to machines that cost more than your house, and then watching the brain waves zig and zag through different stages of sleep. He’s also spent decades analyzing the work of other scientists who’ve performed similar experiments on dolphins and duck-billed platypuses.

(Where’s PETA when you need them?)

Too often, books by scientists are as scintillating as a flight attendant’s monologue on water landings. Walker, however, shrugged off the surly bonds of science to reveal something of an inner quill, and his descriptions of how the brain works are surprisingly delightful.

Consider his definition of a sleep spindle: “a punch burst of brain-wave activity that often festoons the tail end of each individual slow wave.” Or, the fact that “when we are cleaved from the innate practice of biphasic sleep, our lives are shortened.”

If you’ve never heard of a sleep spindle, and don’t know what biphasic sleep is, that’s the point. Most people have a vague notion of what REM sleep is but would be challenged to say whether dreaming occurs in it or not.

(It does, and among other purposes, it helps to divorce emotion from upsetting memories.)

We have embarrassingly little knowledge about what we’re doing — or should be doing — for a third of our lives.

But electricity and the modern rhythms of life have robbed us of our ancestors’ healthful habit of going to bed soon after dark and staying asleep until dawn. The average American sleeps less than seven hours and is chronically sleep-deprived, often for simple reasons: too

much caffeine and alcohol, and the disruption of our natural body clock with artificial light.

As such, our physical and mental health has suffered. Walker believes that our complex brains evolved far beyond that of other primates because we figured out how to safely sleep on the ground, as opposed to in trees, thus enabling us to sleep more soundly for longer periods of time. And the processes of sleep are critical for optimal thinking and health.

They clear out debris in the brain, including the amyloid plaques and proteins that are the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease; they file and sharpen our memories (a reason that we better retain what we’ve learned right before sleep); they help to regulate the hormones that control appetite and cravings; they can even help us learn overnight. Walker recounts the story of a pianist who would struggle to play a composition before going to bed, but then could — seemingly miraculously — play it perfectly in the morning. Such “miracles” are not uncommon, but are the result of the brain working out how to do things while we’re asleep.

Moreover, sleep can extract or spur some of our loftiest achievements. Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday” and “Let It Be” after dreaming the tunes; Keith Richard obtained the opening riff to “Satisfaction” from a dream. The German chemist who devised the periodic table dreamed it after working fruitlessly on the problem for three days prior.

As Walker writes, “The dream took hold of the swirling ingredients in his mind and, in a moment of creative brilliance, snapped them together in a divine grid.”

Conversely, not getting enough sleep can literally kill us. Walker recounts the tragic case of a Chicago-area music teacher who, at age 40, suddenly developed insomnia that ultimately worsened to the point where he could not sleep at all, even when taking strong sedatives. He died within a year.

It turned out that he had a genetic disorder called fatal familial insomnia. There are no treatments or cures, and everyone who develops it dies within 10 months.

Thankfully, most of Walker’s anecdotes aren’t that depressing, and many provide fun experiments you can perform at home, such as watching your partner or child’s eyelids as they drift off to sleep: The eyeballs roll around “like two ocular ballerinas pirouetting in perfect time with each other.” He also offers explanations for why you may find it hard to sleep when you’re dieting (the body considers nourishment more important than sleep) and why melatonin is not a sleep aid, although it does have benefits for people crossing time zones.

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• Seafaring holiday tale: Children’s author Michael G. Lewis will be at Barnes & Noble (235 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua) on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m., for a book signing and reading of his books The Great Pirate Christmas Battle and Battle for the Knotty List. The books follow Cap’n McNasty and his crew and their Christmas adventures on the high seas. Visit barnesandnoble.com or call 888-0533.

• Two poets visit: The Word Barn (66 Newfields Road, Exeter) will host a double book launch with Exeter poet Jessica Purdy and Boston poet Michael McInnis on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. The poets will do a reading and have books available for purchase and signing. Coffee, treats, beer and wine will be served. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Visit thewordbarn.com.

• Building confidence: James Michael Sama will be at Stars and Stripes Gift Shop (58 Range Road, Windham) on Monday, Nov. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m., discussing and signing copies of his new book Unlocking Love: 10 Keys to Finding The Love of Your Life (Even If It’s You). The book offers guidance on how to gain selfconfidence regardless of your relationship status. Visit jamesmsama.com.

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• DAN BROWN Open house featuring local author Dan Brown and release of Robert Langdon’s thriller Origin. Thurs., Nov. 30, 6 to 8 p.m. Water Street Bookstore, 150 Water St. , Exeter. Visit waterstreetbooks.com.

• MICHAEL G. LEWIS Author reads and signs The Great Pirate Christmas Battle and Battle for the Knotty List. Thurs., Nov. 30, 5 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 235 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua.

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• ANNE ELIZABETH O’REGAN Author presents Tamed: A Girl Walks from Mexico to Canada. Thurs., Dec. 7, 6 to 8 p.m. Phillips Exeter Academy, 20 Main St. , Exeter. $5 per person, $10 per family. Visit tinyurl.com/ SELT-signu.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Justice League (PG-13)

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Wonder Woman, Batman and some new characters DC Comics would really like to make happen, moviewise, get together to fight another one of those horned-hat villains in Justice League.

You’ll recall from earlier DC Extended Universe movies, Superman (Henry Cavill) is still “dead.” Because of this, the world is a gloomy place — criminals feel free to do more crime, Lois Lane (Amy Adams) is all bummed out (but has much better hair), poor Martha Kent (Diane Lane) lost the farm. Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) keeps on Batman-ing, is full of guilt over Clark’s death and is afraid of the Big Scary Thing Lex Luthor predicted at the end of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

To that end, he tries to assemble a group of aven... I mean, gather some fellow superpeople to be part of a Big Scary Thingfighting club. Diana/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) is basically in, especially after the Amazons send her a message about the Big Scary Thing, and helps him recruit Victor Stone/Cyborg (Ray Fisher), a man whose father (Joe Morton) used a glowy box to help him heal after a lab accident. The glowy box made Victor mostly machine, complete with super strength, internet access and flight apparently. Bruce brings on Barry Allen/The Flash/a knock-off-ofTom Holland’s Spider-Man (Ezra Miller), who is fast and has some electrical control abilities. And he eventually gets Aquaman/ Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) to join up.

Aquaman is a whiskey-drinking, tattoohaving, frequently shirtless superhero who is actually an Atlantean (of Atlantis fame) who protects the ocean.

The glowy box (which feels like it should have “This Is Not a Tesseract; Don’t Sue Us” printed on its side) is apparently one of three glowy boxes worldwide and since the death of Superman they have all been glowier than usual. The aforementioned horn-hat-having Big Scary Thing, named Steppenwolf (voice of Ciarán Hinds), comes to Earth via a visual effect that feels very similar to Thor’s Bifrost Bridge (but, and this pretty much sums up Marvel versus DC at the moment, Steppenwolf’s dimension-traveling tornado-thing is gray where as the bifrost in the recent Thor movie was excitingly multicolored) and seeks to use the massive power of the boxes, which can transform a world into a version of whatever his home world is/was. He needs to collect all three boxes (each sold separately!) to gain these world-endangering powers. Oh no! Will Batman and his new pals be able to stop Steppenwolf without the downbeat Superman to lead them (which he never did before but whatever)?

In so many ways, this movie is aggravating.

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Wonder (PG)

After years of being homeschooled, Auggie goes to school for the first time in the fifth grade in Wonder, based on the novel by R.J. Palacio.

Justice League

It takes forever to rev up. “When is this thing going to get going?,” I thought well into the movie, possibly as much as an hour in.

On some occasions — the scenes with the Amazons on Themyscira, for example — the action cut away just as things got interesting. “Why couldn’t we just have a second Wonder Woman movie?,” I found myself thinking for parts of this movie.

For other chunks of the movie, I wondered “Did this movie’s screenwriters even see the Wonder Woman movie?” Though she is this cinematic universe’s most successful character so far, this movie didn’t seem to fully remember who Diana/Wonder Woman is. Also, some of the shots of her felt a lot more “male gaze”-y than I recall anything in Wonder Woman being.

There is a general sense of inconsistency all over the writing and character development and tone here. I sometimes wondered what Joss Whedon did to be listed as one of two screenwriters here and then other times I was like “ah, yes, there’s a joke he didn’t use for The Avengers” or “this scene feels very Buffy the Vampire Slayer to me.”

(There is a lot in terms of group dynamic, visuals and action choreography that feels vary reminiscent of Marvel Cinematic Universe and X-Men movies.) The grayness (both visually and mood-wise) from Batman v. Superman is here but then that Marvel-style jokiness occasionally pops up, often via Barry Allen, as though The Flash is the designated humor guy. I’m glad the jokes are there, I’m glad there is any break in the bummer tone that the movie starts with (which is purposeful, I believe, for the arc the movie is trying to build but still) but I don’t know that it always feels organic. There is a “let’s punch this up” feel to chunks of the movie, rather than an ingrained lightness.

(Spoiler alert, in the second of two postcredits scenes, the movie does capture a tone that makes sense, a blend of humor and menace that feels like it fits with the kind of movie it is. That it features a char-

acter I very much did not like from Batman v. Superman but the segment still works is even more of a surprise.)

There are also some less than stellar visual moments. Some of the fight scenes feel unfinished — there is a “cartoon thrown at green screen” feel to some of the action.

Also, while watching the movie, I found myself staring at one particular actor’s mouth, trying to figure out why it had that surreal talking-animal-in-TV-commercial quality. A little Googling revealed that during reshoots for this movie, this particular actor (who I won’t name to keep things relatively unspoiled) had a mustache that he had grown, and couldn’t shave, for another movie, requiring it to be digitally removed.

(See Vulture.com, for one, for more on this whole mustache situation.) And remove it they did! As well as any sense of realism about his face.

And yet, for all its aggravating moments, at the end of the movie I found myself thinking “huh, I did not hate that.” Justice League is a mess but it has some not-terrible bits, some parts that I’d keep if I were going to give this movie another edit, which it deeply needs. The new League-ers are all fun additions. And while the villain here feels like all the worse qualities of previous forgettable comic book movie villains in one wad of “I will remake this world in my boring, overdesigned image,” there are moments of the team working together to fight him that are, while not exactly electric and thrilling, you know, not bad.

I’m sure “I didn’t hate it” and “not bad, per se” are probably not the responses DC was looking for, but Justice League is more of a story of missed opportunity than world-building success. I wish this movie had had the time to use what was learned from Wonder Woman and built on the parts that worked. C+ Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, according to the MPAA. Directed by Zack Snyder with a screenplay

by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, Justice

Auggie (Jacob Tremblay) was born with facial abnormalities, ones that required him to have multiple surgeries to help him see and hear. Though he has been home-schooled for years, he is otherwise a standard 10-year-old boy who likes Star Wars and video games and dreams of being an astronaut. But his face still gets reactions, especially from other kids, so his mom, Isabel (Julia Roberts), and dad, Nate (Owen Wilson), are nervous about sending him to school.

Things for Auggie at school go about as expected. He has a teacher (Daveed Diggs) and a principal (Mandy Patinkin) who treat him with respect and work to get other students to follow suit. Some kids — Jack (Noah Jupe) and Summer (Millie Davis) — are kind and others, including a rich kid (Bryce Gheisar) who knows how to switch on the good behavior when adults are around, taunt Auggie.

Auggie’s teenage sister Via (Izabela Vidovic) is navigating her own social difficulties. Longtime bestie Miranda (Danielle Rose Russell) has dyed pink streaks in her hair and is sitting at a new lunch table.

Already second in attention to Auggie at home, Via now feels lost and alone at school too. But life looks up when she meets Justin (Nadji Jeter), a boy who encourages her to try out for the school play.

Wonder is a very gentle movie, very thoughtful. It doesn’t feel particularly deep — as nice as it is to get life from the perspective of multiple characters it does water down the impact of getting to know any one character really well. And there is a bit of a “teachable moment” quality to the film. I can see it being something you watch with your late-elementary-aged kids as a way to spur a conversation about kindness.

But this doesn’t make it a bad movie. The performances — particularly Julia Roberts’ — are solid and the story unfolds, for the most part, predictably but without leaning on cliches or unearned sentimentality.

“Kindness” is a value discussed throughout Wonder and one it admirably displays. B Rated PG for thematic elements including bullying and some mild language, according to the MPAA. Directed by Stephen Chbosky with a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Steve Conrad and Jack Thorne (from the novel by R.J. Palacio), Wonder is an hour and 53 minutes long and is distributed by Lionsgate.

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NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • Born in China (PG, 2016) Sat., Nov. 25, 2 p.m.

• The Glass Castle (PG-13, 2017) Tues., Nov. 28, 6:30 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Atomic Blonde (R, 2017) Mon., Nov. 27, 6 p.m.

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13, 2016) Wed., Nov. 29, 1 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org • Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards (2017) Sat., Nov. 25, Sun., Nov. 26, and Tues., Nov. 28, through Thurs., Nov. 30, 7 p.m.

• Faces Places (2017) Sat., Dec. 2, and Tues., Dec. 5, through Thurs., Dec. 7, 7 p.m.

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• Fun foray: Now that licensing details are worked out, Kyle Crawford will help debut the first venue in New Hampshire wholly devoted to standup comedy.

Launched by comic Jay Grove under his real name, Joshua Guptel, the new club will offer marquee shows Fridays and Saturdays, with an array of other laughter inducing activities Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Go Friday, Nov. 24, 9 p.m., Curlies Comedy Club, 12 Union St., Rochester. Tickets are $10.50 at curliescomedy.club.

• ZoSo real: The real thing probably won’t ever tour again, but Kashmir is a good way to get your Led Zeppelin itch scratched. The New York City-based tribute band provides an “experience” show, as it recreates both the look and sound of Zep’s legendary stage act. Singer Jean Violet is a pretty convincing Robert Plant doppelgänger, down to his golden god locks. Go Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m., Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester.

Tickets are $20 and $29 at ticketfly.com • Twin threat: A 2015 video that went viral on YouTube won Ian Ethan Case big name fans like Leland Sklar (James Taylor, Jackson Browne), Dave Matthews Band producer Steven Miller and Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records. The reason is Case’s masterful of playing of the double-neck guitar; he’s one of only five musicians in the world devoted to the instrument. Go Sunday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m., Riverwalk Cafe & Music Bar, 35 Railroad Square, Nashua. Tickets $10 at riverwalknashua.com.

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In his seminal 1986 book on songwriters, Written in My Soul, Bill Flanagan asked James Taylor if someone could know who he really was by listening to his music. “No, not necessarily,” Taylor replied, pointing to the many sad songs in his catalog. “I don’t write as much as I’d like to about the upside of my life.”

Similarly, one could easily confuse Stephen Kellogg with the characters in his songs. The love and loss in “Father’s Day,” a song done with his old band The Sixers, or the broken romance sketched in “Open Heart,” from his latest album, South, West, North & East, certainly seem to reflect a life bruised by sorrow and regret.

It’s not. Kellogg married his high school sweetheart and is the father of four kids. But in a recent interview, he insisted his songs are autobiographical in many ways.

“The art is to write away the melancholy, and the blues, and the things that do threaten to break my spirit on a daily basis,” he said. “Somehow ... it’s cathartic enough, and allows me to lead a relatively happy life. I’m a very lucky man, and there is a lot of joy, but there’s also sadness and frustration, too. Somehow by reckoning with it, and writing it out into these songs, it helps keep it at bay.”

Born in the ’70s, Kellogg connects his Stephen Kellogg & the South, West, North, East When: Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m.

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parents’ folk rock records to the tone of his songs.

“I said to my dad, ‘Damn, you let me fall asleep to Tea for the Tillerman; it’s no wonder I have melancholy tendencies.’”

Along with Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin, his older sister’s collection of Bon Jovi and Motley Crue helped shape his musical outlook.

Kellogg is also fond of early Rod Stewart and Billy Joel. He considers the latter to be immensely underrated, and points to Joel’s line in “Vienna” as exemplary. “’Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true’ ... is what I want my kids to know,” he said. “Keep having big lofty ambitions, but realize they’re not all going to happen, and don’t let that make you stop dreaming. It’s a simple way of saying something very profound.”

Given his diverse influences and classic rock grounding, the direction Kellogg took

with his most recent studio album is fitting.

“The Bob Lefsetz blog says ‘Old people don’t get it; records are dead.’ I was sort of struggling with that,” Kellogg said.

The answer he came up with was ambitious: a double CD, made in four different regions of the country, using different bands and co-producers at each stop.

“I had this idea in my bones that felt exciting,” he said. “I just allowed myself the artistic freedom to operate in the various genres that I like to work in, without having to really pick a lane or market myself as something other than the hodgepodge artist that I think I actually am.”

Upcoming shows with a band named after the album at Tupelo Music Hall in Derry and New York City’s Bowery Ballrom will be a departure for Kellogg, who since disbanding the Sixers mainly tours solo.

“There’s something about going back to two venues that I have played a lot over the years, with a full band,” he said.

“Maybe this is midlife crisis or something, but sometimes you just want to go out and show you still know how to rock and roll. It’s a reminder that we’re relatively young, and there’s a lot to celebrate.”

That said, five years on from the Sixers’ split, Kellogg is comfortable as a solo artist.

“I think any relationship that you love that goes away in your life, it’s easy to pine for the things that were great about it,” he said. “We had a wonderful band and I miss the companionship [but] the silver lining is we have all gone on to do things we would not have done had we been making ourselves stay together. It’s almost like a couple that gets divorced but still loves each other ... I feel that bittersweetness for the band.”

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Deerfield Nine Lions Tavern 4 North Road 463-7374

Derry Coffee Factory 55 Crystal Ave 432-6006 Francestown Drae Toll Booth Tavern 14 E Broadway 216-2713 740 2nd NH Tpke N 588-1800 Dover Claremont Cara Irish Pub Common Man Gilford 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Patrick’s 21 Water Street Dover Brick House 542-6171 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Taverne on the Square 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 Schuster’s Tavern Falls Grill & Tavern 2 Pleasant St. 680 Cherry Valley Road 421 Central Ave. 287-4416 293-2600 749-0995 Fury’s Publick House Goffstown Concord 1 Washington St. Area 23 Village Trestle 617-3633 State Street 881-9060 25 Main St. 497-8230 Sonny’s Tavern Barley House 132 N. Main 228-6363 83 Washington St. Greenfield 742-4226 Cheers Riverhouse Cafe 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Top of the Chop 4 Slip Road 547-8710 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Common Man 1 Gulf Street 228-3463 Hampton Dublin Granite Ashworth By The Sea 96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 DelRossi’s Trattoria 295 Ocean Blvd.

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64 Main St. 679-9559 226-0533 601-6102 Popovers Red Blazer Community Oven 11 Brickyard Square 72 Manchester St. 845 Lafayette Road 734-4724 224-4101 601-6311 Telly’s Tandy’s Top Shelf CR’s Restaurant 235 Calef Hwy 1 Eagle Square 287 Exeter Road 679-8225 856-7614 929-7972

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Newmarket Riverworks 164 Main St. 659-6119 Stone Church 5 Granite St. 659-7700

Newport Salt Hill Pub 58 Main St. 863-7774

North Hampton Barley House Seacoast 43 Lafayette Rd 379-9161

Northwood Tough Tymes 221 Rochester Rd 942-5555

Peterborough Harlow’s Pub 3 School St. 924-6365 La Mia Casa (Wreck Room) 1 Jaffrey Road 924-6262

Pittsfield Main Street Grill & Bar 32 Main St. 436-0005

Plaistow Crow’s Nest 181 Plaistow Rd 974-1686

Racks Bar & Grill 20 Plaistow Road 974-2406

Thirsty Moose 21 Congress St 427-8645

Chop Shop 920 Lafayette Rd. 760-7706

Portsmouth British Beer Co. 103 Hanover St. 501-0515 Cafe Nostimo 72 Mirona Road 436-3100 Demeters Steakhouse 3612 Lafayette Rd. 766-0001 Dolphin Striker 15 Bow St. 432-5222 Fat Belly’s 2 Bow St. 610-4227 Grill 28 200 Grafton Road (Pease Golf Course) 433-1331 Hilton Garden Inn 100 High St. 431-1499 Latchkey 41 Vaughan Mall 766-3333 Martingale Wharf 99 Bow St. 431-0901 Oar House 55 Ceres St. 436-4025 Portsmouth Book & Bar 40 Pleasant St. 427-9197 Portsmouth Gas Light 64 Market St. 430-9122 Press Room 77 Daniel St. 431-5186 Redhook Brewery 1 Redhook Way 430-8600 Ri Ra Irish Pub 22 Market Square 319-1680 Rudi’s 20 High St. 430-7834

Raymond Cork n’ Keg 4 Essex Drive 244-1573

Sunapee Anchorage 77 Main St. 763-3334 Sunapee Coffee House Rte. 11 & Lower Main St. 229-1859

Merrimack Homestead: Paul Luff Merrimack Biergarten: Brickyard Blues Milford J’s Tavern: Jenni Lynn Duo Pasta Loft: Fat Back Tiebreakers: Steve Tolley Moultonborough Buckey’s: The Red Hat Band Nashua Agave Azul: Brad Bosse Country Tavern: TBA Fody’s: The Squires of Soul Fratello’s: Sam Robbins Haluwa: Rock City Peddler’s Daughter: Take 4 Riverwalk Cafe: 2120 South Michigan Avenue Stella Blu: Chris Cavanaugh Thirsty Turtle: Farenheit Friday - DJ D-Original New Boston Molly’s: Wooden Chouinard

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Rochester China Palace 101 S. Main St. 332-3665 Gary’s 38 Milton Rd. 335-4279 Governor’s Inn 78 Wakefield St. 332-0107 Lilac City Grille 103 N. Main St 332-3984 Mel Flanagan’s Irish Pub & Café 50 N. Main St. 332-6357 Radloff’s 38 North Main St. 948-1073 Revolution Tap Room 61 N Main St. 244-3022 Smokey’s Tavern 11 Farmington Rd 330-3100

Suncook Olympus Pizza 42 Allenstown Rd. 485-5288 Tilton Rio Burrito 276 Main St. 729-0081 Winni Grille 650 Laconia Road 527-8217 Warner Schoodacs Cafe 1 East Main St. 456-3400 Weare Stark House Tavern 487 S. Stark Highway 529-0901

Salem Jocelyn’s Lounge 355 S. Broadway 870-0045 Sayde’s Restaurant 136 Cluff Crossing 890-1032

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Newmarket Stone Church: Post Thanksgiving Day Show with Truffle Newport Salt hill Pub: White Steer Plaistow Racks: The Coast Portsmouth British Beer: Mica & Sev Project Dolphin Striker: Double Take Grill 28: Joe Hanley Latchkey: Dave Macklin Band Martingale: Tim Theriault Trio Portsmouth Book & Bar: Elroy Portsmouth Gaslight: Tom Emerson/Clint Lapointe Ri Ra: Mugsy Rudi’s: Michael Harrison Goat: Darren Bessette Band Thirsty Moose: Te Pop Disaster

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Strange Brew: Dirty Duo Whiskey’s 20: DJ Hizzy/Shawn White Wild Rover: Sean Mcclaughlin Duo

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Sunday, Nov. 26 Ashland Common Man: Chris White Solo Acoustic

Barrington Nippo Lake Restaurant: Lunch at the Dump Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa

Dover Cara: Irish Session w/ Carol Coronis & Ramona Connelly Falls Grill: Chris O’Neill Sonny’s: Sonny’s Jazz

Goffstown Village Trestle: Wan-tu Blues Band & Jam Henniker Country Spirit: Walker Smith Hudson River’s Pub: Acoustic Jam

Manchester Bungalow: It Lives It Breathes/ Fathom Farewell / Northwoods / more Jewel: DJ Joe Shaskeen: Rap night, Industry night Strange Brew: Jam

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Open Stage with Lou Porrazzo

Friday, Nov. 24 Saturday, Nov. 25 Wed., Nov. 29 Rochester Laconia Manchester Curlie’s Comedy Pitman’s Freight Murphy’s Taproom: Club: Kyle Crawford Room: Bucky Lewis Laugh Free Or Die Open Mic Saturday, Nov. 25 Manchester Concord Headliners at the Merrimack Capitol Center: Duel- Radisson Hotel: Steve Biergarten: Ha Ha’s & ing Pianos Guilmette Hops Humpday Comedy

Thursday, Nov. 30 Nashua Fody’s: Abishek Shah with host Greg Boggis Friday, Dec. 1 Rochester Curlie’s Comedy Club: Dennis Fogg

North Hampton Barley House: Great Bay Sailor Peterborough Harlow’s: Jam Night with Great Groove Theory Portsmouth Portsmouth Gaslight: Paul Luff/Max Sullivan Ri Ra: Irish Sessions Rudi’s: Jazz Brunch With Sal Hughes Rochester Lilac City: Brunch Music Seabrook Chop Shop: Acoustic Afternoon Monday, Nov. 27 Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa Hanover Canoe: Marko The Magician Tableside Salt hill Pub: Hootenanny

Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Old School Earth Eagle: Seth Gooby Ri Ra: Oran Mor

Dover 603: Rock the Mic w/ DJ Coach Falls Grill: Rick Watson Fury’s: Wellfleet

Tuesday, Nov. 28 Concord Hermanos: Brad Myrick

Dublin DelRossi’s: Celtic and Old Timey Jam Session

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

Gilford Patrick’s: Cody James - Ladies Night

Gilford Patrick’s: Paul Luff hosts Manchester Backyard Brewery: Acoustic Tuesday Fratello’s: Brad Bosse Shaskeen: Tristan Omand Strange Brew: Silvertone & Ms. G Whiskey’s 20: Sammy Smoove & DJ Gera Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois Merrimack Homestead: Clint Lapointe Nashua Fratello’s: Justin Cohn

Manchester Bungalow: Light Years/Keep Flying/Safeguard/In Good Nature/Suburban Samurai/ You’re F!red/The Promise Hero Central Ale: Jonny Friday Duo Fratello’s: Rob Wolfe or Phil Jacques

Newmarket Stone Church: Bluegrass Jam

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Lou Porazzo

Seabrook Chop Shop: Bare Bones

Merrimack Homestead: Chris Cavanaugh

Wednesday, Nov. 29 Concord Hermanos: Mike Stockbridge

Nashua Fratello’s: Phil Jacques

North Hampton Barley House: Irish Session Peterborough Harlow’s: Celtic Music Jam

Hanover Skinny Pancake: Bow Thayer Hillsborough Turismo: Jerry Paquette & the Runaway Bluesmen Londonderry Coach Stop: Mark Huzar Harold Square: Houdana the Magician (Tableside Magic) Manchester Cabonnay: Piano Wednesday Edward Bemish Fratello’s: RC Thomas Penuche’s: Tom Ballerini Jam Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Hubert Merrimack Homestead: Brad Bosse Nashua Country Tavern: Chad Verbeck Fratello’s: Clint Lapointe

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New London Flying Goose: Susan Werner Portsmouth Ri Ra: Erin’s Guild Rochester Lilac City Grille: Tim Theriault Seabrook Chop Shop: Guitar-a-oke & Cocktails

NITE CONCERTS Capitol Center for the Performing Arts & Spotlight Cafe 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com The Colonial Theatre 95 Main St., Keene 352-2033, thecolonial.org Dana Humanities Center 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester 641-7700, anselm.edu/dana The Flying Monkey 39 S. Main St., Plymouth Stephen Kellogg Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Ian Hunter & the Rant Band Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. Tupelo Stanley Clarke Sunday, Nov. 26, 8 p.m. Tupelo Vinnie Moore And Gus G Tuesday, Nov. 28, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Chris Botti Friday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.

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536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse.org The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Loft 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Rochester Opera House 31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com SNHU Arena 555 Elm St., Manchester 644-5000, snhuarena.com Stockbridge Theatre Pinkerton Academy, Route 28, Derry 437-5210, stockbridgetheatre.com Tupelo Music Hall 10 A St., Derry 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

Carbon Leaf Saturday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m. Tupelo Richard Thompson Sunday, December 3, 8 p.m. Tupelo Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 5, 8 p.m.

SNHU Arena Darlene Love Wednesday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. Tupelo Rik Emmett Friday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Tupelo

Rik Emmett Saturday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m. Tupelo Laurie Berkner Holiday Show Saturday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m. Cap Center Jim Brickman: A Joyful Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8 p.m.

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“Chopped” — a little bit off Across 1 Lumber mill equipment 5 Frittata ingredients 9 Datebook abbr.

13 Defendant’s response 14 Turing played by Benedict

Cumberbatch 15 “___ directed” (prescription phrase) 16 Somewhat 17 First-choice 18 “The Hunchback of ___ Dame”

19 No-frills hair stylings to look like a breakfast mascot?

22 Hall who followed McMahon on “The Tonight Show” 23 Teensy 24 “Fighting” NCAA team 26 “King” bad guy in Super Mario Bros.

28 Barbershop offering 31 Article for the Brothers Grimm 32 1040 recipient 34 Swelling reducer 35 “NFL Live” network 36 Injuries from your book on the beach?

40 Mark Harmon military series 41 Smartphone program 42 ___ La Table (kitchen store)

43 Hockey legend Bobby 44 PC drive insert, once 46 Result of a three-putt, maybe 50 Basketball Hall of Fame sportscaster Dick 52 “Quite so,” in Quebec 54 Channel skipped on old TV dials 55 Sparring with a punching bag for only half the usual time, e.g.?

59 President born in 1961 60 Kristen of “Bridesmaids” 61 Laila and Tatyana, for two 62 Saucer-steering creature 63 Former education secretary Duncan 64 Actress Garr of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” 65 Houseplant with fronds 66 Cribbage markers 67 Old Internet suffix for Friend or Nap Down 1 “In the Bedroom” Oscar nominee Sissy 2 Reflectivity measure, in astronomy 3 Creep 4 Fill fully 5 Flyer with exceptional sight 6 World representations?

7 Cat, in Colombia 8 Cold shower?

9 Not ___ (nobody) 10 Most trifling 11 Pale carrot relatives

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12 “The Waste Land” writer’s monogram 15 Mom’s brother 20 Cup, maybe 21 Sources of bile 25 Word after Days or Quality 27 Alley targets 29 Zoo attraction with a big bite 30 Do superbly on 33 “The Blacklist” star James 35 100 cents, in some places 36 Doodle 37 High-altitude type of missile 38 Letters in a car ad 39 Noah’s Ark measurement 40 Election Day mo.

44 Tidied up 45 Providing some “Old MacDonald” sounds, maybe 47 Crooner Robert portrayed by Will Ferrell on “SNL” 48 Complete 49 Compliant agreement 51 History Channel show about loggers 53 Impulses 56 Make a trade 57 Add to the payroll 58 They’re good at landing on their feet 59 Fumbling person ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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food on the table, and in those moments a haircut can feel like a luxury … but my point is: Make time. Even if it’s just going to see your boy who knows how to cut hair, go get a shape-up. Make grooming part of your ritual. It’s like putting your game face on; it builds confidence and gets your mind in the right zone. On that note, cocoa butter is also a major key when it comes to selfcare. Cocoa butter.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) One day I’m out there Jet Skiing because I love the ocean.

Since Rick Ross lives nearby on the water I go over there on my Jet Ski for lunch. We’re having a good time, but when I start heading back to my house I realize it’s getting dark. Before long it’s pitch-black and I get lost. I’m just out there by myself, using the light on my phone to see. Meanwhile, I’m keeping my sense of humor and Snapchatting because I’ve got to stay focused and because I won’t lie to you, I was getting a little scared. Major key for real: Don’t drive your Jet Ski in the dark. If you have to, sleep over at Rick Ross’s house.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Let me tell you, I had no pillows when I slept in that Honda. Plus, when I got an apartment all I had was my music, and I had no pillows.

I would have my one sheet and I’d rest my head on records. I don’t recommend it.

Comfort counts.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) What the older generation sometimes forgets because they’re too busy maintaining their status is that new people can teach you things. They can. Learn.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Whenever I see someone tear someone else down on social media it just shows me that they’re not happy. If you’re not happy, change it.

Start a new project or get a hobby. Maybe something creative, in the arts.

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All quotes are from The Keys, by DJ Khaled, born Nov. 26, 1975.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) And the key to more success is that the work never ends. I’m just going to be real with you about that. Get to work.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Don’t do anything foolish before those numbers hit your bank account. Don’t do anything foolish after, either.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) The key is not to chase the money — let the money chase you. But you can give it a road map.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) … They gonna try to close the door on you; just open it. If you can’t open it, break it down, rip the door off, and put them hinges in the haters’ hands. … Now, when I say break and rip and all that, I’m not promoting the use of violence. Please don’t ever get confused.

If you don’t want people to be confused, don’t be confusing.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) First of all, we only break the door down when we have to. We don’t break the door down for fun. You may encounter some stuck doors but just try some WD-40 and jiggle the key a little.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) People are impatient sometimes, and they think they’re too good to start at the bottom. That’s playing yourself in a big way. That’s called having a short-term vision, aka the wrong vision. The key is those first opportunities lead to more opportunities. It’s a good time to take a step.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Knowing the pioneers of the game — whatever your game is — is unbelievably important.

You’ve got to know who put in the work ahead of you for you to be able to do what you’re doing now. Do your homework.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Look, I know how it is when you’re trying to put

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• In Darmstadt, Germany, police detained a 19-year-old man on Nov. 7 after they noticed “a significant bulge in his trousers” and discovered he was carrying a baby python in his pants. The unnamed man was carrying on a loud, drunken argument with another man when police were called, reported The Guardian. Officers took the man and the snake to the police station, where the snake was put in a box, and authorities considered whether the “non-species-appropriate transport” could be a violation of animal protection laws.

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A family of three were taken from their home and forced into a car on Nov. 7 in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada, by five naked people. The man, who was placed in the trunk, quickly escaped, and his wife and baby also managed to get away, according to The Canadian Press. A passing truck driver picked up the three victims, but then the naked kidnappers’ car rammed his truck from behind, sending it into a ditch. Royal Canadian Mounted Police caught up with the criminals; of the five, two were minors and were not charged. The adults faced charges of kidnapping and resisting arrest.

The RCMP gave no explanation for why the five kidnappers were naked, but posited that drugs or alcohol may have been involved.

Smooth reactions

Tempers flared in Minot, North Dakota, before 33-year-old Cornelius Marcel Young was charged with terrorizing after attacking his fiancee’s brother at a trailer park on Nov. 3. The Minot Daily News reported that Young yelled at the brother, punched him in the face and knocked him into a wall after he had turned up the thermostat in the trailer, according to a Minot Municipal Court affidavit. When the brother threatened to call police, Young brandished a knife, as his fiancee jumped on his back and bit his ear “to distract him.” Two children were in the trailer during the fight but were uninjured.

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A Chicago wiener stand was the scene of a crime gone south on Oct. 31 when Terrion Pouncy, 19, accidentally discharged his gun, which he was trying to conceal in his pants, and shot himself in a most sensitive location. The Chicago Tribune reported police were called to the Original Maxwell Street Polish at about 6 a.m., after a hooded man threatened employees with a small-caliber pistol. One of the employees gave him money from the cash register, according to the complaint against Pouncy, after which the robber stole the man’s cellphone and wallet, and ran outside, stuffing the gun in his pants, but it went off twice, striking his groin and thigh. Pouncy kept running and eventually called 911 to report that he’d been shot. He was charged with two counts of armed robbery with a firearm, but couldn’t appear for his bond hearing, as he was recovering at a local hospital.

aliens tried to abduct his wife: “They actually levitated her out of the bed in the master chamber and carried her into the parking lot and tried to draw her up into the craft.” (She won’t enter the room anymore.) Listing agent Kimberly Gero notes: “This isn’t the type of property that you can just place in the MLS and wait for a buyer to come along.”

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Poland has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, so the Polish Health Ministry is using the example of rabbits to encourage its citizens to multiply. The ministry produced a short video with a rabbit “narrator” who explains that members of the Leporidae family enjoy exercise, a healthy diet and little stress. “If you ever want to be a parent, follow the example of rabbits,” the video suggests. The ministry said in a statement to the Associated Press in early November that it was looking for a way to increase public awareness about the low birth rate that “did not offend anyCompelling explanation The Stardust Ranch in Rainbow Valley, one and was not vulgar.”

Arizona, has a lot to offer potential buyers: Just an hour west of Phoenix, the proper- Unusual hobbies ty boasts a 3,500-square-foot home with a Kung fu master Li Weijun used his bare pool, 10 acres, barns, a gated entry ... and hands to smash 302 walnuts in 55 sectwo portals to another dimension: one at onds on Nov. 1, breaking a Guinness World the back of the property, and one in the Record. The previous record, held by a man fireplace. Owner John Edmonds and his in India, was 212 walnuts in one minute, wife bought the property, now listed at $5 according to United Press International. million, 20 years ago to run a horse res- Weijun accomplished the feat in Foshan cue, but he says he’s killed more than a City, Guangdong Province, China, with dozen extraterrestrials on the property video cameras rolling to capture the proof, (using a samurai sword) and has suffered which has been submitted to Guinness for many injuries in his encounters with them. official recognition.

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