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For years, New Hampshire has been working to identify ways to address the workforce shortage across the state. Stay Work Play NH was established to try and inspire young professionals to remain in the state for their careers. Recently, a group of business leaders across the state convened to evaluate how to diversify our workplaces. It’s evident that this is a priority for our state but why haven’t these efforts helped fill the vacancies? Although New Hampshire has a high quality of life, it’s clear that these factors aren’t enough to entice professionals to remain in the state. What are the missing components? I would argue that, although New Hampshire says it wants and needs more people, many places aren’t willing to make the cultural changes needed to attract new residents. For example, many young professionals highlighted the need for more affordable housing near economic centers, but recent efforts to build such units in Portsmouth have been met with significant pushback. In my own community, there are many who see families as a tax burden versus an opportunity for growth and renewal. Even proposals to establish a rail trail into Portsmouth are riddled with red tape and delay tactics that are stalling efforts to move forward. The more recent efforts to identify ways to attract more racially and culturally diverse individuals to the state have been met with some of the harshest of criticisms. I can only presume that fear behind these statements stem from a place that our state’s culture will change if we are too accommodating to those from “away.” What is the harm in a little cultural change? Do we want to continue sending the message that you can live here but only if you’re willing to assimilate to the way things are, and not challenge how it could be? I know Gov. Sununu recognizes that things need to be evaluated, which is why he established both the Millennial Council and the Diversity and Inclusion Council. Ultimately, it will be up to us to implement the cultural changes needed to achieve the goals of both of these advisory councils. A whopping 30 percent of professionals in the Stay Work Play NH survey are considering leaving the state due to factors such as a lack of cultural centers and diversity, and spaces for meeting new people. If they leave, recent history says that it’s becoming harder and harder to replace them. The stakes are too high if we do not find ways to make the real changes needed to truly make our state a more attractive place for those who are looking to call New Hampshire home. Allyson Ryder is associate director of Leadership New Hampshire. She can be reached at Allyson.ryder@leadershipnh.org.
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NEWS & NOTES 4 A debate over homework policies; PLUS News in Brief. 9 Q&A 10 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 12 SPORTS THIS WEEK 18 THE ARTS: 20 ART Positive Street Art festival. 22 THEATER Curtain Call; listings for events around town. 22 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town. INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 25 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend. 26 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors. 27 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic. 28 CAR TALK Automotive advice. CAREERS: 30 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a... FOOD: 32 GREEKFEST To Share Brewing Co.; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Beer; From the Pantry. POP CULTURE: 42 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz presents Crazy Rich Asians and BlacKkKlansman for your viewing pleasure, Mile 22 for your viewing displeasure and Alpha in case you need an inoffensive 90+ minutes in the air conditioning. NITE: 45 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Miketon & the Night Blinders; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more. 46 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover. 47 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.
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The mayors of New Hampshire’s 13 cities cosigned a joint letter to the state’s House and Senate leadership, asking the General Court to override Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto of SB 446 and SB365 related to energy prices. SB 365 would have required electric companies to offer to purchase the net energy output of the state’s biomass and wasteto-energy facilities, while SB 446 would have increased the capacity of customer generators who participate in net metering. In his veto letter, Sununu said the bills “combined would cost New Hampshire electric ratepayers approximately $100 million over the next three years,” and they conflict with his administration’s 10-Year Energy Strategy. The mayors wrote that “we believe these bills will engender long term savings to ratepayers and reinforce critical energy supply diversity.” New Hampshire’s General Court could potentially override the veto when it returns to session on Sept. 13.
Voting law
The U.S. District Court for New Hampshire voted against a state law that allowed election officials to reject absentee ballots based on voters’ signatures, according to a news release from the ACLU of New Hampshire. The lawsuit, Saucedo v. Gardner, was brought by ACLU National and the ACLU of New Hampshire on behalf of Mary Saucedo, a 95-year-old Manchester woman who is blind and allowed to receive help from her husband to complete her absentee ballot. Under previous state law, local election officials could discount an absentee ballot without notice if they felt the voter’s
signature didn’t match the signature in their voting registration paperwork. According to the ACLU, more than 500 voters have had their ballots rejected over the last five years. In her decision, U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty wrote, “Not only is the disenfranchised voter given no right to participate in this process, but the voter is not even given notice that her ballot has been rejected due to a signature mismatch.”
Workers’ compensation
The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced that workers’ compensation rates may decrease for employers for the seventh year in a row. The National Council on Compensation Insurance filed a 14-percent rate reduction proposal with the department, meaning employers will pay lower premiums to cover work-related injuries. In a statement, department commissioner John Elias said the “savings to employers could be used to bring more employees, higher wages and expanded operations into New Hampshire.”
National committee
The Eastern Regional Conference of the Council of State Governments nominated Sen. Lou D’Allesandro (D-Manchester) as its national chair, according to a news release. Sen. D’Allesandro is the senior member of the New Hampshire Senate, currently serving his 10th term representing Wards 3, 4, 10 and 11 in Manchester and the town of Goffstown. He chairs the Capital Budget Committee and serves on the Finance and Ways & Means Committees. Founded in 1933, the Council of State Governments connects legislative, business
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Extended learning
A group of educators received a grant from the New Hampshire Department of Education to develop a toolkit for work-based learning and extended learning opportunities for students, according to a news release. Local school districts are required to support these opportunities, which allow students to learn outside of a traditional classroom. The team of educators working on the project includes Donna Couture, extended learning coordinator at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton; Amy Yeakel, an extended learning and senior project coordinator from Newfound Regional High School in Bristol; and Doug Cullen, manager of career services at Pinkerton Academy in Derry. The team will create templates and rubrics to help school districts develop apprenticeships, community service, independent study, online courses and internships.
Inc. Magazine included 21 New Hampshire businesses on its annual Inc. 5,000 list of the fastestHooksett The New Hampshire Instigrowing private compatute of Art in Manchesnies in America. Of these ter received a $1.4 million businesses, Medicus bequest to fund Goffstown student Healthcare Solutions in scholarships beginning in Windham reported the 2019, according to a news most annual revenue at release. Lifelong city resident $189.5 million, while MANCHESTER Stephen Lis left the bequest PoliteMail Software in to provide assistance to New Greenland reported the Hampshire residents pursulargest annual growth ing a bachelor of fineBedford arts rate at 490 percent. degree at the college. Amherst
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The U.S. Administration for Children & Families issued a critical review of the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families, which will cost the state at least $275,227 for the current federal fiscal year. The administration reviewed 65 division cases from the previous 12 months and found that high caseloads and a greatly diminished array of services for children and families pose significant challenges. None of the cases were found to substantially conform to the administration’s seven measured outcomes, and only two of the administration’s measured systemic factors were met by the division.
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The neverending dinner table debate over homework has continued to evolve as schools further embrace competencybased education. The latest chapter in this saga has been unfolding in Merrimack, where the school district has stopped Policy in practice grading homework in an attempt to accomAs a result of this shifted focus, homemodate students’ various after-school work policies situations and bethave changed sigter assess student nificantly since performance. While teachers like Greg this drew pushParis first stepped back from some into the classroom. parents and teachParis has taught ers, there’s hardly math at Salem High a statewide consenSchool for 35 years, sus on how (and and he’s embraced whether) homework competency-based should be assigned education. and graded.
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The New Hampshire Department of Education’s overarching homework policy has allowed for this kind of debate and experimentation. The department requires every school district to establish a homework policy, but it doesn’t require any specific guidelines. “We believe decisions are best made locally,” said Heather Gage, director of the department’s Division of Educational Improvement. “I know that every summer, school districts talk about their policies.” However, the department has initiated a statewide effort to move to a competency-based education over the last several years. The goal is to provide students with opportunities for personalized learning and make sure they have skills that prepare them for post-secondary education and careers. According to Gage, this shift doesn’t mean competency and homework are at odds. “Homework is another instructional tool to see if students are mastering the content,” she said. “It’s also another way for students to go home and see if they have questions based on what they didn’t understand.” Gage noted while some students may benefit from homework, others may not. That’s why she said the department recommends personalized learning and encourages collaboration within local classrooms and districts to determine what works best.
Instead of assigning daily homework for a grade, Paris provides students with a suggested timeline to complete homework. Paris will answer questions during work periods in class, and if students turn in their homework, he will provide feedback on what they did well and what they need to improve. “There is no question in my mind that this serves the student better,” said Paris. “It’s almost like a coaching technique — someone does a drill and you provide feedback to help them get better.” Other districts are also trying new things with their homework policies. According to meeting minutes from May 8, the school board in Hampstead approved a recommendation for a new homework policy from a homework advisory committee formed last September. Hampstead administrators said the policy is being revised and may be finalized by the school board at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11. They declined to comment further. While Gage of the Department of Education reiterated that the districts aren’t required to report how they handle homework, she said she hasn’t heard of any other district going in the same direction as Merrimack. In December 2016, a committee of Merrimack teachers and administrators began to discuss how report cards should capture student performance while restructuring K-6 report cards. After further discussion and debate among multiple committees, the school district decided to institute a
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“pilot program” for the 2017-2018 school year, where teachers would continue assigning, collecting and providing feedback on homework but forgo grading it. According to Mark McLaughlin, assistant superintendent in Merrimack, the district found that homework grades don’t always provide a definitive picture of students’ understanding of material. He said some students who lose points for not completing their homework might already grasp the material or have afterschool commitments that limit their time to complete assignments. By contrast, other students who do complete their homework might not understand the assignment but might receive credit for participation despite not accurately practicing the material. Additionally, McLaughlin said the district considered how parental influence could explain students who perform well on their homework but poorly on in-class assignments. On the flip side, they considered how some students in Merrimack have little or no support system at home to help them with their homework at all. One of the district’s goals with the homework grading policy was to take into account these contrasting home situations and avoid penalizing the grades of disadvantaged students.
Early challenges
The school district received mixed reactions to the pilot program and sent out two surveys to garner feedback. The district received 742 responses from a survey sent to 4,000 Merrimack families, as well as 132 responses from a survey sent to Merrimack’s 350 teachers and professional staff. McLaughlin said parents and teachers reported a drop in student motivation because they felt homework was now “optional,” and as a result GPAs began to decline. McLaughlin admitted to underestimating the mental shift for teachers and students and said he would have done a better job helping with that transition. However, he said lower grades
may actually reflect an important area of opportunity to help students perform better. “We’re trying to create an environment where we can more readily determine what a student actually knows and is able to do,” said McLaughlin. “If we remove homework grades and grades overall go down, could it not be possible that it reflects that homework grading hid underlying challenges in learning that parents and teachers need to know about?” One local parent has strongly pushed back against the school district’s decision to stop grading homework. Robert Bevill, a lawyer and parent in Merrimack, has attended several school board meetings to criticize the change, claiming that homework grades can balance out lower grades on other assignments. He argued that the new lack of homework grades is affecting students’ GPAs, which subsequently hurts their chances of being accepted to colleges and earning meritbased scholarships. “Now, only students who really do well on tests will succeed, and those who are good at other assignments won’t,” Bevill said. “This has hurt Merrimack students, who are competing for scholarships and college enrollment with other students across the country.” Bevill appealed the matter to the State Board of Education and asked them to overturn the pilot program. However, the board sided with the Merrimack School District in mid-July. After the ruling, Bevill said he plans on appealing the decision to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, on the basis that having assigned homework graded and counted toward their final GPA is a “property right” that can’t be taken away from them without due process. In the meantime, McLaughlin said the school district has committed to extending the pilot program to the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. He said the district will continue to evaluate whether the program is the best indicator for evaluating student performance.
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What did you have to do to get the school up and running? It’s a huge process. Some people think there’s no accountability and anyone can open a charter school, and that’s just not the case. I had to write an application ... [and] after three different versions, I ended up with about 140 pages. I had to turn it in to the Department of Education, and there’s an internal peer review and an attorney review. Once both reviews come back, you have to change it to account for their suggestions. Once they’re satisfied with that written piece, then you get to present in front of the State Board of Education, and they want to know, “Why do we need you here?” You have to answer that question in so many different ways. … Once we were approved in February, it was a matter of finding a space that fits all the codes we needed in terms of fire suppression systems, number of exits and so on. … The mall space … [has] allowed us to have more of an open concept school, with a center space for an e-learning library.
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What’s your background in education, and why did you want to start a charter school? I’ve taught middle and high school in public and private schools in Concord and the surrounding area since 1999. … I eventually went for my master’s in curriculum and instruction at New England College in Henniker, and a few years ago I started my doctorate there as well. We had a cool project-based class on school reform, and the last assignment was to draft a plan for a charter school. My wonderful professor read my outline and said, “That sounds like you have the making of a school, Stephanie. Why don’t you do it?” And I thought, “Can I do that?” I mean, you can do anything you want to in life, but it never hit home that I could actually do something about education and helping students. … There’s no other public school option in the area. There’s a lot of private schools and parochial schools, and not everyone can afford that.
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What will the school look like during its first year? We have some time carved out in morning and afternoon when we get into different hands-on projects, and then we’ll move into more specific classes. I tend to use a community garden as an example. Community gardens touch on science, math, health, planning, English language arts and problem solving. Students will also work on reflections, which serves as a writing piece. … We’ll also be working on some bigger service learning projects. There are senior projects with a community service component at most schools, which serve as a culmination of a child’s learning. A lot of wonderful things are born out of those senior projects. We want students doing that all the time. If they have a great idea now, let’s work on it. … The projects will be more student-led, and we’ll have community partners coming up here to help with that.
Why should parents and students consider charter schools? Not every kid fits into the traditional public school environment, and they might need something newer and different. This is a smaller environment, and its lends itself to a little more outside-of-the-box thinking.
What steps do students have to take to enroll? We have a website [capitalcitycharter. com], and all the forms are on there. Or they can call us. We’re not full, so if a student finds they need to come here before the school year or midyear, they can definitely contact us. … They need to fill out medical forms, which is kind of typical for switching schools. … We do like to meet the families and the students. I usually ask a parent to stop in with their child so we can sit and chat with them. —Scott Murphy
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New Hampshire ranked as the fourth best place to have a baby according to a WalletHub’s report. The study ranked each state based on 26 key measures related to cost, health care accessibility and babyand family-friendliness. QOL Score: +1 Comment: The Granite State landed in the Top 5 for both health care (2) and family-friendliness (3), but struggled with cost (11) and baby-friendliness (40).
Dryness continues
Despite several large thunderstorms over the last several weeks, nearly half of New Hampshire is still labeled as “abnormally dry” by the National Drought Mitigation Center. About 48 percent of the Granite State earned the classification during the center’s latest analysis. The main dry area stretches from northern Hillsborough County up through southern Coos County. QOL Score: -1 Comment: According to the center, none of New Hampshire’s counties exhibited early signs of drought just three months ago. Only about 14 percent of the state was abnormally dry at this time last year.
Opioid house calls
The New Hampshire Department of Safety announced the launch of NH Project FIRST (First Responders Initiating Recovery, Support and Treatment) to enable local responders to develop a Mobile Integrated Healthcare crisis team. These teams will make house calls to those affected by opioid use disorder to provide education to at-risk persons and their support systems on locating and entering treatment and various lifesaving skills. QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the department, the Divisions of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services received a grant through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act to fund the program. The divisions received about $799,000 earlier this year and will receive a total of $3.1 million over four years.
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Citizens Count, a voter advocacy nonprofit based in Hampton, announced a new voting app specific to New Hampshire elections. Users can enter their street address to find out their polling location and who is running in their district, including all candidates for state and federal offices. The app is available for free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to Citizens Count, the app’s database features information on all 950 candidates for office across the Granite State. This includes experience and background, voting records for incumbents and positions on current New Hampshire issues. QOL Score: 84 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 86 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.
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When it comes to baseball, I love the history more than I like watching games in real time. Thus, after realizing last week that this is the 50th anniversary year of baseball’s Year of the Pitcher, I lingered for a long time over the stats of that distinctly unique baseball season of 1968. It was a year when the numbers hadn’t been so insanely weighted to the pitcher since the dead ball era ended in 1920. It was baseball’s answer to the Great Depression, where the combined major league batting average was .233 and the AL produced just one .300 hitter, Carl Yastrzemski’s AL-leading .301. Even the All-Star game followed suit, as Willie Mays scored the game’s lone run on a first inning fielder’s choice in a 1-0 NL rout. It was bleary, dank, devoid of excitement. Unless you love pitching; then you hit the jackpot during a year with five no-hitters, a perfect game and an astonishing 339 shutouts as pitching dominated from opening day to Game 7 in the series. The question is, how would it stand up to today? Because while baseball basically looks the same as it did 50 years, it’s played and especially managed very differently now. Given the parade of pitchers we regularly see, a Year of the Pitcher type season can’t happen today, because (micro) managers will never let starters dominate again as they did in 1968. That doesn’t make it worse or better, just different. Here are a few happenings to illustrate what an incredible pitching and non-hitting year 1968 was. The Biggest Difference Between Now and Then: Before pitch counts entered the lexicon, when starters were expected to finish what they started, there were 897 complete games. Twenty guys threw over 250 innings and four were over 300. These numbers don’t necessarily make those pitchers better than
the 100-pitch-count, seven-inning era starters, but it says they were a lot tougher. Earned Run Averages: The combined American League ERA was 2.98 when 63 pitchers were under 2.99. Eight starters overall were under 2.00, led by NL and AL leaders Bob Gibson (1.12) and Luis Tiant (1.60). Cleveland had the top duo of Tiant and giant lefty Sudden Sam McDowell, who was 1.81. Best-Hitting Team: Detroit – the team average was .235 and their shortstop Ray Oyler hit .135. But thanks to a league-leading 185 homers they led the AL in runs with 671. For context, the 2003 Red Sox scored 963. The Red Sox: They hit 125 homers, 35 from Hawk Harrelson. Yaz hit, but first baseman George Scott, considered a hard hitting youngster going into ’68, hit .171 after hitting .303 in ’67. Home Runs: Four entire teams hit under 100 homers: Oakland 94, California 83, Cleveland 75 and Chicago 71. With 29, only rookie Reggie Jackson was in double figures for the A’s. Boston Future: Tiant is beloved for his pitching artistry in Boston, which included three 20-win seasons. Bur his best came in Cleveland when he was 21-9 with nine shutouts and that AL-leading 1.60 ERA. Don Drysdale’s Consecutive Shutout Inning Streak: The Dodgers famer threw 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, breaking the previous record of 56 set by Walter Johnson in 1913. Still Double D’s 2.15 ERA was just fourth best in the NL and even with that he was still only two games over .500 at 14-12. El Perfecto for the Catfish. While Jim Bunning (’64) and Sandy Koufax (’65) did it in the NL and Don Larsen (’56) in the World Series, no one had thrown a perfect game in the American League since 1922, the year giving a little symmetry to Catfish Hunter doing it in the AL at 22 against Minnesota in a 4-0 win when he struck out 11 before 6,298 fans in the A’s first season playing in Oakland. Bob Gibson: With that 1.12 ERA he was
amazing all year. But he was insane in June and July winning 12 straight complete games, eight by shutout, five of which came in a row. He gave up just three runs in 99 innings over 11 complete games for an incredible 0.27 ERA. Overall, he somehow managed to lose nine games, while winning 22, with 28 complete games in 35 starts as he struck out 269 batters in 314 innings. He also struck out a record 17 Tigers in a 4-0 Game 1 win. He was MVP and the Cy Young winner. Dennis McLain: If the stat geeks were writing this, they’d probably say Dennis McLain wasn’t all that important to 1968. After all, to them WHIP, quality starts and ERA absurdly matter more than wins. But this was 1968, when sanity prevailed, so wins were the only stat that mattered. Thus, McClain becoming the first to win 30 games since Dizzy Dean won 30 34 years earlier in 1934 was a very big deal. The 1.96 ERA was incredibly only sixth best among starters in the AL, but his 31 wins against six losses, 41 starts and 28 complete games set the tone throughout the league leading to him also being MVP and the Cy Young as well. My Favorite Two Days: Tuesday night San Francisco’s Gaylord Perry bested Gibson by no-hitting the Cardinals in a 1-0. Less than 24 hours later St. Louis hurler Ray Washburn returned the favor by no-hitting the Giants in a 138-pitch effort to do something that had never been done before and hasn’t been done since – back-to-back nohitters between two teams. Bonehead Moved That Worked in the End: Going into the World Series, Detroit manager Mayo Smith knew he had a .135 hitting shortstop and four outfielders who could hit. So, despite having played just six (all in the final week) games, he moved gold glove center fielder Mickey Stanley to short. And with Stanley not screwing it up in the field and replacement in center Jim Northrup knocking eight runs, it worked as Detroit took the Cards in seven games. Email dlong@hippopress.com.
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The Big Story: It was a duel of Nashua Country Club vs. Nashua Country Club at the Women’s State Amateur Golf tournament at Portsmouth Country Club. The 54-hole competition came down to the final hole with the title going to Tracy Martin of NCC after she parred the final hole, and Chelsea Sedlar rolled her putt to tie over the cup at 18 to give Martin her first NHWGA State Am Golf title. Sports 101: Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez is in on pace to do something that hasn’t been done in 62 years. That would be to hit .330 or better with at least 50 home runs. It would make him just the fifth in baseball history to do that. Name the other four. Out-of-Town Golf Scores: Well, he didn’t make the cut into match play, but what a nice ride for Matt Paradis at the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. He shot 73 and 76 playing the world-famous courses on California’s Monterey Peninsula of Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course to miss the cut by three. Thumbs Up: To word that the great college basketball rivalry between Tennessee and UConn is back on. The two programs central to the evolution of the
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8 – over par two-day score shot by former Windham Country Club Assistant Pro Rich Berberian at the PGA championship, which left him short of making the cut for the tourney’s final two days. 9 – the spot the UNH football team is ranked nationally in the preseason
women’s game announced last week they’ll begin facing each other again in the regular season in 2020. Thumbs Down: Sad to see the UNH football career of Goffstown’s Andrew Duval may be over before it started after the 2017 Gatorade Player of the Year left the UNH pre-season camp last week. Sports 101 Answer: The four batters to hit .330 or better with at least 50 homers are Babe Ruth (’21, ‘22 and ’27), Jimmy Foxx (1931 and ’38 with Boston, .349, 50 and 175 RBI) the Cubs’ Hank Wilson in 1930 (.356-56-191), and Mickey Mantle in his triple crown-winning 1956 season (.353-52-130). On This Day – Aug. 23: 1964 – Note to overconfident Sox fans who think the AL East race is over already: The St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back of the league-leading Phillies and begin their rally this day to win the NL pennant and World Series. 1970 – Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente becomes the first with back-to-back five-hit games. 1992 – Dennis Eckersley, who earlier in the season became the first to save 40 straight games, becomes the first to record 40 saves in four straight seasons.
football polls. 11 – weirdly large number of hits recorded for a team being shut out as the Fisher Cats were for the second consecutive 5-0 score by the Altoona Curve on Wednesday. 40.6 – million dollars taken in bets in July during the first month of legal sports betting in the state of New Jersey. 66 – sick number of
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Jobs of yore in a modern-day world By Angie Sykeny & Scott Murphy
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rom medieval trades like blacksmithing to the 1950s tradition of milk delivery, local businesses and artisans across New Hampshire are still doing jobs from bygone eras. Of course, technology and societal shifts have changed many of these occupations to fit modern needs. Check out some of these old-school jobs and how they’ve changed here in the Granite State.
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Ronald Panneton Catamount Farm and Chichester Country Store, 257 Main St., Chichester, 435-7415, chichestercountrystore.com Since 2002, Catamount Farm in Chichester has brought back the morning tradition of waking up to glass milk bottles on the porch. Residents of the greater Concord area can sign up to receive deliveries of locally sourced milk, along with other local food items like cheese, butter and eggs. “It was right after 9/11, and we wanted to do something that made people happy and feel good about America and the way things used to be,” said Ronald Panneton, who owns the farm and Chichester Country Store with his wife, Robin. “We decided to try a dairy home delivery serHIPPO | AUGUST 23 - 29, 2018 | PAGE 12
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Chimney sweep
Steven Scally Fireside Sweeps, 15 Whittier Drive, Fremont, 895-8746, firesidesweeps.com
Fireplaces have been a New England staple since the colonial days, but the chimney sweeping industry is much younger than you’d expect. Professional chimney sweeps started to pop up en masse during the late 1970s due to a heightened focus on home safety. Since then, the average worker and the tools at their disposal have changed drastically. “It was a relatively new industry when I started 40 years ago, and we had the rods like people saw in Mary Poppins,” said Steven Scally, owner of Fireside Sweeps in Fremont. “There have been a lot of innovators along the way that have devised tools to make our jobs easier and more professional.” That includes camera systems and computer monitoring equipment that can help chimney sweeps identify what areas of a chimney need to be cleaned and maintained. Scally added that staying up to date on building codes and manufacturing standards is another crucial aspect of the job. “If you’re a certified sweep, you’re held to standard of care,” said Scally. “We need to be knowledgeable of codes and changes in technology so homeowners can feel safe.” On top of inspecting and repairing a variety of chimneys and fireplaces in different types of homes, Scally also has to stay up to date on new models of oil, wood stove and pellet heating systems. Scally said his profession is especially relevant in New Hampshire and the Northeast, where wood stoves are more common due to the availability of firewood. “It comes down to wood being more available; people can easily cut and split wood themselves,” said Scally. “Plus it’s cheaper to heat the house with wood than just using oil.”
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Gary Hendricks Gary’s Boot’n Shoe Repair, 11 Factory St., Nashua, 562-5313, shoerepairnashua.net
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Before tossing out your old pair of dress shoes, consider taking them to a cobbler to polish off the wear and tear instead. Shoe repair shops have dwindled over time, but Gary Hendricks has continued mending shoes, handbags, belts and more at his store in Nashua. “I’ve fixed just about anything you can imagine that’s made with leather,” said Hendricks. “Some people will come to me with tents and boat covers, and I’ve even done some upholstery work when things get too slow.” Hendricks began his career 50 years ago when he started stitching baseball gloves and shining shoes at a shop in Natick, Mass. Nowadays, he said, the resources available to cobblers have shrunk due to environmental regulations. Many tanneries in the U.S. have shut down due to improper disposal of hazardous materials, and Hendricks now travels to Germany to handpick the leather he uses. The tools at his disposal have advanced quite a bit over the years as well. He said the roughly 40 unique pieces of equipment in his shop are well worth $150,000 total. And since the various presses and polishing machines have a niche purpose, he has to know how to fix them all himself. Hendricks admitted that these overhead costs explain why some shoe repair projects can be a bit expensive. But at the end of the day, he said, the quality of repaired leather is well worth the price tag.
“A repaired shoe will last you longer than a new shoe, because the quality of material we use is far superior than what comes out of the factory,” said Hendricks. “I actually stamp the date into the back of shoes I repair and encourage people to go out and buy new shoes to judge which pair lasts longer. It’s usually the repaired shoe.”
General store owner Kay Normington Windham Junction C ountry Gift Shop & Kitchen, 128 North Lowell Road, Windham, 434-7467, windhamjunction.com The key focus of Windham Junction is “nostalgia.” The building was originally built in 1886 and sits just a short walk from the Windham Rail Trail. For many customers, the store and kitchen’s country atmosphere transports them to their childhood memories of rural New Hampshire. “It’s a good representation of what you find in northern New Hampshire,” said owner Kay Normington. “It’s easier for people in the area to stop in and feel like they’re in North Conway. There’s not a lot of places around here that have that feel.” Since opening the store in 2004 and cafe two years later, Normington and her husband Jon have undertaken various improvement projects around the property. But customers love the vintage feel of the place, which is why the old enamel decorations and wood floor are there to stay. That also goes for the menu and gift shop offerings. Normington said the kitchen focuses on a lot of comfort food that people ate in their childhood, including shepherd’s pie, classic Reubens and burgers. In the store, people can find a wide array of gifts and antiques, ranging from folk art to knit gloves to handmade soap. “Our business has turned into a bit of a tourist spot, which I never expected would happen,” said Normington. “People look for these kinds of businesses when they come to New Hampshire, so we try to carry nostalgic items and work hard at keeping that old-school comfort feeling.”
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Sheep shearer Jay Mariacher Mariacher Shearing Services, 311 Lee Hook Road, Lee, 767-4533, facebook.com/ MariacherShearing Despite being a biblically old profession, the actual practice of sheep shearing hasn’t changed all that much. Jay Mariacher still uses the same techniques at his farm in Lee as he did when he started shearing sheep nearly 40 years ago. Of course, the tools of the trade have evolved to cut down on the time it takes to give sheep their proper haircuts. “We basically do the same thing people have done for hundreds of years,” said Mariacher. “People used to use whatever sharp stone or steel they had to cut the wool off. Nowadays, most shearers use electric shearers, though a few people I know still shear with hand blades.” Mariacher said the average sheep takes two-and-a-half to three minutes to fully shear. Different breeds are shorn either once or twice a year depending on how quickly their wool grows, and a sheep is typically ready when their fibers reach between four and five inches. The quality of that wool also varies greatly. On Mariacher’s farm in Lee, his flock of 60 sheep produces about 2,000 pounds of wool a year. The wool produced by his breed of sheep has a more durable, rugged feel, which is why he sells it to be used in carpeting and insulation instead of for clothing. Between March and August, Mariacher is on the road to offer his shearing services along the East Coast. He travels from the Florida panhandle up to Quebec to meet clients, who range from having one to two sheep in the backyard to a flock of 400 sheep. Over the years, Mariacher has also started shearing alpacas, llamas and goats. But no matter what the animal, he said regular shearings are crucial to their well-being. “Anything with fiber, hair or wool needs to be shorn,” said Mariacher. “It’s responsible animal husbandry. If you have a sheep carrying 50 pounds of extra wool, it doesn’t let them breathe or move around properly, especially if they get wet.”
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Umit Uysal Salem Custom Tailoring, 354 North Broadway, Salem, 890-9155, salemcustomtailoring.com Habib Uysal’s career as a tailor took him everywhere from Colorado to Saks Fifth Avenue to upstate New York. Originally from Turkey, the Uysal family eventually settled in Salem about 20 years ago to be near the Turkish community right over the border in Methuen, Mass. Salem Custom Tailoring has since become a popular spot for repairs and alterations to all types of garments. “Humans aren’t made in a factory, and you can’t always find clothes that fit you 100 percent perfectly,” said Umit Uysal, who helps run the business with his father Habib and brother Ozzy. “If you’re in between sizes and care about how you look, you’ll get them hemmed or taken in or whatever needs to be done.” Certain jobs still require handwork with a needle and thread, but the business typically uses its commercial sewing machines. Along with suits and other formal wear, Uysal said jobs range from sewing patches on biker vests and ranks onto military uniforms to altering window curtains. “We will do certain jobs for the same day or the next day, but we prefer to have a week to do the job right,” said Usal. “Tailoring isn’t like dry cleaning. You need to put time and effort into it to get the best outcome and fit exactly what the client needs.” Come May and June, the store is bombarded with prom dresses to mend and resize, and then right after that starts wedding season. The company recently expanded its business to sell bridesmaid, homecoming and prom dresses, as well as tuxedo sales and rentals.
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births are more common today, but some women still seek a traditional model, like the one Sarah Bay provides. As a certified nurse-midwife, Bay works with the expecting mother through every step of her pregnancy and helps prepare her to give birth at home. “I think a big part of why my practice and others like it are working is that it provides more individualized care that adapts to the family,” Bay said. “It’s not just medical care. It’s more intimate. It’s a relationship that I have with the patient. I think that’s something that women keep wanting.” To qualify for a home birth, the patient must be in good health and have a lowrisk pregnancy. When the patient goes into labor, Bay arrives at the home with a kit of medical supplies that meets the standard of care all medical professionals are required to follow for safety and cleanliness, as well as medications to treat certain complications that may occur. She conducts routine health assessments of the mother and baby every 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the stage of labor. “It’s what you’d get at a hospital, but you’re getting it at home instead,” Bay said. “Most of the time, the birth works out nicely with less intervention, but we have the modern medicine there when we need it. We’re able to weave modern medicine into the traditional care of a midwife.”
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If you’re ever in need of an old-fashioned barrel, Ron Raiselis has you covered. Raiselis is a cooper, someone who makes casks and kegs by hand. Most of his work is done for historic sites, museums and reenactors. “By the 1900s, machine work had taken over, and there was very little reason to do coopering work by hand, so my work is mostly making copies of things made in the 18th and 19th centuries,” he said. “If you’re going to craft something by hand, you have to have something to justify it, and making [barrel] reproductions for historical reenactments seemed like the perfect reason to do it.” He also gets requests from people with historic homes who want traditional barrels as decor or for storing items, since real antique barrels are often contaminated. Another aspect of Raiselis’ work is giving coopering demonstrations at historic sites and history events. His demonstrations are unique because he makes barrels and casks not with metal hoops but with wooden hoops — a practice used by very few modern-day coopers. While Raiselis does the coopering by hand the traditional way, he is grateful for modern equipment to help with some of the more tedious tasks, like cutting wood. “I’ll use a chainsaw to cut the logs because that doesn’t require any special skill,” he said. “It’s just a convenience and a time saver and a way to get that part of the work done faster.”
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Denis Carignan Carignan Watch Co., 38 Church St., Belmont, 267-6933, cwrnh.com Though watchmakers are mostly a thing of the past, the demand for their services hasn’t gone away, watchmaker Denis Carignan said. “People assume there’s little business, but it’s not that way,” he said. “Pretty much everyone has an antique or vintage watch in their family, and most highend watches today are still mechanical
and require regular service.” Carignan is unique in that he manufactures new parts for the watches by hand. “A lot of watchmakers just buy the part and swap it out, but I can do a major restoration of a watch with parts that are antique and obsolete because I can make the parts,” he said. “I specialize in the unrepairable.” To manufacturer those outdated parts, Carignan also needed outdated equipment and tools. Some of them date back to the 1800s. Others, he couldn’t find, and had to manufacture himself. He uses some modern, computerized equipment, too, and some antique hand- and treadle-operated tools that he updated to be motorized. Carignan is a self-taught watchmaker and learned by working through watchmaking course books from the 1940s. “I got obsessed with it. It’s all I thought about for years, and I put everything I had into it,” he said. The most rewarding thing about his work, Carignan said, is restoring a family heirloom watch or a watch with sentimental value to a person that was seemingly unrepairable. “Seeing the person’s face when they get the watch back and see it in its original glory, looking like new again — giving them that joy is what makes this fun for me,” he said.
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In colonial times, the blacksmith made everything needed for daily life, from pots and pans to sewing needles and scissors, but all that changed in the industrial age. Ralph Sproul. Courtesy photo. “They started making parts that could make duplicate parts, and basically, the blacksmith was clever enough to put himself out of business,” blacksmith Ralph Sproul said. Though blacksmiths don’t have nearly the amount of work that they had in the old days, there is still a need for custom items that can’t easily be created by machine. Sproul is often commissioned to craft things like railings, gates, archways, chandeliers and other light fixtures, weathervanes, sculptures and various decor for homes, businesses and parks, as well as custom parts for restoring outdated machinery. “I have a lot of farmers come to me to save their old tractors because the parts aren’t made anymore, and if they can’t get that part, the whole tractor is junk,” he said, “so I can revive their machine by making the parts that it needs.” Sproul also crafts blacksmithing tools and molds for himself and other blacksmiths.
“Having the ability to make my own tools gives me the ability to design and build anything you want.” he said. Though the basic process of blacksmithing has remained the same, blacksmiths of today often use contemporary appliances for convenience, like a torch instead of a coal fire. “The invention of the torch was one of the greatest things for blacksmiths because you can pinpoint the heat to bend and cut things,” he said. “Innovation and modern tools have really expanded things for us.”
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Most people stopped using camera film when digital photography became mainstream, but for those who didn’t, or those who returned to it for its nostalgic value, Gary Fischer. Courtesy photo. the Peterborough Camera Shop will develop the film, the same way it has since it opened in 1974. “Typically people who had a lot invested in their old equipment still use film, and there’s a whole movement towards film, the same way there is towards [vinyl] albums. It has a certain richness that people find is lacking in digital,” shop owner Gary Fischer said. “As long as it’s a service people still desire, we’re happy to continue offering it.” The shop can develop photos taken on 35mm, APS, 120 and 220 roll film, and most other “odd-ball sizes and old cartridges that people come in with,” Fischer said. The customer can get the photos as prints in various sizes, contact prints or have the photos burned onto a CD. Rather than using the traditional darkroom development process, the shop uses a machine that replicates the process more efficiently and without the mess. “It’s done in the same way, in a sense,” Fischer said. “In a darkroom, the photos are hung in different vats of chemicals; the machine we have uses the same chemicals, but it’s automated, so we run the film through and it comes out developed.” In addition to film developing, the shop sells film cartridges, cameras and equipment; rents cameras and equipment and offers digital printing and matting, mounting and framing services.
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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT AUGUST 23 - 29, 2018, AND BEYOND Thursday, Aug. 23
In this lull between the big popcorn movies of summer and the big prestige movies of fall, there’s still a lot going on at area theaters. There are silent films on the schedule, starting with the 1926 film The General starring Buster Keaton and screening tonight at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St. in Concord; redrivertheatres.org). Jeff Rapsis provides live musical accompaniment and tickets cost $12. Rapsis will also accompany the Sunday, Aug. 26, 4:30 p.m. screening of the Harold Lloyd Series including Never Weaken (1921) at Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Main St. in Wilton; wiltontownhalltheatre.com). Portsmouth also has film events tonight: The Music Hall (28 Chestnut St. in Portsmouth; themusichall.org) will screen the No Man’s Land Film Festival, an “all-woman adventure film festival” featuring 16 short films today at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $12. Last summer’s excellent Wonder Woman will screen in Prescott Park starting at 8 p.m. (see prescottpark.org for table and blanket reservation information) or see a movie inside at the Cinemagic (2454 Lafayette Road), where they’re screening 1996’s Twister at 8 p.m. as part of their Cult Classics series (tickets cost $8.75). Back at Red River Theatres, Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, an interesting and ultimately hopeful documentary narrated by Anthony Bourdain and released in 2017, will screen on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m (tickets cost $5) as part of an event that also includes a panel discussion.
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EAT: Caribbean food The 1Love Caribbean Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Milford Community House (5 Union St. in Milford) and celebrate Caribbean food, music, culture and more and is held by the Caribbean Fete & Culture Group.
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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will play the Portland Sea Dogs tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive in Manchester; nhfishercats.com, 641-2005) with post-game fireworks. The Fisher Cats will then play the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in home games Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday Aug. 25, at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 26, at 1:35 p.m. Promotions for the weekend include a football giveaway on Friday and a backpack giveaway to the first 1,000 kids on Sunday.
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Pembroke & Allenstown celebrate Old Home Day today, starting at 9 a.m. with music at the reviewing stand on Main Street in the Village and at the Allenstown Gazebo. Fun runs throughout the day at Memorial Field (Pleasant Street in Pembroke) and includes kids’ activities, a petting zoo, antique cars, crafters, food vendors and more. The evening will feature a fireworks display at Memorial Field (pembroke-nh.com).
DRINK: A new local brew Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave. in Manchester; greatnorthaleworks.com) will have a special beer release as part of its third birthday bash on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 6 p.m. The day will include a pig roast, live music, games and more.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
The summer concert series in Emerson Park (12 Mont Vernon St. in Milford) concludes with Cover Story, a cover band, tonight at 7 p.m.
BE MERRY: With a road trip The state is full of festivals and celebrations this weekend. The 3rd Annual Rochester Pride Street Festival to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community will run from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, and include vendors, live music and a post-festival dance party (rochestermfa.org/ pride). The Muster Field Farm Museum (Harvey Road in North Sutton) will hold a Farm Days Celebration Saturday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Aug. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring hay rides, a kiddie tractor pull, demonstrations and more (musterfieldfarm.com).
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ARTS Art in the streets
Nashua urban arts festival moves to Main Street
tive community art wall where attendees can create art of their own; a photo area with props, set up in front of PSA’s “Nostalgia” mural painted on the side of the building at 174 Main St.; and a vendor fair featuring more than 20 artists selling photography, fine art, jewelry and other kinds of art. “We like to foster local and emerging artists of all varieties and give them a place to express whatever art they do,” Walley said. PSA will have its own merchandise table with T-shirts, sunglasses, stickers, temporary tattoos and other items displaying PSA’s new logo, which will be revealed for the first time at the event. Several food trucks will also be onsite. The Downtown Arts Fest is PSA’s biggest event of the year. “We’ve been doing big things in the community, and this is a chance to bring everyone together, to give them an idea of what PSA does,” Walley said, “but more importantly, to show them what their community has to offer as far as art and artists, and to have a good time centered around artistic expression.”
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A move to Main Street in Nashua means more space for more urban art activities — including a dance-off, a live art battle and a DJ competition — at this year’s Downtown Arts Fest, which Positive Street Art is bringing back for its fifth year on Saturday, Aug. 25. Previously, it was held at the Parc de Notre Renaissance Francaise on Water Street. “We’re really excited to be taking it to Main Street. We’re excited about getting more traffic and being able to hold so many more vendors and activities,” Carolyn Walley, PSA director of business outreach and promotions, said. “I think it really shows how far PSA has come in the community in the six years since it was founded.” Main Street between Pearl and Temple streets will be closed to car traffic and bustling with all kinds of activities that celebrate PSA’s mission to inspire a passion for urban art in a productive way. The highlight of the day, Walley said, is a series of three competitions: a DJ competition, an all-style dance-off and a live art battle. In the live art battle, artists will have 90 minutes with a blank canvas and different kinds of paint to create their own work of art in front of a live audience. The DJ competition and dance-off will take place on a stage set up in the middle of the event, where performances including a youth dance group will also take place throughout the day. Anyone can sign up for the dance-
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off at the event, but people who wish to compete in the DJ competition or the live art battle should contact PSA in advance. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners, who will be selected by a panel of judges. “A lot of people know about our murals; they’ve received a lot of publicity, and that’s awesome and great, but we’re not just about murals,” Walley said. “With all the different competitions and [activities at the event], it allows us to show that
there is a wide variety of artistic expression that we foster at our organization.” In the PSA showcase, artists associated with PSA will display and sell their own artwork. A silent auction will also feature PSA-created art, including art that was created in previous live art battles. The PSA KidZone will have giant bean bags by Nashua-based company Yogibo, a chalkboard car for kids to color on, face painting and a coloring table. Other festivities will include an interac-
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Art Events • MANCHESTER TROLLEY NIGHTS Trolleys will circulate to many of Manchester’s art studios, galleries and cultural attractions. Thurs., July 26 and Sept. 20, 5 to 8 p.m. Trolley pickup at entrance of the Millyard Museum, Commercial Street, Manchester. Free. Visit manchestertrolley.org. • FALL STUDIO GALLERY OPEN HOUSE Sat., Sept. 22, and Sun., Sept. 23, noon to 4 p.m. JoAnne Lussier Fine Art, 40 Merrill Road, Weare. Visit joannelussier.com.
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paint on canvas through a unique method that enabled the artists to communicate their creative vision; assistants, known as Trackers, executed the artistic actions based on the artists’ “yes” and “no” answers to a series of questions, indicated through facial expressions, vocalizations and head and eye movement. The artists decided the canvas size, paint colors and tools used to apply the paint, as well as the precise locations of the paint application. Call 405-698-1951 or visit naaa-arthub.org. • Printmaker exhibits: The printmaking artwork of New Hampshire Art Association member Davida Cook is on display now through Aug. 31 at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce (49 S. Main St., Suite 104, Concord). Her current “Lake Series” includes hauntingly beautiful scenes beneath the surface of the lake using a foam plate printing technique. She uses Japanese washi and other papers as well as printmaking pigments used only by seasoned printmakers. Viewing hours at the Chamber are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 224-2508 or visit nhartassociation.org. — Angie Sykeny
15, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Rockywold Deephaven Camps, 18 Bacon Road, Holderness. Visit squamartworkshops.com. • CONCORD ARTS MARKET Handmade arts, crafts and goods by local craftspeople and artists. Saturdays, June 2 through Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bicentennial Square, Concord. Visit concordartsmarket.net. In the Galleries • “SCENES AT THE BEACH” Featuring paintings by New Hampshire Art Association member Susan Clement. On view through September. 2 Pillsbury St., Concord. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “WELCOME TO BIRD LAND” Work by Michele L’Heureux includes an interactive bird blind, collage, cos-
tumes, prints, photography, and works of art from the Lamont Gallery collection. On view through Aug. 24. Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter. Visit exeter.edu/lamontgallery. • “THROUGH THE ARTIST’S EYES” Summer show features work by more than 90 regional artists that focuses on the perspective of the world as seen through an artist’s eye. On view through Sept. 14. Art 3 Gallery, 44 W. Brook St., Manchester. Call 668-6650 or visit art3gallery.com. • DAVIDA COOK Printmaking artwork. On view through Aug. 31. Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, 49 S. Main St., Suite 104, Concord. Call 2242508 or visit nhartassociation. org.
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• Furniture exhibition: The New Hampshire Institute of Art will host an exhibition, “Tradition with a New Vision,” featuring the work of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters, in its Roger Williams Gallery (77 Amherst St., Manchester) Aug. 24 through Sept. 20, with an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition is a preview of the work that will be shown at Masters’ Pieces - The Main Event, an annual fundraiser for the Furniture Masters to be held at the Currier Museum of Art on Saturday, Sept. 22. It will also feature work by participants of the Furniture Masters’ Prison Outreach Programs in Maine and New Hampshire, and by NHIA undergraduate students who participated in a summer mentorship with members of the Furniture Masters. Visit furnituremasters.org. • Mixed media art: The work of mixed media artist Tracy Lynne Hayes is on view this month at the Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) in the Image Gallery. Hayes’ current series, “Background Noise,” explores media, technique and vision. Her chosen media include acrylic paint, ink, charcoal and graphite powder. The exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours. Call 589-4610 or visit nashualibrary.org. • Creative freedom: The Nashua Area Artists’ Association hosts a “Free Expression” exhibition, featuring art by residents of Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Groton, Mass., a center for children and adults with disabilities, at the ArtHub gallery (30 Temple St., Nashua), now through the end of August. The artwork was done with acrylic
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• A replacement for the Leddy Center: A new theater program has launched in Epping, based at the Epping Playhouse, a 180-seat playhouse set on a 100-acre historic farm located at 38 Ladd’s Lane, the former Leddy Center. After the Leddy Center closed in May, people from the community did not want the town to be without a theater program. They formed a board of directors for the Epping Community Theater and are running it under the Epping Recreation Department. Starting in the fall, there will be classes and workshops, audition calls and a production schedule. Two productions have already been announced: continuing in the tradition of the Leddy Center, A Christmas Carol in December, with auditions on Saturday, Sept. 15, and Sunday, Sept. 16, followed by Alice in Wonderland in the spring. Visit facebook. com/EppingTheater. • Calling teen performers: The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) will hold auditions for its upcoming Fall Semester of Teen Company and Teen Apprentice Company on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. The companies are open to performers ages 12 through 18 who want an intensive theater experience. Bring a headshot and resume, and be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of your choice, preferably a song from musical theater, and learn a dance combination.
• OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT On view through Oct. 14. Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord. Visit themillbrookgallery.com. • NHAA ANNUAL SHEAFE WAREHOUSE SUMMER EXHIBIT Small works in all media by 50 NHAA members, art demos and children’s activities. On view through Aug. 26. Prescott Park, 105-123 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation.org. • 39TH ANNUAL JACK PARFITT JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION Forty-two entries were selected by juror Bruce Myren and will be on display. Entries for the exhibit were from NHAA members and non-members. On view Aug. 1 through Sept. 2. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Main Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “AS SHE SEES IT” Painting exhibit by NHAA members Diane Bragdon and Tricia Man-
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents Ghost the Musical. Courtesy photo.
Both companies begin in September and run through mid-November. Rehearsals are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m., and Saturday or Sunday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., or 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., depending on the company and dance placement. The semester will conclude with a fullscale musical, TBA. If accepted into either company, there is a semester fee of $450. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588. • A spirited musical: The Winnipesaukee Playhouse (33 Footlight Circle, Meredith) presents Ghost the Musical now through Sept. 1, with showtimes Monday through Saturday, at 7:30 p.m., and additional shows on Thursday, Aug. 23, and Monday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. Based on the 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, the musical tells the story of a murdered man who becomes a ghost and must communicate through a psychic to save his girlfriend from the same fate. Tickets cost $20 to $34. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org or call 279-0333. — Angie Sykeny
sfield. The theme of the show is landscapes and seascapes. On view Aug. 1 through Sept. 2. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, East Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “FREE EXPRESSION” Featuring art by residents of Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Groton, Mass., a center for children and adults with disabilities. The artwork was done with acrylic paint on canvas through a unique method that enabled the artists to communicate their creative vision; assistants, known as Trackers, executed the artistic actions based on the artists’ “yes” and “no” answers to a series of questions, indicated through facial expressions, vocalizations and head and eye movement. The artists decided the canvas size, paint colors and tools used to apply the paint, as well as the precise locations of the paint application. On view through August. ArtHub gallery, 30 Temple St., Nashua.
Call 405-698-1951 or visit naaaarthub.org. • SPRING/SUMMER EXHIBITION Featuring the work of five painters and one sculptor. On view through Sept. 2. Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 236 Hopkinton Road, Concord. Visit themillbrookgallery.com. • “BEYOND WORDS: BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID M. CARROLL, TOMIE DEPAOLA AND BETH KROMMES” On view June 16 through Sept. 9. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors 65+, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17, free for children under age 13. Visit currier. org or call 669-6144.
Openings • ALAN WOOD RECEPTION Photographer exhibits. Thurs., Sept. 6, 5 to 7 p.m. Gateway Gallery at Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth. Visit greatbay.edu.
PIPPI’S ADVENTURES The Peterborough Players (55 Hadley Road, Peterborough) Second Company presents Pippi Longstocking on Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday, Aug. 25, at 2 p.m. Based on the book by Astrid Lindgren and adapted for the stage by Thomas W. Olson, the musical follows Pippi Longstocking, a spunky girl with red pigtails and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson, who gets caught up in all kinds of crazy adventures, from fending of burglars, to wrestling a circus strongman, to sailing away on a pirate ship. Tickets cost $11 for adults and $9 for children. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org.
• “TRADITION WITH A NEW VISION” RECEPTION Exhibition featuring the work of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters. The exhibition is a preview of the work that will be shown at Masters’ Pieces - The Main Event, an annual fundraiser for the Furniture Masters to be held at the Currier Museum of Art on Saturday, Sept. 22. It will also feature wor by participants of the Furniture Masters’ Prison Outreach Programs in Maine and New Hampshire, and by NHIA undergraduate students who participated in a summer mentorship with members of the Furniture Masters. Fri., Sept. 7, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. New Hampshire Institute of Art, 77 Amherst St., Manchester. Visit furnituremasters.org. Workshops/classes • REALISTIC WATERCOLOR VIA TRANSPARENT WASHES Learn how to take preliminary drawing and light washes and develop them into realistic images; the meaning and uses of color theory to enhance the depth of field painting; and how to incorporate images of subject matter of interest. Sat., Aug. 25, and Sun., Aug. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ArtHub, 30 Temple St., Nashua. $250. Email NaaaMembership@gmail.com. • REALISTIC WATERCOLOR VIA TRANSPARENT WASHES Learn how to develop realistic images from preliminary drawing and light washes; and the meaning and uses of color theory to enhance the depth of field in your paintings. Sat., Aug. 25, and Sun., Aug. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ArtHub, 30 Temple St, Nashua. $250. Visit naaa-arthub.org. Theater Productions • BEST ENEMIES Aug. 17 through Aug. 26. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • PRIVATE PROPERTY An
original play. Aug. 17 through Aug. 26. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $14 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. Visit playersring.org. • PIPPI LONGSTOCKING The Peterborough Players Second Company presents. Aug. 18 through Aug. 25. 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. Tickets cost $11 for adults and $9 for children. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org. • XANADU The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. Aug. 2 through Aug. 26. 125 Bow St. , Portsmouth. Tickets cost $16 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472. • THE MAN OF DESTINY The Peterborough Players present. Aug. 15 through Aug. 26. 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. Tickets cost $42. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org. • GHOST THE MUSICAL The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents. Aug. 16 through Sept. 1. 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Tickets cost $20 to $34. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org. • THE JUNGLE BOOK The 2018 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Series presents. Thurs., Aug. 23, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $9. Visit palacetheatre.org. • THE BODINESS NH Theatre Project presents. Aug. 24 through Sept. 9. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $20. Visit nhtheatreproject.org. • “NOTHING UP MY SLEEVES” Magician Chris Lengyel performs. Sat., Aug. 25, 7 p.m. Stockbridge Theater, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. $20. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com. • SEXY LINGERIE The Peterborough Players present. Aug. 29 through Sept. 9. 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. Tickets cost $42. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org. • ECHOES ON THE PEAKS Trail Mix Productions presents. Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. Hat-
box Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • REEFER MADNESS The Actorsingers present. Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. Court Street Theatre, 14 Court St. , Nashua. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Visit actorsingers.org. Auditions/open calls • TEEN AUDITIONS The Palace Theatre will hold auditions for its upcoming Fall Semester of Teen Company and Teen Apprentice Company. The companies are open to performers ages 12 through 18 who want an intensive theater experience. Bring a headshot and resume, and be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song of your choice, preferably a song from musical theatre, and learn a dance combination. Both companies begin in September and run through mid-November. Rehearsals are on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m., and Saturday or Sunday from 9:30 to 11 a.m., or 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., depending on the company and dance placement. The semester will conclude with a full-scale musical, TBA. If accepted into either company, there is a semester fee of $450. Wed., Aug. 29, 5 p.m. The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit palacetheatre. org or call 668-5588. Classical Music Events • THE UPTOWN JAZZ TENTET A Juilliard Alumni Jazz Orchestra. Summer Music Associates presents. Fri., Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m. Sawyer Theater, Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main St. , New London. $25 for adults and $5 for students. Visit summermusicassociates.org. • INTOWN CONCERT: STRING QUARTET Symphony NH presents. Fri., Sept. 14, 2 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Free. Visit symphonynh.org.
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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Creative space
Mini Maker Faire returns as NH Maker & Food Fest By Angie Sykeny
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From pottery and puppetry to comics and robotics, creativity comes in all forms at the NH Maker & Food Fest, happening Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover and the nearby One Washington Mill and Henry Law Park. The event will feature more than 50 makers, including engineers, scientists, artists, craftspeople, cosplayers and others, interactive workshops, performances and about a dozen local food vendors. “It’s a celebration of all the creativity and inventiveness that happens in New Hampshire,” said museum president Jane Bard, who defines a maker as “anyone who uses creativity and imagination to make the world better.” The event was renamed this year from the Dover Mini Maker Faire, a name Bard said didn’t do the event justice. “I think ‘mini’ made people think that it was just for young people, or that it was smaller than it was, but really there’s nothing mini about it,” she said. “It’s a misnomer that it’s just for kids or families. About half the people who come are adults who come without children. It’s interesting no matter what age you are.” The exhibiting makers are individuals, students and school groups, businesses and adult hobby groups from throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts and southern Maine, who were chosen through an application process. “We try to showcase people who have a passion for what they do and are interested in engaging and educating visitors,” Bard said. Maker projects and topics will include robotics, artificial intelligence, art, toolmaking, lasers, books, comics, cosplay, basket weaving, astronomy, puppet25 Kiddie pool Family activities this week. Children & Teens Art classes & programs • SUCCULENT PLANT ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOP All materials for one arrangement will be included for each registered person, including a glass container, plant appropriate soil, directions for plant care and three small succulent or sedum plants. Sat., Sept. 1, 7 to 8 p.m. Studio 550 Community Art Center, 550 Elm St., Manchester. $35 per person. Visit 550arts.com or call 232-5597.
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ry, health, soap box derby, sustainability, electronics, Lego and more. One of the groups that will be participating is the North East Ghostbusters Alliance: Taskforce Ecto. The Ghostbusters cosplayers will roam the fair, showing off their handmade costumes and props, including replica proton packs built with microcontrollers for synchronized lights and sounds and even Bluetooth capability. “There are many maker facets that go into cosplay: electronics, sewing, leather working,” group member Wayne Moulton Jr. said. “We do a lot with 3D printing, where we use modeling to make gadgets from the movie and 3D print any special parts that can’t be acquired.” Attendees can participate in workshops like making a shrink sculpture necklace, storytelling, an egg drop challenge and robotics demonstrations.
There will be a number of performances on the Henry Law Park Stage, including a folk band, Irish step dancing, a ukulele group, an a capella group and a Harry Potter comedy magic act. As indicated in the event’s new name, food will be a large part of the event this year. About a dozen food trucks will be on site selling ice cream frozen with liquid nitrogen, kettle-popped popcorn, traditional Scottish shortbread, smoothies, Jamaican specialties, cupcakes and more. “We wanted to highlight food this year because food makers are makers as well,” Bard said. “They have to be creative when it comes to the ingredients and the presentation of the food.” Attendees will also have a chance to vote for their favorite food vendor; the winner of the Fan Favorite Food Vendor award will be announced at the end of the day.
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Nature • ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD Play H2Olympics, learn the journey of a single drop of water and take home conservation tips that everyone can do, no matter where you live or what your age. Sat., Aug. 25, 10 a.m. to noon. Amoskeag Fishways Learning & Visitors Center, 4 Fletcher St., Manchester. $5 per family; registration with payment is required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474.
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Clubs Garden • NASHUA GARDEN CLUB PROGRAM: SEED SAVING Advanced master gardener Ron Trexler of the UNH Cooperative Extension master gardener program, will be the presenter. He will provide tips and techniques about how to preserve and save seeds. Wed., Sept. 5, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, 121 Manchester St., Nashua. Free members and $5 for non-members. Visit nashuagardenclub.org.
Crafts Fairs • 29TH ANNUAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND CRAFT FAIR AT THE BAY Sat., Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun., Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Mon., Sept. 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Alton Bay Community House & Grounds, 24 Mt. Major Highway, Alton. Free admission. Visit castleberryfairs.com. • APPLE COUNTRY CRAFT FAIR More than 60 juried crafters will be presenting their handmade wares such as pottery, jewelry, textiles, artwork, specialty
Moulton, who has participated in the event for several years, said it’s been interesting to watch it “grow and diversify.” “It has tons of stuff for everyone — the robotics, the comics, the computer programs and now, this year, the food focus,” he said. “It’s cool to be able to see everyone coming together to display what they do and how it works.” NH Maker & Food Fest When: Saturday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover, and nearby areas of One Washington Mill and Henry Law Park Cost: Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Kids age 5 and under are admitted free. Visit: childrens-museum.org 28 Car Talk Ray gives you car advice.
foods and much more. Sat., Sept. 8, and Sun., Sept. 9, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 Peabody Row, Londonderry. Free. Visit stpeterslondonderry.org. Workshops • INTRODUCTION TO METAL CLAY Metal clay consists of microscopic particles of silver, copper and base metals combined with an organic binder. Participants will learn the workings of the clay, the tools used and the process from beginning
to end to make pendants, charms, earrings and more. Sat., Sept. 15, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $46 tuition plus a $25 materials fee. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 5958233. • FABRIC COLLAGE Using hand-dyed cottons and batiks, participants will explore an improvisational approach to making fabric collages using a raw edge machine applique technique. Sat., Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen Nashua
Old Home Day with fireworks on Friday, Aug. 24, and a day full of events on Saturday, Aug. 25, including kids games and activities, live performances, art, a 5K run and town historical activities (masonnh.us). And there is more hometown fun in the coming weeks. Check out a list of upcoming Family fun for the weekend Old Home Day celebrations on page 23 of the Aug. 9 issue of the Hippo. Go to hippopress. The bare necessities The Palace Theatre’s (80 Hanover St., Man- com and click on past issues. chester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588) 2018 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Yes, already Series ends with The Jungle Book on ThursBy the time you read this, the start of a new day, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets school year will be less than a week away for cost $9 per person and everybody needs a many New Hampshire students. ticket. The shows are family-friendly — In Nashua, students entering kindergarten about 45 minutes to an hour and condensed, through 12th grade can head to the Nashua music-filled versions of the popular stories. Public Library (2 Court St.; nashualibrary.org) for “Nashua Goes Back to School Night,” held outdoors in the library plaza from 5 to And more kid music Or send off summer with a concert. Kidz 6:30 p.m. Nashua principals will be there to Bop Live hits the Main Stage at Bank of New meet students and families, the event will feaHampshire Pavilion (72 Meadowbrook Lane ture free school supplies and other giveaways in Gilford; banknhpavilion.com) on Sunday, and the Lions Club will offer eye screenings, Aug. 26, at 5 p.m. Kid performers do kid- according to the library website. The event will also feature entertainment and raffles. friendly takes on pop hits. And kids from all over can head to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats game at NorthFair season The Pembroke & Allenstown Old Home east Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive in Day celebration on Saturday, Aug. 25, has Manchester; nhfishercats.com, 641-2005) on oodles of kid-friendly activities on its sched- Sunday, Aug. 26 at 1:30 p.m. The Fisher Cats ule. Music starts the day at 9 a.m. at the will play the Binghamton Rumble Ponies and reviewing stand on Main Street in the Vil- the first 1,000 kids will get a free Fisher Cats lage and at the Allenstown Gazebo; most of backpack. The kids can also work off some the day’s action happens at Memorial Field of that nervous pre-school energy by running (Pleasant Street in Pembroke) where you’ll the bases after the game. find a kids’ scavenger hunt, mini golf, pony ride, petting zoo, hay rides, houses and games. A good breakfast Before Sunday’s game, the Fisher Cats will The day also features a parade and fireworks. host a Pirate Breakfast with Captain Jack See pembroke-nh.com. In Boscawen, they’re celebrating Old and Rogues Armada, beginning at 11:30 Home Week, with events such as Children’s a.m. The event will include unlimited panNight at the Twigg Gallery (Wednesday, Aug. cakes and other breakfast eats and beverages 22), a community garden dedication (Thurs- and appearances by costumed pirates who day, Aug. 23) and a whole lineup of events will be available for photos and lead pirate on Saturday, Aug. 25. A parade starts at 11 song sing-alongs. Tickets cost $24 and are a.m. with Old Home Day Chefs serving up available online. Or, if your weekend plans take you to eats starting at noon. Crafter tables, games, demonstrations, inflatables and face painting the Strafford County area, stop by the First will run from 1:30 to 4 p.m. followed by a Church Congregational (63 S. Main St. chicken barbecue at the town hall, music and in Rochester; 332-1121, first-ucc.net) for fireworks at 9 p.m. See townofboscawen.org. a blueberry pancake breakfast from 8 Mason will celebrate its 250 birthday and a.m. to noon. INSIDE/OUTSIDE
Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $62 tuition due upon registration, with a $15 materials fee payable to the instructor. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233. Dance • SACRED CIRCLE DANCE Fri., Aug. 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Portsmouth Center for Yoga and the Arts, 95 Albany St., No. 14, Portsmouth. Ranges from $5 to $15. Visit portsmouthyoga. com/vlt6082.htm. • CONTRA DANCE Featur-
ing Jean Gorrindo calling with the band Cloud Ten. Sat., Sept. 1, 8 p.m. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough. $10 general admission; $7 for students and seniors. Visit monadnockfolk.org or call 762-0235. Festivals & Fairs Events • MASON 250TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Featuring fireworks, a pancake breakfast, a petting zoo, old-fashioned
children’s games, pony rides and more. Sat., Aug. 25. 16 Darling Hill Road, Mason. Visit masonnh.us. • 3RD ANNUAL ROCHESTER PRIDE STREET FESTIVAL The event will be held to promote unity and a positive image of the LGBTQ+ community. The street festival will feature vendors, live music, celebratory remarks, a dance party and more. Sat., Aug. 25, 1 to 4 p.m. Downtown Rochester. Free. Visit rochestermfa.org.
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I recently helped prepare and plant a pollinator garden. Bees, butterflies and other insects need pollen and nectar for food, and suitable native plants on which to rest and lay their eggs. There certainly are plenty of seed mixes available to plant a “Meadow bursting with color all summer long!” Unfortunately, seed mixes are not as easy to use as you might think. I know people who have rototilled or plowed a space, spread seed and been disappointed after Year 1. After the first year, a few plants will dominate, and some of your favorites will disappear; because you often get a lot of annual flower seeds in a mix that will bloom in Year 1, but depend on self-sowing to come back in later years, and that doesn’t always happen. So if you wish to have a healthy pollinator garden with plants that come back year after year, buy perennial plants from a knowledgeable source of native pollinator plants. We bought a mix of first-year perennial wildflowers in flats, each plant in a peat pot that is about 4 inches deep and 3 inches wide for less than $5 a plant. We got ours from Northeast Pollinator Plants in Fairfax, Vermont. They also sell individual plants, including common milkweed for monarch butterflies. Why pick true natives? They co-evolved with our native insects. A named perennial cultivar often has brighter colors or more petals than a native of the same species – which may affect how our insects are attracted to it, or what they get from it. Timing is important to pollinators, too, and cultivated plants may bloom earlier or later than true natives. I don’t recommend trying to rip out all your lawn and turning it into a pollinator garden all at once. That’s too much work. Four hundred square feet is a good size to start with, roughly 20 by 20 feet. We didn’t want a square, so we used 80 feet of garden hose (which would enclose a 20-foot square) and created an irregular, curvy shape with the hose. Then, using an edging tool, we cut the border of the space. We removed all the grasses and weeds in that 400-foot garden space. It took four of us about 4 or 5 hours. We sliced through the grass and weeds with shovels, tipping the shovels back and loosening the soil. Then we used either a Cobrahead hand weeder or an old-fashioned potato rake to pull out the chunks of sod. For big tap-rooted weeds, we used a garden fork to loosen the roots before pulling. Because the soil was sandy, weeds pulled relatively easily. Then came the fun part: planting. According to Jane Sorensen, co-owner of NEPP, it is important to resist the temptation to add com-
Watering is important for the first 2 weeks.
post, manure and especially fertilizer, even if the soil is very lean — devoid of the dark organic material that our veggies and cultivated flowers are given for best results. The wildflowers in our selection from NEPP do well in poor soil and get too tall and flop if given fertilizer or much compost. We got 84 plants for the 400-square-foot garden, roughly one plant for each 2 footby-2 foot space. I cut 2-foot sticks to remind us how far apart to space our plants. These little plants were mostly just a foot tall, but some will end up being 4 to 6 feet tall, and creating large clumps in the future. We planted 10 species of perennials and one grass. Early plants included penstemon, purple cone flower and baptisia. Mid-season plants were anise hyssop, wild bergamot (a relative of the beebalm we all know), boneset and blazing star. For late-blooming flowers we used NY Ironweed, sneezeweed and New England aster. We planted little bluestem, a grass beloved by pollinators. Most all of those are good for full sun to part shade. I spoke recently to Jane Sorensen of Northeast Pollinator Plants and River Berry Farm, and a professor at UVM. She suggested planting wildflowers in groups of three to five plants. Many native bees, she said, like to work one species of flower before moving on, so don’t spread them out too far. Although we love to clean up our gardens in the fall, Jane said it is best to let the wildflower stems stand all winter, then clean up in the spring. That allows native pollinators, or their eggs, to overwinter in the plant stems. She credited that idea to Annie White in a talk for the New England Wildflower Society. She also said to save the stalks, setting them aside after clean-up so that eggs can hatch. Wait until you have had at least three consecutive days over 50 degrees in the spring before cleaning up. Think about adding native wildflowers to your property, even if you don’t dedicate a huge swath to it. Plants used for pollinators may not be as showy as peonies and roses, but the bumblebees and butterflies they attract will be the icing on your cake. Email henry.homeyer@comcast.net.
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Hi Donna, Attached are the photos for two items; one is a candelabra and the other is a lamp [shown]. Both items were acquired by my grandparents years ago in New Jersey. My guess is that they probably were finds at a yard or estate sale in Plainfield, N.J. Plainfield was once known as the Queen City because it had the highest per capita of millionaires in the state back then. The lamp is figural, sort of a peasant boy cast we believe in metal. The glass globes are unique in shape. The candelabra features a marble base with a metal goddess-like figure in the center. The cut glass prisms are amethyst in color. Can you tell me anything about these items and possible value in today’s market? David
Dear David, These items are from right around the late 1800s to early 1900s. The lamp with the flame-like shades is made to look like just that. So when it’s lit the top looks like flames of light. It’s made out of a pot metal (mixed metals), then painted with details. Sometimes this style lamp could have been placed at the top of a home’s stairs to signify that the house had been paid in full. The wiring would go right down the center newel post. Or this could simply be a sweet lamp. The second one is considered a candelabra and again is usually base metal or brass with crystal prisms for details. Having the colored prisms is a plus.
• PEMBROKE & ALLENSTOWN OLD HOME DAY Featuring a parade with marching bands, floats, clowns, antique cars and more, plus a gift raffle, games, inflatables, miniature golf, touch a truck, an arts and crafts area, hay wagon rides and food vendors. Sat., Aug. 25, 10 a.m. Pembroke Memorial Field, Pleasant Street, Pembroke. Free. Visit pembrokeallenstownoldhomeday.com. • FARM DAYS CELEBRATION AT MUSTER FIELD FARM MUSEUM Festivities will include horse drawn and tractor hayrides, a kiddie tractor pull, demonstrations, kids’ games and more. Sat., Aug. 25, and Sun., Aug. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Muster Field Farm Museum, Harvey Road, North Sutton. $5 general admission; free for farm members and for kids ages 6 and under. Visit musterfieldfarm.com or call 927-4276. • EXETER UFO FESTIVAL This two-day family-friendly event is based in part on “the incident at Exeter,” which was an alleged UFO sighting on Sept. 3, 1965. The event brings together
The value on either of these is tough because they don’t seem to fit in to many decors these days. But for a replacement value I would say in the $100+ range each.
Donna Welch has spent more than 20 years in the antiques and collectibles field and owns From Out Of The Woods Antique Center in Goffstown (fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com). She is an antiques appraiser and instructor. To find out about your antique or collectible, send a clear photo of the object and information about it to Donna Welch, From Out Of The Woods Antique Center, 465 Mast Road, Goffstown, N.H., 03045. Or email her at footwdw@ aol.com. Or drop by the shop (call first, 6248668).
national and local speakers on the subject of UFOs, who present their talks at Exeter Town Hall. There is also a children’s crafts area at Townhouse Common Park, hot dogs and hamburgers, T-shirts and posters for sale and more. Sat., Sept. 1, and Sun., Sept. 2. Exeter Town Hall, 10 Front St. Visit exeterufofestival.org. • SANDOWN OLD HOME DAY & FALL FESTIVAL CELEBRATION The annual event features crafters, chili and “chowda” contests, a children’s bike parade, antique and unusual cars, and floats. Fri., Sept. 7, and Sat., Sept. 8. Sandown, 03873 Sandown. Visit sandown.us. Expos • KEARSARGE REGION ELECTRIC VEHICLE EXPO The expo will feature the latest in electric automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, lawn mowers, chainsaws and more. Sun., Sept. 9, noon to 4 p.m. New London Historical Society, 179 Little Sunapee Road, New London. Free admission; includes refreshments and a raffle ticket
if you’re pre-registered at uvevexpo.com. Visit uvevexpo.com. Health & Wellness Nutrition workshops & seminars • FOOD POLITICS: FOOD INDUSTRY PRACTICES ON DIET ON HEALTH Marion Nestle, a consumer advocate, nutritionist and award-winning author and academic specializing in the politics of food and dietary choice, will be the presenter. Wed., Sept. 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Free. Visit crhc.org or call 227-7000. Miscellaneous Car & motorcycle rides/ races • 5TH ANNUAL A NIGHT WITHOUT CROHN’S BIKE RUN & BENEFIT One hundred percent of the proceeds benefits the New England Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Sat., Aug. 25, 9 a.m. Milford VFW, 1 VFW Way, Milford. $20 for riders, and $5 for passengers. Visit vfwpost4368.wordpress.com.
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Good neighbor helps work out bad battery connection Dear Car Talk: My car is a 2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue with 80,000 miles on it. About five months ago, the car would not start. I just got a “click” when I turned the key. The lights, horn, By Ray Magliozzi etc. worked fine. I had the car towed to my mechanic. He turned the key and the car started right up. He checked the starter and found nothing wrong. He suggested I have the battery checked where I purchased it, as it was still under warranty. The dealer tested the battery and found nothing wrong. I’ve used the car for the past five months and have had no starting problems. I start it an average of six or seven times a day for short trips. The problem reappeared this past week. And while I waited for AAA, my neighbor (not a mechanic) suggested leaving the lights on. Lo and behold, the car started before AAA arrived and I have been using the car every day with no problem. Any ideas about what’s wrong? Thanks. — Bob We’ve seen some cases where, if you have a weak connection at the battery, sometimes drawing power (like from the lights) will improve that connection a bit over time. And if it improves the connection enough to start the car before it runs down the battery, you might
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get lucky. But I wouldn’t count on that working all the time. You have to find and fix what I think is a bad connection. The most likely problem is that you have a loose or corroded battery terminal end. That’s where the cable attaches to the battery. We see this a lot on older cars. And on a lot of older GM cars, like your Oldsmobile, the terminal ends are on the side of the battery where they can be hard to see and examine. So even though your battery was checked, that could have been missed. I know, because I’ve missed it. If you want to test this theory, next time the car fails to start, have someone turn the key while you jiggle those two battery terminal wires, one at a time. If that makes it start, you’ve found the problem. Then you can have somebody remove, clean and tighten the terminal ends, and you should be all set. If the terminal ends are tight and perfectly clean, then you could have a bad ground. A good ground between the battery and the chassis or engine block is necessary in order for electricity to flow from the battery to the starter. And if your ground cable or clamp is old and corroded, that could intermittently prevent the car from starting. Rather than try to find the problem and fix it, it’s often easier in these cases to simply run a new ground wire from the negative battery terminal to the engine.
It could be a bad starter, but I think if it was the starter, the problem would have recurred more often. So I think it’s a bad connection. Dear Car Talk: I recently bought a 2018 car that I love driving. However, my new car, and every other car that I test drove, has far more gadgets, lights and symbols than my old (2006) car had. Do you have any ideas on the best way to master all these new gadgets? — Sally It’s not easy, Sally. We are going through a technological revolution right now. While it’s resulting in safer cars, it’s also creating a learning curve for lots of new car buyers. Unfortunately, we’re in the phase of this revolution where humans still need to interact with and control the technology. At some point, it’ll all be invisible, and just work perfectly in the background. You may be old enough to remember when computers required you to “program” them for specific tasks. Now, you just point and click. But for now, we have two recommendations. One is to find the person at your dealership who specializes in technology. Almost every dealership has one of these people now, because the car salesmen are naturally inclined to make something up when they don’t know the answer. And that wasn’t going well.
So there’s usually one specialist who’s assigned to give you an overview of all your new car’s technology before you drive off the lot. Unfortunately, for most people, it’s overwhelming. Our suggestion: Make an appointment and go back. In fact, go back as many times as you need to. It’ll cost nothing. And now that you’re familiar with the car’s basics, you’ll be able to absorb more details about the new stuff. Our other recommendation is something most people haven’t had to do in ages: Read the owner’s manual. But don’t read it in your easy chair with the new “Queer Eye” on in the background. Read it while sitting in the driver’s seat. Take an hour at a time, start at the beginning, and read through the manual, going as slowly as you need to. As you get to explanations of features that are new to you, try them out. You’ll be more likely to remember them if you do that. Finally, just because the technology is there doesn’t mean you have to use it all. If adaptive cruise control, which makes the car slow down and speed up in highway traffic, isn’t important to you, don’t use it. But you should get familiar with all the safety stuff. And your dealer’s technology specialist and the owner’s manual are the two best ways to do that. Visit Cartalk.com.
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Jason Drapeau is a master barber at 5 Diamond Salon in Manchester. He was voted “Best Barber in Manchester” for The Hippo’s annual People’s Choice poll in 2016 and 2018. Can you explain what your current job is? I’m a barber at a salon in Manchester, and I cut men’s hair. I have an arcade in my shop that has thousands of games on it. … I have a game of the month that people can try while they’re waiting. Whoever has the highest score gets a free cut the next month and a spot in a tournament at the end of the year. The winner of that will earn an arcade system shaped like a joystick.
for almost three years now. How did you get interested in this field? I was in Norm’s Barber Shop in between jobs; I think I was on job No. 25 at that point. I was looking around and I said, “Man, these guys are always smiling, people are always excited to see them and [there are] no bosses.” So I asked the owner Norm Longval about the job and bugged him for a year until he took me on as an apprentice.
How long have you worked there? What kind of education or training did you I’ve been a barber now for 13 years. I start- need for this job? ed apprenticing in 2005 at Norm’s Barber I had to do something like 10,000 hours of Shop in Manchester. I’ve been at 5 Diamond work for my Master Barber’s license. I also
What do you wish got a textbook and had you’d known at the to send in a test to the beginning of your state board at the end career? of each chapter before I I wish I’d known I’d took the state licensing wanted to do barberexam. … With apprening, because I would’ve ticing, you get way started right out of high better at the actual craft school. I went to colcompared to taking an lege for a while and actual course, but you tried 25 jobs before I don’t get as much time found the one. studying for the state Jason Drapeau. Courtesy photo. test. I was pretty much What is your typical atworking full-time by the time I took the exam. work uniform? It’s pretty casual. I’m not wearing a suit or How did you find your current job? One of my friends was working at 5 Dia- tie or anything like that, but I like to look premond and cutting my hair at the time. I went sentable and not like I just rolled out of bed. in, got my hair cut, and then they introduced me to the owner [Samantha Courtois]. … She What was the first job you ever had? I was a dishwasher at the Bedford Village told me she would build a barbershop in the back, and about 6 to 8 months later, it was Inn, back when you could work at 15. I was done. The whole back was a cement loading miserable, and I lasted about a month. It’s a nice place, but a dirty sink is a dirty sink no bay, and now it’s a beautiful shop. matter where you work. — Scott Murphy What’s the best piece of work-related advice anyone’s ever given you? One of my buddies told me to never make your hobby your work. … He was an auto What are you into right now? mechanic, and by the time he retired, he My head is completely wrapped up in getdidn’t want to do it anymore. I’m a musician, ting ready for this tournament. I’m putting but I don’t do it as my job, because I don’t together a video game-themed music set think I’d love doing it as much if I had to sur- I’m going to play, and I’m planning a laser light show. vive on it.
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• Caribbean eats: Sample foods from several Caribbean countries and enjoy traditional music and dancing at the annual 1Love Caribbean Festival, which returns to the Milford Community House lawn (5 Union St.) on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event was launched by the Caribbean Fete & Cultural Group two years ago and celebrates Caribbean cultures through local restaurants and community members, with nations such as Colombia, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands all represented. In addition to the food vendors, there will be a culture flag parade, craft vendors, a fashion show, face-painting and more. Admission is free. Email cfcg.nh@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/cfcg.nh for more details. • Birthday brews: Join Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave., No. 14, Manchester) in celebrating its third anniversary with a birthday bash on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 6 p.m. The event will feature special beer releases, a pig roast, live music from local band The Fighting Fifth and much more. Admission is free and leashed dogs will be allowed on the outdoor patio. Visit greatnorthaleworks.com or call 858-5789. • Tastes of Brazil: Enjoy Brazilian foods, live music and dancing at the third annual Brazil Fest, happening at Greeley Park (100 Concord St., Nashua) on Saturday, Aug. 25, from noon to 7 p.m. Visit nashuanh.gov. • Talking tea: Learn about the health benefits of tea at a workshop hosted by The Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13, Brookline) on Friday, Aug. 24, at 6:30 p.m. Danielle Beaudette of The Cozy Tea Cart will answer 34 Looking for more food and drink fun? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and hipposcout.com.
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With authentic Greek food items like beef and lamb gyros, barbecue lamb and chicken, pastichio, stuffed grape leaves and a variety of homemade cookies and pastries, your taste buds can travel to Greece without leaving the Granite State at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church’s annual Greekfest. The two-day festival, which returns for the 27th year on Saturday, Aug. 25, and Sunday, Aug. 26, is always held between St. Nicholas Church’s annual Lamb Barbecue in June and Glendi, St. George’s three-day Greek food festival, in September. “We kind of hold all three festivals separately so that the community can experience great Greek food and culture from all three of the Greek churches here in Manchester,” said Costas Georgopoulos, Greekfest chairman. Georgopoulos said the festival started as a traditional lamb and rotisserie chicken barbecue but has expanded to a much more extensive menu. Church and festival committee members work to prepare traditional recipes in the weeks leading up to Greek-
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American coffee and Greek frappes will be available for sale, too. “A Greek frappe is … kind of like an iced coffee, made with Greek coffee and cold water,” Georgopoulos said. “We blend it in front of everyone to see it get to a nice froth, which is key to that drink.” Greek music group Ta Pethia will be performing live on both days (Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.) and there will also be dancing, children’s activities and raffles. Georgopoulos said the goal is to put out food as fresh as possible for the thousands of visitors that attend over the course of the weekend, with most items prepared either on the days of or within the final week or two before the festival.
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used before, I’ll try a single hop beer just to understand the characteristics of it. I like to play around a little bit and be creative, so it’ll be a way to see if something sticks.” There will also be a small menu of food offerings such as pretzels, cheese boards and other bagged snacks, Share said. In addition to the taproom, a designated area in the corner to your left as you walk in will be home to a small game room. “We’ll have things like cornhole, puzzles, pinball, board games and card games,” he said. Other features of the brewery will be a display of branded merchandise for sale behind the bar, plus a record player with a selection of hundreds of vinyl records visitors can choose from to play, or they can bring their own. The families of both he and his wife have even contributed to the record collection, Share said. The Shares appeared at the New Hampshire Brewers Festival in July to promote the opening of the new brewery. Share said they will likely look into a small area of distribution of their beers to restaurants and stores within the Queen City. But for now, the focus is on creating a fun atmosphere to come enjoy beer, food, music and games. “[The brewery] is kind of like our way of giving back to the community of Manchester,” he said. To Share Brewing Co.
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Zach Thayer of Candia is the chef of the 1750 Taphouse (170 Route 101, Bedford, 488-2573, 1750taphouse.com), an eatery that opened its doors July 30 in the former space of Restaurant Tek-Nique. With a menu of brick-oven pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, local craft brews and more, the 1750 Taphouse is centered around a historical theme, many of its menu items named after important places and figures that Zach Thayer. Photo by Matt Ingersoll. were pivotal to the town’s origin. There’s the Uncanoonuc (a portobello burger with roasted red pepper, caramelized onion, spinach and blue cheese), the Lord Russell (a roast beef sandwich with fried pickles, Swiss cheese and horseradish cream on sourdough bread) and the Pulpit Rock (a veggie burger with red onion and avocado). Other staples include appetizers such as the sweet caramelized brie with mixed berries and crackers, soups and salads, and a create-your-own pizza menu. Thayer’s resume includes stints at multiple Granite State restaurants like MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar in Nashua, New England’s Tap House Grille in Hooksett and the Bedford Village Inn.
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instead of freshly grating it myself. I also used frozen corn kernels to make the recipe extra pantry-friendly, and minced onions instead of a shallot, which I forgot to pick up at the store. Despite my slight alterations, this recipe was unbelievably delicious. Though I kept second-guessing how well it was coming along during the cooking process, the rich, creamy texture of the risotto was the perfect foil to the sweetness of the corn and the smokiness of the ham. The slight saltiness of the cheese added another layer of flavor. Though I wasn’t a huge fan of how long I spent over the stove on a hot summer day, this is a recipe I’m certain to work into my fall dinner rotation, like switching up the corn for more seasonal veggies. As prepared, the finished meal was a huge hit with my husband and kids, and what little leftovers remained were quickly gobbled up the next day for lunch. — Lauren Mifsud Directions: In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add shallot and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring until opaque, 2 to 4 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is absorbed, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Then, add 1 cup of stock and cook, stirring until absorbed, 5 to 6 minutes. Repeat two more times with the chicken stock. Then, add remaining cup stock and corn and cook, stirring, until rice is tender and corn is cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in ham and cook until warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheese until melted. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
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Describe your perfect summer brew. My perfect summer brew is crisp, clean, refreshing, lighter-bodied and lower ABV. It’s generally a beer I can sit down with on a hot day and enjoy more than one of in a 12-ounce or 16-ounce can. If I can pair it with barbecue, even better. What styles of beer do you gravitate toward in summer? I can be all over the place during the summer but generally I will gravitate toward Kolsches, goses, sours, pale ales, session IPAs, and pilsners.
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ed time in our tap room, Hobbs Tavern, and at select bars across New Hampshire. [Henniker featured Picnic, a strawberry rhubarb sour ale, at the New Hampshire Brewer’s Festival earlier this sum- Henniker Brewing Company’s is a perfect choice for mer. The brewery Kolsch summer. Courtesy photo. uses locally grown strawberry and rhubarb from Bardo Farm in Croydon in this brew. Henniker also introduced a Belgian-Style Witbier, Sprout, which is bright and refreshing. Maiola said to look for notes of lemon, orange and coriander.]
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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Beyond the Black, Heart of the Hurricane (Napalm Records) Always happy to check into what the Napalm imprint is doing — they’re unapologetically European, and their stuff usually involves things that sound like Evanescence but with more interesting-ness to it. I know, Evanescence is sort of completely dead in the U.S., but as we all know, we’re not like other countries. As expected, this girlin-black-mini-fronted German outfit jacks the usual untouchable sexiness of the label’s Trans Siberian Orchestraobeisant brand; the real test of these records is examining the opera abilities of the singer, in this case Jennifer Haben, who, in an SJW twist, is actually the chef-cook-bottle-washer here (i.e. she’s the one who fires everyone in sight after one too many bad gigs). The tunes are kind of like Dokken, but Haben’s go-to style is Faith Hill, really, so it’s not as cookie-cut as I would have wagered. Big, sweeping songs that would have been serious hits in 1991, especially “Million Lightyears.” (Isn’t it the cutest that German bands forget to separate English words with spaces?) A — Eric W. Saeger
Blue October, I Hope You’re Happy (Brando Records) Wow, an ’80s-reboot single that doesn’t suck, like at all. Fine, I’ve heard of these guys, but only with peripheral hearing; I had no idea they’d been slogging away at the art-rock game for over 20 years, but yeah, singer Justin Furstenfeld and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Delahoussaye definitely deserve some love. The title track lifts the hook from Asia’s “Only Time Will Tell,” if you can dig that at all. For me that meant instant goosebumps, and these guys deliver that same angsty, end-of-summer hormone-dance-pop with aplomb if a bit much verisimilitude. Right away we see that they’re into She Wants Revenge: “Daylight” opens things with a futurepop-meets-boy-band-at-thegoth-club idea that’s close to greatness (I would have tweaked the chorus to make it a bit more upbeat, but people who enjoy feeling a bit bummed when they’re steering-wheel-drumming would probably be all over it). In the curveball department, there’s some Peabo Bryson lilt to the noise-pop ballad “Your Love is Like a Car Crash.” A — Eric W. Saeger
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• Wow, here’s a band I haven’t heard from in a while, Interpol! You know, kids, back when your uncle bought his first pair of skinny jeans at the Babies R Us, this was his favorite band, and he’d go off and pretend to like them all day long, while the other kids gave him funny looks and blasted their Lil John crunk right into his face. We’ll have to see if this band holds the same “magic” for him, when The ‘Pol releases their new album, Marauder, on Aug. 24. Whatever, will this just be a bunch of silly Syd Barrett microwaving or what, that’s the question. Here’s a song, called “The Rover,” let’s go get oppositeof-amazed. Ha ha, wow, this sounds like Ozzy singing for Spoon! I like this song, but I have no plans to listen to it ever again. • OK, it has to be Christmas shopping season, because the kind-ofbig guns are starting to show up, like Alice in Chains, who have a new album coming out, called Rainier Fog. I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but a lot of Seattle bands like to name-check Mount Rainier, like constantly, the way these grizzled grunge-metallers are doing in this album title. Personally I’d rather review the mountain than this album, which comes out 15 years after Jerry Whatsisname ran out of ideas. Can I do that? Hmph, apparently not, someone in purchasing just yelled that I’d better not (but I will anyway, here goes: its elevation is 14,411 feet, so Mount Denali in Alaska makes shortpeople jokes when they hang out together). There’s a new single, blah blah blah. • Here we go, it’s a live album, called Woman Worldwide, from a French techno duo. Nope, not Daft Punk, but that’s a good guess. it’s actually asphalt-wub-wub electro specialists Justice, the spear-tip of Ed Banger Records, if you want to get esoteric about it, not that we should bother. I mean, live albums from guys who are just basically hitting the Play button on an Ableton and then eating cheese-steaks while the money rolls in? This is what we’ve come to? At least they’re not just doing a Milli Vanilli lip-syncing thing, like Katy Perry and everyone else, right? We’re doomed, I hope you know. • Hmph, this band called The Frights isn’t in my “You Should Be Writing About This Stuff, Not The Frights” super-secret music-critic list, but I’m just going to go for it, because any band who’d call themselves The Frights is an amigo of mine-o. Hypochondriac is the title of this new music album. The single is “Me and We and I,” and it’s not horrible. Sort of like if a weirdo-EDM band like The Books had an emo singer. It’s OK. PS: The singer says “up in your grill.” Do any of you children know the meaning of this odd expression? — Eric W. Saeger
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Old in Art School, by Nell Painter (Counterpoint, 325 pages) Nell Painter was an accomplished historian with a chair at Princeton University when she decided she’d rather be an artist — not just any artist, but the kind signified by capital letters — “An Artist” — an artist respected and collected. To that end, Painter abandoned a gilded life among the elites of academia to enroll in a bachelor’s program at a state college, studying among tattooed bohemians who saw no problem with bluntly asking, “Just how old are you?” Sixty-four, Painter would reply without embarrassment. Millennials, after all, consider 59 old, and Painter owns it in her memoir of reinvention, Old in Art School. Showing none of the baby-boomer tendency to deny time and wrinkles, Painter embraces her oldness as she navigates courses, first at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Jersey, then at the storied Rhode Island School of Design, where she found grad work to be not so much education as “one long tearing down.” Her scholarly experience meant nothing in “crit,” the group critique of one’s work that is “art school’s sacred space for learning.” There, you can have a Ph.D. from Harvard and still see your work dismissed as hackneyed, banal and, worst of all, “20th century.” Besides age, Painter had one other thing that distinguished her from her classmates: a distinguished resume that included the publication of seven books, including the well-received The History of White People, which awarded her an appearance on The Colbert Show between group critiques in Rhode Island. But while this fame gave her cred with a small group of academics, her resume was largely ignored by her art-school peers who thought nothing of taking a class photo while she was momentarily out of the room, and even some professors, who seemed determined to tear her down. “You will never be an artist,” one repeatedly told her. Defiant in the face of such criticism, Painter persisted, believing “my personal worth in art, again, my old, academic, black self, would need all the institutional support it could gather” from academic institutions with prestige. It was often a lonely business, however, and she writes candidly about the divide of her own disciplined, organized self “working with young people with — how shall I say — dissimilar work habits.” “Day after day after day I ate alone among undergraduates laughing uproariously and commiserating dramatically over what was Technicolor red-orange hilarious and what was acrylic cyan-green catastrophic. Everything new. Everything just born. Drama,
always. Undergraduates’ lives were so vivid. I, on the other hand, was living in a shadowed realm in ink — black, gray, walnut.” At the same time, Painter was dealing not only with challenging remnants from her former life (including the presidency of a national group of historians), but also the end-of-life needs of her parents, whose formerly vibrant lives were rapidly disintegrating on the West Coast. Her mother died first, and then her father dissolved into self-pitying depression, and Painter writes candidly about her frustrations as a caretaker trying to maintain her own life, which also included a husband still living in New Jersey. That side story is raw and compelling for anyone in the throes of caregiving, less so for anyone decades away from that trauma. But don’t forgo Old in Art School on account of not being able to draw Social Security. Thirty, after all, is “old” in any undergraduate program, and Painter’s overarching theme is not age or race, but reinvention. Her descriptions of art school (particularly graduate school) are useful for anyone considering that line of study, and even for those who will never get any closer to art than signing a contract in cursive the memoir is an interesting survey of contemporary artists and their struggles. You will learn things, such as how the grit of paper is called its “tooth,” and why people care so much about Andy Warhol. And as Painter’s journey unfolds, we see images of the work she created for her assignments, a nice touch that demonstrates her growth as an artist, and also shows the challenges of art school. All memoirs are honest, but Painter is honester than most, at times disconcertingly so. She admits that one reason she was compelled to change fields was that she was miffed that she’d never won a substantial prize for her earlier books. While quick to reject others’ criticism of her work, she easily and harshly dismisses others — “soft little Kerry” who painted banal prancing horses, an architecture student who wouldn’t read an essay on black art as “a narrow-minded little twit.” Moreover, Painter’s style takes some getting using to. She has an aversion to quotation marks, and her structure at times bounces between choppy and elegant. Overall, however, the memoir is an exuberant romp of possibility, exhorting people of every age to accept that 85 percent of what we produce may be crap, but it’s the 15 percent that isn’t crap — the 15 percent that, in fact, might be crazy good — that comprises the elusive thing we call art, the thing that elevates us beyond the ordinary. As for whether or not Painter finally becomes “An Artist” — that’s a spoiler, but 40
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pattern; she thinks in a roundabout, poetic, philosophical way, and to get her voice right, I had to sew fragments of poems together within the fabric of the language.” Because of its complicated language and the way the story constantly shifts between two characters and is not told chronologically, Kirk said the book is “definitely not a fast read.” “It took a lot of work to write this, way more than [my] other books,” she said. “The organization and structure of it are complex. It doesn’t read as fluidly as the typical summer thriller.” Kirk works as an attorney and writes on the side. In the Vines is her third published novel. Her first book, Method 15/33, published in 2015, tells the story of a pregnant 16-year-old who is kidnapped and turns the tables on her captors. Kirk’s fourth book, El Plan 15/33, due out in November, is the sequel to Method 15/33. She is currently working on another book to be released next year. Shannon Kirk presents In the Vines Where: Bookery Manchester, 844 Elm St., Manchester When: Wednesday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. Visit: bookerymht.com, shannonkirkbooks.com
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• Last author event: The Tory Hill Authors Series welcomes its final author, Stephen P. Kiernan of Vermont, on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Warner Town Hall (5 E. Main St., Warner). Kiernan’s work includes novels The Hummingbird and The Curiosity and nonfiction books Last Rights and Authentic Patriotism. His most recent book, The Baker’s Secret, was published in May 2017. Now in its ninth year, the annual summer series sponsored by the Warner Historical Society features local and nationally known authors who come to read from and discuss their books and personal experiences. After the author’s presentation, there will be a 20- to 30-minute question-and-answer period, followed by a book signing with books available for purchase and a meet-and-greet and dessert social. Visit toryhillauthorsseries.com. • Magician biography: John Hodgson will be at the Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St., Manchester) on Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. presenting his latest book, Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity. The book is a biography of Richard Potter, America’s first black magician and ventriloquist, who made his home in Andover, New Hampshire, in the early 1800s. Call 836-6600 or visit bookerymht.com. • Shop books: The Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead) hosts its annual book sale Friday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 27, and Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 1 to 8 p.m. There will be new and old children’s books, teen novels and adult books, fiction and nonfiction, for sale, as well as audiobooks, music and movies. Most prices will be between 25 cents and $2 per item. Visit hampstead.lib. nh.us or call 329-6411. — Angie Sykeny
Books Author Events • STEPHEN P. KIERNAN Part of The Tory Hill Authors Series. Sat., Aug. 25, 7 p.m. Warner Town Hall, 5 E. Main St. , Warner. Tickets are $10 each or four for $32. Visit toryhillauthorsseries.com. • KEITH O’BRIEN Author presents Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History. Thurs., Sept. 6, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore , 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • R.A. SALVATORE Author presents Timeless. Fri., Sept. 7, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore , 45 S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • DAVE WEDGE AND CASEY SHERMAN Authors present 12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Season of Redemption. Wed., Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St , Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.
Book sales • BOOK SALE Sat., Aug. 25, through Wed., Aug. 29. Hampstead Public Library , 9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org. Lectures & discussions • TEDXPORTSMOUTH A TEDx event. Fri., Sept. 7. 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Music Hall , 28 Chestnut St. , Portsmouth. Visit tedxpiscataquariver.com. • TEDXTRESTLEVIEWPARK A TEDx event. Sat., Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Franklin Opera House, 316 Central St., Franklin. Visit tedxtrestleviewpark.com. • ANTIQUES ROADSHOW APPRAISER KENNETH GLOSS A discussion about antiquarian and rare book collecting. Thurs., Oct. 4, 6 p.m. Nesmith Library, 8 Fellows Road, Windham. Visit nesmithlibrary.org.
Other • “THE BIG BOOK: PAGES FOR PEACE” Exhibition features the world’s largest book about peace. On view through Dec. 31. Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St., Peterborough. Museum admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $5 • PAULA MUNIER Author for children ages 3 through 16. presents A Borrowing of Bones. Visit mariposamuseum.org or Thurs., Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m. Gib- call 924-4555. son’s Bookstore , 45 S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gibsonsbook- Poetry events • DUDLEY LAUFMAN Part of store.com. • DORIS KEARNS GOOD- the 2018 Hyla Brook Reading WIN Author presents Leader- Series. Thurs., Sept. 13, 6:30 ship: In Turbulent Times. Fri., p.m. Robert Frost Farm , 122 Sept. 28, 7 p.m. Music Hall Rockingham Road, Derry. Visit Historic Theatre, 28 Chestnut frostfarmpoetry.org/readingSt., Portsmouth. Tickets cost series. $43.75 and include a copy of • TINY WRITES Reading will the book. Visit themusichall.org feature 23 local and regional poets. Fri., Sept. 14, 5 to 9 p.m. or call 436-2400. • CATHERINE FLORIO Millspace, 55 Main St., NewPIPAS Author presents A Doc- market. Email tinywritesnh@ tor’s Dozen: Twelve Strategies gmail.com. for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness. Fri., Oct. 12, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore , 45 S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • BEYOND THE BOOK: AN EVENING WITH DAVID GRANN Meet the author of the 2018 Nashua Reads book Killers of the Flower Moon. Sun., Oct. 21, 2 p.m. Nashua Public
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A girl learns her guy comes from serious money in Crazy Rich Asians, a well-executed classic romantic comedy.
Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is a professor of economics, happy with her life and her relationship with adoring boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding), a handsome man with a posh accent. He is so delighted with his girlfriend of about a year that he wants to bring her home to Singapore to introduce her to his family at the wedding of one of his best friends, Colin (Chris Pang). Rachel agrees to go, thinking it may be a big step in their relationship and because it will allow her to see college buddy Peik Lin (Awkwafina). From the start of the trip, when airline employees meet Rachel and Nick at the airport curb to usher them to the comforts of first class, Rachel realizes that there are some things Nick has never told her about his family. Contrary to Rachel’s mother’s (Tan Kheng Hua) guess that his family is poor and perhaps supported by his remittances, the Youngs are, as the title suggests, crazy rich. As Rachel learns from Peik Lin, the Youngs aren’t just rich, they are a superrich large family of much importance and acclaim, which is why Peik Lin quickly ups Rachel’s fashion game (from, say, Ann Taylor to red carpet) before she heads to the family’s mansion for a big party. Good thing, too, because Nick’s mother Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh) seems like the sort of Emily Gilmoreish person who lives for dress codes. Because this is a classic rom-com, we quickly learn that Nick’s mother expects big things from him, specifically a future running the family’s massive business holdings, and has sacrificed a lot for him to have it. And that she’s rather miffed that he hasn’t returned home to Singapore permanently. And that Eleanor has a pretty clear idea of who should marry Nick, and Rachel, with her American upbringing and her single mother, is not that woman. While some in Nick’s family and wider acquaintance world possibly agree, others become fast friends with Rachel. Nick’s cousin Astrid (Gemma Chan) may be Grace Kelly and Kate Middleton wrapped in a poised, haute couture package, but she is kind-hearted and understands Rachel’s difficulty fitting in. Colin and his future wife Araminta (Sonoya Mizuno) are grounded couple-friends for Nick and Rachel. Cousin Oliver (Nico Santos), who says he’s from the poor side of the family, supports Rachel in having some backbone in her dealings with Eleanor. Crazy Rich Asians is a very classic example of the rom-com (especially the variety that’s more rom than com), a rare genre lately. It has all the elements: likable star, handsome love interest, disapproving inHIPPO | AUGUST 23 - 29, 2018 | PAGE 42
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laws, wacky extended family, food porn, real estate porn, fashion montage, sassy best friends and moments of genuine swoony romance. The Singapore setting makes for a particularly heightened sense of luxury and swooniness and sometimes I would have been happy to take a break from the Jane Austen storyline for more travel highlights. Yes, yes, familial duty versus personal happiness, but show me the satays and dumplings again. Acting-wise, everyone is doing good work here. Constance Wu makes Rachel feel like a multi-dimensional person, having mostly normal human reactions to events and generally behaving in a way that is neither overly saintly or overly jaded. Henry Golding is very handsome and appealing and seems to know how to be both a golden prince and a person who does not steal the scene from the female characters, who are this movie’s core. Michelle Yeoh does polite villainy well. I could watch Yeoh and Wu play polite death-match mahjong for at least an hour. Pair that with Awkwafina and Nico Santos drinking martinis and talking smack for an hour and you have yourself a mighty fine sequel. (I hope this movie is a break-out for Santos, who is great on NBC’s Superstore.) And yes, it is great to see a story like this told with an all Asian core cast. Not only is it nice to see a world of glamour that isn’t New York City or Los Angeles, but having the actors playing, as far as I could tell, predominantly Chinese characters allowed the story to examine elements within the culture, which made for richer storytelling. Escapist delight, dreamy storytelling, pretty people — Crazy Rich Asians is proof that there’s plenty of life in the rom-com as a genre. B+ Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and language. Directed by Jon M. Chu with a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim (from the novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan), Crazy Rich Asians is two hours long and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
BlacKkKlansman (R)
An African-American police officer investigates the Ku Klux Klan in BlacKkKlansman, a movie from director Spike Lee based on a true story.
In 1970s Colorado Springs, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the police department’s first African-American officer. Assigned to observe a speech by Kwame Ture, formerly Stokely Carmichael (Corey Hawkins), the undercover Ron meets Patrice (Laura Harrier), the president of the black student union that brought Ture to the college, and strikes up a friendship. That undercover work puts him on the detective team. When he sees an ad in the newspaper looking for Klan members, Ron calls and soon finds himself talking to Walter (Ryan Eggold), regional Klan leader. The enthusiastically racist “Ron” he invents gets an invitation to meet with Walter, so Ron gets fellow detective Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) to be the in-person “Ron” while he continues to build relationships on the phone. Of course, a fellow detective reminds them, Flip will probably not want to mention to the Klan that he is Jewish. The local chapter of “the organization,” as the members call it, includes men who seem dangerously unstable, like Felix (Jasper Pääkönen), and men who seem a few beers short of a six-pack, like Ivanho (Paul Walter Hauser). But perhaps most worrying for the future is the man whom Ron chats up over the phone, who wears corporate suits, calls himself “national director” and seems to be looking for entry into mainstream politics — one David Duke (Topher Grace). BlacKkKlansman features a lot of Spike Lee flourishes — the way that conversations look and sound, the way things are framed (both figuratively and literally, in terms of the way something is situated in the frame) to make it hard for the viewer to look away. Though some of these elements are very stylized, I think they work here, as do the historical elements Lee brings in, such as an extended recounting of an early 20th-century lynching (told by a character played by Harry Belafonte) and some point-
ed use of film clips from the 1915 The Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind. The movie also features thoughtful examination of what it means to feel the weight of history in your own life, a thing Ron, Patrice and Flip all deal with. That is a lot to do in a story that is also a pretty solid investigative action movie. The movie reminded me of Lee’s excellent Inside Man, only instead of trying to puzzle out the whys and hows of a crime, Ron is trying to figure out and prevent a future crime. Washington turns in a solid performance, deftly handling the more thoughtful elements along with the action and moments of comedy. This is also a different kind of performance from Driver, who I mostly know from Girls and the recent Star Wars movies. This shows a quieter, smaller and more interesting side to his acting abilities. The movie ends with real-world footage related to the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. It elegantly but with righteous fury underlines the point the movie seems to be making about the vein of racism that runs through American society. As with other elements in this film — snippets of dialogue with a familiar ring (Duke’s desire to bring America back to greatness, for example), the fraught relationship between police and minorities — this final bit of present-day “and here’s where we stand” commentary might feel on the nose but I think it works. It works and it is, even in a movie full of emotional jolts, a real gut-punch. B+ Rated R for language throughout, including racial epithets, and for disturbing/ violent material and some sexual references, according to the MPAA. Directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman is two hours and eight minutes long and distributed by Focus Features.
Alpha (PG-13)
A lost prehistoric hunter and an injured wolf become the first boyand-his-dog duo in Alpha.
Title cards locate us in Europe 20,000 years ago, when bison, woolly mammoth and giant hairy rhino-like animals all roamed free and the night was indeed dark and full of terrors, mostly terrors that wanted to eat you. Teenager Keda (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is on his first hunting mission with his tribe, including his father/tribe chief Tau (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson). Tau wants the boy to learn how to be a strong and wise leader and is genuinely heartbroken when a bison tosses Keda over a cliff and he appears to be lying dead on a ledge several stories down. Eventually, the tribe return to their home so Tau makes a grave-marker-style rock pile to mourn his son. Keda wakes up, finds the pile and realizes that he and his broken leg are on their own. The cold season is coming
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soon so he knows he has a limited amount of time to walk back to his tribe’s campground. The trip to the hunt seems to take about a week but the trip home seems to take like six months. Luckily, Keda earned all his merit badges and can hunt, fish, fashion weaponry, etc. He is also pretty good at animal domestication. After wounding a wolf during a pack attack, Keda cares for it, healing its leg and naming it Alpha. Alpha learns to respond to Keda’s commands, to help him hunt and to stop snarling and appreciate some doggie snuggles. A few imperfect CGI wolf images aside, Alpha is pretty. With its beautiful landscapes and starry skies, Alpha feels a little bit like a more life-affirming The Revenant and also a bit like my memory of reading The Call of the Wild in middle school. The giant beasts of the prehistoric landscape give the setting an almost fantastical edge. The action itself is sort of pleasantly medium speed — though there aren’t a lot of great depths to the movie, I was moderately invested in Keda, Alpha, their survival and their relationship. BRated PG-13 for some intense peril, according to the MPAA. Directed by Albert Hughes with a screenplay by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, Alpha is an hour and 36 minutes long and distributed by Sony.
Mile 22 (R)
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg make another “the heroics of Mark Wahlberg” movie in Mile 22, speechifying and repetitions of the term “9/11” smooshed into an action-thriller mold.
Fast-cut tradecraft frippery aside, the basic plot is this: CIA-type James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) and his team need to get Li Noor (Iko Uwais), a potential intelligence asset, 22 miles from the U.S. embassy to the airstrip in an unnamed Asian country because why anger a specific country in the international movie-going market? For reasons even more unclear by the end of the movie, the country’s local police want to stop the Americans from spiriting Noor, who can reveal the location of stolen radioactive McGuffin powder, out of the country. For reasons that seem pret-
ty obvious from the get-go, a spy plane full of Russian military types is also in the mix. James’ team for the mission includes Alice (Lauren Cohan, a.k.a. The Walking Dead’s Maggie) and Sam (Ronda Rousey). Serving as the eye-in-the-sky overseer of the mission is Bishop (John Malkovich). Mile 22 has many problems (many related to Mark Wahlberg and pretty much every decision the movie makes about his character). But perhaps the biggest is the thin, jumbled plot itself. There is a “big reveal” scene at the end of the movie that seemed to reveal as a surprise what I thought we were very obviously supposed to know was happening. If that’s the reveal, what was the misdirection? What was this movie even about? The movie feels like it’s 70 percent spy guys yelling at each other or, when they aren’t yelling, they’re monologuing (which Malkovich’s character actually says to Wahlberg’s character). Big dumb monologues, filmed at strange angles (extra close, tilty) as if that somehow would make the words more interesting. This movie has exactly two things going for it: Lauren Cohan (who, though given some really dumb character beats, is generally an engaging character here) and the martial artistry of Iko Uwais, which makes for some nicely choreographed fight scenes, even if I don’t really care about the outcome. Otherwise, this movie plods on with a lot of tension-inducing busy-work that never really made me care about the characters or their mission or just have fun with the ride. This movie reminded me of Dog Days, a movie in a specific genre that might appeal to fans of that genre (this movie would be more for fans of explosions and shoot-outs than cute dogs and chaste romances) but offers nothing to anyone else. I’m actually more inclined to enjoy your spy-vs.-spy explosions movie but in this case I think, if forced, I’d rather spend two hours with the dogs. D+ Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, according to the MPAA. Directed by Peter Berg with a screenplay by Lea Carpenter, Mile 22 is an hour and 37 minutes long and is distributed by STX Entertainment.
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• Maine man: Enjoy country music from the Pete Kilpatrick Band at a summer outdoor concert series. Named Maine’s top act four times, Kilpatrick has shared stages with some big names – Dave Matthews Band, Ray Lamontagne, Marc Cohn, Guster, Fitz & the Tantrums, and even rapper Matisyahu. Go Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30 p.m., Gateway Hills Amphitheater, 100 Innovative Way, Nashua. More at bit.ly/2BshQYn. • Juno this: Exquisite harmonies and musicianship abound on Fifteen, the latest LP from The Wailin’ Jennys, a north of the border band that’s been winning Junos for over a decade. The new disc includes covers of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” and Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock” and other gems. Go Friday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey Movie House, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth. Tickets $49 and up at flyingmonkeynh.com. • Heady doom: An unplugged show from Dead Harrison accompanies a tasting of the band’s End of the Blood Lime cream ale at an aviation-themed craft beer store. Fans of early Black Sabbath and goth rock groups will love the band. Go Saturday, Aug. 25, 6 p.m., The Flight Center, 97 Main St., Nashua. See bit.ly/2PkztfT. • Hump day ha-ha: Downtown comedy returns with Luke Mones, of Funny or Die and College Humor fame. The NYCbased comic appeared as part of Caroline’s Breakout Artist Series and won first place at last year’s Laughing Devil Festival. Ben Quick and Arty Przychodzki also appear. Go Wednesday, Aug. 29, 9 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. Tickets are $10 – see facebook.com/shaskeencomedy. Want more ideas for a fun night out? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and online at hipposcout.com.
It began with a banjo defection. Early on, Miketon & the Night Blinders was an all acoustic band: fiddle, banjo and upright bass, led by Miketon Graton on guitar and vocals. They played roots music, albeit with an edge befitting Graton’s punk rock teenage years — he jokingly called the genre “garbage grass” — until Mark Williams announced he wanted to switch to electric guitar. That decision would cascade into the raucous sound that defines the band’s second album, The Guiding Light. “He wasn’t happy playing banjo and he’s a much better guitar player than me, so I said OK,” Graton said in a recent phone interview. “Then my bass player wanted to play electric bass and the drummer wanted a full set of drums. I started playing with distortion, and it was a thousand times better than any show we’d ever done.” The punch line: Williams wasn’t even at the practice where everyone decided to plug in. But the die was cast. “It became very evident to me that the way that I write songs lends itself more to rock and roll than folk or country,” Graton said. Tragedy shaped the rest of the new record, when Graton’s stepfather died of a heart attack on New Year’s Day 2018. The two were very close, and his death hit hard. “I reevaluated a lot of my life at that point,” Graton said. “I thought I should try harder about writing ... from a whole new viewpoint, and I was more focused.” Graton wrote most nights for three to four hours, usually starting around midnight. His songs had always been personal, but writing about loss was a crucible. “I would have loved to have written a song while he was alive. ... There are some things that are too hard,” he said. “In this
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case I just said what I felt at the time and went back to make sure it was exactly the way I wanted it to be.” They’ll mark the new album with a release party at the Shaskeen, a Manchester pub that Graton co-owns. Years back, he started coming there as a patron and eventually got a job bartending, always drawn to the music in the bar’s back room. Graton played many gigs there with his previous band, Down to the Well. “I think being part of Shaskeen means being closer to the musical scene, which means meeting more people and hearing what they’re working towards,” Graton said. “I think that makes me want to work harder as a musician … it’s a small, tightknit community.” A chance meeting with Billy Bragg at age 17 helped with Graton’s transition from hardcore fan to countrified troubadour. “He was the coolest guy ever. It was on the Tell Us The Truth Tour with Tom Morello and Steve Earle,” Graton said. “After the show, I got to meet all of them, and Billy Bragg hung out the longest. He
was down to earth. … It’s great when you meet someone that’s larger than life and they’re a real person.” He also cites Gillian Welch and David Rawlings as key influences, naming a show Rawlings did with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Willie Watts as one of his favorites. He believes there’s not so much distance between music played in a song pull and that aimed at the mosh pit. “I think that structure- and storytelling-wise, it can be very similar,” he said. “One’s just faster sometimes, but I really do find the connection between the two. I think that is why people, like a lot of punk rockers, find a connection to Woody Guthrie — I think there is one.” Miketon & the Night Blinders CD Release Show When: Friday, Aug. 24, 8:30 p.m. Where: Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester Also appearing: Prateek Poddar and Coffin Salesman - more at miketon.net
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Derry Coffee Factory 55 Crystal Ave 432-6006 Exeter Drae Station 19 14 E Broadway 216-2713 37 Water St. 778-3923
Dover Cara Irish Pub 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Auburn Dover Brick House Auburn Pitts Concord 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 167 Rockingham Rd Area 23 Falls Grill & Tavern 622-6564 State Street 881-9060 421 Central Ave. Auburn Tavern Barley House 749-0995 346 Hooksett Rd 132 N. Main 228-6363 Fury’s Publick House 587-2057 Cheers 1 Washington St. 17 Depot St. 228-0180 617-3633 Barrington Common Man Sonny’s Tavern Dante’s 567 Route 125, 664-4000 1 Gulf Street 228-3463 83 Washington St. Granite 742-4226 96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 Top of the Chop Bedford Hermanos 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Bedford Village Inn 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669 2 Olde Bedford Way Makris Dublin 472-2001 354 Sheep Davis Rd DelRossi’s Trattoria Copper Door 73 Brush Brook Rd 15 Leavy Dr, 488-2677 225-7665 Penuche’s Ale House 563-7195 Shorty’s 206 Route 101, 488-5706 6 Pleasant St. 228-9833 East Hampstead T-Bones Pit Road Lounge Pasta Loft 169 South River Road 388 Loudon Rd 220 E. Main St. 623-7699 226-0533 378-0092 Red Blazer Belmont 72 Manchester St. Epping Lakes Region Casino 224-4101 Holy Grail 1265 Laconia Road Tandy’s Top Shelf 64 Main St. 679-9559 267-7778 1 Eagle Square Popovers Shooters Tavern 856-7614 11 Brickyard Square Rt. 3, 528-2444 True Brew Barista 734-4724 3 Bicentennial Square Telly’s Boscawen 225-2776 235 Calef Hwy Alan’s 679-8225 133 N. Main St. 753-6631 Thursday, Aug. 23 Amherst LaBelle Winery: Mystical Magic
Tortilla Flat 1-11 Brickyard Square 734-2725
Epping Telly’s: Austin Pratt Exeter Exeter Inn: Brian Walker Station 19: Thursday Night Live
Francestown Toll Booth Tavern 740 2nd NH Tpke N 588-1800
CR’s Restaurant 287 Exeter Road 929-7972 Logan’s Run 816 Lafayette Road 926-4343 Millie’s Tavern 17 L St. 967-4777 Purple Urchin 167 Ocean Blvd. 929-0800 Ron Jillian’s 44 Lafayette Road 929-9966 Ron’s Landing 379 Ocean Blvd 929-2122 Savory Square Bistro 32 Depot Square 926-2202 Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Blvd. 926-0324 The Goat 20 L St. 601-6928 Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave. 926-6954
Laconia 405 Pub 405 Union Ave 524-8405 Broken Spoke Saloon 1072 Watson Rd 866-754-2526 Margate Resort 76 Lake St. 524-5210 Naswa Resort 1086 Weirs Blvd. 366-4341 Paradise Beach Club 322 Lakeside Ave. 366-2665 Patio Garden Lakeside Ave. Pitman’s Freight Room 94 New Salem St. 527-0043 Tower Hill Tavern 264 Lakeside Ave. 366-9100 Whiskey Barrel 546 Main St. 884-9536
Londonderry Coach Stop Tavern 176 Mammoth Rd 437-2022 Gilford Henniker Pipe Dream Brewing Patrick’s 40 Harvey Road 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Country Spirit 262 Maple St. 428-7007 404-0751 Schuster’s Tavern Stumble Inn 680 Cherry Valley Road Pat’s Peak Sled Pub 24 Flander’s Road 20 Rockingham Road 293-2600 428-3245 432-3210 Goffstown Hillsboro Loudon Village Trestle Tooky Mills Hungry Buffalo 25 Main St. 497-8230 9 Depot St. 464-6700 58 New Hampshire 129 798-3737 Greenfield Hillsborough Riverhouse Cafe Mama McDonough’s Manchester 4 Slip Road 547-8710 5 Depot St. 680-4148 British Beer Company Turismo 1071 S. Willow St. Hampton Ashworth By The Sea 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 232-0677 Bungalow Bar & Grille 295 Ocean Blvd. Hooksett 333 Valley St. 792-1110 926-6762 Asian Breeze Cafe la Reine Bernie’s Beach Bar 915 Elm St 232-0332 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 1328 Hooksett Rd Central Ale House Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 621-9298 DC’s Tavern 23 Central St. 660-2241 139 Ocean Blvd. 1100 Hooksett Road City Sports Grille 929-7400 216 Maple St. 625-9656 Breakers at Ashworth 782-7819 Club ManchVegas 295 Ocean Blvd. 926-6762 Hudson 50 Old Granite St. Cloud 9 AJ’s Sports Bar 222-1677 225 Ocean Blvd. 11 Tracy Lane 718-1102 Derryfield 601-6102 The Bar Country Club Community Oven 2B Burnham Rd 625 Mammoth Road 845 Lafayette Road 943-5250 623-2880 601-6311
Foundry 50 Commercial St. 836-1925 Fratello’s 155 Dow St. 624-2022 Jewel 61 Canal St. 836-1152 Karma Hookah & Cigar Bar Elm St. 647-6653 KC’s Rib Shack 837 Second St. 627-RIBS Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St. 644-3535 Penuche’s Music Hall 1087 Elm St. 206-5599 Salona Bar & Grill 128 Maple St. 624-4020 Shaskeen 909 Elm St. 625-0246 Shorty’s 1050 Bicentennial Drive 625-1730 Stark Brewing Co. 500 Commercial St. 625-4444 Strange Brew Tavern 88 Market St. 666-4292 TGI Fridays 1516 Willow St. 644-8995 Whiskey’s 20 20 Old Granite St. 641-2583 Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722 Meredith Giuseppe’s 312 Daniel Webster Hwy 279-3313 Merrimack Homestead 641 Daniel Webster Hwy 429-2022 Jade Dragon 515 DW Hwy 424-2280 Merrimack Biergarten 221 DW Hwy 595-1282 Tortilla Flat 594 Daniel Webster Hwy 262-1693 Milford J’s Tavern 63 Union Sq. 554-1433 Pasta Loft 241 Union Sq. 672-2270
Central: Jonny Friday Blues City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Derryfield: D-Comp Foundry: DJ Marco Valentin Gilford Laconia Pitman’s Freight Room: David Fratello’s: Jazz Night Patrick’s: Matt Langley Jewel: Incite/Aethere/Graviton/ Lockwood Jazz Trio Aversed/They Look human Hampton Whiskey Barrel: Djdirectdrive KC’s Rib Shack: Chris Cyrus Bernie’s: Six Fox Whiskey Manchvegas: Adam Fithian CR’s: Mica-Sev Project Londonderry Murphy’s: Joe Sambo Duo Sea Ketch: Max Sullivan/Steve Coach Stop: Jeff Mrozek Penuche’s: Evac Protocol w/ Positron Tolley Stumble Inn: Caroline Gray Shaskeen: Delaney Shane’s Texas Pit: April Renzella Shorty’s: Mark Lapointe Wally’s Pub: Mechanical Shark & Loudon Country Music DJ Hungry Buffalo: Jennifer Mitchell Strange Brew: Quickfire Whiskey’s 20: DJs Shawn White/ Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz Hillsborough Manchester Turismo: Line Dancing Bookery: Justin Cohn Bungalow: Kingsmen/Saving Vice/ Mason Dismissed/Floor’s Embrace/VRSTY Marty’s: Tim Rollo & Lou Demartino Farmington Hawg’s Pen: Chris Reagan hosts
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Shaka’s Bar & Grill 11 Wilton Road 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Hampshire Hills 50 Emerson Road 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. 42 South St. 554-8879 Moultonborough Buckey’s 240 Governor Wentworth Hwy 476-5485 Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900 Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Sq 943-7443 5 Dragons 28 Railroad Sq 578-0702 Agave Azul 94-96 Main St. 943-7240 Boston Billiard Club 55 Northeastern Blvd. 943-5630 Burton’s Grill 310 Daniel Webster Hwy 688-4880 Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers 38 E. Hollis St. 577-1718 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Fratello’s Italian Grille 194 Main St. 889-2022 Haluwa Lounge Nashua Mall 883-6662 Killarney’s Irish Pub 9 Northeastern Blvd. 888-1551 O’Shea’s 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 Peddler’s Daughter 48 Main St. 821-7535 Pig Tale 449 Amherst St. 864-8740 Portland Pie Company 14 Railroad Sq 882-7437 Shorty’s 48 Gusabel Ave 882-4070 Stella Blu 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 Thirsty Turtle 8 Temple St. 402-4136
Meredith Giuseppe’s: Just Because Merrimack Homestead: Sean Coleman Jade Dragon: DJ Mike Kelly Paradise North: Live Acoustic Milford J’s Tavern: Stephen Decuire Pasta Loft: Triana Wilson Union Coffee: Pub Sing at Union Moultonborough Castle in the Clouds: Eric Ray
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Racks Bar & Grill 20 Plaistow Road 974-2406 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
Country Tavern: Jenni Lynn Fody’s: Girls Night Out Fratello’s: Chris Gardner O’Shea’s: Mando & The Goat Riverwalk: T Sisters, Goldenoak Shorty’s: Mark Huzar Newmarket Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Prendergast Peterborough Harlow’s: Bluegrass Night w/ John Meehan La Mia Casa: Soul Repair Portsmouth 3S Artspace: Vieux Farka Toure Beara Irish Brewing: Weekly Irish Music Cisco Brewers: Music & Brews Fat Belly’s: DJ Flex Martingale: Paul Rainone Portsmouth Book & Bar: Sans Souci Portsmouth Gaslight: T.M.F.I. The Goat: Annie Brobst Rochester 110 Grill: Chad Verbeck Lilac City Grille: Pete Peterson Salem Copper Door: Brad Bosse
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Ri Ra Irish Pub 22 Market Square 319-1680 Rudi’s 20 High St. 430-7834 Thirsty Moose 21 Congress St 427-8645
Sayde’s Restaurant 136 Cluff Crossing 890-1032
Raymond Cork n’ Keg 4 Essex Drive 244-1573
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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 Salem Jocelyn’s Lounge 355 S. Broadway 870-0045
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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
Windham Common Man 88 Range Road 898-0088 Old School Bar & Grill 49 Range Road 458-6051
Windham Common Man: Peter Pappas
Top of the Chop: Funkadelic Fridays
Friday, Aug. 24 Auburn Auburn Pitts: Full Throttle Auburn Tavern: Corey McLane
Epping Holy Grail: Amanda McCarthy Telly’s: Jamie Martin Band
Bedford Murphy’s: Justin Cohn Belmont Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark Boscawen Alan’s: Rick Watson Concord Area 23: Queen City Soul Makris: Brickyard Blues Pit Road Lounge: Shameless Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz (105.5 JYY) True Brew: Zooo Crew Deerfield Nine Lions Tavern: Alan Roux Derry Coffee Factory: Dave LaCroix Dover 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Music / Frisky Friday Dover Brickhouse: Not 30/Savor the Silence Fury’s Publick House: People Skills
Gilford Patrick’s: Dueling Pianos - Matt Langley vs Gardner Berry Schuster’s: Dan The Muzak Man
Goffstown Village Trestle: Hickory Horned Devils
Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar: Adam Robinson Boardwalk Cafe: Amanda McCarthy Cloud 9: Summer Vibes Hip-Hop CR’s: Rico Barr Duo Logan’s Run: Family Affair Old Salt: Mica-See Project Sea Ketch: Gabby Martin/Ray & Mike Shane’s Texas Pit: Tim Parent The Goat: Ellis Falls Wally’s Pub: Among The Living Henniker Country Spirit: Joel B Hillsborough Mama McDonough’s: Stone Face
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Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois Rochester Radloff’s: Dancing Madly Merrimack Backwards Duo Homestead: RC Thomas Jade Dragon: DJ John Paul Seabrook Paradise North: Live Acoustic Chop Shop: Doubleshot Boston Milford Windham J’s Tavern: Tumbletoads Old School Bar & Grill: Pasta Loft: Small Town Maddi Ryan Stranded Tiebreakers: Brad Bosse Saturday, Aug. 25 Ashland Nashua Common Man: Camouflage Country Tavern: Chad Torso Verback Fody’s: Whatsername Auburn Fratello’s: Ted Solovicos Auburn Tavern: Casey Roop Haluwa: Slakas Peddler’s Daughter: Dance Barrington Party w/ Dysto Nippo Lake: Grande Cru Solo R’evolution Sports Bar: Rock (Chris Reagan) Bottom w/ Joey Wedge & Jacob Rice Bedford Riverwalk: Nick Goumas Murphy’s: Chris Powers/Ryan Quintet Williamson Stella Blu: Joe McDonald Boscawen New Boston Alan’s: Natalie Turgeon Molly’s: Paul Driscoll Bristol Newbury Purple Pit: Sandra Bedrosian Salt Hill Pub: John Lackard Trio
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Milford J’s Tavern: 21st & 1st Pasta Loft: Horizon Union Coffee: Aaron Shadwell
Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa Makris: Joe Corriview Penuche’s: Open w/ Steve Naylor
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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES
“Even Chances” — the odd one’s out Across 1 Worker’s compensation 5 “M*A*S*H” actress Loretta 9 Wilson of “The Office” 14 Have ___ in the oven (be preggers) 15 “What ___ God wrought” (first official Morse code message)
16 Muppet wearing a horizontally striped shirt 17 2000 movie with the quote “What we do in life echoes in eternity” 19 Box lunch? 20 Relative that might be “once removed”
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22 Wood for baseball bats 23 Removed 27 Mustard sometimes mixed with mayo 31 “Out of the Cellar” glam rockers 33 ___-de-France (Paris’s region) 34 1998 skating gold medalist Kulik 35 In-between feeding time invented for a Taco Bell ad campaign 38 Olympus ___ (Martian volcano) 39 Come together 40 90 degrees from norte 41 Intuitive power 43 “Don’t change” 44 Suffix similar to -let 45 Painters’ mediums 46 Lunar cycle segment 47 Present-day 49 Act like an old-timey suitor
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51 Honorific for landmarks like the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, or Empire State Building 58 Cable movie channel owned by Lionsgate since 2016 61 Lou Gehrig’s nickname, with “The” 62 TV input or output component 63 Appellation 64 Johnny of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” 65 Color for rolls of dimes 66 Actress Natalia of “Stranger Things” 67 “Undertale” character named for a derided font Down 1 Tail movements 2 Skilled 3 Burrito bar side, for short 4 Prefix with plasm 5 Sardine cousins 6 Look after 7 “Was ___ harsh?” 8 “No ___ Traffic” 9 Renaissance 10 Bowl game venue, maybe 11 Roadside rest stop 12 Insect egg 13 Keanu, in the “Matrix” series 18 “___ ever-changing world ...”
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SIGNS OF LIFE All quotes are from Being a Dad is Weird: Georgette quickly agreed, and Melissa Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to almost fell over, being so excited that her Yours, by Ben Falcone, born Aug. 25, 1973. girls wanted to discuss this very important event. Then, to be nice, they all asked me Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) We have been what I thought of the new comforter. Imporled to believe that every day for our kids tant events need to be discussed. has to be an absolute Mardi Gras as well Aries (March 21 – April 19) I don’t as an enriching educational experience. It know what I thought my parents did when doesn’t. I went to school — I guess I figured they Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) I started to just disappeared until I came home, and lose track of who I was, what I was pursu- then they reappeared like magic, hopefully ing, and what … I was doing in Los Angeles with some kind of fun plan, ice-cream sandin the first place. What I mean is, I got very wiches, or the decision that we could stay serious about my work at California Pizza up late. Ice cream sandwiches may be in the Kitchen. You have to decide what you’re offing. really serious about. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I can always Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Admit your hold on to the fact that to this point in my faults. Kids can smell it on you if you don’t. life, I have yet to fall asleep with chocolate Also, when you are getting chocolate for pretzels in my pockets. Check your pockets. your kids, get a backup stash of chocolate Gemini (May 21 – June 20) My kids for yourself just in case you get a craving. haven’t met Big Bird, but they’ve traveled This doesn’t go without saying? a lot and seen some really neat things. You Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) … I will see neat things. do know this — when I was looking to be Cancer (June 21 – July 22) My body entertained as a kid, my dad had one stock does not want me to be an actor. My body response, and it never, ever changed. It begins to sweat whenever a camera is near. was, “Go outside.” Good advice. My face is fine; my beautiful face wants me Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) My school to act and loves what I do. But my body was fairly rough-and-tumble. I avoided loves to sweat and create wet patches on fights by telling jokes and by belonging to my clothing, causing me to tell the poor as many groups as I could, without fully wardrobe people on set, “Hey, I’m kind of committing to any of them. Jokes are good a problem. You might want to have two sets but belonging is better. of everything for me.” You may have conAquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Fish is flicting needs but you can work it out. fancy. Fish is for company. And holidays. Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) So my advice is And clearly, for apologies when Dad really to listen to lots of music with your kids, and pisses Mom off. Go fish. not that kiddie stuff either, and for the love Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) … some- of God, play music at dinner. Otherwise it’s times my wife and daughters speak a just a sea of forks clinking, and it makes me language that I do not fully understand. nervous. Plus, you’ll give your kids a deep Vivian once looked at a possible new com- appreciation for music they can take into forter for her bedroom and said, “Mom, I their lives. Good times call for good music, feel like it’s competing with the wallpaper.” right? Maybe start with Fleetwood Mac. NITE SUDOKU
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Tania Singer, 48, a renowned neuroscientist who is one of the world’s top researchers on human empathy, has been accused by co-workers of being ... a bully. “Whenever anyone had a meeting with her, there was at least an even chance they would come out in tears,” one colleague told Science magazine. Others said the daily working environment included threats and emotional abuse, The Washington Post reported on Aug. 12. For her part, Singer denied the most serious charges and said, “(T)he workload and pressure increasing led to stress and strain that in turn sometimes caused inadequate communication with my staff in problem situations.” The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, where Singer has her lab, granted Singer a sabbatical in 2017 and said in a statement that when she returns, “it is envisioned that Prof. Singer will head, at her own request, a considerably smaller working group for social neuroscience.”
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Agents of Columbus (Ohio) Humane executed a warrant on a home in the Clintonville neighborhood on Aug. 14 in response to complaints about birds inhabiting the home. Columbus Humane CEO Rachel Finney told The Columbus Dispatch that concerns about the birds’ well-being were warranted: Officials found more than 600 birds inside, including macaws, African gray parrots, Amazon parrots and other species. “It’s pretty overwhelming to step into the house,” Finney said. Removal took all day, and Columbus Humane was undertaking the task of examining each bird from beak to tail. Finney said the agency would decide which birds might be adoptable after assessments are complete. As for the owner, she said, “We’re confident we’ll have charges; it’s just a matter of which charges and how many.”
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Dr. Jay Curt Stager and his colleagues, researchers at Paul Smith’s College, have released results from a study showing that Walden Pond, made famous by naturalist Henry David Thoreau in the mid-1800s, is an ecological disaster, thanks to human urine. The pond was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and the site in Concord, Massachusetts, draws hordes of tourists each year. But NBC News reports that swimmers urinating in the water for generations is the most likely cause of high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in the pond that cause algae to spread and block the sun’s rays, devastating the fish population. The study authors suggest building a swimming pool nearby to take pressure off the pond.
In Paris, the designer of a recently installed “urinoir,” a sidewalk urinal, on the Ile SaintLouis, says the new device offers “an eco solution to public peeing.” But Reuters reports that nearby residents and business owners are unhappy about the urinals, saying they are “immodest and ugly” and will “incite exhibitionism.” The “Uritrottoir,” a mashup of the French words for urinal and sidewalk, looks much like a plastic trash receptacle, and local mayor Ariel Weil says they’re necessary: “If we don’t do anything, Obsession then men are just going to pee in the streets.” Chen San-yuan, 69, of New Taipei City, Taiwan, has taken his gaming obsession to another level. “Uncle Pokemon,” as the Oops! Colorado Mesa University in Grand Feng Shui master is known around town, has Junction, Colorado, is footing the bill for a mounted 11 smartphones on the handlebars possible $46,000 reprint job after a recent of his bicycle so that he can better play Pokegraduate found a typo on his diploma. Alec mon Go. United Press International reported Williams, former editor of the school’s news- that Chen sometimes stays out until 4 a.m. paper, was examining his sheepskin when playing the virtual game. His habit costs him he found a line reading “Coard of Trustees,” $1,300 per month, but he’s not daunted: He instead of “Board of Trustees” under one of hopes to expand his phone lineup to 15. the signatures. “There was this moment of Visit newsoftheweird.com. laughing at it ... and the more I thought about
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