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There is a category of people that cuts across all lines — gender identity, race, age, zip code, and religion. Nationally, one in three adults is in this category, and the number is constantly growing. Those in this category are regularly discriminated against by landlords and employers. This category is people with a criminal record, of any kind.

People with a criminal record are more likely to be unemployed, and when employed, they earn an average of 40 percent less than people without a record. Employers often single this category of people out by including a box on their application forms that people must check if they have a criminal record.

Applications with a checked box are then often discarded without further consideration.

The problem: job applications don’t ask what the criminal record includes, when the offense was committed, whether it has anything to do with the job at hand, or what the applicant has done for rehabilitation. It’s usually a yes or no.

Fair chance hiring would change this practice. It’s a proposal to remove the box from application forms and instead defer the question about someone’s record to the interview phase. There, an employer has already valued the applicant’s skill set enough to conduct an interview, and an applicant can better explain the context of their record in person. Fair chance hiring in no way forces or even pressures employers to hire people with a record.

Rather, it enables employers to make a more informed decision about applicants, by learning more about their record and doing so in the context of the applicant’s overall qualifications. Fair chance hiring is becoming a common practice with 31 states and over 150 cities and municipalities having some form of fair chance hiring. More than 180 companies have voluntarily implemented fair chance hiring, including Google, Starbucks, Walmart, PepsiCo, and Koch Industries.

The time is ripe for New Hampshire to adopt this policy. Our workforce shortage is so dire that it has been called a “threat” to economic growth in our state. The opioid epidemic is compounding this problem as our system is still designed to incarcerate those struggling with addiction. These individuals are encountering barriers to re-entry by having to check the box. As New Hampshire grapples with the workforce shortage and looks for new ways to overcome the opioid epidemic, lawmakers should consider fair chance hiring legislation. Reliable employment is critical to successful re-entry after incarceration and to reducing recidivism. Granite State families, communities, and businesses benefit when more people are productively employed.

Allyson Ryder is associate director of Leadership New Hampshire. She can be reached at allyson.ryder@leadershipnh.org.

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ON THE COVER 12 HEAL WITH ART Drawing, painting, writing, dancing — any of these or other forms of artistic expression can have a positive impact on your life. Locally, professionals are using art to help people who are in recovery, dealing with mood disorders or coping with loss. Find out how art has proven to be the right medicine for some, and how it can help you, too.

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NEWS & NOTES 4 Lions Clubs looking for young blood; Tri City Expo; PLUS News in Brief.

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

22 THEATER Curtain Call.

23 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.

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FOOD: 32 PITCO FRIFEST Concord Multicultural Festival; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Beer; From the Pantry.

POP CULTURE: 38 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz has a surprisingly good time with the lighter than expected The Predator and the darker Paul Feig movie A Simple Favor.

NITE: 44 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Herman’s Hermits; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

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Veto overrides

During a legislative session held on Sept. 13, the New Hampshire House and Senate voted on whether to override Gov. Chris Sununu’s vetoes of six bills, according to a news release from the House’s communications office. Vetoed bills require a two-thirds override vote from both chambers to be passed into law. The House and Senate voted successfully to override two of the six bills: HB 143, which provides the state’s Adult Parole Board with more discretion to treat people who violate parole due to drug relapse; and SB 365, which requires electric companies to offer to purchase the net energy output of the state’s biomass and waste-to-energy facilities. However, the remaining four bills failed to receive an override vote from both the House and the Senate. Vetoed bills that were overridden in the chamber that wrote them but not in the other included HB 314, which outlined licensing requirements for autonomous vehicle testing and establishing a commission to oversee this testing; HB 1736, which raised the cost limit of state-funded dam repair projects before requiring approval from the governor and Executive Council; and SB 446, which increased the capacity allowed for customer generators who participate in net metering. SB 593, which would have repealed the state’s death penalty for capital murder, was not overridden by the Senate and was therefore not voted on by the House.

the office concluded a special grand jury investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against school faculty, according to a news release.

In 2016 the coed boarding school launched an independent investigation of multiple sexual misconduct allegations spanning five decades, which found more than a dozen former employees engaged in sexual misconduct with students while at the school. In a report, the AG’s office announced it will seek indictments charging the school with child endangerment. The settlement agreement laid out several requirements of the school, including regular reviews by an independent compliance overseer for five years; mandatory trainings and protocols, including trauma-informed responses to abuse; and providing services and resources for victims of abuse. St. Paul’s will be required to cover the costs of complying with the settlement.

Volkswagen settlement

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services released a report on how it will spend nearly $31 million from a national settlement with Volkswagen. According to the report, the car manufacturer was sued in January 2016 by the State of California, which alleged the company produced car models between 2009 to 2015 that violated federal emission standards. The Department of Justice and Volkswagen reached a $15 billion settlement last October, $2.9 billion of which was distributed to each state. New Hampshire will use its portion of this money to fund environmental St. Paul’s settlement The Office of the Attorney projects, such as replacing publicly General and St. Paul’s School in owned vehicles like older diesel busConcord agreed to a settlement after es with newer fuel-efficient models

and installing electric vehicle charging stations around the state.

Partner violence study

Katie Edwards from the University of New Hampshire and Heather Littleton at East Carolina University in North Carolina will conduct the largest study ever on intimate partner violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority college students, according to a news release. The study is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and will examine risk factors for intimate partner violence among these specific student populations.

Researchers expect to survey more than 20,000 students and 10,000 faculty and staff at 15 colleges and universities across the country, each of which will receive specific feedback and recommendations. In a statement, Edwards wrote that the study will “evaluate a new model of sexual stigma” and “identify risk and protective factors” that could help reduce the rate of partner violence, drinking and suicide among these student populations.

NH DIVERSITY

The New Hampshire Bar Association in Concord held a reception to mark the 40th anniversary of its Pro Bono Referral program, according to a news release. The program connects low-income people with volunteer attorneys for free legal services.

Sen. Maggie Hassan announced that the final version of a bipartisan appropriations bill for FY 2019 includes $12 million for the National Guard Readiness Center in Pembroke. As of press time, the bill was awaiting a signature from President Donald Trump.

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Voters in the state’s 1st U.S. Congressional District will be making history this November. The AP reported that Republican nominee Eddie Edwards would be the first black representative from the Granite State, while Democratic nominee Chris Pappas would be the state’s first openly gay representative. Locally, Safiya Wazir defeated four-term incumbent Rep. Dick Patten in the Democratic primary for District 17 in Concord.

The Concord Monitor reported that Wazir, a 27-year-old from Afghanistan (now an American citizen), would be the first refugee to hold public office in New Hampshire if elected in November.

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The next generation of New Hampshire farmers could be smaller than the last, according to a study from Land for Good in Keene, a farm advocacy nonprofit. Nearly 30 percent of the state’s farmers said they are likely to retire from farming sometime in the next decade or shortly thereafter. Of these 1,338 senior farmers, just 6 percent have someone under age 45 managing the farm with them. The study also found that New Hampshire farmers age 65 and older manage 158,000 acres and own a collective $628 million in land and agricultural infrastructure.

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Lions Clubs celebrate milestone anniversary

“We do a lot of special projects to respond to community needs,” said Bonnie St. Jean, Manchester Lions Club community services Two of the oldest Lions Clubs in the coordinator. “If the community needs us to world are marking their 95th anniversary in undertake a project, we’ll help them as best the Granite State this year. The Manchester as we can.” and Nashua Lions Clubs were founded just six years after the organization itself started Cubs in the pride in 1917 with a primary goal of assisting the Membership is on the older side in many visually impaired.

Lions Clubs, and Lecius said Lions InternaBoth the Manchester and Nashua clubs still tional has tried to implement new programs provide eyeglass recycling and free vision and focuses to attract younger individuals. screenings within their communities.

The Nashua Lions Club has changed long“One of our main focuses is helping kids standing policies, including cutting back its that have a problem with their eyesight, meetings from weekly to twice a month and because that’s important for kids when they adopting a relaxed dress code. The club also try to learn,” said Jacinto Rodriguez, presi- took advantage of younger members’ interest dent of the Manchester Lions Club. “A lot of in running 5Ks by printing them “Team Lions kids at a young age don’t know they have a Club” T-shirts to help spread the word. problem; they just think that’s the way life is.”

“Millennials like to get their hands dirty, Manchester and Nashua both work to pro- but they don’t necessarily like to have dinner vide further assistance to people and children and go to meetings every week,” said Lecius. in need as well. Lower-income individuals “We’re trying to be sensitive to that by keepand families in the community may receive ing our meetings interesting and asking our financial assistance with vision care and eye- younger members to get involved with at glasses, as well as hearing aids. least one of our committees.”

“Over the years, we have worked with Over the last six years, Lecius said, the school nurses. If they find a child in a dis- results of these efforts speak for themselves. advantaged socioeconomic situation that’s The club has grown from 24 to 80 people in in need of an eye exam or glasses, they can that time frame, with members ranging from send them over to get an eye inspection and 19 to 86 years old. Lecius said about a quarter glasses at Nashua Eye Associates and we will of the club’s newest members are under 30. pick up the cost,” said Ed Lecius, communiRodriguez is the type of young person that ty policing coordinator for the Nashua Police the Manchester chapter is hoping to bring Department and a member of the Nashua into the fold. At 36 years old, he’s one of the Lions Club since 1971. youngest of the club’s 25 members. In June

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Nationally, the Lions’ focus has expanded over the years to include other causes. Locally, the Nashua Lions Club used to run the Friendship Club, a meeting place for emotionally and physically challenged people.

The clubhouse was recently closed due to a lack of activity, but Lecius said it was a unique resource when it opened in the mid-1950s.

The club also runs a scholarship fund for Nashua students K-12 and gives out annual firefighter, police and teacher of year awards.

Over in the Queen City, the Manchester Lions Club has taken on its share of community causes. In 1931, the chapter worked with the Boston Kiwanis Club to create a retreat for young blind girls. The program eventually became Camp Allen in Bedford, which now welcomes people with disabilities of all ages.

The Manchester Club has remained active in the community, participating in the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Drive and the Manchester St. Patrick’s Day Parade as well as hosting an annual Christmas party at the Manchester VA Hospital to support veterans.

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he was elected president for a one-year term.

As president, Rodriguez hopes to focus on doing more work with kids to attract younger members. The club recently brought in a New Hampshire officer of the Drug Enforcement Agency to learn how its members can educate local youth about drug prevention and the effects of the opioid crisis in Manchester.

“The way we’re trying to attract people is getting out there and making it more fun,” said Rodriguez. “If we have more members, we can help the community more.”

The Manchester Lions Club will host a membership event Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Jutras Post 43 in Manchester.

The Nashua Club holds its meetings on the first and third Mondays of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Nashua (2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua). Its next meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 1, and is the annual Firefighter of the Year Dinner. The club will pick up the tab for dinner for new members during their first meeting, and they accept new members year-round.

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B-to-B and beyond State’s largest biz expo turns 30

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After three decades, New Hampshire’s largest business expo is continuing to fine-tune a new consumer-friendly focus. The 30th annual Tri-City Expo will offer a free opportunity to see what nearly 150 local companies and nonprofits have to offer, on Thursday, Sept. 27, in Manchester.

The expo is run by the chambers of commerce in the state’s three largest cities: Concord, Manchester and Nashua. An array of products and services will be on display, with exhibitors including the AR Workshop in Manchester, a DIY woodworking studio; Local Baskit in Concord, a locally-sourced meal-kit company; and Scooch in Bedford, a technology company that offers a “password vault.”

“People can not only find out about resources and business opportunities, but also interesting nonprofits and different opportunities to get involved in their communities,” said Carolyn Leary, VP of partnerships and programs at the Greater Manchester Chamber.

Timothy Sink, president of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, said the original idea for the expo was to connect the “three cities on the I-93 spine,” though each chamber also has members from surrounding towns.

While the mileage between these cities is relatively small, he said, each community has its own unique characteristics and culture.

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Open invitation

For the bulk of its existence, the Tri-City Expo was branded as a marketing opportunity for businesses in the region. Though that’s still a focus of the event, the chambers have worked to make the event appeal to the general public.

“We’ve added in a few elements that have made the expo more appealing to the general public,” Leary said.

That includes a bistro section featuring 13 restaurants from southern New Hampshire, including 900 Degrees Pizzeria and Ignite Bar and Grille in Manchester. After dinner, attendees can try a variety of libations from local craft beverage makers, including Great North Aleworks and Ancient Fire Mead and Cider in Manchester, Djinn Spirits in Nashua and Litherman’s Limited Brewery in Concord.

Leary said the main stage at the expo will host presenters throughout the show, such as an art demo with Studio 550 in Manchester.

Also on site will be Granite State Escape in Manchester, which will be running a “pop-up” escape room.

Changing times

The internet was hardly in full swing when the chambers organized the first Tri-City Expo.

Tracy Hall, president and CEO of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, said these kinds of expos were more common back then, since they were the best way for business owners to connect with other business and potential customers in a face-to-face setting.

But nowadays, any given smartphone owner likely has a handful of social media apps that offer prime opportunities for networking. With the rapid pace of changing technology, Still, Sink said, the chambers and their members see a need for face-to-face connections.

“People like to do business with people they know and trust, and I don’t think at its heart that the business world has changed so much that a one-on-one connection isn’t the best way to go,” said Hall.

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There was a national search, and about 30 people who were considered viable candidates. A dozen of these people were interviewed until there were two finalists. ...

I didn’t want to rely on being a familiar face within the organization. It was very important for me to go through the process and explain how I’ve helped lead the organization and move it forward. I’ve learned a lot over the years about the professional business management side of our field, but what I also bring to the table is an understanding of the reasons why we do what we do and the ability to connect the dots at every level. My time at the Elliot in various leadership positions has allowed me to work with our team and create a vision for the organization.

and quality while also improving costs. … Sherry Hausmann, president and CEO [of SolutionHealth], was named in May, and she’s been here for just over a month now.

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Now that Sherry, Mike Rose [president and CEO of Southern New Hampshire Health] and myself are in place, we can start pushing on that clinical integration work. …

We have other teams working on the nonclinical side too. One big area is information technology, including a system-wide electronic medical record system that we’ll be extending over the next 18 to 20 months. It What do you hope to accomplish as will allow us to better manage patient care across the entire region. president?

It’s important for us to focus not only on how we serve our patients, but also our staff.

It’s difficult to have a conversation about In health care, we often muscle through; things health care in New Hampshire without might not be as good as they should be, but we mentioning the opioid crisis. What is Elliot get things done for the patient. We tolerate a doing to respond to the epidemic? little more chaos because it’s an unpredictable We are partnering with the state and local field. But if we focus on creating equality in this governments to support drug courts, and [patient-provider] relationship, we can reduce we’re working hard to open up other subthat chaos. … I would also be very proud if stance use treatment centers. Of course, we’re the Elliot continues to be an indispensable partners with the state’s Medicaid waiver, part of the community. We have a big foot- which is ongoing around behavioral health print in Manchester and the Manchester area. and substance use. At the same time, we have Were leaning into issues that affect our area. taken the opportunity to speak with primaWe have a substance use problem, and we’re ry care providers and specialist positions so struggling with an aging population and a pop- we can offer medication-assisted treatment ulation that’s more stressed and struggling with and partial hospitalization. … Step 1 was mental health issues. We want to meet commu- making sure we were more careful about our nity needs as best as we can. … We also have a prescribing patterns, and coming out of that, significant initiative over the next several years we wanted to understand the science of helpto advance medical and surgical oncology in ing people with substance use disorder. We’re Manchester. We’ll be establishing a cancer hoping to have our outpatient program online center at Elliot Hospital, and we expect to have around Oct. 1. Patients will be here with us for the cancer program up and running by 2020. a chunk of the day, and there will be a component of medication-assisted treatment. It’s Tell us more about SolutionHealth. different than coming in for a dose of methaSolutionHealth is the name of a combined done and going home. We want to give them clinical enterprise between the Elliott and coping mechanisms and skills so they can be Southern New Hampshire Health [in Nash- back and functioning in society. ua]. We will remain standalone community — Scott Murphy hospitals with our own identities and naming conventions, but we will coordinate and What are you into right now? collaborate to augment current services and CrossFit. I do it five or six times a week, bring new services to the region. The idea usually at 5:30 a.m. is we will be able to improve access to care

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Battling obesity

Though not the fittest state in the union, New Hampshire ranked near the bottom of the list in terms of adult obesity, according to a study from the Trust for America’s Health. The nonprofit found that 28.1 percent of New Hampshire adults are obese. That ranks 38th in the country and only 5.5 points higher than Colorado, the trimmest state population at 22.6 percent obesity among adults.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: The childhood obesity figures in the study suggest a leaner future in New Hampshire. In 2016, 8.5 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 were obese in the Granite State, the lowest rate in the nation.

Supporting veterans

Sen. Maggie Hassan and other officials announced that New Hampshire is receiving more than $2.85 million in grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The funding will address veterans’ homelessness and support housing assistance in the Granite State. Specifically, the grants will benefit programs at Veterans Inc. in Concord and Harbor Homes in Nashua, which provide a combination of housing, employment and support services for veterans and their families.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Since 1990, Veterans Inc. has helped more than 80,000 veterans and operates offices and programs in all six New England states. Harbor Homes was established in 1980 and serves low-income, vulnerable New Hampshire community members throughout the entire state, with a focus on Greater Nashua and southern New Hampshire.

Water quality funding

The New Hampshire Senate’s Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission approved nearly $24 million in loans and grants to fund drinking water infrastructure projects, according to a news release. The money will benefit select cities, towns, water utilities, cooperatives and associations across the state. Among the 19 approved proposals are projects in Goffstown and Merrimack.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the announcement, the commission was established to oversee nearly $278 million awarded to the state as part of a settlement with Exxon-Mobil. A compound included in the company’s gasoline was found to have caused instances of water contamination.

Lowest poverty level

New Hampshire’s poverty rate is the lowest in the country, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.

Between 2015 and 2017, the average annual poverty rate in the Granite State was 6.7 percent, nearly half the U.S. average of 12.8 percent. The next closest New England state was Connecticut at 9.9 percent, while Maine had the highest rate in the region at 12.3 percent.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the federal poverty level for the mainland U.S. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) ranges from $12,140 a year for an individual to $42,380 for a family of eight. Each additional household member raises that threshold by $4,320 a year.

QOL Score: 84 Net change: +4 QOL this week: 88 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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Here are some thoughts on major recent news items.

News Item: DeGrom Odds-On Favorite to Win NL Cy Young No sports-only topic drives me more around the bend than seeing the stat geeks devalue the importance of winning. The way they see it, a pitcher’s job is to give a quality start, not to actually win, and if they do and lose they still pitched fine. That makes their latest hero Mets, ah, ace Jacob DeGrom, who came into Fenway on Sunday with a sterling 1.71 ERA. That’s got many saying he should win the Cy Young award. However, I’ll ask how can you possibly give a starter the Cy when his record is under .500 at 8-9 and his team is 12-18 in his 30 starts.

Especially when he’s just 4-9 since June 8. That is insanity on my planet because it says ERA, WHIP and their other blather is more important than winning the game, something every non-playoff team shows is not true. Bleeding hearts will say his offense let him down and it’s hard to argue that the Mets stink. But the reality is more times than not he gave up more runs than the other pitcher, which means in 18 of his 30 starts the other guys pitched better. I don’t see how anyone can be called a league’s “best” pitcher when he does that, making the ultimate message of so-called “advanced” analytics “winning isn’t important.” Got it.

News Item: Bortles Bottles Up Patriots The latest example of why it’s often not a good idea to follow “prevailing wisdom” in assessing what to expect over what a player has done lately came Sunday in Jacksonville after QB Blake Bortles was thrashed all week by much of Patriot Nation, the media and (of course) talk radio and before he threw four TD passes against the Patriots in a 31-20 win. The next

day the Boston Globe headline said in running up an 111 QB rating he played “the game of his life.”Admittedly, Bortles has been an erratic, under-performing quarterback for much of his career since being a first-round pick in 2014. The problem is in going for the cheap laugh in mocking him most ignored recent history. That includes winning twice in the 2017 playoffs without throwing a pick, which is critical to playoff success. And while he was erratic throwing in Round I, his 88 yards rushing were vital in Jacksonville’s win over Buffalo.

The Jags then scored 45 points in a threepoint win over Pittsburgh. Against the Pats he threw for 293 and had the Jags a quarter away from the Super Bowl after three quarters before his coach went ultra-conservative to run out the clock. That gave Tom Brady the time and field position needed to rally the troops to a 14-point come-frombehind win. So that’s on Doug Marrone, not him. Plus in the last four games before they clinched a playoff he threw for 309, 268, 326 and 382. All of which suggests that maybe the switch has been flipped.

Time will tell, but it says to me he may now be closer to what was expected after he threw for 35 TDs in Year 2.

News Item: New Type Job for Chip Kelly at UCLA With bad losses to Oklahoma in Normand and Fresno State, at home no less, Chip Kelly is off to an 0-3 start at UCLA. Losses like that are not all that uncommon for a team whose last coach was fired after going 10-15 the two previous seasons. But it does make his new job much different than when he ascended to the throne of national power Oregon after being its innovative offensive coordinator. The mission then was to take the program up another notch, which he did by going to the NCAA title game vs.

Auburn after NFL stops in Philly and San Francisco, in its effort to rebuild the Bruins to be a power from below the mediocrity line, something he’s never done and it’s

happening in a town where rival USC has been the glamour king and usual recruiting winner since the days of Student Body Right. So the question is, can he be a college version of Bill Parcells, who did with the G-Men and a habit of building bottom dwellers into winners after that.

News Item: Race to Play the Cards After U.S. Open Tantrum As predictable as it was, it was interesting to see the race/gender card brought to the conversation after the recent Serena Williams hoo-ha at the U.S. Tennis Open. It culminated with her being penalized a game in the finals match (she lost 92-6, 4-6) to 20-year-old Naomi Osaka for something she and her supporters said men get away with all the time. I haven’t followed tennis in a long time. When I did, it’s true John McEnroe was nuts and Romania’s Ilie Nastase made him look like Mr. Rogers. But the indisputable facts are that her coach admitted coaching from the stands, which is illegal, for a first warning; she smashed her racquet in anger, for a second warning, and she then called umpire Carlos Ramos a “thief.”

Sorry, verbal abuse is misconduct and that adds up to loss of a game. Her response was, it would never happen to a man.

Really? Unless it’s fake news, that’s not true, as Donald Trump’s favorite paper reported men have been penalized nearly 600 times more than women over the last 20 years. As for the race card, her opponent is biracial with a black father, and Portuguese umpire Ramos is Hispanic, so that’s not likely either. Also it’s hardly her first dust-up with an ump and superstars always get more leeway than non-superstars. That’s indisputable.

The bottom line: Letting someone slide for bad behavior because others previously have is bad precedent. Serena got penalized because she earned it.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress.com.

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S PEOPLE, PLACES & OTHER STUFF

F-Cats take the title

The Big Story: Well, the F-Cats did and did it in style three straight to take the Eastern League title in a Moses Malonelike – fo, fo, fo – six straight wins in sweeps of Trenton and Akron. Fittingly the final win came at home in front of 6,541 faithful fans as the 8-5 win was led by the usual suspects, Cavan Biggio (a homer), Jon Berti (two RBI) and Harold Ramirez. It was the third time they had won the EL since they moved to town a how-can-it-be 15 years ago. Now this group likely moves on to AAA to go for a third straight title after a win in A in 2017.

Sports 101: Who holds the record for most passing attempts in an NFL game?

Offensive Player of the Week: To Bedford QB Thomas Morgan, who threw for 297 yards and five TD passes in leading Bedford to a 44-7 thumping of Goffstown.

Defensive Player of the Week: To Dylan Feliciano, who pulled in three of the Green’s four picks in a 21-8 win over Merrimack, one of which he took to the house for Central’s second TD. Knick of Tyme Award: Tie to Merrimack’s Abby Morgan and Bedford’s Zach Verow for scoring overtime goals

3 – goal hat tricks already for Trinity’s Keeley Francis and Derryfield’s Lindsey Staggs after pulling the trick in 10-0 and 4-0 wins over Monadnock and Pelham respectively.

5 – goals by Trinity’s Ethan Frenette in a 10-1 soccer win over Somersworth to make it 8 for the week after scoring 3 oth-

ers vs. Inter-Lakes and Raymond as the Pioneers stayed undefeated at 7-0.

7 – saves made by Reagan Kolinski as Pinkerton shut out Goffstown in a 1-0 win when Julia Preston had the game’s lone goal.

8 – saves by both Derryfield’s Brooke Nolan and Trinity’s Taylor Frenette in the Cougars’ whiteknuckle 1-0 win over the Pioneers that knocked 5-1

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82 – yard run from scrimmage for one of the first of three TDs scored

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Sports Glossary

Bill Parcells: Real name Duane Charles Parcells. Nickname The Tuna. Two-time Super Bowl winning coach who later got the laughingstock Patriots to the SB just four years after taking over in Foxboro after illegally skipping out on his contract with Bob Kraft in the border war between the Pats and Jets. Two years later the Jets were in the AFC title game. In Year 3 it was the Coach B “I resign as HC of the NJYs” nonsense a day after taking the job to replace Tuna. He later won in Dallas as coach and Miami as GM. Student Body Right: Name given to the fabled USC sweep as it became a national power under John McKay and others behind a stable of great, mostly Heisman Trophy winning running backs that included Mike Garrett, Marcus Allen, Charles White, (near miss) Anthony Davis and of course O.J. Simpson.

Donald Trump’s Favorite Paper: A sarcastic comment regarding the ever vigilant New York Times. In second place, the “Bezos” Washington Post.

Bezos Washington Post: Descriptive name given to the newspaper that brought down Richard Nixon, the venerable Washington Post, because it’s now owned by the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos. Given that his paper is harshly critical of Mr. Trump and Jeff owns Amazon. com, think that could be why the vindictive president is now calling for items bought online to be taxed? He may not be wrong, but that it came out of the blue makes you wonder.

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in 1-0 wins over Central and Windham respectively.

Sports 101 Answer: Old friend Drew Bledsoe set the NFL record for attempts with 70 in an overtime win over Minnesota in 1994 when he threw for 424 yards, three TDs and no picks when he also set the record for completions with 45.

On This Day - Sept. 20 in 1973: The famed Battle of the Sexes tennis match was played between Billie Jean King and 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in the Houston Astrodome before a massive 90 million worldwide TV audience. With King entering about a Cleopatra-style throne it was a televised circus that was equal parts over-the-top promotion, women’s liberation and male chauvinism vibes of the day, hosted by the one and only Howard Cosell. All the pressure was on women’s tennis’ biggest star; King losing to a man, even the long over the hill Riggs, during the fight for equality nationwide was not an option. She didn’t by blitzing Riggs in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. That gave her the winner-take-all $100k prize ($550k today) and women everywhere a bit of confidence they did not have a day earlier.

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THE BENEFITS OF USING YOUR CREATIVE SIDE

Art created in art therapy at C.R.E.A.T.E., the Center for Expressive Arts, Therapy and Education. Courtesy photos.

Art therapy and wellness resources

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

Art therapy centers and programs like Art of Hope at the Currier Museum of Art are proving that art is more than a pretty picture in a gallery — it’s a powerful tool for healing and wellness.

People are turning to expressive arts to deal with mental health issues, trauma, grief, substance abuse and other challenges, as well as for relaxation, stress-reduction and overall health.

Licensed art therapists and people leading arts-centric wellness programs in New Hampshire, as well as three local artists who have used art to cope with anxiety and panic attacks, opioid addiction and the loss of a friend to suicide, talk about the therapeutic benefits of art and how you can start using art to enhance your mental, physical and emotional well-being.

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Art in action

There is a variety of programs in New Hampshire that use art as a form of therapy and healing.

On the clinical side, there are mental health counseling services that specialize in arts-based therapy, such as C.R.E.A.T.E., the Center for Expressive Arts, Therapy and Education, in Manchester. At C.R.E.A.T.E., licensed counselors guide individual and group therapy sessions, workshops and seminars, using art to help people struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions and more. Art therapy can encompass a number of modalities, including dance and movement, drama, writing and journaling, music, poetry and visual arts, which may or may not be used in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy, talk therapy, meditation and relaxation practices and other traditional forms of therapy.

• The Art of Hope, a group for people with family members dealing with substance abuse, held at the Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, with upcoming sessions on Mondays, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 26, Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, 6 to 8 p.m., free to attend, currier.org.

• Change of Art New Hampshire, a Manchester-based arts organization that brings expressive arts groups to the community, changeofartnewhampshire.com.

• C.R.E.A.T.E., the Center for Expressive Arts, Therapy and Education, 141 Union St., Manchester, 625-0010, castlecreate.com.

• Haley Rae Martin Creative Recovery Program, Kimball Jenkins School of Art, 266 N. Main St., Concord, 225-3932, kimballjenkins.com. Program for young women in recovery, will run when there is enough interest. The group for ages 15 through 17 will be held on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. The group for ages 18 through 22 will be held on Wednes-

days from 6 to 8 p.m.

• Hope for NH Recovery, Angry Haiku weekly writers group, Hope Manchester Recovery Community Center, 293 Wilson St., Manchester, Tuesday, 6 to 7 p.m., hopefornhrecovery.org.

• Kathryn Costa of True North Arts, Manchester-based mandala art instructor offering online classes and occasional live classes, truenortharts.com, 100mandalas.com. Her next live class, “Introduction to Creating Mandala Art,” will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m., at White Swan Yoga Studio, 1889 Elm St., Suite B, Manchester, $40.

• Revive Recovery Center, 263 Main St., Nashua, 888-317-8312, reviverecovery.org.

Recovery Center provides art supplies and a space to create for people in recovery. Drop in Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The Sonatina Center, 750 Central Ave., Dover, 978-4808, thesonatinacenter.com. The art therapy center’s fall open house event is on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.

“Sometimes people come to us just for the art therapy and art-based approaches because traditional therapy hasn’t worked or hasn’t worked as well and they want to try a different way,” founder and director Steven Durost said.

Durost is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and a registered expressive arts therapist and holds a Ph.D. in Expressive Arts Therapy.

In a group for trauma survivors, Durost conducts psychodrama exercises where clients act out scenarios that allow them to work through their trauma in a non-intimidating way. For example, they may be asked to act out a role-reversal scenario in

which they speak from the perspectives of people in their lives who love and care for them, to help them look at themselves with compassion.

“They’re identifying a part of their story and engaging in action, but they’re doing it very safely,” Durost said. “It’s not about reenacting their abuse or trauma. It’s about helping them find their strengths and doing corrective [work on] pieces of their life through drama.”

In music therapy, the client will often create a song based on their experiences and emotions.

“Hearing [what they feel] reflected in music is very affirming and helps to create

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Amaranthia Gittens-Jones decided at age 8 that she wanted to be a comic artist and illustrator, but as she got older, art, for her, became more than a hobby or a career aspiration; it became a refuge from her struggles with bullying, anxiety and panic attacks and chronic illness.

She lived in and attended school in Japan, where her father worked, for part of her childhood. She fell in love with the culture, which greatly influenced her artistic style. When she returned to school in the U.S., she started encountering bullying, which intensified once she reached middle school. She found some solace in doing art inspired by happy memories from her time in Japan.

“Japan was proof that there was a place where people didn’t care how I looked and were accepting of me for who I was,” she said, “so I immersed myself in art that reflected my experience there, kind of as a way to comfort myself.”

As a result of the bullying, Gittens-Jones started experiencing anxiety and panic attacks.

At the same time, she had become ill and was experiencing the worsening effects of what doctors would later determine to be an adrenal disorder. She and her family decided it would be best for her to be home-schooled.

With encouragement from her therapist, Gittens-Jones, now 18 and living in Concord, has continued to use art as a way to cope with her mental and physical health issues.

“It’s an outlet,” she said. “If I’m feeling

overwhelmed or having a panic attack or a flare-up from my chronic illness, I can put my feelings onto paper, and it helps to see a visual reflection of how I’m feeling or felt in that moment.”

A year ago, she started working on two projects: “Hidden Demons of Anxiety” is a series of surrealistic images based on Japanese Noh masks that represent her struggle with anxiety, and “Emo Bunny: Anxiety Monster” is a comic series about a bunny-girl and her day-today battles with anxiety, depression and panic attacks, which are personified as a monster.

“It’s hard to talk about what you’re going through, because there’s a lot of stigma around anxiety disorders and chronic illness. People think it’s made up or they don’t understand,” Gittens-Jones said. “These projects helped me to express my experiences and show how painful and frustrating and scary it can be.”

“Hidden Demons of Anxiety” and “Emo Bunny: Anxiety Monster” will be on display at Jupiter Hall in Manchester in May 2019 for Mental Health Awareness Month.

Gittens-Jones’ goal is to make the series a travelling exhibition, and to have “Emo Bunny” published.

“I want it to create an opportunity for kids to talk about their experiences,” she said. “Hopefully my art represents some of those inner feelings that they don’t know how to express.”

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a deeper level of healing and, for children especially, helps in a way that talk therapy doesn’t,” Durost said.

Marissa Scott, certified music therapist and executive director of The Sonatina Center, a clinical creative arts therapy center in Dover, said adults often benefit from listening to music and analyzing song lyrics that have meaning for them or that they can relate to.

“It can help them verbally process their experiences and challenges and helps them foster their self expression, when facilitated by a therapist, even if they don’t have any music or art experience,” she said.

There are many approaches to visual arts therapy, which may include specific prompts or an open studio format, where clients are given art supplies and asked to create art that expresses whatever experiences or emotions they want to work through. Usually, the art is a starting point for working through the issues in talkbased therapy.

“If someone has a lot of anxiety, I’ll say, ‘If you took the anxiety out of your body and put it on paper, what would it look like?’” Durost said. “The idea is to get the anxiety out of the body, where we can talk about it and better understand the role the anxiety is playing in the person’s life.”

A project commonly used in art therapy,

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Art therapy at The Sonatina Center. Courtesy photo.

mentioned by both Durost and Scott, is creating masks.

“Clients decorate the outside of the mask based on what the world sees and the inside of the mask based on what they are hiding from the world,” Scott said. “Then, that can act as a springboard for discussion and discovery.”

Outside of a clinical setting, art is used by organizations like Change of Art New Hampshire to aid individuals, families and communities in self-expression, personal growth and healing.

Change of Art was started this year by expressive arts facilitator Diane Larochelle, who has a master’s degree in expressive arts therapy and counseling and is currently working toward becoming a licensed counselor.

Art for addiction After three weeks, 100 hours and 325 cans of paint, Manchester artist Keith Trahan spends his Friday evening putting the final touches on the new public art piece commissioned by InTown Manchester and the City — a mural covering a 4,000-square-foot and 630-foot-long center median on Canal Street.

His young son excitedly in tow, Trahan continuously pauses his work to respond to curious drivers stopped at the adjacent traffic light who have rolled down their windows to ask him questions about the process and thank him for bringing some color to the otherwise lackluster street.

“It’s a complete change from when I was shacked up and secluded in my house,” he said. “Art has opened all new doors for me. I owe a lot to art for that.”

A few years ago following a back injury, Trahan became addicted to prescription opioids and began abusing them. When he decided that it was time to make a change and quit drugs and alcohol, he turned to his lifelong love of art to fill the gap.

“The best thing to do when you’re trying to recover and heal yourself is to find a new hobby or passion, to get rid of the other passion that was destroying you,” he said. “Whenever I thought about having a couple beers, I would go grab my paint, and that gave me something else to focus on. Art got me through the rough times. Some people use AA and things like that, but art is 100 percent my therapy.”

Trahan also contributed to a mural on Elm and Stark streets in Manchester for a Manches-

Keith Trahan paints a mural on the Canal Street median. Photo by Angie Sykeny.

ter Connects event, painted a 30-foot mural in San Antonio, Texas, for a live art event, and painted a street piano outside Jupiter Hall in Manchester and exhibited his paintings there.

Trahan said showing his artwork to others has been as therapeutic as creating it, and has helped him build confidence, which is an essential part of recovery.

“When you’re going through recovery and all those changes, you tend be depressed and not feeling good about yourself,” he said, “but when I show someone a finished piece and they like it, that’s a great feeling. That in itself heals you.”

View Keith Trahan’s artwork at keithtrahanart.squarespace.com or email him at keithtrahanart@gmail.com.

“I believe a lot of expressive arts therapy work can be done in the community rather than in a hospital or clinical setting, so I wanted to bring art back into the community with programs that encourage creative expression and a healthy lifestyle,” Larochelle said.

The Manchester-based organization offers a variety of expressive arts groups, including self-expression and art exploration groups for kids, a group for caregivers and their clients, a teen altered book group and more. Various forms of art, including visual arts, dance and movement, music and drama, may be used, depending on the needs of the group. In an addiction recovery group, for example, participants may create collages representing their lives while they were abusing substances versus their lives in recovery.

The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester also launched a new art program this year in partnership with Drug-Free Kids to help parents and caregivers of people struggling with substance abuse.

Each session is focused on a theme, such as communication, values, resiliency, self-care, problem solving, family dynamics, shame and hope. With guidance from “parent mentors” who have also been affected by addiction, participants engage in art-looking, art-making

and conversation surrounding the theme.

Past sessions have included art projects with ceramics, collage, painting, fiber art, drawing and poetry.

“We’re in the galleries and in the studios, using art as a catalyst for selfdiscovery and expression,” said Lynn Thomson, assistant director of art education and community engagement. “The themes are universal and connect people through creativity and moments of reflection inspired by art.”

Art of Hope isn’t the first program at the Currier to use art in a therapeutic way.

For years, the Currier has also hosted the monthly Alzheimer’s Cafe, where people living with Alzheimer’s or dementia and their loved ones and caregivers meet at the museum to look at art and socialize.

“With both of these programs, we’re hoping to fill a need the community has,” Thomson said, “to provide a safe space where people affected by substance abuse or memory loss can enjoy art and be with others who understand what they are going through.”

Another emerging art program is the Haley Rae Martin Creative Recovery Program at Kimball Jenkins School of Art in Concord, open to young women in recovery.

Once there is enough interest, art instructors will lead two groups, one for ages 15 through 17 and one for ages 18 through 22,

in doing various creative projects.

“It’s not a rehab program, but it’s a supplement,” managing director Ryan Linehan said. “It’s an opportunity for self-expression, self-exploration and selfrespect, through art.”

Healing power

The biggest reason art is effective as a form of therapy and healing, Durost said, is that it can access trauma within a person that cannot be accessed verbally.

“Traditional talk therapy may not be the most direct way to get to the places that people need to get to, to heal,” he said. “Trauma is stored in the body, and art engages the body. Art speaks the language of the body and helps what’s inside to get out. It’s a more thorough and deeper level of healing.”

Art can also make processing difficult memories or emotions feel more manageable.

“Journaling works because you’re taking a memory and breaking it down into sentences and words, one letter at a time until the entire story is told. Art works in the same way; you create an image on a page that represents the memory, but you do that by breaking it down into colors and shapes and lines,” Durost said. “Once you break a memory down and process it, that’s when the healing happens, and you

Art therapy at The Sonatina Center. Courtesy photo.

can see it as something that happened in your past, but [it] isn’t who you are.”

Some people simply find art to be an easier and less intimidating way to express themselves, as opposed to talking, Larochelle said, or art helps them break the ice so that they can start talking through their issues.

“People who come to therapy usually have tough things in their life that aren’t easy to talk about, and art provides a vehicle for them to communicate those things without feeling as vulnerable,” she said.

Since art therapy is often done in a group setting, participants also reap the social benefits, which can be critical to the healing process. Building a support system is especially important for people recovering from addiction, Scott said, and creating and discussing art with others can facilitate those connections.

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Creative wellness

You don’t have to be an artist or enroll in an art therapy program to experience the therapeutic benefits of art.

Part of Larochelle’s mission with Change of Art is to encourage people to integrate creative expression into their everyday lives.

“Art is commercialized in the U.S. People think art is just for museums. So many people don’t think they are expressive or creative enough to do art, and they have that part of themselves shut down,” she said. “I’m hoping to bring art back to the average person and show them that art is a personal experience.”

Durost also believes that art is for everyone, and that doing art regularly is important for stress reduction, self-expression and building self-confidence.

“You need to keep an open track between the right and left sides of the brain, and sometimes we exercise one [side] way more than the other,” he said, “so art, in any form, can help us keep a balanced brain and keep the whole system working and healthy.”

Some easy and inexpensive creative projects that anyone can do at home may

Art for grief

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“There’s power in being next to someone who is going through a similar challenge, and being able to discuss your artwork with those people can be confidence-building,” she said. “Even if you aren’t sharing [your art] but are seeing other people sharing [their art], you’re getting a sense of what other people are going through, and you realize that you aren’t the only person going through that challenge, and it decreases that feeling of solitude.”

One of the missions of Change of Art is to help communities cope with community-wide trauma, such as natural disasters and acts of violence.

“Providing people with an artistic outlet for expression is an effective way for them to process, heal and recover from those kinds of events,” Larochelle said.

While art can be a useful tool for working through life’s problems, it can also serve as a “needed respite” from those problems, Thomson said.

“I think enjoying the beauty of art or creating art is almost meditative,” she said. “I think it allows people to stop or slow down and focus on something else for a while.”

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Luke Boutin. Courtesy photo.

Logo created by Luke Boutin for “Together We Prevail” art show. Courtesy photo.

Luke Boutin never thought about depression or mental illness before eighth grade, when one of his close friends took his own life. Now, the recent graduate of Manchester West High School is using art to cope with the loss and raise awareness about suicide prevention.

Boutin dabbles in a variety of art forms including film, photography, drawing, painting and graphic design. In the weeks and months following his friend’s death, his way of grieving was to channel his energy and emotion into creating art.

“Art was a portal for me, an escape from being so sad all the time,” he said. “At the time, I didn’t realize what a help it was, but when you create and you look at what you’ve made, it gives you a happy feeling. Art gave me a chance to chase that feeling of happiness again.”

Last June, Boutin organized an art show called “Together We Prevail” at Jupiter Hall in Manchester, to raise awareness about suicide prevention and funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The show included

his own art and art by fellow high school students. Boutin also created a promotional video and T-shirts for the cause. The T-shirts featured an original logo depicting two hands, one holding a flower, the other in the shape of a finger gun, which he designed on Photoshop using photographs of his own hands and a handdrawn sketch of a flower.

“It’s supposed to show that, no matter how depressed you can be, you can find a happy place,” he said. “There’s always a silver lining.”

Despite many unknowns in his future, Boutin said he will continue to use art as an emotional outlet and a form of self-expression.

He is planning a second “Together We Prevail” art show for next June and hopes to attend college and study graphic design.

“What I know is that when I go into my art studio and make my art, it feels pure and right,” he said. “I feel like, as long as I keep doing my art, nothing else matters.”

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include journaling, sketching or drawing, painting, poetry, songwriting, adult coloring books, collage and more.

One art form that has become popular for its relaxing and meditative effects is drawing or painting mandalas. A mandala is a geometric figure, usually a circle, filled with rows of smaller shapes, patterns and colors circling around the center point.

“What’s wonderful about mandalas is you’re working with a repeating pattern, and that has a rhythm to it, akin to the rhythm of breathing or walking or running,” said Kathryn Costa, Manchester artist and mandala art instructor, and author of The Mandala Guidebook: How to Draw, Paint, and Color Expressive Mandala Art. “You get so focused on the shapes and colors that you forget everything else. It relaxes the mind, and when the mind relaxes, the body relaxes.”

Mandalas are an ideal format for selfexpression, particularly for people who are new to art, Costa said, because it gives them creative freedom within a set structure. Every mandala is unique, and the shapes, patterns and colors are a simple but effective way to convey emotion.

“Each mandala is a map to our unconscious and tells a story of who we are,” she said. “When we create, we create from an intuitive place, and certain designs will emerge that reflect what’s going on for you. It can show you what areas need your

Mandala by Kathryn Costa. Courtesy photo.

attention for healing, so that you can starting having a conversation with your higher self and start to process those feelings.”

The most important thing to remember when using art for wellness or as a form of therapy, Durost said, is to focus on the process rather than the final product, because the process is “where the healing happens.”

“What usually happens is, when people learn to tolerate their anxiety about how [the art] will look in the end and just relax into the process, they find that they were able to create what they wanted to,” he said. “They’re proud of it no matter what it looks likes, because it’s their unique way of expressing themselves, and that is very satisfying.”

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DIY art therapy Diane Larochelle, founder of Change of Art, shared some tips and ideas for doing art therapy at home.

• Start writing. Anything. “Even if it’s the same word over and over. Even if it’s just ‘I can’t think of anything to write.’

Eventually, your brain will kick in, and you’ll start writing what’s on your mind,” Larochelle said.

If you’re still struggling, look up some writing prompts online. You can write about the high point or low point of your week, or write all of the things you are thankful for.

• Paint or draw with your non-dominant hand. “The dominant hand is used to doing things for a purpose,” Larochelle said, “but using the non-dominant, things can come up that you don’t expect. It may allow you to access emotions and thoughts that aren’t conscious.”

• Get moving. When you’re feeling sad or lonely, it can be paralyzing, and very difficult to break out of those emotions.

“Putting on some music and dancing or moving around the house can go a long way toward shifting your mood and tricking your central nervous system into believing you aren’t paralyzed,” Larochelle said.

Choose music that is upbeat and happy to counteract the negative emotions. Lyrics can be distracting and affect your thoughts, so try instrumental music, even if it’s an

instrumental version of one of your favorite songs.

“That leaves more room for creativity and allows the brain to stay open to ideas,” Larochelle said.

• Try coloring books. While coloring isn’t therapy in the sense that it allows you to express yourself like painting or writing does, it can be a great way to relax.

“They have their place,” Larochelle said.

“People find them very self-soothing and relaxing, and a useful way to calm down and take the focus off negative emotions.”

• Use nature. Go for a walk and pick up leaves, pieces of bark, stones, shells or anything else that catches your eye. Then, use what you found to create a shadow box, a sculpture, a collage or arrange the items in a clear jar.

“If you’re having negative emotions, it can be really helpful to get out into the world and connect to something bigger than yourself,” Larochelle said.

• Preserve your positive experiences.

“What we’ve found with art therapy is that whenever you have a positive experience, if you do something artistic surrounding that experience within 48 hours, it stores better in your memory,” Larochelle said.

You can make a collage with objects that you associate with that experience, take photographs for a scrapbook or simply draw, paint or write about it.

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THIS WEEK

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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT SEPTEMBER 20 - 26, 2018, AND BEYOND Saturday, Sept. 22

Sunday, September 23rd 1–3pm Sunday, October 14th 1–3pm

Celebrate cultural institutions and get some free fun today, the Smithsonian’s annual Museum Day. In New Hampshire, 14 museums and cultural centers are participating: the American Independence Museum in Exeter, Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in Londonderry, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, Millyard Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire Boat Museum in Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner, Seacoast Science Center in Rye, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, Stawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover, The Fells Historic Estate and Gardens in Newbury, The Libby Museum of Natural History in Wolfeboro and the Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro, according to smithsonianmag.com, where you can go to download a ticket for two free general admissions to one of those locations (and to find other locations nationwide participating in the event). Some of the locations have other events happening today as well: the Millyard Museum is holding a walking tour of the Mount Calvary Cemetery (see manchesterhistoric.org for cost and details) and the New Hampshire Historical Society is holding a lecture about genealogical resources in the state (see nhhistory.org).

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Thursday, Sept. 20

Catch a show almost like the real thing: the Bee Gees tribute band Stayin’ Alive takes the stage at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; 668-5588, palacetheatre. org) tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Queen tribute band Almost Queen takes the stage at The Flying Monkey Movie House & Performance Center (39 S. Main St. in Plymouth; flyingmonkeynh.com, 536-2551) on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

EAT: Dinner from Italy The Bedford Rotary will present a Taste of Italy, featuring a wine tasting (from Dunn Wines and Vinlandia Wines) and classic Italian dishes (from Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Giorgio’s Manchester, Stone and Fire Pizza Catering, Harvest Market in Bedford, Table 8 Pasta, Piccola Italia and Celebrations Distinctive Catering) Sunday, Sept. 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Noah’s Event Center (379 S. River Road in Bedford). Dessert will come from Dutch Epicure Bakery. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at the Bedford Library or Primary Bank in Bedford (or any Bedford Rotarian).

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Head to Portsmouth today or tomorrow (10 a.m to 3 p.m.) for the 14th Annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour. Family tickets costs $25 until Friday, Sept.

21, and $30 on the day (see portsmouthfairyhousetour.com for a breakdown of the family tickets and single ticket pricing). More than 250 fairy houses will be on display at Strawbery Banke, at the Governor John Langdon House and in Prescott Park. Tracy Kane, author of the Fairy Houses series of books, will sign books and greet fans. Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater will perform “Fairy Houses — the Ballet” and the New Hampshire Theatre Project will have performances in the Langdon grove.

DRINK: Smuttynose brews On Saturday, Sept. 22, from noon to 6 p.m. it’s Smuttoberfest at Smuttynose Brewing Co. (105 Towle Farm Road in Hampton; smuttynose.com), a celebration of German-style eats and Smuttynose brews and six-month anniversary of new ownership. Food will be sold

by The Tuckaway Tavern & Butchery, Polish Prince Pierogi, The Hayseed Restaurant and The Cow Mobile Ice Cream Parlor, and of course Smuttynose will be pouring its beers including Oktoberfest and Pumpkin Ale. Admission is free but a $25 VIP ticket includes a commemorative 22-ounce stein, one beer pour and a pretzel necklace. The day will include music by Red Tail Hawk, Andrew Merzi and Joppa Flatts.

Sunday, Sept. 23

Enjoy a day full of exhibits, games and food at the Harvest Moon and NatureFest today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road in Warner; indianmuseum.org). The festival will include animal demonstrations, storytelling, nature tours, dreamcatcher and basket weaving demonstrations, homemade Native American foods and more. Admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6 to 12 and free for kids 6 and under. The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum and the onsite Nature Discovery Center will be offering free tours with paid Harvest Moon admission.

BE MERRY: With delicious family favorites The Whipple Free Library (67 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston) will host Bon Appetit, a family cooking night, on Monday, Sept.

24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests are invited to prepare a recipe from their favorite cookbook or family heirloom and then allow other visitors to taste. Bring a copy of your recipe to share with the group. Admission is free but registration is required. Visit whipplefreelibrary.org or call 487-3391.

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ARTS Face to face

Photographer takes portraits of people on the street

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

Nashua photographer Sal Patalano had no idea that his photography would connect with so many people until he started uploading his photos onto the image hosting website Flickr, just to free up some space on his storage drive. After one year, he got about 1,000 followers and 3.4 million views.

“I was very surprised at the tremendous response I got, and all the positive feedback,” he said. “That’s when I thought, maybe I should present my work somewhere in person so that other people can see it.”

Patalano’s work is on display this month at the Nashua Public Library. His artist reception will be held on Monday, Sept. 24.

The exhibition, titled “Street Faces,” features black and white portraits of people Patalano met in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and down south, where he spends half the year, in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

Patalano has been interested in photography since his mother got him his first 99-cent camera in fifth grade. He stopped taking photos for a while, then picked it back up a few years ago to give digital photography a try.

“I fell in love with it all over again,” he said.

“After a day of shooting, I can’t wait to go home and upload the images. It’s so immedi-

“Street Faces” by Sal Patalano. Courtesy photo.

ate, unlike the old days where you had to bring your film to the lab and it’d be a week before you could see your images, if you were lucky.”

When he retired two years ago from a career in finance, he had more time to invest in photography. That’s when he started going out to the streets and photographing people.

How he chooses the people to photograph, he said, is “all very subjective.”

“I’ll see 100 faces, but then, there’s that one unique face that stands out among the others, and I visualize how it would look [photographed],” Patalano said. “It could be an old face, young face, a man, a woman. There’s no

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and mildly enhanced in brightness and contrast. Most of them are 16x20 in size and are printed on aluminum panels through a process called dye sublimation, in which heat is used to transfer an image onto another material.

“I like doing it that way, because it eliminates having to mount or frame the photos,” Patalano said. “I think, if the image is good enough, it speaks for itself, and it doesn’t need a frame. But that’s just my personal taste.”

After his exhibit at the Nashua Public Library, Patalano has exhibits scheduled in Florida and Massachusetts. He said he has no intention of selling or making money from his photographs; he just wants more people to be able to view his work, and to inspire a greater appreciation for and awareness of “the common person.” real formula. It just has to capture my eyes.”

“To me, people are life. My photos are of When he sees people he wants to photo- ordinary people, sitting on a bench, smiling, graph, he simply approaches them and starts a going about their everyday way of life,” he conversation. As a self-proclaimed people per- said. “I hope people can see the truthfulness son, Patalano said it comes naturally to him. in that.”

“In 10 to 15 seconds, I can make them feel very comfortable and relax to the point where “Street Faces” they can open up and let me take their photo,” Where: Nashua Public Library, 2 Court he said. “Ninety-five out of 100 people say, St., Nashua ‘Yes, sure, go ahead.’”

When: On view during September, with “Street Faces” consists of 35 photographs an artist reception on Monday, Sept. 24, that Patalano chose out of his collection of from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. more than 300. The photographs were taken Visit: salpatalano.wixsite.com/street-walker in color, then converted to black and white

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• 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 joan-

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• TEAM FALL EQUINOX FESTIVAL Festival will feature live music and dance performances, artist vendors, local food, activities for kids, cultural exhibits, hooping and yoga.

Sat., Sept. 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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There will also be nature crafts, animal presentations, live music and more. Sat., Sept. 29, and Sun., Sept. 30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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ARTS

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• Three-artist show: Granite Town Gallery (42 South St., Milford) has an exhibition featuring paintings and monotype prints by local artists Jessie Pollock​, Evelien Bachrach a​nd William C. Turner​on view now through Oct. 15. Pollock presents new work based on a recent painting trip she took to Northern Ireland, including seven abstract drawings combining finely sprinkled paint and ink with graphite and other media, and three larger vertical encaustic paintings. Bachrach presents a series of large monotypes on paper printed using pieces of steel wool to block the ink from the paper’s surface, and impressionistic oil landscapes and still-lifes. Turner presents four narrative realism oil paintings of distressed vehicles. Visit granitetowngallery.com.

• Arts festival: The annual TEAM Fall Equinox Festival will take place along Swasey Parkway in downtown Exeter on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It will feature more than a dozen live musicians, dance performances, more than 40 arts and craft vendors, local food, activities for kids, cultural exhibits, hooping and yoga. Admission is a $10 suggested donation. Visit teamexeter.com.

• 85 years of art: Don’t miss “Celebrating 85 – The Stevens Collection,” a League

30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen headquarters, 49 S. Main St., Concord. Visit nhcrafts.org.

Openings • DON WILLIAMS RECEPTION Williams creates ceramic sculpture and everyday functional items. Sat., Sept. 22, noon to 3 p.m. Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St., Exeter. Visit exeterfinecrafts.com.

• “STREET FACES” RECEPTION Exhibition of black and white portraits by photographer Sal Patalano. Mon., Sept. 24, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua.

Visit nashualibrary.org.

• “THEM” RECEPTION Exhibit featuring the paintings of Sammy Chong. Chong’s vibrant paintings push past stereotypes, honoring workers in their humble activities, while at the same time displaying the pride and culture they can offer society. Fri., Sept. 28, 5 to 8 p.m.

3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. Visit 3sarts.org.

Art by Evelien Bachrach, featured at Granite Town Gallery. Courtesy photo.

of NH Craftsmen fine craft exhibition to honor Norman Stevens’ 85th birthday and the League’s 85th Annual Craftsmen’s Fair, on view now through Friday, Sept. 21, in the Exhibition Gallery at the League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters (36 N. Main St., Concord). Norman Stevens and his wife Nora are longtime League supporters and have been donating work to the League’s Permanent Collection since 1973. The exhibition features 94 pieces they donated, including jewelry, dolls, metal, baskets, ceramic, wood, fiber, glass, prints and calligraphy. “We have had a strong attraction to many of the items in this exhibit,” Nora and Norman Stevens said in a press release.

“Above all, we have had strong memories not just of the work we have donated, but also of our personal relationships with so many of the League’s past and present members and staff.” The Gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit nhcrafts.org.

— Angie Sykeny

Workshops/classes • SOULCOLLAGE WORKSHOPS SoulCollage is a creative collage process in which you create cards, using images that represent the many different aspects of yourself. Sat., Sept.

15, Oct. 13, and Nov. 10, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Ohana Yoga Studio, 44 Cedar St., Contoocook. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Visit ohanayoganh.com.

Theater Productions • LOVE/SICK SideLight Productions presents. Sept. 7 through Sept. 23. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• BEAUTY AND THE BEAST The Palace Theatre presents.

Sept. 7 through Sept. 30, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., and an additional show on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $25 for

children ages 6 through 12 and $39 to $46 for adults. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• AVENUE Q The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. Sept. 14 through Sept. 30. 125 Bow St. , Portsmouth. Tickets cost $16 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

• THE TREASURE OF CIRQUE FOU Full Time Fools present. Sept. 21 through Oct. 7. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $18 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors.

Visit playersring.org.

• TWO ROOMS ACT ONE presents 2nd Act’s production of Lee Blessing’s drama. Fri., Sept.

21 and Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m., and Sat., Sept 22 and Sept. 29, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Visit actonenh.org.

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ARTS

Notes from the theater scene

•​Love stories: SideLight Productions presents Love/Sick, a collection of nine humorous short plays by Almost, Maine writer John Cariani, at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) on Friday, Sept. 21, and Saturday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. The 80-minute show is set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality and explores the pain and joy that come with being in love. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315.

•​On stage on the Seacoast: The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents Avenue Q now through Sept. 30, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. The award-winning foul-mouthed puppet show follows a recent college grad named Princeton who learns life lessons from a bunch of colorful characters after moving to a dingy apartment on Avenue Q. Tickets cost $16 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472. ACT ONE presents 2nd Act’s production of Lee Blessing’s drama Two Rooms at West End Studio Theatre (959 Islington St., Portsmouth) on Fridays, Sept. 21 and Sept. 28,

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ice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Visit nashuatheatreguild.org.

• TRANSLATIONS Theatre KAPOW presents. Sept. 28 through Oct. 6, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Visit tkapow.com.

• SUITCASE STORIES LIVE The International Institute of New England honors the contributions of refugees and immigrants through live storytelling.

Sun., Sept. 30, 7 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• TRUE TALES LIVE ACT ONE presents. Sun., Sept. 30, 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth.

Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors.

Visit actonenh.org.

• CONSTELLATIONS New Hampshire Theatre Project presents. Thurs., Oct. 4, through Sat., Oct. 6, 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 7, 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Ports-

The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents Avenue Q. Courtesy photo.

at 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays, Sept 22 and Sept. 29, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. When her husband is held hostage by Arab terrorists in a windowless cubicle in Beirut, a woman shuts herself inside a stripped down office in their suburban home to share his suffering and stay connected to him. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Visit actonenh.org or call 300-2986. Full Time Fools present The Treasure of the Cirque Fou at the Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) Sept. 21 through Oct. 7, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. The show takes the audience aboard the Disco Volante, a research vessel on the hunt for treasure, filled with an odd assortment of characters. It fuses theater, circus, dance and a mix of aerial arts, acrobatics, cyr wheel, contortion, flow arts and more. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org or call 436-8123.

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mouth. Tickets cost $20. Visit nhtheatreproject.org.

• AVENUE Q(SCHOOL EDITION) Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts presents.

Thurs., Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Fri., Oct. 5, 8 p.m., Sat., Oct. 6, 2 and 8 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 7, 2 p.m.

Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $15 to $20. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

• CATAPULT SHADOW DANCE Fri., Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets cost $15 to $25.

Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• INVASION FROM MARS Phylloxera Productions presents. Oct. 5 through Oct. 21.

Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students.

Visit hatboxnh.com.

• LOVE LETTERS Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross of Family Ties star in A.R. Gurney’s play. Sat., Oct. 6, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Regular tickets cost $54.50. VIP tickets including a meet-and-greet cost $74.50. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• NRITYAGRAM DANCE ENSEMBLE Wed., Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets cost $15 to $25. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• INTO THE WOODS JR. The Majestic Theatre presents. Fri., Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., Sat., Oct. 13, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry.

Tickets cost $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and $10 for children.

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• DEATH OF A SALESMAN The Milford Area Players perform. Oct. 12 through Oct. 21, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. Visit milfordareaplayers.org.

• THE SECRET GARDEN The Community Players of Concord Children’s Theatre Project presents. Fri., Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., and Sat., Oct. 13, at 2 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. , Concord. Tickets cost $15. Visit communityplayersofconcord. org.

• DISNEY’S WINNIE THE POOH KIDS The Peacock Players present. Oct. 12 through Oct. 21, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Court Street Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Visit peacockplayers.org.

• PUTTING IT TOGETHER: NEW WORKS New World Theatre presents. Sun., Oct. 14, Dec. 9, Feb. 10, April 7, June 9 and Aug. 4, 6:30 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• RADIUM GIRLS The Pinkerton Players present. Fri., Oct. 19, and Sat., Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., and Sun., Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre , 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets cost $10 to $12.

Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. Oct. 19 through Oct. 28. 125 Bow St. , Portsmouth.

Tickets cost $16 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 4334472.

• ANNIE The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. Nov. 30 through Dec. 23. 125 Bow St. , Portsmouth. Tickets cost $16 to $38. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

Classical Music Events • MARK & MAGGIE O’CONNOR Violinists perform with Symphony NH. Sat., Sept. 29, 8 p.m., in Nashua, and Sun., Sept. 30, 3 p.m., in Concord. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. , Concord. $25 to $60. Visit symphonynh.org.

• “INTERSECTION” The Concord Community Concerts Association presents a night of classical, jazz, Latin, Broadway and film music and more. Sat., Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. , Concord. Tickets cost $20. Visit concordcommunityconcerts.org.

• NH OPERA IDOL 2018 Singers will compete for cash awards and performance contracts in front of a live audience. Piccola Opera and Opera NH present.

Sat., Oct. 20, 7 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit operanh.org or piccolaopera.net.

• PAUL DYKSTRA AND THE GREAT BAY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA International pianist and orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor.

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• “’S WONDERFUL AND DE-LOVELY” An evening of George Gershwin and Cole Porter featuring vocalist Cat Faulkner. Sun., Oct. 21, 4 p.m.

Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St. , Concord. Tickets cost $28 to $38. Visit ccanh. com.

• RENEE FLEMING Classical singer performs. Sun., Oct. 21, 4 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $65 to $185. Visit themusichall. org.

• FIVE SAX The Nashua Community Concert Association presents saxophone ensemble.

Mon., Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Nashua North High School, 8 Titan Way, Nashua. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $10 for students. Visit nashuacommunityconcerts.org.

• DALLAS BRASS Group performs performs classical masterpieces, Dixieland, swing, Broadway and more. Tues., Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Stockbridge Theatre, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. Tickets cost $15 to $25. Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT Alt-classical group presents an homage to Radiohead.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE The games are on

New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival returns to Lincoln All things Scottish will take over Loon Mountain when the New Hampshire Highland Games & Festival returns Friday, Sept.

21, through Sunday, Sept. 23. The largest Scottish cultural event in North America, the

Games attract around 35,000 attendees for a weekend of heavy athletics games, entertainment, food and cultural activities.

“This is one of the most diverse [Scottish events] in the U.S.,” said Terri Wiltse, executive director of NHSCOT, which hosts the event. “Most of them just have one or two big things; they don’t have the athletics, the com-

Highland Game highlights Friday Sheepdog trials - 10:30 a.m.

Beer tasting - 1 and 3 p.m.

Whiskey tasting - 2 p.m.

Professional Heavy and Light Hammer Throw - 4:30 p.m.

Piobaireachd Competition 7 p.m.

Championships - 11:15 a.m.

Clan Parade & Roll Call, Opening Ceremonies and Massed Bands - 11:20 a.m.

NE Disabled Athletic Competition - noon NE Highland Dance Championships - noon Whiskey tasting - noon, 2:30 Saturday and 5 p.m.

NE Solo Piping and DrumBen Ghillie Ruith (Invitationming Championships - 8 a.m. al Hill Run) - 12:45 and 2:15 Pre-Premier & Pre-Champip.m. onship: Highland Dance - 8 Master Caber Toss - 1 p.m. a.m.

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Throw - 8:30 a.m.

Professional Caber Toss Master Braemar Stone Put 1:30 p.m.

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Master Weight Over Bar NE Novice Fiddle Champion- 1:45 p.m. ship - 9 a.m.

Hafthor Strength DemonstraMaster Open Stone Put - 9:30 tion - 2:15 p.m. a.m.

Professional Weight Over Bar Drum Major Competition - 2:30 p.m. with Worcester Kilties Pipe Hafthor 56 lb. Weight Over Band - 9:30 a.m.

Bar World Record Attempts New England Fiddle Demon- 2:30 p.m. stration Division - 10:15 a.m. NE Regional Open Fiddle Master Light Weight for Dis- Championship - 2:30 p.m. tance - 10:30 a.m.

Massed Bands & Awards CerHafthor Autograph Signing emony - 5 p.m. & Photo Op - 10:30 a.m. and Highland Brews & Bites 3 p.m.

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Professional Heavy Weight Mixology night - 7 p.m. for Distance - 11 a.m.

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Sunday White Mountain Premiership, National Dances & Choreography - 8 a.m.

NE Amateur Scottish Heavy Athletics Championship - 8 a.m.

Amateur Piping and Drumming Competitions - 8:30 a.m.

Novice & Amateur Scottish Harp - 9:30 a.m.

Church Service - 9:45 a.m.

NE Disabled Athletic Competition - noon Professional Braemar Stone Put - noon NE Scottish Harp Open Championship - 12:30 p.m.

Hafthor Strength Demonstration Truck Pull - 12:45 p.m.

Professional Light Weight for Distance - 1 p.m.

Pipe Band Medley Challenge Contest - 1 p.m.

Quartet Medley Challenge Contest - 1 p.m.

Professional Competition Awards - 1:45 p.m.

Challenge Caber Toss - 2 p.m.

Loon Stone Carry Challenge - 2:30 p.m.

Drum Corp (Drumline) Challenge Contest - 2:30 p.m.

Kilted Mile Race - 3:15 p.m.

Pipe Band Awards and Closing Ceremonies - 4 p.m.

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petitions, the clans, the activities, everything that we have, so as a New Hampshire resident, I’m proud that this happens in our state.”

The heavy athletics competitions will include the caber toss, weight over bar, weight for distance, hammer throw, stone carry and more.

There are four competition levels of athletics: professional, for athletes who are competing internationally for world records; masters, for athletes who used to be professional-level; amateur, for athletes on the verge of becoming professional; and a level for disabled athletes, which Wiltse said is unique to the New Hampshire Highland Games.

The participating athletes were invited by the NHSCOT Scottish Heavy Athletic Committee and come from the U.S., Canada, Iceland, Scotland and other European countries. One of them is Scotland native Lorne Colthart, who won the 2017 World Caber Toss Championship. He will be making his first appearance at the New Hampshire Highland Games this year.

World records have been set at the New Hampshire Highland Games in the past, including light hammer in 2004 and braemar stone, weight for distance and heavy hammer in 2013.

Another popular competitive event is the sheepdog trials, where sheepdogs must lead a herd of sheep through an obstacle course as quickly as possible.

“When the sheep get loose, it generally brings some unexpected outcomes,” Wiltse said. “You never know what will happen in the sheepdog competition.”

Attendees can do some competing of their own in the Kilted Race, a rigorous one-mile race that winds through the lower slopes of Loon Mountain. It’s open to all ages and abilities, and registration is at the starting line.

There will be a wide variety of Scottish music, from traditional to contemporary, as well as a series of musical competitions,

A strongman competes in the hammer throw in the heavy athletics competition. Courtesy photo.

including solo piping and drumming, pibroch, Highland dance, fiddle, drum major, pipe band, Scottish harp, quartet medley, drum corp, and more.

Scottish comedian Luke Ashlocke will also be at the festival this year, sharing jokes and humorous stories about being the son of a Scottish dad and American mom.

In Clan Village, attendees can learn about the heritage and history of more than 65 Scottish clans. In the living history encampments, historical reenactors the Historic Highlanders will demonstrate what life was like in the Highlands from 1314 to 1746. More than 30 vendors will be selling Scottish products such as shortbread, linens, kilts, bagpipes, jewelry, balmorals and more in the vendor village.

Other educational opportunities include seminars on Scottish cooking, fly fishing and spey casting, falconry, Prince Henry Sinclair and his exploration of America before Columbus, and a virtual tour of Scotland.

For the second year, the games will feature try-it-yourself interactive seminars, where attendees can try drumming, playing the bag-

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Family fun for the weekend

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In addition to the Museum Day discounts at some area museums (see page 18), the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrens-museum.org) is having a Free Family Fun Day on Saturday, Sept. 22. Admission to the museum, which is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., will be free (admission usually costs $10 per person over 1 year old). The schedule for the day’s events (some of which take place outside the museum at Henry Law Park) includes a visit with animals (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), meet-andgreet with Curious George (noon and 3:30 p.m.), a magic show (11 a.m.), guacamole, chips & salsa (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.), the Dover Ducky Derby ($5 for one; $100 for 50), puppets (2 p.m.), birthday cake (2:30 p.m.) and a garden exhibit (3 p.m.).

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pipes, playing the harp, Highland dancing, a test of strength known as Swingle Tree, stone lifting and more.

“They were very popular last year. There were lines of people and we were adding classes on the fly, so this year we decided to build on them,” Wiltse said.

Kids ages 5 through 14 will find all kinds of special activities, including crafts, storytelling, youth athletic games, music and dance demonstrations and the Parade of the Bairns, where they can display their creations and Scottish pride across the festival grounds. Kids participating in the passport program can collect passport stamps at each venue they visit at the festival.

For food, there will be several food tents selling Scottish specialties like meat pies, bridies, Scotch eggs and more, and several ticketed events, including a whiskey tasting, a beer tasting, a mixology night, a Tartan dinner and a Highland Brews and Bites night.

It’s a weekend filled with fall fest and fair fun.

Presentation of Mary Academy (182 Lowell Road in Hudson; pmaschool.org) will hold a Fall Fun Fest on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be inflatables, a petting zoo, face painting, tie dye, pumpkin painting, a raffle sale with over 200 items, theme basket raffles, a fish pond, a bake sale, fresh grilled food, homemade apple crisp, touch-a-truck and more. Cost is $15 for adults and $7 for children ages 8 and under.

Bedford will hold its Bedford Olde Towne Day and Music Fest on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sportsman’s and Riley Field Complex (corner of Nashua and County roads). The day will feature activities for kids (including a bounce house), live performances and a “Bull Frog Bounce” at 3 p.m. See bedfordreconline.com.

The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill (174 Joppa Hill Road in Bedford; theeducationalfarm.org, 472-4724) will hold its annual fall fair Sunday, Sept. 23, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The fair will feature pony rides, hay rides, face painting, food and more.

You don’t have to be Scottish to enjoy all the fun, Wiltse said.

“People come wearing any kind of plaid they own, whether it’s real Tartan or not,” she said. “No matter who you are or what you’re interested in, you’ll find something there that you’ll like.”

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE GARDENING GUY

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I sometimes wonder if I’m part squirrel. No, I don’t bury acorns for winter, but I do love putting up food for winter, especially potatoes.

They’re the ultimate “comfort food” as far as I am concerned, and I rarely have too many. If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to harvest and store your potatoes for winter.

If you haven’t dug your potatoes yet, don’t worry. Potatoes store well in the ground right up to frost, and even after frost. But don’t try to overwinter them in the ground or they’ll get soft and unappealing. By now the leaves on my potato plants have yellowed and begun to die back, so there is no point in waiting; they won’t get any bigger. And if I wait too long, the mice may find them.

It’s important to be careful when digging potatoes so that you don’t damage any. I use a potato fork that has been in my family for decades. It’s like an ordinary garden fork, but the tines are at a right angle to the long handle, and are sharp and long. To harvest I pull the soil to one side with the potato rake. Then I plunge my fingers into the loose soil to find the spuds. If I spear a potato it goes into a pile destined for immediate consumption.

It is generally accepted that one should not wash potatoes fresh from the soil. Their skins are soft and easily damaged right after digging them. Most experts suggest hardening the skins by spreading them out in a cool place out of the sun for about a week. I do this on a north-facing deck, and turn over the potatoes after two or three days so both sides get hardened off.

Storing potatoes is best done by keeping them in a dark location with high humidity that stays between 35 and 50 degrees. Storing them in a warmer place will turn some of the starches in the potatoes into sugars. This will cause the potatoes to burn easily if you make French fries, so commercial growers keep them cool.

Potatoes need to breathe while in storage. They are living organisms that respire, so putting them in a sealed plastic bag will suffocate them, ruining them. Traditionally potatoes were stored in a cool basement with a dirt floor, but loss to mice or rats was often a problem.

I have a cool basement with a cement floor, and I have built a box there to contain buckets of potatoes and other root crops. It consists of two layers of blocks arranged in a rectangle, three blocks long and two wide. On top I have a piece of half-inch plywood. I call this my cool box, or root cellar. It will hold six buckets at a time. And so far, the rodents have not found a way in.

Carrots store well in my cool box. Like potatoes, they need a cool humid location for storage. I put an inch of moist sand in the bot-

Kennebec, Red Pontiac and Maagic Molly potatoes just harvested. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

tom of each bucket to keep up the humidity.

Unlike potatoes, however, carrots will store well in the ground. In the past I have covered my carrots in the garden with a layer of straw or hay, then leaves. This acts as insulation and keeps the ground from freezing, allowing me to go out, shovel away the snow, and dig carrots in winter. Mice or voles have been an occasional problem, however. I put a stake in the ground at each end of the carrot bed so that I can find it in deep snow.

What else stores well in my cool box? Rutabagas, kohlrabi and celeriac — three less common root crops that I like — all store well cool, with high humidity. But onions do not store well in my cool box. They like a cool environment, but low humidity.

I store my onions and garlic in an area near the mudroom that stays cool but dry. I use a wooden “orchard rack” that I got from Gardener’s Supply many years ago. I also use it for winter squash. It has six large slatted drawers that pull out, allowing me to select what I need for dinner. It has excellent air circulation.

An old Vermont farmer I knew stored his winter squash upstairs under the bed in the guest room. He said he kept the radiator turned off so the room stayed cold, but above freezing. The humidity is naturally low in winter in most houses.

Last but not least, I have an ancient General Electric refrigerator in the basement that is not “frost-free.” This vintage fridge does not remove the moisture the way modern ones do, so ice will sometimes build up, requiring me to defrost it. But any vegetable that stores well in high humidity will do much better there than in a modern fridge, which creates low humidity except in the two drawers at the bottom.

Part of my joy in gardening is spending time outdoors growing flowers and vegetables.

Each fall I get busy putting up the vegetables for use in the kitchen all winter. And each time I make a stew with food I grew, I know my food is chemical-free and it tastes better to me because I grew it.

Henry Homeyer is a UNH Master Gardener and the author of four gardening books. See his blog posts at dailyuv.com/henryhomeyer.

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Dear Donna, I wonder if you have any experience with sports memorabilia. I have a 1963 game ball from the New York Giants, with the ink signatures of the team on it.

Unfortunately, the ball is in poor condition, although most signatures are legible. I’ve already tried a couple of sports memorabilia dealers and nobody is interested. But I thought perhaps you might have some ideas for me. what you really need to know. Then you can Jeff proceed from there to find it a home.

I hope this was of some help to you, and I do Dear Jeff, hope there is a market for your ball.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

Confusion over order of steps for parking on a hill Dear Car Talk: In a column from 2012, your recommendation when parking on a hill was to set the parking brake first, then put the transmission in

By Ray Magliozzi park. In one of your recent columns, the order was: put the car in park first, then apply the parking brake. To drive away, both columns indicate that the lever should be shifted into gear and then the parking brake released. I checked the manuals for our two family cars (a Toyota Corolla and a Hyundai Elantra), and those two sets of instructions had opposite orders too! What’s the correct order? Parking brake then “P,” or “P” and then parking brake?

Thank you! — Kay Well, I always P before I even get in the car, Kay. Sorry for the confusion here. As long as you keep your foot on the brake pedal until the other two steps are completed, you can use any order you want. What you’re trying to avoid

is having the car roll once it’s in park.

It won’t really do any damage, but when you park on a steep hill, and the car rolls and jams the transmission’s parking pawl, it can be hard to get the car out of park.

So stop the car while it’s still in gear, and keep your foot on the brake pedal. Then put the car in park and set the parking brake, or set the parking brake and then put the car in park.

When both of those steps are done, remove your foot from the brake pedal and — if you’ve engaged the parking brake securely, and it’s working — the car shouldn’t roll at all. That’s what you want. Then, when you get back to the car, you should have no trouble shifting out of park, so you can race home to research your next question for us.

Dear Car Talk: I have a 1979 Mercedes-Benz 240D that sat for about a year because the injection pump began to leak. I eventually was able to find an inexpensive injection pump and install it. I also put in new glow plugs, a new starter and a new battery. I checked all of the fuses

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and cleaned the fuse holder. But now when I turn the key, there is nothing.

The dashboard lights won’t even come on.

I had no electrical problems before the car stopped running. I would appreciate any ideas you have about what I should do next. Electricity is the only class I failed. Thank you. I love your show. — Ed I think you might have failed “Car Selection,” too, Ed. But we’ll leave that aside for now. You’re getting absolutely no power when you turn the key. That’s good. It’s good because it’s easier to diagnose than an intermittent electrical problem.

My first guess would be that you’ve got a bad connection at the battery or a bad ground. Every electron that leaves the battery eventually has to return to the battery. So if Eddie Electron leaves the positive terminal, and goes to the ignition switch, then to the starter, it then has to leave the starter and travel through a ground wire to the engine block and the chassis, where another ground wire brings it back to the negative terminal of the battery.

If it buys a one-way ticket and fails to

make that round trip, you don’t get any power. Nada. Zip. So start by testing the battery. It’s new, but test it anyway.

And make sure the cable connectors are tight and free of corrosion. If the battery is good, then you need to test the ground connections. You may have simply knocked off a ground wire, or a ground wire may have “completed” its corrosion process during the year this thing sat in your driveway.

If the ground wires are all connected, and not obviously corroded, have an assistant try jiggling them while you try to start the car. Have him or her jiggle all the wires under the dashboard too. If you turn up nothing there, test the ignition switch, which could be at fault. But my first guess is that you’ve got a loose or corroded ground wire.

When you finally do get the car started, Ed, then you can look forward to spending a weekend trying to bleed your new “inexpensive injector pump” and figuring out if the only reason it was “inexpensive” is because it leaks just like your old one.

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Sally Mummey of Seabrook uses historical records and letters to bring famous women to life. She will be presenting “A Visit with Queen Victoria” on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Derry Public Library. Visit derrypl.org.

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I perform historical women of distinction, including Mary Todd Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Dolley Madison. I did Mrs. Lincoln first, and I found out that [she and Queen Victoria] had written to each other when each of their husbands died. I realized how similar the two were.

What kind of education or if they liked you the first training did you need for this time, they’ll hire you again. job?

It keeps things going and also It helps that when I was keeps things interesting for younger, I studied voice. It me, because I’m constantgave me the confidence and ly studying different parts of ability to project my voice in history. front of a group of people.

And also, when I’m a difWhat do you wish you’d ferent person, I’m not shy at known at the beginning of all. … I study an enormous Sally Mummey, a.k.a. “Queen your career?

Victoria.” amount of history. There’s so How much fun it is. I wish many layers, because there’s not only the his- I’d started a long time ago. tory itself, but the accent, speech patterns and words they used.

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I always dress in very carefully researched How did you find your current job? costumes. I usually wear pantalettes, a corThis all started as a hobby, back when the set, a hoop, a bonnet or a crown, gloves and Civil War series [made by Ken Burns] came a spectacular dress. … I’m telling you, it’s out, and everyone was excited about it. One a labor of love getting dressed and performfellow who studied Abraham Lincoln noticed ing in the heat we’ve had. I can be wearing my likeness to the first lady [Mary Todd Lin- 18 articles of clothing, and the only thing coln] and asked me to perform with him. My exposed is my face. first act was a performance with Ken Burns.

We rode in a horse carriage with cavalry sol- What was the first job you ever had? diers to an event honoring him. … After that, I worked as an administrative assistant for people asked me to speak at different Civil the Henry J. Bornhofft company in Boston.

War reenactments, and I’d be asked to speak — Scott Murphy at libraries and different organizations. It sort of blossomed from there.

How did you get interested in this field?

I’ve always loved studying history, but I also love the people I meet when I present. There was one time I was presenting at a nursing home, and this little lady came up to me and dropped a perfect curtsy. There I was ready to catch her if she fell, but then she spoke in a beautiful British accent. I found out she was one of Winston Churchill’s nurses. Suddenly, I How long have you done this? became the student and she became the teachIt started as a hobby over 20 years ago. I er. It was such a phenomenal experience. … I What’s the best piece of work-related advice met my husband on the battlefield [during a also love being in character, and I always love anyone’s ever given you?

Civil War reenactment]. including humor in my performances.

Portray more than one character, because

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FOOD Frying it up

Pitco introduces new fried food festival

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• Mobile eats: The Southern New Hampshire Food Truck Festival returns for the third year on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Holman Stadium (67 Amherst St., Nashua). Eighteen local and regional food trucks are expected to attend, according to Kimberly Zambrello, director of marketing for the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce, serving a variety of cuisine options like barbecue, Mexican, dessert and more. The first festival just two years ago featured six trucks and attracted about 400 people, while last year’s event saw more than three times the attendees and twice as many participating vendors. Many past participating trucks are returning this year; newcomers include the Tracy Girl Food Truck Co. of Plymouth and Made With Love 603 of Manchester, among others. There will also be music, a children’s area, face-painting, raffles, a double-elimination cornhole tournament, craft beer and more. General admission tickets are $5 in advance and $10 on the day of the event.

Admission is free for kids ages 6 and under. Visit iugonashua.com.

• 110 Grill opens in Manchester: The 110 Grill, a casual modern American eatery, held the grand opening of its Manchester location at 875 Elm St. on Sept. 13, director of marketing Alicia Puputti confirmed. This is the Granite State’s fourth 110 Grill location to open (the others are in Nashua, Stratham and Rochester) and 16th location overall, with 11 others in Massachusetts and one in New York. The new Manchester eatery has a 290-seat capacity that offers both indoor and outdoor dining. It’s open Sunday through Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 34

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To celebrate 100 years in business, the Bowbased Pitco Frialator is launching a new fried food festival with local vendors, factory tours, a beer tent, children’s activities and a fried pickle eating contest.

The first event of its kind, Pitco Fri-Fest will be held in the back parking lot of Pitco Frialator on Route 3A in Bow on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We wanted to do the event around festival season … to become more integrated into the community,” said Pitco HR specialist and Fri-Fest organizer Meghan Cotter, who noted several other local festivals and town fairs happening in late September and early October.

“We have business from Asia, South America and Africa and it’s a big deal to have something that big locally right here in New Hampshire.”

Nearly a dozen restaurants and food trucks are expected to gather for the event.

“Much like the fairs that are happening around here, they’ll be selling their best creations,” Cotter said. “We’re encouraging them to do fried foods and even to test-drive a Pitco fryer.”

One of the vendors expected to take hold of a Frialator during the event is the Merrimackbased Toasted Monkey Snack Shack, a food truck launched earlier this year that offers a Tex-Mex menu of tacos, nachos, breakfast burritos and more. With access to the Frialator, Toasted Monkey will be able to offer an offmenu special: fried jalapeno poppers stuffed with cheese and served with a ranch dressing.

Co-owner Stephanie Duplease, a Texas native, said she and partner Aubrey grow more than 3,000 square feet of gardens where they grow their own herbs and peppers, including the jalapenos that will be used for the poppers.

“We don’t have a fryer in our truck, but I grew up on fried foods, and I usually love to

do the jalapeno poppers on the grill when we have cookouts at the house,” Duplease said.

“So we decided to give it a try and we’ll see how it goes.”

New England’s Tap House Grille, another featured vendor, will be offering its house Cabot macaroni and cheese, served in a sugar cone and garnished with bread crumbs and green onions. They’ll also be taking the reins of a Pitco Frialator to make their poutine, co-owner Dan Lagueux said.

“We take our fries and toss them in Parmesan cheese and fresh rosemary, then we add a peppercorn sherry demi-glace that we toss our curd cheese in,” Lagueux said, “and then it’s finished off with a white truffle oil.”

Other Fri-Fest vendors will include the Belmont Hall & Restaurant in Manchester serving up its fried chicken tenders; Buffalo Wild Wings serving five different flavors of traditional chicken wings; the Prime Time Grilled Cheese food truck offering a variety of specialty grilled cheese sandwiches; Kona Ice serving more than 30 flavors of shaved ice and ice cream novelties; the Red Arrow Diner offering its chicken tenders and poutine; and Totally Nutz, which will be roasting nuts on site including cinnamon glazed pecans, almonds and cashews.

Texas Roadhouse of Manchester, in addition to offering its fried onion blossoms, will be sponsoring a fried pickle eating contest that is set to begin at noon with free sign-ups available on the day of the event.

Contestants will be given a bucket of premeasured pickles and challenged to eat as many as possible within 45 seconds, with ketchPitco Fri-Fest When: Saturday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Pitco, 553 Route 3A, Bow Cost: Free admission and parking; foods are priced per item Visit: pitco.com/fri-fest

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up, ranch or Cajun horseradish. The declared winner will be the contestant with the fewest pickles remaining in their bucket at the end of the 45 seconds, or whoever finishes first.

They’ll receive a free dinner-for-two certificate at Texas Roadhouse’s Manchester location.

Free ongoing tours of Pitco’s factory will be available throughout the event for all attendees.

“We have a lot of different facets of our business,” Cotter said. “We’ve done a lot over the years to move from archaic to robotic technology, and that’s something we’re trying to highlight.”

The festival will also include music and a children’s corner with drawing and other crafts.

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More than 30 nations will be represented at the Concord Multicultural Festival, with several new features designed to introduce attendees to new cultures and cuisines.

The festival, which will return to the Statehouse lawn for its 12th year on Sunday, Sept.

23, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is being held during National Welcoming Week (Sept. 14 to Sept. 23), according to director Jessica Livingston. The past few festivals were held in June in tandem with Concord’s annual Market Days Festival, but the festival’s shifting focus prompted the date change this year.

“Our mission has kind of evolved from educating people about new Americans coming to our country to encouraging everybody as a whole to embrace diversity,” Livingston said, “so we thought that making the festival its own individual event would better serve that mission.”

The festival will begin with an international flag parade that the public is invited to participate in. Flags of nearly 50 countries around the world will be part of the parade, which will kick off at Eagle Square at about 10:30 a.m., according to Livingston.

Most of the food vendors are not actually restaurants; they’re local community members who work with chefs of the New Hampshire Food Bank to prepare their dishes the day before the festival.

“They go down to the New Hampshire Food Bank’s commercial kitchen in Manchester to cook all the food and the chefs oversee all of that,” she said. “It adds that benefit of a chef being able to provide guidelines when it comes to how to portion and price the foods. … The other thing is that there are a few new Americans who have expressed interest in opening their own restaurants, so it’s really valuable experience for them to be able to have access to those chefs.”

At the festival, you’ll encounter a wide variety of food options such as authentic Bhutanese momos and samosas, Somalian meat and vegan pies, Korean bulgogi (marinated meat) and bibimbap (a mixed rice dish with vegetables and soy sauce), and Turkish foods such as pogaca (baked bread) and lentil patties.

Others include chow mein, a stir-fried egg noodle dish popular in several regions across Asia; dolmathakia (Turkish ricestuffed grape leaves); chicken biryani, a dish that originated in Persia traditionally made with meat and rice; and sel roti, sweet ringshaped rice doughnuts that come from the Indian subcontinent and are often prepared at Hindu festivals and other celebrations in

Nepal and certain regions of India.

A few new food options not previously seen at past festivals will be available this year as well, such as Vietnamese bánh mì (baguette-style sandwiches filled with a variety of ingredients like pork sausage, cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon) and elotes (Mexican street-style corn on the cob).

A token system will be implemented, in which attendees will be able to buy $1, $3 or $5 tokens that will then be used as currency from each vendor.

“We’ve changed the menu up this year so that vendors are serving more tapas-sized quantities instead of whole dinners, so that way people can go to maybe four or five different vendors and taste different things,” Livingston said.

She added that another new feature to this year’s festival will be a VIP Aroundthe-World Food Tour. People can purchase tickets by signing up through the event website and picking a designated time during the festival when New Hampshire Food Bank chefs will serve as tour guides.

“They will walk them through the area, talk to them about the process of how each food is made and the different ingredients, and just kind of put that extra culinary spin on it for those who really want to learn about the food,” Livingston said. “We thought that would be better than just people going up and buying the food and then that’s it. We wanted to change that up a little bit and just try to build relationships with the attendees.”

In addition to the food, the festival will feature a full lineup of live performances, like Polynesian dancing, traditional Japanese taiko drumming, Irish dancing, classic Nepali folk songs by the Himalaya Heritage performing arts group, and Indonesian dancing by the Nusantara Kreasindo dance group.

Local artists will be on hand selling clothing and accessories, paintings, handmade jewelry and other items. Livingston said there will also be ongoing demonstrations like Native American basket weaving, Chinese paper cutting and Bhutanese tabla playing.

“We encourage people from all different cultures to come down,” she said. “It’s important to preserve their heritage, to educate the community and just celebrate their culture.”

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I think it’s a lot of what we’re doing right What is your favorite local restaurant? now, just having the creative freedom to build The Pint Publik House [in Manchester]. I your own food and not have that forced menu love their oxtail. They’ve got awesome, awe- where you have to choose this and say OK, some food. well I don’t want this or I don’t want that. It just turns into this process, and we want to What celebrity would you like to see eat- make it as easy as possible. ing in your restaurant?

Will Ferrell. That would be an interesting What is your favorite thing to cook at experience, to hear his commentary on how home? we do things here, and if he liked the food I really like a good quinoa salad. I’ll cook or not. I’m sure he’d have some wise-crack up some quinoa, and then I’ll chill it with thing to say. some cucumbers, strawberries, some seasoning, maybe some spinach and a couple of What is your favorite thing on your other greens. Quinoa is just so diverse and it’s menu? very good for you, so I’m all about it.

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Plus, with a few modifications, this recipe can be made with leftovers in a snap.

When I saw this recipe and had the ingredients on hand, I knew it would make the quick weeknight meal my kids would love.

And the recipe did not disappoint. While it certainly was not my favorite meal of the week, it was simple, quick and very kidfriendly. I was able to use the leftover pasta I had in my fridge and cut out a step or two.

I still sautéed an onion and some ground turkey (the recipe calls for beef) before mixing it together with the leftover ziti, and

added some garlic salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese to the remaining sauce before stirring that in too. Once the mixture was in the pan, I added pieces of mozzarella cheese (shredded cheese lasts for all of five seconds in the house, so I’ve essentially stopped buying it) and the pepperoni.

One of the things I liked about this recipe was that I was able to modify it to make a smaller portion than the two 9x13 casserole the ingredients provide for. I knew my husband wasn’t going to scoop this up, and I’d probably only eat a bite or two, so using the leftovers enabled me to shrink the recipe into a two-kid-friendly portion that heated up quickly.

My kids seemed to enjoy the finished product, having gone back for seconds, and I’m confident I can sneak this into our meal rotation in place of a frozen pizza or two.

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Pizza Pasta Casserole Recipe Courtesy Taste of Home 2 pounds ground beef 1 large onion 3½ cups spaghetti sauce 1 16-ounce package of pasta, cooked according to package directions and drained 4 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese Pepperoni to taste (at least 8 slices)

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Your palate is transitioning with the season.

We’re kind of in between right now.

I wanted to highlight some beers that aren’t necessarily brewed specifically for fall — I’ll get to Oktoberfest and probably pumpkin-flavored beers next month — but that offer your taste buds a roasty, toasty nuttiness and complexity, without bogging you down.

Here are five beers that pair perfectly with the season, even if you aren’t ready to admit fall is here:

Stoneface Brewing Co.’s Barrel Aged Black Lager is perfect for fall. Courtesy photo.

fairly light, characterized by its Pilsner malt “backbone.” What adds another layer of complexity is that this brew is aged in bourbon barrels — you’ll pick up some sweetness and oak flavors. At 7.7-percent ABV, it’s got a little heft to it. Sit down by the fire and enjoy.

Extra Special Bitter (ESB) by Red Hook Brewery (Portsmouth) Red Hook’s flagship brew brings back memories. The ESB was often on tap at establishments in my college town, and it was always a welcome change of pace from whatever was the “cheapest beer on tap.” People often refer to it as the “banana beer,” though I can’t say I really pick up that flavor. EasyTurbodog by Abita Brewing Co. drinking, flavorful and smooth — the ESB is (Louisiana) a perfect choice to help you through a day of Brown ales are perfect for the chang- yard work. ing seasons. While the flavors are distinctly different from the crisp pilsners and refreshHop Coffee IPA by Portsmouth Brewery ingly hoppy IPAs you’ve been drinking all (Portsmouth) summer, the body is still fairly light. The TurI haven’t had this but I can’t ignore the bodog is a wonderful brown ale characterized combination. While I need to have this, I am by smooth, rich notes of chocolate and toffee, slightly terrified, if I’m being honest. Portswith just a little sweetness. The pour is pret- mouth Brewery indicates this is the “perfect ty dark but it’s much lighter than you think. fusion of roasty coffee flavors and a light-colPerfect on a crisp evening or late afternoon as ored, citrusy India Pale Ale.” Maybe this will you overlook your freshly mowed lawn. help you kickstart your fall cleaning chores?

Barrel Aged Black Lager by Stoneface Fest by Uinta Brewing (Utah) Brewing Co. (Newington) Uinta refers to this German-style Helles as This is an intriguing brew. Don’t let the a “nice alternative to the Oktoberfest go-tos,” name or the pour fool you, as the body is and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a little lighter and a little easier on the palate than your more robust, malty fall season brews. That means What’s in My Fridge you can drink a few and probably still be able Country Pale Ale by Wachusett Brewto hold on to the rake. ing Co.: This is the beer I go to when I

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This band’s promo one-sheet had me expecting a cross between Chvrches and the Pretenders, so I was a bit surprised to hear 5ive and East 17 boy-band vibe coming out of the speakers over here. Everything changed, though, when real depth started floating out of the sugary goop; maybe it’s because these guys are from Indianapolis, but they actually want this stuff to trigger something other than boneheaded hormones. “Real Ones” is sweeping, barn-busting indie-pop, yet its glaze doesn’t come from Backstreet Boys beat-nicking but instead the electronic fractal essence of Animal Collective and such, creating a glitter ball effect that adds an aura of respectability to the overdone genre. What’s more, frontman Jansen Hogan isn’t afraid of his own voice, so the effects are bold and widescreen, not tawdry and robotized. They’re trying to find a happy medium between indie-rock and Bieberworld, and it’s pretty close, which isn’t bad for a first album. A — Eric W. Saeger

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Like Killswitch Engage with Sevendust’s singer, this YouTubefamed power trio from Seattle professes to make “music you can show your parents.” That’s edgy enough in my opinion, but wait, there’s more. These guys look like first-shift clerks from the vape store, singer Vince Mindas is 100 percent neckbeard, which is charming in its way, and bandleader-guitarist Jared Dines is the type of crazy-eyed dabbler who probably digs Yngwie Malmsteen as much as Disturbed and all that other wrestling-metal you’ve come to know (they don’t seem to want to hurt anybody, is what I mean).

Mindas doesn’t go for the growler-monster stuff so much; the vocals are pretty clean. In fact one YouTube critic felt they’re a bit too commercial, which demonstrates how things have changed. What’s amusing to me is that the band is constrained by the new, more censored YouTube (which, despite recently bouncing Alex Jones’s channel is nevertheless awash in far-right content) — to me, they’re like a dishwasher-safe, Disney-fied nu-thrash act with a good cartoonist in their midst. Just saying. A- — Eric W. Saeger

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PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • I don’t know if any of you were alive back in the late 1980s, but if you were, and you were in order to boring, snobby middle-of-the-road metal, you probably subjected yourself to reading the British metal magazine Kerrang! (actual exclamation point used in the title), which means you sort of heard of the band Hawkwind. If you were anything like me (and I’m sure you are by now, else you wouldn’t have even read this far), you noticed that Hawkwind looked boring, like a slightly edgy Genesis, and you assumed their music was boring. Now, for me, Hawkwind has always been on my “listening bucket list,” not that I have any interest in them, but either way, I’m going to take care of that right now. Their new full-length, Road To Utopia, “drops” on Sept.

21, into the record stores in your ruined, post-industrial city, but if you don’t like dealing with all the radioactive mutant zombies in your toxic urban wasteland, I’ll preview this album for you right now, so you can go forage for cans of baked beans instead of hunting down this tedious slab of Brit-metal that should have gone extinct back in 1990. Hmph, the fake news Wikipedia site insists they were a “space rock” group.

Was that why I didn’t care? Look at them, smiling, in their old promo photos. Don’t you hate that? Wow, there are literally no advance listenings on the internet about this album, save for 30-second Amazon clips. Those clips indicate to me that this is a joke album. The first song sounds like a mariachi version of that Todd Rundgren “bang on de drum all day” song, and then Eric Clapton adds a few guest “guitar licks” (they really used that phrase) to another dumb song with harmonica in it. There, all that leaves on my “listening bucket list” is a yelling match between Roseanne Barr and Michelle Wolf.

• Wow, what could possibly be next here, folks. What could Possibly. Freaking. Be… wait, knock it off, look there, it’s another U.K. band, Suede, with an album titled The Blue Hour! Remember when they had that one U.S. single, “Metal Mickey,” and you thought it was Smiths trying to be the Clash? Haha, so fun, let’s go see what these lil’ rascals are up to now, now that they’re on Medicare. Goodness sakes, bandleader Brett Anderson sounds like Michael Stipe but twice as pretentious, on the single “The Invisibles,” an overproduced gloom-rock dirge that doesn’t do much for me. Gack.

• Abraham Lincoln-hatted guitar-oaf Slash had his fill of Axl and Guns ‘n’ Roses after one tour, so he hooked up with his old “mates,” Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, to release a new record, called Living The Dream, out 9/21! Let’s go see if I can tolerate any of this blues-metal nonsense, from our 16th president. Wait, now he’s got a scally cap, not a Lincoln bucket. What’s happened to our rock n roll?

I don’t care, let’s listen to “Mind Your Manners,” the single. It’s fast, like Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher,” but it’s boring and aimless, like a Guns ‘n’ Roses cover band. Is Slash’s guitar playing still sloppy? Yes, but it’s meant to be!

• Hmm, this might be good, a new Voivod album, The Wake. Moar speed metal, unless they’re doing crunk these days, let’s go see! The new single, “Obsolete Beings,” sounds like Ozzy jamming with commercial-era Slayer. Say, when did Piggy and Blacky quit this band, and why wasn’t I informed? — Eric W. Saeger

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As part of its Comic Arts major curriculum, the New Hampshire Institute of Art invites established, successful comic artists to its campus to talk to students and the public about what it takes to become a professional in the field.

On Friday, Sept. 21, in partnership with The Center for Cartoon Studies, NHIA welcomes John Jennings, a comic artist, curator and editor, Harvard fellow and professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside.

Jennings found his way to New Hampshire as a friend of NHIA Chair of Comic Arts and fellow comic artist Joel Gill, who has published a series of black history graphic novels called Strange Fruit.

Jennings’ comic work explores a number of genres and aesthetics, including the visual culture of hip-hop, speculative fiction and afrofuturism (a genre that blends elements of black history and culture with futuristic and science fiction themes), horror and ethnogothic — a term co-coined by Jennings.

“Ethnogothic is using horror and dark fantasy to talk about cultural, political and social issues in our country right now,” he said, “to unpack and deal with racism, discrimination and violence against the black body.”

Jennings’ first graphic novel, The Hole: Consumer Culture, published in 2008, is a science fiction horror satire about commercializing race in America.

In 2017, he co-adapted a graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s science fiction novel Kindred which was a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller and winner of the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium.

Jennings’ most recent project is Box of Bones, a 10-part horror anthology which he is working on with nine other artists.

It tells the story of a black graduate student, Lyndsey, whose dissertation work leads her to a mysterious box that punishes the wicked.

“Some horrific things happen that deal with issues surrounding justice and politics,” Jennings said. “At the same time, it questions the nature of revenge.

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Many of Jennings’ comics are inspired by his upbringing. Growing up in 1970s rural Mississippi, he would often listen to ghost stories and folklore from his mother, who was “big into science fiction and fantasy stuff,” and his grandmother, who “had superstitious beliefs,” he said. He developed an interest in comics at a young age.

“I became a horror fan and a fan of speculative fiction, and I think those interests dovetailed with my interests in social justice and African American and American history,” he said, “so in many ways, my background reflects my work.”

The biggest thing Jennings wants people to realize about comics is that the medium encompasses much more than what is represented in the mainstream.

“People are limited by thinking that comics are about superheroes. Comics can be used for any kind of storytelling.

You imagination is the limit,” he said.

“People should definitely try branching out and looking at more independent comics.”

His advice to the aspiring comic artists that he’ll be speaking to at NHIA is to never give up.

“Comics are a hard medium to work in, but if you quit, you won’t get through it,” he said. “It can be daunting. You’ll get turned down a lot, but that should be a reason to make as many as you can.

Don’t ever stop.”

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The Third Hotel, by Laura van den Berg (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 212 pages) When did quotation marks become verboten? The Third Hotel is the latest novel in which the author has shunned the overhead curls, seemingly taking the advice of novelist-screenwriter Cormac McCarthy, who has said, “If you write properly, you shouldn’t have to punctuate.”

While in some hands disdain for formal rules of grammar punishes the reader, Laura van den Berg’s second novel seems to prove McCarthy right. Even without proper punctuation, The Third Hotel is a sparse, gripping story of a young widow stalking her dead husband in 2015 Havana. All we need are commas and periods, set within a couple of enormous question marks that frame the story.

Clare and her husband Richard were living the placid lives of the childless outside of Albany, New York, when Richard was struck and killed by a car while out on an evening walk.

Clare, a frequent traveler who sold elevator parts, had noticed her husband was changing in odd ways in the weeks before his death. He’d stopped eating bananas and salt, and started walking “so slowly and contemplatively it was as though every tree branch was a source of wonder.” When police returned his personal effects, she found a small, sealed box that had been in Richard’s pocket that she couldn’t bring herself to open.

So she packed it, along with her clothes, and set off for Havana, where both she and her husband were scheduled to attend a film festival. Richard was a film studies professor, specializing in horror, and had been looking forward to the debut of the first zombie movie shot in Cuba, Revolucion Zombi.

In setting this up, van den Berg reveals a sly wit, explaining how at a panel discussion the filmmakers discussed the zombie school they’d established to teach extras “proper lurching and vocalization and makeup.”

“One extra had gotten carried away and started biting shoulders. A podiatrist had found a bloodied shirt in the gutter and called the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution.”

But despite the occasional flash of dry humor, this is not a comical novel, but more of a mystery that van den Berg deftly unravels after Clare encounters her husband — at least what appears to be her husband, alive, uninjured — standing outside a Havana museum, wearing a white linen suit and tasseled loafers.

Unable to get his attention, Clare starts

to follow the person formerly known as Richard, becoming, in essence, a stalker of the undead.

It’s an interesting premise, satisfyingly laced with a sub-story about Clare’s complicated relationship with her father, who is dying of dementia in Florida.

But the appeal of The Third Hotel is not its complexity or its narrative arc, but in the beauty of its language. It’s a zombie book for people who don’t like zombies, or zombie culture, but would rather exclaim over artful arrangements of consonants and vowels than watch The Walking Dead or Train to Busan.

Van den Berg, the author of two story collections and the 2015 novel Find Me, enlivens her pages with surprising similes (“words bloomed in her mind like a miserable flower”) and descriptives (a mirror had “the kind of lighting that could make a person reconsider every choice they had ever made in life”). There is smart writing throughout, and van den Berg is a master of subtle detail that conveys a world of information in a few words, as in how Clare couldn’t guess her husband’s email password after his death; it eventually was revealed to be a numerical sequence that meant nothing to her.

Early on, the director of the Cuban zombie movie explains why he embraces horror as a genre, why it appeals to filmmakers and viewers. The point, the director explains, is “to plunge a viewer into a state of terror meant to take away their compass, their tools for navigating the world, and to replace it with a compass that told a different kind of truth.” The viewer, distracted by fear, does not notice this transaction taking place, but would depart the theater accompanied by these “new truths,” “swimming like eels under the skin.”

Clare’s truths — or are they her fictions? — slither throughout the two weeks she spends in Cuba, tracking her husband and exploring her marriage and childhood through unsettled memories. Is she an unreliable narrator disabled by grief, or one whose judgment is pickled by her own attitude about honesty? “Honest was trotted out in the name of all kinds of awful things, including cruelty — too much of it could splinter a person,” Clare believes.

Kudos to van den Berg for not succumbing to an easy ending, a cheap trick of the commercially successful plot twist a reader can spot a hundred pages away. The Third Hotel is too sophisticated a story for that.

Like the director of Revolucion Zombi, it aims to tell different truths, ask different questions. It also makes an uncommon demand of readers: that we not just read, but think. A+ — Jennifer Graham

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• One gargoyle remains: Paul Durham presents his The Luck Uglies trilogy and his new middle-grade fantasy book The Last Gargoyle at Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m. The Last Gargoyle follows a 130-year-old stone gargoyle named Penhallow, who keeps watch over an apartment building in modern-day Boston and protects it and its inhabitants from the evil undead creatures that roam the night. The last of his kind in the city, Penhallow sometimes masquerades as a 13-year-old boy in a hooded sweatshirt. Call 836-6600 or visit bookerymht.com.

• Celebrating banned books: Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter) has its annual Banned Book Night on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. A group of community members will read short passages from their favorite banned books, and the head of the New Hampshire chapter of the ACLU will share some thoughts on censorship, freedom and the written word. Refreshments will be served.

Banned Books Week, Sept. 23 through Sept. 29, celebrates books that have been removed or restricted by libraries and schools, and draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Call 778-9731 or visit waterstreetbooks.com. For a list of this year’s banned books, visit ala.org/advocacy/ bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks.

• An exploration of Mount Washington: Author and journalist (and a Hippo associate publisher) Dan Szczesny will be at Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library (7 Forest Road, Wilton) on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m., presenting his new book, The White Mountain: Rediscovering Mount Washington’s Hidden Culture. The book documents Szczesny’s year-long exploration of Mount Washington, its place in the collective consciousness of the country and how its rugged landscape has reflected a timeless history of humans’ obsession and passion for exploration and discovery. Visit danszczesny.wordpress.com. — Angie Sykeny

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Mon., Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore , 45 S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• TERRY FARISH Author presents a storytime for all ages on the topic of cultural awareness.

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• MARCIA STRYKOWSKI Author presents Roller Boy. Sat., Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hampstead Public Library, 9 Mary E. Clark Drive, Hampstead. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org.

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that, in 18 months or so, after I’ve caught this movie a few more times in its home viewing life and really thought about some of the (spoiler-y) things going on, I’m going to enjoy it even more. But for now, B+.

Rated R for sexual content and language throughout, some graphic nude images, drug use and violence. Directed by Paul Feig with a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer (from a novel by Darcy Bell that I guess I have to go read now), A Simple Favor is an hour and 57 minutes long and distributed by Lionsgate.

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively have all the fun in A Simple Favor, a delightfully sunny thriller from “the darker side of Paul Feig.”

Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) is, outwardly, a Perfect Mom, an archetype who doesn’t actually exist (in the movie’s universe or in life) except as a projection by other moms of all our worries and supposed inadequacies. It is the reason you can both be awed by and resent the person with the, like, craft caddy or whatever and also want a craft caddy and also feel deeply guilty about the harm you’re doing to your child by not having a well-organized craft caddy. She can easily be viewed as both a kind of parenting alpha and an easy target, which is clearly how a gaggle of parents in her son Miles’ (Joshua Satine) class view her. Ugh, Stephanie, with her over-eager volunteering and her perfect baked goods and her chipper mommy vlog, the parents say. Except, of course, when they see Stephanie and Miles going for a play date at the home of Emily (Lively) and her son Nicky (Ian Ho), their assessment is that Emily, with her high fashion life and her city persona, will eat the meek suburban Stephanie for lunch.

Stephanie is indeed dazzled by Emily and her martinis and the French pop playing in her sleek, modern home. She seems flattered and even confused to have Emily pay attention to her and she seems flustered and the slightest bit envious of Emily’s hot if snippy relationship with her husband Sean (Henry Golding, who just keeps on keeping on with the earnest handsomeness of Crazy Rich Asians).

Stephanie, a widow, was scared away from dating websites and seems to mostly live in the world of Miles and the things she does for him. Perhaps her endazzlement by Emily and Emily’s adult life and a desire to seem less, well, mommy-vlog is the reason Stephanie lets her guard down enough to tell a scandalous secret to Emily, a person who is arm’s-length about her own life and past.

Perhaps the coolness contact-high of Emily’s friendship is also why Stephanie doesn’t realize what some of the other parents do,

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which is that, when she does a few simple favors for Emily, picking up Nicky after school and keeping him while Emily works late, she has in fact become a for-free nanny. Perhaps her fixer tendencies are also why she is worried but does not immediately call authorities when Emily, after having her pick up Nicky, vanishes. She doesn’t come late that night as expected and later Stephanie learns that the unreachable Emily has gone to Miami for work. Or has she?

When Sean, away dealing with his sick mother, returns home, he and Stephanie call the police and even begin a “have you seen this woman” campaign of fliers with the one photo Stephanie can find of the camera-shy Emily.

All of the characters here present as a bit of a stereotype, a caricature that they themselves lean in to, with any amount of greater weirdness going on beneath the facade. About halfway through the movie, you could stop it, rewire it slightly to make this or that person the bigger villain and still have the movie end in roughly the same spot.

When Emily goes missing and a desperate Stephanie starts searching for her, tearing up on her vlog as she talks about her missing best friend, you start to wonder about her exact motives. Kendrick does a wonderful job of playing Stephanie as a woman who deals

with situations by playing to her strengths (order, diligence, detail-focus) but with just enough edge that you wonder if she’s overcorrecting for something.

Lively, meanwhile, plays Emily as pure id.

Her character’s game face is to be the way an over-pleasing eager beaver might wish she could be — shunning all reflexive apologizing, blowing off volunteering without guilt, day drinking. Lively is a perfect fit, giving Emily a realistic blend of casual and knowing in how she presents herself.

“Wow, this was fun” I thought to myself when this movie ended, fun in a way I didn’t expect, fun in a way that was smart but not heavy. This isn’t the kind of movie that needs to stop to make a point about Women Today, except that it does in lots of little ways through the film but also it isn’t really about that.

While we root for Stephanie, she very much isn’t perfect; likewise, Emily is deeply flawed but not without silvers of complexity. And Golding’s Sean is an extremely well-crafted character for a movie like this; he is exactly what he needs to be, to include being not nearly as interesting as the women around him.

Now that I’ve seen A Simple Favor, I want to see it again, take it apart a little bit so I can look at some of the pieces and consider all of the little things it’s doing while it’s telling the bigger story. I feel like there’s a good chance

For example, scientist Dr. Casey Brackett (Olivia Munn) points out that, based on the Predators’ behavior, they are really less “predators” and more “sport hunters” or “bass fishers.” Other characters then tell her yes but “Predator” sounds cooler — although then I couldn’t help thinking “The Bass Fisher” and that made me enjoy this movie more, which was probably the point of that scene.

Delightfully, this movie also has very little of that “what could it be? a thing from space?

That’s preposterous!” nonsense that feels very time-wastey in an ongoing serious like this. Yep, it’s a Predator, we’ve been tracking them since 1987, says the movie, leaving us free to get on with the quipping and eviscerating and Predator-ing.

Quickly, we move from Predator first contact (in this movie) in the jungle to the core action of this movie, which is Predators running around an American suburb (on Halloween!) while being chased by government agents/jerks led by Will Traeger (Sterling K. Brown, appearing to have a lot of fun) and

by Army guy Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook). Quinn was the only man left from his unit after the first Predator attack and, for reasons I don’t completely get, the government is working to classify him as nuts, perhaps criminally so, even though it knows he saw what he says he saw. Perhaps anticipating that “my fellow soldiers were killed by a space

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The package is — because of course it is — opened by his young son, Rory (Jacob Tremblay), literally putting him and his mom/Quinn’s ex Emily (Yvonne Strahovski) on the aliens’ radar. With his family in danger, Quinn teams up with some fellow soldiers on a prison transport — including Nebraska (Trevante Rhodes), Coyle (Keegan-Michael Key), Baxley (Thomas Jane), Lynch (Alfie Allen) and Nettles (Augusto Aguilera) — to keep his son safe from the Predator.

Or rather, from the Predators, as it turns out that two Predators are seeking the tech, and they are violently at odds with each other.

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helps you overlook the plot holes and inconsistencies and silliness, at least while you’re watching it. In fact, the movie acknowledges some of its inherent silliness, which helps make the whole endeavor, with its overthe-top gore, work, turning moments of ridiculousness into part of the fun instead of a thing the movie has to straight-facedly own.

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• Helping hands: Now in its sixth year, NH Rocks For a Cure helps adult terminal cancer patients, a Make-A-Wish Foundation for grownups fighting the hardest battle.

This year’s fundraiser has music and raffles. Bands pitching in for the all-day event are ’80s rockers Heartbeat City, Duty Free, Floodwatch, Ken Williamson, 21st & 1st, Morgan & Pete, Peter Fogarty, Jenni Lynn Band and Brok Griffith. Saturday, Sept. 22, noon, Murphy’s Taproom, 494 Elm St., Manchester. See nhrocksforacure.org.

• Music history: Fiddler Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki hosts Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music.

It focuses on the leaving experience – the reasons, and the often strange realities that would greet the immigrants in their new country.

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6:30 p.m., Auburn Safety Complex, 55 Eaton Hill Road, Auburn. To learn more, call 483-5374.

• Funny femme: Get your laugh on with a night of standup featuring headliner Jenny Zigrino (Comedy Central, Conan, Bad Santa 2), and a feature set from Nick Lavallee, with supporting comics Jolanda DiZazzo Logan, Marie Forster, and Dylan Uscher. $5 cash-only cover charge. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 9 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. For more, see facebook.com/shaskeencomedy.

• Tribute act: A group of URI pals formed Badfish in 1999 because they found the West Coast reggae rockers well, sublime.

They play the first concert in a long time at an area rec complex just recently cleared to present large-scale shows. Roots of Creation also perform. Friday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m., Marty’s Driving Range, 96 Old Turnpike Road, Mason. Tickets are $30 at ticketweb.com.

Peter Noone was in a boy band before the concept existed, joining Herman’s Hermits at age 15. A couple of years later, the group was on the charts, and Noone was friends with most every group that mattered in the British Invasion. He’d tag along when the Rolling Stones rode to London; John Lennon snuck him drinks in a nightclub in the heady days of Beatlemania.

Amazingly, Noone already had three years as a television actor on his resume when his band began. Listening to him talk about it almost six decades later, he makes it sound almost accidental.

Urged on by his musician father, Noone studied theory at the Manchester School of Music every afternoon after regular school, then hung out there until his parents got home. Usually he was there for several hours each day.

“It was so boring that I joined all the other classes,” he said by telephone from him home in Southern California. “One day, some guy walks in looking for a 12-year-old boy who can play the piano … to go on a TV show.”

Soon, he had an actor’s union card, “and every time they were looking for a boy in a script, they called me,” he said.

Cast in a part on the British soap opera Coronation Street, Noone got famous — or at least his character did.

“People would ask for my autograph, and I’d sign my name, and they’d say, ‘no, put Stanley Fairclough,’ so I signed that every time.”

That didn’t last.

“Musicians are so much more fun than actors and actresses,” Noone said, so he and some friends started playing in Liverpool and Manchester, hoping to

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be discovered. “We knew we were good at what we did, but that’s only in small clubs. … If you wanted to go to the world, you had to get on the radio.”

When they met producer Mickie Most, possessor of the best ears in England and the man behind the Yardbirds, Donovan, the Animals and others, that became possible. Most found them the Gerry Goffin/ Carole King song, “I’m Into Something Good” just weeks after its American release. The Hermits’ version hit Number One on the British charts. “Can’t You Hear My Hearbeat” followed, their first big American single, and nine straight Top Ten records came after.

But even in its heyday, Herman’s Hermits were a band caught in the middle. They covered songs as others were starting to write their own. They were a singles act crowded out when the Sixties ushered in the album era.

“We were just different,” Noone said.

“We knew all these great songwriters were there, and we were kind of the split between the two generations. We were the band that were recording great songs by other people.”

1967 marked the last big Hermits record, “There’s A Kind of Hush.” Four years later, the original band broke up.

Noone kept working, recording David Bowie’s “Oh You Pretty Things” (with Bowie on piano), and making a few more records during the 1970s. In the early 1980s, he led new wave band The Tremblers.

He still performs regularly; Noone stops at Tupelo Music Hall on Sept. 27.

His sets include Herman’s Hermits hits, and lots of Sixties nuggets.

“We’ve got 300 songs that we can play, and we’ve got about 400 that we can’t play,” he said with a laugh. “There are

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some Hermits songs that we don’t play well, so I don’t do them. I do Johnny Cash, and I even do George Jones [and] a Tom Jones song that’s not anything like Tom Jones — but then, my Mick Jagger isn’t anything like him either.”

Now 70, his appearance is eternally young, evincing the same boyish charm he had while performing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964.

“It’s the Panglossian part of Peter Noone,” he said when asked to explain his youthfulness. “The definition of Panglossian in the English dictionary would be naively optimistic. … How about that?”

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Concord Hermanos: John Franzosa Salem Penuche’s: Open w/ Steve Naylor Copper Door: Chad Lamarsh Dover Cara: Irish Session w/ Carol Coronis & Ramona Connelly

Seabrook Castaways: Corey Brackett Chop Shop: Acoustic Afternoon

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“Free Stuff” — a big freestyle for the 900th Across 16 Put into a different envelope 1 URL component 17 Uncompromising 4 Writer Bombeck 18 For each 8 Flat floaters 19 Slowdowns 13 Longtime Jets QB who led the 20 ___-days (heavy practices for NFL in passer rating in 1985 football teams) 15 “Ran” director Kurosawa 21 Letters on NYC subways

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23 Woody Guthrie’s kid 24 2008 puzzle game for the Wii that relied heavily on multiplayer modes 29 Velvet finish 30 “Jackass” costar who had his own “Viva” spinoff on MTV 31 Droop 32 “No ___ way!” (self-censorer’s exclamation) 33 Big figure 36 Night away from the usual work, maybe 40 Hotshot 41 “Things will be OK” 43 Charity calculation 45 Ex-NHL star Tikkanen 46 Magazine that sounds like a letter

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57 Feline “burning bright” in a Blake poem 58 “Good for what ___ ya” 59 Jekyll creator’s monogram

14 Discreet way to be included on an email, for short 19 Where the military goes 21 Harvard’s school color before crimson 22 Hesitant 25 Plant firmly (var.)

26 Artillery barrages 27 Spruces up 28 “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Jimmy O. and comedian Jenny, for two Down 33 “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get 1 Hard-to-search Internet area “just Far on Foot” director below the surface” in that iceberg 34 Cube origin? infographic 35 Taking a close look 2 The slightest bit 37 Precede, as at a concert 3 Record player component 38 Pita filler 4 Perry Mason creator ___ Stanley 39 Snapchat features Gardner 42 Saxophonist’s supply 5 2016 Olympics city 44 Gregg Allman’s brother 6 “Au revoir, ___ amis” 48 Peter I, e.g.

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Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) It’s a craVirgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) I used to zy world but I’ll be there for you / for I am think that anything I’d do / wouldn’t mat- falling falling falling / falling for you / It’s ter at all anyway / But now I find that when a crazy world / Let me be your girl / Let me it comes to you / I’m the winner of cards I be your girl / Let me be your girl / Let me be can’t play —I’ll Find a Way Things you do your girl / Let me be your girl —Let Me Be matter.

Your Girl Slow down, there, Nellie.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Follow the Aries (March 21 – April 19) Nobody tightrope walker / He never looks to the loves like you do / Nobody makes me feel ground / We don’t know what he’s thinking whole / and if you don’t fall for me too / / He’s gonna go down swinging if he can’t I’m gonna break apart / I’m gonna break figure this out / He’s gonna hold himself into / a million pieces around you / if you steady / till he gets to the other side / You’re don’t fall for me too tonight / if you don’t gonna hold your breath / hoping he does fall for me too tonight —Break Apart No alright —Tightrope Walker The tightrope is you’re not. only an inch above the ground.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) We can’t Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) With your stay kids forever / Who could bear that hands behind your back / wondering how much pain / I’ve done my time with bad you’ll make a difference when you’re under weather / You’ve done the same / We can’t an attack / Remember there’s no graceful keep blaming each other / or try to rescue way to go after an easy target / They may this fight / Baby don’t try again tonight — think they’ve hurt your feelings / But you Rainsong Forget blame. know how to spot a fake —EZ Target You do.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) I know Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Sink into the road has been long / They’re on their my soul / Help me lose control / Let me be, own road too / You try so hard to be strong let me be with you / Wipe the canvas clean / / Everyone watching you —Black Sheep Paint the brand new scene / I see, I see it all Who cares who’s watching? with you —Nobody Start with fresh paint.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) It ain’t the Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) You went money or the fame or the thunder / It ain’t one way, I have gone the other / Water the memory of where you thought you’d be shapes the stone and air is free / We knew / If you’re gonna feel like a tightrope walkwe weren’t quite right for each other / Best er / start looking up and don’t you look to keep our distance peacefully —Over down at your feet —Money Fame Thunder People have different paths.

It might be the thunder a little bit.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Follow the Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) Worn me down tightrope walker / Let the noise fade away like a road / I did everything you told / Worn / Bed with the breeze and reach for the sky me down to my knees / I did everything to each day / Focus on where you’re going / please / … And you’re wrong, you’re wrong No matter where you’ve been / Keep your- / I’m not overreacting / Something is off self loose and in balance / Just like him / / Why don’t we ever believe ourselves — And do it and a do it and a do it again / oh Worn Me Down Believe yourself.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

New World order

Kimberel Eventide, 36, believes her purpose here on Earth is to help other humans become elves, just like herself. A resident of Illinois, Eventide identifies as a Pleiadian Starseed, an Otherkin who first realized she was an elf after reading and watching the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien. She spends her time dressing as an elf in silk, velvet or nature-inspired clothing and pointed elf ears -- but she doesn’t wear them all the time because “my own ears have a slight point to them.” Eventide’s husband supports her elfdom but “he does not understand it and does not watch many of my videos,” she said. “I am an Elven spiritual teacher who offers personal Skype online sessions to help individual souls,” she explained to the Daily Mail.

Her mission, called “Projectelvenstar,” is specifically to help humans transform themselves into High Elves — “ears are optional but can become a byproduct of becoming extrasensory and hearing better over time.”

Easy marks

Three men in Westborough, Massachusetts, are out $306,000 after falling victim to a scam, MassLive.com reported on Aug. 29. Joseph Boakye, 31, of Worcester is one of two suspects wanted by Westborough police for allegedly selling 15 kilograms of counterfeit gold dust. In July, the victims met Boakye and his accomplice at an Extended Stay America hotel and tested the gold dust for authenticity. Apparently satisfied, they paid $26,000 in cash and transferred $280,000 into a Bank of America account, after which they received a locked Sentry safe that supposedly held the gold dust. Boakye told them they would get the combination to the safe after the transfer cleared. But two days later, when they were unable to open the safe, the victims called a locksmith. Inside was counterfeit gold.

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• Thieves in Roanoke County, Virginia, hit the same shoe store twice in July and August, according to the Roanoke Times, stealing shirts, hoodies, jackets — and right shoes. Thirteen shoes meant for a right foot were taken from Clean Soles, where store operator Rob Wickham said he typically displays right shoes and keeps the mates behind the counter. They’re “not much good unless you have two right feet,” said Wickham. A 17-year-old suspect has been charged with the July break-in.

• A homeowner in Toluca Lake, California, looked at video from his surveillance camera late on Aug. 29 and saw a person on the property, but it wasn’t until the next day, when he looked around for any

damage, that a man was discovered stuck between a wall and a garage. KCAL TV reported that it took firefighters more than an hour to free the unnamed man, a suspect wanted in connection with a burglary the night before. Los Angeles police arrested him for trespassing as he was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

Overreactions

• Bryan Tucker of Sandston, Virginia, was FED UP TO HERE! with kids littering his lawn as they waited at the Henrico County school bus stop adjacent to his property. So on Sept. 4, he installed a battery-powered electric fence. “They don’t respect other people’s land,” Tucker told WTVR TV. “I pick up trash every day.”

Officials informed him later that day that the fence was placed on county property, not his own, so Tucker took it down. But he still thinks the point was made: “The message has gotten across,” Tucker said.

“Parents are posting and talking about it.”

• Monica Walley of Holden Heights, Florida, wrote a negative online review Aug. 20 about the Daybreak Diner in Orlando, accusing the restaurant of refusing service to her disabled mother. The negative review didn’t sit well with the diner owner’s son, Michael Johnson, or his housemates, Jesse Martin and Norman Auvil, reported WFTV. That evening, as the three sat drinking beer, Martin looked up Walley’s address, then they drove to her home, where Auvil, 42, shot three rounds into the house. “I actually could feel the air from the bullet as it passed by me,” said Ken Walley, Monica’s father. “I didn’t think anybody was cra-

zy enough to do something like this over something so small,” Monica Walley said.

Auvil was arrested Aug. 30 and charged with shooting into a dwelling, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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An Orlando, Florida, home will need more than roof repairs after a crane parked outside tipped over on Sept. 4, splitting the house in half so cleanly daylight could be seen through it. United Press International reported the roof was under construction when the machinery fell over, likely because the ground underneath it was wet, said Ivan Fogarty, corporate safety director for crane operator Beyel Brothers Crane & Rigging.

No one was inside the home at the time, and no one on the roofing crew was injured, but the house has been declared unlivable.

Fooled ya!

University of Houston student Jehv M. looked at a blank wall in his local McDonald’s and saw opportunity. Hoping to boost Asian representation in the burger chain’s advertising, Jehv created a poster featuring himself and a friend touting McDonald’s french fries. They bought used McDonald’s uniforms at a thrift store as disguises, then boldly hung the poster in a Pearland, Texas, location as customers ordered and ate around them. United Press International reported that 51 days later, the poster still hung on the wall unnoticed, as shown in a photo on Jehv’s Twitter feed. As of Sept.

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