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In 2018 there were 21 murders in New Hampshire, almost all of them committed with a gun. In fact, New Hampshire has a gun death rate almost three times as high as Massachusetts or New York, states with tighter gun ownership restrictions.

The debate over guns — who gets to have them and when and where they get to carry them — is a debate as old as our nation. Though the right to bear arms was written into the Bill of Rights it was still a right that was regulated like to right to vote or the right to assemble.

Most people have agreed that most military weapons can be banned and others are very tightly regulated. But handguns, long guns and assault-style guns, those used for more personal protection or hunting, are in comparison lightly regulated. We don’t know, for example, if someone is amassing large numbers of guns.

Though there are some federal background checks, we really don’t know who owns firearms and who doesn’t.

For some this is welcome, and for others it’s concerning. Though this is a part of the national conversation (or debate, depending on how one views it), the issue of who should own guns and how they should be allowed to carry guns is a local issue. States and cities each set their own rules about who can own and how they can carry guns, if at all.

New Hampshire’s gun laws changed in 2017, with New Hampshire joining 27 other states in allowing people to carry concealed guns without a permit.

Before that, in New Hampshire, folks needed to get a permit from their town police chief. Though each town was a bit different, most asked why you needed to carry a concealed gun and then asked for character references. Local gun stores had been known to send people down to the town police station to get that permit before they’d sell them a gun in the hope it would dissuade them from buying a gun.

With the change in power in the legislature, from Republican to Democrat, at the beginning of the year, it might be a good time to look at our gun laws and have that conversation again. We should be looking at who can own a gun, how many they can own without the public being notified, where they can carry that gun, whether they can conceal that gun and other questions related to the ownership and carrying of guns.

Guns are a local issue and one that we should be talking about and starting to take action on.

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INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 6 Weapons ban; Doorway NH; PLUS News in Brief.

10 Q&A 11 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 12 SPORTS THIS WEEK 22 THE ARTS: 23 THEATER Victoria Valentine.

24 CLASSICAL Curtain Call; listings for events around town.

25 ART Local Color; listings for events around town.

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

27 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

28 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

29 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

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FOOD: 32 AMHERST FIRE & ICE Ksones Thai; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Beer.

POP CULTURE: 38 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz gets over her Glass disappointment with a rundown of Oscar nominees.

NITE: 44 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Alejandro Escovedo; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

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

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NEWS & NOTES

Family leave

Gov. Chris Sununu and Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont announced a new voluntary insurance program offering paid family and medical leave to businesses and individuals in both the Granite and Green Mountain states.

Under the “Twin State Voluntary Leave Plan,” public and private sector employees would receive a “60 percent wage replacement” for six weeks.

Employees can use the program for the birth, adoption or foster care of a child; to care for a spouse, parent or child with a serious health condition, or if they have such a condition; and if their spouse, child or parent is in the military and on “covered active duty.” Employers can provide the program as either an additional incentive at no cost or an elective incentive with an open enrollment period, similar to how they would offer health care to employees. Individuals whose employers who don’t offer the program can purchase coverage independently. In a joint news release, the governors wrote that both states have had “preliminary conversations with a number of insurance carriers” and will select an insurer to determine the per employee cost for each state. Sununu wrote that the program would “promote a work-life balance for many workers in our states struggling to meet the demands of the workplace while also meeting the needs of their families and their own health.” However, in a written response to the proposal, House Majority Leader Doug Ley (D-Jaffrey) described the plans as an “unworkable, piecemeal approach which tosses aside years and years of bipartisan work to make paid family and medical leave a reality in New Hampshire.” Ley also claimed the proposal was made without “coordination with New Hampshire lawmakers.”

Child advocacy

The Office of the Child Advocate released its first annual report recapping its first eight months in operation. The state legislature established the office in 2017 to provide independent oversight of the Division

for Children Youth and Families, which is overseen by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.

After considering resident complaints, incident reports and field work, the office released a 58-page report identifying “key areas of concerns.” The report claims that the division has used residential treatment without appropriate contracts; allowed persistent psychological maltreatment of children while in state custody and an ineffective therapeutic treatment environment at Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester; and failed to prevent children from going missing or consistently monitor critical incidents in private residential facilities. Additionally, the office found that division employees are overworked and aren’t returning phone calls or emails in a timely manner. The report includes several recommendations and calls for legislative action. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services issued a response to the office’s report signed by commissioner Jeffrey Meyers. He wrote, “While we do not agree with every aspect of the report, we recognize that it is largely informed by the lived experiences of individuals who have experienced different aspects of the system. …

We look forward to the opportunity to review and discuss the information and recommendations presented with the OCA.”

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gles to “poor management and poor governance by its board of directors.” In its report, the office wrote that the Charitable Trust Unit launched a training process with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the Department of Health and Human Services and increased oversight of substance use disorder treatment and recovery organizations in the state. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services is conducting program audits of substance use disorder treatment providers.

Easterseals

Larry Gammon, president and CEO of Easterseals New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont, announced he is stepping down after 47 years with the organization. Headquartered in Manchester, the nonprofit offers support services for children, veterans, adults with disabilities and their families. Gammon was hired as a special education principal and teacher in 1971, working his way through the ranks until he became president and CEO in 1988. Since then, the organization has grown to serve more than 32,000 clients annually with a staff of 1,800.

The nonprofit’s board of directors announced it began working with an executive search firm to find a replacement. Gammon will help with the process and stay on as an advisor after a new person is hired.

Stone walls

New England College in Henniker opened its new Esports Arena for competitive online video gaming, according to a news release. Students will compete against other colleges in the region and can receive scholarships for participating in the program.

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Surgeons at Catholic Medi- Hooksett cal Center in Manchester performed a new stent procedure for patients with a specific type of heartGoffstown disease, according to a news release.

CMC is the first hospital in New England to use the “Stent MANCHESTER Graft System” since the FDA approved it in October.

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Lola Giannelli, a fifth-grader from Nashua, was sworn in as this Amherst year’s New Hampshire Kid Governor, according to a news release. The New Milford Hampshire Institute for Civics Education and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics run an annual statewide mock election for governor to teach fifth-graders about voting and government. Giannelli’s platform was ending animal cruelty.

toric stone walls, according to a news release. A $14,487 grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation was used to finance the project, which will depend on crowd-sourced information to outline walls in the state. The map is made of Light Detection and Ranging images so visitors can directly trace where walls are located. In a

The New Hampshire DepartThe Attorney General’s Char- ment of Environmental Services itable Trust Unit completed an launched a new interactive, investigation into Serenity Place online map of the state’s hisin Manchester, which offered substance use treatment services. According to the report, Serenity Place more than doufor... bled its staffing and budget BIPARTISANSHIP over a three-year period withIn a new survey, Triton Polling & Research out growing its cash flow found that 61 percent of Granite Staters appropriately. Additionally, the would support a “unity ticket” in the 2020 organization submitted impropgeneral election. The firm polled 901 New er claims or no claims at all for Hampshire voters last December and asked many of its services. Serenity “How supportive would you be if your preferred presidential candidate chose a runPlace filed for bankruptcy proning mate of the opposite party?” Suptection on April 25, 2018, and port was highest among Democrats at 67 its services have since been percent, followed by 65 percent support absorbed by other organizations from independents and 51 percent among in the area. The AG’s office Republicans. attributed these financial strug-

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The Regional Economic Development Center in Raymond announced the Granite State Growth Competition, a new statewide business pitch competition with a $25,000 grand prize.

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NEWS

Call to arms

Weapon ban backdrop for larger gun debate

By Scott Murphy

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As the House of Representatives finalized rules for the 2019-2020 session, Democrats led an effort to reinstate a deadly weapon ban for lawmakers and visitors. Support and criticism of the move have fallen along party lines, though actual gun legislation introduced this session might not follow suit.

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By a 220-163 vote, representatives banned anyone from carrying a deadly weapon “in the House Chamber, anterooms, cloakrooms, or House gallery,” according to the House Majority Office.

The rule had previously been in place with bipartisan support from 1971 to 2011, according to House Majority Leader Doug Ley (D-Jaffrey). However, Ley said, former House Speaker Bill O’Brien and other Republicans removed the ban in 2011 when they took the majority.

The rule was then put back in place by a new Democratic majority in 2013 before once again being removed by another Republican majority in 2015.

According to House Speaker Steve Shurtleff (D-Penacook), the primary reasons for reinstating the rule were multiple incidents of lawmakers dropping their guns in the House. He said that’s especially concerning given that fourth-graders regularly observe House sessions during the school year.

“There were questions about safety and personal security, and there have been too many incidents of firearms being dropped on the floor,” Ley said. “We have been fortunate to avert any tragedy, but to wait until a tragedy occurs is to wait too long.”

Shurtleff added that there are already armed security guards stationed at the House. According to the House rule, these guards aren’t allowed to “stop and search a member of the House on the premises of the House” to determine whether they’re armed.

Because of this, Rep. Mark Warden (R-Manchester) said, the rule has never stopped concealed carry among lawmakers, which he anticipated continuing since there’s “no real enforcement mechanism.” Rep. Jess Edwards (R-Auburn) argued that the only result will be creating a less safe environment “There are unstable people who look at a gunfree zone and look at it as a shooting gallery,” Edwards said. “It makes everyone more endangered by telling unstable people we’re unarmed.”

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The rule isn’t the only action on guns Democrats are taking this session. Rep. Katherine Rogers (D-Concord) is the primary sponsor of two bills related to gun sales, both solely sponsored by Democrats.

HB 514 would establish a seven-day waiting period for all firearm and ammunition sales.

This wouldn’t apply to the trade-in of a firearm between licensed importers, manufacturers, dealers and collectors, or for law enforcement, correction officer and active duty military. Additionally, individuals could purchase a rifle or shotgun if they have a valid state hunting license and completed a 16-hour hunter safety course offered by New Hampshire Fish and Game.

Rogers introduced the bill specifically to address the issue of suicide in New Hampshire.

Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 48.3-percent increase in the suicide rate in New Hampshire between 1999 to 2016, the third-highest increase nationally. The New Hampshire Office of Chief Medical Examiner reported 264 deaths by suicide in the state in 2017, up from 182 deaths a decade prior.

Rogers said states that have instituted a waiting period have also seen a decline in suicides, which she attributed to suicide victims not having immediate access to firearms.

“Suicide is quite often a spur-of-the-moment kind of decision,” Rogers said. “When there’s a wait period or lag period, there’s a time frame from when you actually take that step to when the effects can take place.”

Gun culture

Though this is the first time Rogers has introduced a wait period bill, she’s proposed versions of a background check bill in previous sessions.

This time, HB 109 would require all firearms dealers to conduct background checks on all commercial firearm sales, to “keep firearms out of the hands of felons, domestic abusers, and the dangerously mentally ill.” The bill would exclude private sales or transfers between individuals, as long as they’re not prohibited from owning a firearm under state or federal law.

However, as Rogers has discovered, guns aren’t a red and blue issue in New Hampshire.

The bill has failed in each of the last few sessions she’s brought it forward, including when Democrats have had a majority.

“In New Hampshire, a lot of Democratic voters and centrist voters have guns and aren’t afraid of guns,” Warden said. “It’s not only a constitutional right, but also part of the history and tradition in New Hampshire.”

When Rep. Alicia Lekas (R-Hudson) was on the campaign trail last year, she said there was “no other questions asked of me … except where I stand on the Second Amendment.” That’s why she plans to oppose any bills like the ones proposed by Rogers.

Rogers agreed that gun ownership is a “proud New Hampshire tradition,” adding that members of her family own firearms. She wasn’t sure if the Democratic majority in this session would help push any legislation through given mixed results in the past.

NEWS

Open Doorway

State introduces new substance use support network

By Scott Murphy

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Over the last month, state health officials held a series of public forums to introduce Doorway-NH, a new substance use treatment network. Individuals struggling with substance use disorder can be connected with care services at one of nine hubs across the state, each located no more than an hour away from where that person lives.

“There is a massive interest in turning this around, in terms of making better pathways for treatment,” said Peter Evers, vice president of behavioral health at Concord Hospital and CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health, at a forum held in Concord. “We know that once we can help people, they can be masters of their own destiny in terms of getting recovery.”

In the neighborhood

Doorway-NH is being funded by a twoyear, $45.8 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The contract began in November, and the network began taking calls and working with patients at the start of this year.

“This is really a singular opportunity, in terms of accessing these federal funds,” said Jeffrey Meyers, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, at a forum held in Manchester. “It’s going to really go the extra mile in coordinating care of patients across the state.”

The program is based on a “hub and spoke model” previously implemented in Vermont. A network of nine “hubs” throughout the state will offer clinical screening, evaluation services and care coordination. Each hub will direct individuals to care providers, or “spokes,” within their own community. After hours, individuals can call “211” to reach a representative at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, who will provide them with resources over the phone.

The Doorway-NH network includes hubs in Berlin, Concord, Dover, Keene, Laconia, Lebanon, Littleton, Manchester and Nashua.

The Concord hub is at Riverbend Community Mental Health and being run by Concord Hospital. Granite Pathways is running the hubs in Manchester and Nashua.

“We have to have a system where somebody living in Berlin or Littleton or Dover or Concord … is able to access services in that area,” said Meyers at the Manchester forum.

Additional support

Kim Haney, director of the Manchester and Nashua hubs, explained at the Manchester forum that the network will work with anyone struggling with addiction to any substance, including children and teens. Kids under the age of 12 will need parental consent.

According to Haney, the hubs will have walk-in hours and accept calls to the 211 line from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends. Dartmouth-Hitchcock will accept 211 calls whenever hubs are closed.

When a client contacts a hub, a clinician will conduct an evaluation, provide the overdose drug naloxone if necessary and refer them to the recommended level of care, according to Haney. Clients might be referred to mental health and substance use treatment, primary care providers, housing and shelter, medication-assisted treatment or peer and recovery support groups.

“We are not providing treatment; we’re helping people get into treatment,” Haney said at the Manchester forum. “We’re informing them what their choices are, and they’re making the choices for their own treatment and recovery.”

If a client comes to a hub in a different region than where they live, Haney added that the hub will refer them to services closer to their home.

Hubs will ask homeless individuals to fill out releases for each place they’re referred to, so staff members can follow up with these providers to see if that person sought treatment.

If a bed isn’t available in the next 24 hours, Haney said, the hub will refer individuals to interim services, clinician, counseling or treatment services in the region. Clinicians will also assist individuals without insurance on how to apply for coverage under Medicaid.

Each hub is also allotted $50,000 in “flexible spending funds” from the federal grant to assist clients with specific needs. According to Haney, the money can be used to assist people with transportation, help get an ID so they can get into treatment facilities, pay for childcare while they’re in treatment, get into sober living and other related expenses.

Widening the network

According to Haney, hubs will perform “continuous recovery monitoring” under the Government Performance and Results Act. At the Manchester forum, she said the hubs will be collecting data with every client who comes in to assess “what’s working and not working.”

According to Meyers, the Department of Health and Human Services is working on a marketing campaign to inform more people about Doorway-NH and where the hub is located in their region. In the meantime, hub and state officials are aiming to add as many “spokes” in the community to their databases as possible.

“Over the last few months, we’ve really spent a lot of time getting the hubs up and running,” Haney said at the Manchester forum. “Now that we’re open, something I’m really going to be focusing on is reaching out to providers.”

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NEWS & NOTES Q&A

The bear necessities

Addressing frequent bear-residents conflicts

Encounters between bears and residents of the Granite State were higher than usual last year. Andrew Timmins, bear project leader for New Hampshire Fish and Game, explained what prompted this high volume of incidents and what people can do to avoid an encounter.

Just how many bear encounters were there last year?

We don’t have the final numbers for [2018], but … I think it’s going to top off around 1,000. ... An average year in New Hampshire, we’re running around 600 to 650 complaints per year. … Most of these bear complaints we have are pretty benign. We don’t consider a bear going into someone’s yard and getting into the garbage and bird feeder as being a tremendous issue, because there’s a lot people can do to prevent that. … But we do occasionally get animals that become more habituated ... and that might be a bear that enters a home. When that happens, those are animals we destroy. … We destroyed a total of eight bears statewide. But you have to put that in perspective.

That’s out of almost 1,000 complaints and a bear population of 5,800 bears. … In addition to that, state law allows a member of the public or a homeowner to lethally protect their property from damage by wildlife. … We had that occur about 24 times during 2018. … A lot of those involve bears getting into chicken pens.

Why was there such a large increase?

It all boils down to food abundance. That’s the primary driver of this stuff. … When that food’s not there, and that was certainly the case this past year, bears know that a lot of people’s yards have high-quality foods, specifically in the form of bird seed as well as unsecured garbage. We’ve seen this trend over time on multiple occasions, where you get these poor food years and these complaints kind of rocket right up. … Every once in a while, and it seems to be about every eight to 10 years, we simply get these years where nothing produces [well], and that was the case last year. … I think one of the leading factors is droughty conditions. When we get these really dry, droughty summers, that’s when we see these food shortages. …

Mother Nature needs moisture to provide that food bounty.

Where these sightings statewide?

They tend to coincide more with where people live rather than where bear density is the highest. They can occur statewide, and they do, but we certainly see concentrations around the Lakes Region and the White Mountains. … The human population in those two areas of the state really increases What are you into right now?

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pretty substantially during the summer months, which is a period of time where we get most of our bear complaints.

With more people comes more food to attract [bears]. … Every Andrew Timmins year there [are] bear sightings that surface in Manchester and some of those more urban communities down that way. We’re certainly seeing more complaints along the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border. There [are] more bears down there than there used to be. … People in the southern parts of the state aren’t used to dealing with bears. They don’t always know how to be proactive to prevent bear conflicts like people in bear country.

What are the consequences of having so many conflicts?

When bears are getting into contact with people at a higher rate, their mortality goes up. It may be a bear that’s crossing a road at a higher rate to get to a bird feeder in a yard and it gets hit by a car. You may have landowners that get irritated and shoot the bear. … There may be a bear that the agency ultimately has to destroy due to behavior. … Another downside is it can have the tendency to cause people to have a negative opinion of bears. I find that people’s tolerance for wildlife can get pretty low if they’re being inconvenienced by wildlife. That really stands for bears. People get irritated with a bear coming in their yard, knocking their bird feeders, knocking over their garbage cans.

So it depreciates bears, and it also becomes a real strain on Fish and Game biologists who deal with these complaints. As a bear manager, I really like average conditions. … We never like to see these real extremes.

What can people do to discourage bears from coming on their property?

Following our message about having your bird feeder down by April 1 and securing garbage. Don’t leave your garbage in a bag on the front steps or leave it in cans near the front steps. That garbage should be in a shed, and it should be bagged in such a way that the odors are being contained. If a bear doesn’t smell your garbage, it’s not going to find your garbage. … If you have chickens, an electric fence is really the answer.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Supporting disabilities The Granite State ranked seventh on the annual Case for Inclusion study from United Cerebral Palsy and the American Network of Community Options and Resources. The report ranks states based on how well their Medicaid programs serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. New Hampshire was one of only 15 states with no state institutions that seclude individuals with disabilities, and one of only seven with at least 33 percent of these individuals “working in competitive employment.”

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Among New England states, New Hampshire was only outperformed by Vermont (3). The rest of the region ranked right around the middle of the list, with Maine (24) placing ahead of Connecticut (31), Rhode Island (32) and Massachusetts (35).

Business bump Business Insider gave New Hampshire high marks in its latest quarterly rankings of state economies. The Granite State jumped from 34th to 12th on this latest report, the largest jump in the nation. New Hampshire’s 2.5 percent unemployment rate, third lowest in the country, was the main factor highlighted by Business Insider for the bump.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Despite the overall praise, Business Insider also pointed to a 0.5-percent decline in average weekly wages in New Hampshire between November 2017 and November 2018. That was the fourth-lowest wage growth rate in the nation during this time frame.

Opioids persist Overdose deaths remains a key issue for New Hampshire in the new year. According to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, there are 34 fatal opioid overdoses for every 100,000 people in the Granite State. That’s the fourth-highest overdose rate in the country, behind Washington, D.C. (34.7), Ohio (39.2) and West Virginia (49.6).

QOL Score: -1 Comment: New England overall continues to struggle with opioid deaths. New Hampshire was joined in the top 10 by Maine (sixth; 29.9), Massachusetts (seventh; 28.2) and Connecticut (tenth; 27.7).

Senior sanctuary Granite Staters ages 65 and older are living in one the 10 safest states for seniors, according to a new report from The Senior List. New Hampshire ranked ninth overall, ranking first for its lowest-in-the-nation poverty level of 5.8 percent. The state also fell toward the bottom in other main categories, ranking 33rd for violent injury deaths among seniors and 30th for cases of fraud.

QOL Score: +1 Comment: Though it’s not the most expensive state to live in, New Hampshire’s primary weak spot in the study was its housing costs. The state ranked 15th for its median monthly housing expenses for renters at $1,052.

QOL Score: 49 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 51 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire?

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS

They somehow did it again!

It all began during a January 2002 blizzard, when your New England Patriots went to OT in the first playoff game of the Bill Belichick era on a remarkable Adam Vinatieri FG where in near zero visibility conditions he could barely even see the crossbars 42 yards away. Then he followed up the greatest kick in NFL history with another to win that extraordinary game. Given the conditions, obstacles, tenacity to survive and heroics of many, including a young QB showing in his first playoff game the brilliance he’s shown a zillion times since, it was the epitome of what the Patriots dynasty has been about all these years.

But that season’s most stunning moment came a few weeks later beating the supposedly unstoppable St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl 36. Partly because no one thought the 14-point underdogs had a chance and partly because a brilliant game plan let them mostly control the clock with physical defense and a running game that kept it away from the omnipotent Rams offense before winning as time expired by another kick down broadside by the great Adam V. Flash forward 18 years to Sunday’s stunning 37-31 win in overtime on the road in Kansas City, which was a combination of the two just described. Played in extreme, bitter cold conditions, against a (likely) MVP quarterback having an even better season than Kurt Warner’s 2001 MVP season, while again keeping the NFL’s best offense off the field by controlling time of possession to win a game most outside of New England didn’t think the underdog Pats could.

Yet they did it again, as the usual suspects – Tom Brady, Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski – came up big in the final two drives to pull out a win in a game more like a heavyweight fight. One that goes in the top five of the Belichick era. Now it’s on to Atlanta – where I’m sure they’ll be welcomed with open arms by Falcons fans still

wounded by their embarrassing Super Bowl choke two years ago to the NFL’s super team. But before looking ahead, let’s hand out awards and game balls from this sensational game.

Bill Belichick – Take Away The Guy Who Can Hurt You The Most Award: Anyone seen Tyreek Hill lately? Just as Coach B’s game plan made Marshall Faulk disappear in SB 36, the NFL’s most dangerous player was MIA save one spectacular catch for 43 yards.

Max the Moron Award: To Tom Brady for making goofball ESPN yaker Max Kellerman look stupid again with superb back-to-back 343 and 348 passing yard games that produced 41 and 37 points. I must have a different definition of “falling off a cliff” than Max does.

Jim Braxton Award: I don’t know who the best blocking fullback in history is, but James Devlin is in the conversation for who’s the best today. He’s been great all year, but unbelievable in the playoffs. If you don’t believe me, go to the video tape to see his dominating blocks on Rex Burkhead’s two TD runs. Plus he caught a pass for a big first down. Not bad for a one-time Ivy League nose tackle.

The Tom Brady ‘This Guy Doesn’t Look Like a 22-Year-Old QB’ Award: Named after the MVP of SB 36. To the Chiefs QB, because I don’t know about you, but I think that Patrick Mahomes kid is pretty good. Don’t believe me? Check out the lasers thrown on that pass to Hill and 54-yarder to Sammy Watkins. And then there’s his 38-second drive for the tying field goal. Yikes.

Bill Buckner Four-Leaf Clover Award: To KC linebacker Dee Ford for lining up in the neutral zone to get the critical offsides call negating the interception that would’ve put the game away with less than two minutes to go in regulation. Arguably the luckiest play for the Patriots in the dynasty years. I don’t mean to kick a guy when he’s down, but how can anyone possibly make an unforced error like that?

Jeremiah Johnson Award: Does Edelman really think he looks good in that scruffy beard? Well, after another clutch game with seven catches for 79 including three huge third-and-10 conversions on the final two drives – who cares?

The Tuck Rule Award: The whiners still call it a fumble in Oakland. Yes, it hurts and the Patriots were lucky to be saved by the dumbest rule in sports history. Just as they were (sorta) saved Sunday by the nine instant replay angles needed to reverse the Edelman “fumble” that showed he missed the ball by the length of a proton on his numbskull move trying to scoop that bounding fourth-quarter punt. Thankfully, the doofus Saints-Rams crew wasn’t making that call, even if Brady’s pick a few plays later made it irrelevant.

The Not Bill James – Actually Valuable Stat of the Game: Thanks to Ben Volin’s Boston Globe Football Notes column for this. After Sony Michel went for 113 on 29 carries, the Pats are now 60-1 under Belichick when someone rushes for 100 yards or more. Combined with his 129 yards on 24 carries vs. L.A., it’s 242 overall and five TD’s in his first two playoff games. Laurence Maroney he ain’t.

Some Stats Mean Squat Award: The Patriots are now just 4-5 on the road, but 6-0 against playoff teams.

Game Ball: To Patriot Coordinators Josh McDaniel and Brian Flores. For devising a game plan built around the run to keep KC’s powerful offense off the field (especially in the first half) by controlling time of possession – 43 minutes 59 seconds Pats, 20:53 KC. Then for putting it in Brady’s hands when it counted most. BF for dialing up creative blitzes to have a team ranked 30th in sacks repeatedly in Pat Mahomes air space leading to 10 QB hits and four sacks for giant losses.

Bottom Line Award: To the Patriots.

These guys are just unbelievable – tough, smart and oh so clutch.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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Monarchs for sale The Big Story: The Union Leader reported last week that the Manchester Monarchs are up for sale just three years after the ownership group bought the team from the L.A. Kings.

Maryland-based sports broker Sports Advisory Group has been hired to facilitate the sale. The team says it’s looking for an owner to keep the team playing at SNHU Arena, but nothing in these matters is guaranteed, so stay tuned.

Sports 101: Jerry Rice is the record holder with four seasons of at least 1,500 receiving yards. Name the only Patriots player to eclipse that mark.

Milestone of the Week: Scoring 1,000 points in a high school basketball career is a nice feat. But doing it mid-way through the junior year as Goffstown’s Kelly Walsh did last week is really something. It came in the midst of a 25-point night as G-town remained undefeated with a 52-43 decision over Nashua South.

It Was Destiny - Game of the Week: That would be Destiny Jordan leading Central to a 54-51 win over Exeter with a game-high 22 points.

What A Stupid I Yam Award: To me for somehow mixing up Plymouth State’s Jaylen LeRoy and Colby Sawyer’s Jourdain Bell to

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2 – separate hats trick recorded by Carly (Si) Ciechon and Maddy Lucontoni for Bedford in an 11-0 win over Kingswood.

10 – fourth-quarter points scored by Ethan May in a 27-point night as he led Londonderry to a 43-31 win over Alvirne.

12 – goals scored by

say Bell attended Manchester Central, instead of where he really went, Bishop Brady in Concord. My bad.

Bragging Rights Game of the Week: That went to the Bishop Guertin girls in the battle of undefeated teams via a 59-46 win that gave 8-1 Pinkerton its first loss of the season. It was the closest anyone had come to the three-time defending state champs, who were led by Hannah Muchemore’s game-high 15 points.

Nick of Tyme Award: To Londonderry’s James Buttafuoco for making his lone basket really count by hitting the game-winning lay-up as the buzzer sounded to make the Lancers 49-47 over Bedford.

Sports 101 Answer: No, Randy Moss’s only 1,500-yard season came in Minnesota.

It’s Wes Welker, who had 1,569 in 2011.

On This Day – Jan. 24: 1982 – The 49ers win their first Super Bowls with a 26-21 win over Cincinnati in SB 26 behind MVP Joe Montana. 1999 – David Duval becomes the third player on the PGA Tour to shoot below 60 by eagling the 18th hole for a 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 2010 – the Colts dash Rex Ryan’s hopes of taking the Jets to their first Super Bowl since 1969 with a 30-17 win in the AFC championship game

Memorial and Trinity in a 6-6 barnburner sent to OT

by Brandon Burroughs, as teammate Kenny McIntyre’s hat trick added three more for the Crusaders while the Pioneer goals came from six different players.

21 – goals scored to none allowed by Bedford hockey over a three-game span with the latest being a 9-0 triumph

over Nashua South/Pelham when Parker Roberto had a pair of goals for the Bulldogs.

27 – game-high points from Dede Niyang as Central went down to Portsmouth 72-68.

113 – points scored by fifth-ranked-nationally St. Anselm in a 113-99 win over Southern Connecticut behind Tim Guers’ 30-point, 11-rebound night.

Sports Glossary

Max the Moron: Real name Max Kellerman. ESPN host who keeps saying Tom Brady “will fall off the cliff” any day now. Mainly to prop up his binky Aaron Rodgers as the NFL’s best QB. That it started in 2014 and continues louder today shows this doofus is more dug in than is our self-interested president’s Captain Ahab-like pursuit of the Wall behind the government shutdown.

Aaron Rodgers: Overrated, out-of-the-playoffs-again Packers QB who got more air time than almost everyone via those clever State Farm Insurance commercials airing endlessly in both games on Sunday.

Clever State Farm Insurance Commercials: Massive TV advertising buy I wish I got the commission on.

Jim Braxton: Buffalo fullback/plow horse/lead blocker during O.J. Simpson’s peak years in the 1970s when he was the first to rush for 2,000 yards – which, oh by the way, came in a 14-game season.

Proton: Along with the neutron and electron one of three parts of the atom, detectable only by powerful microscopes and (thankfully) all nine replay angles in a typical NFL telecast.

Saints-Rams Referring Crew: Group that blew the most damagingly blatant pass interference call in NFL history when, with the game on the line, L.A.’s Nickell Robey-Coleman collided with the Saints’ receiver Tommylee Lewis two seconds before the ball arrived.

Tommylee Lewis: Wideout that has America wondering if his parents are huge fans of wayward early rock ’n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis or bad boy Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.

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Four Legged Faithful at True Brew Barista. Courtesy photo.

Sure, exercising and eating right are important when it comes to keeping your body healthy. But in this fourth and final week of our annual Look Good, Feel Great series, we’re taking a look at how to enrich your mind and soul. Live music, for example, is a “workout for the brain,” according

to a local musicologist. The arts — theater, fine art and classical music — can tap into your emotions and refresh your soul, and learning new things can help you focus on the moment and give your mood a boost. So head to a live show, an art gallery or a museum and get ready to feel great!

Mental harmony

Why live music offers more than a good time

By Scott Murphy

smurphy@hippopress.com

Psychologists, musicians and concertgoers can attest to the benefits live music can have on your well-being — and there are plenty of opportunities to see live shows at local pubs, coffeehouses and arenas.

Psyched up

Rose Pruiksma, a musicologist and lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, said one of the most common uses of music is its role in mood regulation.

“Listening to music is a workout for the brain,” Pruiksma said. “When we’re listening to things we enjoy, it also causes dopamine release.”

Another powerful aspect of music is its close association with memory, according to Pruiksma. She said that’s why songs people loved as a kid or teenager stick with them years later.

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to founder Elizabeth Ferguson. That experience applies to everyone, according to Ferguson, as she said the medium has a strong, all-encompassing effect.

“When we experience music, it is exciting and [activates] all areas of the brain,” Ferguson said. “We are rhythmic beings: we breathe rhythmically, we have a heartbeat that’s rhythmic, we walk a steady cadence. Music is just natural for us to be involved in on every level.”

Pruiksma said concerts add a new layer to people’s experience with music, especially if they attend with other people.

“If you’re going to a concert where you’re going with friends, that links in with the social memories of the event, along with the musical memories,” she said.

Leave the phone home

Of course, nowadays, Pruiksma said you’ll always see someone more tuned into their phone at a concert. As difficult as it may be, she said, putting your phone away during a concert is ideal because it allows you to be in the moment.

“Any time someone is on their phone while music is going on, it’s going to be distracting to not only them, but the people around them,” said Pruiksma. “It diminishes the experience for everyone.”

She said that’s why many venues ask concertgoers to turn off their phones, something Jonathan Lorentz endorses as a musician and music consultant. He taught at colleges in New York and Vermont before settling in the Lakes Region, where he’s worked with venues to create ideal performance setups.

“You just get immersed in the music once there’s kind of a cultural understanding that it’s going to be a listening venue and they won’t use their cell phones,” Lorentz said. “When you see really great live music in a great setting … it’s a moment you can share that can make life so enjoyable.”

Variety of venues

Throughout southern New Hampshire, venues of varying sizes offer an opportunity to catch an up-and-coming or local act one night and a

national touring artist the next. While larger venues like the SNHU Arena in Manchester might attract big names, smaller to medium-sized venues can offer more intimate performances.

“Live music allows the audience to see what the artist is all about, especially in a smaller venue where the artist is more likely to be informal and chatty,” said Scott Hayward, owner and director of entertainment of Tupelo Music Hall in Derry. “This can give the audience a behindthe-curtain personal experience.”

The Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord is “on the larger scale” among New Hampshire venues, according to executive director Nicolette Clarke. Still, she said the historic nature of the theater creates a “certain ambiance,” and people find they can have “special” interactions with the national artists that come through.

“I always love that moment where the audience and performer create what I call a ‘sacred space’ … where you can just be in the moment and be taken on a journey,” said Clarke. “Particularly when you know and love the music you’re 16

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Museum mania

Learn for fun at Granite State museums

By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com

Enrich your mind with interactive exhibits, artifacts, tours and presentations at dozens of history and science museums across southern New Hampshire.

Denise Simpson, founder of Awesome Life Coaching in Londonderry, said the experience of visiting a museum allows us a chance to shut off our everyday stress, take a breath and be in the present moment.

“When you reduce stress, you’re reducing cortisol, which causes adrenaline in your body,” she said, “so your digestion is better, your energy is better, and you reduce risk factors to the heart. … It also ties into the science of learning. We are developing new neural cells until the day we die, so the stimulation of something like going to museums … keeps the mind active.”

Learn from history

Some history museums in the state were originally homes or villages that have since been preserved as destinations for guided tours. The Pierce Manse in Concord, for example, was once the home of United States President Franklin Pierce, to date the only president to hail from the Granite State, while the Canterbury Shaker Village is one of the few original Shaker settlements in the country still intact.

Other museums, like the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in Londonderry, preserve the histories of industries that have evolved overtime. The museum is housed in the original passenger terminal that was once a part of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, dating back to 1937.

“What we try to do is help reconnect people with that magic of being able to fly,” said museum executive director Jeff Rapsis (also a Hippo co-founder and associate publisher). “... Mankind for thousands of years had the dream of

flight, and what a thrill to be alive in an age when you can do it.”

The museum has also featured parts of old planes you can touch, jet engines on display, and a cockpit replica exhibit for kids to see what the pilot seats and controls and instruments look like on a real plane. Rapsis said a new exhibit to be unveiled on Jan. 31 will feature a virtual reality simulator for attendees to experience the work of Rob Holland, a national aerobatics champion based in Nashua. The exhibit will likely be on the floor through the spring. Other upcoming events at the museum will commemorate Black History Month in February, with a presentation on the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American military pilots who served in World War II; and Women’s Aviation History month in March.

Over at the New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner, the ever-changing history of how people communicate with one another is the central educating focus, according to program coordinator Graham Gifford.

“We might get first-time visitors who will say, ‘Oh, well, it’s just telephones, what’s the big deal, everyone has cell phones,’” she said, “but when you put the focus on different forms of communication, it hits all sort of different angles you can draw on.”

Last year’s special exhibit, for example, explored the evolution of communication via social media and its similarities to telephone switchboard operating, while the new exhibit planned to be unveiled this spring will deal with various forms of entertainment like television, film and music. Special programs and events are held throughout the spring and summer as well.

One that was especially popular, Gifford said, involved a presentation of a local police dog and its handler and explored how they learn to communicate with one another.

If you want to visit the museum to take a self-guided tour, thousands of artifacts are on display, some of which you can touch.

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going to hear, there’s something special about going to see it performed live.”

The power of concerts goes beyond music, according to Peter Ramsey, president and CEO of the Palace Theatre in Manchester. He pointed to a recent performance at the Palace from 1964, a Beatles cover band. After the show, Ramsey saw a grandfather with his son and grandson in the lobby — three generations of people appreciating The Beatles.

“I see it all the time: the power of community, caring about one another, smiling, clapping together,” said Ramsey. “It’s the power of … sitting in a dark room listening to music surrounded by people you don’t know and quickly understanding there’s a lot of good will in the room.”

Mixed-use venues

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Photo courtesy of Area 23.

and cafes host open mike or jam nights and scheduled acts throughout the week so patrons can enjoy local acts in a relaxed setting.

“It just sets a nice mood,” said Stephanie Zinser, owner and events coordinator of True Brew Cafe in Concord. “It’s really nice for people who wouldn’t normally go out to a bar. Now they have a place they can go and listen to music.”

Since live music isn’t their sole focus, local food and drink hubs can also afford to book a

“We have an interactive room that is always growing, where you can actually learn to use an old switchboard just like an operator would,” Gifford said. “What’s really cool is people use [the experience] as a way to connect with one another, like kids may use a dial set that their mother or grandmother once showed them.

We’re all about being friendly and accessible.”

Down to a science

Through hands-on exhibits and demonstrations, science museums in the state spark interest among attendees in a variety of areas of study like Earth science, physics and human biology.

The SEE Science Center in Manchester’s Millyard area, which was founded in the 1980s by local entrepreneur Dean Kamen, features ongoing programming for both children and adults, according to operations director Peter Gustafson. Around 80 different hands-on exhibits are available seven days a week; the newest one, BiologYou, arrived last fall.

“The exhibit is basically about how DNA, cells and proteins play a major role in who we are,” Gustafson said. “There are about 14 different stations that have hands-on components explaining the functions of a cell, how our cells produce proteins and things like that.”

Other smaller exhibits cover topics like the properties of light, force and motion, robotics, electricity and sound.

Most of the exhibits can appeal to any age group, depending on one’s personal interest, though a small area geared toward a younger audience called Science for Explorers is featured too. Gustafson said the hands-on aspect of each exhibit not only helps kids learn and retain the information presented, but keeps them interested in learning more about it.

“We’ve found that it has a tremendous impact with regards to a child’s enthusiasm,” he said.

“It also sticks with them and makes a lasting

SEE Science Center in Manchester. Courtesy photo.

impression. They will think back and say, ‘Oh I remember that.’”

Gustafson said that adults who get to have that learning experience with their kids while having fun is a big part of the appeal as well.

For the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, an interactive museum that focuses on astronomy, engineering and Earth science, there is always something new to learn due to the constant discoveries and developments in each of those industries.

In addition to ongoing exhibits and planetarium shows, the center features its Super Stellar Friday series on the first Friday of every month, which focuses on a different theme each month and usually features outdoor telescope skywatches with members of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society (weather permitting).

“There’s nothing quite like looking out at a distant star millions of miles away through a telescope and realizing all your little problems look insignificant,” museum executive director Jeanne Gerulskis said.

The next Super Stellar Friday event, planned for Feb. 1, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., will feature 18

diverse schedule of performers. Ben Ruddock, creative director for Riverwalk Cafe and Music Bar in Nashua, said he actively tries to do something different every night.

“We’ve got a master storyteller, blues rock band, country jam band, rock and roll band, folk band and a soul band, and that’s just in the next two weeks,” said Ruddock. “We want to be a place for people to come and hear good music, regardless of genre.”

Kirk McNeil, owner of Area 23 in Concord, said he’s been “regularly impressed and honored” by the quality of local musicians that come to play at its open mike nights. The bar invested in extra guitars and a house drum kit and keyboard to allow more people to show up and play music for other customers to enjoy.

“It’s not just in terms of turnout, but also participation,” said McNeil. “People show up who didn’t think there was an open mike night or [didn’t] think they were going to join in.”

Many restaurants or cafes play music over the PA, or have people lining the bar with headphones in streaming music or videos of their choice. But to Ruddock, there’s nothing like hitting up a local spot to hear live music from artists you love or who might become new favorites.

“Live music is fantastic, especially now when all of music is available at the touch of your fingertips,” said Ruddock. “The opportunity to be able to go out and form a personal connection with the people who make music … it’s a really fantastic opportunity to have a personal experience with your art.”

Find live music Check out our Music This Week listings in every issue to see who’s playing live at venues throughout southern New Hampshire. Turn to page 46 for a list of this week’s local shows.

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“He’ll be here to talk about the mission of New Horizons and what he saw in the lab while [the flyby] was happening,” Gerulskis said.

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This list includes history and science museums you can visit across southern New Hampshire.

• America’s Credit Union Museum & CUNA Research Center (420 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester, 629-1553, acumuseum.org) is open Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., or by appointment.

• American Independence Museum (1 Governors Lane, Exeter, 772-2622, independencemuseum.org) will reopen for tours on May 1.

Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for students and children over age 6.

• Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, 669-4820, nhahs. org) is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors over 60, $2.50 for children and teens ages 12 to 16, free for members and children under 12, $4 for veterans and $15 maximum per family.

• Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, 783-9511, shakers.org) will reopen in May and will celebrate its 50th year in business. Admission is $19 for adults, $9 for children and teens ages 6 to 17 and free for kids ages 5 and under, or $45 maximum per family.

• Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover, 742-2002, childrens-museum.org) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Admission is $10 for adults and children over 1 year old, $9 for seniors ages 65 and over and free for children under 1 year old.

• Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum (5 Abbott St., Nashua, 883-0015, nashuahistoricalsociety.org) is part of the Nashua Historical Society and features exhibits depicting various historical aspects of Nashua. It’s open Tuesday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday by appointment.

• L. L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Siber Library (395 Blondin Road, Manchester, 6698919, scoutingmuseum.org) is located next to Camp Carpenter and open most Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from late August through mid-June, except holiday weekends, and open on additional weekdays when Cub Scout summer camp is in session.

• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord, 271-7827, starhop.com) is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $11.50 for teens and adults, $8.50 for children ages 3 to 12, $10.50 for seniors ages 62 and over, $10.50 for students, or $8.50 per person for groups of 15 or more.

• Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St., Manchester, 622-7531, manchesterhistoric.org) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62 and up and for students, $4 for children and teens ages 12 to 17 and free for children under 12.

• Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road, Warner, 456-2600, indianmuseum. org) will reopen on May 1. Admission is $9 for

adults, $8 for seniors and students, $7 for children ages 6 to 12, and free for Native Americans, members and children under 6. A family rate for up to five family members is also available for $26.

• New Hampshire Boat Museum (399 Center St., Wolfeboro, 569-4554, nhbm.org) will reopen during Memorial Day weekend. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for students and seniors ages 65 and over, and free for members, active military service members and children ages 13 and under.

• New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St., Concord, 228-6688, nhhistory.org) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and free for children and teens under 18 and for active military service members.

• New Hampshire Snowmobile Museum (Bear Brook State Park, 157 Deerfield Road, Allenstown, 722-7069, nhsnowmobilemuseum. com) will host its annual Winter Rally on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 9 a.m., featuring snowmobile displays and trophies awarded to the best snowmobile.

• New Hampshire Telephone Museum (1 Depot St., Warner, 456-2234, nhtelephonemuseum.org) will reopen in March. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 60 and over, $3 for students and $5 for groups of 10 people or more.

• Northeast Motorsports Museum (1122 Route 106 N, Loudon, nemsmuseum.com) is open the first and third Saturday of each month. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors ages 65 and over, and free for active military service members, first responders and children under 12.

• Pierce Manse (14 Horseshoe Pond Lane, Concord, 225-4555, piercemanse.org) will reopen for guided tours in June. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $3 for children and a $15 maximum cost per family.

• Robert Frost Farm (122 Rockingham Road, Derry, 432-3091, robertfrostfarm.org) will reopen in May, from Wednesday through Sunday from May 8 to May 19, and then daily from May 20 to Sept. 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. From Sept. 5 through Oct. 14, it will be open Wednesday through Sunday again. Admission is $4 for adults and free for for children ages 5 and under and for seniors over 65.

• Seacoast Science Center (570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye, 436-8043, seacoastsciencecenter.org) is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through mid-February (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. after mid-February). Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and active military service members, $5 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3.

• SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St., Manchester, 669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org) is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $9 for ages 3 and up.

• Wright Museum of World War II (77 Center St., Wolfeboro, 569-1212, wrightmuseum.org) will reopen on May 1. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and active military service members, $6 for students and $4 for children ages 4 and under.

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Creative health

Refresh your mind with local art

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

Walking through an art gallery, taking an art class or attending a play or classical music concert can all help boost your mood and refresh your mind, and there are all kinds of ways to engage with the arts in New Hampshire this year.

“The concentration required in viewing or creating all forms of art is beneficial to retool the soul and center our thoughts so we can navigate our crazy 2019 environment,” said Betsy Craumer, owner of Creative Ventures Gallery in Milford.

Creative Ventures is one of a number of art galleries in southern New Hampshire, but it’s not just a gallery; it’s also a center for “creative opportunities for beginning and experienced artists,” Craumer said, and offers a variety of art classes and workshops, student art shows and a free First Friday event every month at which special guest artists do art demonstrations and lectures.

The New Hampshire Art Association provides opportunities to see art by New Hampshire artists at exhibition spaces around the state, including two spaces in Concord and its main gallery in Portsmouth. Exhibits typically rotate monthly.

“We believe that looking at art, especially art by regional artists, is a way to step outside of your day-to-day routine and refresh your mind, much like a hike refreshes the body,” NHAA Board President Renee Giffroy said.

The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester is another place where you can see not only local art but also art by world famous artists like Picasso, Monet, O’Keeffe and others. Visitors can interact with the art through tours, talks, workshops and other educational programs.

“The Currier aims to engage, empower and inspire community members against the backdrop of art and culture,” said Lisa Abel, director of development and communication. “Our programming … offers experiences that can be stimulating, calming, informative, thought-provoking and everything in between.”

“Art at the Currier epitomizes the very concept of health and wellness,” Bruce McColl, director of art education, added.

If you want to explore New Hampshire’s performance arts, the Palace Theatre in Manchester is a good place to start. The 890-seat, 104-year-old theater features a full schedule of plays, musicals, concerts and more, including touring acts and shows produced by the theater’s own professional adult and youth companies. This year’s productions include The Secret Garden, Cabaret, A Chorus Line and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

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character or plot line. … It’s almost a cathartic experience to see somebody else feeling exactly how you feel on stage and [to see] those emotions [in] lyrics, lines and music.”

Classical music is another way to experience art on stage. New Hampshire has a number of active orchestras, chorales and opera companies. New Hampshire’s oldest and most prestigious professional orchestra, Symphony NH, presents new concerts every month, featuring music by classical and contemporary composers. Upcoming concerts will feature Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Mozart Symphony No. 40, Barber Adagio for Strings, Elgar Cello Concerto, and more, with guest artists from Chicago Symphony, Boston Conservatory and a Sphinx Competition winner.

“Listening to live, acoustic music allows audiences to connect on a deeper, personal level that you can’t find with recorded, electronic music,” Symphony NH Executive Director Marc Thayer said. “Plus, the adventure of live music means you never know what may happen and the audience gets to experience the unexpected as each live performance is original and unique.”

Theater shows

• Actorsingers, 320-1870, actorsingers.org.

Next production is Mamma Mia! opening May 3 at Keefe Center For The Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. Tickets are $18 to $20.

• Community Players of Concord, 7536653, communityplayersofconcord.org. Next production is The Farnsworth Invention, opening Feb. 15 at Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Tickets are $16 to $18.

• Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord, 715-2315, hatboxnh.com. Next production is Twelfth Night, running Feb. 1 through Feb. 17. Tickets are $12 to $17.

• Manchester Community Theatre Players, 327-6777, manchestercommunitytheatre. com. Next production is Our Town, opening April 5 at the MCTP Theatre at The North End Montessori School (698 Beech St., Manchester).

• Milford Area Players, milfordareaplayers.weebly.com. Next production is Jake’s Women, opening March 8 at The Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford).

• Nashua Theatre Guild, nashuatheatreguild.org. Next production is “Light to Dark” One Acts, opening Jan. 25, at Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua.

• Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org. The Secret Garden is running now through Feb. 3.

Tickets are $25 to $46.

• Peacock Players, 886-7000, peacockplayers.org. Next production is Seussical, opening March 8 at Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Tickets are $12 to $19.

• Theatre KAPOW, info@tkapow.com, tkapow.com. Next production is Shipwrecked:

New Hampshire Art Association gallery. Courtesy photo.

An Entertainment—The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself), opening Feb. 22 at Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry).

Classical concerts

• Nashua Chamber Orchestra (nco-music.org) presents “The Great Unknown” at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St., Nashua) on Saturday, Feb. 23, and at the Milford Town Hall (1 Union Square, Milford) on Sunday, Feb. 24.

• NH Gay Men’s Chorus (nhgmc.com) presents its Spring Concert Series: “We’re 21! We’re Legal Now!” on Saturday, May 4, at First Baptist Church of Nashua (121 Manchester St., Nashua); Sunday, May 5, at Derryfield School (2108 River Road, Manchester); Saturday, May 18, at Wesley United Methodist Church (79 Clinton St., Concord); and Sunday, May 19, at South

Church (292 State St., Portsmouth).

• NH Philharmonic (nhphil.org) presents “Russian Moods” on Saturday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Seifert Performing Arts Center (44 Geremonty Drive, Salem). Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $8 for students.

• Opera NH (operanh.org) presents “The Barber of Seville” on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester).

• Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra (portsmouthsymphony.org) presents “Brahms, Prokofiev, and Vaughan Williams” on Sunday, March 24, at The Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth). Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $12 for students.

• Symphony NH (symphonynh.org) presents “Mozart & Beethoven” on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua). Tickets are $10 to $52, free for youth.

Art centers and galleries • ARGH Gallery (416 Chestnut St., Manchester, 682-0797, arghgallery.com) Next exhibit: “The Missing People Project,” opening Thursday, Jan. 24.

• 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3330, 3sarts.org). Next exhibit: “Wayfaring Stranger, on the Way to Lost and Found,” Feb. 1 through Feb. 24.

• ArtHub (30 Temple St., 405-698-1951, naaa-arthub.org). Current exhibit: “Wild and Wooly,” January through February.

• Art 3 Gallery (44 W. Brook St., Manchester, 668-9983, art3gallery.com). Current exhibit: “Distractions,” through Jan. 31.

• Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford, 672-2500, creativeventuresfineart.com) • Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester, 669-6144, currier.org) • Exeter Fine Crafts (61 Water St., Exeter, 778-8282, exeterfinecrafts.com). January artist of the month: Nancie Bogart of Maine Island Designs.

• Granite Town Gallery (42 South St., Suite 4, Milford, 769-4224, granitetowngallery.com) • Kelley Stelling Contemporary (221 Hanover St., Manchester, 345-1779, kelleystellingcontemporary.com). Current exhibit: “Food Porn,” through Jan. 27.

• Kimball Jenkins School of Art (266 N. Main St., Concord, 225-3932, kimballjenkins.com) • McIninch Art Gallery (Robert Frost Hall at Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, snhu.edu) Current exhibit: “The Intersection of Painting and Photography,” Jan. 24 through Feb. 23.

• New Hampshire Institute of Art, Roger Williams Gallery (77 Amherst St., Manchester, nhia.edu). Current exhibit: “MFA Winter Thesis Exhibition,” through Feb. 23.

• New Hampshire Institute of Art, Sharon Arts Center Gallery (30 Grove St., Peterborough, nhia.edu). Next exhibit: “Chiroptera,” Feb. 1 through June 9.

• Studio 550 Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester, 232.5597, 550arts.com) • Sullivan Framing & Fine Art (15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford, 471-1888, sullivanframing.com). Next exhibit: “Love, Lust & Desire XI,” Jan. 29 through Feb. 23.

• Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen, 975-0015, twiggsgallery.wordpress.com). Next exhibit: “Shine,” Feb. 9 through March 15.

• Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center (30 Ash St., Hollis, 465-9453, wildsalamander.com) Next exhibit: “Student Art Show,” February.

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Saturday, Jan. 26

The Kiwanis Hooksett is hosting the Hooksett Winter Carnival today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Donati Field and Hooksett Town Hall gym. The day will feature ice sculpture, outdoor games, sledding, ice skating, snowshoeing, mountain biking, cook-offs, food vendors and more. See hooksettkiwanis.org.

EAT: Chocolate everything Zorvino Vineyards (226 Main St. in Sandown; zorvino.com, 887-8463) is taking reservations for its annual Chocolate Madness Wine Dinner, a four-course dinner that will pair Zorvino wines with dishes that feature chocolate — such as the ricotta orange blini with barbecue dark chocolate braised pork shoulder. The dinner costs $65 per person and will be held on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 6:30 (starting with a cocktail hour until 7:30) to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26

Knitting and fiber-arts enthusiasts can head to the Congregational Church in Exeter (21 Front St. in Exeter; exeterucc.org, 772-4216) today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Winter Fuzz Fest, a festival of natural fibers and the arts of weaving, spinning, knitting, braiding, felting, dyeing and using looms, wheels, needles and more.

DRINK: Italian wines WineNot Boutique (winenotboutique.com, 204-5569) will host a “Romance of Italy” wine dinner featuring five courses with Italian wine pairings on Friday, Feb. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $95 per person and the dinner will be held at Sky Meadow Country Club (6 Mountain Laurels Drive in Nashua; skymeadow.com or 888-9000). Call or go online for reservations.

“Signs of the Times,” a new exhibit featuring signs from New Hampshire collected from more than a century, will open today at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St. in Concord; nhhistory.org). The Society is open today from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $7 for adults and is free for children under 18, full-time students, active-duty military and their families and for furloughed and recalled federal workers, according to the website.

From 1 to 3 p.m. the Society will be hosting Family Fun Day, when admission is $5 per family and the schedule will include games, crafts and storytelling (geared to kids ages 6 to 10 but all ages are welcome, the website said).

BE MERRY: With yoga (and beer) BYO Mat to Runner’s Alley (669 Elm St. in Manchester; runnersalley.com) on Friday, Jan. 25, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. for Yoga & Brews. Sip beer during or after the session, which is geared toward beginner and intermediate levels, according to the event listing.

Admission costs $15 per person. Go to the Runner’s Alley website to reserve a spot.

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ARTS Creepy cases

Paranormal crime radio series takes the stage in Concord

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

In 1940s New York City, paranormal investigator Victoria Valentine faces everything from hellbeasts and vampires to phantoms and bizarre creatures. The stories of her strange and spooky cases can be heard on Victoria Valentine: Paranormal Investigator, an original radio play series written

by Dan Knight and Douglas Osterhoudt and produced by local podcasting company Ghost Ship Radio.

Now in its second season, the series will take a new form as a live stage show at the Hatbox Theatre in Concord on Sundays, Jan. 27, March 24 and May 26.

“I think we always envisioned it being a live performance at some point, and it’s something we’ve always wanted to do,” Knight said. “The storytelling element always made me think that this could work on stage. It just has that feel to it.”

In the series, Victoria Valentine — Vic for short — takes on paranormal cases while trying to fill the shoes of her late private eye father, John Valentine, who taught her everything she knows.

“She’s stubborn, wry and loyal to her close

Courtesy photo.

friends,” Knight said. “While her methods are sometimes crude, she’s brave enough to meet her threats head on to resolve a case.”

Vic often collaborates with two other recurring characters: Carson Davenport, a detective for the police department who helps her obtain access to restricted information and places, and Clara Blackwood, a librarian by day who also owns a fortune teller shop and assists Vic with more mystical matters.

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“Between the three of them, they get into all these different situations and try to solve these cases and life-or-death problems,” Knight said.

The live show will feature four 20-minute episodes, two of which have already been released on the podcast and two new episodes written exclusively for the live show. Each episode covers a different paranormal case and is performed in a different style. In one that is “campy and comical,” Knight said, Vic faces an evil, scheming ventriloquist dummy; in a more “pulpy” episode, Vic has to stop thieves from stealing an ancient artifact and destroying New York City. Vic takes on a Spring-heeled Jack-like character in the “adventure” episode that has “creepy moments, action and comedic bits,” Knight said. And, lastly, in a “creepy” episode, Vic investigates the disappearances and whispers of a goat-man.

The live show will feature many of the same actors who voice the characters on the podcast. In addition to the three main characters and the narrator, there will be four supporting actors who will each play four or more characters over the course of the show.

Rather than simply delivering their lines as they do on the podcast, the actors will also

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use props and do pantomime to add a visual element to the episodes.

“It’s been a challenge since some of the actors have only been doing [voice acting] and don’t have any experience on stage,” Knight said, “but I think we’re in a good spot and they’ll be able to do some cool things on stage.”

Foley-style sound effects will be used, like a small door that creates the sounds of doors and windows opening and closing, and a hot water bottle dragged along a smooth surface to create the skidding noise for a car chase scene.

“I think with the live Foley and being able to see all the fun sound effects on the spot, it makes the show more engaging for the audience and gives it something that the audio releases just don’t have,” Knight said.

Victoria Valentine: Paranormal Investigator Where: Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord When: Sundays, Jan. 27, March 24 and May 26, 2 p.m.

Tickets: $17 for adults, $14 for students and seniors Visit: hatboxnh.com, ghostshipradio.com

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Theater Productions • THE SECRET GARDEN Palace Theatre presents. Jan. 11 through Feb. 3. 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets are $25 to $46. Visit palacetheatre.org.

• FULLY COMMITTED The Peterborough Players present.

Jan. 17 through Jan. 27. 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough. Tickets cost $42. Call 924-7585 or visit peterboroughplayers.org.

• THE LITTLE MERMAID The Educational Theatre Collaborative at Plymouth State University presents. Jan. 23 through Jan. 27.

Silver Center for the Arts, 114 Main St., Plymouth. Visit plymouth.edu/silver-center/tickets.

• POTTED POTTER Thurs., Jan. 24, 7 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts , 44 S. Main St., Concord. $35 to $65. Visit ccanh. com/events.

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ACTS Nashua Theatre Guild presents. Jan. 25 through Jan. 27. Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St. , Nashua. Visit nashuatheatreguild.org.

• OPENING NIGHT MUTINY Players’ Ring Theatre presents.

Jan. 25 through Feb. 10. 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth . $18.

Visit playersring.org.

• SWAN LAKE National Ballet Theatre of Odessa presents. Sun., Jan. 27, 3 p.m. Capitol Center for

the Arts , 44 S. Main St., Concord. $28 to $58. Visit ccanh.com.

• VICTORIA VALENTINE: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR Ghost Ship Radio presents.

Sun., Jan. 27, March 24 and May 26, 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• LOVE IS MANY A SPLINTERED THING Majestic Theatre presents. Feb 1 through

Feb. 3. Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 South Mammoth Road, Manchester. Tickets cost $40 to $42. Visit majestictheatre. net.

• PUTTING IT TOGETHER: NEW WORKS New World Theatre presents. Sun., 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.

• THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION Community Players of Concord present. Feb. 15 through Feb. 17. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. Tickets are $16 to $18. Visit communityplayersofconcord.org.

• ON THE COUCH Feb. 15 through March 3. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $25 for adults, $23 for seniors, students and military.

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Notes from the theater scene

• Five short plays: The Nashua Theatre Guild presents “Light to Dark: An Evening of One-Acts” at Janice B. Streeter Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua) on Friday, Jan 25, and Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. Five short plays will be performed.

In The Treehouse, three adult friends take an introspective journey into their childhoods.

The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye is a mock radio program spoofing noir detective stories. A Case of Belonging tells of a fight between an angel and a devil for a dead body. In Most Dangerous Game, five people are asked “What would you do for the best job ever?” Lockdown is about a “typical” school lockdown. Tickets cost $15. Visit nashuatheatreguild.org.

• Classical weekend: The New Hampshire Philharmonic presents “Russian Moods” at Seifert Auditorium (44 Geremonty Drive, Salem) on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. The concert features Roric Cunningham, a Manchester Central High School senior, who will perform Shostakovich’s “Cello Concerto No.1.” Call 647-6476 or visit nhphil.org.

Symphony New Hampshire presents “Mozart & Beethoven” at the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua) on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m. The concert will feature guest conductor Roger Kalia and pianist Max Levinson and will include performances of Faure’s “Pavane,” Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 21,” Kilar’s “Orawa” and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5.” Tickets cost $18 to $52 for adults, $18 to $47 for

• THE SOUND OF MUSIC Wed., Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts , 44 S. Main St., Concord. $45 to $110. Visit ccanh.com/events.

• PROOF The New England College Theatre Department presents. Feb. 21 through Feb. 24.

Mainstage Theatre, 58 Depot Hill Road, Henniker. $7 for adults, $5 for seniors. Visit nectheatre.com/ box-office.html.

• SHIPWRECKED: AN ENTERTAINMENT - THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT (as Told by Himself) Theatre KAPOW presents.

Feb. 22 through March 2. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Visit tkapow.com.

• SEUSSICAL Peacock Players present. March 8 through March 17. Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Tickets are $12 to $19. Visit peacockplayers. org.

• JAKE’S WOMEN Milford Area Players present. March 8

Pianist Max Levinson. Courtesy photo.

seniors, $10 for students and free for youth.

Visit symphonynh.org or call 595-9156.

• Readings of original plays: Cue Zero Theatre Company presents staged readings of two short plays at Jupiter Hall (89 Hanover St., Manchester) on Friday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. Promises, a comedy, follows a down-on-his-luck man named Jerry, who hires a prostitute for the evening and finds himself in an awkward situation when his one-that-got-away Andi shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep. In The End of the World, a War of the Worlds-style tale, four young adults vacationing at a remote cabin learn that the world has ended. Both plays were written by the company’s 2019 artist-in-residence Margerie Boyer. There will be a talk-back afterward when the audience can share their thoughts and offer feedback to help Boyer workshop the plays. Tickets cost $10. The readings are part of company’s Laboratory Series, a series of side projects including theater workshops and classes, small-scale performances and staged readings, and online content including a New Works Blog and a podcast. Visit CZTheatre. com. To read the full story about Cue Zero Theatre Company, visit hippopress.com and click on “past issues,” then click on the Jan. 17 issue pdf and look for the story on p. 23.

— Angie Sykeny

through March 17. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. Visit milfordareaplayers.weebly.com.

• OUR TOWN Manchester Community Theatre Players present.

April 5 through April 14. North End Montessori School, 698 Beech St., Manchester. Visit manchestercommunitytheatre.com.

• MAMMA MIA The Actorsingers present. May 3 through May 5. Keefe Center For The Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. Tickets are $18 to $20. Visit actorsingers.org.

Art Openings • “THE INTERSECTION OF PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY” RECEPTION Thurs., Jan. 24, 5 to 7 p.m. McIninch Art Gallery at SNHU, 2500 N. River Road , Manchester. Visit snhu. edu/art.

• “TEXT AND TEXTILES” RECEPTION The traveling exhibition is a collaboration

between Alice B. Fogel, poet laureate of New Hampshire, and the Women’s Caucus for Art New Hampshire Chapter. It features pairings of artwork and poetry that are connected to fiber in some way, created by 12 poets and 12 artists from around the state. At the reception, the featured poets and artists will present a reading of their poetry and a panel discussion about their processes and results. Sun., Jan. 27, 3 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 589-4611 or visit nashualibrary.org.

• “WAYFARING STRANGER, ON THE WAY TO LOST AND FOUND” RECEPTION This exhibit provides work in multiple mediums by UNH art students and alumni. All work is informed

by Rebecca Solnit’s collection of autobiographical essays entitled A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Fri., Feb. 1, 5 to 8 p.m. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. Visit 3sarts.org.

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• Unique portraits: A new exhibition opens at ARGH Gallery (416 Chestnut St., Manchester) on Thursday, Jan. 24, with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. “The Missing People Project” features the work of New Hampshire painter Savanna Sullivan, specifically portraits of individuals isolated in time outside the context of imagined trauma.

Sullivan’s process of layering materials and repeatedly erasing with destructive solvent imitates the subjects’ condition of existing in limbo. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m., and by appointment. Visit arghgallery.com or call 682-0797.

• Zentangle workshops: The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Nashua Fine Craft Gallery (98 Main St., Nashua) presents a workshop, “Zendalas,” on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants will learn to create mandalas using zentangle, a technique in which simple structured patterns are used to create beautiful images. The workshop is open to adults and teens age 12 and up. Zentangle experience is helpful but not required. The cost is $25, plus a $10 materials fee. Visit nashua. nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233.

• Salon art: Don’t miss the New Hampshire Antique Co-op’s (323 Elm St., Milford) second annual “Art: Salon-style” exhibition and sale in its Tower Gallery now through Jan. 30. The art exhibit showcases original paintings from the 1800s to the present, hung in the style of traditional 19th-century French salon exhibitions. There are more than 50 oil paintings and watercolors

• “LOVE, LUST & DESIRE XI” RECEPTION Group exhibition featuring more than 50 artists. Sat., Feb. 2, 3 to 6 p.m. Sullivan Framing & Fine Art Gallery, 15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford.

Visit sullivanframing.com.

• “CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPES: SEEN AND LOST” RECEPTION Features works by Rachelle Beaudoin, Lynn Duryea, Daniel Espinoza, Mark Elliott Johnson and Youdhi Maharjan.

Thurs., Feb. 7, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Kelley Stelling Contemporary, 221 Hanover St., Manchester.

Visit kelleystellingcontemporary. com or call 345-1779.

• ARTIST OF THE MONTH: TOM BURNS - RECEPTION Having designed pendants, bracelets, rings and earrings for 40 years, Tom’s signature style focuses on creating settings that enhance the individual beauty of each stone. Sat., Feb. 9, noon to 3 p.m. Exeter Fine Crafts , 61

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in a variety of styles including landscape, impressionist, abstract and realist. Prices range from $30 to $995. The exhibit is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit nhantiquecoop.com or call 673-8499.

• Get distracted: Catch the “Distractions” exhibition at Art 3 Gallery (44 W. Brook St., Manchester) before it’s gone on Thursday, Jan. 31. It features work by more than 75 local and regional artists, inspired by clients’ suggestions. “Art has always been about escape, and we all need an escape sometimes,” Joni Taube, gallery owner and art consultant, said in a press release. “Our gallery works with business and residential clients, and often they have a goal — use art to reflect, relax and regroup. A momentary distraction is definitely not a bad thing, at home or in the workplace.” Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and weekends and evenings by appointment. Call 668-6650 or visit art3gallery.com.

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• “SHINE” RECEPTION Exhibit showcases Bow High School artists’ work, including a vibrant arrangement of ink drawings, fabric art, canvas painting, beautiful fashion and watercolor.

Sat., Feb. 9, 1 to 3 p.m. Twiggs Gallery, 254 King St., Boscawen.

Visit twiggsgallery.wordpress. com.

Workshops/classes/ demonstrations • ZENDALAS Learn to create beautiful zendalas in this introductory class, an easy to learn method of creating images by using simple structured patterns.

Sat., Jan. 26, 10:30 to 12:30 p.m. League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Nashua Gallery, 98 Main St., Nashua. $25 tuition, plus a $10 materials fee. Visit nhcrafts.org or call 595-8233.

Classical Music • WINTER OPEN SING Suncook Valley Chorale presents. Fri., Jan. 28, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concord High School, 170 Warren St., Concord. Visit svcnh.org.

• RUSSIAN MOODS NH Philharmonic presents. Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring Roric Cunningham. Sat., Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Seifert Performing Arts Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $8 for students. Visit nhphil.org.

• MOZART & BEETHOVEN Symphony NH presents. Sat., Jan. 26, 8 p.m. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. $10 to $52, free for youth. Visit symphonynh.org.

• “CHAMBER MUSIC AMONG FRIENDS” The Craft Ensemble presents. Sun., Feb. 3, 4 to 5 p.m. Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst. Visit amherstlibrary.org.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Chilling out downtown

New Winter Fest coincides with Pond Hockey tournament

By Angie Sykeny

Winter Fest

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This year’s Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship at White Park in Concord will be accompanied by more winter fun downtown during the inaugural Winter Fest, featuring indoor and outdoor festivities on Main Street.

Hotel Concord and partnering businesses and organizations are hosting the event now through Saturday, Jan. 26. Jamie Simchik, event chairman, said the recently opened boutique hotel organized Winter Fest as an alternative to a traditional grand opening event.

“We didn’t just want to do something inside the hotel,” he said. “We wanted to do something out on Main Street that got more of the public involved, and with people already in the area for the Black Ice Pond Hockey Tournament, we thought this would be a great time to do it.”

Every evening during the festival, O Steaks & Seafood will be serving a variety of specialty drinks, beer and wine at four themed ice bars with a luge on the patio and giveaways every 30 minutes.

“It’s not the type of luge people will put their mouth on, but instead, they’ll have their glass at the bottom and pour their drink down the luge to chill it,” Simchik said.

An ice carving demonstration will be 27 Kiddie pool Family activities this week.

Continuing Education Certificate/degrees • INSIDE THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS College admissions coach Nancy Steenson will give the rundown on getting into college. Tops to be covered include merit scholarships versus financial aid, the

Where: Main Street, Concord When: Wednesday, Jan. 23, through Saturday, Jan. 26 Cost: Free admission Visit: intownconcord.org Schedule Wednesday and Thursday • Ice bar at O Steaks & Seafood, 4 to 10 p.m.

Friday • Ice carving demonstration, 4 p.m.

• Ice bar at O Steaks & Seafood, 4 to 10 p.m.

• Cornhole tournament, 4 p.m.

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Saturday • Winter Shopping Stroll and warm-up food and drink stations, all day

held on Friday, followed by an ice carving competition, judged by the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, on Saturday. Prizes will be awarded to the top three carvers and to the People’s Choice Award winner.

“It should be fun for people to not just see the finished ice carvings, but to actually be there while the ice is being carved,” Simchik said.

On Saturday, Intown Concord will host a Winter Shopping Stroll at downtown boutiques and shops with a chance to win Downtown Dollars, and warm-up stations where shoppers can get hot cocoa, hot cider and s’mores.

“It’s been great to work with the local

businesses, and our hope is that we draw some traffic to those businesses and bring some life to downtown at a time of year when it’s usually more quiet,” Simchik said.

Finally, there will be cornhole tournaments open to all on Friday and Saturday and a surprise appearance by an NHL player of “regional significance” on Saturday, Simchik said.

The Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship, held at White Park, will begin on Thursday with the Thursday Night Lights Concord Youth Hockey game.

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importance of extracurricular activities, what to know about standardized tests and more.

Mon., Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Free. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140.

Open houses • NAMASTE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE The school provides quality Montessori education for children ages 3 to 9. Sat., Jan. 26, 9 to 11 a.m.

Namaste Montessori School, 535 Mast Road, Goffstown. Free.

Visit namastemontessori.net.

Festivals & Fairs Events • HOOKSETT WINTER CARNIVAL The event will feature professional ice sculptures, outdoor games, sledding, ice skating, snowshoeing, mountain biking, cook-offs, food vendors and more.

Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Surprise visit from NHL player, all day • Cornhole tournament, all day • Ice carving competition, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Ice carving competition awards at O Steaks & Seafood, 3 p.m.

• Ice bar at O Steaks & Seafood, 4 to 10 p.m.

Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship Where: White Park, located at the intersection of White and Washington streets When: Thursday, Jan. 24, 5 to 8 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 25, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 26, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cost: Free admission More info: blackicepondhockey.com

The championship games will take place all day on Friday and Saturday and in the morning on Sunday. Food trucks and a heated spectator tent with family games, merchandise sales and a silent auction will be open during the games. There will also be public skating, ice sculptures, a bonfire and a fireworks show on Friday, and a youth hockey tournament, bonfire and Evo rock wall on Saturday.

A complimentary shuttle service between downtown and White Park will be provided.

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Hooksett Town Hall, 35 Main St., Hooksett. Free admission. Visit hooksettkiwanis.org.

• WINTER FUZZ FEST - A NATURAL FIBERS FESTIVAL The festival will feature many forms of weaving, spinning, knitting, braiding, felting, dyeing, using looms, wheels, needles and

other tools. Purchase some products, try your hand at weaving or spinning, and learn about lessons.

Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (snow date will be Feb. 2). Congregational Church in Exeter, 21 Front St., Exeter. Free and open to the public. Visit exeterucc.org or call the church office at 772-4216.

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The Manchester Monarchs will play two home games at SNHU Arena (555 Elm St. in Manchester) this weekend: The Monarchs play the Maine Mariners on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. and the Worcester Railers on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m. See manchestermonarchs.com for seats and ticket prices. The Manchester Animal Shelter will hold a fundraiser at the Saturday Monarchs game. Buy tickets for $18 each through the shelter’s online ticketing link and the shelter receives a $5 donation, according to the shelter’s website, manchesteranimalshelter.org.

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(1741 S. Willow St., 668-5557), Salem (125 S. Broadway, 898-1930), Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway, 888-0533) and Newington (45 Gosling Road, 4227733). The fun continues with a puzzle party at 2 p.m. at these four stores featuring activities from Curious Jane magazine, Final eagle weekend crosswords, word searches, a puzzle tourIt’s the last weekend to catch the “All nament and jigsaw puzzles, according to About Eagles” program at the Amoskeag the online calendar.

Fishways (4 Fletcher St. in Manchester; amoskeagfishways.org, 626-FISH). The Music for all program is for all ages and runs from 11 Introduce your kids to the classics when a.m. until noon. A donation of $5 per fam- Symphony NH presents “Mozart & Beeily is encouraged and no registration is thoven” on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m. at required. the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St. in Nashua; symphonynh.org). Ticket prices Pugs and puzzles for adults vary based on seat (see website Pig the Pug, the first book in author for available seating) but tickets for youth and illustrator Aaron Blabey’s series about are free with adult tickets, and children a pug named Pig, is the focus of story- ages 5 and up are welcome, according to time this Saturday at area Barnes & Noble the website, which also features a playlist stores. The storytime starts at 11 a.m. at of the show and a short video with pianist Barnes & Noble stores in Manchester Max Levinson.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna, Looking for info on this piece — what exactly it is and how much it is worth. I would like to sell it but have no clue about it. Do you have any information?

Sheila Dear Sheila, I have to say that is one of the nicest music cabinets I have ever seen, with such detailing and a nice Victorian style. It’s almost like a curio cabinet with a bonus as a music cabinet as well. Very different and sweet.

Now for the reality of it. It looks to be in fair but original condition, which is a good thing. It’s just a limited market these days when the decor is so different. But there are still Victorian decorators out there — you just have to find them.

As far as the value goes I would think you’re safely in the range of $200 plus (keeping in mind it does need some repair work as the photo shows). As far as marketing it, I would try to sell it yourself to

get the most value. You could sell it to an antique dealer but remember you have to leave them room for a profit as well.

Either way you go, I’m glad you shared this; it’s very different and shows me Courtesy photo. there is so much out there that I haven’t seen yet.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE GARDENING GUY

Hot and spicy

Planting peppers with a kick

By Henry Homeyer

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I love hot and spicy peppers. As a young man I lived in West Africa for nearly 10 years, first as a traveler, then as a Peace Corps volunteer and Peace Corps country director. I lived in Cameroon and Mali, where hot peppers were an integral part of the diet. If peppers are hot enough, they make you sweat — which cools you down. That’s good, as most African villages didn’t have electricity back then for fans or air conditioning.

Hot peppers are rated in Scoville Units to give you an idea of how hot they are. They are named after Wilbur Scoville, an Englishman who tested peppers in the early 1900s.

In my first book, Notes from the Garden, I wrote, ”I like to imagine him serving little tea sandwiches to proper English lords and ladies, but with peppers beneath the watercress. Did he measure heat by face color or expletives?” I imagine he actually measured capsaicin content as it is the compound that gives peppers their kick.

Hungarian wax peppers, my mildest hot peppers, are rated for 300-700 Scoville units. Jalapenos and cayennes run 3,500 to 6,000 units, while habaneros can reach 200,000 to 350,000 units. Be sure to wear glove if you handle very hot peppers — a little of the oil or a speck of dust in the eye (or another sensitive area) can be very painful. I’ve read that the more stressed a pepper is, the hotter it is — hence the range for any variety — I find they vary considerably from year to year.

I dry most of my hot peppers in a food dehydrator so that I can grind them into a powder to add just a little bit to a dish. I use my coffee grinder to do that, after I have dried them until they are brittle. That makes for an interesting cup of java, too, after I’ve ground the peppers.

Most hot peppers would rather be growing in Mexico or southwest France than in New England. They like plenty of sunshine and consistently hot temperatures. They don’t like heavy wet clay soils — so when planting, amend the soil, if necessary, with compost to lighten it up. But never add fertilizer to peppers. If you do, you will get big leafy plants but few peppers. That’s true for sweet peppers, too.

I have a friend, Brian Steinwand, whose mouth must be made of leather. He can eat habanero peppers (one of the hottest kinds) like they are candy. He touts their fabulous flavor, but for most of us that flavor comes with too much heat to be pleasant.

This year I discovered a habanero that allegedly comes with all the flavor, but much less heat. It’s called “Roulette” by Johnny’s Selected Seeds, and is touted to have “a sweet, floral flavor without the traditional

Photo by Henry Homeyer.

fire we expect from a habanero.” Of course that name makes me wonder if a few of the fruits will have the bite of a real habanero.

My favorite hot pepper is the “Espellette” pepper from southwest France. Like “Champagne,” the name is controlled by the French government, and these peppers are only supposed to be grown in 11 specific villages. But the peppers are readily available in the Bordeaux region, and I’ve discovered that seeds saved from them can produce great peppers even in New England. Last year mine did not produce well as I started the seeds too late, I think. Or perhaps the weather was wrong.

Each year I like to try new varieties of the vegetables I like. Along with Roulette, a pepper I shall try this year is called “Amazing 2,” also from Johnny’s Seeds. According to the description in their catalog, this is a thick-walled pepper and needs a dehydrator to dry it. It is a traditional Korean drying pepper and is said to be good for making kimchi, but has a lower heat rating than most. It’s said to be warm, not hot.

Like Roulette, Amazing 2 is a hybrid pepper, so I will not be able to save seeds.

Hybrids are created by crossing two parents of different genetic makeup. But their seeds don’t breed true, so you have to buy new seeds when you use them up. But even a small packet of seeds will produce plants for two or three years if you only want a few plants.

I find most seeds are viable for three years.

One nice thing about growing peppers is that they are sociable. By that I mean they like to hang out together. Most peppers like to actually touch leaves with other peppers when the plants are mature, so I plant them just a foot apart so they don’t take up much garden space. Of course if you plant two or more varieties, they will hybridize, so I don’t save seeds — who knows what I would get.

In years when I grow Espellette peppers and want to save seeds, I grow no other peppers anywhere in my garden, hot or sweet, to keep the seed line pure.

January is too early to plant any seeds, but I enjoy reading the seed catalogs or websites, and ordering early. And before too long, it will be time to start them indoors. Meanwhile, I think I’ll go make a hot winter stew.

Hot with peppers, that is!

Henry can be reached at henry.homeyer@ comcast.net.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

Relax, Dad — the car’s got this whole ‘starting’ thing figured out

Dear Car Talk: My family thinks I’m crazy.

But I think it is a good idea to power down the radio and the air conditioning controls in the car before

By Ray Magliozzi turning off the engine. My reasoning is that when I go to start the car again, it will be easier on the car’s systems.

Am I on the right track, or just a dad whose kids think he should worry about something else? — Chris I’m afraid we’re going to have to side with your family here, Chris.

I mean, you’re right that it takes a lot of battery power to start an engine.

That’s the single most power-intensive thing the battery has to do. So it makes sense that if the battery doesn’t have to simultaneously run the air conditioning, the radio and the in-dash espresso maker while it’s trying to start the car, that’s better, right?

Right. But what you don’t know is that the car takes care of that all by itself. When you turn the key to the

“start” position (or push the start button in newer cars), all of the car’s power-intensive accessories are temporarily shut off until the engine starts.

You can see this for yourself. Try leaving all that stuff on. As the car is cranking, your wipers, AC and fan blower will momentarily turn off.

Then they’ll resume once the engine is running.

And if you start the car at night with the lights on, you’ll see the lights dim as power is shunted toward the starter, where it’s needed.

So, congratulations, you are now free to worry about other things, Chris. If you’re not sure what to worry about next, ask your family for the full list of the reasons they think you’re crazy, and move on to No. 2.

I’ve always been told not to run my gas tank to empty. Not because I might get stuck, but because the fuel pump will pick up trash at the bottom of the tank and cause the filter to clog up.

Is this still true? Or is it no longer true for newer models?

Remember, not all of us drive newer cars. — Ann Well, if you’re still driving your 1937

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Duesenberg, Ann, it’s probably good advice. But if you’re driving a car that was made within the past four or five decades, picking up “junk” at the bottom of the tank is not something you have to worry about.

There are several reasons why it’s a nonissue. First, the pick-up tube itself has a fine-mesh sock on it. That allows liquid gasoline to pass through, but stops any debris large enough to damage the pump or the injectors.

I suppose if you had enough crud in your tank, you could conceivably clog up that sock. But you’d have to have the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in there to do that.

Plastic gas tanks also have made a difference. They’re very common in cars now. And increasingly common at gas stations, too, where the fuel is stored.

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istry degree would be OK. Then I went for an environmental studies master’s degree at UMass Lowell while I was working for Western Electric. Then on top of that, there are professional certifications that are important in the field. I have three: I’m a certified industrial hygienist, certified hazardous material manager and a certified professional environment, health and safety auditor.

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and so I was interested in pursuing that further.

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• Super tastes: Join The Flying Butcher (124 Route 101A, Amherst) for its third annual super tasting on Saturday, Jan. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. The tasting will feature fresh food samples prepared by the crew at The Flying Butcher alongside beers from more than a dozen breweries in the Granite State and beyond, including 603 Brewery of Londonderry, Bellavance Beverage Co. of Hooksett, Amoskeag Beverages of Bow, Lone Pine Brewing Co. of Portland, Maine, and several others.

Admission is free. Visit theflyingbutcher. com or call 598-6328.

• Valentine luncheon: Manchester- and Bedford-area seniors are invited to attend a Valentine’s Day luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 11:30 a.m. at The Salvation Army’s Manchester Corps (121 Cedar St.).

The deadline to make reservations is Jan. 31.

Live music will be featured by the band The Sunshiners. Call 627-7013 or visit nne.salvationarmy.org/manchester for details.

• A taste of Lithuania: The Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road) will host its next Lithuanian cooking demonstration with Chef Oonagh Williams on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Williams cooks a couple of various Lithuanian dishes and has samples available for tasting during this monthly program. During this demonstration, she will be preparing mushroom pâté and obuolių riekės (a sweet dough with apples and cornflake crumbs).

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If you have a chili recipe you are dying to share with people, or you want to warm up with a steaming hot bowl of locally made chili — followed by a homemade ice cream sundae to help turn down the heat — you’ll have a chance at the fourth annual Amherst Fire & Ice event.

This year’s cook-off and ice cream social will be held in the cafeteria of Amherst Middle School on Friday, Feb. 1, and is open to the public.

The event is organized by the Amherst Lions Club, and while there is no cost of admission to enter as a chili cook-off participant or as a taster, the club will be accepting monetary donations at the door.

Lions Club Vice President and event chair Reed Flowers said proceeds generated will benefit local charities in the Amherst area.

Chili cooks are asked to register by Jan. 30 and bring a minimum of two gallons to the event.

“No one has to give us any formal written recipes or anything, but we would like to know the main ingredients [of each chili] so we can put it on cards on tables, just in case anyone has any allergies,” Flowers said.

For the first time this year, chili registration is open to restaurants that wish to participate as well as individual people.

Smokehaus Barbecue and Moulton’s Market, both in Amherst, will be among them, according to Lions Club publicity chairwoman Joan Ferguson.

Flowers said a wide variety of chilis are usually featured, such as chicken chili, beef chili, white chili, enchilada chili, various vegetarian chilis and chili with venison and other game meats.

Photo courtesy of the Amherst Lions Club.

Tasters will get to sample each one in cups and vote on their favorite, with the winning chili maker to receive bragging rights for a year and a trophy with the event name engraved on the front.

In addition to the chilis, other foods like cornbread, salads and hot dogs will be served.

The Amherst Junior Women’s Club will also have a table where they will be providing pies, cookies and other desserts, while a self-serving make-yourown ice cream sundae station featuring toppings like hot fudge, whipped cream and cherries will be available as well.

Flowers said live entertainment is planned throughout the evening, including a balloon animal demonstration from Amherst’s Krickey the Clown, a demonstration from the FIRST Robotics team at Souhegan High School in Amherst,

a performance by the Amherst Middle School Jazz Band, and an ice rink in the parking lot outside the middle school, courtesy of the Amherst Recreation Department.

“It’s become a great community event and what’s really important is just the collaboration of different organizations like the Lions Club, the PTA, the Recreation Department and others to put this together,” he said.

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A new restaurant in Nashua is serving made-from-scratch specialty Thai options, plus a variety of appetizers and entrees borrowing from several other Southeast Asian cooking styles.

K’sone’s Thai Dining & Lounge is a 100-seat eatery that opened on Jan. 16 in the former space of the Mandarin Chinese restaurant, which closed last fall after more than 30 years in business. According to co-owner and general manager Ken Koehler, the restaurant’s walls, floor, tables, chairs and bar area underwent extensive remodels ahead of its opening.

Kaysone Senasy, Koehler’s partner and the restaurant’s chef and namesake, came to the United States from Laos more than 30 years ago. She also owns and cooks at Thai Garden in Freeport, Maine, but Koehler noted the differences in each restaurant’s intended concept.

“Thai Garden is more of a family-style restaurant, and take-out is a huge part of our business up there,” Koehler said. “We want to make this place more of a higher-end Thai restaurant. So we’re hoping for more dine-in down here, and we have a space reserved for private functions.”

Koehler pointed to options like the pad khee mao — also known as the drunken noodles, which are pan fried with basil sauce, eggs, bell peppers, bamboo shoot, onions, tomatoes and your choice of a protein — and the ginger fish with a house made sauce as some of the authentic Thai dishes you will find on the menu.

Other offerings include larb (a mincedmeat salad made with your choice of pork or chicken, plus ingredients like ground toasted rice, chopped scallions and lemongrass) and kratong tong (a non-spicy appetizer dish with sauteed chicken, carrots, onions and green peas served in cup-shaped crispy pastries).

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If you’re not familiar with Thai dishes, K’sone’s also serves homemade Chinese, Japanese and other Southeast Asian-inspired items. The appetizer menu features options like made-from-scratch crab rangoons with real crab meat, cream cheese, carrot and scallions with a sweet and sour sauce; deep fried Brussels sprouts topped with toasted almond; gyoza (Japanese pork dumplings, pan fried or steamed, with a ginger soy sauce); vegetable samosas with a cucumber sweet and sour sauce; and deep-fried crispy

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Koehler, who first met Senasy when he ate at Thai Garden as a customer, said the pair were originally going to open a new restaurant down on the Florida Keys in the city of Marathon, where he was planning to retire.

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The current space they found ended up being a perfect fit — Koehler himself had formerly lived in Nashua, and Senasy was attracted to the large, open space of the kitchen.

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Beer is a wonderful ingredient, especially in winter when your family is begging for slow-cooked stews and braised meats. Just like wine, beer adds flavor, complexity and body. I use beer in my chili and in beef stew. I also make a beef and onion stew that relies almost exclusively on dark beer for the broth. My wife loves welsh rarebit, which relies on a cheese and beer sauce to dress up toast — it’s delicious.

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Turn the heat down to medium and toss in your peppers and onions, and another pinch of salt, along with a little more black pepper. Cook, stirring, until they soften up. You don’t want the onions to brown. Because they’re going to cook for a long time, you want fairly large chunks of

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• King Diamond, Songs for the Dead Live B• Jeff Whalen, 10 More Rock Super Hits A+ BOOKS

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• Math with Bad Drawings B+ • Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different A+ • Book Report Includes listings for lectures, author events, book clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events.

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE King Diamond, Songs for the Dead Live (Metal Blade Records)

I know I don’t do a lot of coverage of Metal Blade albums in this space, and I’ve explained why before, but I figured there are a lot of New Hampshirite metallers who’d love to know what this Danish dude is up to, while, in the process, making younger thrash fans know he even exists in the first place. I’ve always thought of this devil-pancake-makeup guy as the heavy metal answer to the first Evil Dead movie but without any humor, like, he really takes this stuff seriously, the childish falsetto singing that sounds more like a gag than something fans would queue up for at a 500-seater, even if his quaint brand of power metal does have its moments. This one consists of duplicated live versions of like 15 songs, half recorded at the Danish Graspop metalpalooza festival, half at the Fillmore.

The sound is fine, if you’re a stickler about that, and his Judas Priest-wannabe screeching is on point once in a while. For completists, obviously, but your pop might like it too. B- — Eric W. Saeger Jeff Whalen, 10 More Rock Super Hits (Supermegabot Music)

See, I like guys like this — brash, hilariously confident dudes who aren’t afraid to recognize their awesomeness for what it is and pretend that it’s already too late for folks to get hip to them. A Los Angeles fixture, Whalen has been hilariously underrated for a decade now, slumming around doing mismatched split-EPs with his old (or perhaps current, it’s hard to tell) band Tsar, whose 2005 album Band-Girls-Money was a direct cross between Hives and Jet, i.e. a glam/emo rawkfest that we see too little of today, like a punk version of Big Star. Sadness abounds over his underratedness, it really does, but with this one, he’s taken on the yoke by himself as a Name Brand Songwriter, so I hope he knows how to Twitter. The single, “Jendy” is a carefree, ’90s-guitar-pop thing with a hook that would have put Third Eye Blind out of business; “The Alien Lane” is as good as any Cheap Trick song you’ve ever heard; “Ground Game For Worm” is Kinks meets boy band. I recommend this record to enthusiasts of pop music. A+ — Eric W. Saeger

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PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • We’ll start the Jan. 25 release week off with Cape Cod area native Meghan Trainor’s new LP, Treat Myself, her third. Even if you didn’t like the disaffected-diva vibe of her first album’s songs (“All About That Bass” and “Lips Are Movin”), you have to hand it to her for trying a “soca” (soul of Calypso) angle in the first place, so I will. In fact, she doubled down on the Caribbean sound on her second album, Thank You, in 2016, but the record also nodded in the direction of Bruno Mars, Aretha Franklin and whatnot, and eventually came to be regarded as a dance-pop record, which means people weren’t as into it as her debut.

Mayhaps a few more curveballs are needed to get her next single into the “Will this song ever shut up” omnipresence of “That Bass,” so I suppose we should consider what that (relatively overlooked) song, “No Excuses,” is trying to do. On its face, it’s trying to be a girls-nightout anthem of sorts, but to me it more reads like Carrie Underwood after discovering sampling software. The opening threatens Calypso, but really, the upshot is a texted heart-U note to her keepers at the Big Record Label. I’m not in the sort of mindset to write this off with a snark grenade, but man, this doesn’t bode well.

• Meh, what’s up with the Dandy Warhols, you ask? OK, fine, no one’s asking what those guys are up to, but my imaginary friend did at least want to know the title of this psychedelic-shoegaze-whatever band’s new album, which is Why You So Crazy. The only thing I’m really curious about is if the dude from Brian Jonestown Massacre is secretly happy that the Dandys blew it with Capitol Records and are now on a Canadian indie label, but that would be catty, so let’s just move this nonsense along. The single, “Be Alright,” starts off with woozy psychedelic patter, then turns into a Gang of Four versus Flaming Lips exercise. It’s not a bad song, actually, and hey, I never said I ever hated these guys; I like them more than I like Brian Jonestown, if I’m being honest. I don’t see any further previews available here, so judging their attempts to touch on “Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers” and “gothic piano-propelled rumba” will be left to Pitchfork.com, or someone else whose paycheck depends on taking this album seriously, heaven help them.

• I’m telling you, I’m either coming down with a cold or my heart grew three sizes plus two over Christmas break, but I don’t even have a bucket of snark to dump on the new Backstreet Boys album, DNA! What would be the point of tooling on these guys anyway, when there’ll surely be opportunity to tool on Justin Timberlake or The Wanted or whatever later this year? Come on, let’s be nice and go listen to this horror, the new song, “Chances,” on YouTube! Oh hamburgers, great, it’s a freakin’ ballad. The guy who thinks he’s Bruno Mars is doing his usual hand-dancing routine. Wait, who’s the guy who looks like Jeremy Piven? His part’s actually pretty cool! I now share their frustration with not having introduced themselves to the Lois Lane girl in the video. You have to go for it, guys! Dang it, you know?

• Hey, you know the guy with the long hair in that band The Killers? Well, he actually has a name, Dave Keuning, and his Keuning band releases a solo album, Prismism, on the 25th! Man, you’d guess by his hair that these songs would sound like Dokken, but no, the title track is crummy cheap Figurine electro-garbage and Autotuned junk.

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Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas that Shape Our Reality, by Ben Orlin (Black Dog & Leventhal, 367 pages) High school math teacher Ben Orlin makes tic-tac-toe (and other things) interesting again in Math with Bad Drawings, a hardcover incarnation of his popular blog by the same name.

The drawings aren’t really bad; they’re amateur and unpolished and of course that’s the charm — and the advantage. While a textbook’s perfect grids and curves can make your eyes glaze over, Orlin’s red and blue hand-pencilled sketches have character and only want give you an overall idea.

An overall idea like, say, how a certain curve to a bridge truss works best. Or an overall idea like why big pans make better brownies, presuming you don’t like edge brownies.

Creativity is a big part of Orlin’s approach, not only in the drawings but in encouraging people to use math rather than just understand it. There’s a good example early in the book: typical math texts tell you the definition of “perimeter” and then test your ability to find the perimeter of a few rectangles; instead, see if you can draw a rectangle so that it has a smaller perimeter than this one over here but a larger area.

So you get to be creative and practical.

And the more you play around with math, the better. “x2 and 2x don’t look so different to the untrained eye,” Orlin writes. “But the more math you experience and the more fluent you become in this language of squiggles, the more dramatic the difference begins to feel. Before long it becomes visceral, tatile; it starts to enlist your emotions, which is our final crucial strategy. You read lines of mathematics with a full spectrum of feelings, from satisfaction to sympathy to shock.”

In that vein, he has an entire riff on A4 paper — which he thought “loathsome” when he first moved to England but which he now embraces, together with its brethren A1, A2 and so on, with a satisfied “This paper makes sense” — and how the math behind it corresponds to how it feels.

There’s a full chapter analyzing the design of the Death Star, i.e. the geometrical and physical properties of a sphere and why you would (or wouldn’t) choose to build your space station that way.

There is talk of genetics and coin-flipping and your taxes. And as previously mentioned there is a game of tic-tac-toe that is not dull. In this one, each square on the tic-tac-toe grid contains its own game of tic-tac-toe. Read the book for full rules.

Bottom line, Orlin’s way with words can be a little wonky sometimes (“the methods of probability tap the liquor of eternity”?) but his way with math is undeniable and, hey, the words bring a certain splashiness to the text. Liquor! Eternity!

Sprawl! Mad! Not your typical textbook.

The sketches are of rhinos and bicycles and sword-wielding stick figures as well as cubes and triangles.

Orion doesn’t cover every topic in math here (that would be hard). There’s no trigonometry or calculus. There’s geometry and a little physics and he leans heavily on statistics, probability and economics, all things that are perhaps more

quickly relatable to your daily life. For those who are interested or, better yet, for students who are not interested but wish they could be, I recommend Math with Bad Drawings. In the sea (small pond?) of popular math books out there, it’s a B+ — Lisa Parsons

Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different,

by Philip Ball (University of Chicago Press, 377 pages) Philosophy meets science in Beyond Weird, where British writer Philip Ball looks at quantum physics and asks ‘Yes, but what does it all mean?’

Moreover, he practically begs us to stop calling it ‘weird.’ Hard to understand, yes, but weird?

No, you’re weird, with your only being in one place at a time and thinking you always have a definite location and mass.

Rather than call it weird and walk away, let’s keep trying to understand what these experiments are telling us, Ball says, and then he leads us on an expedition to do just that.

Because you are not qualified to go by yourself.

A blurb on the jacket calls this one “easily the best book I’ve read on the subject” (Washington Post) and I agree. It’s not a walk in the park.

It’s best read slowly, with long pauses between paragraphs. At some points my rate was one paragraph per day, with lots of mulling in between.

But that’s the point. Where many books about quantum physics leave you glossing over stuff you can barely grasp, this one at least gives you things you can actually think about.

To wit: It may really be that a quantum particle does not have a definite mass and a definite momentum at the same time. Like, it would if it could, if that would make you feel better, but it can’t. It simply isn’t built that way. Not possible.

Not an option.

Or maybe it does but we can never ever know them both at the same time. This is a big debate in physics. Ball at least leaves me feeling like it’s one or the other, and if it’s the latter, it’s not because we’re stupid. It’s that the particle just cannot present us that information. Again, not that it doesn’t, like, want to — it’s not just trying to mess with us. It really can’t. Really. Can’t.

I mean, that’s way beyond weird. Hey, good title.

So why should this be? That might also be an impossible thing for us to know. People are working on it.

On the other hand, what a particle can do, apparently, is be both particle-ish and wave-ish, but then we get into the whole “until you look at it” business, and how the act of observing or measuring seems to even retroactively determine which it will be / has been. There are experiments being planned right now involving dogs to see whether a dog’s level of observation will suffice.

And so the issue of consciousness enters the picture of quantum physics.

Yep, we are way beyond weird.

These are the most understandable, mull-overable explanations I’ve read on the topic and I’m glad Philip Ball wrote this book. Blockbuster Stephen King novel? No. (Possibly creepier.) But if you’re interested? A+ — Lisa Parsons

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Books Author Events • JACK NOON Author presents The Tornado of 1821. Thurs., Jan. 24, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord.

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• MARY ANN ESPOSITO Author presents Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy. Sat., Jan. 26, noon to 2 p.m. Tuscan Market, 63 Main St., Salem. Visit tuscanbrands. com.

• STEVEN PINKER Author presents Enlightenment Now. Wed., Jan. 30. Music Hall Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Visit themusichall. org.

• TIM DORSEY Author presents No Sunscreen for the Dead.

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• PAM HOUSTON Author presents Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country. Tues., Feb. 26, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• KATY BUTLER Author presents The Art of Dying Well. Wed., March 6. Music Hall Loft , 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. Visit themusichall.org.

Other • “WINTER HODGEPODGE: IMAGINATIVE WORKS IN MANY GENRES” Exhibit featuring works by Berwick, Maine, author, artist, and musician Ross Alan Bachelder. On view Feb. 1 through March 1. A Freethinker’s Corner, 652 Central Ave., Suite A, Dover. Visit freethinkerscorner.com.

Writers workshops & classes • COMEDY WRITING WORKSHOP Laughta In New Hampsha’s School of Comedy presents. Sat., Jan. 26, 2 to 4 p.m. 7 Broadway, Concord. $65. Email dorisballard@comcast.net or call at 496-4966.

Writers groups • WRITERS HANGOUT Bring your work to share and meet other writers who can lend their support and help you improve your craft.

Wed.,Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 589-4611 or visit nashualibrary.org.

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• Enlightening program: The Music Hall’s Writers on a New England Stage series presents Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Pinker at the Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. Pinker will present his New York Times bestselling book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. In the book, Pinker makes a case for Enlightenment — using science and reason to solve problems and help humanity progress and flourish. The event will feature an author presentation and onstage interview with Peter Biello of New Hampshire Public Radio’s All Things Considered and The Bookshelf. Tickets cost $13.75, plus a required purchase of the book for $18. Visit themusichall.org or call 436-2400.

• Students recite poetry: MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St., Warner) will host the Poetry Out Loud competition presented by the students of Gear-Up Homeschoolers group on Friday, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m., in the gallery. Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation program open to all high school and homeschool students in grades 9 through 12.

High schoolers will be officially competing while younger participants will be reciting poetry noncompetitively. Call 456-2700 or visit mainstreetbookends.com.

• Inside look at the Bruins: Sports announcer Dale Arnold will be at the Toadstool Bookshop (614 Nashua St., Milford) on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. to discuss and sign his book If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Boston Bruins Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box. Arnold spent more than 25 years as a Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer and in-studio host. The book includes insider stories, anecdotes and exclusive behind-the-scenes stories of past and present Bruins notables, including Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque, Patrice Bergeron, Tuukka Rask and others. Visit toadbooks.com or call 924-3543.

• Refugee reading: NH Humanities presents a program, “New Voices: Three Women Tell Their Stories,” at the Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester) on Friday, Jan. 25, at 6:30 p.m.

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Poetry events • “TEXT AND TEXTILES” The traveling exhibition is a collaboration between Alice B. Fogel, poet laureate of New Hampshire, and the Women’s Caucus for Art New Hampshire Chapter. It features pairings of artwork and poetry that are connected to fiber in some way, created by 12 poets and 12 artists from around the state. At the opening reception, the featured poets and artists will present a reading of their poetry and a panel discussion about their processes and results. On view through Jan. 30. Opening reception is Sun., Jan. 27, at 3 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Call 5894611 or visit nashualibrary.org.

Search “Text & Textile Catalog” on magcloud.com to purchase a full-color, spiral bound book of the poems and artwork featured in the exhibit, along with biographical information about each of the writers and artists.

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POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

Glass (PG-13)

M. Night Shyamalan presents his superhero cinematic universe in Glass, a movie that sews together characters from 2000’s Unbreakable and last year’s Split.

Unbreakable’s David Dunn (Bruce Willis), the man with incredible strength and a touch of mind-reading capability, takes breaks from his home security business to walk around Philadelphia seeking The Beast (James McAvoy), a serial killer who kidnapped a group of girls and, I guess, ate them in Split. The man, whose primary identity is named Kevin, is also called the Horde, because he has multiple personalities, some of whom have built a sort of cult around the Beast.

With the help of his son, Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark ― the actual kid from 2000!), David zeroes in on the factory where he thinks the Horde is holding another group of girls. He finds the spot and even fights the supernaturally powerful Beast, but in the process David and Kevin are captured by the police. They are taken to Raven Hill, a psychiatric hospital that also serves as the prison for Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), Unbreakable’s criminal mastermind Mr. Glass. Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson), a psychiatrist who treats people who believe they are superheroes, has three days to try out a therapy on the three men to help them overcome their superhero delusions.

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tial in a tale of superheroes tortured into renouncing their superhero-ness. It feels like a very X-Men approach to the otherness of a super-human. And the Staple character also has promise — she genuinely believes she is there to help which can be a fun way to build an antagonist.

But, gah, Shyamalan! Somehow, despite my not liking Split at all and despite hard rug-pulls like The Happening and Lady in the Water (of which this movie reminded me on a few unfortunate occasions), I was genuinely looking forward to Glass. But ― is this the twist? ― Shyamalan does nothing interesting with the premise. He spends about twothirds of the movie setting up the idea

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B. Jordan.

Additional awesomeness is The following are the eight provided by Angela Bassett, (Why only eight? Where is Lupita Nyong’o and espeIf Beale Street Could Talk or cially Danai Gurira. This Eighth Grade?) films nominat- movie is so much more than ed in the Best Picture category the words “Marvel Cinematfor this year’s Oscars. The 91st ic Universe superhero movie” annual Academy Awards will imply. T’Challa, new king of air Sunday, Feb. 24, on ABC Wakanda (the African nation whose vibranium riches make at 8 p.m. it the most technologically and possibly socially advanced BlacKkKlansman (R) John David Washington, country on Earth but who has hidden this fact for centuAdam Driver.

Directed by Spike Lee (also ries), considers that it’s time nominated), this movie is for his kingdom to reevalubased on the true story of an ate its isolation and deals with African-American police offi- a threat from a political rival cer who infiltrated the Ku in this movie that (thanks, Klux Klan. While not subtle, Captain America: Civil War) the movie is thought-provok- skips most of the origin story ing and contains good business and gets right to aweperformances by Washington some fights. Though I would and Driver (who got a sup- have cheered for directing porting nod). B+ Available for or acting nominations, Black Panther also scored nods for home viewing. costumes, score, song, proHIPPO | JANUARY 24 - 30, 2019 | PAGE 42

that his three “super” characters ― Mr. Glass, Dunn’s the Observer (which is a pretty “Name to be Decided Later” superhero name), and the Horde/the Beast ― are going to have a showdown! And then, Something! What will the showdown look like? What will the something be? At the end of the movie, it’s as though he said “I don’t know but we’ve run out of time and so The End.” Though an absolute ocean of wasted potential, Glass has a few things going for it. “M. Night Shyamalan is sort of the glum Wes Anderson,” I thought while watching one of many stylized establishing shots or symmetrically arranged close-ups or noticeably stylistically

duction design, sound editing Britain (circa the early 1700s) and sound mixing. A Avail- and her snippy, striving ladies able for home viewing. is but it is so very darkly fun.

B+ At least through Jan. 24, on Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) screens including CinemagRami Malek, Mary Austin. ic in Hooksett and Merrimack Malek offers up a fun perfor- and opens Friday, Jan. 25, at mance as Freddie Mercury Wilton Town Hall Theatre. in this movie packed with enjoyable Queen music, a Green Book (PG-13) well-crafted recreation of the Mahershala Ali, Viggo band’s Live Aid performance Mortensen. and a bunch of absolutely If you can strip away the, like, ham-handed musical biop- four controversies attached to ic tropes. B- Available for this movie and are moved to home viewing and, at least look at this in its best possible through Jan. 24, on screens light I think what you have is including Cinemagic Hook- a cornball but ultimately not sett, Regal Concord and terrible feel-good family story AMC Methuen. about an adventure “grandpa” had as the driver to a musi*The Favourite (R) cian in the mid-20th-century Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman. Deep South. Any award Ali Emma Stone is the third point (nominated for supporting in this triangle about power, actor) gets is a well-deserved jealousy, status and loyalty. one. B- On screens including (All three actresses received Red River Theatres in Connominations.) I don’t know cord and Wilton Town Hall how nutritious this movie Theatre. about Queen Anne of Great

asymmetrical close-ups. I found these elements kind of pleasant and enjoyed thinking about Anderson, Shyamalan and late 1990s film-making.

James McAvoy really does kill it as as his umpteen characters. Perhaps because I was less repelled by this movie than I was by Split, I found myself enjoying his character changes and the way he put his whole body into, say, becoming the nineyear-old Hedwig or the iron lady Patricia or the desperate Kevin. And there is something fun ― fun and completely untapped here ― about a superhero who is many people, with different motivations and moral compasses.

Now that I’ve seen Glass, I can’t exactly remember what I hoped it would be: something that existed in our universe but played with the rules and tropes of the comic book world? Something that offered new windows on these characters? Something that did more with Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), the girl who got away in Split, than just have her stand on the sideline and look at stuff with her big eyes? Whatever I hoped for, whatever Glass could have been, this movie deflates rather than delivers. CRated PG-13 for violence including some bloody images, thematic elements, and language, according to the MPAA. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Glass is two hours and nine minutes long and distributed by Universal Studios.

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Alfonso Cuarón wrote and directed this thoroughly engaging tale of Cleo, a domestic worker in an upperclass Mexican household in the 1970s. Surprising and different, Roma feels like both an old-fashioned kind of film-making with its ability to sit still and listen and, because it is a serious film-y film presented for your viewing pleasure on Netflix, an interesting peek at the future. The movie sticks with you long after it’s over. A *A Star is Born (R) Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper.

Come for the Lady Gaga ― giving a mighty fine dramatic performance as well as a highly entertaining musical performance ― stay for the Bradley Cooper (who also directs) and then return to give the whole thing another look

because you’ll be so busy marveling at those elements you might not think enough about, say, the Sam Elliott and Andrew Dice Clay performances. A- Available for home viewing and screening at AMC Methuen.

Vice (R) Christian Bale, Amy Adams.

I did not have strong feelings one way or another about this Dick Cheney biopic (other than that Bale is for-your-consideration-ing like nobody’s ever for-your-considerationed).

Adam McKay employs a lot of fancy business and “hey look at this” to tell the story of Cheney’s rise (the result in part of some good shoves by wife Lynne, according to the movie) from Wyoming wastrel to Washington mover and shaker. B On Jan. 24, screening at AMCs Tyngsboro and Methuen and Cinemagic Hooksett.

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MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX ​ ED RIVER THEATRES R 11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org • On the Basis of Sex (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, 2:05, 5:30 and 8 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 25, and Sat., Jan. 26, 12:50, 3:20, and 8:35 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 27, 12:50 and 3:20 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 28, through Wed., Jan. 30, 2:05 and 8 p.m.; and Thurs., Jan. 31, 2:05 p.m. • Green Book (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, 2, 5:25 and 8:05 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 25, and Sat., Jan. 26, 12:30, 3:10, 5:50 and 8:30 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 27, 12:30, 3:10 and 5:50 p.m.; Mon., Jan. 28, through Thurs., Jan. 31, 2, 5:25 and 8:05 p.m.

• The Favourite (R, 2018) Fri., Jan. 25, through Sun., Jan. 27, 6 p.m., and Mon., Jan. 28, through Thurs., Jan. 31, 5:30 p.m.

• The Shoplifters (R, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, 2:10 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 25, and Sat., Jan. 26, 1, 3:25, 5:55 and 8:20 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 27, 1, 3:35 and 5:55 p.m.; and Mon., Jan. 28, through Thurs., Jan. 31, 2:10, 5:35 and 7:50 p.m.

• Best in Show (PG-13, 2000) Thurs., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Green Book (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, through Thurs., Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., Jan. 27, 2 p.m.

• Mary Queen of Scots (R, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.

• The Favourite (R, 2018) Fri., Jan. 25, through Thurs., Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., Jan. 27, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• In the Heat of the Night (1967) Sat., Jan. 26, 4:30 p.m.

• Last of the Mohicans (1922) Sun., Jan. 27, 4:30 p.m.

NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • Blindspotting (R, 2018) Tues., Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.

CINEMAGIC 1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com • The Final Wish (R, 2019) Thurs., Jan. 24, 8 p.m. (Hooksett) • BTS World Tour “Love Yourself” (2019) Sat., Jan. 26, 2 p.m.

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• The Least of These (PG-13, 2019) Thurs., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

(Hooksett only) CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com • Don Quixote (Bolshoi Ballet) Tues., Jan. 29, 6 p.m.

• Antony & Cleopatra (National Theatre Live) Wed., Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

NEW HAMPSHIRE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 31 College Drive, Sweeney Auditorium, Concord, 271-6484, ext.

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MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560, manchester.lib.nh.us • 102 Not Out (2018) Wed., Jan. 30, 1 p.m. (Main) CHUNKY’S CINEMA 707 Huse Road, Manchester, 2063888; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 6357499; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys.com • Black Sheep (PG-13, 1996) Thurs., Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org • Boy Erased (R, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, and Fri., Jan. 25, 7 p.m.

(Theater) • Narcissister Organ Player (2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, and Sat., Jan. 26, 7 p.m. (Loft) • The Madness of George III (National Theatre Live) Sat., Jan. 26, 1 p.m. (Loft) • A Star is Born (R, 2018) Tues., Jan. 29, Fri., Feb. 1, Tues., Feb. 5, and Wed., Feb. 6, 7 p.m. (Theater) • Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018) Tues., Jan. 29 through Thurs., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

THE STRAND BALLROOM 20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899, thestrandballroom.com • The Shining (R, 1980) Thurs., Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

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PETERBOROUGH COMMUNITY THEATRE 6 School St., Peterborough, pctmovies.com • Aquaman (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

PETERBOROUGH PLAYERS THEATER 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-9344, peterboroughplayers.org • The Madness of George III (National Theatre Live) Sat., Jan. 26, 1 p.m.

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• Basement bash: Stomp and holler at a double bill led by Odd Fellows Way, a Concord band with a taste for dark rural angst on songs like “Jonesing Bloody Copper.” Opener Bitter Pill offers a musical cocktail of country, folk and bluegrass with a performance art touch – the group’s debut record Prepare Your Throats is a soundtrack of their staging of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Thursday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m., Penuche’s Ale House, 16 Bicentennial Square, Concord, $3 at the door, 21+.

• Learned music: Vocalist and trumpet player David Thorne Scott is the featured guest at Jazz in January. Joining him are members of the school’s Wall Street Jazz Ensemble – guitarist David Tonkin, bass player Scott Kiefner, Matt Langley on saxophone, pianist Tom Robinson and Tim Gilmore on drums. Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m., Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Tickets are $15 for students, $20 for adults. Call 228-1196.

• Songbird: Liz Longley has solid New England roots, attending Berklee and routinely selling out the old Tupelo before and after she graduated. Now based in Nashville, Longley is at work on a follow-up album to 2016’s Weightless; songs from that album appeared in the ABC TV series Switched at Birth. Sunday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry.

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When he toured Europe in 2017, Alejandro Escovedo needed a local band. He chose Don Antonio, an all-Italian septet led by guitarist Antonio Gramentieri. The assembled group played 35 shows in 40 days across 10 countries, and Escovedo called the trip “triumphant.”

The final dates happened on the southern tip of Italy, a place that recalled Escovedo’s Texas roots.

“The food was spicier — a lot of it reminded me of Mexican food — the dialect is different and it seemed very economically challenged down there,” he said by phone from a North Carolina tour stop. “They also have a lot of immigrants, coming from Africa.”

That correlation was the spark for a project that resulted in one of last year’s most powerful albums. Made jointly with Don Antonio in the band’s hometown, Escovedo’s 13th album The Crossing explores the immigrant experience through the eyes of two young men, one Mexican, the other Italian. They love punk rock and the idea of America; the latter will come to tragically disappoint them.

It’s an unflinching portrait of the present national moment. The record opens ominously with a tableau of migrants fleeing drug wars and poverty, often colliding with something worse.

“There’s danger in the air,” Escovedo sings. “These men who hunt us know nothing of our lives, so please step lightly.”

There are moments of joy, too. “Outlaw for You” and “Sonica USA” are two songs that name-check a long list of Escovedo’s heroes, from Johnny Thunders to seminal Mexican-American rockers Thee Midniters.

“I wanted the boys to have this aesthetic like when I was growing up and loving these bands,” Escovedo said. “They don’t want arena rock; what they want is the real thing

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said previously, in a way that was a lot more direct and ... I guess edgy might be a word for it. It’s not filtered in any way.”

Playing the first dates of The Crossing tour last fall, Escovedo often cribbed from a lyric book while on stage, but that’s changed.

“I think at this point it’s definitely hitting our stride and it sounds better than it ever has,” he said. “I remember Townes Van Zandt said it took him like a year to really learn the songs that he wrote... it sometimes can be very a emotional release when you finish a record.”

The cross-cultural connection of Escovedo and Don Antonio is both brilliant in its result and a rare occurrence.

“How often do you have a guy from Texas going to Italy to make a record with an all Italian band in an Italian studio and then coming back and presenting it not just as a record, but a statement on the condition of the country as it is now?” Escovedo said. “It’s not something that happens very often. I encourage everyone to come, because I think you come away with not just having seen a rock concert.”

Alejandro Escovedo with Don Antonio When: Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m.

Where: Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth Tickets: $40 at themusichall.org

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in sweaty clubs and stuff, and all those bands were part of that for me growing up.”

Adding to the punch are guest appearances on the record by The Stooges’ James Williamson, Wayne Kramer of MC5 and other punk heroes.

“Wayne is on fire; he’s so great right now,” Escovedo said. “His guitar-playing is just masterful and he’s such a great guy; he’s got such positive energy and he’s an activist. ...

The MC5 are a great example of bands that put everything they believe in on the line.”

Prior to recording, Escovedo and Gramentieri traveled through southern Texas, talking to immigrants and learning their experiences.

“It’s through those stories that we began to see what it was really like to be a DREAMer in this time,” he said. The tale that frames “Texas is My Mother” came from young man who paid a hard cost to complete his journey. “He carried his sister across the river. ... His aunt was behind them, and did not make it.”

Some tracks are personal, like the spoken word “Rio Navidad,” an angry recollection of a racist encounter at a wedding in the 1980s. Escovedo said his songwriting flowed easier because of where The Crossing was produced.

“There’s something liberating about making this record in Italy that allowed me to really kind of just say things that I hadn’t

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NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK

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Gilford Patrick’s: Joel Cage

Hillsborough Turismo: Jerry Paquette & the Runaway Bluesmen Londonderry Coach Stop: Phil Jacques

Londonderry Harold Square: Houdana the Magician (Tableside Magic)

Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Old School Earth Eagle: Jenna Sarno Ri Ra: Oran Mor

Manchester Fratello’s: Jeff Mrozek Penuche’s: Bill Connors: The Elton Experience Strange Brew: Jesse’s Open Extravaganza

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Meredith Giuseppe’s: Andre Balazs Merrimack Homestead: Ty Openshaw Nashua Country Tavern: Brad Bosse Fratello’s: Clint Lapointe

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SIGNS OF LIFE

All quotes are from Not Dead Yet: The up everywhere. I’ve always hated stuffiMemoir, by Phil Collins, born Jan. 30, ness and snobbery, so No Jacket Required 1951. becomes my album title and, yes, why not, ethos. But if you want to wear a jacket, Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) The actu- wear a jacket. al painting is the easiest part. It’s the Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I have ducked preparation — stripping off the old paint and dived through swinging sixties Soho, and treating the bare wood — that kills and I have the energy, momentum and you. But the results are worth the effort of enthusiasm to prove it. I can apply all of proper preparation. that to the rather more conservative, rathPisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Generally er less worldly Genesis. It’s your turn to speaking, over the U.S. as a whole, in the bring the enthusiasm! likes of Ypsilanti, Evanston, Fort Wayne Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) So far my and Toledo, we play to quizzical faces. professional musical career, such as it is, We are, in short, swimming against the has involved a lot of me saying yes to any musical tide. They’ve never really heard and all opportunities, only to be frustrated something like us before. We’re not as at the outcomes. It’s time to get a bit more noodly as Yes. We’re not as virtuoso-driv- pushily proactive. So it is. en as Emerson, Lake & Palmer. We’re far Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) The next quirkier than anybody else out there, and emotion I have to deal with is my own we pay the price. Welcome something fear: I have to follow a solo album that new. wasn’t meant to be an album, far less a Aries (March 21 – April 19) Having hit. Writing another may not be a task I’m been on the outside looking in for so long, up to. I wasn’t expecting to make a secnow I’m smack in the heart of things. I’m ond record. You are more creative than in a band, which is on a record label, in you thought. the music industry. They even have a tour Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I try to play van. Well, access to a tour van. A rented it cool, but inside I’m jumping. I’ve finaltour van. It’s a whole different view. ly found a band; or a band has found me.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) It’s sug- At last I’m going to play drums in front gested that I have some clothes made. of people. It doesn’t get much better than These are ready in time for the opening that. Do your thing. show but I’m not going to go onstage for Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) But for the first time as singer wearing some- all my zeal for the drums, I am also develthing not me. I have to feel totally at ease. oping another interest: acting. It’s good to Workman’s overalls it is. Good shoes that develop more than one interest. fit could make a big difference.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) And so Gemini (May 21 – June 20) I have my rock ’n’ roll dream splutters before nothing from which to regroup. I just want it’s even begun. I have no option but to to group. So group. embrace the idea of a frankly hideous Cancer (June 21 – July 22) So this idea thought: a day job. Would you like fries of ‘jackets required’ seemed to be turning with that?

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• The first clue for police that Craig Wistar, 51, of Warren, Ohio, shouldn’t have been driving was that he was behind the wheel of a car facing east in a westbound lane around 2 a.m. on Dec. 4. The second was the woman in the back seat, who mouthed “Help me” to officers as they questioned Wistar, who had a bottle of vodka at his feet. When asked what he was doing, Wistar replied, “I’m Ubering,” reported WFMJ-TV. Officers moved the passenger to their patrol car and administered a field sobriety test, during which Wistar admitted, “I’m plastered. I’m talking hammered. I confess I’m drunk.” Wistar’s Uber passenger got a ride home from police, and he pleaded guilty on Jan. 14 to driving under the influence.

Most important, he will no longer be able to drive for ride-sharing apps.

• Sunita Jairam, 48, of Lexington, Kentucky, was arrested for driving under the influence at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 13, which she explained to police by saying she did it for her son. According to the Lexington Herald Leader, Jairam told police she had been drinking all day and “drank a bunch of beer and got in her car to drive to teach her son a lesson.” Her son, whose age was not reported, told police he had tried several times to get out of the BMW X1 “due to his mother’s driving,” but the doors were locked. Jairam was also charged with endangering the welfare of a minor.

• In the category of Straining Logic, Jana Moschgat’s defense attorney suggested at her drunk-driving hearing on Jan. 8 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, that the results of her breath test might have been compromised by the fact that, according to the arresting officer, she was nibbling on her coat before the test was administered. Moschgat, 47, smelled of alcohol, the officer testified, and failed a field sobriety test; her blood alcohol level was tested at 0.151 percent, almost twice the legal limit. Attorney Travis Petty questioned the officer about his knowledge of the fabric content of her coat, reported The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise, saying certain materials can alter the results of breath tests. The judge wasn’t buying the argument and sent the case to trial.

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“To make things right,” said Brooner’s attorney, Michael Fuller, “the Burger King manager offered (Brooner) free food for the rest of his life” at that restaurant — and followed through for a few weeks. But eventually the regional

manager stepped in and ended it. Brooner’s suit seeks damages of $9,026.16 — the price of one burger meal per week for the next 22 years.

“There are funny elements of the case,” Fuller told KATU, “but there is nothing funny about being locked in a dank bathroom for an hour.”

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Namibian artist Max Siedentopf, 27, has placed an installation in the ancient Namib Desert, consisting of six speakers attached to an MP3 player projecting the song “Africa” by Toto — over and over and over, for all eternity. The song, released in 1982, has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, and was one of Spotify’s “Top Throwback Songs” in 2018.

Siedentopf told the BBC that solar batteries will keep the song playing forever: “I wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit ‘Africa’ in Africa ... but I’m sure the harsh environment of the desert will devour the installation eventually.”

Inexplicable

Mmmm, breakfast! Around 7 a.m. on Jan. 6, at a McDonald’s in San Francisco, a man carried a dead raccoon into the restaurant and lay it on a table, then sat down with it. Restaurant patron Chris Brooks captured the spectacle on Facebook Live, recording as the man stood from his seat and walked around the restaurant, talking with people. Another man, wearing gloves, then picked the raccoon up by its tail and took it outside to a garbage can, trailing blood on the floor. Fox News reported San Francisco police responded to the restaurant and released the unidentified raccoon owner after speaking with him. McDonald’s closed the store immediately and reopened two hours

later after sanitizing the dining room. One patron wrote on Twitter: “I’ve seen worse than a dead raccoon at that same McDonald’s.”

Crime report

Isaias Garcia, 30, of Garland, Texas, pleaded guilty in a Bridgeport, Connecticut, courtroom on Jan. 10 to reduced charges stemming from a bizarre kidnapping scheme last April. Garcia had abducted a 21-year-old Fairfield man and was demanding $800 in ransom, the man’s aunt and father reported to police on April 6.

Police told the aunt to request a photo to guarantee the young man was still alive, and when the photo arrived by text, ctpost.com reported, it showed the man in a bathtub with a 3-footlong alligator on top of him. In a phone call, the victim told his aunt: “Titi, man they got this alligator on me and they saying that if no money is given they are gonna have him chewing on me.” Police and the FBI were able to trace the phone calls to a hotel room, where Garcia was apprehended. He faces a year in prison.

Bright idea

In Williamson County, Texas, Sheriff Robert Chody has employed a new cadre of deputies to help deter speeding. Interestingly, they all look alike. The cardboard cutouts, which Chody has placed along roads where speeding is common, depict one of the department’s reallife deputies pointing a radar device at the roadway. “It’s a creative way to solve the problem without really working the problem,” he told KTCB-TV. “Slow down because you never know if it’s the real deal or not,” he warned.

The sheriff said he tested the idea in school zones and, “We didn’t get one speeder.”

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