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The New Hampshire legislature is debating how to implement a family leave program and how far it should go in requiring employers to provide a family leave to employees. That question gets at the heart of what we ask our elected officials to grapple with each time they go to Concord. State Rep Bob Giuda (R-Warren) was quoted in our article last week saying, “I’m not opposed to family medical leave, but I’m opposed to it being a government institution. This is something that interjects the state into the working relationship between a business owner and his employees, and that’s just not New Hampshire.” Giuda’s impulse is a good one: We don’t want government regulating the relationship between employer and employee without a really good reason. This reasoning flows to other business relationships the legislature has decided need regulating. Most interesting are what are called franchise laws. These are laws that regulate the relationship between supplier and vendor. These franchise laws in essence created car dealers by banning direct sales of automobiles by car makers to consumers. In today’s political environment it’s hard to imagine government stepping in to regulate supplier-vendor relationships. But in the 1930s through 1950s most states, including New Hampshire, passed laws to reduce the economic power of very large companies and create more local economic opportunity. Though some have called this crony capitalism, it got at some basic issues of fairness. How could these small companies have any leverage to negotiate with these larger companies? Was there societal interest in curtailing the size and power of large national companies? Voters thought yes and passed these rules in all 50 states and to some extent on the national level too. Today, we’re beginning to grapple with similar questions when it comes to large tech companies as they push deeper into our economy and our lives. For example, do we want to allow companies to prohibit mechanics from working on cars? What if Apple decided that no one other than its employees could work on Apple products? Should we be regulating the relationship between Uber and its drivers? Do its drivers have any real power to negotiate their own rates? Are we concerned that large national companies are eliminating locally-owned businesses? As Giuda asks, do we want the state to interject interject itself into those relationships? That’s a fundamental question not just for those interested in the employee-employer relationship but for those interested in how our society and economy operate. It may be trendy to move fast and break stuff, but it’s the role of our elected officials to look at the ramifications and fairness of that. It’ll be interesting to see if the New Hampshire legislature and others begin to see if those are areas they want to look into.

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ON THE COVER 12 HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER How do your kids want to spend their summer vacation? Now’s the time to start planning, and there are all kinds of camps — for young athletes, nature-lovers, aspiring artists and more. ALSO ON THE COVER, it’s time once again for you to vote for your local favorites in the Hippo’s annual Best of Readers’ Poll. Tell us where you go for the best chicken tenders, where you take your kids on a rainy day and your favorite local band. The poll is now open; for details on how to vote, see p. 55. Find upscale authentic African foods at the first annual Umoja — An African Gala event, p. 40. Or get Brazilian eats at Picanha’s, now open in Nashua, p. 41.

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Gov. Chris Sununu announced his proposed budget for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. According to a transcript of his address, Sununu said his budget includes “no new taxes” and “adheres to the tax cuts already established by law for 2020 and 2021.” Sununu’s budget would add a total of $27.3 million to the state’s Rainy Day Fund by the end of FY 2021, bringing the fund to $137.3 million. Other budget items include $63 million in school building aid for cities and towns; $24 million for health care and nursing training programs offered by the state’s University System; a new $32 million student loan assistance program; and $40 million to build a new forensic hospital and a new psychiatric unit for inmates with mental health issues. Additionally, Sununu’s budget would form the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services and also legalize sports betting, which he estimated would generate $10 million in revenue for state education. At the end of his address, Sununu said he is “deeply concerned with the number of proposed new taxes [that] are now being pursued” by bills introduced by the state legislature. He added that his budget is “free of gimmicks and politics.” In a response released by House and Senate Democratic leaders, Sen. Donna Soucy (D-Manchester) wrote that Sununu’s budget doesn’t include fully staffing the Division for Children, Youth and Families, address the state’s emergency room boarding crisis or provide “meaningful property tax relief.” Sen. Dan Feltes (D-Concord) added that Democrats are working on “suspending and stabilizing business tax cuts and diverting those revenues to much needed revenue sharing with cities and towns.” Soucy wrote that she looks forward to “working with my colleagues … to fill these holes in the budget.”

Mayor Craig

Last week, Mayor Joyce Craig delivered a “State of the City” address recapping her first full year in office. According to a transcript of her speech, Craig covered various education, health and business development initiatives taking place in Manchester. She highlighted a workforce development program offered by Velcro Companies at West High School and announced Eversource would begin a similar program at Central High School next fall. Additionally, Craig announced that starting this fall all Manchester high school students can ride city buses to and from school for free. Craig said more than 100 new rental units will open in the downtown area within the next year, and highlighted a planned BAE Systems expansion into Manchester, which is expected to create 800 new jobs. Regarding the opioid epidemic, Craig said the city has made progress on the crisis “with help from multiple organizations, including our fire, police and health departments.” According to Craig, Manchester saw a 19-percent decrease in opioid overdoses and a 22-percent decrease in overdose deaths last year. Closing out her speech, Craig announced the creation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness, which will be co-chaired by Craig and Patrick Tufts, president and CEO of Granite United Way. Other members will include nonprofit and business leaders, city officials and members of the faith community and business leaders. Craig said the task force will address “panhandling, homeless services, capacity and relationships with sending towns.”

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an incident outside Bonfire Restaurant in Manchester, according to a news release. Police reports show that the incident occurred around 1 a.m. on Nov. 18, 2018, when officers arrested four individuals and used a taser on a “non-compliant subject.” After video of the incident circulated online, the ACLU of New Hampshire released a statement saying it was “very concerned about the use of force here and whether it was proportional. We expect the City of Manchester and the Attorney General’s office to fully investigate the legality of the force used.” The Manchester Police Department confirmed it was reviewing the incident, adding in a statement that the video “highlights how quickly a dynamic situation can unfold” and that “there are occasions when an officer must use force in arresting a combative suspect.” In a report released last week, the AG’s office determined that “the officers involved were justified in their uses of force and that the Manchester Police Department’s review of the incident was handled appropriately.” The office will issue a final report after legal proceedings from the incident are completed.

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After last week’s snowstorm, a state trooper from Troop B in Bedford issued 17 tickets under Jessica’s Law in a four-hour span, according to a tweet from the State Police. Drivers who don’t clean snow and ice off their cars can be fined between $250 and $500 for a first CONCORD offense and up to $1,000 for subsequent offenses.

Authorities are monitoring “potential flood impacts” from a 4,900-foot ice jam in the Piscataquog River running through Goffstown and New Boston, according to a report from the Department of Environmental Services. This is the third consecutive year a jam has formed in this branch of the river.

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The Capital Region Food Program distributed 65 tons of food to 2,005 Concord-area families with its annual Holiday Food Basket Project, according to a newsletter. Families in 17 communities received enough food for a holiday meal and two additional weeks of meals. Over 40 agencies helped the program collect food and raise funds for the program. This year’s food drive had the most impact in Concord and Penacook, helping 991 local families.

Hallsville Elementary School on Jewett Derry Street will receive Merrimack this year’s City Landmark Award from Londonderry the Manchester Historic Association, according to a news release. Built in NASHUA 1891, Hallsville is the oldest active school in the Queen City.

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Dealing with discipline School suspensions draw criticism A group of local nonprofits is collectively advocating for New Hampshire schools to reform their disciplinary policies. In a new report, the Juvenile Reform Project claimed that local districts rely heavily on out-of-school suspensions to discipline students, a practice that disproportionately affects minority students. Members of the coalition include the ACLU of New Hampshire, Disability Rights Center of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative, New Hampshire Legal Assistance and Waypoint. The group’s “Keeping Kids in School” report recommends early intervention and increased behavioral health care to reduce the need to suspend and expel students.

non can cause these interactions to escalate. “There are some biases where students sometimes feel targeted, and the situation between staff and student may become a self-fulfilling prophecy … and the situation sort of snowballs,” said Wangerin. Misunderstanding of students’ behavioral or cognitive disabilities can affect staff interactions as well. Becky Whitley, policy director for the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative, said students with disabilities may react to discipline in different ways that teachers could misinterpret as aggression or defiance. “Many of those students [with disabilities] don’t respond to punishment in the same way other students might,” said Wangerin. “Again, with a lack of understanding … there’s a possibility that situation would be escalated.”

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Ken Page, interim executive director of the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, spent more than 20 years as a principal in Vermont. In that time, Page said, he only sent a student home if they created an unsafe environment for other students or faculty. “I haven’t found any principal who’s said, ‘You know, what I really want to do is suspend more kids,” said Page.“If it was really egregious, like a weapon violation or something … you need at least one day [of suspension] to clear the air.” Page said out-of-school suspensions are “harmful to kids,” and there’s inconsistency when it comes to how that type of discipline is applied. That’s why he worked with the Vermont legislature on school discipline reform during his time leading the Vermont Principals’ Association, which he intends to continue here. “We all know that suspensions have limited value for kids, and we’re also seeking a common-sense approach with clear standards for school behavior,” said Page. “We need to put an emphasis on relationships, an emphasis on who’s being harmed, and figure out the root causes.” Whitley highlighted a “dual solution” of increasing student and school support along with establishing discipline guidelines into state law. Currently, she said, there’s no statewide standard dictating when and how long students should be suspended, giving districts “unfettered discretion.” According to Whitley, the Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative has been working with the state to help schools develop or improve their “preventative framework” and support systems. She said this approach is outlined in the state’s latest 10-Year Mental Health Plan, with a recognition that addressing students’ mental health issues can help prevent the need for discipline in the first place. “Our interest is integrating the entire child health care system and ensuring kids with behavioral health needs are really getting the right kinds of services at the right cost and at the right time,” said Whitley.

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In the last few months, cases of the hepatitis A virus in New Hampshire have far surpassed the state’s recent annual averages. The Bureau of Infectious Disease Control reported 18 cases of HAV between Nov. 1, 2018, and Feb. 12, in what the agency is calling the “beginnings of an outbreak.” According to the bureau, HAV is a highly contagious virus that causes potentially fatal liver inflammation. The virus is spread by contact with objects, food or drinks contaminated by feces from an infected person. Benjamin Chan, state epidemiologist for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, said multiple other states have experienced “large outbreaks” of HAV in recent years. Since March 2017, the Centers for Disease Control has highlighted outbreaks in 16 states, including Massachusetts. An average of seven new cases of HAV each year have been reported across New Hampshire over the last five years. However, the bureau reported seven new infections just in January. As of Feb. 12, the bureau reported 14 of the 18 infected people have been hospitalized. None of the cases have been fatal.

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Symptoms of HAV can last weeks or months and include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, clay-colored bowel movements, joint pain and jaundice. The state requires health care providers to report cases of HAV to the Bureau of Infectious Disease Control within 24 hours of “diagnosis or suspicion of diagnosis.” Chan said the state then tries to identify any contact the infected person might have had with other people and ensure they receive post-exposure treatment. For this outbreak, Chan said, the spread of HAV has largely started in populations experiencing homelessness or substance use disorder. “People can be infected very easily in settings that may have poor sanitation or where people

may be sharing or passing around utensils or drug paraphernalia,” said Chan. “The virus can survive up to months on surfaces.” With outbreaks occurring around the country, Chan said New Hampshire’s rise in HAV was likely caused by someone traveling from out of state and bringing the infection with them. However, he said the state is more focused on prevention than on finding the source. “It’s unlikely we’re going to identify the ‘index case,’ or situation that might have introduced it in our population,” said Chan. “Our focus right now is identifying people who might have been in close contact who are susceptible … and prevent further transmission in higher-risk populations and raising general awareness.”

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According to the bureau, there is “no specific treatment” for HAV, though it is preventable with a vaccine. Chan recommends it for anyone, not just at-risk populations. “A single dose is estimated to be 95-percent effective … and that protection lasts up to 10 years,” said Chan. “Most vaccine series are two or three doses. The second or third doses are intended to produce long-term immunity.” Philip Alexakos, COO and deputy health officer of the Manchester Health Department, said the agency has been working with organizations that work with homeless populations or people with substance use disorder. To date, he said, the department has provided about 140 vaccinations to at-risk individuals in the area. “Vaccination is our best weapon, if you will, against increased infection in the community,” said Alexakos. “We certainly are getting that message out to those high-risk groups.” Alexakos added that the department is also reaching out to local food establishments about proper sanitation policies as an extra precaution. Nicole Losier, public health nurse supervisor at the Manchester Health Department, said the city and state are viewing the situation as the “early stages of an outbreak” and will continue to monitor the volume of cases.

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Why did you launch Signum? I was a tenured professor down at a small college in Maryland, and I was living across the border in Delaware. My own area of studies was medieval literature and J.R.R. Tolkien. I started, as a scholarly project, a podcast, which I called “Tolkien Professor.” It gathered a large following … and they kept asking me if I would consider offering classes and stuff that they could do online. … The thing, though, that led me to kind of take the plunge and start Signum was … the student debt issue. The school where I was teaching was a private liberal arts school with tuition like most private liberal arts schools have. It was kind of heartbreaking to see the English majors who were studying with me graduate with $80,000 or $100,000 worth of debt. … I realized that by creating an institution [that] operated completely without a physical campus … you really could make a huge difference. It really would be possible to create a situation where you could offer courses that people could actually afford. … For a regular, three-credit course, our tuition is $650. It’s 12 courses for our master’s degree, so the full tuition would cost $7,800.

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How do you hope to grow the university? In a lot of ways, the one small program that we have has always been intended to be a proof of concept. It’s not like this is all we ever want to do. … My own initiative to do this was to sort of have a broader impact on higher education … and I think we have a model that really works, that really serves as a viable alternative to the traditional model for higher education. I don’t plan to necessarily just keep that focus within one small niche. … We’re beginning some children’s programs, and some other things are coming down the pipe. We’re hoping to be able to have some broader educational programs and things that we’ll be able to make available, either for free or for very, very low tuition. … We’re planning toward, within the next few years, launching an undergraduate program. When we do … the full-time tuition will be about $7,000 per year. — Scott Murphy

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Mixed on mental health

New Hampshire received mixed results in the latest State of Mental Health report from Mental Health America. The study examined prevalence of mental illness and access to care across 15 categories. Overall, New Hampshire placed 10th in the nation, ranking third for the state of youth mental health and sixth for access to care. However, the Granite State fell to 27th for adult mental health and 36th for overall prevalence of mental illness. QOL Score: 0 Comment: New England was well-represented in the report’s overall top 10, with Maine (2) and Massachusetts (3) ranking behind Minnesota for the top spot. Vermont (5) and Connecticut (6) also fared well, while Rhode Island fell to 17th on the list.

Slacking on civics

Most residents in 49 states, including New Hampshire, would fail the U.S. Citizenship Test, according to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The group provided 41,000 Americans with the test, which covers U.S. history and government. In New Hampshire, 57 percent of respondents received an “F,” while only 5 percent earned an “A.” Including both “D” and “F” grades, 74 percent of Granite Staters received a below-average score. In Vermont, 47 percent of respondents received an “F,” making it the only state where a majority of participants passed. Louisiana had the worst performance, with 73 percent of respondents failing the test. QOL Score: -1 Comment: If you want to check your own civics knowledge, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offers a free, multiple choice practice test online. It’s easier than the actual test, though. According to the bureau, an interviewer will ask applicants 10 questions from a list of 100 questions. They need to answer six correctly in English to pass. For the practice test, visit my.uscis.gov/prep/test/civics.

Stingy spending

Support for public universities and financial aid programs is low in New Hampshire, according to the annual “Grapevine” higher education report from Illinois State University. For the 2018-19 school year, New Hampshire budgeted $128.5 million to support higher ed, ranking ahead of only Vermont ($95.5 million). For Fiscal Year 2019, the Granite State had the lowest per capita higher ed spending at $94.76 per person. No other state spent less than $100 per person. QOL Score: -1 Comment: The university reported that 26 states spend at least $1 billion on higher ed. Combined, all 50 states spend about $91.5 billion. For 2018-19, the national average for higher ed appropriations was $280.24 per person.

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People with disabilities in New Hampshire work at a higher rate than most other states, according to a report from the Institute on Disability at UNH. Of the 84,234 “working-age” people with disabilities in the Granite State, the Institute found that 42.8 percent are employed. That ranks 15th in the nation and above the national rate of 37 percent. However, the study also found that disability employment in New Hampshire dropped by 676 jobs over the last year. QOL Score: 0 Comment: New Hampshire ranked second in New England behind Vermont, which placed sixth with 47.2 percent disability employment. Rhode Island (19th), Connecticut (21st) and Massachusetts (27th) fell toward the middle of the pack, while Maine’s rate of 35.1 percent landed the state 36th in the nation. QOL Score: 52 Net change: -2 QOL this week: 50 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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edge of Paul’s activity you’re likely gullible enough to put on a MAGA hat and believe Trump saying a billion times, “I’ll get Mexico to pay for that wall.” As Sigmund Freud famously once said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” But is the torn groin muscle that sidelined Vladimir James for seven weeks the opening act in his decline? The first sign for any athlete is significant injuries happening frequently and taking longer to recover. Keep an eye on that. Has any team ever had back-to-backto-back drafts like Seattle/Oak City going Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden in the second, fourth and third overall spots respectively between 2007 and 2009? In Tom Heinsohn, KC Jones and Bill Russell the Celtics drafted three Hall of Famers in 1956, but no team has taken three future MVP’s like that. Speaking of famers, yes on the candidacies of ex-Celtic/Sun Paul Westphal and Milwaukee teammates Sidney Moncrief and Marques Johnson. I love Bobby Jones, who goes into the Teammate Hall and as a college player at UNC, but no for the NBA. Jack Sikma, maybe next year. Never saw Westphal? YouTube the triple-OT Game 5 in the 1976 Final. He made physical and mental plays against the C’s that were unbelievable. One last thought. Chris Webber — are they drunk? If Philly’s new trade acquisition is so good, how come Tobias Harris keeps getting traded? He’s 26 and has already been with the Bucks, Magic, Pistons, Clippers and now Philly. Boy, was I wrong about the Kawhi Leonard for Jayson Tatum and/or Jaylen Brown trade rumors last summer. The sticking point was (and still is) the impending free agent offered no guarantee beyond 2018-19. But I forgot how good he is. Neither Brown nor Tatum will be as good. Keep that in mind when the AD talks heat up again. From the Now I’ve Heard Everything department comes Tatum’s new sneakers that he says are snug as a glove despite having no laces. They fit around the foot with

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ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Breakthrough Manchester at the Derryfield School 2108 River Road, Manchester, 641-9426, breakthroughmanchester.org What: Program offering challenging academics in the morning taught by college students, followed by extracurricular activities in the afternoon. Who: Sixth-grade students attending a Manchester middle school, with priority to those who have limited access to summer enrichment opportunities When: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 2 (applications are due by Feb. 21) Cost: Free (includes transportation to and from the school, as well as breakfast and lunch HIPPO | FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2019 | PAGE 12

College Preparation; Find Your Voice – Jump Start Your College Essay The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 6419426, derryfield.org/page/summer/college-prep What: This intensive writing workshop is designed to create a space for 11th- and 12th-graders to begin the creative process of drafting their college essay. Students will learn to find ways to uncover their unique stories and draft an essay that truly reflects their values and life experiences. On the final day of the workshop, a college admissions officer will provide the college perspective on the personal statement and read essay drafts. Who: Students entering grades 11 and 12 When: Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., dates offered June 10 to June 14 Cost: $375 Kumon Math & Reading Center 128 S. River Road, Bedford, 505 W. Hollis St., No. 103, Nashua, 897-6194; 95 Brewery Lane, No. 8, Portsmouth, 427-8456; kumon.com What: An independent after-school learning program for kids to freshen up their skills in math and reading. Topics covered in math include counting and number sequencing, fractions, order of operations, algebra, trigonometry and calculus, while topics covered in reading

include vocabulary, phonics, sentence building and reading comprehension. Who: preschool through high school When: The Bedford center is open Monday and Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m. The Nashua center is open Wednesday, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m. The Portsmouth center is open Monday and Thursday, from 3:45 to 7 p.m. Cost: Varies; call your individual center for details

students will study math and science using resources at UNH. Topics include biotechnology and nanotechnology, space science, and marine and environmental science. Students who complete the program will earn four UNH credits. Who: Grades 10 and 11 When: Sunday, July 7, through Friday, Aug. 2; weekend stay not mandatory Cost: $3,900 including weekends; $3,400 for those not participating in weekend program

Mathnasium of North Manchester Northside Plaza, 1 Bicentennial Drive, Manchester, 644-1234, mathnasium.com/ northmanchester What: A combination of mathematics studies and math-themed games. Who: Boys and girls entering grades 2 through 6. When: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, June 17 through June 28 and July 8 through July 19. Mathnasium also offers package sessions for use by all ages (grades 2 through 12) throughout the summer during regular hours. Cost: $349 per two-week session

Revolutionary Kids Camp American Independence Museum, 1 Governors Lane, Exeter, 772-2622, independencemuseum.org What: A full-day living history experience in which each child assumes the role of a real 18th-century Exeter resident, complete with colonial clothing. At the end of the week, campers are invited to show off what they learned at the American Independence Festival. Who: Ages 9 to 11 When: Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: Ranges from $260 to $295 for the week, depending on the camper’s membership status

Project SMART University of New Hampshire, 46 College Road, Durham, 862-3205, smart.unh.edu What: A residential summer institute where

SAT/ACT Preparation The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 6419426, derryfield.org/page/summer/college-prep What: Students will learn the universal strat-

Young Hacks Academy The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 6419426, younghacks.com What: A blend of computer programming, problem-solving and teamwork, this camp teaches kids to build cool video games about big challenges facing us on local and global levels. Campers also head outside daily for unplugged games like treasure hunts, riddle relays and chain tag. No programming experience is required. Programs include â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agent Trainingâ&#x20AC;? (grades 5 through 7), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beta Mastersâ&#x20AC;? (grades 7 through 9) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Team Elektraâ&#x20AC;? (grades 6 and 7). Who: Grades 5 through 9 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday at various dates depending on the difficulty level, dates offered July 8 through July 26 Cost: $375 per week

ART Creative Ventures Fine Art 411 Nashua St., Milford, 672-2500, creativeventuresfineart.com What: This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sessions include an Art Inspirations summer camp, in which campers will create a variety of art styles, projects and themes using inspiration from nature, imagination, photographs, life and some famous artists. Beginners and experienced students are all welcome. Who: Ages 9 to 14 When: Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon, dates offered July 29 through Aug. 2 Cost: $150 Currier Art Center 180 Pearl St., Manchester, 669-6144, ext. 122, currier.org What: Campers choose from a variety of themed art camps, including Out of Africa, I Got the Music in Me, Candyland, Enchanted Forest, Caped Crusaders, Down on the Farm and Snow Day. Who: Ages 5 through 12 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon for ages 5 and 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 6 through 12, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: $285 for a full-day week, $170 for a half-day week Gate City Charter School for the Arts 7 Henry Clay Drive, Merrimack, 943-5273, gatecitycharterschool.org What: Programs include a three-day observational drawing workshop that features an exploration of nature at Bensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park in Hudson; a two-day acrylic painting workshop in which students are introduced to color mixing and the use of value; and a sewing by hand workshop, in which students learn several basic stitches and how to sew a button. Who: Varies, but general age range is 8 to 16 When: Most sessions run

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon., beginning July 8 Cost: Varies; call for details Kimball Jenkins School of Art 266 N. Main St., Concord, 225-3932, kimballjenkins.com/ summer-arts-camp What: Campers create works of art with different media, such as paint, clay and more, in a studio setting and outdoors. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s themes TBA Who: Ages 6 and up When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered July 8 through Aug. 16 Cost: $275 per week ($255 for members) NHIA Pre-College Summer Program New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord St., Manchester, 836-2561, nhia.edu/precollege What: Two-week residency program for high school students that includes college-level courses, field trips, faculty discussions and lectures by top artists. Campers will refine and expand their portfolios and can take part in mock interviews and portfolio reviews with faculty members, who will offer valuable feedback. Campers who complete the program are eligible to earn three college credits. Who: High school juniors and seniors ages 15 to 19 When: Monday through Friday, dates offered July 14 to July 26 Cost: $2,350, plus a $30 application fee. Applications are accepted through July 1 Painted Turtle Art Camp The Nature of Things, 10 Groton Road, Nashua, 881-4815, paintedturtleartstudio.com What: Campers participate in innovative art projects, like drawing, painting, toy/mechanical building, jewelry design, woodworking, fiber arts and more. Who: Ages 6 through 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Starts at $330 per week (includes all supplies). Extended care is also available at an additional cost. Spark Makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Camp Spark Creative Studios, 865 Second St., Manchester, 232-1151, mysparkstudios.com What: Campers will be taught to use basic hand and power tools in creating their own oneof-a-kind pieces. Projects will include string art, trophy shelf and more. Who: Ages 5 and up When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., beginning the week of June 17 Cost: $200 per week Studio 550 Kids Art Camp Studio 550 Community Art Center, 550 Elm St., Manchester, 232-5597, 550arts.com What: Programs include pottery and wheel throwing for older kids, clay sculpting for younger kids, and other mixed media art projects and activities. Who: Ages 7 and up When: Daytime camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week; dates offered June 24 through Aug. 9 Cost: $295 for the whole day for the whole week, or $175 for a half-day (either 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m.) Wild Summer Camps Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis, 4659453, wildsalamander.com

What: A variety of art camps that cover several art media working within a theme or concept. Who: Age 4 through Grade 6 When: Runs weekly, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 9 Cost: Starts at $150 per half-day week

DANCE Concord Dance Academy 26 Commercial St., Concord, 226-0200, concorddanceacademy.com What: Camps teach a variety of dance styles, including tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, ballet, tumbling and musical theater. Other activities include arts and crafts, nature walks, scavenger hunts and field trips. Mini Camp is a half-day program for kids ages 3 to 5. Recreational Camp (ages 4 to 12) teaches dance with an emphasis on physical exercise and includes recreational activities. Intensive Camp (ages 8 to 13) is for serious dancers looking to challenge themselves. Who: Ages 3 through 13 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (9 a.m. to noon for Mini Camp), dates offered July 15 through July 19, and July 22 through July 26 Cost: $250 per week, $150 per week for Mini Camp; individual days available at $50 for a full day or $30 for a half day Fairy Tale Dance Camp Dimensions in Dance, 84 Myrtle St., Manchester, 668-4196, dimensionsindance.com What: A fun and creative camp in which each day has a different fairy tale theme. Campers will enjoy daily dance classes, crafts, games, activities, stories and creative role play. Previous dance experience is not required. Who: Ages 3 to 6 When: Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 19, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $175 regular tuition; $150 if registered by March 1 Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater 19 Harvey Road, Bedford, 625-9272, snhdt.org What: Programs include the Princess Camp (girls ages 3 through 5), the Young Dancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Program (ages 6 through 12) for beginner and intermediate dancers, and a three-week Summer Intensive (ages 10+) for serious dancers looking to challenge themselves. Who: Girls ages 3 and up When: Sessions run various days/weeks from Tuesday, July 9, through Saturday, Aug. 10 Cost: $160 for Princess Camp, $175 for Young Dancers; Intensive ranges from $550 to $1,250, depending on number of weeks Summer Dance Camp I Dimensions in Dance, 84 Myrtle St., Manchester, 668-4196, dimensionsindance.com What: Campers will have daily dance classes, including ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, acro-jazz, theater and stretching, as well as crafts, games and other activities. A field trip to an aerial silks class is included. Previous dance experience is not required. Who: Ages 6 to 9 When: Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 19, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $275 regular tuition; $250 if registered by March 1

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Camp Kettleford 26 Camp Allen Road, Bedford, hosted by Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, 888-474-9686, girlscoutsgwm.org What: Set on 30 wooded acres on the shore of Sebbins Pond, this traditional day camp features swimming, boating, archery, cooking out, horseback riding, day trips and more. Who: Girls in grades K to 12 When: Camp runs Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered July 8 through Aug. 23. Cost: $240 per week

Summer Dance Camp II Dimensions in Dance, 84 Myrtle St., Manchester, 668-4196, dimensionsindance.com What: Campers will have daily dance classes, including ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, acro-jazz, theater and stretching, as well as crafts, games and other activities. A field trip to an aerial silks class is included. Previous dance experience is not required. Who: Ages 9 to 13 When: Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $275 regular tuition; $250 if registered by March 1 Summer Dance Intensive Dimensions in Dance, 84 Myrtle St., Manchester, 668-4196, dimensionsindance.com What: A professional dance intensive offering high-caliber classes from faculty and prestigious guest teachers. Dancers will have several daily classes, including ballet, pointe, variations, jazz, modern, lyrical, theater dance, acro-jazz, stretching, yoga and pilates. Field trips will include an aerial silks class and water ballet. Previous dance experience is required. Who: Ages 11 and up When: Sessions are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered July 29 through Aug. 2, and Aug. 5 through Aug. 9 Cost: Early-bird registration is $350 for one week and $650 for two weeks through March 1; regular tuition is $375 for one week and $675 for two weeks after March 1

GENERAL INTEREST Barbara C. Harris Episcopal Camp 108 Wally Stone Lane, Greenfield, 547-3400, bchcenter.org What: Traditional overnight camps (grades 4 through 9), day camp (grades K through 3) and family camp feature activities like archery, a climbing wall, canoeing, arts and crafts, swimming and games, as well as daily worship and Bible studies. High school overnight camps (grades 9 through 12) focus on building community and leadership. Who: Grades K and up When: Sessions run Sunday through Friday, day camps run 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., dates offered June 30 through Aug. 2 Cost: Call for details Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Hampshire Locations in Andover, Concord, Contoocook, Franklin, Laconia, Suncook, Warner and Weare, 224-1061, centralnhclubs.org What: Centers offer general camps and specialty camps, including Kinder Camp, Sports Camp, Art Cam, Bon Appetit Camp and more. Who: Grades K to 8 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $135 to $200 per week Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua 1 Positive Place, Nashua; Camp Doucet, Ridge Road, Nashua; 883-1074, bgcn.com/programs/ camp-programs What: Campers at Kids Club Summer Camp (ages 5 to 9) will participate in field trips, math and English classes, cooking, arts and crafts, science, dance, computers and cognitive art, and will have access to game tables, an outdoor HIPPO | FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2019 | PAGE 14

Camp Lovewell in Nashua. Courtesy photo.

Camp Gottalikeachallenge in Wolfeboro. Courtesy photo.

playground and gym time. Activities at Camp Doucet (ages 6 to 13) include swimming, outdoor adventures, athletics, arts and crafts, field trips and more. Who: Ages 5 through 13; membership required When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Kids Club, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for Doucet, beginning the week of June 24 Cost: Call for details

Camp Carpenter 300 Blondin Road, Manchester; hosted by Daniel Webster Council, Boy Scouts of America, 625-6431, nhscouting.org What: Campers will enjoy outdoor activities such as swimming, archery, BB guns, STEM projects, boating, crafts and field sports. Overnight and day options available. Who: Boys and girls entering grades 1 through 5 When: Overnight sessions offered Sunday through Thursday, from June 23 through Aug. 8. Day sessions offered Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Ranges depending on the session type

Boys & Girls Club of Manchester Camp Foster, Kidz Camp and Summer teen program, 54 Camp Allen Road, Bedford; Union Street Clubhouse, 555 Union St., Manchester; 6255031, begreatmanchester.org What: Activities at Camp Foster include swimming, playground time, arts and crafts, field games, athletics, hiking, boating and canoeing. Campers at Kidz Kamp (grades K and 1) and in the summer teen program (grades 8 through 12) will participate in similar activities and attend Camp Foster each afternoon. Who: Grades K through 12; membership required ($25) When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 30 Cost: Ranges from $135 to $140 per week, plus a $25 membership fee ($10 membership fee only for the Summer Teen program). Brentwood Recreation Day Camp 190 Route 125, Brentwood, hosted by the Brentwood Parks & Recreation Department, 642-6400, brentwoodnh.gov/recreation What: Traditional day camp with activities like weekly field trips, water and non-water games, arts and crafts, team-building activities, yoga and more. Who: Kids entering grades 1 through 6 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16 (no camp on July 4 or July 5) Cost: Call for details; registration is open now for residents and will open on March 1 for non-residents Camp 603 507 Hall St., Bow, 568-8107, camp603.com What: Activities include trips to Lake Winnisquam for waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing and other water sports; Mount Major, Mount Cardigan and other local mountains for days of hiking; and Hampton Beach for beach trips, swimming and more. Who: Ages 10 to 17 When: Weekly sessions run from Monday through Friday, dates offered July 8 through Aug. 9 Cost: Starts at $500 per week

Camp Coolio New Boston Central School, 15 Central School Road, New Boston, hosted by the New Boston Parks & Recreation Department, 487-2880, newbostonnh.gov What: Activities include field trips, sports, games, crafts and more. There are eight themed weeks, like Journey Around the World, Chef Week, Inventorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Workshop and Campâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got Talent. Who: Kids ages 6 to 12 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16 Cost: $45 per day or $200 per week C.A.M.P. Easterseals Camp Carpenter, 300 Blondin Road, Manchester, 364-5818, easterseals.com/nh What: A fully inclusive co-ed day camp experience that operates at Camp Carpenter. Who: Kids entering grades 2 through 6 with disabilities or special needs. When: Sessions are Monday through Friday, dates offered July 1 through July 26 Cost: Call for details Camp Gottalikeachallenge Brewster Academy, 80 Academy Drive, Wolfeboro, 868-2140; Southern NH University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, 1-800-668-1249; nh-di.org What: Adventures in problem-solving, handson learning and challenging activities. Campers will develop creativity, critical thinking, leadership, confidence and teamwork. One-week day or overnight sessions offered. Day camps will be at Southern New Hampshire University; overnight camps will be at Brewster Academy. Who: Ages 9 through 14 for the day camp, and 10 through 14 for the overnight camp When: Sessions run Sunday through Friday, offered July 22 through July 26, Aug. 4 through Aug. 9 for Session 1 of the overnight camp, and Aug. 11 through Aug. 16 for Session 2 of the overnight camp Cost: $350 for the day camp and $775 for the overnight camp

Camp Lincoln 67 Ball Road, Kingston, 6423361, ymcacamplincoln.org, hosted by Southern District YMCA, sdymca.org What: Activities at the traditional day camps include swimming, sports, nature exploration, arts and crafts, archery, boating, ropes courses, pottery and mountain biking. Campers at overnight adventure trips camp (ages 11 to 15) will spend five days and nights visiting beaches, mountains and urban areas. Specialty camps (grades 4 through 8) are offered for cooking, jewelry-making, fishing and more. Who: Age 3 through grade 9 When: Sessions run various days/weeks from June through August. See website. Cost: Sessions start at $255 per week

Camp Lovewell The Nature of Things, 10 Groton Road, Nashua, 881-4815, camplovewell.com What: Campers will enjoy hiking, field games and sports, swimming, skits and songs, kayaking, arts and crafts, a ropes course and more. A horseback riding package is also available. Who: Ages 6 through 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $310 to $320 per week

Camp Mowkawogan Camp Spaulding, 210 Bog Road, Concord, hosted by Concord Family YMCA, 290-7001, concordymca.org What: Traditional camp with boating, swimming, science, music, sports, arts and crafts, nature awareness and more. Who: Grades 1 through 8 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $110 to $165

Camp Ponemah Hampshire Hills Athletic Club, 50 Emerson Road, Milford, 673-7123, ext. 272, hampshirehills.com What: Day camps feature activities like swimming, tennis, weekly field trips, crafts, dance parties, playgrounds, trails, games and more. Who: Campers entering kindergarten through seventh grade. A full-day camp for teenagers called Troop T is available for campers entering grades 8 through 10, and there is also a half-day camp for 2- to 5-year-olds When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; sessions for ages 2 through 5 run Monday/ Wednesday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Varies. Sibling discounts available

Camp Seawood 350 Banfield Road, Portsmouth, hosted by Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, 888-474-9686, girlscoutsgwm.org What: Set among pine forests, wetlands

and wildlife, this traditional day camp features archery, cooking out, horseback riding, day trips, nature hikes and more. Who: Girls in grades K through 10 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered July 8 through Aug. 16 Cost: $240 per week or $460 per two-week session Camp Souhegan Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford, 672-1002, svbgc.org What: Daily camp activities include swimming, theater arts, science and STEM programs, cooking, sports, dance and more, all centered around a different theme each week. Who: Grades K through 10 When: Weekly sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 24 Cost: $45 per day or $190 per week Camp Squeaky Sneakers Concord Family YMCA, 15 N. State St., Concord, 228-9622, concordymca.org What: Open to kindergartners, this program gives kids a chance to get a summer camp experience in a safe atmosphere of organized play at the YMCA with other campers of the same age. Throughout the summer, campers will also take field trips to state parks across New Hampshire and to Camp Spaulding every week. Who: Boys and girls in kindergarten When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $110 to $165, depending on number of days and camper’s membership status Camp Starfish 12 Camp Monomonac Road, Rindge, 899-9590, campstarfish.org What: Camp Starfish provides structured, nurturing and fun group programs to foster the success and growth of children with emotional, behavioral or learning problems. Who: Children ages 7 to 14; up to age 17 for returning campers When: Day and overnight sessions run Monday to Friday, dates from June 23 to Aug. 23 Cost: Rates vary depending on type of camp Camp Whispering Pines 386 Meredith Neck Road, Meredith, hosted by Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, 888-4749686, girlscoutsgwm.org What: Set on 110 acres of forest on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, this traditional day camp features swimming, boating, archery, cooking out, hiking, day trips and more. Who: Girls entering kindergarten through 8th grade When: Monday, Aug. 5, through Friday, Aug. 9 Cost: Ranges from $200 to $225 per week Camp Witzel Peter Woodbury School, 180 County Road, Bedford, hosted by the Bedford Parks & Recreation Department, 472-5242, bedfordreconline.com What: A traditional day camp with activities like arts and crafts, sports, swimming and Wednesday field trips. Each week is themed; different themes include Red, White and Blue, Splashtacular, Imaginarium, Fabulous Fair and

more. Who: Ages 6 to 13 When: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 9 (no camp on July 4) Cost: Ranges from $90 to $215, depending on the number of days per week and the camper’s resident status Candia Springs Adventure Camps Candia Springs Adventure Park, 446 Raymond Road, Candia, 587-2093, candiasprings.com/camps What: Campers can enjoy all that the park has to offer by participating in themed weeks that focus on education, environment, exploration and leadership. Themes include Archery, Makers Week, Outdoor Living Skills and more. Who: Ages 8 to 13 When: Weekly sessions run Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16 Cost: Ranges from $225 to $275 per week ($100 registration fee) Concord Parks and Recreation City Wide Community Center, 14 Canterbury Road, Concord, 225-8690, concordnh.gov What: Programs include Stay & Play Camp (grades 1 through 5), in which kids enjoy swimming, tennis, arts and crafts, field games and more, and Adventure Camp (grades 3 through 8), in which campers will go on four-day trips to beaches, theme parks, hiking and kayaking destinations and more. Specialty camps for various sports, cooking, farming, Lego and video are also offered. Who: Grades 1 through 8 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 16 Cost: $135/week for Concord residents and $145/week for non-residents for Stay & Play Camp; $175/week for Concord residents and $185/week for non-residents for Adventure Camp Educational Farm Camp Educational Farm at Joppa Hill, 174 Joppa Hill Road, Bedford, 472-4724, theeducationalfarm.org What: Campers will learn about animals, work in the garden, take nature hikes and help with farm chores. Who: Ages 4 through 11 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, half days for ages 4 and 5 from 9 a.m. to noon, and full days for ages 6 through 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 16 Cost: $135/half-day week, $250/full-day week IMAGINE Camps New Morning Schools, 23 Back River Road, Bedford, 669-3591, newmorningschools.com What: Campers will enjoy daily STEM experiments and exploration, a Lego club, gym games, sports skills and drills, studio art projects, fitness challenges and more. Preschool summer camps are also available, which include daily opportunities for games, crafts, songs and outdoor fun. Who: Grades K through 6; preschool camp is for children ages 3 through 5 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for preschool camp; dates are from June 10 through Aug. 23 Cost: $250 per week or $60 per day, plus extended care fees

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Manchester Fun in the Sun JFK Memorial Coliseum, Livingston Park (Dorrs Pond House), and Piscataquog River Park, hosted by Manchester Parks & Recreation, 624-6444, Manchesternh.gov/ Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Programs/ Youth-Programs What: Day camp includes playground activities, arts and crafts, reading, tennis, STEM activities and local field trips. Who: Manchester residents ages 6 through 12 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., dates offered July 8 to Aug. 16 Cost: Free Melody Pines Day Camp 510 Corning Road, Manchester, 669-9414, melodypines.com What: Traditional day camp with activities like swimming, boating, water skiing, archery, arts and crafts, frisbee golf, treasure hunts and more. Who: Ages 5 through 13 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: $230/week, plus a $30 registration fee Nashua Parks and Recreation Various Nashua locations, 589-3370, nashuanh.gov/534/ Summer-Camps What: Week-long camps are offered throughout the summer in a variety of areas, including science, basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, archery, soccer and music. Who: Ages 7 and up When: Full-day camps run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; half-day camps run from 9 a.m. to noon, 2019 dates TBA Cost: Ranges from about $70 to $130 per program Naticook Summer Day Camp Wasserman Park, 116 Naticook Road, Merrimack, hosted by Merrimack Parks & Recreation, 882-1046, merrimackparksandrec.org/naticook What: Campers enjoy swimming, boating, drama, group games, archery, nature exploration, sports, arts and crafts, special events and more. Who: Ages 4 through 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: $225/week for residents, $275/week for non-residents New Hampshire SPCA New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Learning Center, 104 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham, 772-2921, nhspca.org What: Campers will interact with animals and participate in service projects, crafts, games and more. Who: Ages 6 through 15 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (half days for ages 6 through 8 are 9 a.m. to noon, or 1 to 4 p.m.), offered various weeks from June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $195 to $325 per week, depending on the number of days. Registration begins April 1. North End Montessori School 698 Beech St., Manchester, 621-9011, northendmontessori. com What: Programs include a Culinary Arts Camp, a Theater Arts Camp, and a Medieval Era-themed summer session. Who: Ages 6 to 13 When: Dates offered June 24 through July 5 for the Culinary Arts Camp and July 8 through HIPPO | FEBRUARY 21 - 27, 2019 | PAGE 16

cooking activities, games, movement exercise, geocaching and much more, all intended to encourage the childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creativity and imagination. Who: Kindergarten through grade 8 When: Two-week sessions run Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: $310 per week

Nashua Parks & Recreation. Courtesy photo.

July 19 for the Theater Arts Camp Cost: Varies depending on the type of program, the amount of days per session and the amount of hours per day Pelham Parks & Recreation Pelham Veterans Memorial Park, 109 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Pelham; Elmer G. Raymond Memorial Park Lodge, 35 Keyes Hill Road, Pelham, 635-2721, pelhamweb.com/recreation What: Summer Camp (ages 6 through 13, Veterans Park) and Tots Summer Playground Camp (ages 3 through 5, Raymond Park) feature activities like nature walks, arts and crafts, games, treasure hunts, mock Olympics, water play, field trips, mountain biking, kayaking and swimming. Who: Ages 3 through 13 When: Summer Camp sessions run Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Tots Camp runs Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dates offered for both camps are July 9 through Aug. 15 Cost: Varies depending on age, residency and session duration; call for details. Play-Well TEKnologies Summer LEGO Camps Locations in Bow, Franklin and New Boston, play-well.org What: Campers use tens of thousands of LEGO parts to build engineer-designed projects such as trains, helicopters, tree houses and beam bridges. Other more challenging building opportunities include gear cars, merry-go-rounds and scissor lifts. Who: Ages 5 to 12 When: Session days and times vary depending on the location, but general date range is July 8 through Aug. 16 Cost: $140 Strawbery Banke Museum Camps 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, 433-1100, strawberybanke.org What: Campers will explore the 10-acre outdoor history museum and participate in activities led by professional crafters, archaeologists, character role-players, curators and historians. Who: Ages 5 to 17 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (9 a.m. to noon for half-day camps), offered various weeks from July 8 through Aug. 19 Cost: Ranges from $125 to $600, depending on the camp and the camperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s membership status. There is also a 10 percent Early Bird discount for each camp registration before March 1. SummerQuest at World Academy 138 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, 888-1982, worldacademynh.com What: Programs include arts and crafts,

TREK Adventures Camp Various locations, hosted by Merrimack Parks & Recreation, 882-1046, merrimackparksandrec.org/ trek-adventures What: The program features a mix of traditional summer camp activities along with three weekly field trips exploring destinations across New England. On Mondays and Fridays each week, campers participate in traditional activities including sports, games and team-building challenges. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays each week, campers will head out on daily field trip adventures to places like Hampton Beach, Canobie Lake Park in Salem and Water Country in Portsmouth. Who: Grades 6 through 11 When: Seven sessions run Monday through Friday, from June 24 through Aug. 9 Cost: $270/week for residents, $320/week for non-residents UNH Youth Programs and Camps University of New Hampshire, Thompson Hall, 105 Main St., Durham, 862-7227, unh.edu/ youthprograms What: More than 50 programs offered for academic enrichment, creative arts, athletics, STEM and traditional camp recreation. See website for a full list. Who: Boys and girls ages 5 and up When: Various dates/ times from June through August Cost: Varies depending on the program Wicked Cool for Kids Summer Camps Locations in Alton, Durham, Hopkinton, Merrimack and Nashua, wickedcoolforkids.com What: Programs include Dinos vs. Robots, Wicked Cool Med School, Rocket Science, Lego Robotics, Minecraft Mania and more. Who: Kids entering grades K through 5 When: Varies by location; see local recreation department websites Cost: Varies by location and program YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown Branch of The Granite YMCA, 116 Goffstown Back Road, Goffstown, 497-4663, graniteymca.org/ daycamp What: Camp Halfmoon (ages 6 to 10) and Camp Quartermoon (ages 4 and 5) feature activities like archery, swimming, creative arts, sports and field trips to state parks and beaches. Other programs include Teen X Camp (ages 11 to 14), in which kids participate in kayaking, hiking, cooking and fitness classes. In Adventure Camp (ages 10 to 17), campers will participate in outdoor activities like hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and more. In Discovery Camp (ages 6 to 11), campers will care for a garden, do STEM activities and go on field trips to state parks. At Teen Road Trip Camp (ages 11 to 15), campers will travel to fun attractions around northern New England. There are also gymnastics camps (ages 4 to 18) and tennis camps (ages 6 to 15).

Who: Ages 4 to 18 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, offered various dates from June 17 through Aug. 30 Cost: Varies; call for details

YMCA of Downtown Manchester Branch of The Granite YMCA, 30 Mechanic St., Manchester, 232-8632, graniteymca.org/camps What: Programs include sports camps like track and field, flag football, basketball (for ages 6 to 14), a Discovering the Arts camp (for ages 6 to 14), a STEM education camp (for ages 7 to 12), and a Teen Road Trip camp (for ages 11 to 15), in which campers travel to fun attractions across northern New England. Who: Ages 6 to 15 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 30 Cost: Varies; call for details

YMCA of Greater Londonderry Branch of The Granite YMCA, 206 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 437-9622, graniteymca.org/camps What: Camp Pa-Gon-Ki is a traditional day camp featuring creative arts, fort-building, archery, swimming, sports, theater, nature and adventure. Camps for teens include a trip camp, where campers will travel to fun attractions around New England, and a leadership development program. There will also be half-day skill development specialty camps (grades 1 through 5) including flag football, lacrosse, FIT camp and multi-sports offered at Griffin Park in Windham. Who: Ages 5 to 16 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 24 Cost: Varies; call for details

YMCA of Greater Nashua Nashua YMCA Branch, 24 Stadium Drive, Nashua, 882-2011; Merrimack YMCA Branch, 6 Henry Clay Drive, Merrimack, 881-7778; Camp Sargent, 141 Camp Sargent Road, Merrimack, 880-4845; nmymca.org What: Camp Sargent (5 to 16) is held on Lake Naticook and includes a traditional day camp and a variety of specialty camps. The Merrimack Branch day camps include Young Explorers (age 3 through grade K), a creative arts camp called Camp Create (grades 1 through 6), and specialty sports camps (grades 1 through 6). The Nashua Branch day camps include Little Investigators (ages 3 through 5), Camp Create (ages 3 through 5, grades 6 through 12), The Quest teen camp (ages 12 through 16), and The Guides leadership camp (grades 9 and 10). Who: Ages 3+ When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for ages 3 through 5), various dates offered throughout the summer beginning in June. Single days are also available for select weeks Cost: 2019 registration information TBA

YMCA of the Seacoast Branch of The Granite YMCA, 550 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth, 431-2334, graniteymca.org/camps What: Camp Gundalow (ages 5 to 13) features nature exploration, swimming, a ropes course, sports, creative arts, dancing, fort-building, team-building activities, archery and more. There is also a four-week Leader in Training program for teens, introducing them to becoming leaders through effective communication, team-building and behavior

management techniques. Who: Ages 5 to 16 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: Varies; call for details YMCA of Strafford County Branch of The Granite YMCA, 35 Industrial Way, Rochester; Camp Coney Pine, 49 Lowell St., Rochester; 332-7334, graniteymca.org/camps What: Camp Coney Pine (ages 5 to 12) includes archery, creative arts, dance, group games, a ropes course, swimming, sports, fort-building and more. Camp Cocheco (ages 5 to 14) includes sports, creative arts, games, STEM activities, dance, and field trips to Camp Coney Pine for swimming, the ropes course and more outdoor fun. There is also an Explorers Teen Trip Camp (ages 12 to 14) and a Counselor-in-Training program for young adults ages 15 and 16 that is designed to teach leadership skills Who: Ages 5 to 16 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: Varies; call for details

MEDIA & WRITING Concord Community TV 170 Warren St., Concord, 226-8872, yourconcordtv.org What: Programs include a Beginner Video Camp, in which students will be introduced to the basic concepts of video production and given the opportunity to produce their own videos and short films; an Advanced Video Camp, in which students dive into the world of multimedia production, stop-motion animation and video game creation; and a camp focused solely on filmmaking. Students will watch other films for inspiration, storyboard their ideas and create videos that will air on Public Channel 22 and will be posted on Concord Community TV’s Facebook page. Who: Ages 9 to 14 When: All sessions run Monday through Friday, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Dates offered are July 8 to July 12 and July 22 to July 26 for Beginner Video Camp (choose one week); Aug. 5 to Aug. 9 for Advanced Video Camp; and Aug. 19 to Aug. 23 for the Youth Filmmaking Camp Cost: Ranges from $100 to $145 per session, depending on the program and the camper’s residential status Londonderry Access Center Media Camps 281 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 432-1100, lactv.com What: At Beginner Media Camp (grades 5 through 8), campers will learn all aspects of video production, produce their own TV shows, and have a screening for friends and families at the end of the session. There is also an Advanced Media Camp (for students in grade 6 through 9), in which students will take the next step to build on the skills they learned in Beginner Media Camp. When: Beginner Media Camp is Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., July 15 to July 26. Advanced Media Camp is Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aug. 5 to Aug. 9. Participants must be able to attend the entire program they choose Cost: Beginner Media Camp is $65; Advanced Media Camp is $70

National Writing Project in New Hampshire Camps for Young Writers Locations in Plymouth, Laconia, Meredith, and Concord, campus.plymouth.edu/nwpnh/writing-camps What: Campers will develop their writing through craft lessons, prompts and other exercises. Guest speakers, author visits, museum trips, art projects and theater workshops may be included. Sessions conclude with a showcase of the campers’ writing for family and friends. A residential camp for high school students is offered on the Plymouth State University campus. Who: Grades 3 through 12 When: Sessions run various dates in July and August, depending on the location Cost: $150 for halfday camps, $250 for full-day camps; residential camp rates TBA

MUSIC Concord Community Music School 23 Wall St., Concord, 228-1196, ccmusicschool.org What: Campers at Creative Arts Camp (grades 1 through 6) will engage in music, movement, visual art activities, and indoor and outdoor games. Jam Camp (grades 5 through 12) features a variety of workshops, including performance skills, recording technique, improvisation and ensemble playing, as well as instrumental classes for percussion, winds, guitar, piano and bass. Who: Kids entering Grades 1 through 12 When: Creative Arts sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., offered July 15 through July 19, and July 22 through July 26; Jam Camp sessions are Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost: Creative Arts Camp registration is $245 per week before May 15 and $270 per week after May 15. Jam Camp registration is $235 for the week Lake Winni Music Camp Geneva Point Center Campground, Lake Winnipesaukee, Moultonborough, 284-6550, nhisom.org/camp What: Overnight music and recreational camp for beginner to advanced musicians offers instruction in classical, jazz, pop, rock, folk and vocal music in a non-competitive environment. Campers also enjoy kayaking, swimming and outdoor games. Who: Ages 10 through 18 When: Session runs Sunday through Saturday, offered Aug. 11 through Aug. 17 Cost: $800 (includes all meals, lodging and music instruction) Manchester Community Music School 2291 Elm St., Manchester, 644-4548, mcmusicschool.org What: Programs include a beginning musical exploration, chamber groups that focus on musicianship skills, camps that work on building jazz techniques and composition using Apple’s GarageBand, and a musical theater camp, in which students write, choreograph and perform their own musical. Who: Ages 4 to 18 When: Varying dates and times in June, July and August, depending on the program Cost: Ranges from $150 to $225, depending on the program 125429

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Nashua Community Music School Nashua Millyard, 5 Pine St. Ext., Nashua, 881-7030, nashuacms.org What: Programs include a Broadway Week musical theater camp (ages 8 through 12), Intro to Piano & Percussion (ages 6 through 11), Music Around the World multicultural music camp (ages 4 through 7 for campers and 7 through 12 for junior counselors), How to Be a Pop Star (ages 10 through 14), a Flute Academy Camp (ages 11 through 16), and a new camp called Instrument Safari (ages 7 through 12). Who: Ages 4 through 16 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, various times, dates offered July 8 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $160 to $230, depending on the camp and the length of each session Walden School Young Musicians Program Dublin School 18 Lehmann Way, Dublin, 415-648-4710, waldenschool. org/young-musicians-program What: Five-week residency camp where campers will take part in musicianship and composition classes, composer forums, the Walden School Chorus, dances, swim trips, mountain hikes and open-mike nights. Who: Ages 9 through 18 When: Saturday, June 29, through Sunday, Aug. 4 Cost: Call for details

NATURE Beaver Brook Nature Camps 117 Ridge Road, Hollis, 465-7787, beaverbrook.org What: Campers will explore, learn and play outside, building forts in the forest, catching frogs, cooking at the campfire, hiking, drawing, learning survival skills and more. Who: Ages 4 to 14 When: Sessions run from June 17 through Aug. 9 Cost: Ranges from $194 to $405 per week Farm, Field & Forest Camp at Cultivating Wild The Nature of Things, 10 Groton Road, Nashua, 881-4815, tnotgroup.com/ cultivating-wild What: Designed for the camper who loves animals and the outdoors, activities will include gardening and composting, humane treatment and care of the barn animals and more.

through 9), featuring hikes, crafts, storytelling, games and live animal presentations; Explorers Camp (ages 10 through 12), which includes field trips, hiking, swimming and conservation projects; and Leaders-in-Training (ages 13 through 15) for teens interested in building leadership skills and becoming camp counselors in the future. Who: Ages 4 through 15 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (9 a.m. to noon for Wonders Camp), dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16 Cost: Ranges from $140 to $335, depending on the camp and camperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s membership status Young Composers Camp at the Nashua Community Music School. Courtesy photo.

Who: Ages 7 to 13 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered July 29 through Aug, 23 Cost: $310 per week Gelinas Farm Youth Horse Camp 471 Fourth Range Road, Pembroke, 225-7024, gelinasfarm.com What: An interactive camp for beginner and novice youth riders that will culminate in a horse show open for parents. Riding lessons are also available year-round Who: Teens with horseback riding experience When: Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 9 a.m. to noon Cost: $350 for the week with a $100 non-refundable deposit needed to hold the spot Lake Discovery Camp New Hampshire Boat Museum, 399 Center St., Wolfeboro Falls, 569-4554, nhbm.org What: A hands-on adventure camp that involves boating, science, water ecology, aquatic life, local history and arts and crafts. Who: Grades K through 6 When: Sessions are held Monday, July 22, through Friday, July 26, for grades K through 2, and Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2, for grades 3 through 6, from 9 a.m. to noon. Cost: $110 per session for museum members and $125 per session for non-members New Hampshire Audubon Nature Day Camps McLane Center, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord; Massabesic Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn; 224-9909, nhaudubon.org What: Programs include a half-day Wonders Camp for ages 4 and 5; Discovery Camp (ages 6

Pony Farm Summer Camp Touchstone Farm, 13 Pony Farm Lane, Temple, 654-6308, touchstone-farm.org What: The camp integrates horseback riding into its program, and each camper has a horse or pony of her own during her stay to ride and care for. Campers may also bring their own horses to ride. Small group riding lessons are also offered. Who: Girls ages 8 to 14 When: Sessions run from June 16 to Aug. 17 Cost: $1,875 for a one-week session ($925 deposit) or $3,750 for a two-week session ($1,850 deposit) Squam Lakes Natural Science Center 23 Science Center Road, Holderness, 968-7194, nhnature.org What: Programs include week-long outdoor natural adventure camps taught by experienced naturalists and educators. Who: Ages 4 to 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 9 Cost: Ranges from $65 to $390, depending on the program Summer Horsemanship Camp Almost There Farm, 233 Old Temple Road, Lyndeborough, 801-8418, almosttherefarm.com What: Students in this horseback riding camp will learn about safely handling and interacting with horses, as well as the upkeep and responsibility to have horses. The program includes riding, education, exposure to farm life, active participation and horse-related crafts. Who: Ages 6 and up When: Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday, from 9 a.m. to noon, dates offered July 8 through July 12 or July 15 through July 19 Cost: $350

Wilderness Skills Camp at Cultivating Wild The Nature of Things, 10 Groton Road, Nashua, 881-4815, tnotgroup.com/ cultivating-wild What: Campers will discover the wonders of the natural world learning ancestral skills like shelter-building, fire-making, tracking and archery. Who: Ages 9 through 15 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered July 1 through July 26 Cost: $620 per two week camp

WildQuest Camp Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Road, Laconia, 366-5695, prescottfarm.org What: Campers will participate in nature activities, animal and plant identification, arts and crafts, quests, games and hands-on learning. Who: Ages 4 through 15 When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 23 Cost: $235 per week

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Brainwave Summer Camp The Nature of Things, 10 Groton Road, Nashua, 881-4815, enrich2day.com What: A variety of STEAM day camps with themes such as stop-motion animation, Minecraft programming, aerospace simulation engineering and more. Who: Ages 6 through 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: $365/week, price includes all supplies. Extended care is also available at an additional cost

Camp Invention Locations in Amherst, Brookline, Londonderry and Merrimack, 800968-4332, invent.org What: Program immerses elementary school children in hands-on STEM activities that reinvent summer fun, led by local educators. Campers can choose a camp where they make their own robotic cricket, design and operate their own virtual park, invent things at a maker studio or test experiments in a lab. Who: Grades K through 6 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, beginning in June Cost: Ranges from $230 to $260, depending on the camp location 20

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Camp Summer Science SEE Science Center, 200 Bedford St., Manchester, 669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org What: Campers at Camp Summer Science will explore four topics, including Chemistry Capers, Earth, Space & the Universe, Exhibit Design & Prototype and Reverse Engineering, through hands-on activities. Who: Ages 7 to 13 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered July 15 to July 19, or July 22 to July 26 Cost: $250 (SEE Science Center members receive a $15 discount)

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Children’s Museum of New Hampshire 6 Washington St., Dover, 742-2002, childrens-museum.org What: Programs include three-day mini camps (ages 4 to 6), in which kids participate in hands-on science activities and art projects, and four-day discovery camps (ages 7 to 11), in which campers enjoy activities like sculpture, games, science experiments and team building. Themes include Wild & Wide Awake, Storybook STEAM, Tinkerers, Makers and Engineers and more. Who: Ages 4 to 11 When: Mini camps run for three-day sessions, Tuesday through Thursday, from 9:15 a.m. to noon, dates offered July 23 to Aug. 22. Discovery camps run for four-day sessions, Monday through Thursday, from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., dates offered July 22 to Aug. 15. Cost: Ranges depending on the camper’s membership status, from $90 to $100 per program for the mini camps and from $150 to $170 per program for the discovery camps iD Tech Program Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, 888-709-8324, iDtech.com What: Campers will learn to code, design video games, mod Minecraft, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build websites, print 3D models and more. Who: Ages 6 through 18; a girls-only camp for ages 10 through 15 is also offered When: Dates and times very. Both day and overnight options are available. See website for details Cost: Call for details LEtGO Your Mind STEM Program 11 locations throughout New Hampshire, 731-8047, letgoyourmind.com What: Campers explore STEM subjects through activities with Lego bricks, motors, simple machine elements, robotics, stop-motion animation and programming Minecraft. Who: Ages 4 through 14 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16. Half days from 9 a.m. to noon are also available for kids ages 4 and 5 Cost: Starts at $325 per week for a full day and $165 per week for a half day. Extended beforeand after-school care is also available Manchester Community College Camps 1066 Front St., Manchester, 206-8161, manchestercc.edu What: MCC offers week-long summer day camps for students entering sixth through eighth grades, as well as a separate track for those enter-

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ing third through sixth grades. Programs include Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs, STEM Camp, Solid Modeling, Robotics Camp and a Girl’s Career Camp Who: Grades 3 through 8 (varies depending on the camp) When: Sessions run Monday through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., various dates offered from July 8 through Aug. 8, depending on the camp Cost: $175 per week

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center 2 Institute Drive, Concord, 271-7827, starhop.com What: Campers will learn about astronomy, aviation and Earth science through hands-on activities and adventures. This year’s seven themes are Coding and Programming and Robots … Oh Yes!, Blast Off!, Junior Flyers on Earth and Beyond!, Engineering Expedition, Tech for Ecology, Astronomy 101, and Imaging the Universe Who: General age range is 5 to 14 but varies depending on the program theme When: Most sessions run Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dates offered are June 24 to Aug. 9 (no programs Thursday, July 4, or Friday, July 5) Cost: Ranges from $207 to $345 per week

Seacoast Science Center 570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye, 436-8043, ext. 16, seacoastsciencecenter.org What: In Treks 4 Tots (ages 3 through 5) and Seaside Safari (grades K through 5), campers will explore the seven different habitats in Odiorne Point State Park as well as the live animal exhibits and hands-on exhibits in the center to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the natural world. Safari Stewards (grades 6 through 8) is a field trip program. Each session will have its own theme. See website for details. Who: Pre-K through grade 8 When: Sessions for Treks and Seaside Safari run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (half-day option available for Treks), dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23. First and last weeks have a single-day option; dates for Safari Stewards vary Cost: Varies depending on the length of the session and the camper’s membership status

Stop Motion Animation Camp SEE Science Center, 200 Bedford St., Manchester, 669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org What: Campers will create a two- to three-minute “Invention and Discovery” film using Lego bricks and minifigures. Working in groups, each student will get to sit as the director, computer operator and movement coordinator. They will learn to write a story and

bring their idea to completion. Who: Ages 8 to 12 When: One-week session camp runs Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2 Cost: Call for details

SPORTS Auburn Parks & Recreation Summer Basketball Camp Auburn Village School, 11 Eaton Hill Road, Auburn, 483-5052, auburnnh. us/parks-andrecreation What: Campers will have the opportunity to work on ball handling and defensive skills as well as how to move and handle themselves on the court, practicing in daily full scrimmages Who: Kids entering grades 5 and 6 When: The one-week session will be held from Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $175 The British are Coming Soccer Camp Livingston Park, 242 Hooksett Road, Manchester, hosted by Manchester North Soccer League, mnsl.org/camps What: Campers of all ability levels will receive instruction from British soccer coaches. Techniques covered include dribbling, shooting, passing, heading, and trapping ground and air balls. The camp will progress from fundamental drills to a game situation. Who: Ages 5 through 15 When: Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2, full-day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., half-day from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: Starts at $125 per half-day week and $175 per full-day week Caramba Skills Soccer Camp Locations in Concord, Nashua, Chichester and Gilmanton, 496-3579, soccerskillscamp.org What: Soccer program specializes in skill development for goaltenders, defenders, midfielders and strikers. Players are divided by age for the first half of the day, then by ability level for the second half. A high school preseason camp is also offered. Who: Grades 1 through 8 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, times vary depending on the location (half-day option available), dates offered July 8 through Aug. 9 Cost: $215 per week Challenger Sports Soccer Camps Various NH locations, 401-864-8880, challengersports. com What: Campers will develop core soccer skills and understanding of the game as well as sportsmanship and leadership skills. Programs include British Soccer Camp and Tetra Brazil Camp. Who: All ages When: Sessions run Monday to Friday Cost: Varies, depending on the type of camp and the location EVO Rock + Fitness Climbing Gym 10 Langdon Ave., Concord, 715-9171, evorock. com/concord-nh What: Programs include a Summer Indoor Camp with top-rope climbing, bouldering games and crafts; a New Hampshire Adventure Camp with different themes each day such as outdoor rock climbing, local hikes, and outdoor ropes

courses; and a Maine Adventure Camp which will feature an opportunity to stay overnight for a week at Acadia National Park in Maine. Who: Ages 6 to 12 for the Summer Indoor Camp and ages 10 and up for the New Hampshire and Maine Adventure Camps When: Summer Indoor Camp sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and New Hampshire Adventure Camp sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., dates offered for both are June 24 through Aug. 16. The Maine Adventure Camp runs for one week, from Sunday, July 21, through Saturday, July 27 Cost: Ranges from $250 to $445

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Field Hockey Skills Camp The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 6419426, derryfield.org/summer What: A field hockey program for girls that covers stick and ball handling, passing and shooting. Campers will be placed together first by age and then by ability in groups with a player-to-coach ratio of 12-to-one, to allow for the maximum learning environment for each player. Who: Girls ages 5 to 12 When: Monday, July 22, through Friday, July 26, 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: $160

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Fisher Cats Baseball & Softball Camps Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, 1 Line Drive, Manchester, 641-2005, nhfishercats.com What: New Hampshire Fisher Cats players and coaches will teach campers the fundamentals of the game, including throwing, fielding, hitting and pitching. Sessions end with a camper-vs.-camper game and an autograph session with the instructors. Who: Boys and girls ages 6 through 15 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon, offered April 22 through April 25; June 17 through June 21; July 23 through July 25, Aug. 5 through 7 and 9, and Aug. 19 through Aug. 23 Cost: Ranges from $95 to $125 per week, depending on the session. Includes a T-shirt, tickets to a Fisher Cats game and the opportunity to be on the field for the national anthem Foster’s Golf Camp Derryfield Park, 581 Bridge St., Manchester, 622-1553, fostersgolfcamp.com What: Campers travel to different par-3 courses and participate in practice clinics, chipping and putting contests, time on the driving range and at least nine holes of golf with instruction. Trophies and certificates are awarded at the end of the session. Drop-offs and pick-ups are at Derryfield Park. Golf camps take place at a variety of locations, depending on the day of the week. Who: Ages 7 to 16 of all experience levels When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 17 through Aug. 23 Cost: $295/week Go Ninja Camps Bare Knuckle Murphy’s Boxing Gymnasium, 163 Lake Ave., Manchester, 623-6066, goninja.us What: Go Ninja campers will explore the worlds of aerial arts, circus arts and martial arts while focusing on their areas of interest. Five tracks are available, including Aerial Circus Arts, Parkour, Acrobatics, Martial Arts and more.

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Granite State Lacrosse Camp The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 867-9421, granitestatelacrosse.com What: Boys of all abilities and positions will learn lacrosse skills and take part in full field games to work on team concepts taught earlier in the day. The camp also features a Goalie School. Who: Boys ages 6 to 17 When: Two sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon this year, dates offered Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, or from Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11 Cost: $195 for either session

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Hogan Camps NHTI, Concord’s Community College, 31 College Drive, Concord, 340-1719, hogancamps.com What: Specialty basketball and soccer camps under the direction of Paul Hogan, Director of Athletics and Men’s Basketball Head Coach at NHTI. Programs include the Point Guard Basketball Camp, Rip City Basketball Camp, Shooter’s Gold Basketball Camp and Play On! Soccer Camp. Who: Boys and girls ages 5 and up; individual camps vary on the age range When: Sessions run various days and times from June 24 through July 25 Cost: Varies, depending on the camp In the Net Sports Academy Locations in Bedford, Manchester, Milford, Nashua and Windham, 429-0592, inthenetsportsacademy. com What: A variety of sports camps, including tennis, field hockey, lacrosse, basketball and volleyball Who: Ages 3 through high school When: Sessions run Monday to Friday, with half-day, full-day, evening and overnight options, dates offered June 24 to Aug. 22 Cost: Ranges from $140 to $200 per week, depending on the sport Junior Fitness Camp Executive Health and Sports Center, 1 Executive Way, Manchester, 624-9300, ext. 206, ehsc.com What: Campers receive instruction in tennis, golf and basketball and will take classes in yoga, Zumba and healthy eating. They also participate in group exercise classes, arts and crafts, team games and outdoor pool. Who: Ages 5 through 13 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered June 24 through Aug. 16 (no camp on July 4) Cost: 2019 registration information TBA; member and non-member pricing will be available Magic Touch Soccer Academy 120 Huse Road, Manchester, 232-2314, magictouchsoccer.com What: This soccer camp is oriented around a playful and game-like atmosphere with a focus on building a player’s technical skills, using music as a unique foundation to teach creative flair with the ball. Who: Boys and girls enter-

ing grades 9 through 12 When: Sunday, Aug. 11, through Thursday, Aug. 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: $140

NH Hoop Skills Stan Spirou Field House at Southern New Hampshire University, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester, 645-9662, nhhoopskills.com What: A basketball camp for girls featuring SNHU women’s basketball coach Karen Pinkos as the director. Campers learn the basic fundamentals, rules and sportsmanship of basketball through fun-filled instruction and exercises. Who: Girls entering grades 3 through 9 When: Sessions run Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, 2019 dates offered TBA Cost: $245 per week

Nike Basketball Camps Locations in Hampton, Manchester and Nashua, 800-6453226, ussportscamps.com/basketball/nike What: Camp for basketball players who want to improve their skills. Includes lectures, team games and daily emphasis on fundamental development. Who: Co-ed ages 8 through 16 When: Sessions run Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., for a full day, and Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon for a half day, dates offered June 24 through Aug. 9 Cost: Ranges from $145 to $295, depending on the session and location

Pro Ambitions Hockey Day Camps TriTown Ice Arena, 311 W. River Road, Hooksett; Conway Arena, 5 Stadium Drive, Nashua What: At the Battle Camp, players learn skating skills and game theory elements while engaging in a situational battle. The Boston Bruins Camp features training in all aspects of ice hockey, plus daily appearances and autograph sessions with members of the Boston Bruins organization. A goaltending camp is also offered. Who: Ages 6 through 16 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. or 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., dates offered July 8 through July 26. See website for full schedule Cost: Ranges from $499 to $599, depending on the camp

Ramp Camp Rye Airfield, 6 Airfield Drive, Rye, 964-2800, ryeairfield.com What: Day and overnight camps for kids looking to improve their skills in riding skateboards, bikes and scooters. Instructors teach tricks, run drills and work with each camper individually. Who: Ages 6 through 17 When: Three- and five-day sessions run Monday to Wednesday or Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (8:30 a.m. to noon for half-day), dates offered TBA but typically run from mid-June through the end of August. Cost: Starts at $99 for three half-days of camp; rates increase depending on the length of the sessions and the camper’s membership status.

Soccer Sphere Summer Soccer Camp Various NH locations, abcsportscamps.com/ sssoccer What: Programs include day and residential soccer camps, high school preseason training, goalkeeper training and more. Who: Ages 5

through 18 When: Four- and five-day sessions run various weekdays and dates from Monday, July 8, through Friday, Aug. 9 Cost: Ranges from $75 to $565, depending on the camp

Tennis Skills Camp The Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester, 641-9426, derryfield.org/summer What: This program is a great opportunity for beginner tennis players or intermediate players looking to take their game to the next level. Campers will be placed together first by age and then by ability in groups with a player-to-coach ratio of six-to-one, to allow for maximum learning. Areas to be covered will include stroke and tennis strategy development. Who: Boys and girls ages 4 and up When: Sessions are offered Monday through Thursday (rain day on Fridays), 2 to 3 p.m. for ages 4 to 6, 3 to 4 p.m. for ages 7 to 10 and 4 to 5 p.m. for ages 11 to 18, dates offered July 8 to July 25 Cost: $69

Tumble Town Gymnastics 444 E. Industrial Park Drive, Unit 10, Manchester, 641-9591, tumbletownnh.com What: Camps offer gymnastics instruction for girls of all ability levels, from beginner to competitive. Who: Girls ages 5 and up When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered July 8 through July 19 and Aug. 5 through Aug. 12 Cost: $65/day, $200/week; 50-percent discounts for siblings are available

UNH Wildcats Camps University of New Hampshire, 145 Main St., Durham, 862-1850, unhwildcats.com/camps/index What: Programs offered for basketball, field hockey, gymnastics, track and field, football, soccer, volleyball and more. Day and overnight options. Who: Ages 5 and up When: Sessions run various days/weeks from Monday, June 10, through Thursday, Aug. 23 See website for full schedule Cost: Varies depending on the camp

Yeatman Elite Softball Camp New Boston Town Hall Field, Meetinghouse Road, New Boston, hosted by the New Boston Parks & Recreation Department, 487-2880, newbostonnh.gov What: A one-week softball camp for girls that will cover batting, fielding, pitching and catching, as well as targeted drills. Who: Girls ages 7 to 14 When: Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 5 to 8 p.m. Cost: TBA

Youth Indoor Climbing Camp Vertical Dreams Indoor Climbing Gym, 25 E. Otterson St., Nashua, 943-7571, verticaldreams.com/ programs/indoor/youth What: Camp taught by experienced instructors focuses on climbing technique, route-following, safety, bouldering and how to become a better overall climber. Who: Ages 6 through 12 When: Sessions are held Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.., dates offered July 29 to Aug. 2 and Aug. 5 to Aug. 9 Cost: $255

THEATER The Alchemistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop John Stark Regional High School, 618 N. Stark Highway, Weare, 568-5102; New London Parks & Rec, 375 Main St., 526-6401; alchemistsworkshop.org What: A musical camp featuring the production of traditional and original shows. Who: Ages 6 to 16 When: Sessions run Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday until 9 p.m.; The Lending Doll runs July 29 through Aug. 2 at John Stark Regional High School (618 N. Stark Highway, Weare); Square Pegs is from Aug. 12 through Aug. 15 at the New London Parks & Recreation Department (375 Main St.) Cost: Ranges from $200 to $250 per week Andyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer Playhouse 582 Isaac Frye Highway, Wilton, 654-2613, andyssummerplayhouse.org What: Campers learn the fundamentals of theater, culminating with solo and small group performances. Other programs include playwriting, puppetry, directing and film, and an apprenticeship program in which kids can work behind the scenes in sets, lighting, costumes, props or crew. Who: Boys and girls ages 8 through 18 When: Programming is typically on weekdays, with evening and weekend performances; dates offered June 10 through Aug. 17 Cost: Ranges from $150 to $500 Bedford Youth Performing Company 155 Route 101, Bedford, 472-3894, bypc.org What: Offers a variety of music, dance and theater camp programs, including Musical Theatre Production and Taste of Broadway, plus special camps for preschoolers and kindergarteners Who: Ages 2 and up When: Dates and times vary; June 17 through Aug. 16 Cost: Ranges; see website or call for details Camp ENCORE Prescott Park Arts Festival and partner Camp CenterStage, Downtown Portsmouth, 436-2848, prescottpark.org What: Aspiring actors can learn music, singing, dancing, acting, visual arts and technical theater. Camp features guest artist teachers, workshops and community outreach. Each session culminates with a performance of either Mary Poppins Jr. or Once on This Island Jr. New this year is a one-week intensive for teens ages 12 to 18 in which campers learn blocking, choreography and musical numbers and perform in a production of The Addams Family on the Prescott Park Festival stage. Who: Ages 8 and up When: Session 1 runs Monday, June 24, through Sunday, July 14; Session 2 runs Monday, July 15, through Sunday, July 28; One-week intensive for teens is Monday, July 29, through Sunday, Aug. 4 Cost: $825 for Session 1, $575 for Session 2, and $225 for the one-week intensive. Scholarships available. The Derryfield School Repertory Theatre Broadway Bootcamp 2108 River Road, Manchester, 641-9426, derryfield.org What: In this new program, campers will focus on how to audition for both musicals and

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p.m., offered July 8 through Aug. 3 Cost: $160 for one week for ages 5 through 7 and $325 for ages 8 through 14

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straight plays by building their repertoire of songs and monologues. They will also learn how to create a 16- or 32-bar cut of a song, practice multiple dance audition scenarios and build on their monologue skills. The week will include master classes by special guests and advanced college-level acting techniques. Who: Boys and girls entering grades 6 through 10 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dates offered July 22 through July 26 Cost: $300 for the week

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The Derryfield School Repertory Theatre Camp 2108 River Road, Manchester, 6419426, derryfield.org/summer/theatre-camp What: Campers will learn from talented young performers and practice acting, singing, dance, improvisation and audition techniques. Each age group will present a performance on closing day for family and friends. Who: Ages 8 through 16 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., offered July 8 through July 19, and July 29 through Aug. 9 Cost: $525 registration before March 1; $550 registration from March 1 to May 31; $575 registration for June 1 or later

New Hampshire Theatre Project West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, 431-6644, ext. 4, nhtheatreproject.org What: Campers at Youth Theatre Camp (ages 7 through 11) and Teen Theatre Camp (ages 13 through 17) will learn about various aspects of theater. Campers at Build Your Own Musical Camp (ages 8 through 12, held at Portsmouth Music & Arts Center) will study musicals, improvisation and group writing to create their own musical. Campers at Little Mermaid Camp (ages 10 to 17) will get a chance to perform in an original musical. Who: Ages 7 through 17 When: Sessions run Monday through Friday (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Teen Theatre Camp, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Little Mermaid Camp, Youth Theatre Camp and Build Your Own Musical Camp) offered various weeks from July 8 through Aug. 4 Cost: Ranges from $400 to $800, depending on the camp, when you sign up and residential status

One Light Theatre Co. 1044 N. Main St., Bristol, 848-7979, onelighttheatre.org What: Campers of this one-week performing arts day camp will have the opportunity to participate in team-building activities that focus on the creative arts, as well as dance and voice rehearsals led by professionals in the world of theater arts. At the end of the week, students will perform in a fully staged production of a musical (more info on that TBA) Who: Ages 6 through 14 When: Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with performances on Friday and Saturday Cost: $300

Interlakes Children’s Theatre 1 Laker Lane, Meredith, 707-6035, interlakeschildrenstheatre.org What: A community service run by the Interlakes Summer Theatre. Who: Ages 9 to 17 When: Auditions are Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Interlakes Community Auditorium. All kids are eligible for all three shows: Annie Jr. is on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14; Shrek the Musical Jr. is on Saturday, July 27, and Sunday, July 28; and The Wizard of Oz is on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Sunday, Aug. 11. Each production is a two-week commitment. Cost: Free

Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org What: Campers will learn about all aspects of theater, including music, dance, acting, costume design, technical theater and more, all while developing teamwork skills, confidence and creativity. Each camp concludes with a fully staged production on stage. This year’s productions include The Wizard of Oz: Young Performers’ Edition, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr., Disney’s The Lion King Jr. and Shrek the Musical Jr. Who: Students entering grades 2 through 12 When: Two-week sessions run from June 24 through Aug. 17 Cost: Ranges from $410 to $450 per session

The Majestic Theatre 880 Page St., Manchester, 669-7469, majestictheatre.net What: Campers will learn the basics of music, theater and dance through activities and will prepare for a performance to be held at the end of the session. This year’s camp themes include Under the Big Bop, Camp, Simply Seuss Camp and Oz Camp for ages 5 through 7, and the Rockin’ Tale of Snow White Camp and Giants in the Sky Camp for ages 8 through 14. Who: Ages 5 through 14 When: Sessions for ages 5 through 7 run various days, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., offered July 8 through Aug. 3; sessions for ages 8 through 14 run various days, 9 a.m. to 5

Peacock Players Theatre Camp Nashua Community College, 505 Amherst St., Nashua, 886-7000, peacockplayers.org What: Campers will participate in theater exercises, games and rehearsals to present a performance for family and friends at the end of a two-week session. Who: Ages 8 through 18 When: Two-week sessions run Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., offered July 8 through July 20, and July 22 through Aug. 3; showcase performances are July 20 and Aug. 3, for each respective session Cost: Each twoweek session is $545. An early-bird rate of $495 is offered if received by June 1 with a $250

deposit, plus a 10-percent discount for siblings or for campers attending both camp sessions. Triple Threat Theater Camp Londonderry Dance Academy, 21 Buttrick Road, Londonderry, 432-0032, triplethreattheatercamp.com What: Camp focuses on the core aspects of theater, including acting, dancing and voice. Led by experienced theater educators, directors and choreographers, campers will participate in workshops and rehearsals to prepare for a public performance at the end of the session. Who: Ages 5 to 17 When: Threeweek program runs from Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 26; a three-day intensive program is offered from July 1 to July 3, and a Junior half-day program is offered from July 8 to July 12 Cost: Ranges from $150 to $725

OVERNIGHT CAMPS Some general interest camps offer overnight options; see listings in that section for those details. Camp Allen 56 Camp Allen Road, Bedford, 622-8471, campallennh.org What: Activities include nature exploration, creative arts, games, sports, music and more. Residential and day camp options available. Who: Campers ages 6 and up When: Sessions run various days and durations. Residential camp runs from June 16 to Aug. 30. Day camp runs from June 24 to Aug. 16 Cost: Day camp ranges from $345 to $425 per week; residential camp ranges from $900 to $2,000 per week Camp Bell/Hidden Valley Scout Camp Griswold Scout Reservation, Places Mill Road and Griswold Lane, Gilmanton Iron Works, hosted by Daniel Webster Council, Boy Scouts of America, 625-6431, nhscouting.org What: Hidden Valley features shooting sports, STEM activities, welding, ecology, Scoutcraft/survival skills and more. Camp Bell features ATVs, horseback riding, ropes courses, paddleboards, motor boating and more. Who: Boys ages 11 through 20 and girls ages 14 through 20 When: Sessions run Sunday through Saturday at full weeks or half weeks, dates offered June 23 through Aug. 17 Cost: Generally ranges from $450 to $480 per week. Sibling discounts available Camp Bernadette 83 Richards Road, Wolfeboro, 569-1692, bfcamp.com What: Traditional overnight camp for girls, with activities like swimming, kayaking, canoeing, baseball, softball, lacrosse, ropes courses, archery, arts and crafts and more. Who: Girls ages 5 to 16 When: Residential camp runs for two-week, four-week, six-week or eight-week sessions, dates offered June 30 to Aug. 24 Cost: Starts at $1,400 per two-week session Camp Birch Hill 333C Birch Hill Road, New Durham, 859-4525, campbirchhill.com What: Campers can choose their own schedule from more than 50 activities, including land sports, boating, arts and crafts, zip-lining, rock-climbing, ropes courses and more. Who:

Boys and girls ages 6 to 16 When: Two-, fourand six-week sessions run various days/weeks from Sunday, June 30, through Saturday, Aug. 10 Cost: Varies; call for details Camp Brookwoods 34 Camp Brookwoods Road, Alton, 875-3600, christiancamps.net What: A Christian-based outdoor camping experience for boys Who: Boys ages 8 to 16 When: Two-week session, runs June 23 to Aug. 17 Cost: Starts at 1,075 for a one-week session and $2,175 for a two-week session Camp Deer Run 34 Camp Brookwoods Road, Alton, 875-3600, christiancamps.net What: A Christian-based outdoor camping experience for girls Who: Girls ages 8 to 16 When: One- or two-week sessions are available, dates offered June 23 to Aug. 17 Cost: Starts at $1,075 for a one-week session and $2,175 for a two-week session Camp Deerwood Route 3, Deerwood Road, Holderness, 279-4237, campdeerwood.com What: A resident camp for boys with activities like ceramics, mountain biking, riflery, archery, tennis, woodworking, canoeing, kayaking, waterskiing, swimming and more. Who: Boys ages 8 to 15 When: One full eight-week session or two half four-week sessions are available, dates offered June 23 through Aug. 11 Cost: $5,100 for a half session and $8,700 for the full session Camp Fatima 32 Fatima Road, Gilmanton, 364-5851, bfcamp.com What: Traditional overnight camp for boys, with activities like swimming, kayaking, canoeing, baseball, softball, lacrosse, ropes courses, archery, arts and crafts and more. Who: Boys ages 5 to 16 When: Residential camp runs for two-week, four-week or six-week sessions, dates offered June 30 to Aug. 16 Cost: Starts at $1,400 per two-week session Camp Foss 242 Willey Pond Road, Strafford, 269-3800; hosted by the Granite YMCA, 232-8642, graniteymca.org What: Campers enjoy a traditional camp experience with arts and crafts, archery, various sports, swimming, whitewater rafting, ropes courses and more. Who: Girls ages 8 through 15 When: One-week sessions offered from Sunday, June 24, through Saturday, Aug. 11; two-week sessions are offered from Sunday, June 23, through Saturday, Aug. 10 Cost: $965 for one week, $1,750 for two weeks; some activities have additional fees Camp Fully Involved NH State Fire Academy, 222 Sheep Davis Road, Concord, info@ campfullyinvolved.com, campfullyinvolved.com What: Camp for girls considering a career in firefighting or emergency medical services. Curriculum provides a comprehensive overview of the firefighting profession through hands-on drills and activities. Please note that this camp is very intense and physically demanding. Who: Girls ages 14 through 20 When: Sunday, July 7, through Friday, July 12 Cost: $350

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Water Monkey Camp in New Durham. Courtesy photo.

Camp Kabeyun 43 Camp Kabeyun Road, Alton Bay, 875-3060, kabeyun.org What: A resident camp for boys with activities like archery, arts and crafts, canoeing, fishing, kayaking, rock climbing, ropes courses, stand-up paddleboarding and more. Who: Boys ages 7 to 16 When: Four-week, seven-week and eight-week sessions are available, dates offered June 23 through Aug. 17 Cost: Starts at $5,525 for a four-week session Camp Mi-Te-Na 65 YMCA Road, Alton, 776-3000; hosted by the Granite YMCA, 2328642, graniteymca.org What: Campers enjoy a traditional camp experience with arts and crafts, archery, various sports, swimming, whitewater rafting, ropes courses and more. Who: Boys ages 8 through 15 When: One- and two-week sessions offered from Sunday, June 23, through Saturday, Aug. 10 Cost: $965 for one week, $1,750 for two weeks; some activities have additional fees Camp Quinebarge 100 Sibley Road, Moultonborough, 253-6029, campquinebarge.com What: An overnight camp offering activities like swimming, boating, fencing, archery, horseback riding, ropes courses, a zip line and much more. Who: Ages 7 to 15 When: Residential camp runs for two-week, four-week, six-week or eight-week sessions, dates offered June 23 to Aug. 17 (space is limited for the July 7 to July 20 and the July 21 to Aug. 3 sessions) Cost: Starts at $2,800 per two-week session Camp Sno Mo Hidden Valley Reservation, 260 Griswold Lane, Gilmanton Iron Works, hosted by Easter Seals, 364-5818, easterseals.com/nh What: Campers participate in aquatics, a ropes course, shooting sports, arts and crafts, fishing, hiking ecology and more. Who: Children and young adults ages 11 through 21 with disabilities and special needs When: Sessions run overnight Sunday to Friday, dates offered June 23 through Aug. 16 Cost: $970 per session, or $1,170 if a one-on-one aide is needed

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Camp Spaulding 210 Bog Road, Penacook, ymcacampspaulding.org, hosted by YMCA of Greater Nashua, 882-2011, nmymca.org What: A traditional camp with activities like creative arts, horseback riding, woodworking, swimming, boating, archery, ropes courses and more. Who: Ages 7 through 15 When: One-

Camp Walt Whitman 1000 Cape Moonshine Road, Piermont, 1-800-657-8282, campwalt.com What: An co-ed overnight camp offering activities like ceramics, woodworking, drama and music programs, ropes courses, weekly hikes, whitewater rafting, sports and more. A one-week program for families is also available in August. Who: Boys and girls entering grades 2 through 10 When: Full and half-length sessions are available, dates offered June 26 through Aug. 14. The one-week Family Camp runs from Saturday, Aug. 17, through Wednesday, Aug. 21 Cost: Ranges from $6,950 to $12,950; the cost for the one-week Family Camp is $700 for adults, $500 for kids ages 4 to 17 and free for kids ages 3 and under

Cohen Camps Camp Tel Noar, 167 Main St., Hampstead, 329-6931, camptelnoar.org; Camp Tevya, 1 Mason Road, Brookline, 673-4010, camptevya.org; cohencamps.org What: Jewish educational and cultural camps where campers will enjoy swimming, boating, outdoor learning, athletics, arts and crafts, plus shira (singing) and rikud (Israeli dancing). Who: Grades 3 through 10 When: Session dates offered Wednesday, June 26, through Wednesday, Aug. 14 Cost: Varies; call or see website for details

New Hampshire Police Cadet Training Academy 59 Main St., Newport, nhpcta.org What: This program is designed to help young people develop their skills and knowledge of law enforcement and to refine their life skills in the future. Who: Ages 14 to 20 When: Saturday, June 22, through Friday, June 28 Cost: $200 for the one-week, overnight program

Water Monkey Camp 298 Merrymeeting Road, New Durham, 617-855-9253, watermonkeycamp.com What: Campers will enjoy wakeboarding, waterskiing, wakesurfing and wakeskating on Merrymeeting Lake in New Durham. Who: Ages 10 through 17 When: Sessions run Sunday through Saturday, dates offered June 23 through Aug. 10 (there is a wait list for the week of July 21 to July 27) Cost: $2,250/week, $1,950 for each additional week, all-inclusive. Sibling discounts of $300 are also available.

Windsor Mountain Summer Camp 1 World Way, Windsor, 478-3166, windsormountain.org What: A co-ed overnight camp offering a variety of activities, including sports, arts, music, swimming, boating, ropes courses, cooking, videography and more. Who: Ages 7 through 16 When: Two sessions are offered, lasting either two weeks or four weeks. Dates run June 25 through July 20, and July 23 through Aug. 17 Cost: $3,495 for two weeks, or $5,795 for four weeks.

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Bring your appetite to a restaurant kickoff event from 7 p.m. to midnight at Noodz (968 Elm St., Manchester). Check out the restaurant’s new “refined” menu of noodles, bao and Asian-inspired street food. Lord Hobo Brewing of Woburn, Mass., will be co-hosting the event, which will include beer samples as well as Lord Hobo and Noodz merch giveaways. Visit facebook.com/NoodzNH.

EAT: With a do-good discount Dine well and do good with a donation drive on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst). Bring healthy snack items and home cleaning essentials for Families in Transition - New Horizons. Those who donate will receive a complimentary wine tasting and a 5-percent discount on lunch at LaBelle’s bistro. Visit labellewineryevents.com/events-calendar.

Friday, Feb. 22

Learn how to write modern calligraphy from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester). Admission includes all materials and a free drink ticket. At the end of the night, bring home your work and continue learning how to letter in style. Cost is $45 per person. Proceeds benefit the Camp Kita Boston Marathon fundraiser. Visit bookerymht.com.

DRINK: To a brewery birthday Say cheers to four years and celebrate the fourth anniversary of Rockingham Brewing Co. (One Corporate Park Drive, Unit 1, Derry). The brewery will hold a four-day celebration, starting on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 4 to 7 p.m., and running until Sunday, Feb. 24, from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy rotating draft lines each day, including old favorites, barrel-aged releases and a couple of new surprises. Visit facebook.com/rockinghambrewing.

Celebrate the silver screen in style during the red carpet Oscar party at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord). Kick off the festivities with live music, dancing, drinks and appetizers at O Steak and Seafood and The Hotel Concord. Then walk the red carpet in style as you head to the theater to watch the Academy Awards on the big screen. Finish off the night with film trivia, prizes and dessert. General admission is $70. Visit redrivertheatres.org/ calendar. Turn to page 49 for our predictions on who the night’s big winners will be.

BE MERRY: At a musical Cabaret kicks off its stint at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester). Set in pre-WWII Germany, this Tony-winning musical follows a rowdy ensemble’s nightly performances in Berlin. Weekend shows run from Friday, Feb. 22, through Sunday, March 17. Tickets start at $39 for adults and $25 for kids ages 6 to 12. Visit palacetheatre.org/ event-calendar.

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Artist exhibits digitally altered aerial photographs By Angie Sykeny

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Photographs are the basis of Canterbury artist Ronnie McClure’s art, but he does not consider himself a photographer. The photographs are merely his “artist’s sketchbook” and “a point of departure,” he says; the digital alterations he makes to the photographs are what make his art unique. McClure has a solo exhibition titled “Images from a Long View of the Earth” on display now through Feb. 28 at Rivier University in Nashua. His artistic process begins miles in the air, with digital photographs of landscapes, mostly deserts in the western U.S., taken from a commercial airplane window during his travels. He has also used a drone to capture aerial landscape images. “I try to look for lines and shape and texture, but it’s not like I can tell the pilot to slow down or tip the wings, so I can’t always make compositional decisions,” McClure said. “Honestly, the photos themselves usually look like crap. Once I get them onto a computer, that’s when I really do my work.” McClure alters the photographs using digital art programs that allow him to change the composition and add marks and colors with effects that mimic watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels and other artistic media. Sometimes, he makes

Art by Ronnie McClure. Courtesy photo.

additional alterations on the printed image using physical media. “What happens is, I’ll look at the photo and what intrigues me about it. If there’s certain lines or shapes that I like, I’ll enhance those or change the colors,” he said. “I don’t really have a concept that I execute every time. I work intuitively.” Many of McClure’s pieces are large — some as large as 4 by 6 feet — and have rounded corners so that the viewer feels like he is looking through a porthole. “I didn’t want my work to just look like something you go to a gallery and look at. I

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Includes listings, shows, auditions, workshops and more. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. Art Events • COMMUNITY MURAL The public is invited to participate in a community mural in the galleries. The 7-by-24-foot mural will reflect the natural and urban spaces of Mancheste. Visitors can represent their experiences and vision through collage, colored

and patterned papers, crayons, pencils and glue. Through March 4. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. Openings • “THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES: PARTY DRESSES PIECING IT TOGETHER”

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“Images from a Long View of the Earth” Where: Art Gallery in Memorial Hall at Rivier University, 435 S. Main St., Nashua When: On view now through Feb. 28 Visit: rivier.edu, exhilarationimages.com

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Includes listings for gallery events, ongoing exhibits and classes. To Includes symphony and orchestral performances. get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. OPENING RECEPTION Multimedia exhibit by the High Season Artists. Fri., March 1, 5 to 7 p.m. Epsom Public Library, 1606 Dover Road, Epsom. Visit epsomlibrary.com. • “DIDIER WILLIAM AND STACEY STEERS: NIGHT HUNTER” OPENING RECEPTION Didier William

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Feb. 24, 1 p.m. Pelham Public Library, 24 Village Green, Pelham. Free; registration is required. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org or call 635-7581.

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weaves together a wide range of art-making techniques to push the limits of his materials. Stacey Steers is known for her process driven animated films composed of thousands of handmade works on paper. Fri., March 1, 5 to 7 p.m. McIninch Art Gallery, SNHU, 2500 North River Road, Manchester. Visit snhu.edu.

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wanted it to be larger than life, so that it shifts your vision and transports you to that place,” McClure said. McClure was a pioneer of digital art in the early 1990s. After moving to New Hampshire, he ran a commercial art studio for four years, doing primarily fashion and aerial photography, but he found it unfulfilling; traditional photography did not allow him to execute his creative ideas. His career took a turn after he attended a lecture on digital imaging by the director of Kodak’s Center for Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine. The director was impressed with McClure’s enthusiasm about the topic and

offered him a scholarship to attend the Center for two weeks, tuition-free. “I wanted to talk to people about it and read about it and learn about it as much as I could,” he said. “I knew digital imaging was the answer to my work.” McClure earned a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He’s taught at a number of schools and helped establish the digital and graphics programs at Rivier University. His work has been widely exhibited, most recently at the Sony Square Gallery in New York City, the Denver Art Museum in Colorado and the Museum of Biblical Art in Texas. McClure said he wants his work to make viewers think about the relationship between human beings, nature and a higher power. “These landscapes and structures we are building leave an imprint on the Earth, but it sort of goes beyond that,” he said. “I would like to give viewers a sense of the eternal, of someone greater than us, something that is timeless.”

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• Going wild: ArtHub (30 Temple St., Nashua) has an exhibit, “Wild and Wooly,” on view now through the end of February. It features 2D art, fiber art, felted wood paintings, sculpture, ceramics, reliefs, pottery and other free-standing art inspired by wild weather, wild locales, wildlife, wooly creatures and more. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 405-698-1951 or visit naaa-arthub.org. • Feel the love: Sullivan Framing & Fine Art Gallery (15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford) presents an exhibition, “Love, Lust & Desire,” now through Feb. 23. Paintings, etchings, mixed media and more by 50 New England artists will be shown, all priced under $300. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 471-1888 or visit sullivanframing.com. • Student art: The New Hampshire Institute of Art presents its biannual MFA Winter Thesis Exhibition at the Roger Williams Gallery (77 Amherst St., Manchester) now through Feb. 23. The exhibition celebrates the culminating work of 11 graduates in the school’s Photography, Visual Arts, Writing and Writing for Stage and Screen MFA programs. Visit nhia.edu. 8 through March 9, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $16 to $44. Visit seacoastrep. org or call 433-4472. • IN THE HEIGHTS Goffstown High School Performing Arts presents. Fri., Feb. 15 and Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., and Sat., Feb. 16 and Feb. 23, at 2 and 7 p.m. Goffstown High School, 27 Wallace Road, Goffstown. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students and are

Hsiu Norcott art, featured in “Wild and Wooly” exhibition. Courtesy photo.

The Whitty Gallery at Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center (30 Ash St., Hollis) presents its Student & Staff Art Show now through March 10. The show features art in all media by adult, teen and youth artists and students. Gallery hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 465-9453 or visit wildsalamander.com. • Paint without fear: Rollinsford artist Dawn Boyer will teach a one-day painting workshop, “Paint the Fear Out of Here,” on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Red & Shorty’s Studio (4 Paul St., Dover). The workshop, geared toward both beginner and experienced painters, will explore the foundational elements of painting, color, composition and value, as well as techniques to let go of self-doubt and express yourself freely. The cost is $150. Register at dawnboyer.com/classes-workshops or by calling 207-450-8016. — Angie Sykeny

available at the high school main office during school hours and at the door. Call 497-4841 or email GHS_Music@sau19.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. Call 978-683-7745. • TALK RADIO Players’ Ring presents. Feb. 15 through March 3. 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $18. Visit playersring.org. • PROOF The New England College Theatre Department pres-

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• Explorer’s adventures: Theatre Kapow presents Shipwrecked: An Entertainment—The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as Told by Himself) at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry) Feb. 22 through March 2, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Inspired by a true story, the epic by Donald Margulies is a first-person account of the high seas adventures of 19th-century Swiss explorer Louis de Rougemont, marked by a monstrous man-eating octopus, flying wombats, giant sea turtles, cannibals and buried treasure. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit tkapow.com or email info@tkapow.com. • Mathematical drama: The New England College Theatre Department presents Proof at the Mainstage Theatre (58 Depot Hill Road, Henniker) Thursday, Feb. 21, through Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Auburn follows 25-year-old Catherine, who, in the wake of her brilliant but mentally unstable father’s death, must deal with the arrival of her estranged sister and with one of her father’s former students, who discovers a groundbreaking mathematical proof in her father’s office. Tickets cost $7 for the general public and $5 for seniors and NEC students, faculty and staff. Visit nectheatre.com/ box-office.html or call 428-2382. • Life is a cabaret: Cabaret opens at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) on Friday, Feb. 22, and continues through

Classical Music Events • “THE GREAT UNKNOWN” Nashua Chamber Orchestra presents. Sat., Feb. 23, in Nashua, and Sun., Feb. 24, in Milford. Milford Town Hall , 1 Union Square, Milford. Nashua Community College, 505 Amherst St., Nashua.

Peter Josephson as Louis de Rougemont in theatre KAPOW’s Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. Photo by Matthew Lomanno.

March 17, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., and an additional show on Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Broadway hit musical is set in 1931 Berlin as Nazis are riding to power and centers on the nightlife at the Kit Kat Klub and the relationship between a young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, and cabaret performer Sally Bowles. Tickets cost $39 to $46 for adults and $25 for children age 6 through 12. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588. • Women’s stories: Tales Told Productions presents Women Who Move America at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) on Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. In this three-part storytelling program, storytellers Lauretta Phillips, Lorna Czarnota and Sue McPhee will perform stories that explore the unique challenges women have faced throughout history and celebrate the strength, fortitude and perseverance of women who helped weave the fabric of America. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315. — Angie Sykeny

Visit nco-music.org. • DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Concord Community Concerts presents. Sun., Feb. 24, 2 p.m. Concord City Auditorium , 2 Prince St., Concord. $20, free for children. Visit concordcommunityconcerts.org. • DRAWN TO THE MUSIC:

THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH NH Philharmonic presents music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Britten, Smetana and Cohen. Sat., March 2, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., March 3, 2 p.m. Seifert Performing Arts Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $8 for students. Visit nhphil.org.

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With New Hampshire’s fly fishing season just a couple months away, fly fishing enthusiasts can get a jump on purchasing gear and learning new skills at the 17th annual Fly Fish New Hampshire Show, happening Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester. The expo is hosted by the Merrimack River Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, a national organization that promotes the conservation and improvement of cold water fisheries. It will feature nearly 50 exhibitors, the most it has ever had, as well as a number of seminars and demonstrations. “We have great fly fishing here in New Hampshire,” chapter president Joel Kasper said. “There is a lot of interest in fly fishing, but not a lot of shows that concentrate on it in this state, so this is an opportunity for people to get involved and learn about it.” The exhibitors come from around New England and beyond and include fly fishing shops, destinations and lodging, clubs, guides, classes and equipment manufacturers. State organizations like the New Hampshire Guides Association, New Hampshire Rivers Guide Service, New Hampshire

Fly Fish New Hampshire Show. Courtesy photo.

Wildlife Federation, New Hampshire Fish & Game and Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire will also have information booths at the event. Commercial exhibitors will have a variety of fly fishing equipment and accessories for sale, such as fly rods, flies, fly lines, reels, nets, apparel, tools and more. “You’re going to see a lot of custom rods and custom flies that guides use here in New Hampshire,” Kasper said. “These are custom

36 Kiddie pool Family activities this week. Children & Teens Nature • SATURDAY NATURE SEEKERS: RIVER OTTER FUN! Learn about Manchester’s Merrimack River wildlife through these fun nature programs for all ages. Sat., Feb. 23, 11 a.m. to noon. Amoskeag Fishways Learning & Visitors Center, 4 Fletcher St., Manchester. Donation of $5 per family is encouraged; no registration required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474.

36 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors. • CRITTER MEET & GREET At 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. during any day of school vacation week, stop by the Center for a special opportunity to meet reptiles and amphibians face-to-face and learn a few fun facts from the staff. Mon., Feb. 25, through Fri., March 1, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Amoskeag Fishways Learning & Visitors Center, 4 Fletcher St., Manchester. Free; no registration required. Donations are kindly accepted. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474.

Health & Wellness Nutrition workshops & seminars • EATING FOR HEALTH IMMUNITY BOOST WORKSHOPS Prepare three easy meals and a delicious drink to feed your body nutritionally dense superfoods. Attendees will make a creamy coconut matcha oatmeal, a superoof protein packed salad, a chicken soup made with bone broth, and a soothing and inflammation fighting golden milk. Sat., Feb. 23, 10 a.m. to noon. The Culinary Play-

Also on the hour, there will be fly tying demonstrations of fly patterns like the “88,” the big fly, the disco sculpin and the Captain Mark Dysinger tye. Additionally, the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department’s Let’s Go Fishing program will offer two one-hour intermediate fly-tying classes, where fly fishers who are able to tie their own flies can learn new techniques and fly patterns that are effective in New Hampshire waters. The classes are free with admission to the expo, but pre-registration is required. Door prizes will be awarded hourly, with the final prize being a complete fly fishing rod, reel and line outfit. Kasper said fly fishers of all experience levels can benefit from the expo. “There’s something for everyone here,” things that you won’t find easily in stores or he said. “It’s a great place to come see new anywhere else.” products and learn new techniques, or to just Fly fishing seminars will be held in an come see what fly fishing is all about.” adjacent room on the hour and will cover Fly Fish New Hampshire Show topics such as bugs and smelt, New Hampshire’s Wild Trout Management Program, Where: Executive Court Banquet Facility, fly fishing in the upper Connecticut and 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester Androscoggin rivers, fly fishing for stripWhen: Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ers, tenkara (a Japanese fly fishing method) Cost: $10, free for kids under age 12 in the White Mountains and angling in YelVisit: merrimacktu.org/ fly-fish-new-hampshire-show-2018 lowstone National Park. 37 Car Talk Ray gives you car advice. ground, 16 Manning St., Derry. $58 walk-ins are welcome on a space per person. Visit culinary-playground. available basis. Visit rodgerslibrary. com or call 339-1664. org or call 886-6030. • ESSENTIAL OILS EDUCATIONWellness workshops & AL CLASS Jeanne Manney will walk seminars participants through essential oil his• INTRODUCTION TO MEDITA- tory, safe usage, understanding qualTION TECHNIQUES Meditation ity and applicable uses for replacing instructor Julie Hartman will lead everyday toxins. Sat., Feb. 23, 10:30 this interactive presentation on sim- a.m. Goffstown Parks & Recreation ple meditation techniques. Fri., Feb. Building, 155 S. Mast St., Goffstown. 22, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Rodgers Memori- Free; no registration required. Conal Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson. tact David Basora at 497-2102 or at Free; registration is requested, but davidb@goffstownlibrary.com.

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Perk up your winter Flower show season has arrived By Henry Homeyer

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I am always perked up when the spring flower shows arrive. Here are a few. The first major show is the Connecticut Flower and Garden Show at the Convention Center in Hartford. It opens on Thursday, Feb. 21, and runs until Sunday, Feb. 24. This is a big show, with some 300 booths. I like to go down on opening day, or Friday to avoid the crowds. It used to compete with the show in Providence, but that show dissolved some years ago so the crowds in Hartford are even bigger. As with most shows, the Connecticut show has educational seminars. I like to take an hour or two out of a long day of looking at displays to sit down in an auditorium and listen to a speaker talking knowledgeably about a topic they care about. There are some 80 hours of seminars over the four days of the Connecticut Show. Topics like “5 Keys to Prevent Tomato Disease” by Petra Page-Mann, owner of Fruition Seed Company, sound good to me. Next comes the Vermont Flower Show March 1 to 3 at the Champlain Valley Expo Center in Essex Junction. This is a nice small show that is a cooperative venture put on by the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association every two years. It has one large central garden display, and many booths with vendors. I love the model train display that delights small children (and me). Tickets to Vermont Show are $20, but discounted to $15 for seniors and $10 for students 13 to 17 if you buy them in advance. Kids 5 to 12 are just $5. There is plenty to do for kids, including a show and lots of arts and crafts activities. The Philadelphia Flower Show is huge and runs for over a week, starting March 2 and running to March 10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This show has been around since 1829, so they know what they are doing. I went last year and was amazed at the number of displays. I loved talking to exhibitors about their favorite house plant or cactus on display. Many were there to answer questions. This year the theme is “Flower Power.” The entrance display alone has 8,000 fresh flowers in it, of 85

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Vermont flower show 2017. Courtesy photo.

varieties. You get the idea. More is better seems to their mantra. Tickets can bought in advance on-line for a saving. Day of the event? $35 to $42 for adults, no senior discounts. Students $21 to $26, kids ages 2 to 16 are $17 to $20. Week days are cheaper than weekends. The Boston Flower Show runs from March 13 to 17 at the Seaport World Trade Center. Tickets are only about half the price of the Philly Show. I haven’t been in a few years, but checked with a few folks who went last year. The consensus? It’s a pretty commercial show. I checked the floor map, and less than a quarter of the space appears to be dedicated to gardens. Still, for many of us, buying things - plants, seeds, tools and other garden gee-gaws is fun, so maybe there is nothing wrong with that. March 28 to 31 is the Maine Flower Show at Thompson’s Point in Portland. The theme this year is “A Walk in Maine.” There are lectures each day, display gardens and vendors. The Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show is a primarily a home show sponsored by the RI Builders Association on April 4 to 7 at the Convention Center in Providence. I called them and learned that 10,000 feet of floor space will be allocated to the Flower Show (out of 120,000). This is a new show, not the same as the Rhode Island Flower Show that took over the entire state Convention Center up until 2016. Still, admission is just $10 and kids are free, so it would be worth a visit if you are nearby. That same weekend the Seacoast Home and Garden Show will be at the Whittemore Center at UNH in Durham on April 6 and 7. Like the Rhode Island Show, this is primarily a home show, but some garden features are included. You can reach Henry at henry.homeyer@ comcast.net.

Several museums will either be open for extended hours or offering special programs during the February vacation week. Visit the Amoskeag Fishways Learning & Visitors Center (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) any day from Monday, Feb. 25, through Friday, March 1, at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. for a Critter Meet and Greet. Kids will get the opportunity to meet some of the center’s reptiles and amphibians face-to-face, learn fun facts from staff members, and enjoy crafts. On March 1, at 11 a.m., there will be a “Friday Feeding Frenzy,” when visitors can watch some of the animals enjoy their favorite foods. Admission is free and no registration is required, but donations will be accepted. The center will continue its Saturday Nature Seekers series with a program on river otters on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to noon. There is a suggested $5 donation per family for that program. Visit amoskeagfishways.org or call 626-3474. The Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry) will be open on Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in addition to its regular schedule of Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays, from 1 to 4 p.m. One of the recent exhibits available to view is a virtual reality simulator for attendees to experience the work of Rob Holland, a national aerobatics champion based in Nashua. Museum 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. Visit nhahs.org or call 669-4820. The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive, Concord) will be open daily, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., through March 3 for February vacations (the center is normally only open Friday through Sunday during non-vacation weeks). Explore the science galleries and choose from five different planetarium shows throughout each day, including “The Little Star that Could,” “Life Under the Arctic Sky,” “Black Holes,” “Tonight’s Skyland” and “Wild-

est Weather in the Solar System.” Admission is $11.50 for adults, $8.50 for children ages 3 to 12, $10.50 for seniors ages 62 and up, $10.50 for students ages 13 and up, $8.50 for groups of 15 or more and free for members and children ages 2 and under. Visit starhop.com or call 271-7827. The SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St., Manchester) 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. The next family workshop dates are happening on Monday, Feb. 25, and Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 1 to 2 p.m., during which families will get a chance to work on fun hands-on science projects together, ideal for kids ages 6 to 10. Admission is $9 per person. Visit see-sciencecenter.org or call 669-0400. The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) will hold themed days throughout the week, including adult and child science workshops on Friday, Feb. 22, and Friday, March 1, from 2 to 3 p.m.; Pajama Days on Friday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; an all-ages mini golf event on Sunday, Feb. 24, from noon to 5 p.m.; Animal Craft Days on Monday, Feb. 25, and Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Floating Fun Day on Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Dr. Seuss Pajama Parties on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, March 3, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission varies. Visit childrens-museum.org or call 742-2002.

Winter wonderland

Head to Wasserman Park (116 Naticook Road, Merrimack) for the 27th annual Merrimack Winter Carnival on Saturday, Feb. 23, from noon to 3 p.m. The event features outdoor and indoor games, demonstrations, carnival activities, local vendors, food and more. Admission is free. Visit merrimackparksandrec.org.

Deep freeze

Join Carriage Shack Farm (5 Dan Hill Road, Londonderry) for a Frozen-themed event on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The event will feature activities inspired by Frozen, such as interactive characters, refreshments, icicle treats, photo opportunities and more. The cost is $10 for adults and $8 for children (free for children under 1). Reservations required. Visit carriageshackfarm.com or call 716-0629.

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Dear Car Talk: I recently purchased a GMC 3500 with a Duramax diesel engine. Friends with diesel engine trucks are telling me of increased power and gas mileage obtained by By Ray Magliozzi adding aftermarket chips or tuners. My first thought was that if they are that great, why don’t the manufacturers install them as standard equipment? My second thought was, you don’t get anything for free, right? So, are you harming the engine in any way by using these chips? I eagerly await your response. — Bill Well, if you want an erudite response, Bill, you’re going to have to wait a lot longer. In the meantime, I’ll just give you one of my usual thoughtless responses. As VW taught us all recently, the only way you can increase power and mileage electronically is by sacrificing emissions. And that’s what many of these “reprogramming devices” do. So sure, you can get more power out of your engine. But you’ll be giving the rest of us cancer, lung disease and polluted water with your NOx emissions. Not to mention it’s against the law, so you’ll be a criminal, too. You’re absolutely right, Bill. If the manufacturers could increase power and mileage, without breaking the emissions laws, they would have done it — and advertised it — before they

sold you the truck. You’re right on your second point, too. You absolutely could be harming the engine. These devices can change pretty much every parameter of the engine management’s system, including things like the turbo boost. If you punch up the turbo boost, don’t you think there’s a chance the turbo might not last as long? And what do you think the increased force of those bigger explosions in the cylinders will do to the life of your engine? That’s why manufacturers are within their rights to void your warranty if they conclude that you’ve used an unauthorized aftermarket reprogramming device. They don’t even have to catch you in the act. There’s a lot of information stored in your car’s computer these days that they can download and use to sic Robert Mueller on you. And I think you’d be miffed if you went to your dealer after 10,000 miles with a multi-thousand-dollar engine problem and your claim got denied. So I’d try to be satisfied with a brand new truck, Bill. That alone gives you more power and better mileage than most of us. Dear Car Talk: I have always thought that tires were, along with brakes, the first line of defense in a car. I know from a lot of biking that tire pressure has a big effect on rolling resistance and therefore on fuel economy. Whenever I take my car for an

oil change, they inflate the tires to 35 psi, even though the plate inside the driver’s door says to use 33 psi. I have to always ask them to correct it. I’m guessing a lot of people overinflate their tires to improve mileage. But I assume that the engineers who designed the car gave careful consideration to safety, comfort and economy when deciding on the tires and the correct pressure. Of course, where I live, in Minnesota, we can have temperatures of 20 one day and 30 below zero the next, so maintaining the correct pressure isn’t always easy. That being said, what is your opinion? Best to set the correct pressure frequently to keep the correct amount of rubber on the road, or overinflate for economy? Does it matter that much? — Barney Obviously, the best thing to do is to check your tire pressure three times a day to makes sure it’s always exactly what the manufacturer calls for. But nobody does that. Nor would we recommend it. “Sorry, I can’t make your college graduation, dear. I’m scheduled to check my tire inflation during the ceremony.” So given that people don’t check their tires frequently and that temperatures vary, we recommend overinflating your tires by a little bit. It’s always more dangerous to underinflate tires than to overinflate them, within a reasonable range. As a rule, you never want to drive on tires that are more than 10 percent below their recommended pressure (that’s typically when your tire

pressure warning light will come on, if your car has one). Underinflation can cause heat to build up and tread to separate, causing a blowout (see the Ford-Firestone controversy, February 2000). So if your car calls for 33 psi, you never want to let the tires go below about 30 psi. But tire experts say running them at 35 or even 38 or 40 is not going to endanger you or cause any meaningful degradation in braking or handling. At worst, you’d have a stiffer ride, and have a few welts on your head from hitting that pesky dome light. If you live in an area where temperatures vary widely, you’re better off overinflating by a bit. Tire pressure changes about 1 psi for every 10 degree change in temperature. So if your temperature goes from 20 one day to 30 below zero the next, your tire pressure would drop 5 psi. If you started at 33 psi, you’d drop to 28 psi, which is too low. Whereas if you started at 35, you’d drop to 30 psi and still be fine. If you live where the temperature is stable, use the manufacturer’s recommended tire pressure, or a bit more. And check your pressure once a month or so to account for slow leaks and the change of seasons. Or just wait for the warning light to come on, if you have one. And if you live where the temperature is all over the place day to day, then overinflate by a few psi to be safe. Visit Cartalk.com.

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Tammy Downing owns Out of the Box Tours, based in Manchester. Can you explain what your current job is? We offer walking tours and day trips in and around the New Hampshire area and all through New England. … Most of my focus is right here in New Hampshire because it’s my comfort zone. It’s my home. … I try to support other local small businesses. We have a tour called a Wine and Chocolate Tour where we go around to various local wineries for tastings, and we’ll go to different chocolatiers for tastings there as well. We also do historical types of tours. … Primarily my tours in Manchester are food-related or, believe it or not, ghost-related. People love to hear those ghost stories. How long have you worked there? We’ve been around since April of 2017.

to become a tour director, tour manager and tour operator. That’s kind of where it started, and then I started doing tours for various companies. I would take any job I could, because when you’re new, you take whatever. … We would be going on these tours all over the country. How did you find your cur- Tammy Downing. rent job? The same thing rang true with probably 75 to 90 percent of these tours. They were cramming too much content into very little time, so people didn’t have time to enjoy what it was that they were seeing. … I would complain to my husband, and he’d be like, “Well why don’t you do something about that?” So that’s kind of how Out of the Box was born. I just kind of started doing these little sample tours around, just to see if there was interest.

How did you get interested in this field? I had been in the health care field for the better part of 20 years, and I was looking for another job. … My husband and I, we had gone on a trip to Yellowstone, and we did one of those bus tours. The fella that was our tour director asked me what I did for a living, and I’m like, “I’m in health care, but I want to do what you do.” … He had given What’s the best piece of work-related advice me his card, and when I came home, I sent anyone’s ever given you? him an email: “No really, I want to do what Do what you love, and love what you do. you do.” … I was in health care for so long, and I was good at it. I was an admin, so I wasn’t What kind of education or training did you clinical or anything. But I ... didn’t love it. need for this job? It wasn’t my passion. Now, this affords me [The tour director] put me in touch with the opportunity to be creative and travel, … [the] International Tour Management which is what I really enjoy, and meeting Institute. I went to San Francisco … and did new people. a three-week intensive course there on how

What is your typical at-work uniform? I do have T-shirts with the Out of the Box logo, but I don’t wear them all the time. I literally just dress for comfort, because I’m usually walking. ... I have to wear comfortable shoes, which is probably the most important.

What was the first job you ever had? My first real job was with this company called Wayne Green Enterprises. He owned several publications. His office was out of Peterborough. I worked there pretty much throughout my high school career. I was the receptionist. — Scott Murphy What are you into right now? I like to do artwork. I kind of dabble in a couple of different mediums.

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• Getting chili: Warm up with a bowl of chili at Pipe Dream Brewing (49 Harvey Road, Londonderry) during its chili cook-off, scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24, from noon to 5 p.m. There are no more spots to submit your own chili, but visitors can sample all the chili they can eat for $15 and vote on their favorite. The winner receives a cash prize and bragging rights. Pipe Dream Brewing also recently shared news on the near completion of its event room in the next unit over, which will feature eight bar taps and food options in addition to customized lighting setups and sound systems. Visit pipedreambrewingnh. com for more details. • Tropical tastes: Grab your favorite Hawaiian shirt and head down to North Side Grille (323 Derry Road, Hudson) for its fifth annual Luau Party, which will be held throughout the days of Wednesday, Feb. 27, and Thursday, Feb. 28. The restaurant will start with Hawaiian-inspired breakfast specials before serving up some tropical-themed appetizers, entrees and desserts later in the day during its lunch and dinner hours. Past offerings have included coconut lime chicken wings and shrimp, pineapple meatballs, honey jerk pork sliders, mahi mahi and key lime pie. For drinks, the bartenders will be mixing up special tropical flavored cocktails, and there will also be featured brews from Kona Brewing Co. out of Hawaii. Visit hudsonnorthsidegrille.com or call 886-3663 for more details. • Eat Greek: Enjoy authentic Greek food and dancing at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 N. State St., Concord) during Yiayia’s Greek Night Out on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. There will be a food demonstration of the meat- and potato-based dish moussaka, followed by a dinner with moussaka, salad 42

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An inaugural fundraiser for the Concord-based nonprofit New American Africans, Umoja — An African Gala, happening Saturday, Feb. 23, will feature locally prepared ethnic appetizers, entrees and desserts from all across Africa. “We knew from the start that we wanted … [to have] an upscale and authentically African menu,” said gala organizer Jessica Livingston, who created the menu with Trish Taylor, executive chef of the Grappone Conference Center, where the event is being held. “[Taylor] and I did a lot of research to put together a menu of ethnic foods that would go beyond just a traditional chicken dinner.” The gala will start with a cocktail hour, a cash bar and assorted hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner stations where people can go and take food; each station will represent one of Africa’s five regions. “I think a lot of people don’t realize or think of there being so many different cultures in Africa, but there are five4.69”wide distinct regions, and x 2.6” high many cultures within those regions 1/8 thatpage are HIPPO Horizontal so different, and that’s what we tried to highlight in the menu,” she said. “So for example, North Africa has a more Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flair with countries like

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Africa and Congolese fool (a custard with papaya and banana) from Central Africa. “Putting the menu together was definitely fun and challenging, because we tried to keep it somewhat moderate and accessible for people,” Livingston said. The gala, which takes its name from the Swahili word “Umoja” (pronounced oo-MOE-jah) meaning unity, will also feature music and dance performances, raffle baskets and a fashion show depicting traditional styles. Performances will include Swahili music by the Jamhuri Band; dance performances by Rwandan and Congolese members of New American Africans; and a fashion show with traditional and modern African styles, presented by Emelyne Adios of Style by Emelyne. Proceeds from the gala benefit New American Africans, and Livingston said a small presentation telling visitors about the organization’s mission is also planned at the end of the event. Umoja - An African Gala When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 6 to 10 p.m. Where: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord Cost: $75 Visit: newamericanafricansnh.org

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Morocco and Egypt, while Eastern Africa has some Asian flavors.” The featured hors d’oeuvres will include Moroccan fried eggplant from Northern Africa and vetkoek (fried dough with minced curry) from Southern Africa. Sambusa is the representative appetizer from Eastern Africa and will be one of the foods that you might recognize if you attended the Concord Multicultural Festival in September. There will also be kelewele (pan-fried plantains) from Western Africa; and potato bhajia (deep-fried potato rounds) from Central Africa. The dinner stations will open for tasting at 7 p.m., and you can enjoy Mediterranean couscous and meatballs from Northern Africa; sosatie (lamb skewers) with yellow rice from Southern Africa; Kenyan pilau (cardamomand cumin- flavored rice) with nyama choma (grilled goat skewers), kachumbari (tomato relish) and ugali (maize porridge) from Eastern Africa; jollof rice with chicken and fried plantains from Western Africa; and moambe (roast chicken with creamy tomato sauce) and maboke (steamed tilapia) from Central Africa. Each region will even get its own featured dessert. There will be apricot rice pudding from Northern Africa; melktert (milk tart) from Southern Africa; mandazi (a coconut-flavored doughnut) from Eastern Africa; shuku shuku (coconut balls) from Western

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Picanha’s Brazilian Grill opened in Nashua on Feb. 7, offering the same authentic rodízio dining experience as Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse — which closed its doors in that same location just two months ago — plus new a la carte menu items, South American and European wines and cocktails, fresh desserts, weekly specials and more. “Opening our own place … had been in the works for a while. This place kind of just fell in my lap,” said owner Lucas Zorzi of Pelham, who came to the United States from Brazil when he was 13 years old. Zorzi said his family had originally planned to open a burger restaurant in southern New Hampshire but decided on an authentic Brazilian cuisine concept instead. When he learned that Gauchos (whose Manchester location is still open under different ownership) was closing its Nashua location, their plan was set into motion. “My stepdad has been in the restaurant industry for more than 20 years, and I also worked as a server and a bartender at several restaurants,” Zorzi said. “I started bartending full-time at Strip by Strega in Boston when it opened.” Zorzi now works alongside his mother and stepfather, Tomires and Flavio Balzanelli; Tomires Balzanelli prepares madefrom-scratch desserts in the kitchen every day while Flavio Balzanelli organized the wine list. The restaurant’s name comes from a prized cut of beef that is especially popular in Brazil called picanha — known in the United States as a top sirloin cap or rump cap. It’s a cut that tends to have its fat removed, but in Brazil it’s traditional for the fat to stay on the meat until it’s cooked, according to Zorzi. Picanha’s offers lunch and dinner six days a week. Lunch is served daily until 4 p.m. and features picanha as well as a selection of several other hand-cut grilled meats, an open market table of homemade Brazilian dishes and a salad bar. Beginning at 5 p.m. you can get an all-you-can-eat rodízio dinner, which features servers coming to the table with skewers of a variety of meats, like bacon-wrapped chicken, flank steak, pork and chicken sausage, pork belly and chicken hearts. Zorzi said an a la carte menu of Brazilian and even some Italian-inspired dishes is also available if you don’t want to take the all-youcan-eat route. Mandioca frita, for example, is a traditional Brazilian fried yucca dish, while polenta frita (fried polenta sticks with Parmesan aioli) was an option added at the suggestion of Zorzi’s stepfather. “His grandparents are actually from Italy, so he knows how to do a lot of Italian dishes well,” Zorzi said. “So we tried to incorporate a

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little bit of that on the menu, and that’s where we came up with the polenta frita.” Some of the items available as part of the rodízio dinner can also be ordered in small portions from the a la carte menu, like the picanha, which is served with arugula, and the linguiça (pork sausage) with onions. Authentic Brazilian specials are also featured on weekends, like feijoada, a black bean stew mixed with sausage, bacon and pancetta; and moqueca, a fish stew with tomatoes, onions and garlic. For desserts, Zorzi said, options will likely be switched out every week, with a few housemade staples like pudim de leite, a Brazilian flan-like dish topped with a fresh caramel drizzle; pavé, a dish he described as similar in consistency to tiramisu that comes in either peach or pineapple flavors; and brigaderão de chocolate, a chocolate soft fudge. Zorzi himself has drawn from his bartending experience to put together a small lineup of house cocktails. The Caipirinha Classica, his take on Brazil’s national cocktail, has cachaça, fresh muddled lime and cane sugar. Other drinks include the Pineapple Nation, which has bourbon whiskey; the Brisa Do Litoral, made with tequila, passion fruit, Aperol and lime juice; and the Coconut Crème Margarita, which has silver tequila, lime and Cointreau. Several beers and wines are available at the bar too. Zorzi said despite their being open for such a short amount of time, the feedback for the food and drinks among customers has been very positive. “We’ve even had some people who came in here when it was Gauchos who are coming in to see us now and are saying, ‘Wow, you guys are doing a really great job,’ so yes, so far so good,” he said.

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While I’m turning over a new leaf as a baker, I’ve always committed to making my own frosting. It only takes a moment in the baking aisle to realize that store-bought frosting can’t cut it. For one, something that takes about four ingredients to make at home winds up with at least 20 ingredients on the shelf. My husband once came home with vanilla frosting because he figured it would have the least food dye — but the frosting inexplicably had Yellow 5 and Red 40 in it, in addition to a host of “natural flavors” and caramel coloring. Yuck! Now, if the extra and unnecessary ingredients aren’t enough reason for you to make your own, the taste should be! I promise

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Begin by beating the butter on medium for about two minutes. When it starts to resemble frosting, you’re going in the right direction! Then, add your ingredients (add the powdered sugar slowly). Taste as you go in case you want less sugar or salt! Plus, it’s delicious. I added my favorite pink dye made with beet juice to create these pink cupcakes. You can find some awesome sprinkles, too!

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A few weeks ago we chatted about the big-band resurgence going on in New York, which I imagine is making red-eye borough nightlife more fun than ever. It’s safe to say that a bit of fusion is also going on with the genre, and that’s what we find here, in this third release from composer-bandleader Hazama and her 13-piece m_unit platoon. There are bold steps taken here, but the band’s fallback position is indeed a genial blend of big-band, starting with the album’s kickoff track “Today, Not Today.” That one begins with a start-stop-start phalanx of mellowed-out piano-percussion that straightens out to add instrumental layers and table some clever jazz-fusion, which eventually slides into, well, you know, big-band. That formula alone earns her style a “neo” prefix, but she’s a composer, too, remember; “Somnambulent” — with which she won a 2015 BMI competition — combines the anxious accordion-rattles of Bear McCreary with the angelic soprano-pop of Delerium. A — Eric W. Saeger

• Feb. 22 reluctantly promises a release from frigid temperatures and idiots purposely getting into accidents every night on Route 93, at 5 p.m. right on the dot, just to make me reconsider that whole “having money to survive” thing. Also with that is-winter-over-yet date comes a list of releases from bands and individuals, starting with Scottish folkie James Yorkston and his new LP, The Route to the Harmonium, whatever that’s supposed to mean, which was recorded in the small Scottish fishing village of Cellardyke, wherever that is. For the record, a harmonium is a “free-reed organ” that’s been around since the days of Andrew Jackson, and it’s kind of annoying, so hopefully there won’t be a lot of it on this record, but for due diligence’s sake, let’s go find out by listening to this album’s single, “My Mouth Ain’t No Bible.” Hmm, it’s pretty cool, I suppose, a purposeful snare-drum beat keeping aloft a combination of hayloft-indie and the sort of weird-but-awesome indie rock Domino Records seems to find under every rock. I’d probably listen to the whole album once and fling the CD out the window. • Beth Jeans Houghton is popularly known as Du Blonde. Her hobbies would appear to include identity politics, animating videos and noise rock, but in order to get a feel for her stuff, I’ll have to buzz over to YouTube and listen to some non-deep cut from her fast-approaching album, Lung Bread for Daddy (she’s not a worthless hack, by the way; she’s done video animation for Red Hot Chili Peppers, among others). Oh come on, the video for the new song “Buddy” shows her in a bikini and a cowboy hat in a bathtub full of spaghetti, so gross. The song is nice and all, a lo-fi mess of Lydia Lunch slow-punk, but come on with the spaghetti. America is not ready for the people-covered-in-food disgustingness, we’re just not. • No idea what The Claypool Lennon Delirium is, but I’d guess that it’s the Primus dude playing with Julian Lennon, for some reason (money)? South of Reality is this project/band/whatnot’s new record, and — wait, I’m going to Wiki to get an explanation. OK, yeah, it’s Les Claypool, who does all the South Park joke-songs, along with not Julian but Sean Lennon, who plays an omnichord, in other words an electronic autoharp. I hope I won’t hear any omnichord on whatever the single is, because my stomach just wouldn’t be able to take it. The single is titled, and I quote, “Blood And Rockets: Movement I, Saga Of Jack Parsons — Movement II, Too The Moon.” It sounds like White Album-era John Lennon jamming with a very stoned Pink Floyd. In that, it’s awesome, in its way. • Lastly, for the prog-rock heads, we have overindulgent sympho-twits Dream Theater, with their new one, Distance Over Time! The single, “Fall into the Light,” has a death metal vibe going for the first however-many minutes, then the singer does his usual pretty-boy glam-rock thing, and there are Deep Purple keyboards. In sum, it’s for people who deserve more in life than Bury Your Dead, but they’ll never hear about it, because “rrarrr, monster metal panoplies!” — Eric W. Saeger

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Cassandra Austen writes thoughtful, slowburn literary romance novels filled with realworld restraint. Her heroines are strong, her heroes are honorable, and she writes with a profound love for the landscapes of Old and New England. A former journalist who has lived and worked on three continents, Anthony Caplan lives in Henniker, New Hampshire with his family, where he writes and teaches high school Spanish. He is the best-selling author of Savior, a dystopian thriller, and The Victor's Heritage, finalist for the 2015 Drunken Druid Literary Prize. Jeff Deck is an indie author who lives in Maine with his wife, Jane, and their silly dog, Burleigh. Deck writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, dark fantasy, and other speculative fiction besides City of Ports and City of Games. New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Ana E Ross, was born and raised in the Caribbean where she began indulging in romance novels at a very early age. Her published works include several short stories, five books in her bestselling series, Billionaire Brides of Granite Falls, and three books in the spinoff series, Beyond Granite Falls. She is presently working on her second spinoff series, Billionaire Island Brides set in a fictitious island in the South Caribbean.

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• Living with beavers: Carol Leonard will be at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m., presenting her memoir Bad Beaver Tales: Love and Life in Downeast Maine. In it, Leonard recounts her and her husband’s experience building their dream homestead on 400 acres of wilderness in Downeast Maine, which they came to discover is also home to around 100 beavers. Call 224-0562 or visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • Literary award nominations: The New Hampshire Writers’ Project is accepting nominations of literary works for the 13th annual New Hampshire Literary Awards now through March 31. To be eligible, a work must be written by a New Hampshire native or resident and published between April 1 and Dec. 31 of 2018. Nominations will be accepted for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s picture books and middle grade/young adult. The entries will be read and evaluated by a panel of judges assembled by the New Hampshire Writers’ Project. Nominations must include three print copies of the work, $50 for the nomination fee and a completed nomination form, mailed to the New Hampshire Writers’ Project. Additionally, the Readers’ Choice Awards begin in August and invite readers to vote for their favorite nominees in each category. Winners will be announced at a reception at the New Hampshire Institute of Art on Oct. 5. Visit nhwritersproject.org. • Youth poetry contest: The Literary Arts Guild of the Center for the Arts Lake Sunapee Region is accepting submissions for its “A Celebration of Poetry Month” youth poetry contest now through March 10. The theme is “The Courage to Create.” Young New Hampshire poets may submit one original unpublished poem inspired by the theme. New Hampshire poet Ala Khaki will judge the contest in high school, middle school and elementary school categories. Submissions must be mailed to Dianalee Velie, P.O. Box 290, Newbury. The winning poets will be honored and invited to read their poems at a poetry celebration on April 5 at the Newbury Town Offices. Visit centerfortheartsnh.org. — Angie Sykeny Books Author Events • LINDA POWERS Author presents Parenting Across the Life Span. Thurs., Feb. 21, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com. • NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITERS’ PROJECT AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT Authors Cassandra Austen, Anthony Caplan, Jeff Deck, Ana E. Ross, and NNWP Chair Masheri Chappelle present their books. Sat., Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, Lorden Plaza, 614 Nashua St., Milford. Visit toadbooks.com. • 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. • CAROL LEONARD Author presents Bad Beaver Tales: Love and Life in Downeast Maine. Thurs., Feb. 28, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St. , Con-

through March 1. A Freethinker’s Corner, 652 Central Ave., Suite A, Dover. Visit freethinkerscorner. com. • DERRY WRITERS’ NIGHT OUT 3-MINUTE FICTION SLAM A fast-paced competition among writers who take turns reading and performing original short stories. Three judges from the New Hampshire Writers’ Project give verbal feedback and secretly record a score for each piece, awarding first, second and third place. The winner of the Derry contest goes on to compete in the state finals in Manchester. Wed., Feb. 27, 6 to 9 p.m. Deja Vu Furniture and More, 113 Hillside Ave., Londonderry. Free. Visit nhwritersproject.org/three-minute-fiction-slam/.

Poetry events • MACGREGOR POETRY CONTEST Looking for poets to compete in its second annual MacGregor Poetry Contest. All poems will be judged anonymously by Derry Poet Laureate Robert Crawford and staff members of the library. The first-place winner will receive $250 in cash. Poets can submit up to two poems, no more than two pages each. There are no restrictions on form or subject matter. Submissions can be emailed to macgregorpoetrycontest@derrypl.org, mailed to the library (address to “Derry Public Library Poetry Contest”) or dropped off at the library. Do not include anything in your poem that indicates your identity. Winners will be contacted by phone or email. Submissions will be accepted now through March 15, with contest results announced in April. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Call 432-6140 or visit derrypl.org. • SLAM FREE OR DIE Weekly poetry open mike and slam. cord. Visit gibsonsbookstore. Thursday, 8 p.m. Stark Brewing com. Co., 500 N. Commercial St., Man• KATY BUTLER Author pres- chester. $3. Visit facebook.com/ ents The Art of Dying Well. Wed., slamfreeordie. March 6. Music Hall Loft , 131 Congress St., Portsmouth. Visit Writers groups themusichall.org. • PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE • CHERYL RICHARDSON Cue Zero Theatre Company hosts Author presents Waking Up in a monthly Playwright’s Circle Winter: In Search of What Really for local playwrights looking to Matters at Midlife. Thurs., March improve their craft. Playwrights 7, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 of all ages and experience levels S. Main St. , Concord. Visit gib- are invited to bring 10 pages of an sonsbookstore.com. original work, which the circle will Book sales • BOOKS ‘N’ PUZZLES SALE Items 50 cents each. Sat., Feb. 23, 8 a.m. to noon. First Church Congregational, 63 S. Main St. , Rochester. Call 332-1121. 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

read aloud and offer feedback on while discussing the process and philosophy of playwriting. Bring at least one copy of your scene for every character. Every third Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit facebook.com/CZTheatre. • WRITERS GROUP All levels and abilities welcome. Second and fourth Friday, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Candia Smith Public Library, 55 High St., Candia. Call 483-8245. Visit smythpl.org.

POP CULTURE FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ

One more look at 2018

A good year for film turns into a weird year for Oscar it? Tune in Sunday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. on ABC to find out.

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This year’s Oscar season has been full of controversies but the Sunday, Feb. 24, ceremony will still celebrate some of my favorite movies of 2018. And the 91st Academy Awards ceremony is still an excuse to catch up on 2018 movies. By the time you read this, all the Best Picture releases will be available for home viewing except for Vice, which is still in theaters (as are some of the other nominees). Most of the Oscar-nominated shorts are also available for home viewing, as are all of the nominated documentary features, two of the foreign language films (Roma and Shoplifters; Cold War is currently screening at Red River Theatres) and three of the animated movies (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Incredibles 2 and Isle of Dogs; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is still in theaters and will be available at home on Feb. 26). Run down the list of nominees in the 24 categories and you’ll find other movies worth a watch and fairly readily available. In keeping with the weirdness of the year, I present my favorites and my wild guesses as to who will win, based not on combing through GoldDerby.com and other predictions, as I’ve done in years past (though check out that site if you’re looking to win your Oscar pool), but more on a sense of which movies are having a moment based on my regular diet of awards season coverage. And because, at its best, award season should really be about finding more movies worth watching, I’m also offering suggestions for additional viewing and for other movie awards lists that give different perspectives on the year in movies. Will Black Panther pull off a Marvel miracle? Will I hit my standard 60-percent prediction accuracy rate? Lacking a host or even a solid idea for how to organize the night, will Oscar ceremony organizers ending up putting the statues on folding tables on the stage and tell people to come up and find the one with their name on

Best picture

The nominees: Black Panther; BlacKkKlansman; Bohemian Rhapsody; The Favourite; Green Book; Roma; A Star Is Born; Vice My favorite: Black Panther. Yes, it’s a superhero movie, but it’s still a solid piece of art, both in terms of the bigger issues it speaks to and as a piece of entertainment Wild guess: Roma. This feels like this year’s answer to The Shape of Water: arty enough but also popular enough (and it was floating to the top of GoldDerby last time I checked). Dark horse: Green Book. I thought this movie was pretty cornball and not actually about its two most interesting elements (the Green Book motorist guide and pianist Dr. Don Shirley). Shoulda been a contender: Tully or Eighth Grade. Both movies feature top-notch performances by their female leads whose characters are trying to figure out their lives. Also, I read the list of nominees several times before I realized that If Beale Street Could Talk wasn’t there. Was that a misprint, Academy? Additional reading: Good, bad or Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar list of notable 2018 movies isn’t the only list of notable 2018 movies. Check out the Film Independent Spirit Awards (filmindependent.org), where you will find Eighth Grade and If Beale Street Could Talk as well as First Reformed, Leave No Trace and You Were Never Really Here nominated for Best Feature and Hereditary, Sorry to Bother You, The Tale, We the Animals and Wildlife nominated for Best First Feature, among its 19 awards categories. These awards will be handed out Saturday, Feb. 23, the day before the Oscars.

Best animated feature film

The nominees: Incredibles 2; Isle of Dogs; Mirai; Ralph Breaks the Internet, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. My favorite/wild guess: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Another great movie featur-

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working on cases about gender equality — more than I like the movie as a whole. Dark horse: Free Solo. This movie gets into the details of its subject in a way RBG doesn’t and tells a really engaging story about an athlete and his career of “free solo” climbs (no ropes, no living if you fall probably). Shoulda been a contender: Both Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and They Shall Not Grow Old feel like surprising omissions. The Fred Rogers biopic is available for home viewing; They Shall Not Grow Old is in area theaters now (and definitely worth a watch). Less urgent but compelling was Three Identical Strangers (available for home viewing). Tea with the Dames (also available for home viewing) was lightweight in tone but featured that movie rarity: older women talking about careers, family, life balanace and friendship. Additional reading: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? didn’t make it onto the final list of nominees but it was on the Oscar short list, a kind of semi-finalist round that exists in nine of the Oscar categories including documentary, foreign language film and the Best documentary feature The nominees: Free Solo; Hale County This shorts. Find it at oscars.org/oscars/91st-osMorning, This Evening; Minding the Gap; Of cars-shortlists. Fathers and Sons; RBG My favorite/wild guess: RBG. Actually, I All categories guessed! guess this is my favorite? I think I like elements of this documentary — the sweet romance Find my guesses on all the categories in between Ginsburg and her husband, the way a director’s cut extended version of this article at hippopress.com. Find it by clicking on the movie lays out the legal status of women the link for the PDF of the entire issue. in America both before and after she started

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Sorority girl Tree made it to the day after her birthday but she can’t seem to escape time loops in Happy Death Day 2U, an unnecessary but enjoyable sequel to the comedy horror movie.

When Ryan (Phi Vu) barges in on his roommate Carter (Israel Broussard) and some girl — Tree (Jessica Rothe) — making out, it is the morning of their second day together. Tree successfully stopped the baby-mask-wearing killer who stalked her through multiple repeats of the same day and dealt with some personal business involving her dad (Jason Bayle) and their difficult relationship due to their shared grief over the death of Tree’s mom (Missy Yager). Along the way, Tree, who woke up day after day in the bed of the previously unknown Carter, falls in love with Carter and becomes less of a meangirl stereotype. Ryan doesn’t know this, though, as he goes through the day, getting chased out of the dorm room by Carter, yelled at by an administrator for his electricity-sucking quantum-something science experiment and cheated out of a delicious churro by a jump-scare. Only after he is murdered by a baby-mask-wearing killer and wakes up back in his car, stumbles back to the dorm and interrupts Carter and Tree once again does he learn of Tree’s never-ending day. Tree quickly figures out that Ryan’s science project might have something to do with his deja vu and calls together Ryan, Carter and Ryan’s lab partners, Samar (Suraj Sharma) and Dre (Sarah Yarkin). They try to work on the problem of how to close the time loop and keep Ryan from being murdered, eventually capturing the killer. But when they unmask the baby-face, things start to get weird and, after the experiment malfunctions, Tree finds herself back in Carter’s bed, back on her birthday and furious that she has to live that one day again. Only, as she quickly realizes, things aren’t the same as they’d been all those times before. Sure, Happy Death Day 2U is a sequel and a horror comedy where a sorority girl gleefully skydives to her death in a bikini, but it is also a movie about how to deal with grief and loss, what role experiences have in making someone who they are and the way people are more than their stereotype. I’m not arguing this is the deepest movie I’ve ever seen but there’s more to it than the “horror comedy sequel” description might suggest, just as there was more to the first movie than ini-

tially appeared. And, like the first movie, it was fun. Rothe hits this character exactly right — she is equally believable sacrificing her life to save others and complaining about her clothes. Her friendships and familial relationships are sweet, her annoyed but determined approach to her situation is just spunky enough to make you want to cheer her on but also catty enough to deflate seriousness when needed. Happy Death Day 2U wasn’t an especially much-needed second chapter and it definitely doesn’t need to be the middle entry in a trilogy (there is a credits scene coda to the movie that I missed but that, according to Hollywood Reporter and Wikipedia, sets up a potential third movie) but I’m not sad I saw this. B Rated PG-13 for violence, language, sexual material and thematic elements, according to the MPAA. Written and directed by Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day 2U is an hour and 40 minutes long and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Isn’t It Romantic (PG-13)

A self-aware gal is stuck in an awareness-free rom-com in Isn’t It Romantic.

Natalie’s (Rebel Wilson) life is not a romcom: she lives in a cramped apartment on a standard, dirty New York street and, while she works at an architecture firm (that classic romcom profession), the office is realistically gray and depressing. After she catches her assistant Whitney (Betty Gilpin) watching a rom-com, she tries to explain why they are so unhealthy, what with their weird stereotypes and unrealistic promises of both love and real estate (all those giant New York City apartments in cupcake-shop-filled neighborhoods). But while Whitney might not quite understand the “don’t watch movies at work” life lesson, she does pick up on what Natalie seems programmed to miss, which is that their co-worker Josh (Adam Devine) is crushing on Natalie. Perhaps a childhood “we’re not the kind of girls men want” rant from Natalie’s mother (a nice Jennifer Saunders cameo) has left Natalie incapable of understanding the meaning behind Josh’s invitations to hang out and his regular glances in her direction (which she mistakes as his gazing at the model, played by Priyanka Chopra, in the billboard outside the office window). When a guy on the subway gives her the eye, Natalie wonders if maybe she should take Whit-

ney’s advice that she be more open to life — that is, before the gazer turns out to be a mugger. She fights him off but runs into a pillar and is knocked out. When she wakes up in the emergency room, she finds that she’s in not the cramped, drab ER of a real-world hospital but the pastels-filled, hotdoctor-awash ER of a romantic comedy. Much like Dorothy stepping into Oz, Natalie marvels at the romantic-comedy version of New York that is weirdly clean and full of bright colors, flowers, well-appointed spacious rooms (her apartment is massive, her office is light and airy and full of matching furniture) and smiling men who seem to care about her, like, as a person. One of those men is Blake (Liam Hemsworth), the client for whom her firm is designing a new hotel (and Natalie is designing the parking garage). Though in the real world he was just a random hot guy, he now suddenly has an Australian accent, a love-at-first-sight affection for Natalie and a romantic streak so strong and insane he writes his phone number on rose petals. Natalie, desperate to remove herself from this alternate universe, thinks that perhaps she can break the spell by getting some goofus to fall in love with her and decides that Blake’s as good a goofus as any. But, as Natalie muses in a voice-over that is suddenly just there, is Blake’s love really what she needs or is Josh, the only person who is the same in both realities, the man for her? Rich and handsome dude versus charming friend — a classic romantic comedy setup that this movie actually handles very well. The mov-

ie even makes a nod or two to how that setup is rather demeaning to the men involved when you consider them as people and not just stock characters. And, while this is a little spoiler-y, I liked how this movie’s ultimate message is not about taking off your glasses and getting a makeover or finding the right person but something more The Wizard of Oz-ish, more in line with “you always had the power” (and the necessary shoes). Wilson, often the comic relief in movies where she plays a supporting role, is an above average lead. She is neither too jokey nor too earnest, with real-person-ish blind spots. She can pull off some of the movie’s sillier moments while still making Natalie seem like someone who might exist in the world. Also pleasantly exceeding expectations is Hemsworth, who much like his brother Chris is very good at playing the puffed-up doofus and using his handsomeness for best comic effect. And “pleasant” is overall how I’d describe Isn’t It Romantic. I feel like 10 years ago, before Mindy Kaling played with some of these same tropes in The Mindy Project, this movie might have felt sharper and more innovative. But it’s still lightweight fun with plenty to appeal to both genuine and snark-filled fans of the genre. B Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and a brief drug reference, according to the MPAA. Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson with a screenplay by Erin Cardillo and Dana Fox & Katie Silberman, Isn’t It Romantic is an hour and 28 minutes long and distributed by New Line Cinema.

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• They Shall Not Grow Old (R, 2018) Fri., Feb. 22, and Sat., Feb. 23, 12:25, 3:05, 5:45 and 8:25 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 24, 12:25 and 3:05 p.m.; and Mon., Feb. 25, through Thurs., Feb. 28, 2, 5:30 and 8:05 p.m. WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • Green Book (PG-13, 2018) Thurs., Feb. 21, through Thurs., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., Feb. 24, 2 p.m. • The Upside (PG-13, 2017) Thurs., Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. • Farmer of the Year (2018) Fri., Feb. 22, through Thurs., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., Feb. 24, 2 and 4:30 p.m. • The Blue Max (1966) Sat., Feb. 23, 4:30 p.m. MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 6246560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Scooby Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019) Thurs., Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. (West) • Cool Runnings (PG, 1993) Mon., Feb. 25, 1 p.m. (Main) • Destined to Ride (2018) Wed., Feb. 27, 1 p.m. (Main)

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• Big time: Up and coming country singer-songwriter Kane Brown is a headliner for the first time in his career, touring behind the breakthrough success of his new album Experiment, which debuted at the top of the Billboard charts and spawned three consecutive No. 1 hits. Over the past couple of years Brown has garnered a billion-plus audio and video streams of his songs. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester. Tickets $29.50 to $49.50 at ticketmaster.com. • Local lights: The second in a showcase concert series stars Derek Russell Fimble, with openers Justin Cohn and the duo of Paul Driscoll & Gardner Berry. Enjoy original songs in a listening room environment away from the noisy bar scene. Fimble made the duo album The Company You’re Keeping with Vanessa Hale in 2017. Cohn has a solo LP and is a member of Rocking Horse Music Club. Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., Amato Center, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. Tickets $12 at eventbrite.com. • Variety night: Four comics provide the laughs in downtown Concord, with music from pop singer Kamryn Richard. Headliner Kevin Lee offers juggling, fire and sword-swallowing in his act. Mark Scalia is a veteran of Comedy Central, while Pat Napoli has opened for Howie Mandel and Gabe Kaplan. Drew Dunn won the 2017 Boston Comedy Festival, and a similar contest in Seattle last year. Saturday, Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets $19 to $23 at ccanh. com. • Afternoon jazz: Watch and learn at Jazz on 8 as guitarist Mike Stockbridge performs with saxophone player Charlie Jennison and percussionist George Robinson, followed by a discussion about the use of extended-range guitar in jazz and an educational clinic. The event includes a set of live music led by the talented Stockbridge. Sunday, Feb. 24, 3 p.m., Main Street BookEnds, 16 E Main St, Warner. The all-ages gathering is free to the general public; RSVP to mike@mikestockbridge.com.

Few are as ubiquitous on the regional music scene as Yamica Peterson. The soulful singer and keyboard player is known by many as Mica, pronounced mee-kuh. With a voice that can lift crowds from their chairs onto the dance floor, she is out playing solo and in duos — with her father Pete Peterson in Family Affair, with Don Severance in The Mica-Sev Project, and with guitarist Chris O’Neill — almost every night of the week. Rising above those efforts is Mica’s Groove Train. Long dormant, the fivepiece funk fusion powerhouse is now back and busier than ever, with showcase gigs ahead and plans to make its first ever album in the spring. “I’m hoping to be throwing a CD release party by the summer or fall,” Peterson said recently. “It’s gonna be all my stuff. There are songs that no one has ever heard before, and some that we’ve been playing out.” In the early 2010s, the band lit up clubs all over New Hampshire, and were bound for even bigger stages. Then tragedy struck when bass player Chad Owens died just a few months before they were set to play the 2013 Granite State Music Festival. Though they did that show and met their immediate obligations, Mica’s Groove Train soon ground to a halt. “Chad’s passing hit me hard, so I stopped doing it altogether,” Peterson said. She relocated to Tucson, Arizona, but the move didn’t end her musical urges. Within months, she was performing again, after seeing a local band that reminded her of Rhythm Method. “My husband arranged for me to go up and do a set with these cats I’d never even met,” she said. “They didn’t know me from Adam, but took a chance — and we tore the roof off.”

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The Portsmouth native eventually returned home, where the music community welcomed her back with open arms. She attributes much of this to her father, also a constant presence on the scene. “I thought the hiatus might really hinder my ability to get back working, but I’ve been fortunate to build so many great relationships over the years,” she said. “They just opened their doors and hearts back up.” The decision to reboot Mica’s Groove Train came after plenty of soul-searching by Peterson. “I got to thinking about what Chad would say if he knew I’d quit,” Peterson said. “I came to the realization that it’s crazy for me to just stop doing what I was doing, and I think he would have wanted me to do what I’m doing now. So that was kind of the wake-up call for me.” The newly reconstituted group includes Joe Rizzo on drums, bass player Stacy Bugg, guitarist Jeff Tanzer, Gene Guth on xylophone, and Chris Sink playing keyboards. Sink is also in Amorphous Band and Queen City Soul; the latter band will open for Mica’s Groove Train at Dover Brickhouse on Feb. 23. The show is dubbed the Mega-Mash Up, and Peterson promises the two bands will share more than a stage for the night. “I’m going to be doing some singing in Queen City Soul, and obviously Chris will be doing our portion of the music,” she said. “I will be bouncing between the conglomerations. ... We still have to put some thought into the finish and make sure everything flows right, but it’s going to be cool.” Playing original music is Peterson’s current driving force. “We are busy all the time, but my goal as of late is to seek out places where I don’t have to play covers,” she said. “I want to be playing my stuff — not that I don’t love the material that I cover. I wouldn’t do it

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All quotes are from Endurance: A Year they are rocket science, you should ask a rockin Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, by Scott et scientist. First, identify the problem. Kelly, born Feb. 21, 1964. Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) I’ve come to appreciate that this job has challenged me Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Holiday or to do not just one hard thing, but many hard not, today is just another workday on the things. You have a lot to appreciate. schedule, one that becomes more difficult Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) The first when the resistive exercise device breaks moment I settled down into the seat was surdown. This is more urgent than it might seem, real. On one hand, it was the end of a long because exercise is nearly as important to our struggle to get there, starting the afternoon I well-being as oxygen and food. When we skip first cracked the cover of The Right Stuff. ... even one exercise session, we can feel it phys- On the other hand, this was going to be the ically, as if our muscles are atrophying, and start of a whole new set of challenges. This is it’s not a good feeling. Go for a walk. how it goes. Aries (March 21 – April 19) I was still a Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) John Glenn directionless, undereducated eighteen-year- completed his mission, in October 1998, after old with terrible grades who knew nothing which I inherited his parking space and used about airplanes. But The Right Stuff had giv- it for the next eighteen years. A good parking en me the outline of a life plan. Having an space is hard to come by. outline is useful. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) This is one Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Sleeping of the things that some people find difficult to while floating isn’t easy, especially when imagine about living on the space station — you’re out of practice. Nothing’s easy when the fact that I can’t step outside when I feel you’re out of practice. like it. Focus on what you can do. Gemini (May 21 – June 20) It’s hard to Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) A little explain to people who haven’t lived here how piece of something edible looking is floating much we start to miss nature. In the future there by. It often happens that bits of food get away will be a word for the specific kind of nostalgia from us and provide an unexpected snack for we feel for living things. We all like to listen to someone days later. “Remember the mice,” recordings of nature — rainforests, birdcalls, I warn [crewmate Terry]. “It might not be wind in the trees. (Misha even has a record- chocolate.” Look before you eat. ing of mosquitoes, which I think goes a bit too Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Personalfar.) When even the mosquitoes start sounding ly, I’ve learned that nothing feels as amazing good, you know you need to get out more. as water. The night my plane landed in HousCancer (June 21 – July 22) It’s strange ton and I finally got to go home, I did exactly waking up here on weekends, even more so what I’d been saying all along I would do: I than waking up other days, because on week- walked in the front door, walked out the back ends it becomes clearer that I’m sleeping at door, and jumped into my swimming pool, my workplace. If you’re going to sleep, bring still in my flight suit. The sensation of being a pillow. immersed in water for the first time in a year Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I’ve learned that is impossible to describe. A jacuzzi could be most problems aren’t rocket science, but when just the thing.

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When researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand thawed out some frozen leopard seal excrement in January, which they use to study the animals’ health, they discovered “deep inside the scat” a USB stick containing vacation photos from Porpoise Bay. Reuters reported the defrosted poo had been placed in the freezer in November 2017, and the USB stick was left to dry for a few weeks before volunteers tried it out. The only clue to its owner is the nose of a blue kayak shown in one of the photos. Should the owner want it back, NIWA has a request: more leopard seal poo, please.

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Pavlos Polakis, Greece’s deputy health minister, did not take kindly to a recent reprimand from European Union Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, who admonished Polakis for smoking in public. Andriukaitis was in Athens Feb. 4 to mark World Cancer Day, reported Reuters. He also complained that the health ministry smelled of cigarette smoke and that nobody wears ties. Polakis replied in a Facebook post about the casual dress: “That’s a lie ... the security guard at the entrance wore one. I don’t. It’s the suits which passed through here who bankrupted our country.” As for the scold about smoking, Polakis retort- Police blotter ed: “I’ll decide when to stop smoking, on • When firefighters responded to a house my terms.” Greece has the highest rate of fire Feb. 5 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, resismoking in the EU. dent Holly Williams, 37, was happy to tell them how it started. She and Michael Mill-

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Exterminators were called to the Rogers County (Oklahoma) courthouse on Feb. 4 after an attorney appeared in a third-floor courtroom with bed bugs falling out of his clothing. “Hard to imagine someone doesn’t know ... bed bugs are crawling all over them, certainly in abundance,” remarked Sheriff Scott Walton to KJRH TV. Courthouse officials met and decided to close the building at noon until exterminators could

er, 38, keep their car fuel in a container in the house, and they were arguing (about his drinking), and he was trying to take their car, so she flushed the gasoline down the toilet, reported the Altoona Mirror. Miller threw a lit cigarette in the toilet and as flames spread, Williams ran out of the house and called 911. Miller was arrested for arson, risking catastrophe and recklessly endangering another person; later Williams was charged, as well. • Phillip Lee, 27, was arrested Feb. 4 on charges of simple robbery and simple battery after his attempt to take cash from a New Orleans Popeyes restaurant went south. The Times-Picayune reported that Lee arrived at the restaurant around noon and tried to steal money, but he couldn’t get the cash register open. So instead, he took some fried chicken and fled. Police caught up with him later, and the judge set his bond at $13,500. Popeyes is good, but wow.

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Richard J. Betters Jr., 44, of Schenectady, New York, has encountered police detectives in nearby Rotterdam before, which explains why he had one officer’s phone number in his contacts list. So on Feb. 6, The Daily Gazette reported, when a detective mistakenly received a text from Betters offering drugs, it was a law enforcement slam dunk. The detective played along with Betters, offering to meet him at the Taco Bell in Rotterdam, where he arrested Betters for criminal possession of a controlled substance (Oxycodone pills). He was held on $20,000 bail. Visit newsoftheweird.com.

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