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“The church is the people, not structures.” So offered CNN anchor Chris Gallagher, as he struggled to comment on the fire then engulfing the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Around the world, people were engaged with their TV and computer screens as the ravage of this treasured icon progressed. Commentators offered and viewers added their reflections on what the cathedral has meant to them in times of joy and sorrow, in times of national celebration and historic challenge. The timing of the fire, coming as it did during Holy Week, is itself an event inviting reflection appropriate to the time. Within hours of the news reports of the fire, generous offers of financial support poured in, and then some of the less attractive aspects of philanthropy manifested themselves. French corporate titans appeared to compete with one another as the pledges were announced. Tax incentives were proposed, criticized, and then retracted. The only aspect not yet suggested, mercifully, was a “naming opportunity.” That such a historic icon should be restored seemed beyond question. Alongside — and perhaps because of the Paris event — there came gestures of support for the three historical black churches recently touched in Louisiana. All of those structures, and the many, many other temples, mosques, synagogues and churches that have fallen victim to the hatred of others just this last year, should well prompt us to reflect on that special bond that exists between a community of belief and the building that houses that community. Sacred places, across the world religions, are spaces and venues that have been set aside by virtue of their consecration or because they are imbued with significance owing to what has taken place there. They are buildings or monuments that bring people together. Over time, however, precisely because of that function, they take on significance by what those gathered in them do. They become venues for reflection, celebration, commemoration and consolation. By their architecture, ornamentation and style, as well, they are enhanced and then, in turn, gain greater value. At the rededication of the British Houses of Parliament after the ravages of the Blitz, Winston Churchill remarked, “We shape our buildings and then our buildings shape us.” So buildings such as Notre Dame, built in a spirit of faith and to honor the divine, over time shape the identity of those who worship there and even affect the consciousness of those who visit. In the end, however, the church (or temple or mosque) is the people, and it is a people who will rebuild and reshape their place of worship and in a curious turn it will in time still further shape them. Stephen Reno is the executive director of Leadership New Hampshire and former chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire. His email is stepreno@gmail.com.
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Drinking water project
Residents of several Granite State towns are expected to receive their drinking water from Manchester by the end of the year 2020, NHPR reported. Members of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Water Project finalized an agreement this month to build a network of water mains, pumps and tanks that will transport water from Manchester’s Lake Massabesic and the Merrimack River through Derry and down to Salem and the surrounding towns. The towns will receive a total of up to one million gallons of water per day from 2020 to 2023, and around three million per day after 2023. Construction of the project is expected to begin later this summer. The growing population of that region of the state, as well as contaminants found in some local wells, were among the reasons to approve the project, NHPR reported.
ing devices in New Hampshire. The bill, which adds vaping devices and e-liquids to the existing state law preventing people under the age of 18 to purchase cigarettes, will also make it illegal to vape on school grounds and will include vaping in existing laws pertaining to indoor smoking. According to the amended bill, an e-liquid is defined as “any liquid, oil, or wax product, containing … nicotine or cannabis intended for use in devices used for inhalation.” An exception applies to minors who have been prescribed medicinal marijuana.
A ballooning problem
Bills to limit the release in large numbers of helium-filled balloons at weddings, birthday parties and other events are in the legislatures of nearly a dozen states across the country, including New Hampshire, the AP reported. Laws either restricting the launches or banning them altogether are already in Vaping bill The Senate on April 25 passed a bill place in California, Connecticut, Florito restrict minors from accessing vap- da, Tennessee and Virginia. Critics say the balloons pollute the environment
and threaten birds and other wildlife when they reach the ground, according to the report.
Recycling changes
Bow is the latest in a growing number of towns to do away with its recycling program, the Concord Monitor reports. Until now, under Bow’s contract with Pinard Waste System, Pinard has included disposal of Bow’s recycled materials in its rate of $69.05 per ton of trash disposal, but when the contract runs out on July 1, Pinard will no longer sort the recyclables in a single-stream system. The cost of recycling most materials is significantly higher than the cost of dumping them in a landfill or burning them in a generator, mainly because China has stopped buying most of the nation’s recycled materials. According to the Monitor, Bow Town Manager David Stack urges people to stay in the habit of separating their recyclables, with hopes that the town will restart a recycling program in the future.
Politics This Week can sign up for the events. • Andrew Yang: Businessman Yang (D) is heading to New Hampshire next week, with stops on Thursday, May 9, (a Dartmouth town hall at 5:30 p.m., according to the New Hampshire Democratic Party calendar); Friday, May 10, (a town hall at Portsmouth Gas Light Co. at 6 p.m., according to a campaign release) and Saturday, May 11 (a town hall at Sugar River Technical School in Claremont at 9 a.m.. according to the party calendar). See yang2020.com. • John Delaney: Former Maryland congressman Delaney (D) is also returning next week. His schedule on Thursday, May 9, includes a meetand-greet at the Tilt’n Diner in Tilton at 4 p.m. and a meet-and-greet at the Teatotaller in Somersworth at 7 p.m.
On Friday, May 10, Delaney will be at a Pelham house party at 5:30 p.m. and at a Hollis meet-and-greet at 7 p.m. On Saturday, May 11, he will be at a Hampton pancake breakfast at 8:30 a.m., a Concord meet-andgreet at 11:30 a.m. and a Franklin meet-and-greet at 1:30 p.m. All these dates are according to the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s calendar. See johndelaney.com to RSVP and updated information. Find out where to see the 2020 presidential primary candidates — as well as maybe-candidates, former candidates and people who want to talk about candidates — each week in this, our new Politics This Week listing. If you know of a candidate meet-up or other event, let us know at politics@ hippopress.com.
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• Wayne Messam: Mayor of Miramar, Florida, Messam (D) will be in Raymond for a meet-and-greet with Raymond Democrats at Tucker Lodge #99 (63 A Main St. in Raymond) on Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m. (The Politics This Week column in last week’s paper incorrectly listed the meeting as being on Wednesday.) The event is free and open to the public. • John Hickenlooper: Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has events scheduled for Friday, May 3, according to the campaign website (hickenlooper.com). Hickenlooper is scheduled to deliver an economic address at the NH Institute of Politics in Manchester at 1:15 p.m. and a meet-and-greet is scheduled at Stonyfield in Londonderry at 3 p.m., according to the website, where you
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The Contoocook Covered Railroad Bridge will undergo several minor repairs, which are expected to last several weeks but not affect traffic flow, according to a press release from the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. Built in 1889, the structure is the oldest surviving covered railroad bridge in the world. It served rail traffic until 1960 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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The Kiwanis Club of Concord will not hold its annual spring fair this year, according to the Concord Monitor. The fair, which has been continuously held for 63 years and had been scheduled for the weekend after Mother’s Day, was canceled due to a labor shortage, the paper reported.
A new flag has officially been adopted to represent the town of Litchfield, the Union Hooksett Leader reported. Last week the town’s Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the flag, which features blue, Goffstown green and white colors (representing the Merrimack River, the town’s agricultural MANCHESTER significance, and transparency, respectively), as well as a graphic of the former town Bedford hall and the town’s founding year of 1734. Amherst
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From WMUR to MPD
Manchester Police hire first ever civilian spokesperson The Manchester Police Department has hired former WMUR reporter Heather Hamel as its new public information officer, the first civilian hire for the position in its history. Hamel’s first day on the job was April 15, succeeding Capt. Brian O’Keefe. She recently spoke about her experiences transitioning into her new role and the perspective she hopes to bring to it. Can you talk a little bit about your background as a communications and media professional? I was born and raised in Rhode Island and went to school in Vermont, where I worked at a student-run television station. I started out in news talk radio at WKXL in Concord before making the transition to television. I then worked first at WNNE in White River Junction, Vt., and then at their sister station in Plattsburgh, N.Y., after they ended up downsizing. I was first an anchor, but then I decided that gathering and reporting stories was more for me. I ended up going down to Charleston, S.C., at WCSC, for three years before coming back up to New Hampshire. I joined WMUR in 2005 and spent more than a decade there.
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What was it about the open position that made you ultimately consider making a change? I wasn’t actually working full-time when [the opportunity] came about. I was a stay-at-home mom while working as a freelancer for WMUR. So I wasn’t actively looking for a new job, but given my history with the city, it’s been a good fit. For years now, I’ve had a great relationship with the Manchester Police Department and I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a lot of people. I always thought I’d stay in the communications field, and PR is a natural fit, but I didn’t think about where I would go if I did take that road. I just knew I really wanted to put my full attention into one subject.
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something that may have happened the night before and drafting a press release about it. Then if that’s done and I have free time, I hope to go out onto the street, taking pictures and videos and getting content updated on social media.
What has the training process been like? I’ve been shadowing Capt. O’Keefe, and he’s been helping me get through the training process. I’m now the one making media calls, writing press releases, and that sort of thing. Obviously, there are rules that need to be followed that I’m learning along the way. There are also certain levels of technology and computer training that I don’t have at my fingertips, but the people here at the department have As an experienced reporter, what do you been absolutely wonderful. think you’ll be able to bring to the table in strengthening the department’s relationWhat do you feel like the Manchester ship with the media and the community? Police Department can improve upon that It has always been police officers in this you would like to be at the forefront of? role, and they have had to do their daiI think one of the things they can ly jobs on top of things like fielding calls improve is their line of communication from reporters and maintaining a social with the media, so that they can form betmedia presence. On an average day, I may ter relationships with media outlets to be talking to supervisors, finding out about showcase the positive work being done around the city. I hope to help the department do just that, because there’s a lot of What are you into right now? great work these officers are doing that a I really love camping, especially in the lot of people don’t realize. The other thing Lakes Region, but my husband and two boys I hope to do is use social media to help the [ages 8 and 4] will camp in our backyard, public get a closer look into what they do the kids like it so much. With the weather every day. finally turning warm, I’m really looking for— Matt Ingersoll ward to backyard fires with them.
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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Street pianos go up
The Nashua Street Pianos Project celebrates its fourth year with an unveiling and dedication ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Bicentennial Park (69 Main St., Nashua), during which this year’s three new pianos will be revealed to the public. The project places artistically painted pianos on Main Street for passersby to play, and to be utilized by local arts organizations and musicians for impromptu performances. The pianos will stay up through October. The unveiling will coincide with the Nu Muse music and arts festival happening that day in downtown Nashua. QOL Score: +1 Comment: Every year one of the pianos is painted in memory of Amber Carroll, a young musician and supporter of the project during its first year who died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.
Hotel to create new jobs
Construction has begun on the Residence Inn by Marriott, a new hotel to open in downtown Manchester at 40 Lake Ave., across from the SNHU Arena, that is expected to create 50 new jobs, the Union Leader reported. Anthony Librot, an executive with the hotel’s owner AAM 15 Management, said the hotel will also encourage Southern New Hampshire University students pursuing a degree in the hospitality business to apply to become interns, according to the story. The hotel is expected to open by May 2020. QOL Score: +1 Comment: The four-story hotel will have 123 guest rooms and feature amenities such as a salt water pool, a fitness center and an outdoor patio with a fire pit, grill and dining area.
Snow plowing struggles
Keeping New Hampshire roads safely plowed next winter could be a challenge, according to NHPR. The costs of plowing equipment, salt and chemicals and labor are rising faster than the revenue New Hampshire has budgeted. Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan said her department needs a 20-percent increase, amounting to $3 million, for the budget to hire more contractors to keep the roads plowed, NHPR reported. QOL Score: -1 Comment: The northern part of the state relies on public workers for its plowing while the southern part of the state, where the weather is less predictable, relies more on private contractors.
Concord goes green
The Concord Energy and Environment Committee has announced a plan to have Concord operate solely on renewable energy by 2050, according to the Concord Monitor. The plan calls for the city to gradually implement greener energy practices such as solar and wind energy as costs go down. (According to an energy cost analysis by Lazard, the cost of solar energy has dropped by about 80 percent in the last 10 years, and the cost of wind energy has dropped by about 69 percent.) The plan would also replace city vehicles with hybrid and electric vehicles and encourage more people to use public transportation, walk or ride bicycles. QOL Score: +1 Comment: Public input sessions for the plan will be held on Saturday, May 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Penacook Community Center (76 Community Drive, Penacook) and Monday, May 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the City Council Chambers (37 Green St., Concord). QOL score: 61 Net change: +2 QOL this week: 63 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.
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The NFL draft was held last weekend and it’s amazing what it’s turned into — a college game day-like event with an outdoor stadium/stage with streets around it in Nashville jammed with real fans and star-struck dopes looking to be part of a celebrity-filled event. Give them credit, it’s more interesting than just reading a list of who your team got in the next day’s newspaper. Immediately showing highlight clips of the guy just taken and in-time reaction to that choice is great. So are family party shots after someone gets picked who’s not waiting in the green room. On the other side, with the fashion show-like strut of one ridiculous getup after another worn by the latest pick set to carefully selected music it’s as stage-managed as halftime at the Super Bowl — which I hate. Some kids, like Ed Oliver from warm-weather Houston actually looking happy he was headed to Buffalo and Clemson’s Christian Wilkins chest-bumping Roger Goodell, are genuine (though I suspect most of Patriot Nation wished he’d put a little more of his weight and oomph to the Dodger). But that nonsense sets others on their way to being self-important losers. Off the ‘I’m a bad dude’ runway strut, outfit and gut instinct, Devin Bush (Pittsburgh at 10) is my pick for most likely in the latter category. Then there’s the gushing after every pick. I know following speculation leading to the draft is part of the fun. But take it with a grain of salt. Because as the pundits gush about 40 times, doing 6.1 in the cones, or that player X is great value at 46th overall, history says half of the first two rounds alone are going to be busts. So a little restraint, please. It also shows, someone no one thinks much of, like, oh, the 199th overall pick in 2000, will turn out much better than what Combine worshippers believe. Take the 2014 draft. Despite taking most of his final season at South Carolina off, Jadeve-
on Clowney — said to be the best defensive line prospect in a generation — went first overall because his measurables and athleticism were “off the chart.” Too bad his heart wasn’t. Five seasons in, he’s not a bust, but Aaron Donald taken 11 picks later is what Clowney was supposed to be. Also the not close to meeting the hype or being a total bust are 2, Greg Robinson; 3, Blake Bortles; 4, Sammy Watkins; 8, Justin Gilbert; 10, Eric Ebron; 18, Calvin Pryor; 22, Johnny Manziel, and 29. Dominique Easily. Details in the glossary. Bottom line: It’s an inexact science and the yackers don’t really know much more than us, no matter how confidently they say it. A few more thoughts on the draft: Outside of not filling the giant hole at tight end, after wheeling and dealing through six trades Coach B on paper checked most of the need boxes when they (1) went out of character for size at wideout and DB in the first two rounds, (2) got a Kevin Greene look-alike/ wanna-be in Michigan edge rusher Chase Winovich — hopefully he plays like Greene, who after being a fifth-round pick had 160 sacks over 15 years before landing in the Hall, (3) took Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham at 133, after which it was inevitable people would say that as with Tom Brady seven QBs were taken before him, (4) got all-name team OL Hjalte Froholdt with the Sebastian Vollmer European (Round 4) pick to be the NFL’s second player from Denmark, and (5) even after re-signing SB hero Ryan Allen, traded up for Stanford punter Jake Bailey in Round 5. In Alabama’s Quinnen Williams (Jets) and the aforementioned Wilkins (Miami) and Oliver (Buffalo) all three AFC East opponents used first pick on guys that push the pocket into the QB from the inside. Maybe after the G-Men illustrated Tom Brady’s kryptonite in SB 42 they’re finally waking up. I’m guessing Tennessee’s fourth-round pick Amani Hooker’s NFL lineage comes from either retired G-Man receiver Amani Toomer or Don Meredith’s favorite player from the first ever MNF broadcast, Fair
Hooker. What Does Not Taking a Tight End Mean: Could be three things. (1) The attack is evolving to something different with Gronk. (2) Maybe that’s why they took N’Keal Harry to be the similar but different down the seam size mismatch Gronk was. (3) They’re not convinced he’s gone for good. I’ll warn all I’m surely gonna call him K’Neal Harry and Harry N’Keal a few times in 2019. Didn’t see anyone do this bad movie-related pun — so it’s up to me. Florida DB Chauncey Gardner (Johnson) just being there in the draft made it more fun. All the David Longs: With Michigan DB David Long slipping to Round 3 and West Virginia LB David Long going south to Tennessee in Round 5 I finally got some deserved recognition from the NFL. After saying all year that the G-Men need a QB of the future after passing on Sam Darnold, NY Post writer Steve Serby ripped GM Dave Gettleman for taking — yup — Duke QB Daniel Jones at 6 overall. It’s “an utter disaster” and “cue John McEnroe — you can’t be serious.” He wanted Kentucky edge rusher Josh Allen and said they should’ve gotten their QB at 17, even with QB-needy Denver and Washington picking before them. He also took a shot at the “ill advised” Odell Beckham Jr. trade, not mentioning OBJ was shockingly blowing off mini-camp in Cleveland. Incidentally, Gettleman instead took Rookie of the Year Saquon Barkley, who had 1,301 rushing yards, 91 catches, 2,028 total yards and 15 TDs behind a shaky o-line. Some mistake. Guessing Serby would’ve said same if the G-men reached in 2000 for that Brady kid out of Michigan. He’s skinny. No arm. As Bill Parcells likes to say, if you listen to the guys in the cheap seats sooner or later you’ll be sitting up there with them.
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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S PEOPLE, PLACES & OTHER STUFF
Monarchs run continues Hot Ticket: After splitting the first two games in Newfoundland with the Growlers and the next two games played after press time, it’s Game 5 for the Manchester Monarchs in the ECHL North Division Championship series on Friday. Unfortunately due to a conflict at the SNHU Arena it will be played at the Rinks in Exeter beginning at 7 p.m. The good news is tickets are just $5. Sports 101: Only four baseball players have reached 3,000 career hits and 600 homers. Name them. Team Effort of the Week: To the Windham duo of Abby Bedient and Larissa Piessens. Bedient threw a no-hitter at Timberlane in a 13-1 win and Piessens homered and drove in four runs. Softball Pickle of the Week: It goes to Londonderry’s Sam Minton, who got caught in a run-down while trying to steal second base but stayed alive long enough to allow Olivia Proulx to score from third with the game’s only run to make Londonderry a 1-0 winner over Concord. Bombs Away Award: Tie – to the threerun bomb Pinkerton’s Connor Jenkins hit to set up Pinkerton’s 6-5 win over Memorial later won on Frank Gulezian’s walk-off single, and to Windham’s
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5 – goals scored by Kiley Davis as Pinkerton lacrosse ran over Portsmouth 13-7. 6 – wins without a loss for the Bishop Guertin baseball team after a 6-2 win over Winnacunnet as Sam Boudreau and Jake Mitchell each went 2-for3 as they knocked in four runs combined. 10 – strikeout by Brett
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Patnode while allowing just four hits to earn the win for John Stark in a 9-5 win over Plymouth. 11 & 8 – hard-to-winwith combination of batters walked and errors committed, five of which came in the six-run fifth inning as the Derryfield baseball team lost 13-3 to Portsmouth Christian. 14 – times reached base in 17 at-bats by Mason
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COURTS, CLUBS AND LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS AND BEYOND Free use of outdoor public courts makes tennis accessible to everyone, but you can take your game to the next level with lessons or club memberships. Whether you want to
play for fun or you want to hone your skills and get more competitive, there are all kinds of opportunities to hit the courts in southern New Hampshire.
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From private social clubs to public outdoor courts, there are opportunities all over southern New Hampshire for you to play tennis. Alan Chandronnait, a Bow-based instructor with decades of tennis playing and teaching experience, said players can visit or call their local health club to see what is offered. Most clubs, like the Executive Health & Sports Center in Manchester, the Longfellow New Hampshire Swim & Tennis Club in Nashua, and some New Hampshire branches of the YMCA, have tennis courts available for members to use (though some charge additional reservation fees). If you’re a member of USTA New England (United States Tennis Association), you can participate in any tournaments that may be held at the clubs. There are a variety of men’s, women’s and senior leagues, with a rating schedule from 1 to 7 to determine your skill HIPPO | MAY 2 - 8, 2019 | PAGE 10
level (the highest number being at the most professional-level). “[They] would have to be members of the USTA in order to play in … leagues or tournaments,” Chandronnait said. “Most clubs in New Hampshire will field teams to play in leagues.” But even if you don’t want to play at the competitive level, there are opportunities to hit the court at a local club. The Hampshire Hills Athletic Club in Milford, for example, features several indoor and outdoor courts for members, according to human resources director Christine Cate. “The outdoor courts will typically open around mid-May, if not earlier,” Cate said. Other clubs, like the Copoco Pool & Tennis Club in Concord, offer special discounted memberships for use of the tennis courts only. Those not only allow you unlimited use of the tennis courts available at the facility, but also include participation in any organized tennis lessons and tournaments.
Love? What’s that got to do with tennis? Here are some basic terms and scoring explanations to help you understand how to play — or watch — a game of tennis. When you play a match of singles tennis, you play using the baseline and the singles sidelines; any ball that lands outside of these lines is out. When you play a match of doubles tennis, you play using the baseline and doubles sidelines; any ball that lands outside of these lines is out. When you serve the ball to start a point, you serve from behind the baseline. To start a game, you serve from your right side of the baseline into the opposing player/team’s deuce court service box that is diagonal to you. The following point, you serve on the left side of the baseline and into the opponent’s ad court service box, and continue to switch sides with every point. You serve by throwing the ball up and hitting it from above your head, and the ball has to land in the appointed service box for the point. If the ball touches the net on a serve but still lands in the appointed service box, it is deemed a “let” and you get to serve again. If your serve does not land in the appointed service box, it is deemed a “fault” and you get one more serve to try to get it in the service box. If you don’t, the other team is award-
ed the point. Points are awarded when the ball bounces twice on the court, a player hits a ball out of play of the game lines or a player “puts away” a point, meaning the player hits a shot within the bounds of the game lines and the opposing player is unable to make a play and hit the ball back. Scoring starts at “love,” which means zero. Once one point is scored, it is “15 - love.” If that same player scores again, it is “30 - love.” If that same player scores again, it is “40 - love.” If that same player scores again, he has won the game. A player has to win six games to win a set. Typically, a player has to win two sets to win the match and end the entire match. If two opponents are tied at “40 - 40,” this is called “deuce.” You have to win a game, set and match by two, so when tied at deuce in a game, if the first team wins the point after deuce, they would be up one point, called “ad in” or advantage in. If they had lost the point, they would be down “ad out” or advantage out. You can only win the game by having the advantage in your favor after a deuce and then winning the next point; in other words, once it’s deuce, you have to win two points in a row to win that game. — Caleb Jagoda
One of the more unique clubs in the state is the Algonquin Indoor Tennis Center in Hooksett, a member-owned private club with a membership based on stock ownership. According to co-manager Kim Duckless, the center is available for members to play socially as well as host a variety of USTA-organized leagues. No membership shares are currently for sale but potential members can contact the center to be placed on a waiting list. If you don’t want to join a membership at a local club, there are also outdoor courts available in several cities and towns across the state, some of which are open for public use from dawn to dusk, while others have lights that go off automatically at certain hours of the night. Most local outdoor courts are open to the public as long as no schools or teams have reserved, though certain towns also require non-residents to obtain permits from the Parks & Recreation department to use them.
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This list includes social clubs and facilities in southern New Hampshire with indoor and outdoor tennis courts available to members. • Algonquin Indoor Tennis Center (172 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett, algonquintennis.com) is a member-owned private tennis club capped at 80 stockholders. No stocks are currently available, but you can contact them at tnttennis@comcast.net to be placed on a waiting list. • Chandronnait Tennis Academy (33 Dunbarton Center Road, Bow, ctatennis.net) is an indoor facility with one court that has rental fees. Lessons can also be taken under the direction of owner Alan Chandronnait, an instructor with decades of tennis coaching experience. • Copoco Pool & Tennis Club (190 Little Pond Road, Concord, 228-8862, copoco.net) is a family-oriented club with four clay tennis courts. Memberships are required to use them, but you can get tennis-only memberships, which allow for the participation in any organized or reserved court time, as well as unlimited use of the tennis courts. • Executive Health & Sports Center (1 Highlander Way, Manchester, 668-4753, ehsc.com) has tennis courts available for members only. Reservations to use them can be made up to five days in advance. • Granite YMCA (YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown, 116 Goffstown Back Road, Goffstown, 497-4663; YMCA of Greater Londonderry, 206 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 437-9622; YMCA of Downtown Manchester, 30 Mechanic St., Manchester, 623-3558; YMCA of the Seacoast, 550 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth, 431-2334; YMCA of Strafford County, 35 Industrial Way, Rochester, 332-7334; graniteymca.org) requires just one membership for full access to the programs of all five branches, including the tennis courts at the Allard Center of
Goffstown, which you can reserve up to eight days in advance. • Hampshire Hills Athletic Club (50 Emerson Road, Milford, 673-7123, hampshirehills.com) has five indoor and six outdoor tennis courts that are available to members only. Court time can be booked up to four days in advance. • Health Club of Concord (10 Garvin Falls Road, Concord, 224-7787, healthclubofconcord.com), formerly known as the Racquet Club of Concord, features three indoor tennis courts for its members. • Jasper Valley Swim & Tennis (325 Boston Post Road, Amherst, jaspervalley.com) is a family-oriented club with eight tennis courts available to members only. • Longfellow New Hampshire Tennis & Swim Club (140 Lock St., Nashua, 8830153, longfellownh.com) has eight indoor hard and eight outdoor lighted clay tennis courts, available to members only. • Nashua Country Club (25 Fairway St., Nashua, 888-1913, nashuacountryclub.com) has four clay tennis courts available to members only. • YMCA of Greater Nashua (24 Stadium Drive, Nashua, 882-2011; 6 Henry Clay Drive, Merrimack, 881-7778; nmymca.org) has tennis courts available for members only to make reservations, which can be done up to five days in advance.
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Here are some tennis courts in southern New Hampshire that are open to the public; for more information, contact the town’s Parks & Recreation department. • Amherst: The Davis Lane tennis courts in Amherst Village are open during daylight hours. According to Amherst Parks & Recreation director Craig Fraley, the tennis courts at Amherst Middle School (14 Cross Road) are also open when school is not in session during daylight only. • Bedford: The town has six tennis courts on County Road — four lighted and two non-lighted — plus three non-lighted courts at Earl Legacy Park (New Boston Road). They are open to town residents on a firstcome, first-served basis. Non-residents must obtain a permit through the town’s Parks & Recreation department to use them. • Concord: The city features 10 outdoor tennis courts in its Memorial Field complex (70 S. Fruit St.), one court at Rollins Park (116 Broadway St.), one court at Keach Park (7 Newton Ave.), three courts at Merrill Park (27 Eastman St.), two courts at Beaver Meadow Park (42 Sewalls Falls Road) and one court at Rolfe Park (79 Community Drive in Penacook), according to Concord Parks & Recreation Director David Gill. All courts are open from dawn to dusk, with the exception of the Rollins, Keach and Merill Park courts, which have lights on until 10 p.m. All courts are open to the public as long as no high school matches or rentals are taking place. CONTINUED ON 12
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Tennis can take years to master, but only a few basic skills are needed for a new player to get out on the court and start playing. “It used to be that a person would take lessons, lessons, play a little, then more lessons, but that’s not the way it is now,” said Eric Driscoll, New Hampshire and Maine tennis service representative for the United States Tennis Association of New England, which provides a curriculum for tennis education programs in New Hampshire. “Tennis is one of those things where you’ve got to do it to learn it, so our goal is to get people to start playing as soon as possible, and to do that, all they really need to know is how to serve, rally and score. Once they learn that, that’s where the enjoyment of the game comes in.” In modern tennis curriculum, new players may begin playing on smaller training courts with a progressing series of training balls that move slower and have less bounce than standard balls. “They first developed that system for kids, but now they’ve found that it works fantastic with adults, too,” Driscoll said. “It allows them to start playing their first day and feel like, ‘Hey, I can play tennis,’ and rally for a long time rather than
spending all their time chasing the ball around.” Executive Health & Sports Center is one tennis center that uses this method for teaching new players. In its Tennis 101 adult class, which runs for six weeks, players spend the first hour learning basic techniques like proper backswing and front swing, overhead swings and body movements, and how to grip the racket. The last half-hour is spent playing matches with other players, which is feasible with the training courts and balls. “It’s less pressure and easier for people to be able to play right away and have success doing actual match play,” tennis director Juan Ortiz said. Ortiz said most people take the Tennis 101 session one to three times before graduating to the Tennis 102 session, in which they will continue to strengthen their basic skills while learning some basic strategy and participating in more match play. It is possible to learn tennis on your own, Ortiz said, through instructional videos or with the help of a friend or family member who plays. The best way to practice is with a ball machine (these are available at some health and tennis clubs including Executive Health & Sports Center), but you can also practice by hitting the ball against a wall or in a racquetball court. CONTINUED ON 13
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• Derry: Four tennis courts are located within the town’s Alexander-Carr Park (Birch Street and Pierce Avenue), open during daylight hours now until the fall. There is also one court located across from Hood Park on Rollins Street. • Hollis: There are two tennis courts next to the Lawrence Barn Community Center (Depot Road) that are open to the public from dawn to dusk as long as there are no summer camps or groups using them. • Hooksett: The town has two tennis courts at Donati Park (51 Main St., next to the town hall) that are lit until 9 p.m., as well as two tennis courts at Fraser Memorial Park (14 K Ave., off of Alice Ave.), all of which are open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis. • Londonderry: The town has four outdoor tennis courts on Nelson Road (off Sargent Road) that are open to the public, except from 2 to 6 p.m. during the spring, when Londonderry High School tennis teams have them reserved for practice and games. • Manchester: The city has several tennis courts that are open to the public, including at Derryfield Park (Bridge Street), Livingston Park (156 Hooksett Road) and Youngsville
Park (Candia Road), plus at Manchester Memorial High School (1 Crusader Way) and West High School (9 Notre Dame Ave.), according to Recreation supervisor Erik Bukowski. All are open during daylight hours; none have lights. • Merrimack: The town has seven tennis courts located at Wasserman Park (116 Naticook Road), according to Merrimack Parks & Recreation director Matt Casparius. The courts are open from dawn to dusk, on a firstcome, first-serve basis. • Milford: There are four outdoor public tennis courts at Keyes Memorial Park (45 Elm St.), two of which are lit until 10 p.m. nightly, according to Milford Recreation director Arene Berry. • Nashua: The city features tennis courts available for use at Greeley Park (100 Concord St.), Sargent Avenue, Kirkpatrick Park (Shady Lane) and Sunset Heights Elementary School (15 Osgood St.), according to Nashua Parks & Recreation superintendent Nick Caggiano. • Windham: The town features six tennis courts (101 Range Road), two tennis courts on Nashua Road and one court at Tokanel Field (Meadow Road), all of which are open from dawn to dusk.
Tennis lessons at Executive Health & Sports Center. Courtesy photo.
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There is, however, a greater risk of injury when learning by yourself, which is why Ortiz recommends taking at least one class as a foundation for using proper form. “If you don’t have the proper form, you can get injured pretty easily,” he said. “You can develop tennis elbow or shoulder issues due to repetition of bad form and bad habits.” The best way to learn tennis, Ortiz said, is through private lessons. Executive Health & Sports Center offers private
one-on-one lessons, semi-private lessons for pairs and private group lessons for small groups of three to six people. There are numerous benefits to private lessons, the main one being that the instructor tailors the curriculum to your strengths and weaknesses. “You get a lot of hits that you don’t get in a group class, because all the balls are coming right to you,” Ortiz said, “and you get really specific and constant feedback — ‘Good contact’ or ‘You need to work on your backswing’ — after every hit.”
Take tennis lessons • Abenaqui Country Club (731 Central Road, Rye Beach, 964-5563, abenaquicc.com) offers clinics and private and semi-private lessons for adults. Membership is not required. • Copoco Pool & Tennis Club (190 Little Pond Road, Concord, 228-8862, copoco.net) offers lessons for kids ages 6 and up. The next session runs June 18 through Aug. 17. Membership is required. • Executive Health & Sports Center (1 Highlander Way, Manchester, 668-4753, ehsc.com) offers six-week group classes for kids and adults of all skill levels as well as private lessons for individuals, pairs and small groups. The next session starts May 13. A membership is not required, though members get access to additional tennis clinics. • Granite State Kids (Legacy Courts next to Riddle Brook School, New Boston Road, Bedford, 714-4986, granitestatekids.com) is a youth tennis association that offers tennis education programs for kids ages 5 through 18 of all skill levels. The next six-week session starts June 25. • Granite YMCA, Allard Center of Goffstown (116 Goffstown Back Road, Goffstown, 497-4663, graniteymca.org/locations/allard-center-of-goffstown) offers beginner and intermediate adult classes and drill sessions and classes for kids ages 4 through 17. The next six-week session begins May 4. Membership is not required. • Hampshire Hills Athletic Club (50 Emerson Road, Milford, 673-7123, hampshirehills.com) offers various junior tennis programs for kids of all ages and skill levels. The only upcoming ses-
sion is the Tiny Tots class for kids ages 3 and 4, which runs May 30 through June 20. Membership is not required. • Health Club of Concord (10 Garvin Falls Road, Concord, 224-7787, healthclubofconcord. com) offers private and semi-private lessons and clinics for adults and Saturday clinics for kids ages 7 and up. Membership is not required. • Manchester Parks & Recreation (624-6444, manchesternh.gov/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation) will offer a Tennis in the Parks program for beginner players in grades 1 through 8 at Manchester West High School (9 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester). Sessions run May 4 through June 15, July 9 through Aug. 13, and Sept. 14 through Oct. 19. • Seacoast Sports Club at Great Bay (191 Exeter Road, Newmarket, 659-3151, mytennisnh. com) offers year-round tennis clinics and private lessons for kids ages 7 through 18 and adult individuals and small groups of two to six players of all skill levels. Membership is not required. • Seacoast Tennis Club (36 Birch Road, North Hampton, 964-8170, seacoasttennis.com) offers year-round private lessons for individuals, pairs and small groups. No membership is required. • The Sports Barn (95 Drakeside Road, Hampton, 926-2276, thesportsbarnhampton. com) offers a youth tennis camp for kids age 14 and under of beginner, advanced beginner and low intermediate skill levels, with sessions July 22 through July 25 and Aug. 19 through Aug. 22.
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Learn about solar power and sustainable insect control and take a guided hike — and enjoy face painting, kid activities and more at the Souhegan Sustainability Fair today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School (57 School Road in Wilton). Register for the workshops online at souhegansustainability.com or just show up for the family-friendly activities, exhibitors and vendors and food court.
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Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road in Canterbury; 783-9511, shakers.org) will celebrate its opening day with a Heifer Parade today. The parade activities (including maypole dancing, making head wreaths and more) will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the parade at 11 a.m., according to the website. The village will be open until 4 p.m. Admission is free. Tours at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. cost $10.
EAT: From the food truck Saturday is so much: Free Comic Book Day (page 38), May the Fourth (page 28) but it is also the first Saturday in May, a.k.a. the Kentucky Derby. Derry is holding Downtown Derry Derby Day on Saturday, May 4. The day will include a fishing derby at Hook Park (8 a.m. to noon), Alan Shepard Day at the Adam Memorial Building (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), pop-ups and kid stuff on Broadway ( 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), pickup basketball games in Hook Park (noon to 3 p.m.) and a food truck festival at 14 Manning St. (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), according to the city website. Downtown eateries will offer specials all day long.
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The North East Motor Sports Museum (922 Route 106 in Loudon; nemsmuseum. com) will host the Historic Motor Sports Exposition today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will feature historical race cars, mobile museums and more from different racing disciplines including road racing, oval track racing, drag racing, off-roading and more, according to the website. Tickets cost $10.
DRINK: Mint juleps New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road in Hooksett; 782-5137, taphousenh.com) is also celebrating the day with its Kentucky Derby Party Saturday, May 4, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. featuring not only mint juleps but also Kentucky bourbon, Kentucky Breakfast Stout and hot appetizers. The cost is $50 per person and the party will have raffles and prizes for best derby hat and best costume. See restaurant website to register.
The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus kicks off its spring concert series with the show “We’re 21 ... We’re legal!” today at 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Nashua (121 Manchester St.). The chorus will bring the show to the Derryfield School in Manchester (2108 River Road) on Sunday, May 5, at 4 p.m. (performances continue on May 18 in Concord and May 19 in Portsmouth). Tickets cost $22 ($17 for 65-plus and veterans; children ages 12 and under get in free).
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A new exhibition at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester is showing that there is more to a work of art than the finished product, and that the creative process can be a work of art in and of itself. “Between Process and Product,” on display now through the end of July in NHIA’s Vault Gallery on Hanover Street, features a series of altered art journals created by 12 NHIA alumni and faculty that illustrate the artist’s personal creative process. “There’s the idea that art may be more about the wondering and examining and asking questions than [about] coming to a definitive answer,” said Ryan Flaherty, NHIA creative writing faculty and advisor of the student literary journal Ayris, who is coordinating the exhibition. “We’re asking [the artist] to explore that process and do their creative thinking on the page with sketching, collaging and brainstorming, so that people can see the full spectrum of what goes into making a final product and how the creative mind works through those problems and ideas.” The artists were given 9x9 blank journals sewn with letterpress covers, ranging from four to 20 pages, depending on the artist’s preference. They had the freedom to alter the journals however they wished, so long as the journals “fall somewhere in between process and final product,” Flaherty said. “Some pieces are very polished and finished. They show how [the artist] thinks through the ideas and how they execute them,” he said. “Others are more of a sketchbook with just the ideas.”
Altered journal by Gretchen Woodman. Courtesy photo.
Altered journal by Gretchen Woodman. Courtesy photo.
Some artists deconstructed the cover and pages of the journal and replaced them with different materials or created pop-up collages, while other artists kept the journal intact and simply wrote, drew or painted on the pages. Themes and subject matter include an analysis of current events and politics, a dayin-the-life diary, comics, animals and others. One artist, Diogo Segovia, created a journal exploring the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, a teaching from Vedic literature, focusing on the nine steps to achieving transcendental love through bhakti yoga. The journal shows his process from presenting the passage in the original Sanskrit, to translating it to English, to explaining it through metaphors and finally proposing its practical application. “When you look at the [journal], you can
see how it went from something very abstract and conceptual to something more concrete and visual,” said Segovia, who graduated from NHIA in 2018 with a degree in creative writing and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. “The journal allowed me to take these lofty ideas and present them in a palatable, simpler way.” Segovia used a combination of writing and colored pencil illustrations. “The images help illustrate the metaphors that I’m writing about in the same way that a science textbook has images to help you visualize the concepts,” he said. The journals will be placed along the gallery walls in a way that people will be able to take them down and flip through them. Additionally, there will be a blank journal with some basic art supplies and prompts for
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Includes listings for gallery events, ongoing exhibits and classes. To Includes listings, shows, auditions, workshops and more. get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. Art Events • SPRING CRAFT SHOP The Craftworkers’ Guild presents handmade items by more than 50 juried artisans and craftspeople, including seasonal decor, photography, fine art and prints, cards, gourmet treats, woodworking, fiber and fabrics, sewn and knit specialties, stained and fused glass art, mixed media, jewelry, doll clothes and more. Thurs., May 2, through Sat., May 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. historic Kendall House, 5 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford. Visit craftworkersguild.org. • NORTHEAST SEA GLASS EXPO The expo will feature more than 50 artists creating items from Nature’s Recycling,
plus Sea Glass Bingo, a schedule of lectures and more. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun., May 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seacoast Recreation Center, 311 Lafayette Road, Seabrook. $5 general admission; free for children under 12. Visit thenortheastseaglassexpo.com. • 12TH ANNUAL NASHUA INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM Three international sculptors will be spending three weeks at The Picker Artists, each creating a large granite or metal outdoor sculpture to be given to the City and installed in a public place for all to enjoy. May 13 through May 30. 3 Pine St., Nashua. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org. • 12TH ANNUAL NASHUA
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INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM CLOSING Trolleys will be available to take people to the three new installations, or people can follow in their cars. Sat., June 1, 1 p.m. City Hall, 229 Main St., Nashua. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org. Fairs • ARTISAN & WELLNESS FAIR The event will feature local artisans and practitioners, a free chair massage and reiki, refreshments and more. Sat., May 18, 1 to 5 p.m. All Elements Healing, 51 S. Main St., Concord. Free admission. Visit allelementshealing.com/wellness-fair. Openings
• “VIBRANT VISTAS” OPENING RECEPTION The exhibition features oil paintings by Daryl D. Johnson and acrylic mixed media works by Roberta Woolfson that represent vistas from around the world. Thurs., May 2, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit jupiterhallnh.com. • ALAN SHULMAN OPENING RECEPTION Acrylic paintings on display. Fri., May 3, 5 to 8 p.m. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation.org. • 12TH ANNUAL NASHUA INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM OPENING RECEPTION Three international sculptors will be spending three weeks at The
people to contribute visual representations of their own creative processes. Flaherty said he hopes the exhibition will break barriers between artists and viewers and give viewers more insight into the creative process behind a work of art. “In galleries, people only see the end product, and they think it’s great and put the artist on this pedestal, but it’s important for people to understand that it’s a messy process,” he said. “There’s a lot of energy and experimentation and failure that goes into a great piece of art.” “Between Process and Product” When: On display now through July Where: NHIA Vault Gallery, 156 Hanover St., Manchester Visit: nhia.edu
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Includes symphony and orchestral performances. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. Picker Artists, each creating a large granite or metal outdoor sculpture to be given to the City and installed in a public place for all to enjoy. Thurs., May 9, 6 to 8 p.m. Hunt Community Great Room, 10 Allds St., Nashua. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org. In the Galleries • “THE NEW ENGLAND LANDSCAPE: WORKS FROM THE 19TH - 21ST CENTURIES” New Hampshire Antique Co-op presents an exhibit and sale of paintings spanning more than 200 years of artists’ interpretations of the timeless and iconic views unique to New England. On view through Sept. 10. Tower Gallery, 323 Elm St., Milford. Visit nhantiquecoop.
com. • “THE POETIC MOMENT: LAND, SEA & SKY” Hollis artist Christopher Volpe exhibits oil paintings, including large and small landscapes, seascapes and nature-inspired abstract pieces, as well as a number of monochromatic tar paintings from his Moby Dick-inspired series, “Loomings.” March 22 through May 18. Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center,, 30 Ash St., Hollis. Visit wildsalamander.com. • “UBUHLE WOMEN: BEADWORK AND THE ART OF INDEPENDENCE” The exhibition features a contemporary form of bead art called ndwango, developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Na-
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• GOLDEN art talk: Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford) will feature GOLDEN working artist Adria Arch at its monthly First Friday Art Talk series on Friday, May 3, at 6:30 p.m. Arch will talk about GOLDEN acrylic paints and media and QoR Watercolors; how to choose grounds and colors for the best application and archival quality; what to put under the paint and how to create washes, stains and collage; and how to use stencils, paint markers, pastels and pencils. The program is free and open to all, and light refreshments will be served. In the gallery during May, the paintings of
tal, South Africa. The multidimensional pieces are created by applying Czech glass beads onto plain black cloth and can take more than 10 months to complete. Open March 23 through June 10. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. • “NEW ENGLAND POTPOURRI” An exhibition of
Jim O’Donnell will be featured. O’Donnell is a traditional landscape artist who paints in oil and watercolor. Many of his paintings depict landscapes and seascapes of New England. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com or call 672-2500. • Art with bras: Don’t miss “Busting Out: Powerful Women,” on view now through May 5 at Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen). A collaboration between the gallery and the Women’s Caucus for Art/NH, the exhibition features 35 works of art created using bras, corsets and bustiers as a canvas and representing feminist themes such as women’s power, strength and resiliency, feminist history, heroines and female role models, leaders and legends. The artists incorporated a variety of media into the bras, including embroidery and fabric art, photography, collage and sculpture. “There are all kinds of conceptual things you
watercolor paintings by New Hampshire Art Association member Susan Peterson. The paintings depict realistic landscapes, florals and common sightings celebrating New England. On view through June 20. Viewing hours at the Chamber are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce, 49 S.
Main St., Suite 104, Concord. Call 224-2508 or visit nhartassociation.org. • “BUSTING OUT - POWERFUL WOMEN” The N.H. Women’s Caucus for Art is collaborating with Twiggs Gallery to feature an exhibition of art bra pieces that are thought-provoking and visually challenging. Each piece is guaranteed to feature a
can do with a bra,” exhibition coordinator Heather Lord told the Hippo in April. “I’m really impressed with the creativity of the artists and what they came up with. Many [of the bras] are really imaginative and cleverly done. It’s really something to see.” To read the full story about the exhibition, visit hippopress.com and click on “past issues,” then click on the April 4 issue pdf and look for the story on p. 20. • Meet the artisans: The Picker Artists will host their Spring Open Studios on Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 3 Pine St., in Nashua. Shop for handmade items by local artists, including glasswork, quilts, photography and more. Attendees will also have an opportunity to meet the artists and ask them questions about their work and process. Call 9305080 or visit pickerartists.com for more information. — Angie Sykeny
bra, corset or bustier as their canvas and will address such themes as feminist history, heroines, role models among others. On view March 30 through May 5. Twiggs Gallery, 254 King St., Boscawen. Visit twiggsgallery.wordpress. com. • “BEYOND FIRST GLANCE” Two members of the New Hampshire Art Association are fea-
“Busting Out: Powerful Women.” Courtesy photo.
tured. The exhibition reflects each artist’s personal view and love of landscapes. Chris Reid, a pastel artist, is known for intense colors, masterful use of light and powerful abstract elements in her landscapes and still life paintings. She is a juried associate of the Pastel Society of America and a member of the Pastel Society of New Hampshire. Her work
is also exhibited at The Stan Fry Gallery in Peterborough and the Shaker Style in Chesham. Dan Soucy is a self-taught landscape photographer with more than 20 years of experience. His work features landscapes throughout New England and the Southwest. He works with software programs to develop and print the photographs, then puts them
South Africa meets Manchester – Join Ubuhle artists at the Currier for Mother’s Day Weekend! In conjunction with Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence:
n Special Beading Master Class led by Ubuhle artists May 11, 1:30 to 4 pm and May 12, 9:30 am to 12 pm n ARTalk: Ubuhle in Conversation and Dance May 12, 2 to 3:30 pm Advance reservations are required. Don’t forget – Currier members always receive a discount! Call 603.669.6144 x 108 during museum hours for more information.
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Images: Zanele Muhloli, Bev Gibson and Ntombephi “Induna” Ntobela, April 2013. © Zanele Muhloli / Ubuhle Artists. Ntombephi “ Induna” Ntobela, Tribute to My Sister Bongiswa, 2010, glass beads sewn onto fabric. Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence was developed by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, DC, in cooperation with Curators Bev Gibson, Ubuhle Beads, and James Green, and is organized for tour by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.
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• ABBA tribute: The Actorsingers present Mamma Mia! at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua) on Friday, May 3, at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. The jukebox musical, written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, pays homage to the music of 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA with 28 ABBA songs, including hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me” and “Mamma Mia.” The story, set on a Greek island, follows a young woman named Sophie who is engaged to be married and dreams of the perfect wedding at which her father walks her down the aisle. The only problem is she doesn’t know who her father is. After looking through her mother’s old journals, Sophie invites three of her potential fathers to the wedding, but the identity of her real father is not as clear as she thought it would be. Tickets cost $18 to $20. Visit actorsingers.org. • Circus elements: Fulltime Fools present The Treasure of Cirque Fou at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) on Friday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. The performance fuses theater, circus and dance with a mix of aerial arts, acrobatics, cyr wheel, contortion, flow arts and more as it follows the adventures of the crew of odd characters aboard the Disco Volante, a research vessel hunting for treasure. Tick-
in frames he makes himself from old barn boards, old windows and other materials. Through June 20. 2 Pillsbury St., Concord. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “PATTERNS” Juried members present baskets, fiber (wearable and decorative), wood, printmaking, metal, pottery, photography and glass based on different themes. On view April 5 through June 14. Exhibition Gallery, League of NH Craftsmen, 49 S. Main St., Concord. Visit nhcrafts. org. • “WILD AT HEART” Features recent works by Weare artist Rosemary Conroy, who does vibrant and colorful acrylic paintings of wildlife using many different techniques and tools to create unique textures and layering effects. On view through June 9. LaBelle Winery, 345 Route 101, Amherst. Call 471-1888 or visit sullivanframing.com. • ALAN SHULMAN Acrylic paintings on display. May 1 through June 2. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “VIBRANT VISTAS” The
The Actorsingers present Mamma Mia! Courtesy photo.
ets cost $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • Math and drama: Cue Zero Theatre Company presents Proof at Kreiva Academy (479 Pine St., Manchester) on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2 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 $15 online or at the door. Visit cztheatre.com. — Angie Sykeny
exhibition features oil paintings by Daryl D. Johnson and acrylic mixed media works by Roberta Woolfson that represent vistas from around the world. May 2 through May 17. Jupiter Hall, 89 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit jupiterhallnh.com. • “JAMES APONOVICH: OUT OF THE STUDIO, RECENT DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS” Show will feature his lush and bountiful still lifes and exuberant landscapes, along with a new series of allegorical portraits exploring darker themes of mortality. On view June 6 through June 28. Kelley Stelling Contemporary, 221 Hanover St., Manchester. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary.com. • “ETHAN MURROW: HAULING:” Exhibition includes two large-scale works on paper and a 52-foot-long scroll drawing animated by a kinetic sculpture, inspired by the history of the Manchester region and its people, with an emphasis on labor and collaboration. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Museum admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors 65+, $10
for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17, free for children under age 13. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. Theater Productions • A CHORUS LINE April 19 through May 12, 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, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $39 to $46 for adults and $25 for children ages 6 through 12. Visit palacetheatre.org. • A DOLL’S HOUSE Fearon Productions presents. April 19 through May 5, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org. • THE TREASURE OF CIRQUE FOU Fulltime Fools present. April 23 through May 5, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre,
TRAPPED WITH A MURDERER The Community Players of Concord present Something’s Afoot on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m., at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord). The murder mystery musical is a spoof on murder mysteries, particularly Agatha Christie’s famous novel and play And Then There Were None. After six guests arrive for a weekend at the English island estate of Lord Dudley Rancour, someone is murdered and a storm wipes out the only bridge leading to the island. One by one, guests are murdered as those who are still alive try to discover who is the murderer. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Visit communityplayersofconcord.org.
270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh. com. • FOOTLOOSE May 2 through May 19, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m., with an additional show on Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Tickets cost $18 to $24. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com. • PROOF Cue Zero Theatre Company presents. May 3 to May 5. Kreiva Academy, 470 Pine St., Manchester. $15. Visit cztheatre. com. • MAMMA MIA The Actorsingers present. May 3 through May 5. Keefe Center For The Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua. Tickets are $18 to $20. Visit actorsingers.org. • SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! The Riverbend Youth Company presents. Fri., May 3, through Sun., May 5. Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford. Visit amatocenter.org. • SOMETHING’S AFOOT The Community Players of Concord present. Fri., May 3, and Sat., May 4, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., May 5, 2 p.m. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord. $20 for adults, $18 for students and seniors. Visit communityplayersofconcord.org. • STEEL MAGNOLIAS The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents. May 9 through June 1, 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. • BO-NITA Thalia-Bridge Productions presents. May 9 through May 19, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • NEWSIES The Peacock Players present. May 10 through May 19, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.,
and Sunday at 2 p.m. Janice B. Streeter Theatre, 14 Court St., Nashua. Tickets cost $12 to $19. Visit peacockplayers.org. • AIDA: SCHOOL EDITION The Majestic Theatre presents. May 10 through May 12. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $12 to $18. Visit majestictheatre.net. • BABY WITH THE BATHWATER Veterans in Performing Arts presents. May 10 through May 26, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org. • FINDING NEVERLAND Fri., May 17, 8 p.m. Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets cost $45 to $110. Visit ccanh.com. • SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL The Kids Coop Theatre presents. Fri., May 24, and Sat., May 25. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Visit kids-coop-theatre.org. • VICTORIA VALENTINE: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR Ghost Ship Radio presents. Sun., May 26, 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Thurs., May 30, at 7 p.m., Fri., May 31, at 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and Sat., June 1, at 2 p.m. Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. Tickets cost $5. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com. • LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Dive-In Productions and Theaterography present. May 31 through June 16, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. • BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY May 31 through June 23, 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, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets cost $39 to $46 for adults and $25 for children ages 6 through 12. Visit palacetheatre.org. • PIPPIN Ferrill-Chylde Productions presents. May 31 through June 16, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Players’ Ring Theatre, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org. • PUTTING IT TOGETHER: NEW WORKS New World Theatre presents. Sun., June 9 and Aug. 4, 6:30 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for students. Visit hatboxnh.com. Classical Music Events • SPRING CONCERT SERIES: “WE’RE 21! WE’RE LEGAL NOW!” Sat., May 4, in Nashua; Sun., May 5, in Manchester; Sat., May 18, in Concord; and Sun., May 19, in Portsmouth. First Baptist Church of Nashua, 121 Manchester St., Nashua. Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester. Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton St., Concord. South Church, 292 State St., Portsmouth. Visit nhgmc.com. • ORGAN MASTERS IV Featuring Kyle Bertulli. Sun., May 5, 4 p.m. The First Church (UCC), 1 Concord St., Nashua. Free. Visit first–music.org. • MOZART CONCERT Nashua Choral Society, Granite State Choral Society and Symphony NH present. Sun., May 5, 3 p.m., in Nashua; Sat., May 18, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., May 19, 3 p.m., in Rochester. Immaculate Conception Church, 216 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua. First United Methodist Church, 34 S. Main St., Rochester. $10 to $20. Visit nashuachoralsociety.org. • “AFTERNOON SERENADE” Manchester Community Music School presents. Wed., May 15. Grace Episcopal Church, 106 Lowell St., Manchester. Free. Visit mcmusicschool.org.
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AerospaceFest features astronomy and STEM activities By Angie Sykeny
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You can see a planetarium show, meet a former NASA administrator and participate in all kinds of hands-on science and engineering activities during AerospaceFest on Saturday, May 4, at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord. The 27th annual event formerly known as Astronomy Day has become a celebration not just of astronomy, but of all things STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). “I think [AerospaceFest] is a chance for people to get a little more up close with science and technology,” education coordinator Mirka Zapletal said. “There will be things suited for younger visitors and some things that are a little more complex, but the common denominator [for all visitors] is that space and science and technology are really cool.” This year’s guest speaker will be Sean O’Keefe, who served as the 10th Administrator of NASA from December 2001 to February 2005. During that time, he oversaw the creation of the Vision for Space Exploration; changes in safety protocols and the safe return of the shuttle program to flight following the loss of the space shuttle Columbia crew; and the successful landing and robotic exploration of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars. “Certain things [in space exploration] get [public] attention, but it’s not the whole story. 21 Kiddie pool Family activities this week. Children & Teens Children events • LIL’ IGUANA’S FAMILY FUN DAY The event focuses on health and fitness, safety and literacy for children and their families, offering live entertainment, costume characters and team mascots, bounce houses, an obstacle course, a coloring contest and more. Sat., May 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St., Nashua. $1 admission per person. Visit liliguanausa.org/ffd-may • TOUCH A TRUCK/KIDS MUSTER BMX STUNT SHOW A free family fun event that will offer hands-on opportunities for children to explore, climb and touch trucks, emergency response vehicles, heavy machinery and other equipment. The event will also include food trucks, a kids muster and a BMX stunt show promoting helmet safety sponsored by the Derry Police Department. Sat., June 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. West Run-
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There is so much more happening,” Zapletal said. “As someone who worked on high levels [at NASA] during many important missions, [O’Keefe] brings a lot of perspective on the trajectory of space exploration that people may not have heard about.” In addition to his talk, O’Keefe will present the Alex Higgins Memorial Space Camp Awards, scholarships awarded to three New Hampshire kids that cover the tuition costs for them to attend Space Camp in Alabama, where they will do simulated astronaut training. The Discovery Center will premiere its new planetarium show Capcom Go! The Apollo Story, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon.
Other planetarium shows that day will include “Tonight’s Sky,” which shows what astronomical objects will be visible that night in New Hampshire, and “Inside Einstein’s Universe,” which looks at Einstein’s theory of relativity as it relates to astronomy. There will be various hands-on STEM activities throughout the Discovery Center, hosted by local and regional organizations. Mad Science of Maine will present an interactive science show about air pressure; the Concord High School Robotics Club will do robot demonstrations; the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will be outside with telescopes helping visitors observe the sun and the Concord skyline; the Project Management Inc. New Hampshire Chapter will
22 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.
23 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.
ning Brook Middle School, 1 W. Running Brook Lane, Derry. Free. Contact Jacob Pelletier at jacobpelletier@derrynh.org or at 432-6121. Summer camps • ETZ HAYIM SYNAGOGUE SUNDAY CAMP - ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND OPEN HOUSE The Sunday camp program is geared toward introducing children ages 4 to 6 and their parents to Jewish culture, holidays and the Hebrew language. Sun., May 19, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (RSVP by May 16). Etz Hayim Synagogue, 1 1/2 Hood Road, Derry. Visit etzhayim.org. Clubs Events • NASHUA REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING Speakers will include former alderman-at-large Dan Moriarty. Thurs., May 9, 7 p.m. Courtyard by Marriott Nashua, 2200 Southwood Drive, Nashua. Free. Visit nashuagop.org.
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• NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGN FINANCE COMMUNITY FORUM The Raymond Town Democratic Committee will be sponsoring this forum, which will feature Greg Moore and Steve Marchand. Thurs., May 9, 7 p.m. Iber Holmes Gove Middle School Cafeteria, 1 Stephen K. Batchelder Parkway, Raymond. Free and open to the public. Email raymondnhdems@gmail.com.
Continuing Education Open houses • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE Talk with an admissions counselor, take a campus tour, meet with faculty, speak with a career and transfer counselor, learn about financial aid and more. Thurs., May 2, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Manchester Community College, 1066 Front St., Manchester. Free. Visit mccnh.edu.
Garden • MILFORD GARDEN CLUB MAY PROGRAM: DESIGNING A MULTI-SEASON SHADE GARDEN Master gardener Paul Steen will discuss a variety of shade situations and cover the unique problems and opportunities of shade gardening. A handout with a wide variety of shade plants and their properties will be included. Mon., May 13, 10:30 a.m. First Congregational Church Parish House, 10 Union St., Milford. Visit milfordnhgardenclub.org.
Crafts Fairs • 27TH ANNUAL SOMERSWORTH FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION SPRING CRAFT FAIR One of the largest spring craft fairs in the area, the event features more than 100 crafters, plus breakfast and lunch items provided by Festival Association members. Sat., May 4, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Somersworth High School, 11 Memorial Drive, Somersworth. Visit nhfestivals.org.
have a project management exercise for getting to the moon; the Seacoast Science Center will be running ocean life activities; Elbit Systems of America will bring infrared sensors and lasers; and the Belmont High School Astronomy Club will have an activity for young children. Additionally, the Discovery Center will host a live viewing of its Domino Computer, part of an upcoming exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first landing on the moon. Zapletal said AerospaceFest not only celebrates scientific discoveries that have been made, but also provides a look at scientific discoveries being made now and in the future. “While we commemorate things that happened in the past, our goal is to help people understand that space exploration and technology haven’t stopped,” she said. “We are still learning exciting new things all the time and making discoveries that are just as amazing now as in the past.” AerospaceFest Where: McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive, Concord When: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $17 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, $12 for children ages 3 through 12, and free for children ages 2 and under. More info: Call 271-7827 or visit starhop. com.
26 Car Talk Ray gives you car advice. One-time sewing workshops • DIY: SWEET DREAMS GIFT SET Learn how to embellish a cotton pillowcase sewing layers of fabrics, sew an eye pillow filled with herbs and essential oils, and decorate a votive candle holder using vintage receipts, photos, buttons and other materials. Thurs., May 9, 7 to 9 p.m. Allison Hope Photography Studio, 81 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston. $54. Email allison@allisonhopephotography.com or call 867-4970. Dance • 7TH ANNUAL MOM PROM Benefits Concord organization Hearts for Kindness. All women over 18 welcome. Fri., May 3, 7 to 11:30 p.m. Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord. $48. Visit concordmomprom.com. • FIRST SATURDAY CONTRA DANCE The dance will feature Dave Eisenstadter calling with Alex Cumming, Carol Bittenson
and Len Bittenson. Sat., May 4, 8 p.m. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough. $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. Visit monadnockfolk.org or call 762-0235. Festivals & Fairs Events • MOULTON FARM OPEN HOUSE The event will feature a spring plowing contest, guided walking tours around the farm, free gardening workshops and more. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Moulton Farm, 18 Quarry Road, Meredith. Free. Visit moultonfarm.com. • SOUHEGAN SUSTAINABILITY FAIR The fair will feature more than 30 exhibitors and vendors, five presentations and numerous hands-on workshops, with topics like naturopathic medicine, solar power, climate change and more. Other features will include live music, guided hikes, a bike clinic and children’s
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The Intown Taco Tour — started by the Hippo and this year organized by Intown Manchester — is Thursday, May 2, from 4 to 9 p.m. in downtown Manchester. No need to buy tickets, just bring money for the $2 tacos for sale at locations throughout downtown. See our story about the event in the April 25 issue of the Hippo. Go to hippopress.com and click on “Read the Entire Paper: See Our Flip Book on Issuu,” where you’ll find complete issues that can be read on any device. The story starts on page 28. The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) will be celebrating the Taco Tour during its Currier After Hours event on Thursday, May 2, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission to the museum is free from 4 to 9 p.m., the museum website said. The museum will have a live mariachi band, an art-making activity and tacos (and, for adults, a specialty cocktail), according to the website.
Intown Taco Tour is Thursday, May 2. Courtesy photo.
The Race to Adventure! 5K/1 Mile Fun Run race (to raise money for a coed youth group of 14- to 21- year-olds that focuses on adventure activities), professionally timed by Millennium Running, will start at 9 a.m. in Amherst Village on Saturday, May 4. The fun run starts at 8:30 a.m. Admission costs $25 for the 5K and $10 for the fun run. See runreg. com/race-to-adventure. Though adults will be attracted to the postrace beer and margaritas and other swag, the Members First Credit Union Cinco de Miles 5K on Sunday, May 5, in Bedford does offer registration to youth (ages 12 to 20) for $25 in First Friday fun advance and $30 on race day and kids (11 and This month’s Super Stellar Friday will fea- under) for $10. See millenniumrunning.com/ ture a lecture from the Concord High School cinco for race details and to register in advance. Robotics Team, Tidal Force, and an interactive planetarium show, “Inside Einstein’s Uni- What’s your function? verse,” at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery The Riverbend Youth Company presents Center (2 Institute Drive in Concord; starhop. School House Rock Live! Friday, May 3, at com, 271-7827), this Friday, May 3. accord- 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 4, at 2:30 and 7:30 ing to the website. The program begins at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, 2:30 p.m. at Amato p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). The cost for Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Verthe evening is $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for non St. in Milford; amatocenter.org). Tickets students and seniors and $8.50 for children 12 cost $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and kids. and under. If skies are clear, the observatory will be open and members of the New HampMay the fourth be with you... shire Astronomical Society will be outside the Saturday, May 4, is a big day for fans of pop center with telescopes for a free skywatch, the culture (see our story on Free Comic Book website said. Day on page 38) but particularly for Star Wars Admission costs $3 per person after 3 fans who celebrate May the Fourth as Star p.m. as part of a “first Friday” program at Wars Day. Meet fellow younger Star Wars fans the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire at area Barnes & Noble stores at 2 p.m. for (6 Washington St. in Dover; childrens-museplay with Star Wars themed Lego toys and um.org, 742-2002) on May 3. The museum is take a photo with a standee and get a poster open until 7 p.m. on First Fridays, which correwhile supplies last, according to the website. sponds with the monthly Dover Art Walk (see Participating Barnes & Noble stores include doverartwalk.com). Manchester (1741 S. Willow St., 668-5557), Salem (125 S. Broadway, 898-1930), Nashua Fun run (235 Daniel Webster Highway, 888-0533) and The Children’s Museum of New Hamp- Newington (45 Gosling Road, 422-7733). shire is also holding is 5K Road Race/Walk Fans of the Dragons Love Tacos books by & Kid-Venture Course on Saturday, May 4, Adam Rubin may want to stop by at 11 a.m. at 9 a.m. at the museum. The 5K Road Race for a storytime featuring High Five, Rubin’s is open to all ages; registration costs $20 in latest book. advance and $25 on race day. The Kid-venture Course is open to ages 1 to 10 (and kids More story are encouraged to dress up as superheroes, Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete by James according to the website) and registration costs Dean is the focus of the storytime and craft at $8 in advance and $10 on the day. See chilthe Bookery (844 Elm St. in Manchester;bookdrens-museum.org to register and for more erymht.com, 836-6600) on Saturday, May 4, at race information. 11:15 a.m.
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At a recent used book sale I purchased a copy of a lovely book called One Hundred Flowers by Harold Feinstein (Bullfinch Press, 2000). This large-format book includes not only 100 amazing, huge close-up photos of flowers against black backgrounds, it has a lovely introductory essay by Sydney Eddison, a dear friend and fellow gardener writer. Sydney’s introduction is thought-provoking, and worthy of discussion here. Eddison begins by explaining the purpose of flowers: to allow plants to reproduce and set seed. For annuals, flowers like cosmos or sunflowers, have but one chance to extend their genetic line. Failing to create seed and have that seed planted — by gravity, an animal or a gardener — an annual is lost forever at the end of the season. It is generally an advantage for an annual to produce lots of seeds, in hopes that at least one will grow and extend the lineage. Annuals must reproduce, and consequently they are excellent advertisers — they often have bright colors or strong scents to attract bees or other pollinators. Other annuals depend on the wind to pollinate them, and they need not be so bright — think wheat or corn. Still, the genetic lineage of an annual plant ends if seeds are not produced. Of course many seeds will remain viable for years, and most species have plenty of specimens trying to extend the lineage each year. Perennials, trees and shrubs, by contrast, can go dormant, and live through winter for another chance to get their genes spread. Perennials generally die back at the onset of winter, but their roots go dormant until spring. Biennials, things like foxgloves, are more like annuals — they only flower once, in their second year. In her essay, Sydney Eddison did a concise Anatomy and Physiology 101. Most flowers, but not all, have both male and female reproductive organs, generally on the same flower. But it is to the advantage of plants to cross pollinate with other flowers of the same species, and they have evolved to do so. Just as we don’t generally marry our sisters or cousins, flowers get vigor and new traits by crossing with other flowers. How do plants insure that they are not self-pollinating? One way has to do with timing. Sydney Eddison gives the example of sunflowers. Each “flower” is actually a collection of hundreds to tiny flowers all jammed together, but using one set of bright yellow petals to attract pollinators. That’s efficiency. The stigma, or the female part of the sunflower that is receptive to male pollen delivered by bees or other pollinators, stays closed while a particular sunflower is shedding pollen. Later, another pollinator, attracted by those bright yellow petals, will deliver pollen from a dif-
ferent plant. Many flowers seemingly make pollination difficult. Nectar or pollen is hidden away deep inside a flower. An industrious bee must crawl inside to get at the goodies. In so doing, the bee or other insect delivers pollen, the male gametophytes, from one flower to another. In the fall I love the sound of bees grumbling about their hard life after they finally force themselves inside turtlehead, which is one of my favorite flowers of the season. Flowers entice us just as readily as they do butterflies, bees and moths. We love them and we grow them for beauty as well as for the food they might produce. Humans have been hybridizing plants for eons — long before genetic engineering was even imagined. Creating hybrids can be as simple as breaking off a pollen-laden anther from one variety of flower and touching it to the female stigma on another. Then saving seed, planting it, and seeing what you get. But again, timing can be key. If the wind or a big, fat bumblebee has already pollinated a flower, your efforts may not create anything different. But, as Ms. Eddison points out, hybridizers have been dreaming of blue lilies and black gladiolas, and trying their best to produce them – for decades without luck so far. If you want to try hybridizing flowers, you can “bag” a flower before it opens to prevent accidental pollination. Daylilies are easy to do this with — just use a small paper or wax bag that you place over an unopened flower and secure with a rubber band or piece of yarn. Not every daylily, even ones you pollinate, will produce seeds, however. And a friend who has done this hundreds of times explained that most crosses don’t produce anything of interest. Genetic engineering — made possible just within the last 25 years — allows scientists to add genes to the make-up of organisms in ways unfathomable to Gregor Mendel, who proposed the laws of genetic inheritance in 1865. So for example, back in 2003 I interviewed, Dr. Mark Brand at UConn, who introduced genes from a frog into a rhododendron to help it be less susceptible to a fungal root rot. That is not something you or I could do . Green plants first appeared some 400 million years ago. They evolved from aquatic algae to mosses to ferns to flowering plants. The first flowering plants appeared about 300 million years ago and now there are estimated to be 400,000 distinct species. And remember: all animals on this planet depends on plants, either directly or indirectly. They are not just decoration, they sustain us all. So go garden. Your plants depend on you as much as you depend on them. Henry Homeyer is a UNH Master Gardener. You may reach him at henry.homeyer@comcast.net.
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Dear Donna, Can you give me any information on this picture? It’s by Bernard Buffet 55. Any information would be helpful. Thank you Philip D.
activities. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School, 57 School Road, Wilton. Free and open to the public. Visit souhegansustainability.com. • NEW HAMPSHIRE RENAISSANCE FAIRE The annual faire features historical knights, fantastical fairies, and local merchants selling hand-made items like costumes, jewelry, pottery, herbals and more. Some crafters also hold live demonstrations. Saturdays and Sundays, May 11 and May 12, and May 18 and May 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Brookvale Pines Farm, 154 Martin Road, Fremont. $15 for adults, $10 for children ages 5 to 12, $10 for seniors, veterans and active military service members, and free for children under 4. Visit nhrenfaire.com. Expos • NORTHEAST SEA GLASS EXPO The expo will feature more than 50 artists creating items from Nature’s Recycling, plus Sea Glass Bingo, a schedule of lectures and more. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun., May 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seacoast Recreation Center, 311 Lafayette Road, Seabrook. $5 general admission; free for children under 12. Visit thenortheastseaglassexpo.com.
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Dear Philip, What an interesting story behind the artist Bernard Buffet. To determine a value for your print you first need someone to look at it to tell you if it is indeed a print or a lithograph, Your clown was done in 1955; that’s why it says Bernard Buffet 55. He did many clowns all different and other subjects as well all while living in France. His career was an interesting up until his death in 1999. If yours is a copied print that they sell many of, I would say the value is very low. If it’s a real signed and possibly numbered print it could be in the $100 to $200 value range. If it is a signed lithograph and numbered it might go as high as $1,000. Having a professional look at it directly would be the key to finding out. I think I might bring it to a place where they can answer all those questions at once. If by chance it was an original painting you would have yourself a real hidden treasure. Try a place like Skinner in Bolton, Mass. They would be able to answer all your questions.
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CRAFT FAIRS AND CHURCH SALES • More than 100 artisans and crafters will be at the 25th annual Power of Angels Kitty Angels fundraiser, on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, at Treasures, Antiques, Collectibles & MORE! (106 Ponemah Road, Amherst). The fundraiser will also feature flea market and yard sale vendors in a county-fair type atmosphere with live entertainment. Visit treasuresnh.com. • There will be an indoor yard sale to benefit the Humane Society for Greater Nashua, on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, from 8 a.m. to noon, at 103 Temple St. in Nashua. The sale will feature a variety of items, like collectibles, books, housewares, small furniture, toys, crafts and more. Visit hsfn.org/yardsale. • The Somersworth Festival Association’s 27th annual spring craft fair is happening on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Somersworth High School (11 Memorial Drive, Somersworth). One of the largest spring craft fairs in the area, the event features more than 100 crafters, plus breakfast and lunch items provided by Festival Association members. Visit nhfestivals.org. • Join Greenland Church Parish House (44 Post Road, Greenland) for its annual rummage sale on Thursday, May 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to noon. Items for sale will include gently used clothing for women, men and children, as well as household items, books, toys, puzzles and more. Clothing is all priced per bag; other items will be priced individually. Sandwiches and beverages will also be for sale. Call 436-8336 or email greenlanducc@myfairpoint.net.
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Workshops • EBAY SELLING 101 Presenter Robbin Levin will teach attendees the basics of selling on eBay, including how to create a professional listing and how to deal with pricing and shipping. Wed., May 8, 6 p.m. Derry Public Library, 64 E. Broadway, Derry. Free. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140. Yard Sales/Penny Sales • GREENLAND CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Items for sale will include gently used clothing for women, men and children, as well as household items, books, toys, puzzles and more. Clothing is all priced per bag; other items will be priced individually. Sandwiches and beverages will also be for sale. Thurs., May 2, 5 to 7 p.m., Fri., May 3, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sat., May 4, 9 a.m. to noon. Greenland Church Parish House, 44 Post Road, Greenland. Free admission. Call 436-8336 or email greenlanducc@myfairpoint.net. • FIRST CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL YARD SALE An array of items will be available, including furniture, kids’ toys, lamps, knick knacks, linens and more. Sat., May 4, 7 a.m. to noon. First Church Congregational, 63 S. Main St., Rochester. Visit firstucc.net or call 332-1121. • 25TH ANNUAL POWER OF ANGELS KITTY ANGELS FUNDRAISER Features more than 100 artisans and crafters, professionals, food, flea market and yard sale vendors in a county-fair type atmosphere with live entertainment. Sat., May 4, and
Sun., May 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Treasures, Antiques, Collectibles & MORE!, 106 Ponemah Road, Amherst. Visit treasuresnh.com. • 22ND ANNUAL INDOOR YARD SALE Will feature a variety of items, like collectibles, books, housewares, small furniture, toys, crafts and more. All proceeds benefit the Humane Society for Greater Nashua. Sat., May 4, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sun., May 5, 8 a.m. to noon. 103 Temple St., Nashua. Visit hsfn.org. Museums & Tours History & museum events • HISTORIC MOTOR SPORTS EXPOSITION This expo will feature a variety of different racing disciplines, like road racing, oval track racing, drag racing, off-road racing and more. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. North East Motor Sports Museum, 922 Route 106, Loudon. Free for museum members and $10 for non-members. Visit nemsmuseum.com. • HEIFER PARADE & FREE OPENING DAY AT CANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE The event will celebrate the opening of the Canterbury Shaker Village’s 50th season, with a full schedule of special events, workshops, demonstrations and more. The highlight of the day for many is the heifer parade at 11 a.m., when young cows from Brookford Farm are brought to their summer pastures on Shaker lands. Sat., May 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury. Free. Visit shakers.org.
• GLASS NEGATIVES -- A WINDOW INTO THE PAST New Boston Historical Society president David Woodbury will tell the story of a treasure trove of glass negatives containing photos of New Boston circa 1890-1900. Refreshments will be served. Thurs., May 9, 7 p.m. New Boston Community Church, 2 Meetinghouse Road, New Boston. Free. Visit newbostonhistoricalsociety.com. • THE FOUNDING FATHERS: WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Richard Hesse, Professor Emeritus at the UNH School of Law, will give this presentation on our founding fathers. The program is sponsored by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Refreshments will be served. Thurs., May 9, 6:30 p.m. Kimball Library, 5 Academy Ave., Atkinson. Free. Visit kimballlibrary.com or call 362-5234. Nature & Gardening • INTRODUCTION TO BIRDS IN NEW ENGLAND This is an introductory class to the bird species of New England, with some limited night birding outside to teach people how to use binoculars. There will be an additional option to attend the Saturday morning field program with instruction on field identification and bird songs. Fri., May 3, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Sat., May 4, 7:30 to 10 a.m. Beaver Brook Nature Center, 117 Ridge Road, Hollis. $25 for the evening class, $45 for both sessions and $20 for the two hour field trip on Saturday. Visit beaverbrook.org or call 465-7787.
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Dear Car Talk: My 2008 Mustang GT shakes at around 60-65 mph when braking. The Hurst 5-speed stick shakes as well. When this is happening, the steering wheel By Ray Magliozzi moves from side to side. I’ve had the alignment checked and the tires balanced and rotated, and the brake wear looks even. Sometimes, when braking at slower speeds, the steering wheel will shake. Before taking the car to a shop, is there anything I can look for? — Peter
You can look for the average price of two front brake rotors for a 2008 Mustang GT, Peter. And make sure you have at least that much in your checking account. This is a classic case of warped disc rotors. The disc rotor is a key part of the brake system. The rotor is attached to the wheel, and when you step on the brake, you squeeze that rotor from both sides with the brake pads. If the rotor is warped, every time that high spot comes around, it pushes back on the brake pads. When the warp is mild, you can feel it as a pulsing of the brake pedal. When it’s more severe, it can make the steering wheel or
even the whole car shake when you brake. And if it’s really severe, it’ll loosen up a filling or two. Frankly, I’m kind of disappointed in your mechanic, Peter. This is something so obvious that even my late brother could’ve diagnosed it if we woke him up from his nap under one of the cars in the shop. So, I’d ask some friends if they can recommend a mechanic they really like. Or go to www.mechanicsfiles.com and use your ZIP code to search for a highly recommended mechanic in your area. Explain that the steering wheel shakes when you brake from high speed. If he says right away “it’s probably disc rotors,” you’ve found your new mechanic, Peter. Dear Car Talk: I have a 2017 Acadia. When the car is shifted into park, the dashboard shows a warning that the car is not in park! It says I can’t turn off the car until the car is in park, even though it’s in park. If I leave the car like that, all the electrical stuff stays on and my battery will die. To get the car to shut off, I have to move the shifter back and forth from drive to park a number of times, until the car finally registers that it’s in park. Once it took over 20 times of doing that to get the car to shut off.
When this happens, the car is not in park and seems to be in gear or at least in neutral because it will roll. I contacted GMC and they said they were aware of this problem as it is showing up on vehicles from 2016 through 2018. They say their technicians are still working on it. My local GMC dealer is going to try to research the problem as well. I understand there’s even a class-action suit against GMC for continuing to sell the Acadia with this known problem. Bottom line: the car says it’s in park, but the engine won’t shut off. I am concerned that someday I will not be able to shut it off at all. Any ideas? — John Yes, it’s a bad shifter assembly, John. GMC has recently issued a Technical Service Bulletin for this problem. If you go back to your dealer, they should now know how to fix it. If you originally complained about the problem while your car was under warranty, GMC should fix it for free. If you’re out of warranty, it’ll probably cost you $250- $300. But even if you have to pay for it out of pocket, you should get it fixed. The last thing you want is for the car to roll away with your mother-in-law strapped into the back seat. Well, I guess that depends on
how you feel about your mother-in-law. And your Acadia. If you do shell out your own money, definitely hang onto your receipt. Should GMC eventually be forced to issue a recall for this problem, they’ll have to reimburse you. The key question is whether the car is able to roll away — as you say yours is. If that’s true, this is a serious safety issue, and GMC will be forced to recall the vehicles. If you’re mistaken, and it’s “just” a problem where you can’t turn off the vehicle and your battery dies, that’ll frost your shorts, but it may not fall under the safety purview of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In either case, get it fixed right away. Then lodge a complaint with NHTSA (nhtsa.gov — “report a problem”). If your Acadia really can roll away when this problem occurs, be sure to tell NHTSA that. That’s crucial information. If NHTSA gets enough complaints, they can open an investigation, which is what can lead to a safety recall. You can also check back at www.nhtsa. gov from time to time and search your car under “Recalls” to see if any action has been taken. Once it’s fixed, remember to cancel your membership in the Battery of the Month Club. Visit Cartalk.com.
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What kind of education or training did you need for this job? Comedy-wise? I’m a fulltime teacher, so I just talk about my kids. I was raised by an Italian mother, so she Mike Smith wrote all my material just by watching her and listening to her. As for the booking, you make your mistakes early, like Mike Smith is the owner-operator of Laugh Riot Productions, a company that books booking two comedians who do song parodies comedy shows, fundraisers, corporate and private events throughout New England. — probably not a good idea. And you learn He’s also a full-time ninth-grade English teacher by day. who the headliners like working with and try to accommodate. Can you explain what your How did you get interested in this field? current job is? I have always loved comedy ever since I was How did you find your current job? I book a number of rooms kid but never had the nerve to try it. A friend, Without Mike Leone and his band that broke throughout New England, from as Mike Leone, who was a great guitar player, up, I probably wouldn’t be booking shows. far south as Plymouth, Mass., and north to Pit- asked me to do some comedy prior to his band man’s Freight Room in Laconia as well as the going on stage. At first I said, “No, I can’t do What’s the best piece of work-related Tupelo in Derry. Our other New Hampshire it.” But he said I’d be doing him a favor, so I advice anyone’s ever given you? rooms are The Old Salt in Hampton, Rock- agreed. I worked all summer on a routine — Lenny Clarke said, “People are here to see ingham Ballroom in Newmarket and the Hall then the band broke up. I spent all this time a show; don’t wear sneakers.” The other piece at Great Falls in Somersworth. I also host developing a bit, so for the heck of it, I went of advice [that] has remained with me was many of the shows, which gives me a chance to The Vault in Boston — at the time it was from my wife Jeannie. Early on in this venture to get on stage as well as being the publicity the place to go for an open mic. I remember I considered hiring a comedian who is also a director and a one-man light and sound crew. being so nervous I had to lean against a sweaty booker, and suggested that he might reciprostone wall to stay up. I almost fainted. But I cate and book me to open or host. Jeannie said, did the set, and it was the best set I ever had. I “Did you get into this so that people would How long have you worked there? We have been booking comedy approxi- have spent the past 19 years trying to recapture book you, or did you get into this to put on that moment. When I realized I wasn’t going to mately 18 years.
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great shows? Do what’s best for the show.” It was the best advice I have ever gotten in this business. What do you wish you’d known at the beginning of your career? I guess we all know but don’t want to admit that like in any other business or situation, there are going to be disappointing times. Like losing a fundraiser to another organization, or having a show cancel the day of the event, and it’s still your responsibility to pay the comedians. What is your typical at-work uniform? I wear black pants, black shoes … a shirt ... and a black windbreaker with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows to give the impression that we are really working hard. What was the first job you ever had? My first job was at Market Basket sacking groceries. — Michael Witthaus What are you into right now? Right now, when I have a few minutes, I’m into watching rugby and Australian Rules Football, and pretty soon the Canadian Football League. Either that or politics, which is pretty much the same as football and rugby.
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FOOD May the brews be with you Star Wars-themed beerfest comes to Milford By Matt Ingersoll
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News from the local food scene
By Matt Ingersoll
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• The Post Downtown on the way: The Newell Post Restaurant is expanding to a second location, in the space of the recently closed Gyro House at 58 N. Main St. in Concord, owner Vikki Johnson confirmed. Called The Post Downtown, the new location will feature the same menu of classic comfort breakfast and lunch dishes available at the first restaurant at 125 Fisherville Road, like burgers, soups, salads, sandwiches, specialty breakfast plates and more. As of press time, the tentative opening date was May 1. Visit postrestaurantnh.com or follow them on Facebook for updates. • Red Arrow Diner recognized: The Red Arrow Diner, with locations in Manchester, Concord, Milford and Londonderry, had its coconut cream pie featured in the March 2019 issue of Food Network magazine as one of the publication’s favorite comfort foods, according to a press release. The magazine called the pie “an all-around favorite” and provided a recipe for home cooks to recreate in their own kitchens. “As a huge fan of the Food Network, I cannot help but be extraordinarily proud that Red Arrow Diner was featured,” the diner’s owner and president, Carol Lawrence-Erickson, said in a statement. The issue is on newsstands now. • Tucker’s to open in Merrimack: Local diner chain Tucker’s is due to officially open its doors at 360 Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack on May 6, the restaurant recently announced on its Facebook page. This is the fifth Tucker’s location overall (the other four are in Hooksett, Dover, New London and Concord). Tucker’s features a menu of breakfast items like omelets and scramblers, and lunch items like sandwiches and bowls, plus a rotating selection of specials. Visit tuckersnh.com. • Kombucha craze: Join the Pelham Public Library for The Art of Brewing Kombucha, a demonstration and sample happening on Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. Attendees will learn how to brew kombucha, a fermented tea drink made from mushrooms, and find out about its health benefits. Admission is free and samples will be provided. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org or call 635-7581. • Take on the trucks: New Hampshire will host two food truck festivals this weekend. There will be a food truck festival at 14 Manning St. in Derry on Saturday, May 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The festival is part of Downtown Derby Day, a day-long family-friendly event that will also feature 36
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A new festival coming to Barley & Hops in Milford is inviting you to dress up as your favorite Jedi and enjoy beers from a galaxy far, far away. The event, fittingly scheduled for the unofficial “Star Wars Day” on Saturday, May 4, (or, as Star Wars fans call it, May the Fourth) was originally conceived to commemorate the shop’s third anniversary, which is actually May 6, owner Chris Perry said. “Every year we’ve been doing a little celebration as a birthday party for the store, and it’s grown a little bit bigger each time,” he said. “We figured we’d take it to the next step and make it a brewfest, and because it just happens to coincide with Star Wars Day, we made it Star Warsthemed. We all love Star Wars and thought that would make it even better.” Vendors and guests are encouraged to come dressed up in Star Wars costumes and attire. Perry said the room where each brewery will be set up, in the vacant space in Lorden Plaza just a short walk away from the entrance to Barley & Hops, will be decked out with Star Wars aesthetics of its own. Some breweries are pouring special Star Wars-inspired brews in preparation for the fesBarley & Hops 3rd anniversary Beerfest & Star Wars Day When: Saturday, May 4, noon to 6 p.m. Where: Lorden Plaza, 586 Nashua St., Milford (wine tasting at Barley & Hops, 614 Nashua St., Milford, from noon to 3 p.m.) Cost: General admission is $35, with tastings from 1 to 5 p.m.; VIP admission is $45 with admittance an hour early, at noon Visit: barleyhops.beer
tival. Rockingham Brewing Co. of Derry, for example, will have a beer they’ve called “Ham Solo” — a play on the recurring character Capt. Han Solo. According to Rockingham Brewing Co. co-owner Ali Leleszi, the Ham Solo is an American pale ale with a single malt — Golden Promise — and a single hop Falconer’s Flight. “The malt is light with a little bit of a biscuit or bread [taste] to it, and the hop has notes of citrus,” she said. “We’re going to have it in the taproom for about a month or so.” The event will also feature food trucks, lawn games, giveaways and more, but the focus is on the beer. “The other thing is that it’s a more intimate The Ham Solo American Pale Ale from Derry’s Rockingbeer festival than some of the other larger ones ham Brewing Co. Courtesy photo. out there, so there’s a great opportunity to interact with some of the beer vendors,” Perry said. Four and cornhole. A free wine tasting will be held from noon to 3 “We tried to make it family-friendly for peop.m. inside the shop itself, while out in the park- ple so between the games, the beers and the food ing lot, there will be a few food trucks, a beer trucks, everyone can participate,” Perry said. garden and games like giant Jenga, giant Connect Participating pourers 14th Star Brewing Co. (St. Albans, Vt., 14thstarbrewing.com) 603 Brewery (Londonderry, 603brewery.com) Able Ebenezer Brewing Co. (Merrimack, ableebenezer.com) Citizen Cider (Burlington, Vt., citizencider.com) Concord Craft Brewing Co. (Concord, concordcraftbrewing.com) Definitive Brewing Co. (Portland, Maine, definitivebrewing.com) Great North Aleworks (Manchester, greatnorthaleworks.com) Harpoon Brewery (Boston, harpoonbrewery.com) Henniker Brewing Co. (Henniker, hennikerbrewing.com) Hobbs Tavern & Brewing Co. (West Ossipee, hobbstavern.com) Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers
(Framingham, Mass., jacksabby.com) Laughing Crow Beer (Amherst, find them on Facebook) Long Blue Cat Brewing Co. (Londonderry, longbluecat.com) Lord Hobo Brewing Co. (Woburn, Mass., lordhobobrewing.com) Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co. (North Conway, moatmountain.com) Rockingham Brewing Co. (Derry, rockinghambrewing.com) Shipyard Brewing Co. (Portland, Maine, shipyard.com) Smuttynose Brewing Co. (Hampton, smuttynose.com) Two Roads Brewing Co. (Stratford, Conn., tworoadsbrewing.com) Woodstock Inn Brewery (North Woodstock, woodstockinnbrewery.com)
Meals with your mom
Brunches, dinners, specials and more for Mother’s Day By Matt Ingersoll
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Treat mom on her special day to a brunch or dinner offered at any one of these local restaurants and function centers. All events are planned for Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 12 — unless otherwise specified. • 110 Grill (875 Elm St., Manchester, 8361150; 27 Trafalgar Square, Nashua, 943-7443; 136 Marketplace Blvd., Rochester, 948-1270; 19 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham, 777-5110; 110grill. com) will offer Mother’s Day brunch specials, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at all of its New Hamp-
shire locations, in addition to its regular menu. Options will include crab and egg flatbread, huevos rancheros, chicken and waffles, banana bread French toast and steak and eggs Benedict. • Airport Diner (2280 Brown Ave., Manchester, 623-5040, thecman.com) will be open from 5 a.m. to midnight, serving its regular menus with specials available starting at 11 a.m. • Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will host a brunch buffet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring fruits, cheeses and crackers, French toast, a made-to-order omelet station, roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, crabmeat-stuffed haddock and
more, as well as plated meals like honey-baked ham, roast leg of lamb and prime rib. Dinner specials will also be available starting at noon. • Alnoba (24 Cottage Road, Kensington, 855428-1985, alnoba.org) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., which will include buffet selections like pastries, granola and fruit jam parfaits, salads, mustard- and herbrubbed chicken, a made-to-order omelet station, slow-smoked honey-glazed ham, leg of lamb and slow-roasted herb-rubbed prime rib and desserts. The cost is $48 for adults and $27 for children under 12. CONTINUED ON 31
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• Alpine Grove Banquet Facility (19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, 882-9051, alpinegrove.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch with seatings available at 11 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. The menu will include assorted Danishes and muffins; an oatmeal station with dried fruits, fresh berries and nuts; lunch options like roast sirloin of beef with demi-glace, sesame-encrusted salmon with a ginger drizzle and lemongrass glaze; assorted pastries; a dessert buffet and more. The cost is $27 for adults, $10 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children ages 4 and under. • Ashworth by the Sea (295 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 926-6762, ashworthhotel.com) will host a Mother’s Day brunch in its Grand Ballroom, with seatings available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu will feature a build-your-own omelet station, a carving station with baked Virginia spiral ham and slow-roasted prime rib of beef, blueberry pancakes, eggs Benedict and more. The cost is $38.95 for adults, $17.95 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. • Atkinson Resort & Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, 362-8700, atkinsonresort.com) is serving a Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that will include hand-carved prime rib, pork loin and ham, plus made-to-order omelets and waffles, entrees like baked haddock and chicken Milanese, and a table of assorted desserts. The cost is $47 for adults, $20 for children ages 3 to 10 and free for children under 3. • Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road, Brookline, 371-2296, averillhousevineyard.com) is offering tours with wines and snacks to enjoy together. One-hour time slots are scheduled for 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The cost starts at $29. • Backyard Brewery & Kitchen (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545, backyardbrewerynh.com) is taking reservations for Mother’s Day, offering several specialty dishes and cocktails, like a raspberry peach sangria and a “beer-mosa” (think mimosa with a juicy IPA). • Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) will serve brunch in its Great Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as a four-course prix fixe dinner menu in its Dining Room from 2 to 7 p.m. The brunch menu will include a made-to-order omelet station, a Belgian waffle station, breakfast items like Greek yogurt, cinnamon French toast and maple pork sausage; lunch items like tortellini pasta salad, campanelle pasta and whipped Yukon gold potatoes; assorted desserts and more. The dinner menu will include appetizers like citrus grilled Gulf shrimp, spring pea risotto and seared Long Island duck breast; entrees like grilled filet mignon, bourbon-brined Kurobuta pork loin and garlic and herb quinoa and vegetables; and desserts like vanilla bean creme brulee and peach sorbet. The cost for the brunch is $59 for adults and $29.95 for children ages 10 and under. The cost for the dinner is $65 for adults and $34.95 for children ages 10 and under. • Belmont Hall & Restaurant (718 Grove St., Manchester, 625-8540, belmonthall.net) will
serve an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet for Mother’s Day, with seatings at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The cost is $16.99 per person and includes coffee and gratuity. • Birch Wood Vineyards (199 Rockingham Road, Derry, 965-4359, birchwoodvineyards. com) will serve a brunch buffet with seatings on the hour from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The menu will include breakfast options like a madeto-order egg station with assorted toppings, plus breakfast pastries, bacon, sausage and home fries; various soups and salads; a meat carving station with honey-baked pit ham and beef eye round; lunch entrees like baked haddock, chicken piccata and vegetarian spinach and artichoke cannelloni; and desserts, bloody marys and mimosas. The cost is $35 for adults, $18 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. • Brookstone Park (14 Route 111, Derry, 328-9255, brookstone-park.com) will serve brunch with reservations available from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The menu will include pastries, local cheeses, crackers and fruit, a carving station with maple-roasted turkey and garlic and rosemary pork tenderloin, smoked salmon, salads and more. The cost is $39 for adults, $19 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. • Buckley’s Bakery & Cafe (436 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 262-5929; 9 Market Place, Hollis, 465-5522; buckleysbakerycafe.com) will be open on Mother’s Day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in its Merrimack location and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in its Hollis location. • Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will be serving its full regular menu, with Mother’s Day specials, from 1 to 6 p.m. Call or visit the website for reservations. • Canoe Restaurant and Tavern (216 S. River Road, Bedford, 935-8070, magicfoodsrestaurantgroup.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mother’s Day, serving its regular menu, with specials TBA. Reservations accepted. • Carriage Shack Farm (5 Dan Hill Road, Londonderry, 716-0629, carriageshackfarm.com) will host a breakfast by reservation only, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The menu will include fruit, biscuits, French toast, pancakes, sausage, home fries, scrambled eggs, coffee, tea, milk and juice. The cost is $14 for teens and adults ages 16 and over, $10 for children and teens ages 15 and under, and free for children under 1. Moms are admitted free with a paid admission. • Cask & Vine (1 E. Broadway, Derry, 9653454, caskandvine.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring items like seasonal soups and salads, applewood-smoked bacon, maple sausage links, baked artisan French toast, cheeseburger shepherd’s pie, balsamic roasted Brussels sprouts, biscuits and gravy, assorted desserts and more. The cost is $24.50 for teens and adults ages 13 and over, $17.50 for children ages 5 to 13 and $5.50 for children ages 5 and under. • The Castleton Banquet & Conference Center (58 Enterprise Drive, Windham, 8986300, castletonbcc.com) will serve a brunch buffet with reservations available starting at 10 a.m. The menu will feature maple walnut glazed CONTINUED ON 32
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baked brie, made-to-order omelets, a smoked salmon display, Parmesan-crusted haddock, roast sirloin with cabernet sauvignon demi-glace and more. The cost is $47 for adults, $18 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. • Chez Vachon (136 Kelley St., Manchester, 625-9660, chez-vachon.mycloveronline.com) will be open regular hours on Mother’s Day, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., with specials TBA. • City Moose Cafe & Catering Co. (30 Temple St., Nashua, 943-5078, citymoosenh. com) will serve brunch with seatings available at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The menu will include farm-fresh scrambled eggs, brioche bread French toast, pancakes, waffles, housemade corned beef hash, assorted pastries with house-made jams, fresh fruit salads and more. The cost is $19.95 for adults, $9.95 for children ages 1 to 10 and free for children under a year old. Mimosas and bloody marys are also $6 each. • The Coach Stop Restaurant & Tavern (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022, coachstopnh.com) will be offer specials with seatings available at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The menu will include appetizers like spinach and artichoke dip, French onion soup, bacon-wrapped scallops, escargot and bruschetta; and entrees like chicken and broccoli alfredo, roast prime rib of beef, baked haddock, chicken Marsala and lobster macaroni and cheese. • Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks St., Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch with seatings available from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The three-course pre-fixe menu will include your choice of an appetizer (spring chicken soup, creamy lobster bisque, spring market greens, organic spinach salad, smoked salmon pierogi or grilled asparagus); an entree (red flannel corned beef hash, shrimp shakshuka, crab cake Benedict, sugar-rubbed skirt steak and eggs, spring lamb pot pie, sweet pea risotto or spring panzanella chicken salad); and a dessert (lemon raspberry beignets with maple syrup, chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, chocolate ganache and salted caramel ice cream, strawberry rhubarb cake with vanilla ice cream, maple creme brulee or grasshopper cheesecake). The cost is $39.50 for adults and $19.50 for children ages 12 and under. • The Common Man (25 Water St., Concord, 228-3463; 304 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-3463; 88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088; 10 Pollard Road, Lincoln, 745-3463; 60 Main St., Ashland, 968-7030; 21 Water St., Claremont, 542-6171; thecman.com) will serve a Mother’s Day dinner buffet at its Concord and Windham locations from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The cost is $26.95 for adults and $12.95 for children under 12. The Lincoln, Ashland, Merrimack and Claremont locations will be serving their regular dinner menus, with specials, from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. • Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033; copperdoor.com) will serve a special brunch menu from 10 a.m. to noon on Mother’s Day, and a prix fixe menu beginning at noon. Reservations will be accepted until 8 p.m.
Choose either two courses for $59, three courses for $69 or four courses for $79, featuring appetizers like sirloin spring rolls, blackberry basil tart and classic shrimp cocktail; assorted specialty soups and salads; entrees like slow roasted prime rib, seafood carbonara and surf and turf kebabs; and desserts like pink lemonade cupcakes, wild berry shortcake and black and white cheesecake. • Cotton (75 Arms St., Manchester, 6225488, cottonfood.com) will be serving its regular menu, with dinner specials, from noon to 6 p.m. on Mother’s Day. • Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871, countrytavern.org) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu will include made-to-order omelets, scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon, sausage, cinnamon French toast, homemade quiche, corned beef hash, a meat carving station with roasted ham, marinated turkey breast and roast pork loin, and other lunch items, like fresh baked haddock, braised short ribs, chicken Parmesan, four-cheese ravioli and sauteed vegetables. The cost is $26.95 for adults and $15.95 for children under 12. • The Crown Tavern (99 Hanover St., Manchester, 218-3132, thecrownonhanover.com) will be serving its regular menu with Mother’s Day specials. Reservations accepted from 1 to 6 p.m. • CR’s the Restaurant (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 929-7972, crstherestaurant.com) will serve its regular dinner menu, with Mother’s Day specials, from noon to 5 p.m. Reservations are recommended. • The Derryfield Restaurant (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880, derryfieldrestaurant.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch with seatings starting at 9:30 a.m. The menu will include an omelet station; a meat carving station with slow-roasted prime rib and ovenbaked ham; and buffet items like bacon, sausage, corned beef hash, French toast, seafood Newburg, baked beans, grilled sirloin, turkey, chicken and more. The cost is $27.95 for adults, $25.95 for seniors over 65, $17.95 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5. • Downtown Cheers Grille & Bar (17 Depot St., Concord, 228-0180, cheersnh.com) will open at 11 a.m. on Mother’s Day, with specials TBA. • EJ’s on Main (Holiday Inn Concord Downtown, 172 N. Main St., Concord, 224-9534, ejsonmain.com) will serve brunch with seatings at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The menu will include breakfast options like scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, awaffles and French toast; dinner options like baked stuffed ham with pineapple sauce, macaroni and cheese, baked haddock, stuffed Italian shells and grilled seasonal vegetable medley; assorted mini desserts; a mimosa and bloody mary bar and more. The cost is $26.95 per person, $11.99 for children ages 5 to 11 and free for children under 5. • Epoch Restaurant & Bar (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 772-5901, epochrestaurant. com) will serve a brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a fruit display, local oysters and clams on the half shell, Cobb salad, assorted pastries and finger sandwiches, applewood-smoked bacon, North Country Smokehouse sausage, Belgian waffles, a carving station with leg of
menu with Mother’s Day specials. Reservations will be accepted from 2 to 6 p.m. • The Hilltop Restaurant (Steele Hill Resorts, 516 Steele Hill Road, Sanbornton, 5240500, steelehillresorts.com/restaurant) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring breakfast items like assorted yogurts, fruits and pastries; a carving station with choice beef sirloin, roasted pork loin and assorted accompaniments; lunch items like cavatappi pasta and cheese, sweet and sour chicken and jasmine rice, shrimp, scallops and lobster with cheese tortellini, and roasted corn with jalapeno; and a dessert table with chocolate mousse, strawberry shortcake, peach cobbler, cupcakes, carrot cake, tiramisu and cheesecake. The cost is $32 for adults, $17 for children ages 5 to 10 and $6 for children under 5. • Italian Farmhouse (337 Daniel Webster Highway, Plymouth, 536-4536, thecman.com) will serve its regular dinner menu, with specials, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Jamison’s (472 Route 111, Hampstead, 489-1565, jamisonsrestaurant.com) is accepting reservations now for Mother’s Day. A specials menu will be featured, including items like seared duck breast over quinoa with an apricot sauce, seafood stuffed lobster, and roasted corn and bacon ravioli, as well as a Bloody Mary bar. • Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Cafe (150 Congress St., Portsmouth, 766-3474, jumpinjays.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 8 p.m., featuring items like eggs Benedict, braised brisket hash, challah French toast, spring baby spinach salad, haddock piccata and more, plus brunch cocktails and a raw bar. • LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewinerynh.com) will serve a grand brunch buffet for Mother’s Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring a fruit and bread display; a made-to-order omelet station; breakfast items like bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and home fries; lunch items like seared chicken, baked haddock, spinach tortellini and roasted Brussels sprouts, a carving station with soy maple-glazed ham and prime rib with au jus and horseradish cream; and assorted desserts, like cookies, chocolate-covered strawberries and more. The cost is $49 for adults, $19 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. • La Carreta Mexican Restaurant (139 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, 891-0055; 545 Hooksett Road, Manchester, 628-6899; 1875 S. Willow St., 623-7705; 35 Manchester Road, Derry, 421-0091; 44 Nashua Road, Londonderry, 965-3477; 172 Hanover St., Portsmouth, 427-8319; lacarretamex.com) will be open on Mother’s Day at all of its locations, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. in Derry, Londonderry and Portsmouth, and from noon to 10 p.m. in Nashua and both Manchester locations. • Lakehouse Grille (281 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-5221, thecman.com) will serve a grand brunch buffet for Mother’s Day from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $31.95 for adults and $14.95 for children under 12. The regular dinner menu with specials will also be available from 5 to 9 p.m. CONTINUED ON 34
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• Mile Away Restaurant (52 Federal Hill Road, Milford, 673-3904, mileawayrestaurant. com) is accepting reservations now for Mother’s Day, offering meals that will include your choice of an appetizer (fresh fruit cup with sorbet, tomato basil bisque, Swedish meatballs, shrimp cocktail, onion soup gratinee or escargots); a salad (tossed or Caesar); an entree (baked stuffed haddock, chicken marsala, wienerschnitzel, eggplant Parmesan, herb crusted beef tenderloin and more); and a dessert (cheesecake with strawberries, lemon mascarpone cake, flourless chocolate cake, carrot cake and more). The cost for each dinner is $32.95 for adults and $22.95 for children under 12. • MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) will be serving its full regular menu, with Mother’s Day specials, from 1 to 6 p.m. Call or visit the website for reservations. • New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring a carving station with prime rib, made-to-order omelets and crepes, custom mimosas and bloody marys and more. The cost is $24 for adults and $12 for children. • O Steaks & Seafood (11 S. Main St., Concord, 856-7925, magicfoodsrestaurantgroup. com) will serve a brunch buffet for Mother’s Day, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring assorted cheeses, applewood smoked bacon, maple sausage, omelets a la carte, house macaroni and cheese, stuffed French toast, seafood Newburg and more. The cost is $32 for adults and $16 for children ages 12 and under. The restaurant will also be serving its regular dinner menu, with specials, from 5 to 9 p.m. • Presidential Oaks (200 Pleasant St., Concord, 724-6111, presidentialoaks.org) will serve a Mother’s Day breakfast buffet from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., featuring buttermilk biscuits, pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and more. The cost is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for children. Reservations are required. • The Railpenny Tavern (8 Exeter Road, Epping, 734-2609, railpennytavern.com) will serve brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner from 2 to 8 p.m. Reservations are encouraged. • The Red Blazer Restaurant & Pub (72 Manchester St., Concord, 224-4101, theredblazer.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring items like roast prime rib, baked haddock with a lobster cream sauce, Tuscan chicken Parmesan, assorted salads, an omelet station, bacon, sausage, home fries, pancakes and more. The cost is $29.99 for adults, $14.99 for children ages 6 to 12, $6.99 for children ages 3 to 6 and free for children under 3. • Roots Cafe & Catering (Robie’s Country Store, 9 Riverside St., Hooksett, 485-7761, rootsatrobies.com) will be serving its regular menu from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will also have specials, a cold buffet section with items like fresh fruit, oysters and smoked salmon, a bloody mary bar and a mimosa bar. Reservations are strongly
recommended. • Route 104 Diner (752 Route 104, New Hampton, 744-0120, thecman.com) will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. serving its regular daily menu. Specials will be available beginning at 11 a.m. • Sea Ketch Restaurant (127 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 926-0324, seaketch.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Mother’s Day, serving its traditional lunch and dinner menus. Reservations are not accepted, but call ahead requests are available that day. • Surf Restaurant (207 Main St., Nashua, 595-9293; 99 Bow St., Portsmouth, 334-9855; surfseafood.com) will be serving its regular menu, with Mother’s Day specials, from 1 to 6 p.m., at its Nashua location. The Portsmouth location will be open during its regular hours, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., serving its regular menu with specials. • Tilt’n Diner (61 Laconia Road, Tilton, 2862204, thecman.com) will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., serving a breakfast buffet from 7 to 11 a.m., and its daily menus with specials all day. • Town Cabin Deli & Pub (285 Old Candia Road, Candia, 483-4888, towncabin.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring items like build-your-own omelets, eggs Benedict, sandwiches like house marinated steak tips with sauteed onion, mushroom and green pepper with horseradish sauce, desserts like stawberry shortcake and more. • Town Docks Restaurant (289 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-3445, thecman. com) will be serving its regular dinner menu, with specials, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Tucker’s (1328 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 206-5757; 207 Main St., New London, 5262488; 80 South St., Concord, 413-5884; 238 Indian Brook Road, Dover; 360 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack; tuckersnh.com) will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mother’s Day at all its locations. • Wentworth by the Sea Hotel & Spa (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 422-7322, wentworth.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch in its ballroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a raw bar, assorted fruits, juices, an omelet station, a Belgian waffle station, an artisan cheese display, a carving station with prime rib and lamb, a dessert display and more. The cost is $59.95 per person and $25.95 for children under 12. • Wolfeboro Inn (90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016, wolfeboroinn.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with items like made-to-order waffles and omelets, baked New England haddock, honey-glazed carved ham, an assorted dessert display and more. The cost is $33.95 for adults and $16.95 for children under 12. • Zorvino Vineyards (226 Main St., Sandown, 887-8463, zorvino.com) will serve a Mother’s Day brunch buffet with seatings on the hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu features assorted pastries, a made-to-order omelet station, a carving station with barbecue glazed turkey and prime rib of beef, and a dessert bar with chocolate cake, tiramisu and more. The cost is $40 for adults, $20 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for children under 5.
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Stuffed grape leaves Courtesy of Cigdem Yasan of Matbah Mediterranean Cuisine in Manchester 1 pound jar grape leaves 5 white onions, diced ½ cup rice 2 ounces raisins 1 ounce dry mint 1 ounce sugar 1 ounce cinnamon 1 ounce black pepper 1 ounce salt 2 to 3 ounces pine nuts ½ bunch parsley
½ bunch dill 2 to 3 ounces olive oil Slow cook the onions for 30 minutes, then add the rice, mixing slowly with about a half cup of water. Add the remaining ingredients and slowly cook for four to five minutes. To fill the grape leaves, lay down a grape leaf flat, scoop a spoonful of the mixture onto the center and carefully fold from the side.
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BAKING 101 Oatmeal scotchie cookies I found a random bag of Nestle’s butterscotch morsels in our pantry, no doubt leftover from my frenzy to make as many seven-layer bars as possible over the holidays. Butterscotch is often overlooked, and I’m not sure why. Certainly my grandmother and her stash of Werther’s Originals acknowledged the value of butterscotch but it seems somewhat lost in today’s baking. So I tested out the recipe on the back: Oatmeal Scotchies. It did not disappoint! I knew right away when I saw oatmeal as a major ingredient that I was going to like these cookies. There’s something about adding oatmeal when I bake that makes things taste better. Perhaps it’s the hint of saltiness. Maybe it’s that old-fashioned feeling. Who knows what does it for me, but I have to tell you I ate more of these cookies than anyone else in my family did and we are a team of five. A note about adding oatmeal: I don’t measure too much. I just keep mixing it in until it looks right to me. So, I tend to add a bit more (by at least a half a cup) than the ingredients say. I’m including the original ingredients so as to not lead you astray: there can be problems with cookies falling apart if you add too much!
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Begin by combining flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in one bowl. In another bowl, using electric hand mixer, beat butter, two kinds of sugar, eggs and vanilla. Gradually mix in flour mixture and blend and then add the butterscotch and oats. Batter will be different than a traditional cookie because of the oats. Spoon 1-tablespoon balls of mixture onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake 9-10 minutes or until slightly golden. Cool for a bit before removing from sheet; they are more fragile than other kinds of cookies.
• MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU BREWING Participants will brew an Imperial Force IPA and a Black Widow IPA. No experience is necessary. Sat., May 4, 6 p.m. Incredibrew, 112 DW Highway, Nashua. $30 for returning brewers (bring your own bottles) and $40 for new brewers. Visit incredibrew. com or call 891-2477. Dinners • A SPIRITED EVENING WITH CHEF ADAM The menu will include items like bianca sausage and spinach risotto, coconut sea-
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For some years now, wine has been packaged and available in boxes. A plastic bladder is filled and capped. It is hardly new technology. Wine in a can is another story. Like the screw-top lid, in lieu of the conventional cork, these are all advances in the production and distribution of wine. Wine in a box has allowed us the opportunity to have one glass of chardonnay at a time. The bladder and tap at the bottom of the box keep the wine from oxidizing and it remains fresh for days. The can of wine dispenses wine nicely. With 187 ml, or 6.3 oz., per can, one can have a perfectly sized serving – one glass per can. These cans are portable, too. They are perfect for a picnic! And for those who are becoming more and more environmentally sensitive, the aluminum cans are recyclable, unlike the glass bottles that are increasingly being rejected at our transfer stations. For the boxed wine, a taste of rosé from the Rhône valley seems most appropriate. The Listel Grain de Gris Rosé, available at the NH Liquor and Wine Outlets, is a 3-liter container and sells for $19.99. This is truly a bargain, as this equates to four regular 750-ml conventional-size bottles. The Listel rosé hails from the flat delta of the Rhône River, as it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. This region of Languedoc is known as Sable de Camargue and consists of sandy soils. The Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue dominates the area. The Listel terroir owes its identity to the Mediterranean Sea: a dry and warm climate tempered by the influences of the sea and its refreshing sea breezes. Per the Listel website, this area “is a land of sand and soil brought by the sea wind.”
Listel is the best-known and biggest seller of rosé in France. The wine is light and bright, direct, but easygoing, with attractive aromas and flavors of red currant, ruby-red grapefruit and peach. The palate is of medium weight and lifted by refreshing citrus-flavored acidity, ending in orange and strawberry. It is a perfect spring and summer wine to sip or to enjoy with soft cheeses or light poultry and pasta on the deck. The wine in a can is a fun wine, and that is exactly what the Great Oregon Wine Co. wants you to think of their Lil’ Rascal Rosé. This group wishes to keep their wines “informal.” They are not stuffy. Priced at $14.99 for a four-pack at the NH Liquor and Wine Outlets, this little four-pack delivers four perfectly sized glasses of great Willamette River Valley rosé. The color is bright, with a silvery amber hue, and offers aromas of watermelon, strawberries and nectarine. The body is also bright, a bit dry, but still “fruity” with the continued notes of berries. The tannins are slight, offering a wonderful, effortless sipping experience. This wine is perfect alone or can be paired with cheese, poultry or fish. This is a great wine to bring along on that sunny picnic, where the new smells of nature can be savored, once again. So, as the temperatures begin to rise and we venture outdoors to enjoy food and company, consider these boxed and canned wines as alternatives to bottle wines. They are fun and portable and the perfect size for individual or party-sized servings. Fred Matuszewski is a local architect and a foodie and wine geek, interested in the cultivation of the multiple strains and varieties of grapes and the industry of wine production and sales. Chief among his travels is the annual trip to the wine-producing areas of California.
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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Rajna Swaminathan, Of Agency and Abstraction (Biophilia Records)
I’m excited enough about this indie record company to spend both of this week’s review spots on their wares (there are four fresh CDs on my desk), but there are always so many mouths to feed. Headquartered in Harlem, the label focuses on artists who inspire both with their tuneage and their environmental consciousness; they do try to leave small carbon footprints and such. The packaging itself is art, origami-style fold-ables made of light cardboard thinner than your basic digipack, but we need to move on to the sounds themselves, in this instance a mostly improvised set of pieces with a stew of instruments led by Swaminathan’s drowsy mrudangam (an ancient, multi-tonal, drum-like Indian instrument) and those of her classical-jazz outfit Rajas. This isn’t a simple sitar jam but a trip into New York’s Indian creative scene; what’s striking is how often the violins and such evoke Chinese music, but remember — preschool map shout-out — India is in southern Asia. Sax, guitar, trumpet and upright bass also dialog among themselves in this flavorful, high-class, worthwhile effort. A+ — Eric W. Saeger Shonen Knife, Sweet Candy Power (Good Charamel Records)
And now you get to watch the silly writing man defy death by trying to make something marginally useful out of a Shonen Knife review instead of defaulting to rookie mode by thumbing through a thesaurus to describe the latest LP from these three Japanese ladies and resorting to testosterone-laden car references like “firing on all six cylinders” (Magnet actually did that). Maybe I’ll just go easy on myself — I really want to go watch the finale of I Am the Night — and just write “girl version of the Ramones” 30 times and go watch my show. … Ah, great, a question! No, this isn’t the band that did the song “Woo Hoo” for the Kill Bill soundtrack — that was The 5.6.7.8’s — and now you know everything you need to know, really. Opening track “Party” is simply the Ramones’ “Go Mental” wearing wax lips; the title track is more adorable than usual; “Peppermint Attack” makes me think of the Melvins a little, and with that we’re done. Good lord, this is their 21st album. A- — Eric W. Saeger
• May is here, and so I must peruse the list of new music releases for May 3rd and suppress the barfing until I have something written on this monstrously blank page on my screen! Actually it’s not all that bad on face, so we’ll start off with These Times, the new album from Paisley Underground retirees Dream Syndicate, because maybe it’ll be OK. What’s that you say? Great, you’re too young to know about the Paisley Underground. Well, think Mamas & The Papas, rich harmony-laden jangle-pop and … OK, forget it, just think of the most horrible sad elevator music you’ve ever heard, like when you were at the Ripoff Corporate Walk-In Clinic waiting to get stitches done by a half-drunk quack. I always confuse these guys with Tangerine Dream for the obvious reason, but no one listens to their old stuff anyway, like your Pandora will take a half hour to find it on some old server that an intern uses for playing 16-bit Wolfenstein, so let’s just start fresh and see what the heck the new single, “Black Light,” sounds like! Well it’s a cruising track with a bloopy beat and some boring drums, and then the singer starts sounding like one of those people who think about things like astral projection, kinda like Zodiac Windwarp — oh forget it, nobody knows them either, and in fact the last time I referenced Zodiac Mindwarp it was for some stupid review I wrote for a New Times Media (RIP) paper, and some commenter asked what I thought I was doing, because I didn’t name-check Strokes or whatever instead. What a dummy. Look, you won’t like this, even though it’s somewhat neat, so let’s just forget it, OK? • Awww! Look at the cute 98-pound music nerdlings out there, looking all bright and happy because there’s a new Vampire Weekend album, Father Of The Bride, coming out on the 3rd. Heh heh, you look like lil’ baby squirrels, just waiting there to get a fresh bowl of uncooked corn, you’re so adorable — come here and lemme squeeze ya, dang it! Will this be tropical Paul Simon-at-warp-speed nonsense again? I wouldn’t mind that, as long as it’s not being put out by a big corporate record company (bet you it is). (Pro tip: when writing CD reviews, always hate on big corporate labels, because we get kicked out of the Guild [there is no Guild] if we don’t.) Have they gone boring indie rock? Oh heck, I can’t stand the suspense, can you, so let’s go listen to the new single, “Harmony Hall.” Hmph, it’s got a hyper-speed bluegrass-folk guitar thing, which is nice and all. The ironic, quirky Reddit fan-kids can’t decide whether it’s dumb that they re-used some lyrics or that it makes it awesome (correct answer: neither). • The third album from Brooklyn-based angst-indie band Big Thief is called U.F.O.F.! Pitchfork loved their first album but found reasons to dislike their third! The title track is pretty, sad, jangly, and goes nowhere! In other news, I’ve decided to start using the Oxford comma! • If I recall correctly, the Editors are weird but cool, but maybe I’m mixing them up with The Books or someone else, don’t worry, we’ll get to the bottom of it. No, wait, I’m pretty sure they’re like indie-rock but awesome, as in awesome, so now I’m actually excited. Their new LP is called The Blanck Mass Sessions, and the single, “Barricades,” is totally dark, edgy ’80s with Coldplay-style vocals. It is Eh. — Eric W. Saeger
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best upcoming work for their Free Comic Book Day offerings,” DiBernardo said. “It’s kind of a sneak peek or secret introduction into what the publisher is going to be bringing us this year.” With the Avengers: Endgame in theaters, DiBernardo said he expects the FCBD Avengers #1 comic to go fast. “I can’t see the Avengers comic book not being the most sought-after. That’s the comic that everyone is going to want to pick up,” DiBernardo said. “Given how fast the movie tickets have sold, I think [the comic] is going to attract a lot of people.” The only rule for comic book shops on FCBD is that the FCBD comics must be distributed for free. Outside of that, every comic book shop has its own approach. Some put a limit on the number of free comics a person
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Whether you’re a seasoned comic book reader hungry for new material or a comic book newbie with no idea where to start, Free Comic Book Day is the perfect time to take a chance on some new comics without spending a dime. The annual worldwide event, set for Saturday, May 4, encourages comic book shops to hand out free comic books created specially for that day, and host comic-related fun like cosplay contests, door prizes, special guests and more. “There is not another day of the year that a comic book shop will get so many new faces into their establishment,” said Ralph DiBernardo, owner of participating comic book shop Jetpack Comics in Rochester. “It allows us [comic book shops] to … tailor-fit someone to a comic book [based] on their line of interest and give it to them for free. … If we do our job right, the new readers will return [to the shop].” There are 51 FCBD exclusive comics this year, including 12 “gold” titles, which are available at all participating shops, and 39 “silver” titles, which are available at select shops. Some comics are spin-offs of movies, television shows, video games and established comic book series, such as Stranger Things, Doctor Who, Pokemon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bob’s Burgers, Star Wars and others. Other comics are samples of fulllength comics that are soon to be released. “It’s exciting for comic book readers because the publishers … showcase their
Lumberjanes - Shape of Friendship Ralph DiBernardo of Jetpack Comics and Under the Moon - A Catwoman Tale Chris Proulx of Double Midnight Comics share their recommendations to help you find the perfect comic. Best comics based on a television show or film? Stranger Things Most anticipated comics? Riverdale - Season 3 FCBD Avengers #1 Stranger Things Spider-Man Funniest comics? Grumble vs. The Goon Lucy & Andy Neanderthal - Big and Boulder Best comics for first-time comic book readers? Welcome to the Whedonverse (based on Buffy Best fantasy or sci-fi comics? The Vampire Slayer and Firefly) The Dark Age/Afterburn Interceptor #1 Grumble Vs. The Goon Spider-Man Scariest or best horror comic? My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Best comics for kids? Pokemon: I Choose You The Tick Comics with the best art? Spawn #1 Go Fish Deadly Class - Killer Set Star Wars Adventures Minecraft Best superhero comics? Best comics for teens? FCBD Avengers #1 My Hero Academia Spider-Man
can take while others allow people to take as many as they want. Shops may also set out leftover FCBD comics from previous years, if they have some. In addition to the free comics, many shops host special events and activities on that day. Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, for example, has a cosplay contest every year, usually with more than 100 participants. Cash prizes and store gift certificates are awarded for the best costumes, chosen by a panel of cosplay-savvy judges. The shop will also have giveaways, discounts on regular comics and 10 local artists onsite. “We decided to take [FCBD] to another level and throw a big party in our parking lot,” said Chris Proulx, co-owner of the Double Midnight Comics stores in Manchester and Concord. “People love coming in costume and taking pictures while they wait in line. It has basically evolved into a mini comic con.” The largest FCBD celebration in the state is the Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival, a partnership between the city of Rochester and Jetpack Comics. Festivities including local comic creators, vendors, live entertainment, food, a cosplay contest and more will take place throughout downtown. FCBD comics will be available at Jetpack Comics and 21 Rochester businesses and community centers, with a different selection of comics at each site. You can see what’s happening where and start planning your route with the scavenger hunt map, available now on Jetpack’s website. “People start lining up at our store around 7 a.m., and by noontime, there are 4,000 people roaming around downtown Roches-
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ter,” DiBernardo said. “It’s a super fun day, and the city has a great time with it.” A line starts forming even earlier at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, which awards prizes to the first, second, 25th, 50th and 100th person in line. “It’s gotten pretty competitive over the last couple of years. Last year, the first person showed up on Thursday morning and just hung out for two days,” Proulx said. “At this point, everyone at the beginning of the line knows each other, and they bring food and play games, and it’s like a little community.” Both Proulx and DiBernardo said that on FCBD they and their staff will be happy to offer suggestions and help guide people, particularly people who are new to comics, to a comic that matches their interests and taste. “Talk to us,” DiBernardo said. “Most of us who sell comic books do so from a love for comic books. Every one of us wants to share that passion.”
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Participating comic book stores For more information about Free Comic Book Day, visit freecomicbookday.com. • Chris’s Cards & Comics, 341 S. Broadway, Route 28, Salem, 898-4151, and 919 Lafayette Road No. 8, Seabrook, 474-2283, chriscardscomics.com • Collectibles Unlimited, 25 South St., Concord, 228-3712, collectiblesunlimited.biz • The Comic Store, 115 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, 881-4855, find them on Facebook • Double Midnight Comics, 245 Maple St., Manchester, 669-9636; 67 S. Main St., Concord, 669-9636, dmcomics.com. Special activities in Manchester will include a cosplay contest, door prizes and giveaways, local artists, sales and more. The Concord location will host a more low-key, family-friendly celebration with kids activities, face painting and more. • Escape Hatch Books, 27 Main St., Jaffrey, facebook.com/escapehatchbooks • Jetpack Comics, 37 N. Main St., Rochester, 330-9636, jetpackcomics.com. The store partners with the city of Rochester to host the Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival. Special activities including a cosplay competition, special guest comic book creators and artists, vendors and more will take place at the store and at various downtown locations. • Krypton Comics And Pop Culture
Emporium, 103 Water St., Exeter, 658-2667, kryptonantiques.com. There will be sales on regular comics and graphic novels all weekend. • Merrymac Games and Comics, 550 DW Highway, Merrimack, 420-8161, merrymacgc. com. There will be special guest comic book artists and giveaways. • Midgard Comics and Games, 55 Crystal Ave., No. 21, Derry, 260-6180, midgardcomicsandgames.com. • NeonBomb, 260 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 505-8098, neonbomb.com. Special activities will include raffles and prizes, free food, sales and a Magic: The Gathering open house. • Newbury Comics, 777 S. Willow Plaza, Manchester, 624-2842; 310 D.W. Highway, Nashua, 888-0720; 436 S. Broadway, Salem, 890-1380, newburycomics.com • Nex-Gen Comics, 122 Bridge St., Unit 3, Pelham, 751-8195, nexgencomics.wordpress. com. There will be sales on regular comics. • Pop Culture Cards, Comics, Collectibles, and Gaming, 66 Route 27, Unit B, Raymond, 244-1850, facebook.com/popculturenh. There will be sales on regular comics and free comics posters. • Stairway to Heaven Comics, 105 Gosling Road, Newington, 319-6134, stairwaytoheavencomics.com. There will be special guest comic book creators, sales and a costume contest.
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“Not yet: The day before Easter, all three kids in the kitchen with five dozen boiled eggs and neat pots of dye, the air stinging with vinegar. No one ever admitted throwing the first egg. The stained wallpaper stayed up until it was time to sell the house.” “Hope” is the agonized song of a mother whose only child has been abducted, and who is suspecting that everything she learned in church wasn’t true. “So God can just reach down and take whatever he wants? How exactly does that make God different from Charles Louis Brown, parole violator with multiple priors, everything from DUI to armed robbery to, yes, of course, sexual assault?” “Joy,” the titular story, wrestles with grief, grief over a dead dog, a dead sister, dead dreams. “This isn’t the life I meant to have. I’m not saying that it’s worse.” “Bucket (1)” and “Bucket (2)” are about the newspaper advice columnist who gets a letter (or thinks he does) from his wife of 18 years, saying, “I don’t know when it stopped being happy. Now my heart is like a bucket with a hole in the bottom, and it can’t hold anything anymore.” And so forth. Story after story, they tumble, 53 stories, 53 lives. At time it’s a bit much, like driving down a road with too many turns, especially if you’re reading a dozen at one sitting. But McGraw’s voice is compelling, and her style can change as abruptly as New England weather, as in “Pebble” and in “Prayer,” a story mostly composed of sentences that begin with the word “Because.” There’s little joy here, not in the euphoric sense, but plenty of interesting lives draped in pain and, dare we hope, meaning. B+ — Jennifer Graham
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• Storytelling event: The New Hampshire Storytelling Alliance presents the 15th annual Granite State Story Swap at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury) on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event promotes the oral tradition of storytelling. It begins with a keynote address by Sebastian Lockwood, “Weaving History and Myth into Modern Tales.” Then, attendees will have an opportunity to trade stories in small groups. There will be several story concerts throughout the day. Tickets cost $25 and include breakfast and lunch. Tickets to attend only the 3:45 p.m. concert by Lockwood are $10 at the door. Visit nhstorytelling.org. • Surviving upheaval: The Music Hall’s Writers on a New England Stage series presents Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond at the Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. Diamond will present his new nonfiction book Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis. The book studies the history, economics, geography and anthropology of seven countries to make a case for how nations and individuals can become more resilient and survive upheavals. The event will feature an author presentation and onstage interview with Peter Biello of New Hampshire Public Radio’s All Things Considered and The Bookshelf. Tickets cost $13.75. Vouchers for the book can be purchased in advance for $35 and redeemed for signed hardcover copies at the event. Visit themusichall.org or call 436-2400. • Murder and Lyme disease: Henniker author Dana Biscotti Myskowski presents her debut novel I Cannot Play with You at MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St., Warner) on Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. The murder mystery novel follows a state director for a U.S. senator who sets out to investigate the suspicious activities of another senator after her boss’ suicide, all while struggling with chronic Lyme disease. Biscotti Myskowski will be joined by Dr. Lynn Durand for an informal discussion about Lyme disease. Call 456-2700 or visit mainstreetbookends.com. • Franco-American talk: Author, researcher and blogger David Vermette will be at the Franco-American Centre (100 St. Anselm Drive, Manchester) on Friday, May 3, at 6 p.m., presenting a lecture, “Fears of Conspiracy: How were French-Canadian Immigrants Received in New England in the 19th century?” Vermette will also discuss his new book A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans: Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife, which places New England’s Franco-Americans in the context of contemporary issues such as the rise and fall of manufacturing, nativism, emigration across land borders and the construction of race. Visit facnh.com. — Angie Sykeny Books Author Events • CHARLES BENJAMIN SCHUDSON Author presents Independence Corrupted: How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions. Wed., May 8, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • PAUL BROGAN Author presents The Concord Theatre and Concord’s Love Affair with the
Years: Travel Tales from a Not so Innocent Abroad. Sat., May 11, 2 p.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Visit toadbooks.com. • ABI MAXWELL Author presents The Den. Tues., May 14, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • TOMMY ORANGE Author presents There There. Thurs., May 16, 7:30 p.m. The Music Hall Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. $29.75. Visit themusichall.org. • LAURA WATERMAN Author presents Starvation Store. Sat., May 18, 11 a.m. Toadstool Bookshop, 12 Depot Square, Peterborough. Visit toadbooks.com. Book sales • BIG BLOOMING BOOK SALE Sat., May 4, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Masonic Hall, 158 1st New Hampshire Turnpike, Northwood. Other • BOOK FAIR There will be local authors, a baker’s dozen booksellers, a children’s poetry contest, an appearance by President Calvin Coolidge, door prizes and more. Sun., May 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Peterborough Community Center, 25 Elm St., Peterborough. Visit peterboroughpoetryproject. org. • KIDS CON NEW ENGLAND The largest kids comic and children’s book convention, this event will feature more than 70 artists and creators, meet-and-greets with superheroes, Jedi training, a costume contest, more than a dozen creative workshops and more. Sun., May 19, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Radisson Hotel, 11 Tara Blvd., Nashua. $12 admission for adults, $10 for seniors and military members and kids ages 5 and up, and free for kids ages 4 and under; includes access to all workshops and activities. Visit kidsconne. com.
Poetry events • DEBORAH BROWN Poet presents The Human Half. Wed., May 15, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEETING Headliners are Mark DeCarteret and Anders Carlson-Wee. Wed., May 22, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibMovies. Thurs., May 9, 6 p.m. sonsbookstore.com. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • JARED DIAMOND Author presents Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis. Thurs., May 9, 7 p.m. The Music Hall Historic Looking for more book, Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsfilm and pop culture mouth. $13.75. Visit themusichall. events? Check out org. Hippo Scout, available • ELAYNE CLIFT Author presvia hipposcout.com ents Around the World in Fifty
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Avengers: Endgame (PG-13)
Superheroes deal with the aftermath of last year’s Avengers: Infinity War in Avengers: Endgame, a three-hour wrap-up of 11 years of Marvel Cinematic Universe storytelling.
Let’s talk spoilers. I will try not to spoil much but I will spoil these few things: Much of what you’ve seen of this movie in the trailers is actually from the movie’s earliest scenes, so even if you’ve watched all the teasers and trailers, each of which seems to reveal more and more of the movie, rest assured that you haven’t seen all the best bits. I will also spoil the very end of the movie, the infamous Marvel post-credits scene: there isn’t one. Or there is a thing, but I wouldn’t call it a scene and after three hours of movie I’m not sure you need to stay for it. I do recommend staying through the initial credits, when all the major characters get a genuinely sweet, glossy title-card curtain call. How to talk about Avengers: Endgame without otherwise spoiling it? One way might be avoiding the plot altogether, which quickly gets down to some major-details business. The slow-down for contemplation is saved for middle stretches. That said — and while there are some significant plot points — most of what happens is less “Darth Vader is his father!”-style reveals and more moments that we go through with the characters. I guess it is a mild spoiler to say we do get pretty much all the MCU characters: I can think of only a handful of significant characters (not already dead or written out of the series) who don’t make an appearance. It’s a nice walk-through of the entire world that was created by these movies. Even in three hours it is hard to tie up every single character from 21 previous movies (and some their individual franchises are ongoing). But this movie does give some narrative closure to the stories of the original Avengers: Tony Stark’s Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Bruce Banner’s The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Steve Rogers’ Captain America (Chris Evans), Natasha Romanoff’s Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Clint Barton’s
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Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). One of the things this movie needed to accomplish was to give us if not a final resolution for each character forever more, a resolution to the character’s arc. And I think this movie does that and for the most part, does it well. The other things I think Endgame needs to accomplish are: “Solve” the Thanos storyline. In the last movie, Thanos snapped away half of all life everywhere. What does the aftermath look like for the people who remain? What are our heroes going to do about it? Give us, in the audience, some kind of conclusion to the grand story all these movies have been telling, not just since Infinity War but since Iron Man; we met some people and then they came together and then they fell apart and here is what their partnership ultimately means. Sell the connection between all the realms: Earth and the many realms and worlds beyond. We have to feel that those worlds are all part of this one universe. That adds heft to the stakes for this movie and allows for storytelling in this universe with new characters and adventures in the future. And it needs to be fun. That might sound like no big deal but “three hours” and “fun” is not a given. This movie is shaggy and frequently more grim than some previous movies. But it doesn’t forget the fun mandate. Avengers: Endgame does a good job at all of these things it needs to accomplish.
It isn’t afraid to do some big things with its villains and its heroes. We get a big battle, of course, but we also get a bunch of quests that draw on story points from previous movies and give the characters a chance to have some fun with themselves (a scene where Hulk has to act early-Avengers Hulky shows off how great Ruffalo has always been at the role) and the way the MCU has progressed (remember Hydra?, remember Jarvis?, remember Asgard?). It also gives the characters a chance to yet again pair off in satisfying ways. The movie is at its best with the Tony Stark and Steve Rogers stories. With these characters, more than any others, we really do get to look at the journey the characters have made, what drives them and what they are ultimately fighting for. Less successful? I think this movie, even more than previous MCU outings, leaves me fairly confused as to the strength of everybody’s powers and who can best whom, from Black Widow and Hawkeye (who are basically really competent human soldiers) to gods and near-gods like Thor and Captain Marvel. I can generally go with whatever, with how hard it is for this god who beat the goddess of death to fight X or how useful a top-notch archer is in a fight with Y, but there were times when I wish there had been more reasons than just narrative neatness for this person to succeed or that person to fail. And this isn’t the tightest-paced mov-
ie ever, even if there aren’t whole scenes I’d have lopped off. Nothing feels unnecessary but there are scenes that slow down a little too much or where I wish the movie had found a tighter, sleeker way to get us the information that’s being conveyed. The movie’s biggest surprise is probably how, even in this late moment, even with Stark and Rogers and Thor, the movie still got me to care about relatively secondary characters. I wouldn’t think that here at the end of a saga I’d be interested in getting to know the interior of a supporting character, but the movie does this especially with Hawkeye and Nebula (Karen Gillan). As other writers have noted, Endgame feels like something of a study on things ending and seeing how they’d construct an end that was satisfying, was a significant part of what made me excited for this movie. Eleven years and 21 movies and people’s individual fandoms: that’s a lot to put on this one movie and I think it bears the weight of all of this quite well. The actors fill out their bright comic book-y costumes, bringing dimension and humanity to their roles whether the movies give them lots of narrative to play with or just a few lines. In particular, Downey really does offer a fully-rounded person and reminds us how, maybe more than any other of these characters, we really know Tony Stark to his core. Avengers: Endgame gives you all this, and probably the last Stan Lee cameo in a live-action Marvel movie. This might not be (and probably couldn’t be) the perfect, all-things-to-all-people masterpiece. But, if your money wasn’t in the massive, $1.2 billion pile it made worldwide last weekend, I’d definitely recommend seeing it, even if you’re just a casual MCU watcher. Endgame is a good time with good characters and a solid conclusion to a decade of storytelling. B+ Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language, according to the MPAA. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Avengers: Endgame is three hours and one minute long and distributed by Walt Disney Studios.
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NH native Adam Wakefield returns By Michael Witthaus
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• Loopy: Original songs like “Hate” and “All the Way Down” earned Ryan Williamson a New England Music Award nomination for Best New Act in 2017. The Concord singer-songwriter plays over 150 dates a year, using an array of pedals to replicate a full band sound. With gadgets like his Boss vocal harmonizer, Williamson can even sing along with himself. Go Thursday, May 2, 8 p.m., The Barley House, 132 N Main St., Concord. More at ryanwilliamsonmusic.com. • Outdoors: Now in its third year, with a May The Fourth Be With You theme, the NuMuse Festival offers an eclectic music lineup – main stage performers include lespecial, Brady Watt & The Lifetronics, The A-Beez and Truffle, with additional venues up and down Main Street in Nashua, and the rollout of the Nashua street pianos, the unveiling of the Gallery at the Wall and the Nu Muse Cantina with food trucks and art. Go Saturday, May 4, 1 p.m., downtown Nashua. Details at downtownnashua.org/numuse. • Playoffs: The road to Memphis 2020 begins at the Granite State Blues Challenge, where bands, solo and duo performers and youth acts compete for tops in the state. The event is presented by Granite State Blues Society, an organization dedicated to preserving the blues genre while raising money for children’s charities. Winners will perform at the International Blues Competition next January. Go Sunday, May 5, 1 p.m., Area 23, 254 N. State St., Unit H, Concord. See granitestateblues.org. • Funny: Kick off the week with laughter as Queen City Improv offers a Whose Line Is It Anyway? approach to comedy, run by a local theater troupe. Anything can happen and does when this gang gets together. On their last visit in March, improv legends Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood gave them some tips, so they should be at the top of their game. Monday, May 6, 8 p.m, Stark Brewing Co., 500 N. Commercial St., Manchester. Tickets $10; see facebook.com/ queencityimprovQCI.
Most biographies of Adam Wakefield mention his second-place finish on The Voice a few years back. His time on Team Blake Shelton, though, doesn’t define a career that began two decades earlier in his home state of New Hampshire, as a teen jumping on stage with The Sackett Brothers in Lakes Region bars, then setting out to Baltimore to make jam band history with his first group, Old Man Brown. The national talent contest did ultimately provide one vital benefit for Wakefield, though — confidence in his singing skills. “I always thought I could write good songs, was a good keyboard player and a pretty good guitar player, but I never really liked my voice,” Wakefield said by phone from his home in Nashville. “I did that show and ended up being runner-up. ... It was just kind of one of those things — ‘alright, dude, the entire country thinks you’re one of the greatest, second best out of 44,000 people that auditioned. At this point, for you to not be an artist because you don’t think you have a good voice is stupid.’” Wakefield returns for a hometown show May 3 at The Flying Monkey, with a new album, Gods & Ghosts. One song, “As Good as it Gets,” is a manifesto about loving life with references to Long View Farm in Plymouth (called “Perkins Farm” after its owner) and a generous next door neighbor. “Katelyn used to give us free veggies and stuff, and I worked on the farm every summer,” he said. “Most songs aren’t straight up things out of your life, but this one ended up being that way.” The title track is the hardest-hitting on the new album, and the most personal. It’s generally about his inability to articulate emotions (“When I wanna break down, cry out, in rage, or despair/I just keep it quiet”), and focused on the sudden death of Wakefield’s older brother, who was also the drummer of Old Man Brown.
Adam Wakefield. Courtesy photo.
It’s one of many honest moments on the record, which begs the question — is Wakefield more comfortable revealing hard truths in song? “I don’t know if it’s necessarily easier,” he said. “A lot of dysfunctional things happened when I was a lot younger [and] it kind of started a whole journey of keeping everything to myself.” Somehow, Wakefield found a way to write through it all — a task that gave him purpose. “That kind of paved the way for me to be a songwriter and really use my opportunities to lay my stuff out there,” he said, citing John Prine as an inspiration. “Trying to create, paint a picture of what life is like for folks. I think the best way to do that is to just pull from your own personal life. The stuff people want to hear about and can relate with is the stuff that ain’t all that glamorous.” He doesn’t see a lot of that in mainstream country music. “It’s moved away from talking about the gray areas and the stuff that happens behind closed doors,” he said. “Now we just talk about the football team on Friday nights during high school and stuff like that. I’m just trying to stay away from that and talk about real s***.”
It’s a hard earned perspective missing from his early days. “I think this record ... is the best thing that I’ve got to date and may even be the best thing I’ll ever put out,” he said. “So as much as I wish it had been something that I was ready to do back when I was 25, I wasn’t. I’m always writing more songs and trying to get better at stuff. I never really consider myself one of these innate talent people — I’m more of a ‘just work my ass off until I get good at something’ kind of [person].” Even if Gods and Ghosts doesn’t move the needle on country radio, Wakefield is happy to have listeners paying attention to his lyrics and taking the time to know him as an artist. “I’d rather have 2,000 of those,” he said, “than 100,000 fans that just stick it on while they drive around in their boat on the lake.” Adam Wakefield w/ Dusty Gray opening When: Friday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. Where: Flying Monkey Movie House, 39 Main St., Plymouth Tickets: $15 and up at flyingmonkeynh. com
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12. Sammy Kershaw ‘Beer, Bait & __’ 13. ‘Middle Cyclone’ sing/songer and member of New Pornographers (4,4) 15. Bob Dylan sings of ‘__ # 12 & 35’ (5,3,5) 17. Bob Dylan ‘__ I Really Want To Do’ 18. We Are Scientists sang ‘That One Pop
__’ 19. Johnny Lang ‘__ To Me’ 20. New Zealand sing/songer Finn 22. Sounds rocks it ‘__ Week’ (5,4,1) 28. Hard rockers that blacksmith? 30. ‘88 Robert Palmer album ‘Heavy __’ 31. Britney Spears ‘I’m __ __ Girl, Not Yet A Woman’ (3,1) 32. One of Tommy’s requests to The Who, along with ‘Feel Me’ (3,2) 33. “He’s for the money, he’s for the show”, to Boz Scaggs 35. Boyz II Men ‘__ Ahh’ 36. Arctic Monkeys song not to be confused w/Baklava 40. ‘What Kind Of Fool __ __’ Frank Sinatra (2,1) 43. Guster song off ‘Lost And Gone Forever’ 44. ‘04 Norah Jones ‘Feels Like Home’ song ‘What __ You?’ (2,1,2)
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48. Duran Duran trips out to a ‘Lava __’ 50. Mexican ‘Drama Y Luz’ band 52. ‘Do You Believe In Magic’ __ Spoonful 53. Modest Mouse/Ugly Casanova singer (5,5) 56. 18-wheeler used to haul stage to next show 57. Dave Grohl is always chewing it 58. Twilight Singers ‘__ Tough To Die’ 60. “I __ knocked down! But I get up again!” 61. My Chemical Romance’s Bob Dylan cover for Watchmen movie (10,3) 66. Jackie __ & His Delta Cats 67. ‘72 Allman Brothers ‘Melissa’ album ‘__ __ Peach’ (3,1) 68. Original Pink Floyd singer Barrett 69. Goth musician might have one as a tooth 70. John Lennon ‘Happy __ (War Is Over)’
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1. Led Zeppelin ‘Coda’ song w/girl’s name 2. ELO ‘Xanadu’ song about not being dead? (2,5) 3. Electric & Musical Industries label (abbr) 4. Bob Dylan sang a ‘__ To Woody’ 5. Of Monsters __ __ (3,3) 6. Husky-voiced English sing/songer Chris 7. Jackass theme is played by this band 8. “__ many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?” 9. Youngest son of Bob Marley 10. Bad English power ballad ‘When __ Smile’ (1,3,3) 11. ‘Down Under’ Aussies __ At Work 14. Rainbow must have had a ‘Stone __’ girlfriend 16. ‘90125’ Jon Anderson prog-rockers 17. Whose ‘Song’ it was, to Silverchair
21. If you look up, you’ll see Neil Young ‘Hangin’ On A __’ 23. Jimmy Buffett ‘79 outing that erupted? 24. Like profoundly wicked promoter 25. Bloodhound Gang ‘Magna Cum __’ 26. All-female Swedes Drain __ 27. Ooh-eee-__ 29. Abra Moore ‘Four __ Clover’ 34. Office of famed Elvis/Nixon pic 37. Metal band __ Of God 38. Like worst seats 39. ‘Midwinter Graces’ pianist/singer Tori 40. Soundtrack for Will Smith boxing movie 41. More, to rock en espanol rockers 42. Descriptive songs conjure visual this 45. Bob Dylan “When my name comes up he pretends to barf, __ million friends!” (3,3,1) 46. Bob Dylan “Because he took you for a ride and because __ __ on his side” (4,3) 47. Kool And The Gang classic ‘Get Down __ __’ (2,2) 49. Put the song on hold by button on system 51. What Bob Dylan pursued in Masked And Anonymous 54. Four Seasons ‘__ Marianne’ 55. Rick Derringer ‘Rock And Roll Hoochie __’ 59. ‘06 Three Days Grace album (hyph) 61. Cali punk band Death By Stereo (abbr) 62. Kasabian song Mark Ronson covered w/them (abbr) 63. Bob Dylan “I ll sell it to ya __ __ reduced price” (2,1) 64. Devo likes big women to give them a ‘__ O’ Luv’ 65. Paul McCartney 2012 reissue of ‘71 album © 2019 Todd Santos
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British Beer Company Kingston 1071 S. Willow St. Saddle Up Saloon 92 New Hampshire 125 232-0677 Bungalow Bar & Grille 369-6962 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Cafe la Reine Laconia 915 Elm St 232-0332 405 Pub Central Ale House 405 Union Ave Farmer’s Market 23 Central St. 660-2241 524-8405 Town Center 369-1790 City Sports Grille Broken Spoke Saloon 216 Maple St. 625-9656 1072 Watson Rd Deerfield Club ManchVegas 866-754-2526 Nine Lions Tavern Granite State Music Hall 50 Old Granite St. 4 North Road 463-7374 546 Main St. 884-9536 222-1677 Derryfield Country Naswa Derry Club 1086 Weirs Blvd. Coffee Factory 625 Mammoth Road 366-4341 55 Crystal Ave 432-6006 623-2880 Paradise Beach Club Drae Element Lounge 322 Lakeside Ave. 14 E Broadway 1055 Elm St. 627-2922 366-2665 216-2713 Foundry Patio Garden Lakeside Ave. No Phone 50 Commercial St. Dover Pitman’s Freight Room 836-1925 603 Bar & Lounge Fratello’s 94 New Salem St. 368 Central Ave. 155 Dow St. 624-2022 527-0043 742-9283 Great North Ale Works Tower Hill Tavern Cara Hillsboro 1050 Holt Ave. Unit #14 264 Lakeside Ave. 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Farmington Brick House 858-5789 366-9100 Dover Brickhouse Hawg’s Pen 125 West Main St. Ignite Bar & Grille 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 1114 NH Route 11 680-4146 100 Hanover St. Londonderry Falls Grill & Tavern 755-3301 494-6225 Coach Stop 421 Central Ave. Hillsborough Jewel 176 Mammoth Rd 749-0995 Francestown Mama McDonough’s 61 Canal St. 836-1152 437-2022 Flight Coffee Toll Booth Tavern 5 Depot St. 680-4148 KC’s Rib Shack Harold Square 478 Central Ave. 740 2nd NH Tpke N Turismo 837 Second St. 226 Rockingham Road 842-5325 588-1800 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 432-7144 627-RIBS Fury’s Publick House Long Blue Cat Brewing Murphy’s Taproom 1 Washington St. Gilford Hooksett 298 Rockingham Road 494 Elm St. 644-3535 617-3633 Patrick’s Penuche’s Music Hall 816-8068 Garrison City Beerworks 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Asian Breeze 1328 Hooksett Rd 1087 Elm St. 206-5599 Pipe Dream Brewing 455 Central Ave. Schuster’s Salona 40 Harvey Road 343-4231 680 Cherry Valley Road 621-9298 128 Maple St. 624-4020 Chantilly’s 404-0751 Sonny’s 293-2600 Shaskeen 1112 Hooksett Road Stumble Inn 328 Central Ave. 625-0012 20 Rockingham Road 909 Elm St. 625-0246 343-4332 Goffstown Shorty’s Granite Tapas 432-3210 Thirsty Moose Village Trestle 1050 Bicentennial Drive 1461 Hooksett Rd Twins Smoke Shop 83 Washington St. 25 Main St. 497-8230 625-1730 232-1421 128 Rockingham Rd 842-5229 Stark Brewing Co. No Phone Top of the Chop Hampton 500 N. Commercial St. Hudson 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Bernie’s Beach Bar 625-4444 Backstreet Bar Loudon 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 Strange Brew Tavern Hungry Buffalo Dublin Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 76 Derry St. 578-1811 Nan King 58 New Hampshire 129 88 Market St. 666-4292 DelRossi’s Trattoria 139 Ocean Blvd. Sweeney Post 222 Central St. 798-3737 73 Brush Brook Rd (Rt 929-7400 251 Maple St. 623-9145 882-1911 137) 563-7195 Cloud 9 Whiskey’s 20 River’s Pub Manchester 225 Ocean Blvd. 20 Old Granite St. 76 Derry St. 943-7832 Backyard Brewery East Hampstead 601-6102 The Bar 1211 S. Mammoth Road 641-2583 Pasta Loft CR’s Wild Rover 2B Burnham Rd 623-3545 220 E. Main St. 378-0092 287 Exeter Road 21 Kosciuszko St. 943-5250 Bonfire 929-7972 669-7722 Town Tavern 950 Elm St. 663-7678 Epping Logan’s Run 142 Lowell Road 889- Bookery Holy Grail 816 Lafayette Road 9900 844 Elm St. 836-6600 64 Main St. 679-9559 926-4343
Common Man: Rock House Gilford Thursday, May 2 Rangers Patrick’s: Don Bartenstein Ashland Common Man: Jim McHugh & Granite: CJ Poole Duo Hermanos: Scott Solsky Hampton Steve McBrian (Open) CR’s: Steve Sibulkin Dover Auburn Hillsborough Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Pez Cara: Open Bluegrass w/ Steve Turismo: Line Dancing Gordy and Diane Pettipas Roy Dover Brickhouse: Acoustic Laconia Bedford Night w/ Tom Boisse (Red Sky Granite State Music Hall: Copper Door: Chad Lamarsh Mary) Djdirectdrive Boscawen Exeter Londonderry Alan’s: John Pratte Sea Dog Brewing: Red Tail Hawk Coach Stop: Marc Apostolides Duo Stumble Inn: Mica-Sev Project Concord Barley House: Ryan Williamson Station 19: Thursday Night Live Loudon Cheers: Dwayne Haggins Hungry Buffalo: Jennifer Mitchell HIPPO | MAY 2 - 8, 2019 | PAGE 50
Manchester Bookery: Cameron Sutphin Central Ale House: Jonny Friday Blues City Sports Grille: DJ Dave Club Manchvegas: Adam Fithian Fratello’s: Jazz Night Penuche’s Music Hall: Bass Weekly Shaskeen: Lost in Society, Black Hatch, Secret Spirit, & The Labor Pains Strange Brew: Seldom Playrights Whiskey’s 20: DJs Shawn White/ Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz
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Merrimack Homestead: Mark Huzar
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Mason Marty’s Driving Range 96 Old Turnpike Road 878-1324 Meredith Camp 300 DW Highway 279-3003 Giuseppe’s 312 DW Hwy 279-3313 Merrimack Able Ebenezer 31 Columbia Circle 223-2253 Big Kahuna’s Cafe 380 DW Highway 494-4975 Homestead 641 DW Highway 429-2022 Jade Dragon 515 DW Highway 424-2280 Merrimack Biergarten 221 DW Hwy 595-1282 Paradise North 583 DW Hwy 262-5866 Milford J’s Tavern 63 Union Sq. 554-1433 Pasta Loft 241 Union Sq. 672-2270 Rivermill Tavern 11 Wilton Road 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Hampshire Hills 50 Emerson Road 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. 42 South St. 554-8879 Moultonborough Buckey’s 240 Governor Wentworth Hwy 476-5485 Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900 Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Square 943-7443
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Newmarket Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Rochester Revolution Taproom: John Irish Prendergast Salem Ferret Copper Door: Steve Aubert
Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871 Dolly Shakers 38 East Hollis St. 577-1718 Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015 Fratello’s Italian Grille 194 Main St. 889-2022 Haluwa Lounge Nashua Mall 883-6662 Killarney’s Irish Pub 9 Northeastern Blvd. 888-1551 Margaritas 1 Nashua Dr. 883-0996 Millyard Brewery 25 E Otterson St, 505-5079 O’Shea’s 449 Amherst St. 943-7089 Peddler’s Daughter 48 Main St. 821-7535 Penuche’s Ale House 4 Canal St. 595-9381 Pig Tale 449 Amherst St. 864-8740 R’evolution Sports Bar 8 Temple St. 244-3022 Riverside Barbecue 53 Main St. 204-5110 Riverwalk Cafe 35 Railroad Sq. 578-0200 Shorty’s 48 Gusabel Ave 882-4070 Stella Blu 70 E. Pearl St. 578-5557 White Birch Brewing 460 Amherst St. 402-4444 New Boston Molly’s Tavern 35 Mont Vernon Rd 487-2011
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Weare Stark House Tavern: Lisa Guyer Windham Common Man: David Corsen Friday, May 3 Auburn Auburn Pitts: Outta Bounds Belmont Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark Concord Area 23: Hometown Eulogy Makris: Classic Invasion Band Penuche’s Ale House: Lee Ross w/ Josh Teed Pit Road Lounge: Fuzz Boxx Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz (105.5 JYY)
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Logan’s Run: Full Throttle North Beach Bar & Grill: The Drift Old Salt: Mica-Sev Project The Goat: Rob Benton Wally’s Pub: Stefanie Jasmine Henniker Country Spirit: Speedtrap Hillsborough Mama McDonough’s: Bosse
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Nashua CodeX B.A.R.: Piano Phil DeVille Country Tavern: Kim Riley Dixie Blues: Erin Harpe & the Messers Fody’s: Post Road Rebellion Fratello’s: Ted Solovicos O’Shea’s: Becca Myara Peddler’s Daughter: Down a Fifth Riverwalk Café: Mr. Nick & the Dirty Tricks
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Peterborough Harlow’s: Tumbletoads
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Epsom Circle 9: Country Dancing Exeter Sea Dog Brewing: Brian Walker Gilford Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man Goffstown Village Trestle: Blacklite Band Hampton North Beach Bar & Grill: Throw Back The Wall The Goat: Ellis Falls Wally’s Pub: Fast Times (80s Tribute) Hudson The Bar: Point of Entry Town Tavern: Todd Trusty Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Eric Grant Band Laconia Granite State Music Hall: Axis (80s tribute) Londonderry Coach Stop: Paul Lussier Long Blue Cat Brewing: Mystical Magic Duo Pipe Dream Brewing: Filthy Rich
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9th Circuit - Family Division 30 Spring St, Suite 102, Nashua, NH 03060
CITATION BY PUBLICATION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
CITATION BY PUBLICATION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO: Joshua Edwards Stevenson Case Number: 659-2019-TR-00020 659-2017-JV-00108
TO: Jessica Esther Bullard Case Number: 6592019-TR-00019 659-2017-JV-00108
Preliminary Hearing Petition for Termination of Parental Rights
Preliminary Hearing Petition for Termination of Parental Rights
A petition to terminate parental rights over your minor child(ren) has been filed in this Court. You are hereby cited to appear at a Court to show cause why the same should not be granted.
A petition to terminate parental rights over your minor child(ren) has been filed in this Court. You are hereby cited to appear at a Court to show cause why the same should not be granted.
Date: June 18, 2019 Time: 2:00 PM Session Length: 1 Hours
Date: June 18, 2019 Time: 2:00 PM Session Length: 1 Hours
30 Spring Street Nashua, NH 03060 Courtroom 6 - 9th Circuit Court- Nashua
30 Spring Street Nashua, NH 03060 Courtroom 6 - 9th Circuit Court- Nashua
A written appearance must be filed with this Court on or before the date of the hearing, or the respondent may personally appear on the date of hearing or be defaulted. CAUTION: You should respond immediately to this notice to prepare for trial and because important hearings will take place prior to trial. If you fail to appear personally or in writing, you will waive your right to a hearing and your parental rights may be terminated at the above hearing.
A written appearance must be filed with this Court on or before the date of the hearing, or the respondent may personally appear on the date of hearing or be defaulted. CAUTION: You should respond immediately to this notice to prepare for trial and because important hearings will take place prior to trial. If you fail to appear personally or in writing, you will waive your right to a hearing and your parental rights may be terminated at the above hearing.
IMPORTANT RIGHTS OF PARENTS: THIS PETITION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER YOUR CHILD(REN) SHALL BE TERMINATED. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE TERMINATION SHALL DIVEST YOU OF ALL LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE LOSS OF ALL RIGHTS TO CUSTODY, VISITATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CHILD(REN). IF TERMINATION IS GRANTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO NOTICE OF FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING YOUR CHILD(REN).
IMPORTANT RIGHTS OF PARENTS: THIS PETITION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER YOUR CHILD(REN) SHALL BE TERMINATED. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE TERMINATION SHALL DIVEST YOU OF ALL LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE LOSS OF ALL RIGHTS TO CUSTODY, VISITATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CHILD(REN). IF TERMINATION IS GRANTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO NOTICE OF FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING YOUR CHILD(REN).
You are hereby notified that you have a right to be represented by an attorney. You also have the right to oppose the proceedings, to attend the hearing and to present evidence. If you desire an attorney, you may notify this Court within ten (10) days of receiving this notice and upon a finding of indigency, the Court will appoint an attorney without cost to you. If you enter an appearance, notice of any future hearings regarding this child(ren) will be by first class mail to you, your attorney and all other interested parties not less than ten (1 0) days prior to any scheduled hearing. Additional information may be obtained from the Family Division Court identified in the heading of this Order of Notice. If you will need an interpreter or other accommodations for this hearing, please contact the court immediately. Please be advised (and/ or advise clients, witnesses, and others) that it is a Class B felony to carry a firearm or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625.11, V in a courtroom or area used by a court.
You are hereby notified that you have a right to be represented by an attorney. You also have the right to oppose the proceedings, to attend the hearing and to present evidence. If you desire an attorney, you may notify this Court within ten (10) days of receiving this notice and upon a finding of indigency, the Court will appoint an attorney without cost to you. If you enter an appearance, notice of any future hearings regarding this child(ren) will be by first class mail to you, your attorney and all other interested parties not less than ten (1 0) days prior to any scheduled hearing. Additional information may be obtained from the Family Division Court identified in the heading of this Order of Notice. If you will need an interpreter or other accommodations for this hearing, please contact the court immediately. Please be advised (and/ or advise clients, witnesses, and others) that it is a Class B felony to carry a firearm or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625.11, V in a courtroom or area used by a court.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
Creme de la weird
In St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Lucas Dawe, 20, appeared in court on April 11 to face charges of possessing stolen skeletal remains. According to court documents reported by The Chronicle Herald, Dawe is suspected of stealing a skeleton, estimated to be more than 100 years old, from the All Saints Parish cemetery. The skeleton was found along a walking trail on April 6, and police were led to Dawe after an anonymous witness reported seeing him licking the bones. He was also charged with interfering with human remains, after he was accused of boiling the bones and drinking the water.
What’s in a name?
Residents of a particular neighborhood in the Denver suburb of Cherry Hills Village may not have ever known the name of their subdivision: It didn’t appear on signs, but could be found in the fine print of real estate documents. Nonetheless, the Cherry Hills Village City Council voted unanimously on April 16 to change the neighborhood’s name from Swastika Acres to Old Cherry Hills. Councilman Dan Sheldon explained that the name came from the Denver Land Swastika Co., which divided the land into plots in the early 20th century, before the Nazis appropriated the symbol: “There was nothing wrong with [the name] at that time,” Sheldon told KDVR-TV. Only one resident opposed the name change, Sheldon said. “She thought it was important to preserve that historical value of that symbol ... even though she herself lost family members in the Holocaust.”
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Some days everything goes right. So it was for the Polk County Sheriff’s officers who responded to a call on March 24 from Marta Diaz in Winter Haven, Florida. Diaz’s car, a tan Jeep Patriot, had been stolen earlier in the day. As the officers took Diaz’s statement, that same tan Jeep pulled up in front of the house, and Ronnie Dillon Willis, 25, emerged, telling deputies he was “looking for his cellular phone, which was pinging back to the residence,” reported the Miami Herald. Diaz told the officers she didn’t know Willis but had seen him earlier on her street. Willis told the officers he woke up that morning at that location, inside a vehicle, but he wasn’t sure if it was the Jeep or a minivan also parked there. He knocked on the door of the house, but when no one answered, he took the Jeep to look for his phone, which was missing. The deputies arrested Willis for grand theft of a motor vehicle; Willis also had a suspended license, for which he received a traffic citation.
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Over Easter weekend, hundreds of people visited a gum tree in a suburb of Perth, Australia, after the tree appeared to start
“weeping” on Good Friday, which the faithful took to be a divine sign. For three days, the tree continued to leak water from a branch stump, provoking people to drink the “holy” water and bathe in it. “What made it exciting yesterday, a man decided to take all his clothes off and have a shower,” remarked neighbor Jacqui Bacich to 9News. The excitement died down after the Water Corporation discovered the tree’s roots had wrapped around a cracked iron water pipe about a foot underground, and the leaking water had slowly filled up a hollow part of the trunk.
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Members of England’s Colchester United Football Club were confused by the cheeseburger they found on the pitch at their training ground in March. “When we discovered the burger ... we weren’t quite sure what to think,” media manager Matt Hudson told Sky News. But Tom Stanniland, who was tracking the burger, knew exactly what had happened and called the club to explain. “I sent a burger into space using a weather balloon,” Stanniland said. “It had gone about 24 miles up and the weather balloon popped. It’s ... traveled over 100 miles and landed.” The burger was attached with a zip tie to a styrofoam box fitted with a GoPro camWhat goes up ... Two years ago, 39-year-old Dion Callaway era and a tracking device. Stanniland took a was attempting a high-speed landing after bite out of the burger after retrieving it, but skydiving at the Cloverdale Municipal Air- wasn’t impressed: “That’s not nice,” he said. port in Sonoma County, California, when he shattered his left heel and eventually having Update to have his leg amputated below the knee. On The news on Easter was full of videos of the April 21, the Santa Rosa resident was back at man in a bunny costume involved in a brawl in it, skydiving, when he lost his leg again — his Orlando, Florida, who claimed innocence by $15,000 prosthetic leg “just flew off,” Calla- saying he was defending a woman who had been way told the Press Democrat. “I’ve jumped spit on. “I am the type of person who avoids with the prosthetic before, but a rush of air fights by any means necessary, but in that situagot inside this time. I tried to watch where tion, I would fight any day,” 20-year-old Antoine it was falling, but ... I could not keep track.” McDonald told the media. But the Tampa Bay Early the next morning, workers at Redwood Times reports McDonald has a rap sheet that Empire lumberyard spotted something they belies this chivalrous image. The Pasco Counfirst thought was a soda can. Yard production ty Sheriff’s Office said McDonald is wanted in manager Micah Smith said his first reaction New Jersey in connection with a vehicle burwas, “Oh, that’s not a soda can, that’s a leg glary and was a person of interest in a carjacking ... where’s the rest?” The story ended happily and two armed robberies in Florida. Police in after Smith called the sheriff’s office, where Dover, Delaware, report arresting McDonald for Callaway picked up his leg later that day. two armed robberies there in 2017. No arrests “Skydiving is my everything,” Callaway said. were made in the Orlando incident. “I always seem to come back to it.” Visit newsoftheweird.com.
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