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This week we’re celebrating the birth of our nation and a bold experiment to govern ourselves.

Never before had a nation been ruled by its own citizens.

Two hundred forty-three years later, through our example and our strength, many governments around the world are also democracies.

Though we think of our own form of government as the default, in human history it’s an aberration. Our Founding Fathers not only threw off a king as their leader but changed human history.

Our form of government requires our consent and our participation, and it relies on governing power to be balanced and distributed through many layers. Our Constitution specifically limited the power of the federal government to keep government as close to the governed as possible.

As a result local town governments and states actually hold much of the power to make laws and regulate daily life. It’s your local town that sets the speed limit on town roads, tells folks how many homes can be built and where they can be built, levies property taxes and polices the town. It’s state government that decides most of the criminal laws, sets education standards, decides social issues and regulates most commerce.

Yet in poll after poll people express their strongest feelings about national government and national issues. Yes, the federal government has a lot of power and sets some pretty important policies around trade, money, immigration, social safety net and our external safety. But it’s still local and state governments that have the biggest day-to-day impact on our lives. Local governments, for example, can decide what, if any, development they want.

Can there be anything more important than who or what is in your community?

I hope as we celebrate a national holiday, Independence Day, that we also honor ourselves, our local selectmen and selectwomen, our local judges, police officers, school board members, planning board members, our local state reps and all the people who serve on committees and task forces that help shape local and state policies and laws.

It’s incumbent upon us to not just recognize the importance of our local levels of government but to actively participate in them, from serving on juries to voting, to serving on the school board or board of selectmen. In many communities so few people run for office that many times folks run unopposed. Turnout in local elections can be far lower than in some national races.

For our form of government to be successful — that is, for it to serve our interests — it needs to know our interests, and for it to know our interests we must participate. Let’s take this week and honor those who give of their time and treasure to participate on our behalf in local and state government.

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NEWS & NOTES 4 Tuscan Village; News in Brief.

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

22 THEATER Curtain Call; listings for events around town.

22 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 25 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

26 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

27 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

28 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

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

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ODDS & ENDS: 56 CROSSWORD 57 SIGNS OF LIFE 57 SUDOKU 58 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 58 THIS MODERN WORLD

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Budget vetoed

A new fiscal year has begun, but Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed the proposed state budget last week as expected, according to New Hampshire Public Radio and several other media reports. The $13 billion, twoyear spending plan was developed

by Democrats in the state legislature.

In his veto message, Sununu said the budget as sent to him “threatens the state’s economic growth and leaves the next legislature with a massive fiscal deficit.” After the veto, the legislature passed a 90-day continuing resolution to fund state programs at their current levels. Reacting to the veto in a press release, Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley said, “Sununu has now denied Granite Staters property tax relief, investments in education, and mental health and substance use disorder treatment services — just because he’s upset he can’t give tax cuts to his corporate out of state special inter-

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A NH FALCON IN NJ

Chase, a female 2018 Brady Sullivan Tower peregrine falcon fledgling, has been seen alive at Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey, according to a July 1 newsletter from the NH Audubon, which featured a photograph taken on June 9 of Chase “in process of shedding her brown juvenile feathers and replacing them with her steely blue-gray adult plumage,” senior biologist Chris Martin wrote in the newsletter.

ests.” Republicans, in turn, called the budget “fiscally irresponsible.”

“We fully support the Governor’s decision to veto HB1 and HB2,” said House Republican Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) in a press release. “This budget raises taxes on our citizens, jeopardizes our economic success, and puts us at a real risk for an income tax or capital gains tax in order to dig ourselves out of an impending structural deficit.”

PFAS levels

A little more than a month after New Hampshire filed lawsuits against the makers of PFAS chemicals, state environmental officials now propose much lower limits for four kinds of PFAS chemicals found in groundwater and pubic water supplies, according to a report by New Hampshire Public Radio. The proposed levels are much lower than the federal standards the state currently uses, but closer to what is suggest-

ed by the federal Centers for Disease Control, the report said. The Department of Environmental Services dramatically lowered its proposed limits after seeing that new research in Minnesota demonstrated that even low levels of PFAS chemicals can hurt babies in the womb, or by breastfeeding after birth, the report said.

Minnesota won a settlement of $850 million last year from 3M, the inventor of PFAS, which was used for years in firefighting foam, stain-resistant carpeting and other products.

Oracle + Dyn layoffs

Smokey Bear, the long-standing mascot of the forest fire prevention campaign, is set to visit the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton July 11 at 11 a.m., according to a press release. The visit will note the icon’s 75th birthday. Joining Smokey will be four New Hampshire Forest Rangers who are military veterans; they will give a short talk about how the fire prevention program originated in 1944 during World War II, according to the press release.

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The Town of Bow has reached a settlement over how much property tax Hooksett should have been paid by the Merrimack Station power plant when it was owned by Eversource Energy, with the town agreeing to pay $10 million, the Goffstown Concord Monitor reported. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that Bow had charged $5.5 million too much in taxes, MANCHESTER but Bow paid that money last year, the story said. This settlement covers excess tax payments from 2014 to 2018, when Eversource soldBedford the plant to investors. The Town of Bow said it would have cost too much in legal fees to keep fighting, the Concord Monitor Merrimack Amherst report said.

Deerfield Republican Rep. Jim Spillane lost his seat on the Fish and Game Committee in the state House of Representatives after he shot a squirrel on his bird feeder and tweeted the photo, according to the Associated Press. Fish and Game then sent officers to tell Spillane he did not have the legal right to kill the squirrel outside of the hunting season of Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. As a result of that warning, House Speaker Steve Shutleff (D) pulled Spillane from the committee, the AP report said.

Another round of layoffs hit Oracle + Dyn employees last week, according to stories in the Union Leader and WMUR. The company would not confirm how many employees were laid off in Manchester, but the employees were notified in a conference call last week, according to the Union Leader. Oracle + Dyn put its offices at 150 Dow Street on the Milford market a few weeks ago, advertising The NH jurisdiction of the International the space. Manchester Mayor Joyce Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a nonprofCraig expressed her disappointment it organization that tries to inspire girls aged 11 to 20, holds its annual grand in a press release. “Since March, assembly in Nashua July 5 through July Oracle has been conducting rolling 7, according to a press release from the layoffs worldwide. And while Mangroup. The girls will compete for scholchester isn’t the only community arships and other awards and attend a affected, Oracle’s decision to lay off banquet Saturday night. a significant number of employees so soon after expressing their desire Services Committee, had her tarto stay in our community is upsetting geted fentanyl sanctions bill – the and disappointing.”

Fentanyl Sanctions Act – added as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that passed the SenBill to fight fentanyl U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a ate, according to a press release from senior member of the Senate Armed her office. More than 80 percent of

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Also according to the state Democratic party, on Friday, July 5, she will be at a meet-and-greet in Walpole at 11 a.m. and an event in Claremont at 2 p.m. On Saturday, July 6, at 1 p.m. Gillibrand will hold a meet-and-greet in Tamworth. On Sunday, July 7, Gillibrand will attend a house party in Portsmouth at noon and at 4 p.m. she will participate in a townhall meeting at Portsmouth High School.

On Monday, July 8, the state Democratic party calendar shows Gillibrand at four events: at 7:45 a.m. she is scheduled to be at FortCycle in Manchester for a spin class; at 10:30 a.m. she will be at the University of New Hampshire in Concord for a Sexual and Domestic Violence Roundtable; at 4 p.m. she will attend an event at Boards & Brews in Manchester, and at 6:30 p.m. she will attend a house party in Bedford. See kirstengillibrand. com.

• Amy Klobuchar: The U.S. Senator from Minnesota (D) is spending her July 4 holiday in New Hampshire, according to her campaign website. She will attend a pre-parade party in Amherst at 8 a.m. and then march in the Amherst parade at 9:30 a.m., according to her website.

At 12:30 p.m., she’s scheduled to march in the Merrimack parade. On Saturday, July 6, according to Klobuchar’s website, she will march in the Franconia Old Home Days Parade at 12:30 p.m., attend a “Brats and Brews” event at 3 p.m. in Littleton, and hold a meet-and-greet at 5:30 p.m. at the Polish Princess Bakery in Lancaster. On Sunday, July 7, Klobuchar is scheduled for a meet-and-greet at the home of Rep. Edie DesMarais in Wolfeboro at 3 p.m. For details and to RSVP, see amyklobuchar.com.

• Tulsi Gabbard: On Thursday, July 4, Rep. Gabbard (D-Hawaii) will march in the Amherst parade at 9:30 a.m., the Merrimack Fourth of July

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SQUIRRELS IN POLITICS

A man bit a dog last week in Manchester, city police said. It happened when the police responded to the La Quinta Hotel and found an aggressive man who would not come out of his room, according to a police press release. Eventually, police sent into the room a K9 officer, also known as a dog, and the man struggled with the dog and attempted to bite the dog’s head. Police arrested the man on multiple charges, including “willful interference with police dogs,” the release said.

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the total drug overdose deaths in New Hampshire in 2018 were due to fentanyl or fentanyl combined with other drugs, the release said. Shaheen’s bill seeks to pressure the Chinese government to make all fentanyl illegal and stop it coming overseas.

Politics This Week • John Delaney: The former Maryland congressman (D) was scheduled to arrive in the state on July 2 for a multiday visit, according to a campaign release. On Thursday, July 4, he’s scheduled to walk in the Amherst parade at 10 a.m., attend a barbecue in Brentwood at noon, attend a barbecue in Manchester at 2 p.m. and march in the Laconia Independence Day Parade at 4:30 p.m., the release said. See johndelaney.com.

• Eric Swalwell: The California congressman (D) will arrive in New Hampshire Wednesday, July 3, according to a campaign press release. On Thursday, July 4, he’s slated to walk in the Amherst parade at 10 a.m., the Merrimack parade at 1 p.m. and the Laconia 125th Anniversary Parade at 4:30 p.m., the release said. See EricSwalwell.com.

• Kirsten Gillibrand: The U.S. Senator from New York (D) will also march in the Amherst parade July 4 at 9:30 a.m. and in the Laconia parade at HIPPO | JULY 4 - 10, 2019 | PAGE 4

parade at 12:30 p.m. and the Laconia Fourth of July parade at 4 p.m., according to the New Hampshire Democratic Party online calendar. On Friday, July 5, she’s scheduled to be at a meet-andgreet at the Haverhill Public Library at 11 a.m., a meet-and-greet at The Grind in Lancaster at 2 p.m. and at town hall at the Littleton Opera House at 7:30 p.m., according to her campaign site. Then on Saturday, July 6, Gabbard is scheduled to be at the Franconia Olde Home Day 5K Run at 8:30 a.m. On Sunday, July 7, she will be at Apotheca in Goffstown at 11 a.m. for a meet-and-greet, at The Community House in Milford at 2 p.m. for a meet-and-greet, and in Windham at 6 p.m. for a house party, according to her campaign site. See tulsi2020.com.

• Marianne Williamson: Author Williamson (D) will hold a reception and July 4 address on Thursday at the Phenix Hall in Concord at 4:30 p.m., according to marianne2020.com. On Friday, July 5,

Williamson will be at an event in Dover at 5:30 p.m. and an event in Madbury at 7:15 p.m., according to her website. On Saturday, July 6, she’ll be at a house party in New Castle at 11 a.m. and an ice cream social in Salem at 2 p.m., her site said.

• Seth Moulton: The Massachusetts congressman (D) will be at a house party in Laconia Saturday, July 6, at 4:30 p.m. and is scheduled to return the following weekend to Hillsborough, Weare and Exeter on Saturday, July 13, according to sethmoulton.com.

• Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator (D) will hold a town hall in Peterborough on Monday, July 8, at 4:15 p.m. See elizabethwarren.com.

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, in Politics This Week. If you know of a candidate meet-up or other event, let us know at politics@hippopress.com.

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The latest phase of the Tuscan Village project in Salem is now moving ahead.

The Planning Board recently voted to approve three critical site plans, and the Board of Selectmen signed off on a new memorandum of understanding with the developer. This now clears the way for development in the 740,000-square-foot south and central part of the project to proceed. This is in addition to the 50-acre northern parcel under construction now, which will include a Market Basket.

Tuscan Village is being built by OMJ Realty & Rock Acquisition LLC of Salem, which includes developer Joseph Faro.

Salem town officials have worked closely with the developer for years to solve problems, and Salem Planning Director Ross Moldoff says this latest round of approvals will pay off well for Salem in the end.

“I said to people that I think this is going to be an economic engine for the community, for five to 10 years at least,” said Moldoff.

“It means a lot of jobs, a ton of construction, and a whole different type of development than we are used to seeing because the central portion of the project is really a downtown-style of about two football fields long and something that we really haven’t seen in Salem. So I think you are looking at new stores, new restaurants, new services, hotels and apartments, a lot of different things that we don’t have here now. We’ve got a lot of retail stores and offices and whatnot, but we really haven’t seen the mixture in this type of format that they are bringing in.”

Among the things expected on the southern and central parcels are a 281-unit apartment complex, known as Hanover, on the former Rockingham racetrack property; a medical office campus; 125,000 square feet

of office space in one building and 350,000 square feet in another, and a Pressed Cafe store. Two hotels are on the books: a Hilton Tapestry 162-room hotel and another hotel with 150 rooms.

Construction will take at least until 2022 to complete, according to the developer’s published schedule. The current work for the rest of the year is mostly road-building and traffic light adjustments.

“I think they intend to start work on several of the projects this summer, even,” Moldoff said. “And I believe they have closed on the Hanover apartment project; that’s 281 units of apartments ... they’ve already got a foundation permit for that project, or they’ve applied for it. So I think that’s going to be proceeding pretty quickly. Now, I don’t know about all the development, because there is a ton of development there, but I think they’ll start some of it at least.

They are certainly working on the roads and utilities already, and grading, and they are building retaining walls so there is a lot of construction out there already.”

The plan for the south and central property includes $13.2 million in roadway improvement costs, which includes several new intersections and adjustments to traffic lights at existing intersections.

Meanwhile, work continues on the 50-acre North Village, which has been under construction for more than a year. This part of the project, which was approved in 2017, according to town documents, will have four 64-unit buildings on Pleasant Street, 96 luxury townhouses, 256 other residential units, a Ford dealership and a Market Basket supermarket.

Altogether, Tuscan Village totals 170 acres on the west side of South Broadway (Route 28), with 2.8 million square feet, including roads and other infrastructure.

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July is the deadliest month on NH highways Jennifer Tramp is the public information officer of New Hampshire’s Office of Highway Safety in the Department of Safety. In an email, Tramp said that in 2018 there were 83 alcohol- and/or drug-related crashes which claimed 90 victims, where the operator had either blood alcohol content of at least 0.4 percent, or some toxicological evidence of drug use. In 57 cases, drug tests came back positive for the presence of drugs, and 49 out of 147 victims, about a third, died as the result of an alcohol-related crash, she said. “Distracted driving [in all forms] is one of the biggest issues we are facing out on the roadways today alongside speeding and impaired driving,” Tramp said. As summer ramps up, she discusses safety on the state’s highways.

Do you have a sense of how traffic conditions are this year, against last year?

Yes, as you know we had 145 fatalities last year. [Tramp later updated the 2018 figure to 147.] As far as motorcycle crashes last year, we had, roughly, 28. This year, including the seven in Randolph, I’m showing 12 [as of June 24].

Now, what happens during the summer, in general? And what will happen this season, do you think?

So, we do, with state police and local law enforcement, we do a lot of concentrated efforts on law enforcement for impairment as well as distracted driving. We do a lot of our concentrated patrols with local police in the southern portion of the state as well as along 101 toward the seacoast, and then in the Lakes Region area as things start to get busy.

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and we usually do a mobilization around the Fourth of July holiday, and that’s where we have our local police departments do concentrated patrols, and around their comJennifer Tramp. Courtesy photo. munities we also have state police out on the highways, you’ll probably see an uptick in enforcement during that period.

They also team up with our locals to do other patrol activities concerning distracted driving, impaired driving, things of that sort. And then we are also trying to put out a lot of social media efforts surrounding those activities...it’s more or less geared toward the teenage drivers.

Any trends that you are noticing across Is it volume? years?

It’s volume, they’re also looking for, again, I will say that anecdotally that we are showthe biggest things we look for are impairment, ing that there seems to be a lot of, as far as distraction and speed. causations for crashes, correlates with alcohol and impaired driving. We also see that speed Do those factors increase during the summer? is a factor in a lot of cases. We would ask that They seem to, and we show that July is typ- everyone remain safe and to make sure that ically the most deadly month. It was in 2018 everyone gets home safely by following all of — we had 25 fatalities during that month last the protocols that we put out there. year.

What can motorists, including teenage Is there any geographic surge? Does traffic drivers, do to be safer? head to the seacoast more than the mounWe would recommend that people obvitains? How does that work? ously be hands-free, don’t drive with any We do see a lot of an uptick in traffic out distractions, no driving while texting and toward the seacoast and of course in the moun- looking at your phone, that’s a distractains area, because we are a vacation state so tion, remain hands-free. It’s a good choice we are a destination for a lot of people to travel, to buckle up. And if you are out and about so yeah we would say there is a lot more traffic and riding on a motorcycle, it’s also a good in those areas during the summertime. choice to wear a helmet. ...We don’t have laws that mandate that but we still encourage Is cars versus motorcycles a growing prob- people to utilize those things. And then, slow lem, or is the Randolph accident simply a down, keep a reasonable distance between bigger version of these types of accidents? you and the cars in front of you, and make Not typically. That incident seems to be out sure you are aware of your surroundings. of the norm. We’re hoping that is not a grow- And then if you are out and about hanging ing trend, or a thing between motorcyclists and out with friends at the beach, or you are at drivers. a barbecue or a party, or you’re at a bar and you do end up having a few drinks, to use What is the state doing to make the roads rideshare services or call a friend or even be safer, in general? a designated driver.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Nashua Pride Festival

Hundreds of marchers and participants came out for the second annual Nashua Pride Festival last Saturday, including presidential candidates, Nashua officials and many others, according a story in the Union Leader on July 1.

Event organizers believe the turnout was at least double last year’s, the story reported. The parade included Nashua local churches, high schools, the Nashua Police Athletic League and members of the New Hampshire Roller Derby and Junior Roller Derby.

QOL: +1 Comment: The program also included performances from the New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus and the TransPosition Vocal Ensemble as a well as a drag show, according to the Union Leader story.

Church topped

Residents of Derry watched last week as the Meetinghouse at First Parish finally got its steeple back after a long renovation project, according to a story in the Union Leader. A large crane lifted the 45,000-pound steeple 150 feet in the air to slide it back on top of the meetinghouse’s clock tower, the story said. The steeple, which includes a belfry, lantern and weathervane, was taken down four years ago as part of the renovation project for the 250-year-old meetinghouse. The contractor, Preservation Timber Farming, had to replace some parts of the structure, including rotted wood in some areas, the story said.

QOL: +1 Comment: The meetinghouse renovation project has cost about $1.4 million so far, and the Union Leader story says another $1 million is needed for the building’s interior and associated projects.

Safe Gate City

Nashua may be the safest city relative to its budget in the nation, and is the 13th best-run city in America, according to WalletHub’s annual ranking of the Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America. WalletHub looked at the 150 largest cities and compared 37 metrics grouped into six service categories, according to the report. Nashua came in first in the Safety category. When scores for the six categories were measured against the budgets per capita, the report said, the result was a rank for “Quality of City Services,” in which the Gate City was ranked 18th overall. Nashua was ranked 30th in “Total Budget per Capita.”

QOL: +1 Comment: The report states that the safety ranking is a composite of crimes, motor vehicle fatalities per capita, sheltered homeless persons, and the perception of safety.

Books roll

The Manchester School District will be rolling out its Bookmobile for a five-week summer run of bringing books to children, according to a district press release. The Bookmobile will make two trips every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from July 8 to Aug. 9, the release said. Among the regular stops will be City Hall Plaza, Lake Massabesic, Elmwood Gardens, Piscataquog River Park, Livingston Park and Sheridan Emmett Park (across from Beech Street School), the release said. Any child is welcome to attend any Bookmobile stop. Educators, city librarians and other volunteers will be on the Bookmobile to staff fun activities such as read-alouds and other reading activities, and any child who attends a session with the Bookmobile will be given a book to take home and keep, the release said.

QOL: +1 Comment: A kickoff event for the Bookmobile and Summer Learning Week will happen on Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m. at Derryfield Park and will include ice cream and a visit from Mayor Joyce Craig.

QOL Score: 83 Net change: +4 QOL this week: 87 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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News Item: Franchise-Shopping Buddy Package Bad for NBA When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined their buddy Dwyane Wade in Miami to form the first so-called superteam I likened it to guys recruiting friends to form the best summer league team they could. I’m all for players playing where they want to for whatever reason they want. But with each new report of stars forming packages to alter the league’s balance of power as Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant (supposedly) did by joining Brooklyn it’s clear the inmates are now running the asylum.

A strong partnership between owners and union is a good thing. But when the power pendulum swings too far to one side you have trouble, like when management payroll and benefits concessions to the powerful auto unions nearly bankrupted the industry in the 1980s. In this case the players have it and, as always happens, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The best example is LBJ using his lackey/agent Rich Paul to blatantly tamper to get Anthony Davis to L.A. Maybe the owners can live with this out-of-control look because everyone is making so much money. But the NBA is actually a three-sided partnership and the one paying the bills is getting screwed by this new dynamic. The other two don’t seem to care and these overly entitled players and owners need to be reminded that if no one watches or spends big on tickets or gear they’re professional lacrosse. It won’t happen but a fan revolt would remind them of that. My part will be to boycott every Brooklyn and Lakers TV game henceforth.

All should join me.

News Item: Media Inflamed Sports Related Twitter Feud of the Week It was between World Cup soccer star Megan Repinoe and, who else, the presi-

dent of the United States, who again showed his infantile mind is incapable of letting any perceived or in this case real slight go.

Even while out of the country tending to far more important stuff. It came after the LGBT advocate and one-time anthem kneeler’s indelicate answer from last January to the question of whether she would go to the White House if invited surfaced on the internet. Mr. Trump came back with the usual snark by saying (not un-correctly) she should worry about winning it all first. Then the media took over to exaggerate it as it often does by using terms like “fired back” and “slammed” the president to describe her response, which is not accurate. It came at the press table after scoring both goals in a 2-1 U.S. quarterfinal win over arch-rival France. It was measured, calm and respectful while saying the only thing she’d take back was the verb used because it made her mom unhappy. To his credit the Prez said the invite would be extended win or lose.

Then came the political exploitation when Fox News reporter Jason Chaffetz jumped in saying the WC captain should meet President Trump because it was a chance to “bring the country together.” Got it. Though I’ll ask – how? Then came New York Congresswomen AOC trying to one-up Trump by inviting the U.S. team to tour the Capitol building instead of the White House.

Repinoe said she’s do that, extending the absurdity of it all still further.

News Item: Isaiah Thomas Comes Back to Haunt The bill finally came due on the callous way Danny Ainge dumped Isaiah Thomas two summers ago after he gave his heart and soul to the Celtics. Danny couched it in the trite “it’s just business” mantra. Like that’s supposed to make it not hurt after being the catalyst for reviving the franchise and just weeks after playing brilliantly through a career-threatening hip injury, a face plant costing teeth and the pain of losing his sister in a car accident. First Anthony Davis’ father said he didn’t want his son playing for

Boston after being so disloyal to Isaiah. Then Kyrie Irving told assembled media at Madison Square Garden last winter he didn’t owe anything to anyone. Finally in a double gut punch Al Horford stuns all by leaving for arch-rival Philadelphia. These aren’t direct payback moves but players and agents have memories. After what happened to Thomas people know when the time comes they’ll be treated the same way and decided to do it to Danny before he did it to them. Sometimes it takes a while for a bad move to come back to haunt you and this week it happened in a big way.

News Item: Celtics Plight – a Disaster or an Opportunity Until Sunday it was probably a little of both. As terrific as Horford is, the fact is a four-year deal to a 33-year-old basketball player says you’ll be vastly overpaying for the final two years. Thus with he and the guy who disrupted their great 2017-18 chemistry gone, they had a chance to get younger at a vital position and a fresh start after last year’s train-wreck season. But then came Danny Ainge’s plan for fixing this mess, which was spending his entire $35 million in cap space on Kemba Walker. I like Kemba as much as the next guy, who’s stronger, tougher and more durable than Kyrie. But Earth to Danny: You have no center, no power forward, no inside scoring, rebounding or interior defense, which makes spending the whole bundle on a scoring point guard for a team with Jayson Tatum and Gordon Hayward the kind of goofy move only the Knicks or George Steinbrenner would do. How in the name of Sidney Wicks could you not use the $35 million to fill those vital needs? But now the question is, when the time comes, who covers Joel Embiid and who covers the Greek Freak? Until you have a solution for that, it’s a 42-win, one-and-done team at best, making this a total and complete disaster, as I wrote this Monday morning.

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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East beats West The Big Story: For the first time since 2016 the East squad was the winner of the annual CHaD East-West All-Star football game. The win was secured when Gennaro Marra went over from the three-yard line five minutes into the final period to make it 17-13. The East defense made it stand up the rest of the way, with the big play being a Nick Lombardi recovery of Bedford QB Ryan Toscano’s fumble with 2:15 left that he returned 66 yards after the West had gotten inside the East 20-yard line. The West TDs came on a one-yard QB keeper by Toscano and a 31-yard catch-and-run from Zach Miles (Concord) to Ben Eichman (Merrimack), while the East’s first score came on an Evan Cormier (Londonderry) fouryard scoring toss to Joe MacDougall of Winnacunnet. The win moved the overall series record of the annual charitable event to 5-3 in favor of the West.

Sports 101: Name the lefty hurler who no-hit the Red Sox on this day (July 4) in 1983.

Honors: The accolades keep coming for Hooksett’s Matt Paradis, which began by winning the NH State Amateur Championship last July. That was followed by a trip to play in the U.S. Amateur championship at famed Pebble Beach. More recently it was being named NE-10 Player of the Year and finally a third team All-American Golfer to be the first from SNHU so honored.

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4 – NH Fisher Cats named to the Eastern League All-Stars in Richmond, Virginia. The group includes Nash Knight, Zach Louge, Forrest Wall and Santiago Espinal.

The State AM defense begins Monday when the 2019 Amateur kicks off at Portsmouth CC. What a Stupid I Yam Award: To me, for inadvertently calling the failed Red Sox reliever Carson Smith Carson Palmer while assessing Red Sox GM Dave Dombrowski’s track record trading for bullpen help. I’m sure that along with myself, the former Bengals and Raiders QB will pass on his thanks to reader Sean Smith for pointing that out as well. Not sure if he knew that, because they’re related.

Sports 101 Answer: In the first no-hitter at Yankee Stadium since Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Dave Righetti throws a 138-pitch no-hitter as he strikes out nine and walks four in a 4-0 win over Jon Tudor and the Red Sox before a holiday crowd of 40,177.

On This Day – July 4: 1905 – Rube Waddell bests Cy Young as both pitch complete games when the A’s beat the Red Sox 4-2 in 20 innings. 1939 – Weeks after learning he’s doomed to die from the mysterious ALS disease, Lou Gehrig tells a SRO Yankee Stadium crowd on Lou Gehrig Day, “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” 1981 – Ugly American John McEnroe ends Bjorn Borg’s reign of five straight Wimbledon singles titles in a riveting four-set 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 win.

76 – score carded at Eastman Golf Club by Concord CC’s Grayson Goulet to qualify for next week’s NH State Amateur Championship at Portsmouth CC a shot ahead of fellow CCC qualifier Ryan Waring.

123 – yards gained from

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2,595 – fans at Wildcat Stadium as the East downed the West 17-13 in the aforementioned CHaD All-Star game.

Sports Glossary

Rich Paul: Boyhood pal of LeBron James turned agent now wreaking havoc by using LeBron’s clout to assemble a stable of players to be used in LeBron’s non-violent coup d’etat for power in the NBA. Sidney Wicks: The standard-bearer for most reviled Boston athlete ever now being challenged by Kyrie Irving in 2019. Wicks got it partly because when he got to Boston he was a long way from his days as college Player of the Year during the UCLA dynasty and partly because he was a complete dog when he did. Plus the La-La Land exile dissed the famed Celtics culture. Until his stellar 2018 postseason David Price had a shot to unseat Wicks, but now it’s Kyrie in a battle for the top spot to go along with being the most overrated player in New England sports history.

The Kyrie-KD Duo in Brooklyn: This has caused unparalleled excitement for the long-suffering Nets franchise as it humiliates the smug Big Apple rival who’s looked down on them since their birth in the 1960s who thought the duo would automatically pick them just because they were the Knicks. Second with Kyrie going there, it’s revenge on the disastrous KG-Paul Pierce trade with the question being, who’s laughing now? But Earth to Brooklyn: If you don’t know it, KD ain’t playing next year, when Irving will be doing to your chemistry what he did to Boston’s. So pump the brakes a bit.

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These orange creatures were named the official state amphibian back in the 1980s, joining our state bird (the purple finch) and our state dog (the Chinook). New Hampshire has several official state symbols that highlight not only our natural environment but the facets of life here that are important to our Granite Stateness (such as skiing and freshwater fishing).

Pour yourself a glass of apple cider (our state beverage) and check out the stories behind some of New Hampshire’s most beloved symbols.

ANIMALS ON LAND Bobcat

State wildcat Why it’s the state wildcat: According to a WMUR article, a group of fourth- and fifth-graders at the Well School in Peterborough made the HIPPO | JULY 4 - 10, 2019 | PAGE 12

initial push for the bobcat to be declared the state wildcat. A study conducted by New Hampshire Fish & Game and the University of New Hampshire from 2009 to 2014 reported 1,000 bobcat sightings across the state.

Where you might see one: Bobcats reside mostly in the woods, among rocky ledges and around swamps, said Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist Margaret Gillespie. “They are difficult to spot because they are well-camouflaged. You may see a glimpse and then they are gone,” she said. Your best bet is during the winter; bobcats’ paws are not well-equipped for trekking through deep snow, so they are often forced to travel across plowed roads.

Fun fact: “There’s a white patch on the back of each ear, which is thought to be a guide for young bobcats following their mother at night,” Gillespie said.

White-tailed deer

State animal Why it’s the state animal: The whitetailed deer was designated the official New Hampshire state animal in 1983, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

It is very common to North America and is an official state symbol for 10 other states.

Where you might see one: White-tailed deer are more prevalent in the southern part of the state, said Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist Margaret Gillespie. In the warmer months they frequent fields, especially along the edges, feeding on green grass. In the winter they find shelter among evergreens, venturing out to munch on tree buds and branches. You’re most likely to see them in the morning, or crossing the road at night. “People really need to be careful when they drive at night,” Gillespie said. “When

the deer cross, it’s dangerous for both the [drivers] and the deer.”

Fun fact: A male deer’s antlers are the fastest-growing bones of any animal. “Each spring they start growing, and by fall they are fully developed,” Gillespie said. “It’s pretty amazing.”

Red-spotted newt

State amphibian Why it’s the state amphibian: The red-spotted newt was named the state amphibian in 1985 after a two-year effort by a group of New Hampshire high school students, according to the New Hampshire Almanac. The Almanac makes reference to a Union Leader article from 1985, stating that the red-spotted newt is “the perfect symbol for ensuring ecology in New Hampshire as they exist predominantly in the rain and runoff sodden areas heavily affected by acid rain.”

Where you might see one: The newt hangs

out in damp forests and in and around ponds, depending on its life stage. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist Margaret Gillespie said you’re most likely to see them in their juvenile period, when they are bright orange. “The orange is like a warning signal because they have a poison in their skin, and because of that, nothing will eat them, so they don’t have to hide very much,” she said. In their adult stage they become an olive color, so they are more camouflaged and difficult to spot.

Fun fact: Juvenile newts, known as red efts, will stay in that state for two to five years, dwelling on land, then migrating to the pond where they undergo their transformation to adulthood, Gillespie said.

for about 15 years on average, is normally of a tawny or honey gold color but can also possess white- or black-colored fur.

“They’ve been bred and well-adapted over the years as sled dogs,” Cottrell said. “They have a double coat of fur, kind of like a beaver, with outer long hairs which repel water and dry off really fast … and inner hair that is soft and downy-like.

They also have webbed feet and really tall legs to just kind of wade right through the snow with.”

Fun facts: The Chinook was the first dog breed to climb Mt. Washington, in 1926, Cottrell said. The mother of the original Chinook dog, known as Ningo, is also a direct descendent of the lead dog of the first sled dog team that reached the North Pole.

Chinook

OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS

State dog Why it’s the state dog: The Chinook is the only dog breed in the world believed to have originated in New Hampshire. The first Chinook was owned by courtesy of the ChiArthur Walden in 1917 Photo nook Owners Association. in the village of Wonalancet, in northwestern Tamworth.

“Walden ran an inn during his lifetime … and he wanted to provide sled rides for his guests, so he was looking for a type of dog that was a good puller and had strong endurance,” said Bob Cottrell, historian of the Chinook Owners Association. While the Chinook was once known as the most famous dog breed in the world, according to Cottrell, today it’s something of a rarity – there are only few Chinook breeders scattered across the country.

Characteristics: The Chinook, which lives

Purple finch

State bird Why it’s the state bird: The purple finch beat out the New Hampshire hen to become the official state bird in 1957, according to the New Hampshire Almanac. Rep. Robert S. Monahan of Hanover, then a Dartmouth College forester, sponsored the purple finch bill and pushed for a speedy enactment “before some other state beats us to it,” the Almanac said. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist Margaret Gillespie said the purple finch is not native but was introduced to the eastern U.S. Where you might see one: It’s getting increasingly difficult to spot a purple finch, Gillespie said. Their population is declining due

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Adopting symbols tatives, where, according to voting records of the legislature, it passed the House by a vote of 33311. On May 15, the Senate unanimously passed the bill, 24-0, leading to the governor’s signature.

The ladybug made a similar passage in 1977, according to the New Hampshire Almanac, when fifth-grade students at Broken Ground School of Concord suggested the ladybug, also known as the lady beetle, be named the state insect. The students turned to their local representatives and also collected the signatures of 100 citizens and other classmates. The House of Representatives reversed an adverse committee recommendation on a ladybug bill, with a 185 to 135 standing endorsement. The Senate of 24 members eventually also passed the bill, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

Similarly, a group of seventh-graders at the Ross A. Lurgio Middle School in Bedford came up with the idea to make the Chinook the state dog, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

As of 2019, New Hampshire has given nine songs some variation of a “state song” stamp; the first one was “Old New Hampshire” adopted 1949 and the most recent song was “New Hampshire Naturally” in 1983, according to the Almanac, which reports that only “Old New Hampshire” has “official state song” status with the rest being “honorary.”

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How does a bird or a flower become “the official” one?

It ultimately requires the approval of the state legislature and the governor, as with any other bill, based on the state legislature’s bill records and the New Hampshire Almanac, an online government website with various facts provided by the New Hampshire State Library. And as with any other bill, a lot of people have to lobby for it for the bill to pass.

The newest official creature is the state raptor, the red-tailed hawk; Gov. Sununu signed a bill June 14 naming the red-tailed hawk as New Hampshire’s state raptor. A group of students from Lincoln Akerman School had lobbied for the bill, according to Senate and House of Representatives news releases. The students, as fourth-graders, had promoted the red-tailed hawk unsuccessfully four years ago as a class project, but it was rejected that year by several state representatives, who called the bill a waste of time and compared the bird’s predatory tactics to abortions

by Planned Parenthood, according to Rep. Renny Cushing, a sponsor of the bill then and now.

“The kids are eighth-graders now, and they understand now what happened back then,” he said in a phone interview. Cushing said that this year, he and Rep. Elaine Andrews-Ahern co-sponsored the bill in the House of Represen-

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to their competition with the house finch, which is more common. Your best chance is with a seed feeder in your yard. Males are easier to identify because of their crimson red color. Females have brown streaks and no red color.

Fun fact: While the purple finch is not actually purple, it is named as such because its species name “purpureus” comes from the Latin meaning “crimson.”

Red-tailed hawk

State raptor Why it is the state raptor: A group of students from Lincoln Akerman School proposed this bird to Rep. Renny Cushing four years ago, when they were in fourth grade.

According to Cushing, they did so because “both parents participate in the raising of the offspring.” Due to political controversy at the time, however, the bill did not go forward.

Cushing, along with Rep. Elaine AndrewsAhern, tried again this year with more success, and Gov. Sununu signed the bill June 14. “I met with the group of kids, it was this winter and we sat down and talked about why the red-tailed hawk would make a great bird representing our state,” said Jane Kelly, a licensed falconer who is the founder and owner of the raptor rehabilitation center On The Wing, in Epping. “I think they represent perseverance, strength, they are independent, they are resourceful. Just the power alone, I think it is a great representation.”

Where they hang out: In large trees, meadows or wooded areas, especially along highways in the winter, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game. “You see them everywhere, you see them a lot on the highways, you see them in cities, literally everywhere,” said Kelly.

Fun fact: “They’ve got a great, keen sense of eyesight,” Kelly said. “Some hawks, redtailed, can see a quarter of a mile away the hair on a rabbit. Their eyesight is amazing. I think they are very resilient birds, they’re very hardy. They’re versatile in terms of what they hunt for, so they help control many different populations of different species.”

New Hampshire Red chicken

State poultry Why it’s the state poultry: According to an NHPR article, Canaan Elementary students proposed that the New Hampshire Red chicken be declared the official state poultry, and it was approved by the legislature in June 2018. Larry Pletcher of Vegetable Ranch in Warner said the New Hampshire red chicken originated from the Rhode Island reds and is known for being “a little sturdier, a little heavier, a little easier to keep in the wintertime because they can withstand the colder climate.”

What they are used for: While you can eat New Hampshire Red chickens, many farms use them for eggs, Pletcher said. “They lay brown eggs, and a lot of people in New England prefer brown eggs, so I think that’s why they are popular,” he said. In its prime egg-laying years, a hen may lay around five eggs a week, but it could be more or less depending on the time of year.

Why you should raise them: New Hampshire Red chickens are well-domesticated and easy to take care of and “do what they’re supposed to do,” Pletcher said. “You don’t have to worry about them at night,” he said. “They go right in [to their pen] at night to roost. They aren’t real flighty; they know the drill.”

ANIMALS IN THE WATER Brook trout

State freshwater game fish Why it’s the state freshwater fish: According to Squam Lakes Natural Science Center naturalist Margaret Gillespie, a group of Nashua fourth-graders convinced the New Hampshire legislature in 1994 to declare the brook trout the official state freshwater fish. Unlike rainbow trout, brook trout are native to New Hampshire.

Where to catch one: Gillespie said New Hampshire Fish &

Game stocks brook trout in mountain brooks, streams, lakes and ponds all over the state.

You’ll know them by their colorful lower fins, which are a reddish orange color with white edges.

Fun fact: “Brook trout require clean, cool water, which also benefits other fish species,” Gillespie said. “Their presence indicates high-quality water.”

Striped bass

State saltwater game fish Why it’s the state saltwater fish: According to the New Hampshire Almanac, the striped bass was declared the official state saltwater fish in 1994. “If you see someone fishing [in saltwater], there’s a good chance they’re targeting striped bass,” local fishing enthusiast and Hippo contributor Jeff Mucciarone said. “It’s a primary saltwater species that people target in New Hampshire and throughout New England.”

Where to catch one: Striped bass are prevalent along the entire seacoast, Mucciarone said. Fishing from a boat allows you to be more mobile, but there are advantages to fishing from shore, too. “The waves crashing will trap the bait fish in the current or stun them, and the striped bass will target those fish,” he said. Another good strategy is to follow the birds. “If there are birds, that’s a good indication that there are fish also targeting those bait fish,” he added.

Why you should fish for them: “From a recreational standpoint, they are a lot of fun to catch,” Mucciarone said. “They get big and fight really hard. … Sometimes, you can’t even believe how strong they are. It’s quite a thrill.”

INSECTS Ladybug

State insect Why it is the state insect: Students at the Broken Ground grammar school of Concord suggested the idea in 1977, according to the New Hampshire Almanac. They turned to their local representatives and also collected the sig-

natures of 100 citizens and other classmates.

Where you might see one: In almost any well-maintained garden. Ladybugs (also known as lady beetles or ladybird beetles) are known as great pest controllers. While not dangerous to humans, they eat aphids, chinch bugs, asparagus beetles and thrips, alfalfa weevils, grape root worms and mites, according to National Geographic.

Fun fact: There are about 5,000 different species of them, and they do not all have red bodies with black spots. One variety, which can come into your house in the fall, is called the Halloween Ladybug, said Becky Suomala, a biologist with New Hampshire Audubon.“It is a relatively new species of ladybug from Asia that was brought to the U.S. in 1977,” she said.

Karner blue

State butterfly Why it is the state butterfly: The Karner blue butterfly, also known as the Melissa blue, was designated in 1992, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

Where you might see one: The Karner blue is not common. It is found in small isolated colonies in New Hampshire, in the pine barrens with wild lupine. “Most of our pine barrens have been developed, so that’s why the Karner blue is so scarce,” said NH Audubon biologist Becky Suomala. The butterfly itself is small, with a wingspan of only an inch.

Fun fact: Females tend to be slightly larger than males, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game department. The upper sides of male wings are blue with a black edge and white outer fringe. The upper sides of female wings are darker blue, black or gray with a row of orange crescents on the hind wing and a black edge with a white outer fringe, the department website said.

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FLORA Pink lady’s slipper

State wildflower Why it is the state wildflower: The plant, which became the state wildflower in 1991, is native to New Hampshire and grows in moist wooded areas of the state, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

Where you might see one: They are common in the woods and can often be found in the White Mountains. “You can find pink lady’s slipper at New Hampshire Audubon’s wildlife sanctuary at the McLane Center in Concord,” said Becky Suomala, a biologist with New Hampshire Audubon.

Fun fact: According to an NHPR report from June 2014, lady’s slippers aren’t illegal to pick in New Hampshire although, according to the US Forest Service’s website, the plants take years to go from seed to mature plant and require bees for pollination.

Purple lilac

State flower Why it is the state flower: Purple lilac was adopted as the state flower in 1919, after much competition and debate. According to New Hampshire historian Leon Anderson, quoted by the New Hampshire Almanac.

Where you might see one: “They are a cultivated plant, so they are not a wild plant,” NH Audubon biologist Becky Suomala said. “So where you are going to find them is in people’s yards.”

Fun fact: “Purple lilacs are native to Europe and Asia, so they were imported into the U.S.,” Suomala said. The Governor’s Lilac and Wildflower Commission is a group founded in 1984

by John Sununu (father of the current governor) “to help promote the growth of lilacs and to educate the public and how to care for lilacs,” according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

White birch

State tree Why it is the state tree: The white birch tree was named the official state tree in 1947 and is native to New Hampshire and found all over the state, according to the New Hampshire Almanac.

Where they grow: Most likely in hardwood-conifer forests, according to the New Hampshire Almanac. “White birch is very similar to gray birch,” NH Audubon biologist Becky Suomala said. “Gray birch also has white bark, so when you look around, you see a lot of birches that are white.

They may be white birch or they may be gray birch.”

Fun fact: To this

day, you can make canoes or writing paper from white birch, as earlier generations did, “although I don’t know that we have the kind of large trees that one might need for canoes these days,” Suomala said.

EATS Pumpkin

State fruit Why it’s the state fruit: The pumpkin became the official state fruit of New Hampshire in 2006, thanks to students at Wells Memorial Elementary School in Harrisville.

The city of Keene holds the world record for the most split pumpkins, and several other states had already declared the apple as their state fruit.

How they are grown: Even though the peak ripening season of pumpkins is in early to midfall, now is the time to be planting the seeds, according to Kitt Plummer of Hazelton Orchards in Chester. That’s because the time it takes for them to grow can be anywhere from 95 to 125 days, depending on the variety. “Pumpkins have big long running vines that take up yards and yards of space,” he said, “so you need to plant the seeds in rows far apart. I usually plant them about eight feet apart, just to give those vines space to grow, but most seeds you get will specify how many square feet there should be per pumpkin.”

A delicious way to eat them: While it’s common to use pumpkins in baking breads or pies, the popular gourd can be used for other dishes like soups — the key, Plummer said, is to choose your pumpkin varietal according to your purpose. “When you’re talking about eating, baking or putting faces on your pumpkin to make a jacko’-lantern, the variety is very important,” he said.

“A pumpkin variety that’s very fibrous without a lot of sugars in it is not going to be the best for eating.”

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State vegetable Why it’s the state vegetable: Written evidence exists of the first potatoes grown in North America to have been during the late 1600s in what is now Pennsylvania. However, according to Mark Mastromarino of the Derry History Museum, town founder Rev. James MacGregor is credited with being the first to successfully cultivate potato seeds sourced directly from Northern Ireland. He was among the first settlers of the town of Nutfield (now Derry) in 1719. The white potato was officially adopted as the state vegetable in 2013.

How they are grown: Chuck Souther of Apple Hill Farm in Concord said white potatoes encompass a range of varieties of the root vegetable. They are usually planted about four to six inches deep into the ground, typically as early as the end of April and into the beginning of May. Once they’ve been planted they don’t require much work, as long as you keep an eye on them regularly over the course of their growing stage.

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“Several times over the course of the summer we’ll do what’s called ‘hilling,’ or gathering dirt up beside the seeds to create a hill maybe 12 inches high and 14 inches wide,” he said.

“The plant grows inside that hill after it reaches a certain point.” Souther said most white potato varieties are usually dug to be ready for storage and sale around early to mid-September.

A delicious way to eat them: Just about any white potato variety is great for mashed potatoes, Souther said. You can use any mixer or a potato ricer, a two-cup utensil that turns potato chunks into shreds. “The potato ricer gives you … the fluffiest, most flavorful mashed potatoes you can make,” he said.

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State beverage Why it’s the state beverage: There are hundreds of apple growers in the state, encompassing more than 1,400 acres of apple orchards. Apple cider became the state’s official beverage in 2010.

How it’s made: According to Joy Currier of Currier Orchards in Merrimack, an antique cider-making machine is used for their cider-making, but smaller cider presses that similarly get the job done can be bought for your home kitchen. Apples that are the best shaded colors are used, while bruised apples are discarded. They are ground and minced into small bits – called apple pulp – which are then ladled onto the press. “This process involves spreading out a large piece of cheesecloth, which has small holes in the fabric for the juice to escape,” she said. “We fill the cheesecloth … in the center in a square shape, then fold it closed over the apple pulp, so that the only thing that can escape is the cider.” Pressure is then applied to it, so that the cider runs out of the cloth and into a receptacle, with the then dried pulp discarded.

Best apple varieties for it: Because of their tart and sweet flavor, McIntosh apples are one of the best varieties to use as a base for cider, Currier said. Other varieties like Cortlands, Macouns and Empires can be mixed in for experimentation with different flavors. “Every farm has their own special blend, but the best cider is always a mixture of sweet and tangy, acidic apples,” said Chuck Souther of Apple Hill Farm in Concord.

“Having said that, we will produce one single variety cider from Golden Russet apples. They are just really sweet and make for a unique taste.”

NH Rocks The Granite State’s state rock is, unsurprisingly, granite. One of the most prominent features of the state, with extensive granite formations and quarries, it was adopted as the state rock in 1985, according to statesymbolsusa.org. Similarly, beryl, the state mineral, is a gemstone found in granite rocks, and smoky quartz is the state gemstone, also often found in granite deposits, according to the NH Almanac.

Skiing

State sport Why it’s the state sport: Skiing was officially adopted as the state sport of New Hampshire on May 19, 1998, because of the state’s popular mountainous areas for downhill skiing and hundreds of trail networks for cross-country skiing.

Types of skiing: New Hampshire’s two most popular types are alpine skiing (also known as downhill skiing) down a mountain at a ski resort, and cross-country skiing, which takes place across flat areas with some rolling hills.

“Cross-country ski centers have trails that range from a few kilometers … to 150-plus trail systems,” said Lori Rowell, director of marketing and sales for Pats Peak in Henniker.

How to get started: According to Rowell, Ski New Hampshire (skinh.com) is the official source for all things skiing in the state, including where to go and the current conditions for each ski area. The site serves as a launchpad for all of the major skiing hills, mountains and organizations in New Hampshire. Depending on the weather, most popular skiing areas in New Hampshire will open for public skiing around the first or second week of December.

Purple, green, black, white and red

State tartan Why it’s the state tartan: According to David Bruce, secretary for the St. Andrews Society of New Hampshire, SASNH created the tartan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the NH Highland Games in 1995. A member of SASNH who was also a state representative introduced the bill for the tartan to be declared the official state tartan, and it was passed that same year. SASNH then helped other New England states develop their own state tartans.

What it stands for: Purple represents the state flower (lilac) and the state bird (purple finch); green represents the state’s forests; blue represents the state’s crystal lakes, rivers and streams; white represents the snow-capped White Mountains; black represents the state’s abundance of granite; and red represents the state’s fallen heroes who fought for the state motto, “Live Free or Die.” Fun fact: The purple dye used for the New Hampshire tartan is unique and “solely used for our tartan,” Bruce said. “It is prohibited for use for any other tartans or use otherwise. It is particularly vibrant.” SASNH also has sole proprietary rights to the tartan, meaning that it must approve any weaving of the tartan by a Scottish weaver. If approved, the weaver must also pay a surcharge, which goes toward the SASNH scholarship fund for students learning the Scottish Arts.

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THIS WEEK

Buying

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Thursday, July 4

Head to a pancake breakfast in Merrimack, check out the family fun in Nashua or go to Amherst for the 10 a.m. parade (with presidential candidates, of course). Find area July Fourth fun in our story on page 25 in last week’s paper. Go to hippopress.com and click on past issues to get the PDF of the June 27 issue or 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.

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Thursday, July 4

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats kick off a four-day run of games against the Portland Sea Dogs tonight at 7:05 p.m.

The games will also feature an all-American buffet (buy special tickets for all-you-can eat burgers, chips and hot dogs).

Games tonight through Saturday will feature post-game fireworks, according to the website. Game time is also 7:05 p.m. on Friday, July 5 (which is Pride Night), and on Saturday, July 6. On Sunday, July 7, game time is 1:35 p.m. and kids can run the bases after the game.

Saturday, July 6

Catch The Silks, who describe themselves as “a true grit rock and roll band out of Providence, Rhode Island,” tonight at 8 p.m. at the Riverwalk Cafe (35 Railroad Square in Nashua; riverwalknashua. com, 578-0200). Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Find more live music at area bars and restaurants in our Music This Week listing, which starts on page 50.

EAT: Cupcakes, empanadas, grilled cheese The New Hampshire Fisher Cats players will be away but Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive in Manchester) will host the Fisher Cats’ second annual food truck festival on Friday, July 12, from 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, July 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free (bring money to buy eats) and the public is invited to bring a blanket for a picnic and play tailgate games in the outfield, according to the event’s Facebook page.

There will be music from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday and activities for kids on Saturday. The event is rain or shine; trucks scheduled to attend include Clyde’s Cupcakes, Dudley’s Fried Dough, Empanada Dada, Mach’s Wood Fired Pizza, Prime Time Grille Cheese, Nicolena’s Cheesecake Truck and more, according to the site. See nhfishercats.com.

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Sunday, July 7

Monday, July 8

The New England Reptile Expo runs today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown Hotel (700 Elm St. in Manchester). Pet reptiles will be for sale along with cages, supplies, frozen feeder rodents and feeder bugs and more, according to the website reptileexpo. com. Admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for kids age 7 to 12 and free for kids under 7 p.m.

DRINK: Tea like the Crawleys Save the date for the Sunday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m. Downton Abbey afternoon tea at The Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13 in Brookline, thecozyteacart.com, 249-9111). Enjoy tea breads and savories (such as Earl of Grantham’s Fresh Baked Scones), tea sandwiches (such as Lady Sibil’s Cucumber and Apricot Tea Sandwich) and pastries (such as Matthew’s Madeleines and the Dowager’s Chocolate Biscuit Cake). The cost is $34.95 per person. The Downton Abbey movie will hit theaters that Friday, Sept. 20.

Looking for more stuff to do this week? Check out Hippo Scout, available at hipposcout.com.

Catch some classic summer movies outside at Prescott Park in Portsmouth. Tonight, it’s 1982’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (rated PG). On Wednesday, July 10, it’s Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, or as it was known back in 1972, Star Wars (rated PG).

Both movies start around 8:30 p.m. (dusk). See prescottpark. org for information on blanket and table reservation information.

BE MERRY: With challah Learn the basics of making challah bread at a class from Nomad Bakery (nomadbakery. com) on Sunday, Aug. 18. The class costs $90 per person and will be held at Creative Chef Kitchens in Derry. Refine your bread braiding skills and leave with a loaf, according to the website.

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ARTS Strings attached

Currier Museum exhibit explores the evolution of the guitar

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester highlights a different kind of art in its latest special exhibition, which appeals not only to art-lovers, but also to music enthusiasts and history buffs. “Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of the Guitar,” up now through Sept. 22, is a traveling exhibit created by the National Guitar Museum that takes viewers on a journey through the artistic development of the guitar, with 40 unique instruments from around the world, spanning the Middle Ages to modern day.

“The guitar has been around forever and is an important part of American and western culture,” Kurt Sundstrom, curator of the exhibition, said. “I think this [exhibition] is accessible to virtually anyone and appeals [to people] on multiple levels.”

Replica instruments created by expert luthiers depict guitars in their earliest forms, including European and Asian lutes and ouds from the Middle Ages.

“Wood doesn’t last more than a couple of centuries,” Sundstrom said, “so those guitars no longer exist. They had to be recreated, and they are beautiful recreations.”

The exhibition transitions to acoustic hollow body guitars and early electric guitars, including well-known American models like the Rickenbacker (which was the first electric guitar ever produced), the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul.

“Those classic electric guitars, especially the Rickenbacker, are the most interesting pieces, I think, and the highlights of the show,” Sundstrom said. “Historically, they are extremely important. All electric guitars created after that hinged on Rickenabacker, Fender and Gibson.”

There are also some other, more offbeat guitars, including a Russian guitar manufactured during the Soviet period when Russia could not import American products — Sundstrom said it’s “unattractive and doesn’t sound good at all” — as well as Swedish and Vietnamese gui-

“Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar” Where: Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester When: On view now through Sept. 22.

Museum hours are Sunday, Monday and Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up; $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17, and free for children under age 13.

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Oud. Courtesy photo.

Rickenbacher Lapsteel ES. Courtesy photo.

tars, and even a guitar designed to sound like an organ, which is “very rare, with only nine or 10 of them ever made,” Sundstrom said.

“All of the countries were trying to compete,” he said. “[This resulted in] all kinds of experiments with guitars. Most were not successful, and a lot of them failed, but they all contribute to the overall history of the guitar.”

The show is not only aesthetically appealing, Sundstrom said, but also educational.

Each instrument has an “extensive write-up,” that offers background information about the instrument and explains its significance for the evolution of the guitar.

“I think people are going to spend a lot of time reading the written material, because it’s really fascinating,” he said. “I think they will learn a lot more than they expected to coming into it.”

Alongside the instruments, there are several life-sized drawings of classic guitars; dozens of photographs and illustrations of notable musicians and guitars from the last century;

Teardrop guitar. Courtesy photo.

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iconic vinyl album covers that feature images of guitars; and even a guitar played by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards that is not part of the traveling exhibition, but was lent by a music memorabilia collector and friend of the museum.

The exhibition also has a variety of interactive elements, like an audio station with 13 minutes of sound clips of different types of guitars being played; a drawing activity where visitors can design their ideal guitar and performer; and a make-your-own-guitar activity and opportunity to handle materials that are used in guitars, including wood, strings and metal pieces provided by the Guitar Vault in Bedford.

“Materials matter so much in giving a guitar a unique voice,” Ann Bible, lead museum educator and interpreter, said. “There is a lot that goes into each decision, so we wanted people to be able to test out different materials to see what goes into making these instruments and how the smallest detail can make a

Gibson Les Paul Recording guitar. Courtesy photo.

difference in how it sounds.”

Finally, there will be a number of special programs throughout the summer related to the exhibition, including art talks, live music and art-making for families and kids.

“We want people to have a good time with all the different ways of connecting with the exhibition,” Bible said.

Be sure to stop at the museum gift shop, where there are all kinds of unique items related to the exhibition, including a necklace that holds a guitar pick; a make-your-own guitar-shaped cigar box kit; a guitar-shaped cutting board; a guitar-shaped leather bag; and guitar- and music-themed notecards, stickers, magnets, books, journals, T-shirts and accessories.

“I think people will be very surprised at the assortment of gifts and novelty guitar things we have. This is stuff that you won’t find at the mall,” museum shop manager Heidi Norton said. “I think stopping at the gift shop is a great way for people to end their visit.”

Special programs Summer Art Camp: I got the Music in Me! What: Art camp for kids ages 6 through 12, with activities inspired by “Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar.”

When: Monday, July 9, through Friday, July 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., each day Cost: $285 Twilight at the Currier: Block Party What: Event features a variety of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages, including art-making, face painting, live music and more, much of which will be related to “Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar.”

When: Saturday, July 20, 5 to 9 p.m.

Cost: Free

Currier After Hours: Bourbon and Blues What: An outdoor barbecue with spirits sampling, live blues music from Michael Vincent Band and a guided conversation about “Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar.”

When: Thursday, Aug. 1, 6 to 9 p.m.

Cost: Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day-of for non-members, $10/$15 for members.

Creative Studio: Pocket-sized guitars What: Drop-in art activity, highlight tour and storytime for families with a guitar theme.

When: Saturday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cost: Free for New Hampshire residents between 10 a.m. and noon.; after noon, regular admission fees apply.

ARTalk: Prof. Jose Lezcano of Keene State College What: Performance and interactive discussion related to “Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar.”

When: Sunday, Aug. 18, 2 p.m.

Cost: Free with museum general admission ARTalk: Victor Coelho of Boston University What: Performance and interactive discussion related to “Medieval to Metal: Art and Evolution of the Guitar.”

When: Sunday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m.

Cost: Free with museum general admission

ARTS

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• Photographing space: Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) is featuring the astrophotography of Ed Ting during July, including images of nebulae, galaxies, eclipses and lunar sequences. An amateur astronomer, Ting came to astrophotography late in his astronomical career. In a press release, he said that astrophotography is the intersection of art and science, and that the astrophotographer must have a deep understanding of telescopes, cameras and computers; proficiency in Photoshop and Lightroom; an eye for composition, form and color; determination and a lot of luck.

There will be an artist reception on Thursday, July 18, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Ting will also give a talk on how to use a telescope and how to recognize constellations on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. Call 589-4610 or visit nashualibrary.org.

• Two photographers and one painter: Three New Hampshire Art Association members will exhibit at the NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) from July 3 through July 28, with an opening reception on Friday, July 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. “The Rhythm of Color” will feature work by photographer Barry Tarr.

Tarr’s photographs explore the use of color as an abstract exercise, and the relationship between art and technology. He used LED light strips and tiny electronic controllers to bring out the pure color and light in his photographs. “I have always been fascinated by the perception of the world through the viewfinder and have been taking pictures since I was twelve,” Tarr said in a press release. “Photography gives me a chance to play with light and to select a

Art Fairs • CRAFT FAIR AT THE BAY More than 75 juried artisans will be there. Sat., July 13, and Sun., July 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Community House and Waterfront , 24 Mount Major Highway, Alton Bay. Visit castleberryfairs.com.

Openings • “GIANT WATERCOLOR WORLD” RECEPTION Featuring Robert Morgan. Morgan did a series of large paintings, composed of a number of layers of watercolors mounted on other watercolors, which are cut out and glued together to create various visual planes. Fri., July 19, 5 to 8 p.m. 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth). Visit 3sarts.org.

• MULTI-ARTIST SHOW RECEPTION Show features the

David Zerba art. Courtesy photo.

moment in time to create a unique image.”

“2 Visions: Barns” features the architecture-inspired work of painter David Zerba and photographer Carol Van Loon. Zerba does acrylic folk art paintings that incorporate repurposed vintage materials. Van Loon specializes in black and white photography.

“I have been photographing barns since I began taking photographs,”she said in the press release. “I have always photographed the places and objects I am surrounded by with an interest in … architectural details, textures, shapes and how light affects them all.” Call 224-2508 or visit nhartassociation.org.

• All aboard the trolley: Explore the diverse arts and culture in Manchester during the Manchester Trolley Night on Thursday, July 11, from 4 to 7 p.m. Hop on the trolley at any one of its stops to visit more than a dozen of Manchester’s businesses, galleries and museums, many of which will have special happenings, demonstrations, handson activities and promotions Trolleys begin at Veterans Park, and the rides are free. Most venues are within walking distance of each other, so visitors may walk, bike or drive the route on their own instead. See a list of participating venues at manchestertrolley.net.

This year, there will also be a city-wide chalk art competition with cash prizes, hosted by Studio 550 (550 Elm St.), with drawing from noon to 6 p.m., and voting from 6 to 7 p.m.

Visit 550arts.com to sign up.

— Angie Sykeny

wood-fired ceramics of Auguste Elder, mandala-like drawings by Katrine Hildebrandt and hanging sculpture pieces made of oak slats and fiberglass by Andrea Thompson. Aug. 30 through Sept. 22.

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

Theater Productions • WEST SIDE STORY The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents.

June 13 through July 20, 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.

•​ MOON OVER BUFFALO The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents. June 26 through July 6, with showtimes Monday through Sat-

urday at 7:30 p.m. (no show on July 4), plus 2 p.m. matinees on Thurs., June 27, and Mon., July 1. 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith.

Tickets cost $18 to $37. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

• A BACKWARDS FAIRYTALE July 5 through July 14, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m., and Sunday at 9 p.m.

Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Tickets cost $12 to $14. Visit playersring.org.

• BAKERSFIELD MIST The Community Players of Concord present. July 5 through July 14, 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.

•​ AVENUE Q The Winnipesaukee Playhouse presents. July 11

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• Art transcends: The Community Players of Concord present Bakersfield Mist at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) July 5 through July 14, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. The one-act, 90-minute play is inspired by the true story of a California woman who bought a painting at a thrift shop for a few dollars, believing it to be a lost masterpiece by Jackson Pollock worth millions of dollars. It follows the woman, Maude Gutman, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer park, and Lionel Percy, an art expert from New York who assesses the painting, and explores how two people from different social spectrums come together through art. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and students. Visit hatboxnh.com or communityplayersofconcord.org.

• Children’s series continues: The 2019 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Series presents Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) Tuesday, July 9, through Thursday, July 11, at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The classic fairy tale tells of a young woman named Belle, and the Beast, a young prince trapped in a beast’s body under the spell of a wicked enchantress. Only when the Beast can learn

Community Players of Concord present Bakersfield Mist.

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to love and be loved will he be free of the spell and transformed back into his human form. Tickets cost $9. The series continues with Peter Pan July 16 through July 18; The Wizard of Oz July 23 through July 25; The Little Mermaid July 30 through Aug. 1; Aladdin Aug. 6 through Aug. 8; and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Aug. 20 through Aug. 22. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• Dirty puppets: The Winnipesaukee Playhouse (33 Footlight Circle, Meredith) presents Avenue Q July 11 through July 20, with showtimes Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., plus 2 p.m. matinees Monday, July 15, and Thursday, July 18. The award-winning, foul-mouthed puppet show follows a recent college grad named Princeton who learns life lessons from a bunch of colorful characters after moving to a dingy apartment on Avenue Q. Tickets cost $20 to $39. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

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through July 20, with showtimes Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., plus 2 p.m. matinees Mon., July 15, and Thurs., July 18. 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Tickets cost $20 to $39. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

• CUPID’S ARROW ACT ONE presents. Fri., July 7, 7:30 p.m., and Sat., June 8, and Sun., June 9, at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. Tickets cost $15 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. Visit actonenh.org.

• JASON, JASON, AND FLORENCE Above the Rearview Productions presents. July 19 through July 28, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m., and Sunday at 9 p.m. Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Tickets cost $12 to $14. Visit playersring.org.

• THE 28TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE July 18 through July 28, with showtimes Thursday through 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.

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kee Playhouse presents. July 25 through Aug. 10, with showtimes Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., plus 2 p.m. matinees on Thurs., Aug. 1 and Aug. 8, and Mon., Aug. 5. 33 Footlight Circle, Meredith. Tickets cost $20 to $39. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org.

• PUTTING IT TOGETHER: NEW WORKS New World Theatre presents. Sun., 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 • SUMMER SINGS Nashua Choral Society presents its Summer Sings. Music will be provided to borrow, but singers are encouraged to bring their own scores if they have them. Church of Christ, Scientist, 115 Concord St., Nashua.

Mon., July 15 (music director Dr. Kevin Leong will conduct “Faure Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine” with accompanist Shawn McCann), Aug. 5 (music director Dr. Daniel Roihl will conduct “Mozart Requiem in D Minor” with accompanist

Michael Effenberger) and Aug. 12 (music director Anne Watson Born will conduct “Rutter Requiem” with accompanist Shawn McCann.), 7 p.m.

Admission costs $10. Visit facebook.com/nashuachoralsociety.

• NEW HAMPSHIRE MUSICAL FESTIVAL A classical music series featuring chamber and orchestra concerts performed by world-class musicians. July 2 through Aug. 1.

Chamber Series on Tuesdays and an Orchestra Series on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at the Silver Center for the Arts (114 Main St., Plymouth). Tickets for the concerts range from $15 to $75. Series passes are also available. Visit nhmf.org.

Lessons • FREE SINGING LESSONS The Granite Statemen offer a three-week introductory program to four-part harmony singing, proper vocal production, breathing technique and basic performance skills. Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua. Wed., July 17, July 24 and July 31, 7 p.m. Email fsl@ granitestatesmen.org.

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McCormick said she plans to franchise RelAxe, opening one or two more locations on her own and finding franchisers to open an additional two locations.

“My plan is to run this place for six months before I open a second location, but I’m already looking into some places and talking to some people,” she said.

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10 to 15 minutes to explain the safety rules and provide an introduction to the sport. Your coach will monitor you throughout your experience to ensure that you are being safe, and to offer tips about how you can improve your throws.

“If the coach sees the person [struggling], they will step in and ask if they can give a pointer, and if the person doesn’t want it, that’s up to them, but a lot of people like to get that instruction and feedback,” McCormick said.

Most people book an hour in the lanes, McCormick said. You can choose between free play, league play (played with World Axe Throwing League regulations) and a game called Killer in which, instead of aiming for the bull’seye in every throw, you aim for certain target rings.

RelAxe also offers an ax-throwing league that starts on July 11 and runs for eight weeks. It costs $130 to join, and members get open practice time,

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“It’s light, easy to hold, and sticks in the [target] board easily,” she said, “and the rubber part makes it easy to grip.”

The most popular ways to throw the ax are with one hand over the same shoulder or with two hands over one shoulder.

You may or may not take a step as you throw.

The trick, McCormick said, is to throw the ax softly, and to know when to release it.

“A lot of people think they have to throw hard, but believe it or not, it’s not about whipping it,” she said. “Some people need to put a little more into their throw, but you should always start soft and work up to that intensity.”

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When you think of relaxing activities, ax-throwing probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, but Tracey McCormick, owner of RelAxe Throwing in Manchester, says that once you try it, you’ll understand.

“It’s hard to describe — I can’t put my finger on it, and neither can a lot of my customers — until you start throwing the ax. Then, you feel it,” McCormick said.

“It just feels good physically, it’s fun and the stress relief is amazing.”

RelAxe held its grand opening two weeks ago, becoming the first indoor ax-throwing center in New Hampshire.

McCormick tried ax-throwing for the first time while on vacation with her family in Texas and became “immediately hooked,” she said. It wasn’t long before she started brainstorming how to incorporate ax-throwing into her longterm goals.

“I knew instantly that I wanted to do it as a business,” she said. “I started doing some research, and when I couldn’t find any [ax-throwing centers] in New Hampshire, I knew I had to bring it to New Hampshire.”

As a Reiki master, McCormick had always been interested in opening a business related to relaxation, meditation and healing.

“Each person finds healing differently — some through meditation, some through reading, and some through playing a sport,” she said. “RelAxe fit my [business] model perfectly.”

Ax-throwing is basically darts, but with an ax; the thrower throws the ax at a target, standing 12 to 15 feet away, and tries to hit the bull’s-eye on a 4-foot target. The axes range from 1.25 to 2

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Family fun for the weekend

Fourth fun

We listed Independence Day happenings for all ages on page 25 of our June 27 issue (go to hippopress.com and click on “past issues” or 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). Of particular note to kids is Nashua’s Children’s Field Day on Thursday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holman Stadium (67 Amherst St.). The event will include face painting, a bounce house, relay races and more, according to the SummerFun program, which can be found at nashuanh.gov.

Or get a taste of rural celebrations at Fourth on the Farm at the New Hampshire Farm Museum (1305 White Mountain Highway in Milton; nhfarmmuseum.org) also on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include historical reenactments, a farm parade, strawberry shortcake, wagon rides, a reading of the Declaration of Independence and more. Admission costs $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and $5 for children 4 to 17 (children under 4 and active military service members get in free; $25 maximum per family).

The American Independence Museum in Exeter (independencemuseum.org) will host Revolutionary Story Time on July 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. Preschoolers and their caregivers can come to Folsom Tavern (164 Water St. in Exeter) to read books related to the Revolution and the colonial period and for historical reenactors, according to the website. Admission to the museum costs $8 per person for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for kids and is free for kids ages 6 and under.

Night sky

This month’s Super Stellar Friday at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Drive in Concord; starhop.com, 271-7827) is all about the Saturn V rocket. The program begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 5 (doors open at

Children & Teens Children events • “SPREAD YOUR WINGS” DAYS AT PETALS IN THE PINES Spend a day of discovery time and unstructured day at Petals in the Pines. Thursdays, now through Sept. 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (except July 4, Aug. 22 and Sept.

5). Petals in the Pines, 126 Baptist Road, Canterbury. $10 per adult and one child, $5 for each additional child, or $20 maximum per family (infants free). Visit petalsinthepines.com or call 783-0220.

6:30 p.m.). The cost for the evening is $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for students and seniors and $8.50 for children 12 and under. If skies are clear, the observatory will be open and members of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society will be outside the center with telescopes for a free skywatch, the website said.

See a show

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018, PG) is the Summer Kids Series film at O’Neil Cinemas (24 Calef Highway, Epping, 679-3529, oneilcinemas.com) on Monday, July 8, and Wednesday, July 10, both screening at 10 a.m.

Tickets cost $1.5 for kids ages 11 and under and $2.5 for adults. Kids popcorn and drink is on sale for $5 plus tax during the kids series, according to the website.

Impact Children’s Theater will present a live production of The Little Mermaid on Tuesday, July 9, at 11 a.m. in the Spotlight Cafe at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com, 225-1111). Tickets cost $7.50 per person.

The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588) will present The Wizard of Oz Young Performers Edition, as performed by the PYT Summer Camp, on Friday, July 5, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 6, at 11 a.m. Tickets $14 for adults and $11 for children.

The Palace’s 2019 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Series continues Tuesday, July 9, through Thursday, July 11, with a production of Beauty and the Beast. Shows are at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each day. Tickets are $9 per person and are required for everybody (even babies), according to the website.

plants. Plants will be available for sale. Wed., July 10, 6 to 8 p.m. Hooksett Public Library, 31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way, Hooksett. Free and open to the public.

Visit hooksettnhgardenclub.org.

Festivals & Fairs Expos • NEW ENGLAND REPTILE EXPO Thousands of reptiles will be on display and for sale as pets.

Vendors will also be selling reptile-related items. Sun., July 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, 700 Elm St. $10 for adults, $5 for Clubs kids ages 7 to 12 and free for kids Garden • HOOKSETT GARDEN CLUB under 7. Visit reptileexpo.com.

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Nature & Gardening Astronomy • NH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY SKYWATCHES Friday, July 5, 7 to 10 p.m. McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive, Concord. Free. Visit nhastro.com.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE GARDENING GUY

Swoon-worthy flowers What’s in bloom now

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My earliest memory of a flower dates back to spring 1948, when I was just 2 years old and living in Hingham, Massachusetts (we moved away that fall, so I know the year). My mother, sister and I were walking through a pine woods when we encountered a cluster of pink lady’s slipper orchids. I was enchanted. I wanted to pick it. My mom restrained me, saying it was a rare and special flower. I am still overwhelmed by their beauty and feel lucky I can grow two kinds of lady’s slippers.

There are three main types of lady’s slippers that grow in the Northeast. A yellow lady’s slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum), the pink one that I saw when young (Cypripedium acaule), and a bigger pink one called the showy lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae). I grow the yellow and the showy.

The pink lady’s slipper is tough to grow – it requires very acidic soil and is nearly impossible to transplant. In the wild I have only seen them in sandy soil under white pines.

The yellow and showy lady’s slippers do fine in moist, rich soil and moderate shade. It is now possible to buy them at specialty nurseries. Some nurseries grow them and divide big clumps to sell individual plants. Starting any lady’s slipper by seed is generally considered nearly impossible.

What other flowers now in bloom make my heart go ka-boom? My Japanese primroses, also called candelabra primroses (Primula japonica). I’ve grown these in the shade of some wild apple trees where the soil is rich, black and moist. I started with just seven plants; these have dropped seeds and self-planted so that I now have hundreds after 20 years. They are finishing up their bloom cycle now.

Candelabra primroses range in color from a deep magenta to medium pink to nearly white.

They bloom up their stalks, presenting a ring of florets, then a second, third and sometimes even a fourth or fifth set of blossoms. Because they don’t all bloom at once, they flower for up to a month, depending on the heat.

Then there are the peonies. I have one, a division of my grandmother’s favorite, called ‘Festiva Maxima.’ Grandmother died in 1953, and my mother dug it up and brought it to my childhood home. Then in the 1980s I dug it up, divided it and brought some of it to New Hampshire. It is a double white with a speck of red in the middle. What makes it so special is the fragrance. It is enough to make the weak-hearted swoon.

If you don’t have a peony, or don’t have several, go buy one now when you can see the blossoms and judge the fragrance. Not all peonies have fragrance. Be sure not to plant it too deep. The ‘eyes’ or growing points need to be within an inch of the soil line. Otherwise they

Primula japonica. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

will grow and look healthy but fail to bloom.

Plant them with plenty of compost and some organic fertilizer added to a large planting hole.

I love roses. For ages roses bloomed mostly in June and suffered from black spot, Japanese beetles and other difficulties. No more. You can get roses that require no chemicals to stay healthy and bloom much of the summer. The only problem is that most of these modern hybrids have little or no scent.

Of the modern hybrids my favorite is the “Knockout” series. I have had singles and doubles, and find most are as hardy as a shovel (though much prettier). And I’ve had them bloom all summer and past Halloween.

But what I really love are the old-fashioned roses. Many of them send up side shoots from the ground that can be dug and passed on.

I have two of these, and I don’t know their varieties. I have a double white and a double pink, both with lovely scent. And despite the fact that I am an organic gardener who doesn’t spray them, they seem to stay free of pests and diseases.

I grow five kinds of clematis, and all are wonderful. Most clematis die back to the ground each winter, and start up in spring, though a few have hardy vines. Most grow six to 10 feet in length and need something tall to climb up. They have big, bodacious blossoms.

Most are not particularly fragrant. They bloom in shades of pink and purple, along with white.

The two I have in bloom right now have flat six-petaled blossoms four to five inches in diameter. The most durable and vigorous is a purple one called Clematis jackmanii.

The trick to succeeding with clematis is to remember the old adage: They like “hot tops and cool bottoms.” The vines need to be in full sun, or full afternoon sun, and the roots need to be shaded. Plant something right in front of the clematis to help keep the roots cool.

June really is the best month for flowering plants. All those I mentioned above – and dozens of others – grace us with their presence. Go to a good family-run nursery where the staff really knows the habits of the plants and can tell you about each one. Most really enjoy educating you about the flowers, so ask questions.

Of course, the best teacher is experience. So go get some new perennials and enjoy them.

Henry is a UNH Master Gardener and the author of four gardening books. He lives in Cornish Flat, N.H.

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Dear Donna, Not to take up too much time, can you help me figure out pricing for this piece?

Possibly age and any other information you might know about it. Is it supposed to be this way? I got it at a flea market recently. Thanks much for the time.

Karen in Allenstown Dear Karen, The reason for the column is to try to help when I can. Thanks for sharing your crock with us. I think it is from the early 1900s.

It can be tough to tell where some crocks came from if they aren’t labeled in a blue slip decorated area on the top edge. But in your case, Karen, I think this is sweet. The size is not a common one and if I am right someone loved it enough to add the handle after what looks to be damage to the real ones that were made during the original process of making the crock.

I have to say I have a soft spot for anything that didn’t get tossed out way back then and has been reused. In the collectors market today they would call this a makedo piece. That is exactly what it means.

The piece was made over again to serve another purpose or even the same one.

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Till death do us part Dear Car Talk: What can a passenger do to bring a car safely to a stop if the driver should die while driving the car on a highway?

My wife sits

By Ray Magliozzi in the passenger seat. She cannot drive or safely move from her seat without help. But she can reach the ignition key, steering wheel and console gearshift with her left hand.

We are blessed with a carefully maintained 2010 Toyota Venza, and my mechanic (may he live forever, or at least until I’m gone) looked at me in profound wonderment and said — without expletives — “Where did THAT question come from?”

It worries me. What do you suggest Barbara do if I have a “medical event” while driving? — John

Well, first she should call her boyfriend and tell him the coast is clear.

Actually, John, it is an unpleasant thing to think about, but there are things Barbara can do in such an emergency.

Let’s say you’re driving, and you suddenly choke on a beef jerky at 65 mph.

We don’t know the details. Is your foot still on the gas? Are you using cruise control? Are you slumped onto the steering wheel?

Let’s say all of those are true.

What Barbara wants to do is avoid driving off the road, or into a bridge abutment. So, the first step is to grab the wheel and keep the car going straight.

Next, she has to get the car to stop accelerating. She’ll do that by putting the car in neutral. Whether your foot is on the gas or the cruise control is set, shifting into neutral will cause the car to coast to a stop.

You can have her practice putting the car in neutral a few times while you’re driving. Just don’t practice slumping over. She won’t find that funny.

Once she has the car in neutral, she’ll want to steer the car out of harm’s way.

With her left hand on the wheel, she should be able to slowly edge the car over to the shoulder of the road.

If she really has her wits about her, show her where the emergency flashers are, and she can turn those on to alert other cars that you’re not just a lousy

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driver, John, but there’s an emergency.

Once the car is safely on the shoulder of the road and stopped, or almost stopped, she can put the car in park and call for help.

Hopefully, a Heimlich maneuver will bring you back so she can look forward to doing it all over again someday.

Dear Car Talk: We just purchased a used 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan Express. It came with a DVD, a user guide, tire information supplement, lemon law booklet and an emissions warranty brochure. But no owner’s manual.

The problem is, the DVD and user guide contain much information regarding features available on more lavishly optioned models, but leave MANY questions regarding the controls, operation and functions offered by this Express model.

As a many-decade fan of Car Talk, I’m hoping you can tell me how to get these questions answered. — Greg

The Express was the cheapest of the Grand Caravans offered in 2011, Greg.

They called it the Express because they

made it so fast, they didn’t have time to put any options in it. In fact, there was also the Super Express, which zipped through the assembly line so fast they didn’t have time to install seats or a steering wheel.

Mechanically, the Grand Caravans were all pretty much the same. So, I’m not sure what you’re having trouble figuring out.

The cheaper, manual controls on the Grand Caravan Express are usually easier to use, if anything, because they’re so basic. Like the twist tie that keeps the hood closed.

But if you need help, I’d suggest the last resort for car owners, Greg: The actual owner’s manual.

There’s a website called Manuals Library (www.manualslib.com). If you search for “2011 Grand Caravan Express owner’s manual,” you’ll find the full, 550-page tome there.

You can then search and read it online, or download it and spend $850 in ink so you can print it out and read it in your easy chair. Enjoy.

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Dr. Kristen Bryant Optometrist

Kristen Bryant is a Doctor of Optometry at Focused Eyecare in Nashua. She is also the president of the New Hampshire Optometric Association.

Can you explain what your current job is?

I provide primary eye care to my patients, so I do comprehensive eye exams. We look at, what is somebody’s vision, how are their eyes working? Are they working well together? Are their eyes working with their brain? ... The eyes are just light receptors. All the processing takes place in the brain, so if there aren’t good connections there, it can really affect vision. … I can treat different eye conditions like glaucoma or conjunctivitis, or if somebody comes in with an eye injury or a foreign body I can take care of that.

How did you get interested in this field?

I’ve always loved science and knew I was going to do something sciencey. I didn’t know exactly what. ... After [I graduated from] UNH I worked in a research facility at Boston Medical Center and I quickly realized that bench science is not for me. I knew I wanted to do something where I could work with people. But I’m fairly squeamish so I was not interested in dealing with blood or seeing people in lots of pain, so medical school was out. ... I was browsing different occupations and came across optometry. It sounded pretty good. So I called my family optometrist and said “Hey, can I come spend a day in your office and see what you do?” and he said “Yes, I would love it.” So I went and I did that, and I just How long have you worked there?

I’ve only been [here] since February, but I’ve loved it, and from there decided to go to optometry school. been out and practiced for 11 years.

What kind of education or What do you wish you had training did you need? known at the beginning of your For optometry you need to go career? through undergrad and I did four That optometry is a very polityears at UNH, and then optomical profession. Scope of practice in every state is different and it is etry school; most programs are governed by state laws, and so if four years long. The last year is we want to change anything in our all clinical rotations. And then in profession, we have to go through optometry you don’t have to do the state legislature. And so learna residency, but it’s a good idea Dr. Kristen Bryant if you are interested in practicing ing that process and ... trying to in a VA hospital, or doing anything in education, navigate that system and learning to be part of becoming a teacher. I didn’t really have those optometry’s party and not necessarily on the left goals but I wanted to do a residency just because or on the right is a challenge for me sometimes. it makes you a better doctor down the road.

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How did you find your current job?

We wear business casual. There are some I am lucky in that New Hampshire optome- offices where the doctors wear scrubs, but for us try is a fairly small community. … I was talking we go business casual. to one of my good friends, and ... she said, “You know, we just had a doctor retire, we have anothWhat was the first job you ever had? er one retiring in June, this could be a good time I grew up very close to Kimball Union Acadfor you to come join us,” so it just sort of worked emy, and they used to host something called out.

Gordon Research Conferences. Scientists from all around the world would come in, so they What is the best piece of work-related advice would need to be fed. ... I worked in the dining anyone has ever given you? hall. — Jeff Epstein For me, it is making sure that I am not just focused on my patients’ eyeballs. Yes, they are What are you into right now? there for me to take care of their eyes, but I also I am into hiking, running and cycling. I got need to … take care of the patient as a whole. into the lottery for the Mount Washington Whole body health affects the eyes, and the eyes Road Race [held June 15]. I can’t say ran, can affect the whole body. If somebody is under a I’m more of a power walker. … I came in at lot of stress, that can affect vision. just under three hours, but that was my goal!

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FOOD Grilling it up

Tips and tricks for your Fourth of July barbecue

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By Matt Ingersoll

Whether you’re serving up traditional grilled staples like hamburgers and hot dogs, or more varietal options like baby back or spare ribs, steak tips or grilled vegetables, backyard barbecues and cookouts are synonymous with the Fourth of July — and you don’t have to be an expert to cook up some tasty grilled foods.

“I don’t believe in needing a super-huge expensive grill. I think it’s just a matter of figuring out what works for you and knowing your limits when it comes to knowing how to use your equipment,” said Jayna Todisco of Dunbarton, a member of the Northeast Barbecue Society and founder of the award-winning A Mazie Q barbecue competition team.

If you’re thinking about how to throw a delicious Independence Day weekend barbecue in your backyard that your guests will remember, check out these tips and tricks from local grilling and barbecuing experts.

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• T-Bones coming to Concord: Great NH Restaurants, the local parent company of T-Bones Great American Eatery, Cactus Jack’s and Copper Door Restaurant, is due to open its sixth T-Bones location in the Granite State next year, according to a press release.

Construction is underway now for the new restaurant to open by the winter of 2020, adjacent to the future space of the Tru by Hilton hotel at 406 S. Main St. in Concord. At nearly 10,000 square feet, the new restaurant will be the largest T-Bones location yet, seating around 275 people with a 35-seat outdoor patio. Its look and feel will be very similar to the other T-Bones restaurants, according to Great NH Restaurants CEO Tom Boucher. T-Bones also has locations in Bedford, Derry, Hudson, Laconia and Salem. Visit greatnhrestaurants. com for updates.

• Celebrate with wine and music: In honor of the town of Brookline’s 250th anniversary, Averill House Vineyard has released a special limited-edition wine. The True Blue is a sun-ripened blueberry and grape wine, barrel aged in oak and featuring locally sourced blueberries from Hurricane Hill Stables in Mason.

On Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m. the vineyard will host the regional folk group The Billy Wylder Band, with tickets starting at $15 and including a free tasting of the True Blue wine for attendees ages 21 and up. From the sales of the True Blue bottles, $1,000 is being donated to the town’s 250th anniversary parade in September.

Visit averillhousevineyard.com.

• Fruit wines: Join Incredibrew (112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua) for a “light-nsweet” winemaking, tasting and bottling event on Thursday, July 11, at 6 p.m. Participants will learn how to make a variety of popular fruit wines, including a pineapple pear pinot grigio, a green apple riesling and a pomegranate zinfandel. The cost is $60 per six bottles; no previous winemaking experience is necessary and all bottles and labels are included. Visit incredibrew.com or call 891-2477.

• Chocolate “pizzas”: The next children’s chocolate pizza making class at Van Otis Chocolates (341 Elm St., Manchester) is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10, at 4 p.m.

Participants will get to create their very own personal “pizza” out of chocolates and candies provided by the shop, and will be given a short tour of the candy factory. The class will take about 45 minutes to an hour and you’ll get to take your fully decorated creation home. This class is best suited for kids ages 6 to 12 and all kids must be accompanied by one adult. 36 Looking for more food and drink fun? Check out Hippo Scout, available via the Apple App Store, Google Play and hipposcout.com.

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Burgers and hot dogs

Burgers and hot dogs are probably considered part of a more conventional menu for your barbecue gathering — but it doesn’t mean they have to be boring, either.

You can get beef, turkey or chicken burgers, and depending on what type of meat you’re after you can ask your local butcher to grind the meat themselves, according to Josh Hilyard of 603 Smok’n Que, a Merrimack-based barbecue catering company. It makes a difference, he said, as opposed to machine-pressed or frozen patties.

“I think it’s definitely worth it … to have your butcher take a chuck roast and grind it for you,” he said. “Personally, I like it 80 [percent lean] and 20 [percent fat]. You want to make it really thin and big, because it’s going to sort of shrink as it cooks on the grill.”

Texture is also important for your burger, according to Todisco, and should get just as much attention as taste.

“Burgers should be so soft and supple, so that when you try to bite into one it just flows into your mouth,” she said.

Hilyard said he likes to throw salt, pepper and garlic onto the burger as it’s cooking on the grill, adding that you can also throw cheese onto it for an added melted texture.

“I like a good cheddar, but if you want to get really creative with it, brie cheese is really good on a burger,” he said.

As for hot dogs, there are two main types, according to Dennis Huard, owner

Ribs. Photo by Jayna Todisco

of DH’s Doghouse in Manchester: all-beef hot dogs, and hot dogs made with a mix of beef and pork. Either of them can be steamed or grilled.

“Pork has more moisture in it and that, combined with the taste of the beef, I think just makes for all-around great-tasting hot dog, personally,” Huard said. “All-beef dogs just tend to be kind of dry and gritty, because that’s all that there is in there, nothing else but beef. I don’t think one grills better than the other, though. It’s all a matter of your preference.”

But no matter what, Todisco said, hot dogs should feel plump and fleshy to the touch, something to especially keep in mind if you’ve been storing them for later use.

“A lot of times with hot dogs you can tell by the color and by just a little pinch,” she said. “If it doesn’t have any resistance to it, it’s not going to do much for me.”

Huard added that you should pay special attention to grilling natural-casing hot dogs, or those in which the meat is stuffed inside sheep intestines. That’s because the casing can split if the grill gets too hot.

“I’ll let my hot dogs cook for three to four minutes on one side and then turn it over to the other side for the same amount of time,” he said. “I also use real butter on my rolls when I toast them, which I think makes a big difference and that people seem to like.”

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Barbecue ribs Courtesy of Jayna Todisco of Dunbarton, member of the Northeast Barbecue Society and founder of award-winning A Mazie Q barbecue competition team 2 racks spare ribs For the rub 1 cup turbinado sugar ½ cup paprika 4 tablespoons chili powder 3 tablespoons fresh ground cumin 2 tablespoons fresh ground pepper 2 tablespoons kosher salt 1 tablespoon granulated garlic 1 tablespoon granulated onion 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3 tablespoons MSG/Accent seasoning (optional) For the sauce 1 cup barbecue sauce ½ cup light agave, real maple syrup or honey (optional)

Remove membrane on the back of the ribs by using a butter knife to lift up and a paper towel to hold and pull off. Simply cut off the meat that extends on the top part of the bone. Add rub to back and front of ribs and let sit for at least half an hour. You know your ribs are ready when the rub is completely absorbed and the ribs look wet. Add ribs to grill over indirect heat. Temperature should be around 250 to 275 degrees. Ribs should cook until internal temperature of 200 to 205 degrees is reached. Ribs are done when meat recedes from the bottom of the bone by almost a half-inch. Remove from heat. Let ribs rest for about 10 minutes, then glaze with barbecue sauce and place back on the grill, just long enough to set the sauce (about 10 minutes).

One-stop grilling shops

• Brookford Farm (250 West Road, Canterbury, 742-4084, brookfordfarm.com) offers non-GMO pasture-raised chickens, grass-fed beef, pastured pork, seasonal vegetables and more. They have an on-site farm store that is open seven days a week, year-round, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., or you can find them at various farmers markets and retail stores throughout the state, including the Canterbury Community Farmers Market on Wednesdays, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., and at the Nashua Farmers Market on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Brothers Butcher (8 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, 809-4180; 142 Lowell Road, Hudson, 577-1130; brothers-butcher.com) offers several specialty meats, like steaks, marinated chicken and steak tips, sweet and hot sausages, ground sirloin burgers, beef short ribs and hot dogs, plus salads and prepared meals.

Most items are priced per pound, while some are priced per quantity.

• Campania Market (290 Derry Road, No. 12, Hudson, 880-8300, campaniamarket.net) is a family-owned market with an in-house butcher shop, specializing in Italian items.

The market also offers homemade sausages, marinated chicken and a line of hand-cut steaks using premium Angus beef. Prepared food options include fresh breads, made-toorder Italian desserts and specialty items like arancini.

• Concord Beef & Seafood (75 S. Main St., No. 8, Concord, 226-3474, find them on Facebook) is a premium market that features fresh seafood from Boston Fish Pier, plus a line of products like deli meats, beef, chicken and more from businesses like Bell & Evans, Fox Country Smokehouse and Boar’s Head.

• The Flying Butcher (124 Route 101A, Amherst, 598-6328, theflyingbutcher.com) offers cuts of several kinds of meats, including prime beef, marinated steak tips, pork, sausage, and seafood, poultry and lamb options. There is also an in-house deli featuring Boar’s Head products, and products provided by local vendors that include fresh produce, toffee, milk, eggs, cheeses and more.

• The Happy Butchers (222 Elm St., Milford, 554-1339, thehappybutchers.com) offers cuts of all kinds of meats, like 1855 Black Angus Beef and Springer Mountain all-natural chicken, as well as other meats by the pound like pulled pork, smoked brisket, spare ribs and baby back ribs and pulled chicken.

• Huntspoint BBQ & MEAT’ery (114 Calef Highway, Epping, 679-5700, bbq. huntspoint.com) offers a variety of barbecue meats, including beef ribs, brisket and pork.

• J&B Butcher (259 E. Main St., East Hampstead, 382-0999, jbbutcher.com) sells a wide variety of products, like fish, marinated steak tips, pork, turkey, chicken, lamb and baby back ribs, plus premium black Angus choice and prime cuts of beef, and a selection of Boar’s Head deli meats and cheeses.

• Joe’s Meat Shoppe (229 Atlantic Ave., North Hampton, 964-6152, joesmeatshoppe. com) offers a variety of fresh cut meats like 1855 Black Angus Beef, pork, lamb, veal and poultry, as well as a deli featuring Dietz & Watson products. Beef is also available as loin, rib, brisket, flank and chuck, pork chops, tenderloin and roast, and veal as cutlets.

• Lemay & Sons Beef (116 Daniel Plummer Road, Goffstown, 622-0022, lemayandsonsbeef-bbq.com) is a family-owned farmers market style butcher shop specializing in pig roasts using rotisserie-style barbecue machines. Other products offered include wholesale and retail beef, pork and poultry.

• Local Provisions (622 Main St., Laconia, 527-8244, localprovisionsnh.com) is a chefowned butcher shop offering a variety of beef products like rib-eye and sirloin steaks, filets and short ribs, as well as poultry and pork products, dozens of seafood options, veal and lamb chops and shanks.

• McKinnon’s Market & Super Butcher Shop (236 N. Broadway, Salem, 894-6328; 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 559-5714; mckinnonsmarkets.com) offers a variety of fresh meats that include Italian sausages, spare ribs, sirloin patties, beef sirloin steak, seafood and more. It also includes an in-house deli and supermarket, with weekly specials on its products available in the store and online.

• Miles Smith Farm (56 Whitehouse Road, Loudon, 783-5159, milessmithfarm. com) offers various cuts of beef, pork, lamb, hot dogs, burgers, whole chickens and more.

Visit them at their on-site farm store or at the Concord Farmers Market on Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, or find their products at several retail locations across the state.

• Mr. Steer Meats & More (27 Buttrick Road, Londonderry, 434-1444, mrsteermeats.com) is a family-owned butcher shop and in-house deli, featuring several different cuts of USDA prime and choice Angus beef, pork tenderloins, baby back ribs, filet mignon, veal cutlets, chops and shanks, and hamburgers to grill yourself. The deli includes Boar’s Head meats, freshly made soups and a serve-ityourself salad bar.

• The Prime Butcher (201 Route 111, No. 5, Hampstead, 329-7355; 58 Range Road, Windham, 893-2750; primebutcher.com) offers more than a dozen types of beef cuts like flat cut brisket, filet mignon, Porterhouse steak, fresh ground beef, London broil steak and skirt steak. Other meats available are pork ribs and chops, chicken breasts, cutlets and legs, lamb chops, sausages and stuffed pork roasts.

• Short Creek Farm (18 Winding Hill Road, Northwood, shortcreeknh.com) offers specialty cuts of grass-fed beef and pasture-raised pork, including handmade sausages, at a few farmers markets in New Hampshire and Maine, and directly from the farm by special request. This year, they are at the Exeter Farmers Market on Thursdays, from 2:15 to 6 p.m.; the Portsmouth Farmers Market on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the Dover Farmers Market on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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If you want to go beyond cooking just hamburgers and hot dogs on your grill this Fourth of July, other tasty options could include baby back or spare ribs, or chicken or steak tips, with all types of marinades or spice rubs to customize your meal.

Baby back ribs tend to be a bit meatier, coming from near the top of the animal’s ribcage, Hilyard said. They are often shorter and a little more curved than spare ribs, which come from near the belly and contain more bone and fat than meat.

Variations such as St. Louis-style barbecue, according to Hilyard, involve removing the rib tip, a thin membrane extending from the top of the ribs, before throwing them on the grill. This can easily be done by using a butter knife to lift it up, then gently pulling and removing with a paper towel.

You can tell by the way the ribs shrink that they are close to being done, Todisco said.

“The meat will just kind of recede from the bone, maybe about a half of an inch,” she said. “The lower your flame, though, the more moisture you’re going to have. So a higher flame will have more shrinkage, because it’s forcing out more liquid faster.”

If you’re using a rub for a recipe, Todisco added to be sure to taste test it too. If it’s too sweet, this could also make the ribs burn too quickly. As for sauces, she said tomato and vinegar-based sauces are her preferred flavors for ribs.

“The sauce should complement the rib, not steal the show,” she said.

For steak tips, the most common cut of meat you’re going to find that butchers in the Granite State sell is called bottom sirloin, a tender part of the cow near the bottom rear of its body. Usually they can be purchased by the pound, either pre-marinated or plain, and some shops will be able to hand-tenderize the meat for you.

Steak tips should be grilled on high heat, according to Hilyard, and can be part of kebabs with chicken tips, onions, peppers or any other vegetables you choose.

If you’re grilling kebabs, they should be rolled over at 45-degree angles every few minutes so every part receives heat.

Chicken doesn’t require as much heat to grill as steak, Todisco said. She recommended farms or markets that offer chickens free of any hormones or antibiotics.

“It’s just a matter of what to look for in the meat,” she said. “You want a nice white skin and not anything yellow or fatty-looking.”

• Steve Normanton Grass-Fed Beef (226 Charles Bancroft Highway, Litchfield, 377-7138, stevenormanton.com) offers a variety of products, like grass-fed beef and lamb, and pastured chicken and pork.

• The Tuckaway Tavern & Butchery (58 Route 27, Raymond, 244-2431, thetuckaway.com) offers more than 20 types of handmade sausages and burgers, made fresh daily. Other products include marinated chicken tenders, rib-eye and strip steaks, filet mignon, bison tips, pork and more.

• Wicked Good Butchah (460 Route 101, Bedford, 488-1832, find them on Facebook) offers a variety of meat products, including different cuts of poultry, beef, lamb, pork, sausages and seafood. An in-house deli with

Boar’s Head products, prepared foods and fresh baked breads is also available.

• The Wine’ing Butcher (16 Sheep Davis Road, Pembroke, 856-8855; 28 Weirs Road, Gilford, 293-4670; 81 Route 25, Meredith, 279-0300; wineingbutcher.com) offers USDA prime and choice cut beef, ribs, roasts, chicken wings and breasts and more. A selection of its signature marinades and spice mixes is also available, in addition to an in-house deli offering Boar’s Head products, craft beers and cheeses.

• Yankee Farmer’s Market (360 Route 103 E, Warner, 456-2833, yankeefarmersmarket.com) offers products like buffalo, grass-fed beef, venison, elk, pork and poultry, all of which are free of any hormones or antibiotics.

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Whether you want to skewer onions, peppers or mushrooms for kebabs, or grill other vegetables like potatoes, carrots or asparagus, there are easy steps you can take to make sure they all get an even char to your liking. One tip Todisco suggested was to cut certain vegetables into slices rather than chunks, especially those with less moisture, like potatoes, since they tend to cook longer. She slices her potatoes about a fourth of an inch thick, as detailed in her grilled herb pota-

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For grilling more than one type of vegetable at a time, Todisco said one trick she likes to apply involves placing a cookie cooling rack on top of your grill, as an alternative to using wooden skewers. This is especially useful, she said, for thin vegetables like asparagus that can easily fall through the grill.

“In the grilling world, we use one all the time,” she said. “It handles the heat well, because the screen under it is a bit elevated.”

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Youla Winarta of Nashua is the owner of Youlove Bakery (youlovebakery.com), a made-to-order bakery specializing in authentic Greek desserts and delicacies baked in a fully licensed commercial kitchen. Originally from the island of Cyprus off the southeast coast of Greece, Winarta came to the United States in the early 1980s. She said the idea to start her own business stemmed from friends and family asking her to bake for them. She started with birthday cakes but soon shifted the focus to Greek items, like baklava, spanakopita (spinach pie), koulourakia (Greek butter cookies), galaktoboureko (Greek custard) and several others. In addition to the Chelmsford and North Andover farmers markets in Massachusetts, Youlove Bakery has appeared at the Made in New Hampshire and Made in New England Expos, both in Manchester. You can also order her products online, to be picked up or shipped.

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I would say any one of the measuring utensils, like a cup or a spoon. Baking to me is like a science, so I always have to measure things to have consistent results. I don’t like to just guess the amount.

What is your favorite thing you’ve ever cooked or baked?

It’s very hard to pick just one. If it was a main dish, it would be my pastichio. It’s my kids’ and grandkids’ favorite food. If it was a side dish, I like to make green bean stew. It’s very satisfying and it can accompany any other food. You can substitute it with eggplant or okra.

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It has to be a feast. It would be a meze, What is the biggest food trend in New which is an assortment of little Greek dishes, almost like appetizers. It’s the best introduction Hampshire right now?

People are really realizing now that what you to Greek food, because you get a little taste of everything, from spanakopita to dips to pilafs put in your food really affects you, beyond just the taste. They are becoming aware and asking and anything else that they offer. more for organic and all-natural ingredients, and no artificial colorings or flavors.

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I love Indian food, especially at Udupi in What is your favorite thing to cook or bake Lowell, Mass. at home?

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Place tahini and lemon juice in a food processor or blender and pulse until thick and light in color. Add everything else and while blending, pour water until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Variations to this recipe can be made by stirring in finely chopped herbs (such as parsley, scallions, caramelized onions, chives or basil) and roasted red peppers (omit the water as the peppers add enough juiciness).

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My husband’s family is an old farming family of Pennsylvania. The family has lived on orchards for generations and making pie is a strong tradition. Every event, from birthdays to the Fourth of July, has pies. Lots of them! Depending on the season, there are blueberry, apple, pecan, strawberry rhubarb and more. When we were first married I made the mistake of not leaving enough room for dessert. Not only did I get very shocked looks from the family (how could you not have pie?!) but I missed out hugely.

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Beer & wine making classes • BERLINER THE WISE SPLIT-A-BATCH BEER BREWING EVENT A new event, attendees will brew a Berliner-style Weisse, a refreshingly tart beer that is very pale in color and may be cloudy, as it’s often unfiltered. The beer is acidic and contains white bread and graham cracker malt flavors. No beer brewing experience is necessary.

Brewers will return in two weeks for bottling. Fri., July 19, 6 p.m.

Incredibrew, 112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua. $30 for returning brewers (bring your own bottles) and $40 for new brewers (bottles provided). Visit incredibrew.com.

Mix together all ingredients with a pastry blender, adding the cold water last. Don’t overwork dough. Roll out dough and place in pie dish, setting it for 10 minutes at 425 degrees before you fill it. When your filling is ready, bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.

Beer, wine & liquor festivals & special events • NEW HAMPSHIRE BREWERS FESTIVAL More than 40 New Hampshire craft breweries will be featured in what is the largest collection at any brewfest in the state. This event is 21+ only. Sat., July 13, 1 to 4 p.m.

(VIP admission begins at noon).

Kiwanis Waterfront Park, Loudon Road, Concord. $45 in advance and $50 at the door. VIP admission is $60 and gets you in an hour earlier. Visit granitestatebrewersassociation.org.

Fairs/festivals/expos • FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will present their second annual food truck festival, which will also feature local trucks like Empanada Dada, Canterbury Kettle Corn, Clyde’s Cupcakes, Prime Time Grilled Cheese and more. Fri., July 12, 5 to 10 p.m., and Sat., July 13, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, 1 Line Drive, Manchester. Visit nhfishercats.com.

• 22ND ANNUAL JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL The festival will feature sandwiches filled with your choice of pastrami, corned beef, tongue or homemade

brisket, with pickles and coleslaw, plus assorted home baked cakes, cookies and rugelach. Sun., July 14, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Temple B’Nai Israel, 210 Court St., Laconia. Free admission; foods are priced per item. Visit tbinh.org.

• FARM-A-Q This picnic-style event will feature a variety of heirloom and heritage foods grown on local farms and prepared by area chefs. Food will be served from 1 to 3 p.m., and other features of the event will be workshops, live music, a wild edibles walk, a farm tour, children’s nature-based activities and more. Sun., July 14, noon to 4 p.m. Tuckaway Farm, 36 Captain Smith Emerson Road, Lee. $30 for adults, $25 for Slow Food Seacoast members, $15 for teens and adults ages 13 to 20, $5 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children under 3. Visit slowfoodseacoast.com.

• A TASTE OF GREECE PASTRY FAIR The fair will feature a variety of Greek delicacies, like koulourakia, baklava, spanakopita and more. Take-out is also available. Sat., July 27, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Taxiarchai Greek Orthodox Church, 811 N. Main St., Laconia.

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My grandmother doesn’t drink beer.

She’s set in her ways, to say the least, and beer just isn’t her thing — unless of course she’s eating pizza. In that case, she can’t eat pizza without it.

Let’s be honest, she’s got a great point.

Does anything go better together than beer and pizza?

If you’re even thinking about arguing with me then, yeah, OK, we’re not going to be friends.

There is perhaps no place that has the beer and pizza down together as well as Schilling Beer Co. in Littleton. Lucky me, as I found myself sitting outside along the beautiful Ammonoosuc River sipping amazing brews and eating way too much amazing pizza.

I’ve tried a few Schilling brews before but I’d never been to the brewery to get the full appreciation for this gem. Schilling brews “progressive continental European-inspired beers,” and, in recent years, has expanded Resilience Brewing, which is its American ale side project.

What that means is that you can have a delicious, hop-forward, super-fresh American IPA, and then switch over to an Abbey-style tripel boasting huge, complex spicy and fruity flavors.

During my first experience, I focused on Resilience brews and had half pours of the Combover IPA, Hop Weave #1 IPA and the Side Part IPA — all were delicious. The description on the Combover indicated I would pick up strawberry in the flavor, and that was accurate — just a really interesting flavor profile with big citrus and pine notes, and then a refreshing, subtle strawberry sweetness.

The Side Part is a terrific sessionable IPA; this one goes down easy but still features great hop character and plenty of flavor. The Hop Weave was just bursting with citrus.

Together, these brews were perfect for washing down one of the most delicious pizzas I’ve ever had. Named “Just Love,” the pizza featured mushrooms, beef brisket and arugula. First, the toppings were all in proportion. Second, mushrooms were incredible. Third, the crust is perfection: flavorful, with a crusty outside and a tender, chewy interior. They’ve got the wood-fired oven down.

Even luckier, I found myself back in Littleton again less than a week later, and this time I headed next door to the tasting room to tackle some of the European-inspired brews. Schilling brews “Erastus,” which is an Abbey-style tripel, and the

A few Schilling brews. Photo by Jeff Mucciarone.

brewery was offering a version of Erastus aged in peach brandy barrels. I know when I see a good thing and I took a bottle home with me. I don’t know that I’ve ever tried a brew like this: peppery yet smooth, fruity but not too sweet, and just layers upon layers of complexity. I just can’t even begin to try to explain the flavor experience. But I know you need to try it. Even at 9 percent ABV, it’s a welcoming brew.

I also tried “Foy,” which is a Belgian-style IPA. Admittedly, I didn’t love this at first, but it grew on me — definitely worth trying.

I also tried Geppetto, a milk stout, featuring big coffee and chocolate notes and a smooth finish.

Finally, I tried “Dr. Oovert,” a Belgian-style dark strong ale that was in fact “strong” at 9.1 percent ABV, but which effectively mingled an array of fruity flavors with a rich, caramel malt without being syrupy — the finish was quite dry in fact.

Schilling is a destination unto itself.

This is worth driving to, to experience incredible beer, great, rustic food and a beautiful setting. What else is there?

I guess what I’m saying is, in life, I’ve peaked.

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Keberle, a jazz trombonist Indianan whose accomplishments include serving in Sufjan Stevens’ touring crew, has been a constant in my notable-new-release feed for years now, whether as a sideman or bandleader. He’s sat in on songs from David Bowie and Alicia Keys, among others, and at this point it’s safe to say he’s something of a go-to session man, not that I’m a walking Wikipedia on more-or-less-tertiary jazz guys, but he does have some name recognition within the thankless community of jazz journalists. His niche is generally considered modern- to indie-jazz, and that’s certainly what this album’s first few tunes have on tap, starting with “Tangled in the Ancient Endless Chain,” a deliberate, low-key, thoughtful exercise in avant-Vegas-elevator ambiance. Slicker than goldfish sweat, it glides along, mainly flirting with bossa nova but adding plenty of progressive-minded ideas. “America Will Be” is the obligato study in Trump rebellion (every record has at least one of those these days), a nerdy choir nestled in a stew of Wilco-ish acoust-a-tronica and old Coltrane steez.

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That’s not to say I have anything against bands who worship Soundgarden, as these guys are said to do – in fact, I heartily approve – but come on, you know? This one’s a two-song EP which can be summarized quickly as more of a Sabbath-esque Wolves in the Throne Room deal than a Soundgarden trip; the singer has a lot of studying to do, if you don’t mind such a tedious attempt at criticism. It’s OK I guess. B- — Eric W. Saeger

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • Experimental folk-jazz lady Jesca Hoop is up to five albums now, as of this week’s release of her new one, Stonechild. If you want to know how weird she is, the story goes that her first day-job in Los Angeles was serving as nanny to Tom Waits’ kids, this after living off the grid for a few years, specifically slumming in literal chicken coops and teepee-like “yurts.” Anyway, I’ll take experimental weirdo-folk any day over regular indie folk, so shall we proceed? Sure, let’s. Guesting on the lead single “Shoulder Change” is Lucius, the Brooklyn-formed indie-poppers semi-famous for the tune “Turn It Around,” which sounded like Gwen Stefani trying to be Flaming Lips trying to be ’60s-girl-group, an experiment that actually didn’t come out as bad as I might have made it sound. Regardless, the new song is mellow and weird and pretty, reminding me of Massive Attack without any drums. No one will care about this song in two months, but it’s OK, and not a bit irritating, really.

• British lounge-soul duo Lighthouse Family are like a boring man’s version of Jamie Liddell, or so you’d think, judging by their pedestrian but popular version of the Bill Withers classic “Ain’t No Sunshine” (their most-watched video is a version of this re-rub, posted by some clown who added a rickroll troll that links to a short video of a cat being a complete jerk; such is the level of importance we’re dealing with here) (but Australians seem to like these guys, if that matters). Anyway, if you’ve missed this band for some reason, they’re back, with their first album in 18 years, Blue Sky in Your Head. Our task at hand is discussing the single “My Salvation,” so, putting aside the many prejudgments I’ve already concocted in my head, we’ll press on; who knows, maybe it’s an awesome, life-changing tune. Hold it, this is OK, in fact very OK, something of a euro-house beat going on, super nice, a strong hint of Seal on board. My question, then, is why make a sucky version of a soul classic before this?

• Pickin’s are slim this week, bein’ Fourth of July and all; the record companies are well aware that people aren’t thinking about buying albums with such nice weather afoot, they’re wondering what to make of all these humans they’re encountering for the first time in months.

Thus alas, yes, we’re looking at a metal band, namely L.A.’s 3Teeth, who are supposedly an industrial metal band. Like all bands, industrial metal bands are either sucky or awesome, so the only real pickle is figuring out if they’re jackboot-stomping dingbats who think they’re Rammstein, or if they’re actually good (i.e. non-dingbats who think they’re Rammstein). Metawar is the album’s name, and with that established we can sally forth and jam the single, “EXXXIT,” into our ears.

Wow, the video has a demon dude with all-black-contacts, he’s a total spookypants! Starts off like Meshuggah, then it’s jackboots and fail.

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When Jennifer Moore told people that she was working on a book about the Pelicans on Star Island, she was often met with confused looks. “I didn’t know there were pelicans on Star Island,” they’d say, and Moore would explain that the “Pelicans” she’s referring to aren’t birds.

Star Island is a municipality of Rye and the largest of the four Isles of Shoals, positioned on the border between New Hampshire and Maine about 10 miles out from the New Hampshire mainland. It’s a popular destination for seasonal religious and educational conferences. According to the Star Island website, there are 10 yearround residents and between 100 and 120 seasonal residents, known as Pelicans, who operate the island’s independent utilities, including water, waste and power; a first aid station; guest housing; the conference facilities; and the transportation system, boats.

Moore, who resides in Kittery, Maine, and works at Portsmouth Public Library, recently published a photo book, Pelicans: Seasonal Workers of Star Island, in collaboration with photojournalist Anna Solo, that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the life and work of the Pelicans.

During the summer of 2018, Moore and Solo lived among the Pelicans, observing, photographing and interviewing them as they went about their daily work.

The book features more than 100 pages filled with photos of the Pelicans at work, which are divided into three sections: On Duty, Off Duty and End of Season. Additionally, there are photos of the island landscape and surrounding waters, which Moore said act as “palate cleansers, reminding the viewer of how beautiful the island is outside of just the dishroom where [the Pelicans] work.”

Moore wrote all of the accompanying text for the photos, as well as a preface with a brief history of the Isles of Shoals and Star Island and an introduction to the Pelicans. She also recruited local illustrator Elizabeth DeJure Wood to illustrate a couple of maps of the island.

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Inspiration for the book came from a photo book Moore found featuring photos of the people of Brooklyn.

“The photos were a little grittier, and that’s what I wanted to show about Star — the piles JENNIFER MOORE Island of linens needing to be washed, the dishroom, the dump,” she said. “I didn’t want it to be another photo book of perfect sunsets. I wanted a little more of a behindthe-scenes look at the gritty, hardworking New England.”

Moore said she doesn’t consider herself a writer — Pelicans is her first and only book — but she was compelled to share the Pelicans’ stories. She created the book, she said, simply because she “wanted it to exist, and no one else was making it.”

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I seriously don’t know why I keep doing this. I have six children. Perhaps I keep picking up books written by parents who have lost their children as a talisman to protect mine. If death happened to them, it can’t possibly visit our family.

But even I know — life is simply not fair. Once More We Saw Stars is the painful memoir written by Jason Greene detailing the account of how he and his wife survived the death of his two-yearold daughter, Greta.

One day Greta had been visiting her grandmother in New York City. While she was sitting on a bench in front of a building, several bricks came loose and fell from an upper windowsill. A brick struck Greta’s little head, crushing it.

The resultant brain injury was too much from which to recover. Shortly after her accident, she was removed from life support and arrangements were made for her organs to go to those in need.

How does anyone recover from that kind of lightning strike? As a mother, for me it is unimaginable. For the Greenes it was doable provided they kept getting each other up each morning and continuing to place one foot in front of the other.

At a time when many other parents would have divorced due to the pain and guilt, the Greenes clung to each other, finding strength where they thought there was none.

As you can imagine, when an event of this magnitude happens, it rocks your boat. It kicks your balance to the wind.

Greta had been the Greenes’ only child.

Were they still parents? How do you forgive a grandmother for an act of fate?

How do you get over the guilt, the pain, the constant intrusion of what if? What if she hadn’t visited that day? What if she had been sitting a little farther over?

What if she didn’t know how much we loved her?

Greene is initially convinced that he and his wife will never feel joy again.

And that they will never have hope again.

This could have been a book where the parents obsess about the loss of their daughter. They could have gone down into that very dark place of grief and the story could have been yelled up from those depths, blaming the gods for the cruel trick they played. But this book, instead, is written with some perspective (and clearly a heck of a lot of counseling). Greta is gone, the Greenes are not — the only alternative to life is death.

The parents make the huge decision to live. Without Greta by their side, but with her always in their hearts.

As excellent memoirs can do, this one leads us through a horrific experience, but as we continue this journey we are

given small sightings of hope until at the end we understand that yes, even with the death of your child, the sun does rise again. Days continue. You will be able to find some peace with a new sense of balance.

Greene is an accomplished writer. He’s written for The New York Times, Vulture and GQ. He knows how to craft a story, how to link themes and how to propel the action forward. This is done using his voice, his style of writing that sometimes borders on poetry. He’s like the monk chased over a cliff by a tiger. Death from the tiger above, death from the fall below — he reaches out to grab and eat a strawberry. The berry is delicious. Greene finds tiny bits of beauty in his surroundings during his grief. A tree that his daughter had hidden behind. A toy that’s spotted, the memory of a favorite dress.

He constantly reminds us that, although it’s tough, if you really look, you can still find signs of life during devastation.

Once We Saw Stars is the journey through the emotional mess of grief and it takes us to the other side where while there is still (and will always be) gut-wrenching pain, there is also the ability to breathe again.

This one is recommended for everyone.

You don’t have to be a parent to understand this memoir and get its message.

You just have to have made a connection with another human being along the way.

We are all part of a greater whole and at some point we all suffer loss. It’s the digging down and finding of the strength to pull yourself back up that makes the difference.

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• Quest for healing: Megan Griswold presents The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Wednesday, July 10, at 6 p.m. The memoir documents the author’s journey around the world, trying nearly 300 different spiritual and holistic self-help therapies in search of healing, peace and love. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

• Poetry series continues: The 11th Hyla Brook Reading Series continues at Robert Frost Farm (122 Rockingham Road, Derry) on Thursday, July 11, at 6:30 p.m., with featured poet Rachel Hadas. Hadas is the author of many books of poetry, essays and translations, her most recent being Poems for Camilla, published in 2018. She has won several awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry and the O.B. Harrison Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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• New Hampshire markers: Michael Bruno presents Cruising New Hampshire History - a Guide to Roadside Historical Markers at the New Boston Community Church (2 Meetinghouse Hill Road, New Boston) on Thursday, July 11, at 7 p.m. The book looks at some of the markers that commemorate significant events and individuals in New Hampshire history. Call 487-2526.

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Books Author Events • MEGAN GRISWOLD Author presents The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. Wed., July 10, 6 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord). Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• TORY HILL AUTHOR SERIES Showcases locally and nationally known authors as they discuss their books and personal experiences. The events take place on select Saturdays at 7 p.m.

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• LIZA WIELAND Author presents Paris, 7 A.M. Wed., July 17, at 7 p.m. The Music Hall Loft (131

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• ERIN BOWMAN Author presents Immunity. Sun., July 14, 3 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• ISA LESHKO Author presents Allowed to Grow Old. Thurs., June 27, 7 p.m. Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter). Visit waterstreetbooks.com.

• KEITH O’BRIEN Author presents Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History. Tues., July 16, 6:30 p.m. Durham Public Library (49 Madbury Road, Durham). Visit durhampubliclibrary.org.

• BRUCE ROBERT COFFIN Author presents Detective Byron Mysteries. Thurs., Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua). Visit nashualibrary. org.

Book discussion groups • ANIME & MANGA CLUB A new club seeks members to join.

Will involve book discussions, anime viewings, and workshops.

No set date. Rodgers Memorial Library, 194 Derry Road, Hudson.

Free. Visit rodgerslibrary.org. Call 886-6030.

• BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP Second Thurs., 7 p.m. Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester. Visit manchester.lib. nh.us.

• BOOKENDS BOOK GROUP Monthly discussion group. First Sun., 4 to 5 p.m. MainStreet BookEnds, 16 E. Main St., Warner. Visit mainstreetbookends. com.

• BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB Book discussion group. Last Tuesday, 12:15 p.m. Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St., Manchester.

Visit manchester.lib.nh.us.

• GIBSON’S BOOK CLUB Monthly book discussion group.

First Monday, 5:30 p.m. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

• MORNING BOOK GROUP Second Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon.

Candia Smith Public Library, 55 High St., Candia. Call 483-8245.

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• MORNING BOOK GROUP Monthly discussion. Fourth Wed., 10 a.m. to noon. Kimball Library, 5 Academy Ave., Atkinson. Visit kimballlibrary.com.

• NASHUA NOVEL READERS Monthly book discussion. Second Thursday, 7 p.m. Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua. Visit nashualibrary.org.

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• ANDREW MERTON Poet presents his collection of poetry, Final Exam. Tues., July 9, 6 p.m., Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord). Visit gibsonsbookstore.com.

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Yesterday (PG-13)

Annabelle Comes Home (R)

Going-nowhere musician Jack Malik makes it big by using the unknown music of a non-existent band called The Beatles in Yesterday, a sweet and charming music-filled fairy tale.

Jack (Himesh Patel) plays pubs and even the small stage at festivals thanks to the hard work of his manager and best buddy Ellie (Lily James), who is a schoolteacher by day. Her other life’s work is trying to get clueless Jack to realize that she loves him and that he loves her too. But Jack is too busy being depressed about his stalled career and his part-time job at a big box store.

In fact, he’s so depressed after a particularly harsh gig that he tells Ellie he’s done, he’s giving up music. He bikes home so despondent that, as the lights flicker off around him as part of a world-wide blackout, he doesn’t notice the bus that comes down the cross street and rams right into him.

When he wakes up he finds that he has lost two teeth — which is both very sad and very funny, Ellie tells him — and that the blackout was a big international story. But he’s still wrapped up in his misery — about his career, now about his teeth. He thinks it’s weird when Ellie doesn’t get a “When I’m Sixty Four” reference but it’s not until his friends are wowed by his playing the song “Yesterday” on the get-well guitar Ellie has bought him that he really starts to gather that something’s up. What a great song you’ve written, they gush, while Jack gets angry that they’re messing with him. But then he gets home and starts Googling. “The Beatles” only gets him the Wikipedia page on bugs, though Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones are going strong. His David Bowie records are still in his closet but his Beatles albums are gone.

When his mom (Meera Syal) brings him a Pepsi, he also learns that Coke is just a nickname for cocaine and that Oasis is just a place to find water in the desert.

Something has changed and things that once were everywhere now never were at all.

Jack realizes that this means nobody remembers John Lennon or Paul McCartney or any of the songs, the many many hit songs, that they

Yesterday

wrote. Nobody but him.

Thus does Jack try out “Let It Be” on his parents and “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” on small gigs.

Eventually, local record producer Gavin (Alexander Arnold) helps him record an album, which Jack hands out to his regular customers at the big box store. The CD gets him a spot on a local television show and soon Ed Sheeran (being wonderfully game here) hears “Jack’s” music. Ed invites Jack to join his European tour — so Jack whips up “Back in the U.S.S.R.” for a gig in Russia — which starts Jack on the tumultuous path of super-stardom. It also means that Jack will be leaving his small town and Ellie behind.

This movie doesn’t really have a villain but Kate McKinnon shows up to play Ed Sheeran’s manager and the antagonist to all of Jack’s decency-related impulses. I’ve said this before, but Kate McKinnon is a national treasure. She is used perfectly, in just the right amount, here.

The movie has a lot of fun with its premise — sure, you know “Eleanor Rigby” but, with no other documentation that the song ever existed, would you be able to remember all the words to “Eleanor Rigby”? The setup allows not only for a lot of great use of Beatles songs — and some extremely well-used Ed Sheeran songs and did I mention how fun he is for playing with his persona this way? — but

also some genuine examination of and appreciation for what The Beatles’ music means for music and culture into the future. The band as a band isn’t around anymore but what have they left and what does the music add to the wider world? The movie looks at these questions in a way that, despite the gimmicky-sounding nature of the setup, is actually more heartfelt than I think even another Beatles biopic would be able to do.

There were two things that I was pretty certain would happen in this movie and in the end neither did — so much to the better.

This will sound sappy but the movie, when it had the option of being conventionally happily-ever-after, chose kindness and joy over narrative tidiness. The movie’s more fantastical elements are really just a means of telling a rather ordinary (in the best way) story but the movie doesn’t cheat on its premise. It’s all very nicely constructed and very enjoyable not just to watch but it’s an enjoyable world to spend time in.

Yesterday isn’t a perfect movie but it is a delightful, warm, comforting movie that is a real treat. B+ Rated PG-13 for suggestive content and language, according to the MPAA. Directed by Danny Boyle with a screenplay by Richard Curtis, Yesterday is an hour and 56 minutes long and distributed by Universal Studios.

The scary doll returns in Annabelle Comes Home, a very lightweight entry in the Conjuring universe.

Way back a million years ago in 1999 in season six of The X-Files, there was an episode called “The Unnatural,” about baseball and Roswell and aliens and Jesse L. Martin. It was one of the better episodes of that era of the show and I still remember some of the story beats and visual elements as being quite striking. It also had nothing to do with anything really, in terms of the central action of the series, and barely featured series stars Gillian Anderson or David Duchovny. Back in ye olden days of 20-plus-episode seasons of network TV shows, sometimes you got this kind of episode — tangential involvement from the leads, characters or situations you never saw again, not a lot of lasting stakes. Sometimes it was a highly skippable episode involving some tertiary character and sometimes it was “The Unnatural,” a beautiful stand-alone piece of storytelling.

Annabelle Comes Home is not “The Unnatural” in its beauty and its storytelling elegance but it feels like it occupies this space in this Conjuring multi-part saga. We get a small amount of Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) but most of the action centers on their daughter, Judy (Mckenna Grace), left at home with her babysitter Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman) while the Warrens are away for a night.

Judy, who appears late-elementary-to-middle-school aged, is bummed. Her parents’ spooky-stuff investigations have recently made the papers and she’s receiving a lot of unwanted attention at school (both from students and from dead former faculty — a fun note that doesn’t really get revisited). It’s also meant a lot of kids declining invitations to her upcoming birthday party.

But her night with Mary Ellen promises to be fun: Mary Ellen has purchased junk food and makes Judy a birthday cake, there’s lots of fun 1970s television and Mary Ellen invites over her buddy Daniela (Katie Sarife) — or, rather, it may be more accurate to say she doesn’t stop Daniela from inviting herself over. Daniela is fascinated with the Warrens and their rumored locked room of spooky-stuff. We eventually learn that the recent death of her father has

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Once Daniela opens it, the evil demon that has attached itself to Annabelle runs free.

Like a class full of sugared up kids with a substitute teacher, all the other evil items in the room follow suit in creating havoc. Like, diet-scary, burner-on-simmer havoc. There’s always, I guess, with any of these items the threat that a character is about to lose their soul but mostly the threats seemed to be from jump scares.

A more accurate title here might be Warren’s Room of Spooky Stuff Misbehaves or Low-Stakes Demon House Party or Annabelle Is Contractually Obligated to Appear in Another Movie (which makes less sense because she’s a doll but maybe even inanimate objects have franchise contracts now?).

Annabelle Comes Home isn’t bad, per se, but it also isn’t much. There isn’t even all that much Annabelle in it, at least compared to the other Annabelle movies.

These Conjuring movies have yet to be truly terrible and perhaps the worst element of this movie is that we get just enough Farmiga and Wilson to remember what solid characters they are and what a good dose of humor and humanity they bring to this series but not enough for them to really work their magic here. C+ Rated R for horror violence and terror, according to the MPAA. Written and directed by Gary Dauberman (story by James Wan), Annabelle Comes Home is an hour and 46 minutes long and distributed by New Line Cinema.

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• Pavarotti (PG-13, 2019) Thurs., June 4, 2 and 5:30 p.m.; Fri., July 5, through Sun., July 7, 12:35 and 5:15 p.m.; and Mon., July 8, through Thurs., July 11, 5:25 p.m.

• Carmine Street Guitars (NR, 2019) Thurs., June 4, 7:20 p.m.

• The Biggest Little Farm (PG, 2019) Thurs., June 4, 2:10 and 5:25 p.m.; Fri., July 5, 1:55 and 3:50 p.m.; Sat., July 6, and Sun., July 7, 1:05 and 5:20 p.m.; and Mon., July 8 through Wed., July 10, 5:25 p.m.

• Echo in the Canyon (PG-13, 2019) Fri., July 5, and Sat., July 6, 2, 3:55, 5:50 and 7:45 p.m.; Sun., July 7, 2 and 3:55 p.m.; Mon., July 8, through Wed., July 10, 2, 5:35 and 7:30 p.m.; and Thurs., July 11, 2 p.m.

• Nonfiction (R, 2019) Fri., July 5, 5:45 p.m.; Sat., July 6, 3:05 and 7:15 p.m.; Sun., July 7, 3:05 p.m.; Mon., July 8, through Wed., July 10, 2:10 and 7:20 p.m.; and Thurs., July 11, 2:10 and 7:45 p.m.

• Booksmart (R, 2019) Thurs., June 4, 2:05, 5:35 and 7:50 p.m.; Fri., July 5, and Sat., July 6, 3 and 7:40 p.m.; Sun., July 7, 3 and 5:50 p.m.; and Mon., July 8, through Wed., July 10, 2:05 and 7:50 p.m.; and Thurs., July 11, 2 and 7:50 p.m.

• Inspired to Ride Thurs., July 11, 6 p.m.

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• Pavarotti (PG-13, 2019) Thurs., July 4, through Thurs., July 11, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., July 7, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• Rocketman (R, 2019) Fri., July 5, through Thurs., July 11, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., July 7, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

• Independence Day (1996) Sat., July 6, 4:30 p.m.

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• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (PG-13) Thurs., July 18, 7:30 p.m. (Hooksett only) • Killer Klowns from Outer Space (PG-13, 1988) Thurs., July 11, 8 p.m. (Hooksett only) CHUNKY’S CINEMA 707 Huse Road, Manchester, 2063888; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-7499; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys.com • Curious George (G, 2006) Wed., July 17, 11:30 a.m.

• Summer Rental (1985) Thurs., July 18, 11:30 a.m.

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MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 624-6560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Bernie the Dolphin (G, 2018) Wed., July 10, 1 p.m. (main) THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org • Shadow (R, 2019) Fri., July 5, and Sat., July 6, 7 p.m. (loft) • Pavarotti (PG-13, 2019) Fri., July 5, 3 and 7 p.m.; Sat., July 6, 7 p.m.; Sun., July 7, 4 p.m.; and Wed., July 10, 7 p.m. (theater) • La Boheme Sat., July 6, 1 p.m. (theater) • Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018) Tues., July 9, Wed., July 10, and Sat., July 13, 7 p.m. (loft) • The Blues Brothers (1980, R) Thurs., July 11, 8 p.m.

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NITE Rhythm thing Local music news & events

By Michael Witthaus

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• Jam forth: Members of tribute act Bearly Dead lead the Skunk Sessions 4th of July Jam Down playing music from Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band. The hosts are a multi-genre Salem, Mass.,-based group with a penchant for improvisational flight that draws from a catalog including everything from David Bowie to Prince, The Band, CSN and Talking Heads. Go Thursday, July 4, 8 p.m., The Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth.

More at facebook.com/skunksessions.

• SoCal sound: Reverberations of the musical revolution covered in the documentary Echo in the Canyon are still being felt 50 years later. A hilly neighborhood in Los Angeles was a magnet for creative minds, hosting an American renaissance spurred by bands like Buffalo Springfield, Mamas & Papas and The Byrds. Everyone hung out, got high and cross-pollinated. Opens Friday, July 5, at Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St., Concord. Go to www.redrivertheatres.com for showtimes.

• Punk energy: Rhode Island-based Stolen Skies cite Blink-182, Papa Roach, The Killers, Coldplay, Muse and Sonic Youth as influences. They’re back in the area after appearing just over a month ago at a Nashua restaurant, so their fan base appears to be growing. Last time around, they played as an acoustic duo, with the intensity of a full band on originals like “1984” and “Save You.” Go Saturday, July 6, 7 p.m., Riverside Barbecue Co., 53 Main St., Nashua. See facebook.com/ stolenskiesband.

• Mac flashback: An event hosted by Gilford record store NH Vintage Vinyl pays tribute to the late Dr. John — real name Mac Rebennack — who personified New Orleans music from his days as The Night Tripper through his passing on June 6. A posthumous album, filled with guest stars and leaning towards a country sound, is set to be released later this year. Go Sunday, July 7, 3 p.m., Area 23, 254 N State St, Unit H (Smokestack Center), Concord. Go to facebook.com/pg/ nhvintagevinyl.

• Laughs aplenty: Known for appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and the HBO series Crashing, Ryan Donahue appears at a special event show that includes rising star Drew Dunn, Jordan Jensen and a feature set from Nick Giasullo. He recently hosted a show headlined by Janeane Garofolo in New York City, and has opened for both Norm Macdonald and Tig Notaro. Go Wednesday, July 10, 8 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. Tickets $5 at the door. See facebook.com/ shaskeencomedy.

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Drum Fun competition can’t be beat

By Michael Witthaus

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From “Wipeout” to “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” to Judas Priest’s “Painkiller,” everyone loves a drum solo, and that’s the idea behind Drum Fun, a friendly competition of local drummers. The all-day event includes men and women ranging in age from 9 to 60 years old, competing against one another with five-minute drum solos for cash, swag and gear donated by a variety of sponsors.

Now in its eighth year, the event has spawned an entire rhythm section of counterparts for bass players, duos and even one featuring names drawn from a hat for multigenre pairings. This year, Drum Fun has 32 players signed up, using hands and sticks, performing rock, jazz, even Viking death metal.

It all began when a local drummer recognized a need and filled it.

“I love drum solos and I didn’t see an event anywhere near me, a friendly competition,” said founder Tom Mungovan in a recent phone interview. “It was something that I wanted to go see, so I thought, ‘Well, screw it; I’m just going to start one.’ It happened that way.”

Ironically, Mungovan was so consumed with planning that he didn’t play himself at the inaugural event, held at Murphy’s Taproom in Manchester. It’s a trend that continues to this day. Mungovan emcees, and organizes feverishly, but even though he started on drums 36 years ago, he now has four kids and work commitments that include running a graphic design business, teaching and writing books like 2011’s Heavy Metal Speaks.

“I don’t get to play that much anymore,” he said, adding that he gave away a lot of his equipment to a friend a while back. “His son was kind of getting into drums, and financially they might not have afforded it. So I was like, ‘I’ll just give you half of mine.’

They were all happy.”

In 2017 Mungovan added an art show to the event. This year 75 local artists will display their work; of course, he won’t be one of them. “I don’t have a tent at my art

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Over the years, he’s seen virtuosic displays of musicianship, but Mungovan really enjoys the community and collegiality in evidence every year.

“What’s actually surprised me the most in all of this is how easily accepting drummers are to each other,” he said. “One who’s been on tour around the world will play at Drum Fun with an eight-year-old kid who likes it and wants to try it, and they’re not like, ‘this guy sucks.’ It’s always, ‘hey man, good job!’

Nothing but supportive, positive attitudes.

It’s truly inspiring and surprising.”

Drum Fun is the flagship competition of NH Drum Festival, a nonprofit organization founded in 2009. Other events include Bass Fun and Random Rhythm, an inventive gathering where drummers and bassists are given 10 songs to learn. As the name implies, duos come together by sheer chance to play together for the first time.

“I wanted to kind of spice it up a little,” Mungovan said. “It was all over the board … a death metal drummer played with a jazz bassist, and he was like, ‘Holy crap,

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this is awesome! I never would have had this experience.’”

Such unlikely pairings provide the best memories, he continued, giving an example from the first year.

“Brian is this older dude, played in Christian bands and churches, and this guy Alex is a complete death metal, like ‘don’t make him mad’ kind of a guy; they got along like best friends for years,” he said. “I remember watching Brian warm up … on the surface it was kind of basic, but there were also some subtleties and nuances to his playing. Alex walks by — nothing but death metal, fast as you can go kind of guy — then stops and stares; he’s truly impressed.”

The two compared notes. “Alex said, ‘How do you do that?’ and Brian showed him that little chop. There’s like a 30-year age gap there and completely different lifestyles; it was awesome,” Mungovan said.

“That was the very first event, and since then nothing has truly changed.”

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15. Within Temptation is from Netherlands, and therefore this 16. Robbie Williams song he does frequently?

17. Kinks “Sipping at my __ cold beer, lazing on a sunny afternoon” 18. What wardrobe will do to ripped spandex

19. You make this when rushing to show late 20. Breaking Benjamin single they used for God to show them something? (4,2,1,4) 23. Kinks ‘Phenomenal Cat’ lyrics: “And __ himself through eternity” 24. Band does this w/first song of set 25. ‘84 Howard Jones album ‘Human’s __’ 26. ‘whitechocolatespaceegg’ Phair 27. Rusted Root ‘__ Me On My Way’ 28. ‘02 Mudvayne album ‘The End __ __ Things To Come’ (2,3) 31. Cars ‘Since You’re __’ 32. Levine of TV’s The Voice 33. What an a cappella group does 34. Kinks ‘82 smash (4,7) 38. Fakers __ Vanilli 40. Bob Marley ‘Iron Lion __’ 41. Barenaked Ladies song named after “National Velvet” author?

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22. Spoken word/soul guy Scott-Heron 28. Creed’s poetic homage?

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Newmarket Stone Church: Irish Music w/ Windham Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki & Jim Common Man: White Steer Prendergast Bedford Meredith Friday, July 5 Murphy’s: Chris Cavanaugh Giuseppe’s: The Sweetbloods Portsmouth Bedford British Beer: Dave Konyha Hosts Murphy’s: Online Duo Londonderry Exeter Merrimack Portsmouth Gaslight: Clint Sea Dog Brewing: Dean Harlem Coach Stop: Johnny Angel Homestead: Sean Coleman Lapointe/Jonny Friday Belmont Press Room: Skunk’s Dead w/ Lakes Region Casino: DJ Mark Loudon Gilford Nick Swift &Justin Lopes/ThursHungry Buffalo: Jennifer Mitchell Moultonborough Patrick’s: Acoustic - John Irish Castle in the Clouds: Peter Heim- day Throwdown w/The Queen Concord lich Ri Ra: The Dapper Gents Duo Manchester Area 23: James Estep/The Atomic Hampton The Goat: Paige Davis Tones Ashworth By The Sea: Acoustic Derryfield: D-Comp Nashua Fratello’s: Jazz Night Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz Radio Fody’s: Girls Night Out Rochester (105.5 JYY) Bernie’s Beach Bar: Funk the KC’s Rib Shack: Amanda Cote Fratello’s: Chris Powers 110 Grill: Austin Pratt Murphy’s Taproom: J-Lo True Brew: Senie Hunt Fourth with Sophistafunk HIPPO | JULY 4 - 10, 2019 | PAGE 50

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Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man Goffstown Village Trestle: Rose Kula Hampton Bernie’s: Beneath the Sheets Boardwalk Cafe: Amanda McCarthy/C-Rock Cloud 9: Bass & Bikinis CR’s: Judith Murray Old Salt: Don Severance Sea Ketch: Leo & Co./Dave Gerard/Ray & Co. The Goat: Nick Drouin Wally’s Pub: Static-X/ DevilDriver Henniker Country Spirit: Beechwood Hooksett Asian Breeze: DJ Albin Hudson Backstreet: Acoustic Tandem Laconia Acoustic Lounge: Jennifer Mitchell

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“It’s the Big One” — a sizeable pair Across 1 What “x” may mean 6 Web presence?

10 Hunk of granite 14 “___ It Goes” 15 “Mighty Bruins” is their fight song 16 Lake Titicaca neighbor

17 Meals provided at meetings, sometimes 19 Z, on some graphs 20 “The Lord of the Rings” actress Tyler 21 Comprehended 23 Allowed

24 Touches down 26 Interstellar dust cloud 28 2004 Google event, briefly 29 “Casablanca” star 31 Tagliatelle, e.g.

34 Hawaii’s “Gathering Place” 35 Current measurements 38 “All Things Considered” host Shapiro 39 Oversized candy that includes paraffin 42 Mo. with National Pulled Pork and Cinnamon Roll Days (not at the same time, ew) 43 “Thank U, ___” (Grande album) 45 Office note 46 Reason to use sunscreen 48 Perks (up) 50 Network that revived the CBS show

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rapper Rhymes 18 Treaty that turns 70 in 2019 22 “Big Read” gp.

25 “Vamoose, varmint!”

27 Frat guy, probably 29 Soothing ointments 30 Cedar Point’s location 31 Frying need 32 “What ___ you thinking?”

33 Like none of the words in this clue, uncharacteristically 34 Beasts of burden 36 “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” label 37 “Animal Farm” setting 40 Cheese in a wrapper 41 Underlying themes Down 44 “Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...”

47 DVD player predecessor 1 Small Indian hand drum 49 “Batman Forever” actor Kilmer 2 How doughnuts are often prepared 3 Year that Mary Tudor was born, in 50 Senator’s assistant 51 “L’Etranger” novelist Roman numerals 52 Got up 4 Adult ed. course 53 Some areas in “The Legend of 5 Left-hander Zelda” 6 Penguin projectiles?

54 “Nixon in China,” for one 7 Have a hankering 55 Dadaist painter Max 8 Remote valley 56 Mr. Potato Head parts 9 Relaxing 59 Underground burrower 10 Massage place 11 Comic book villain introduced in 60 Space chimp of 1961 63 Major time period 1940 65 “Go Set a Watchman” author 12 Flounder’s friend 13 “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” © 2019 Matt Jones

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SIGNS OF LIFE

All quotes are from Passages from the Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) She is not an American Note-Books, by Nathaniel Haw- amiable cow; but she has a very intelligent face, thorne, born July 4, 1804. and seems to be of a reflective cast of character.

I doubt not that she will soon perceive the expeCancer (June 21 – July 22) A decent man, diency of being on good terms with the rest of the at table the other day, took the only remaining sisterhood. Staying on good terms is important. potato out of the dish, on the end of his knife, Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) After breakand offered his friend half of it! Share. fast, Mr. Ripley put a four-pronged instrument Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) The scenery on the into my hands, which he gave me to understand eastern side of the Green Mountains is incom- was called a pitchfork … we all three comparably more striking than on the western, menced a gallant attack upon a heap of manure. where the long swells and ridges have a flat- Manure’s not going to pitch itself. ness of effect…. You are right in the middle of Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) I have milked a nice view. a cow!!! A long-sought accomplishment is in Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) I did not milk the sight. cows last night, because Mr. Ripley was afraid Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) I have been stato trust them to my hands, or me to their horns, tioned all day at the end of Long Wharf, and I I know not which. But this morning I have rather think that I had the most eligible situadone wonders. Before breakfast, I went out to tion of anybody in Boston. I was aware that it the barn and began to chop hay for the cattle, must be intensely hot in the midst of the city; but and … in the space of ten minutes I broke the there was only a short space of uncomfortable machine. Then I brought wood and replenished heat in my region, half way towards the centre the fires; and finally went down to breakfast…. of the harbor; and almost all the time there was You can get a lot done. a pure and delightful breeze…. Things are coolLibra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) In the bar-room er out on the edges. of the tavern were posted up written advertiseAries (March 21 – April 19) Moonlight is ments, the smoked chimney-piece being thus sculpture; sunlight is painting. You can have made to serve for a newspaper: ‘I have rye both. for sale,’ ‘I have a fine mare colt,’ etc. There Taurus (April 20 – May 20) The tavern was one quaintly expressed advertisement of at Shelburne Falls was about the worst I ever a horse that had strayed or been stolen from saw,—there being hardly anything to eat, at a pasture. You don’t need the internet when least nothing of the meat kind. There was a paryou’ve got a chimney-piece. ty of students from the Rensselaer school at Troy, Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I have not yet who had spent the night there…. The students, taken my first lesson in agriculture, except that from year to year, have been in search of a parI went to see our cows foddered, yesterday ticular rock, somewhere on the mountains in the afternoon. We have eight of our own; and the vicinity of Shelburne Falls, which is supposed to number is now increased by a transcendental contain some valuable ore; but they cannot find heifer belonging to Miss Margaret Fuller. She it. There are many rocks to be found. is very fractious, I believe, and apt to kick over Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Summer squashthe milk pail. Look out for the transcendental es are a very pleasant vegetable to be acquainted heifer. with. A renewed acquaintance is pleasant.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Alabama is the new Florida

The Limestone County (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for Mickey Paulk, 35, after executing a search warrant at an Athens apartment where he was believed to be living on June 17. While Paulk was not at the apartment at the time, officers did find meth, drug paraphernalia, ammunition and body armor, along with DeezNutz, Paulk’s “attack squirrel,” in a cage in the apartment. Sheriff’s deputy Stephen Young told The News Courier officers were told Paulk feeds the squirrel meth to keep it aggressive, which Paulk denied in a Facebook video. Officers released the squirrel into the wild, but Paulk (still on the run) later told news outlets he went back to the apartment and whistled, and DeezNutz returned to him. A GoFundMe page established to help Paulk pay his legal fees includes a post saying the squirrel has been “safely gotten ... out of Alabama and it is being boarded until his owner’s legal issues can be settled.” The Limestone sheriff’s office took to Twitter to warn locals to be wary of Paulk: “Mickey Paulk is a fleeing felon with felony warrants unrelated to his squirrel.” (Update: Shortly before press time, the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office announced on Twitter that Paulk had been arrested on June 27.)

The continuing crisis

Early-bird travelers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport got a rude awakening on June 21 when an unnamed man tried to pass through a TSA checkpoint entirely naked. According to WXYZ, the man approached the checkpoint and removed all his clothing, then removed a barrier and approached a metal detector. Officers didn’t allow him through the metal detector, so he ran around it, where he was caught and covered with plastic trash bags. A bystander said he was calm and compliant while being detained. Law enforcement determined he was not a threat and took him to a local hospital.

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Roy and Brenda Pickard of Knotts End, Lancashire, England, lived in a 1960s horror film for a week in June as a pair of nesting herring gulls terrorized them each time they emerged from their home. “If I try to go out of the door, the two adult birds are right there, and I’ve got no chance,” Roy told the Mirror. At one point, Roy was attacked so viciously on the back of the head that he had to go to the hospital for treatment. Roy contacted animal organizations, but they offered no remedies for the violent birds: It’s breeding season, and herring gulls are protected when nesting. “The whole thing has been terrible,” Roy lamented.

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Equality got a boost in Argentina in June when that country’s National Appeal Court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife 8 million pesos (about $178,000) for 27 years of housework. Newsweek reported Judge Victoria Fama reasoned that the wife, who holds a degree in economics, put her career aside for the entirety

of their marriage to keep house and raise children, and by the time her husband left her in 2009, she was too old to compete in the job market. “The economic dependence of wives on their husbands is one of the central mechanisms through which women are subordinated in society,” the judge stated. Meanwhile, the husband was living “a good life.”

good people, or else they were going to destroy the Earth with a nuclear laser beam.” Police disarmed the device and arrested Oxenreider.

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A 26-year-old man identified only as Chang from Guangdong, China, went out for a Friday night of drinking with friends on June 7 and returned home to find that his keys were missing. Someone inside let him in, and he went to bed to sleep it off. The next morning, the Chinese news site Sohu reported, Chang awoke with a sharp pain in his chest and went to Dongguan Hospital, where an X-ray revealed the missing house keys lodged deep in his esophagus. Doctors first thought emergency surgery would be necessary to retrieve the keys, but with the help of a muscle-relaxing drug, a gastroenterologist was able to pull them out through his mouth.

An unnamed woman arrested earlier was released from the St. Louis Justice Center on the morning of June 5 — sort of. Jail staff gave her clear instructions about how to get out of the building, according to corrections commissioner Dale Glass, but instead she got on the elevator, pushed all the buttons, and got off at the fifth floor, where she exited through a fire door into a stairwell, locking herself in, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Two and a half days later, staff finally saw her peering through a window in one of the doors. The woman had made noise during her confinement, but Glass explained that the jail is a noisy place, and the staff couldn’t figure out where the noise was coming from as she moved from floor to floor.

Paramedics were called and the woman was offered hospital care, but she declined, saying, “No, I just want to go home.”

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The Behney House Hotel in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, was evacuated after police responded to a reported bomb threat there on June 23, reported WPMT. When officers arrived, they found David Oxenreider, 28, who lives at the hotel, and the homemade bomb he claimed to have made next to a dumpster outside the building. Oxenreider told police he made the bomb to get their attention because he was frustrated that his attempts to warn officials about aliens hadn’t been taken seriously.

According to the criminal complaint, Oxenreider said he encountered a UFO and aliens in 2014, who told him “humans need to start being

Holmes Beach (Florida) police posted a query on their Facebook page on June 15 regarding an unusual item that had washed up on the shore and was turned in by a local resident: a prosthetic ear. Social media did its magic, and the ear and its owner were reunited five days later. The Associated Press reported that a Beaufort, South Carolina, couple had been vacationing in the Tampa Bay area, and the man was putting the rubber ear in his pocket for safekeeping when a wave knocked it out of his hand. Police Sgt. Brian Hall said he would mail the ear back to its owner, as prosthetic ears can be very pricey.

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