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It’s hard to believe we’re entering not only a new year but a whole new decade. In Hippo’s last issue of the year, one of my annual traditions is to predict things that will happen in the coming year. But given that we’re on the edge of a whole new decade, I’m going to try predictions for the entire decade. That might improve how many of my predictions actually come true. So in the next decade, we here in the Granite State can expect: • Executive Councilor Gray Chynoweth leads a delegation to Washington and convinces President Kelly Ayotte to fund rail service from Concord to Boston. • After losing out on Amazon’s “second” headquarters, Londonderry convinces Apple to build a large facility in town that they dub the big apple. • Adam Sandler, Seth Meyers, Sara Silverman, Mike O’Malley, Sandeep Parikh (look him up) and many of their very funny siblings pool their money to create a New Hampshire museum of comedians. Former Donald Trump campaign manager and U.S. Senator Corey Lewandowski agrees to fund ongoing operations as long as he’s inducted to its hall of fame. • After the town of Bedford rejects plans to add 500+ apartments to the former Macy’s site at the junction of Route 101 and Interstate 293, the developers get a little creative and put in the world’s largest putt-putt course. Whole Foods is not amused. Governor Chris Sununu is. • Recently defeated Kentucky Governor Matt Bevins, a New Hampshire native, returns home to take over the Balsams resort project. He hires New Hampshire native Jed Hoyer, now manager of the Chicago Cubs, to turn the place into a world-renowned Iditarod training facility. • After losing to Amy Klobuchar in the general election, Donald Trump has had enough of Florida, New Jersey and New York and moves north to get away from it all. He ends up buying a large estate next to Mitt Romney’s home in Wolfeboro. And, yes, you guessed it. The Romneys were not pleased with Trump’s large wall. • After folks stop using Facebook over privacy concerns, a new social media site founded by members of the New Hampshire Free State Project becomes wildly successful. It’s a social network owned by its members, similar to a credit union, that gives users control of their data and allows them to set privacy settings for everything down to posts. It’s called Freebook.

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ON THE COVER A LOOK BACK AT 2019 The year in politics for New Hampshire was heavy on the upcoming presidential primary, and local political experts take a look back, and a look at what’s to come, p. 6. There were big happenings in the art world too, with new theaters, Troy’s Fresh Kitchen & Juice Bar opened galleries and more, p. 14. in June in Londonderry. See what other The food scene saw new restaurants opened this year on page restaurants opening, an 26. Courtesy photo. emphasis on fresh and more, p. 26. If you missed any good movies for the year — or the decade — find out what’s worth watching starting on p. 32. Finally, take a look back at what happened in nightlife in 2019, and a look forward at some big shows planned for 2020, p. 44. ALSO ON THE COVER, ring in the New Year with the whole family, p. 17, or enjoy a grown-up night out, p. 40. And you can find live music all night long in Music This Week, starting on p. 46.

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NEWS & NOTES 4 A look at the year in politics, and a look ahead; PLUS News in Brief. 8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 12 THE ARTS: 14 ART Year in review. 15 THEATER Curtain Call; listings for events around town. 16 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town. INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 19 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend. 20 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors. 21 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic. 22 CAR TALK Automotive advice. CAREERS: 24 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a... FOOD: 26 A LOOK BACK AT 2019 IN FOOD Station 101; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Wine; Try This at Home. POP CULTURE: 32 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz looks back at 2019, picks the decade’s funnest and considers the end of an era with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. NITE: 40 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE New Year’s Eve events; year in review; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more. 45 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover. 46 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants. ODDS & ENDS: 52 CROSSWORD 53 SIGNS OF LIFE 53 SUDOKU 54 NEWS OF THE WEIRD

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Emissions proposal New Hampshire will not participate in a new regional initiative aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, according to a Dec. 17 news release from Gov. Chris Sununu. The agreement, known as the Transportation Climate Initiative, has been in the planning and development phase among New Hampshire and 11 other New England states since last year. According to the initiative’s draft proposal, the plan would set limits on emissions from fuel distributors and institute a pricing structure that

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the plan estimates could raise as much as $7 billion for infrastructure projects and clean public transportation projects. However, the report notes that distributors making the decision to pass the price increase on to consumers could result in anywhere from a $0.05 to a $0.17 per gallon increase in fuel costs. In his statement, Sununu called the initiative a “scheme” and a “financial boondoggle,” going on to say that he would not “force Granite Staters to pay more for their gas just to subsidize other states’ crumbling infrastructure.”

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MINI GRANT RECIPIENTS

Seven local nonprofit agencies will receive mini grants to support their work thanks to the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation Network Organizations’ employee-led Network Cares charitable giving program. According to a press release, $200 grants will be distributed to the Berlin School District, Liberty House, the Manchester Police Athletic League, the Strong Foundations Charter School and the Children’s Place and Parent Education Center. Austin17House and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church each got grants of $150.

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A circa-2011 enhancement of penalties for the state’s timber law was used for the first time, according to a Dec. 17 news release from the Attorney General’s office. The law allows for additional financial penalties for people with multiple forestry-related criminal offenses within seven years. Michael B. Carter of Bradford was ordered to pay a $10,000 penalty; he pleaded guilty to nine logging offenses committed in a two-year span. The release said the $10,000 will be placed into a fund for the protection and management of the state’s forests.

Preschool development New Hampshire has secured $26.8 million in federal grants to support preschool development and family engagement in the lives of infants from birth to age 5. In a Dec. 20 news release, Sununu announced that the funds were awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and would be administered primarily by the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. The funds will be used to “build capacities for learning and well-being at home, in child care and [in] community-based settings for children from birth to age 5” by way of financial support for New Hampshire’s Family Resource Centers, development of an Early Childhood Center of Excellence at UNH and the direct provision of grants to individual communities, the release said. In a statement, education commissioner Frank Edleblut said the funds would help families to better “meet the health and educational needs of their children,” and help to turn communities into “networks of knowledge and support.”

Students who have earned an associate’s degree in any discipline from any accredited community college will now enjoy guaranteed admission to Plymouth State University. Announced in a Dec. 19 news release, the new policy broadly expands PSU’s previous practice of extending guaranteed admission to those who had attained an associate’s in liberal arts from the Community College System of New Hampshire. CONCORD

Manchester will be home to a new adventure-based community leadership center, according to a Dec. 17 news release from team-building business Thrive Outdoors. Located at 200 Elm St., the facility will include an indoor log cabin office, an obstacle course, a low-ropes course and other activities meant to support the development of leadership and team-building skills for individuals, groups and businesses within the community. The soft opening will take place on Jan. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. and the grand opening is set for Jan. 25.

The Secretary of State’s office in Concord unveiled a new application that allows users Hooksett of Amazon Alexa-enabled technology to instantly access information on elections and voting Goffstown in New Hampshire. Introduced on Dec. 19, the application will allow users to get real-time information on questions like how to MANCHESTER register to vote and where to find their polling places, according to a news release from the SecreBedford tary of State’s office.

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Politics This Week • Tulsi Gabbard: Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard will be in the state between Dec. 26 and Dec. 30, according to the campaign. On Thursday, Dec. 26, Gabbard will attend a house party in Amherst at 6 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 27, she will hold a town hall meeting in Hollis at the Lawrence Barn Community Center. Saturday, Dec. 28, Gabbard will stage a 4 p.m. town hall meeting in Hudson at White Birch Catering, followed by a 6 p.m. town hall in Salem at VFW Post 8546. Sunday, Dec. 29, she will have a

private meeting with VFW members from Post 8546 in Salem. And on Monday, Dec. 30, Gabbard will hold a house party in Hampton. Visit tulsi2020.com. • Andrew Yang: Entrepreneur Andrew Yang will make several appearances across the Granite State between Dec. 30 and Jan. 2, according to the campaign. On Monday, Dec. 30, Yang will hold a 2 p.m. town hall at the Nashua Public Library, a 4:30 p.m. town hall in Salem at Coffee Coffee and a town hall at the Exeter Inn at

6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Dec. 31, Yang will hold four “Early New Year’s Eve” events, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Portsmouth at Cure Restaurant followed by one at Rockingham Brewing Co. in Derry, another at 4 p.m. in Concord at Chuck’s Barbershop and concluding at 8:30 p.m. in Manchester at Stark Brewing Co. in Manchester. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, Yang will hold an 11:45 a.m. town hall at the Arbor Restaurant and Function Facility in Nashua followed by a 2:30 p.m. appearance in Lebanon at

the Salt Hill Pub before heading to Keene for the 5 p.m. opening of a new campaign office at 44 Main St. On Thursday, Jan. 2, Yang will be at Concord High School at noon to play basketball with students, and at 4 p.m. he will be in Plymouth for the opening of a new campaign office at 75 Main St. before ending his Granite State swing with a 7 p.m. appearance at the Governor’s Inn & Restaurant in Rochester. Visit yang2020.com. • Cory Booker: New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will be

in New Hampshire for a slate of events at the start of the new year, according to the campaign. On Thursday, Jan. 2, Booker will be in Concord at 1:30 p.m. to speak at a forum on Civil Liberties & the Presidency hosted by ACLU-NH and the UNH School of Law in Concord before heading down to Manchester for a 3:30 p.m. appearance at Politics Unplugged 2020, hosted by Stay Work Play NH and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester and ending the day with a 7:15

p.m. town hall at the Exeter High School cafeteria. On Friday, Jan. 3, Booker will take his turn on NHPR’s 2020 candidate forum on The Exchange at 9 a.m in Concord at NHPR’s studio before heading to another time-honored first-in-the-nation tradition, WMUR’s Candidate Café, filming at 11 a.m. the Airport Diner in Manchester. And at 12:45 p.m. Booker will hold a meet and greet in Nashua with immigrant-led small businesses at Zco Corporation. Visit corybooker.com.

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University of New Hampshire political science professor Dante Scala says the game-changer of the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary may be the ease with which the Democratic National Committee was able to winnow a sprawling field of 27 candidates down to 15 before a single vote has been cast, amounting to just 55 percent of the original candidate pool. In contrast, the 2016 primary saw 65 percent of the GOP’s 17-candidate field make it to the year’s Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses. “To me, that could be an innovation, if it’s successful,” Scala said of the DNC’s use of increasingly stringent polling and fundraising criteria for debate participation. “It’s certainly possible that this could be a lesson that both parties take going forward.” UNH Survey Center director Andy Smith said the DNC is likely grateful for its debate strategy “because they had so many candidates and they were able to get rid of a lot of them quickly.” However, he said, it’s “silly” for the DNC to rely on polling data taken early in the race as a measure of a candidate’s overall viability. “Even in New Hampshire and Iowa, nobody is paying any attention yet,” Smith said. Not everyone is a fan of the DNC’s 2020 debate rules. The committee’s criteria have drawn the ire of former 2020 candidates like Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and Mass. Rep. Seth Moulton, as well as current contenders like New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former Housing and Urban

Development Secretary Julián Castro, neither of whom met the criteria to appear in the party’s most recent debate on Dec. 19. The New Hampshire Democratic Party has also voiced its displeasure with the DNC’s debate rules, approving a resolution at its Dec. 7 quarterly meeting asking the committee to “lift the barriers as to whom can qualify for the Democratic Presidential Primary debates” in the interests of “ensuring greater diversity with regard to gender, race and personal financial resources.” “The New Hampshire Democratic Party has been clear on this issue,” party chair Ray Buckley wrote in an email to the Hippo.

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Another factor standing out from past cycles is the near-total retreat from television in favor of online advertising. Whether in response to the DNC requirements or because of the internet’s ability to offer more micro-targeted voter outreach bang for the buck, 2020 campaigns have spent 471 percent more on online ads than they have on television ads, according to the Wesleyan Media Project, which tracks political ad buys. “You don’t [have to] do the sort of shotgun approach, which is television advertising directed at everybody here, there and everywhere,” said Neil Levesque, director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. “The campaigns know who they’re trying to find, and they’re going right after them.”

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Despite the fast-approaching Feb. 11 primary day, the most recent polling data suggests that the

Save the date Here’s a look ahead at political and government dates to keep an eye out for in 2020. •Wednesday, Jan. 8: Both houses of the New Hampshire Legislature reconvene after their winter break on Convening Day. •Thursday, Jan. 9: Last day to introduce bills in the State House of Representatives. •Tuesday, Feb. 11: Granite State voters head to the polls to cast their votes in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. •Monday, Feb. 24, through Friday, Feb. 28: The state Senate goes on break. •Thursday, March 5: Deadline for all state Senate committees to take action on Senate bills with a financial impact. •Tuesday, March 10: Town Meeting Day, and town voting day for SB2 towns, is held on the second Tuesday of March, is when voters from municipalities across the state head to their local polling places to vote on municipal and school budgets, as well as contracts, projects and large expenditures and ballot questions. •Thursday, March 26: Known as “Crossover Day,” this is the last day that the New Hampshire House and Senate have to vote on their own bills before they get sent over to the opposing chamber. •Thursday, April 30: Deadline for all state Senate committees to take action on all House bills with a financial impact.

•Thursday, May 14: Deadline for state Senate to act on all remaining House bills. •Wednesday, June 3, through Friday, June 12: The filing period for state office primary candidates (General Court, Executive Council, Governor) and U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate primary candidates. •Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16: The national Democratic Party will officially designate its nominees for president and vice president at the Democratic National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to the DNC. •Monday, Aug. 24, through Thursday, Aug. 27: The national Republican Party will officially designate its nominees for president and vice president (presumably President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence) at the Republican National Convention at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the RNC. •Tuesday, Sept. 8: Primary day for state office candidates (General Court, Executive Council, Governor), our two U.S. House of Representatives members and one of our U.S. Senate seats (the seat held by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is up in November). •Tuesday, Nov. 3: Voting day! In addition to president, Granite Staters will vote for U.S. Senate (nationwide, 35 Senate seats will have elections) and U.S. House, plus governor and state offices.

7 Granite State remains squarely undecided on its preferred Democratic nominee. While South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has the lead at 18 percent in a Dec. 11 poll from WBUR, former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen Elizabeth Warren all trail close behind within the 4.7 percent margin of error at 17, 15 and 12 percent, respectively. Polling percentages averaged by FiveThirtyEight between Oct. 28 and Dec. 6 suggest an even tighter race, putting Buttigieg at 18.3, Warren at 17.9, Sanders at 17 and Biden at 16.6. Arnie Arnesen, a veteran Granite State politics analyst and progressive activist, says this indecision can be summed up in one word: chaos. “[Candidate] viability almost assumes normal rules — we’re not running against normal,” said Arnesen, stating her belief that habitual dishonesty and unconventional rhetoric from President Donald Trump have Democrats flummoxed about which candidate is best equipped to take the president on. “We’re not running against anything that fits into any normal construct of what we’ve seen in the past, so there’s no history to give us guidance. What we have here is a level of chaos that we have never, ever seen before,” Arnesen said. Smith said that the lack of a clear front runner may have more to do with the current place in the primary calendar, stating that “very few people are really paying attention to the primary and deciding who they’re going to vote for.” Looking past the tight polling and undecided voters, Levesque says he sees evidence that the Warren and Buttigieg campaigns are in the strongest position to head into primary day with the wind at their backs. Faulting the Biden campaign for “not campaigning hard for New Hampshire,” Levesque says that both Warren and Buttigieg have climbed their way to front runner status through sheer force of will and “pounding the pavement in New Hampshire with a lot of events [and] a lot of activities.” Of the two, Levesque believes that the South Bend mayor may end up being the one

to beat come primary day. “I don’t see that changing,” said Levesque of Buttigieg’s marked lead in recent polls. “Nobody’s taken a bite out of him.”

The “I” word

Of the three presidents who have been impeached (Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998 and now Trump), Trump is the first who will be fighting for reelection after his formal impeachment in the House and possibly during a trial in the Senate. Has the impeachment stolen the primary’s thunder? For Manchester Republican Committee chair Tammy Simmons, the answer is an unequivocal no. “I do think the average person is tired of hearing about the impeachment,” Simmons said. Simmons thinks that the only people paying close attention to developments are those with decisively pro-Trump or anti-Trump viewpoints. Scala is also a skeptic on whether the impeachment is horning in on attention to the primary, but said that could easily change when the Senate takes up the impeachment charges in January, a process that will require Warren, Sanders and other 2020 hopeful senators to serve as jurors in Washington when they would otherwise be focusing their energy on early state visibility. “The one thing that is the most scarce resource at this point, with just a little under eight weeks until the New Hampshire primary, is the candidates’ time,” Scala said. “And if it’s the case that the impeachment trial takes a significant bite out of that time, that’s a real challenge for Warren, Sanders, Klobuchar and Booker.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced at a Dec. 19 press conference that the House of Representatives won’t send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until Senate leadership reaches an agreement on how the trial will proceed. In 1998, Clinton’s Senate impeachment trial ran a little more than a month. An equally lengthy trial would significantly curtail the ability of Warren, Sanders, Klobuchar and Booker to lead an 11th-hour ground game in the Granite State, Scala said, opening the door for Buttigieg and Biden to have the early states to themselves.

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____ for president Experts predict when the Democratic nominee will test, right? ... If somebody comes out of Iowa and be decided. New Hampshire and into Super Tuesday with a big Andy Smith, UNH Survey Center director and earned media lead, I think it will be decided.” professor of political science. When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “Early April.” Why? “Eventually it gets to the point where there’s only two people left, but this year with more candidates with the resources, it is a little bit different.”

Tammy Simmons, Manchester Republican Committee chair When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “After Super Tuesday.” Why? “Usually once they get past Super Tuesday the field has winnowed down quite a bit.”

Arnie Arnsen, veteran political activist When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “I think it’s gonna be played out months from now. Months and months from now.” Why? “There’s so much in flux right now between what’s happening with impeachment and between what could potentially happen with the economy.”

Dante Scala, UNH professor of political science When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “My hunch is it will be later, rather than earlier — past Super Tuesday.” Why? “... No candidate has managed to build a coalition of voters across the party.”

Neil Levesque, N.H. Institute of Politics director When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “I think probably after Super Tuesday [Tuesday, March 3, 2020].” Why? “Because that’s kind of the big Bloomberg

Ray Buckley, chair of N.H. Democratic Party When do you think the Democratic nominee will be decided? “I would say Easter.” Why? “Whoever that nominee is and whenever it happens ... I’ll be working every day to make them the next president of the United States.”

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What does this cost the participants? It’s all tuition-free. We subsidize our own training and self-fund from within the organization, so apprentices do not pay a fee to come to school. A certain percentage is taken out of every working member’s paycheck, Tom Fischer. Courtesy photo. and all of that goes into the training fund and back to the members through What made you decide to locate this new training and classes. facility in Manchester? Are most of your new recruits young peoIt’s part of a larger plan throughout all seven states to get training closer to where the ple just beginning their careers, or do you members live. ... Many of our members have also see people having a later in life career families, and extended commutes can be change? The average age of our first-year apprentice, disruptive when you’re trying to combine training, work and family commitments. So at this point in time, is 27 years of age. We are the goal is to get members training as close to working diligently to reach out to high schools home as possible, knowing that they’re going through college and career fairs to give more to live, work and train in a geographic area information and provide greater access to our that’s better for the community, the member organization to folks who are just coming out of high school. We’re also going after junior and the organization. college students that may have out in one or What’s the process of becoming a profes- two years of junior college ... who may have sional carpenter, and how will this facility found that their desire to build things is something that they might want to investigate. play into that? We require a mandatory information sesHow does the union component tie in? sion that takes place the first Monday of every Unions have always had a stellar record of month at 6 p.m. at most of our training locations. Anyone can show up and they will sit training. The key to our organization is that and listen to an hour long informational ses- we train our apprentices in proper construction sion followed by a Q&A. Participants will then techniques, safety is paramount in all our trainreceive a code that allows them to access our ings, because this business can be dangerous, online application and everyone who does so and we spend a lot of time on proper safety will eventually be interviewed ... by members techniques, OSHA standards and anything you of our organization. If you pass the interview, can think of having to do with safety. you take a mandatory drug test and if you pass According to a recent report from the NH that you go on an eligible pool list, which means you’re now eligible to be put on union Labor Department, the state’s construction jobs throughout New England and New York. industry is booming at the same time that many skilled trades are having trouble finding qualified workers. What role can the What’s that like? You start off as a first-year apprentice in our facility play in that dilemma? I spent 20 years teaching carpentry and techfederal Department of Labor standard fouryear training program. That apprenticeship nical engineering at a high school from the fall requires 16 weeks of training at 40 hours per of 1999 until a year and a half ago when I left week, spread out over four years with atten- to take my current position, and I saw that shift dance at the training center four times per year away from the trades and into college. ... The every three months. When you’re not training, message that the trades were a real opportunity the expectation is that you will be working on to make real money in a real career? Somehow the job. To move from level to level, meaning that got lost about 30 years ago. ... But I do first-year apprentice to second-year appren- believe it does not have to be college vs. contice and so on, you have to work a minimum struction — college can be part of a career in of 1,000 hours on the job. When you do that, construction. — Travis R. Morin

9 NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Busy winter travel season ahead

State officials with the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development are forecasting a veritable blizzard of tourists making their way to the Granite State for all manner of cold weather activities. In its annual Winter Forecast released on Dec. 19, the Division announced that it was projecting outof-state travelers to make more than one million visits to New Hampshire before spring, amounting to $1.05 billion in spending. The release said the Division would be launching a multi-state winter tourism advertising campaign in early January that aims to spur interest in skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling and other seasonal attractions among markets in and around Boston, Hartford, Portland and Providence, as well as New York, Toronto and Montreal. Score: +1 Comment: As part of the winter tourism advertising blitz, the Division plans to display “Powder Alert” messages on social media sites during snowstorms.

Farnum Center receives $5,000

Some Farnum Center clients undergoing treatment for substance use disorder will be able to continue their recovery process at no cost to them thanks to a $5,000 contribution from the Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation. The contribution will be used for recovery programs for the center’s less fortunate clients, according to a Dec. 17 press release from Harvard Pilgrim. Score: +1 Comment: In a statement, Farnum Chief Operating Officer William Brewster, M.D., said he hopes the funds will “create an opportunity for those who have chosen recovery who may not have the means to pay for treatment.”

$750K for mothers in treatment

Pregnant and postpartum women struggling with substance misuse can expect more support from Granite State officials thanks to a $750,000 grant from the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services. The grant funding was announced in a Dec. 18 joint news release from Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Reps. Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas, which detailed that the funds were being distributed to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services through the federal DHS’ Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model program. With the release noting that substance use is now a leading cause of maternal death and poor maternal outcomes on a national scale, Kuster issued a statement noting that the grant dollars would “help new and expectant mothers in New Hampshire get back on their feet and live healthier lives, as well as improve the wellbeing of their infants and children.” Score: +1 Comment: Approximately 499 of the 14,162 infants born between July 1, 2018, and Sept. 16, 2019, were monitored for signs of opioid withdrawal or neonatal abstinence syndrome, conditions associated with fetal exposure to opiates or alcohol, respectively, according to the Office of the Child Advocate.

Tanger Outlets support local health care

Patients of the Anderson Ganong Center at LRGHealthcare will benefit from over $17,518 raised by Tilton’s Tanger Factory Centers’ 26th annual Pink Campaign and TangerFIT 5K Run/Walk. A Dec. 17 news release from LRGHealthcare (a nonprofit health care charitable trust representing Lakes Region General Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital and other affiliated providers) said this year’s Pink Campaign was celebrated across 40 Tanger Outlet Centers in the U.S. and Canada and allowed customers to purchase a PinkCard to save 25 percent off an item at participating stores, which translated into a contribution from Tanger to breast cancer programs in local communities. Score: +1 Comment: In a statement, LRGHealthcare CEO Kevin Donovan said the impact of Tanger’s charitable giving over the years has had “remarkable” impacts on patients. QOL score at the end of 2018: 95 QOL score at the end of 2019: 93 Change in QOL from 2018 to 2019: -2 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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Holiday presents for deserving souls We’re a day behind, but here are the presents we annually hand out to sports folks at this time of year. Tom Brady: A remake of the major Hollywood motion picture Animal House because now that most of his similarly aged friends are long gone from Foxboro it’ll help him relate a little better to receivers he’s working with who are 20 years younger. Plus, given his frustrations, he could use the laughs that will come if the producers can find a cast replete with enough slackers, degenerates and dumbbells to make the group in the original version, er, proud. The Patriots Dynasty: A miracle showing Spygate II ain’t as bad as it looks. Because after already giving a second-round pick for Mohamed Sanu and wasting others for O-line depth they eventually cut, being docked another first-round pick by the league when they have to fill a black hole at tight end, multiple spots on the offensive line and likely at QB would be a catastrophe. David Stern: Never one of my faves while on the job, but a speedy recovery and complete return to health for the former NBA Commissioner from the blood vessel that burst in his brain during December. Josh Gordon: A prayer that this last slip takes him to rock bottom to help find the strength to finally beat his self-destructive demons. Mookie Betts: A copy of the new book “Jacoby Ellsbury: The Post Boston Years” to provide a little clarity for what he wants most – as much money as he can get, playing closer to home, a career legacy that comes from playing his entire career for one franchise or playing in the ballpark that gives him the best chance to get to Cooperstown – which is Fenway Park. Folks clueless about what the term ‘superstar’ really means: The knowledge that the Celtics are 29-9 in 38 games over

two seasons without Kyrie Irving and the Nets are 4-7 in the 11 games Kyrie has played for Brooklyn and 11-5 in the 16 (already) he’s missed. Kyrie Irving: An injection of self-awareness to know that his success usually comes at the expense of his teammates to learn that actual superstars are those who elevate everyone around them because he has the talent to do that if he ever gets a clue. Lamar Jackson: About five injury list versions of Monopoly’s get out of jail cards, because as much as he runs sooner or later he’s going to get hurt. Andy Reid: If it’s not the Patriots’ year, someone to stand next on the sidelines to run clock management during the playoffs, because a coach as good as he is should win at least one Super Bowl in the career. Urban Meyer: The Dallas Cowboys job because after leaving behind superior results and shabby scandals at Florida and thee Ohio State University, he, Jerry Jones and Big D are made for each other. George Copadis: The above entry, because my friend the Welfare Commissioner is the greatest living Dallas Cowboys fan, and after 27 years of mostly misery, Lord knows he could use the kind of season Urban can bring to a city. At least until it blows up. USA Women’s National Soccer Team: A team of good lawyers so they come out to the good in their equal pay legal battle with the national team’s brass. Allie Long: Good health this year to get a little more PT on the Women’s National Soccer Team and a last shot at the brass ring in the Olympics Games this summer. Gordon Hayward: Good health the rest of the way, because if he does that, he’ll take care of the rest. Memphis Grizzlies: A surprising 15-game losing streak to keep them in the bottom four NBA teams take to keep the protected to four first-round pick they owe the Celtics and then when that pick is unprotected in 2020-21, a disaster to give the C’s a shot at the first overall pick.

Marcus Smart: An athletic supporter, or, as we former catchers call it, a cup. Because wearing one would help with the many shots he keeps taking below belt from all the charges he admirably takes. Brad Stevens: A copy of the book I’m contemplating writing, “Hey, Brad, It’s a Bad Idea to Play Guys in the First Half After They Pick Up Their Third Foul.” The 2020 Patriots: Cap room to re-sign Jamie Collins, re-up the McCourty Brothers, get a tight end in free agency who can make a difference and re-do the offensive line. Curt Schilling: Clarity among voters to see past the noxious political attitude and understand that doing it better than anyone ever has in the post-season earns him a spot in the Hall of Fame. Ryan Day: A roll through the next two games for the right place at the right time local kid to be the first to claim the college football national championship in his rookie season as a head coach of any kind. Chip Kelly: The solid recruiting year needed to get UCLA football back among the college powers. Auto racers everywhere: While I think you’re crazy to be in the most dangerous of sports, that doesn’t mean I don’t hope all make it safely through a crash-free year. LeBron James: Extra chances to slip away from the NBA life to catch as many of son Brony’s high school games as he can, after the deluge of stories of irresponsible athletes leaving so many children in fatherless homes after indiscriminate philandering. UNH men’s basketball team: Being the winner of the end of the year America East because that would be fun for all college basketball lovers in the Granite State. Sean McDonnell: A healthy conclusion to the health battles that started in the summer to put the worries of his family at bay and then a quick return to his post as the head football coach at State U. Happy holidays to all and to all a good night. Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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QCIBT kicks off Thursday

The Big Story: It’s the semi-final for the College Football Championship when Ryan Day’s second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes take on three-seed Clemson at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28. A win there sends OSU to the National Championship game at the New Orleans Superdome on Jan. 13. Sports 101: Who is the all-time leading career scorer since the Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament was started in 1963? Hot Ticket: It’s holiday sports tournament time around the region. In Manchester the eight-team Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament at Memorial High School runs from Thursday, Dec. 26, to Saturday, Dec. 28, the Brian C. Stone Memorial Christmas (Hockey) Tournament will be at JFK Coliseum on Thursday and Friday and the Doug Chandler Christmas Tournament kicks off Friday at Central High School and runs through Sunday with all four Manchester schools and four from outside the city. Sports Geography Note of the Week: The perplexing discovery of the week came

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12.2 – microscopic rating NFL quarterbacks have when throwing to receivers being covered by Patriots DB Stephon Gilmore, which is over 70 points below the league average somewhere in the 90s. 18.3 – team-leading points per game average for Central alum Jaylen LeRoy in the season’s first eight games for 4-4 Plymouth. 25 – record number of championships won by Manchester Central in the 55 Queen City

after looking over the roster of the nationally ranked Plymouth State hockey team to find they oddly have two Californians on the roster and four who hail from over 5,000 kilometers away in Sweden while having none from Manchester, Nashua or Concord. Sports 101 Answer: The all-time leader for career points scored in the QCIBT is Tyler Roche of Manchester Central, who scored 201 points in 11 games as the Green was winning four straight titles between 2002 and 2005 as well as two Class L titles. He later went on to play at Boston College. On This Date – Dec. 26: 1919 – It’s coal in their stocking for the next 85 years after the Red Sox trade Babe Ruth’s contract to the Yankees on the day after Christmas. 1928 – Olympic champion Johnny Weissmuller retires from swimming to become Hollywood’s first Tarzan the Ape Man in motion pictures. 1960 – Before Green Bay wins five NFL championships and nine straight playoff games the Eagles hand Vince Lombardi and Bart Starr their only post-season loss with a 17-13 win at the dawn of the Packers dynasty at Franklin Field.

Invitational Basketball Tournaments held to date to dwarf the next-best six won by Bishop Bradley/Trinity. 28.5 – second highest in the nation points per game scoring average for St. Anselm star hoopster Shannon Ryan while shooting 60.1 percent from the field and, oh by the way, averaging 14.3 rebounds per game as well for the undefeated and untied Hawks. 29.4 – highest point per game average by a player in the QCIBT by Boston

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College High’s Dave Gavin while playing in the tournament in 1985 and 1986. 70 – games started at Rutgers for Derry’s Geo Baker where the Scarlett Knight’s co-captain is averaging 13.0 points and 4.3 assists in the school’s first 10 games of the 2019-20 season. 100 – career points scored by ex-SNHU basketball coach Stan Spirou while playing two seasons for Manchester Central in the QCIBT in the days before the horse and buggy.

Sports Glossary

Green Bay Packers – 1960s: Vince Lombardi took over 1-10-1 Green Bay from one-time St. Anselm star Scooter McClain in 1959. After a few shrewd trades and resurrection of the future Famers careers of Heisman winner Paul Hornung and 19th-round pick Bart Starr they were in the NFL title game in two years later. After the loss to Philly in 1960, they won the next two titles and three more in ’65, ’66 and ’67, with the last two being the first two SB’s, making it five titles in eight years. Original cast of Animal House: Contrary to the reputation of Faber College’s Delta House, the wayward frat actually sent out several, er, students who turned into important folks in national politics, including these: John Belushi: Zit-popping gross-out king John Blutarsky stunned all with an upset win in a race that made him Senator Blutarsky. Tim Matheson: Otter was Jed Bartlet’s first-term VP on The West Wing. Bruce McGill: D-Day may have driven his motorcyclist straight up the staircase at Delta House, but he eventually became CIA Chief George Tenet in the movie W. Peter (Otis My Man) Riegert: Otter’s wingman Boone became a crooked Jersey City pol shaken down by Tony on The Sopranos. Kevin Bacon: After getting trampled in the homecoming parade, ROTC plebe Chip Diller eventually piloted Apollo 13 as Air Force officer/astronaut Jack Swigert. Mark Metcalf: Even dastardly Douglas Niedermeyer became concert pianist “the Maestro,” Elaine Benes’ short-time squeeze on Seinfeld.

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New Hampshire’s own Recycled Percussion returns for 17 shows at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Mancheater; palacetheatre. org) starting with today’s show at 4 p.m. Performances run through Saturday, Jan. 4. Tickets cost $35 to $45.

Help count beaks during the Christmas Bird Counts organized by the New Hampshire Audubon. Today bird counts will take place with the Nashaway Chapter in Nashua and Hollis and in Laconia-New Hampton. Take part in the count by being assigned a counting spot in the designated area (which could include your backyard if you live in these areas). Contact Richard Bielawski at 429-2537 or at rbielawski@mac.com for Nashua-Hollis or Pam Hunt (753-9137 or biodiva@myfairpoint.net) for Laconia-New Hampton.

EAT: locally grown food Dinner with a barrel aged brew The Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way; bedfordvillageinn.com, 472-2001) will hold a barrel-aged beer dinner on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $65 per person; the menu and beer listing will be announced on the inn’s website (where you can also purchase tickets).

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Wednesday, Jan. 1

Start 2020 off with a First Day Hike. Guides from the Beaver Brook Association will lead participants on this 1.5-mile hike and then enjoy a campfire with snacks and warm beverages. The hike is scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. at Beaver Brook Nature Center (117 Ridge Road in Hollis). There is a suggested donation of $5 per person. See beaverbrook.org to register.

DRINK: Brews, with a side of holiday excitement Anheuser-Busch’s (221 DW Highway in Merrimack) Brewery Lights runs through Sunday, Dec. 29 (Thursday and Sunday, 5 to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m.). Enjoy holiday lights and decorations, beer samples, holiday-themed specials, a Kids’ Zone and more. See budweisertours.com or find our story about the event in the Dec. 19 issue on page 26.

Celebrate the new year with the Millenium Mile at 2 p.m. at Londonderry High School. Following the race, participants will be treated to water, Powerade, bananas and yogurt. Additionally, 21+ attendees are welcome to one free beer at the afterparty at Backyard Brewery (1211 S. Mammoth Road in Manchester). Registration fees are $18 for adults and $10 for youth 11 and under until Tuesday, Dec. 31, and $25 for adults and $15 for youth on race day. Visit millenniumrunning.com/ millenniummile.

BE MERRY: with holiday lights You can still enjoy the Gift of Lights at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1122 Route 106 North in Loudon) through Sunday, Jan. 5. Guests drive through more than two miles of light displays. The cost is $25 per car at the gate. See nhms.com/events/ gift-of-lights.

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Highlights from New Hampshire’s 2019 art and theater scenes “We’re seeing art really being used to address these very important and serious issues in our communities,” Lupi said. In the classical world, the biggest news was the welcoming of a new music director for New Hampshire’s oldest professional orchestra, Symphony NH. The 35-year-old Indian American conductor Roger Kalia, whom Symphony NH announced as its new director in May, made his debut with the orchestra at its season opener, a Brahms and Tchaikovsky concert on Oct. 5. “There was an instant chemistry between me and the orchestra,” Kalia said during an interview with the Hippo in October. Kalia’s goal, he said, is to connect and engage with more of the young professional demographic, and to bring in more contemporary music and music that has not been performed in New Hampshire before. “I’m passionate about bringing in music by living composers and creating programs that are really varied and eclectic — everything from new music to standard classical tunes,” he said in the interview. The arts scene saw the opening of several new galleries, studios and artist co-ops. First, there was Spark Creative Studios, a DIY studio opened in Manchester in January. The studio has held one-day workshops for projects like painted mason jars, wooden boxes, mosaic trays, string art and more. “I like to think of this place as Pinterest in the form of a studio,” co-owner Kelley Hobbs said in an interview with the Hippo in January. “It’s a place where people can experiment and try new things and do the projects that they ‘Pinned’ but never got around to doing because they got busy and life takes over.” The art scene on and around Hanover Street in Manchester continued to grow with a new art gallery opened by Manchester artist and art teacher Diane Crespo. The Diane Crespo Fine Art Gallery features Crespo’s art, which is primarily oil and pastel realism landscapes, as well

as space for the classes that she teaches. In July, eight local artists partnered with Remember This Antiques and Collectibles in Amherst to create a shared art studio and gallery on the ground floor of the shop. They call it Gallery 46, and it’s the only multi-artist studio and gallery in Amherst, according to Cindy Loranger, one of the artists. “[It’s] a one-stop gallery shop for buying a variety of types of art, from traditional to abstract and landscapes in between,” she told the Hippo in May. The arts community in Nashua continued to grow with the addition of a new studio space for artists, Nashua Artworks Studios, opened in May. The space, which had been vacant for some time, includes nine 100-square-foot individual studios with shelving and storage space, a larger shared workspace and three mini studios where artists working in the shared workspace can store their supplies, and a courtyard where artists can work outdoors when the weather is nice. Finally, CCA Global Partners, a business cooperative with an office in the Millyard in Manchester, opened a new gallery in November in its office suite. “The Art Gallery at CCA Global” features local artists and is curated by Sullivan Framing & Fine Arts Gallery in Bedford. The art scene also saw a number of new public art pieces, particularly murals. Manchester alone received a 109-foot-long mural located on a side wall in the plaza between Elm Street and the hotel and expo center in Manchester, created by James Chase of Hooksett, and a mural on the Lamont Hanley Building at 1138 Elm St., on the wall facing Bridge Street at the four-way intersection of Elm and Bridge streets, created by Manchester artist Keith Trahan. “This was a big year for murals. They’re everywhere,” Lupi said. “It’s a beautiful thing to see communities embracing public art as a way to engage residents and visitors. You don’t have to pay anything to experience a mural, so barriers are broken down. Public art benefits everyone.” In other news, the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester and New England

Here’s a look at what’s coming to the arts scene • The next production at the Capitol Center for in January and beyond. the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh. com) is The Simon & Garfunkel Story on Sunday, Upcoming theater Jan. 22. • Celebrate the best in New Hampshire theater • The Majestic Theatre (669-7469, majesticthein 2019 at the New Hampshire Theatre Awards, atre.net) kicks off 2020 with Fiddler on the Roof held at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main Jr., Jan. 24 through Jan. 26, at Derry Opera House St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) on Saturday, (29 W. Broadway, Derry) Jan. 25. Highlights from the year’s most memora• Nashua Theatre Guild’s (nashuatheatreguild. ble performances will be performed by original cast org) first production of the year is A Night of One members and an ensemble of actors. Acts, held on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Janice B. Streeter • Actorsingers (320-1870, actorsingers.org) will Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua). start the year with Title of Show at the Hatbox The• Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, atre (270 Loudon Road, Concord) Jan 3 through Jan 668-5588, palacetheatre.org) opens 2020 with Pia12. no Men, Jan. 10 through Feb. 2.

Upcoming art • Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) continues its “We Are For Freedoms” exhibition through March 1. It looks at issues of civic engagement like values, place and patriotism, without taking a political stance. In addition to the exhibition there are public art installations around Manchester and a series of “Town Hall” programs at the museum. The next Town Hall is on Monday, Jan. 20. Additionally, the museum’s current special exhibition, “The Shakers and the Modern World: A collaboration with Canterbury Shaker Village,” will remain on view through Feb. 16. Visit currier.org. • The annual Student Show at Kimball Jenkins

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On stage

Perhaps the biggest news in the theater scene in 2019 was the opening of two new performance venues: the Bank of New Hampshire Stage in Concord, owned and operated by the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, and the Rex Theatre in Manchester, owned and operated by the Palace Theatre in Manchester. “These mid-sized venues can accommodate smaller audiences, which allows the organizations operating them to be more creative with their programming and take some risks with different types of performances and events,” said Ginnie Lupi, director of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. A new theater company, Cue Zero Theatre Company, also popped up in the theater scene. The Manchester-based company was started by University of New Hampshire graduate Dan Pelletier, who said he wanted to create professional opportunities for himself and other young playwrights, directors, designers and actors in the early stages of their careers to showcase their talents. Cue Zero was very active in its first year, producing three mainstage productions, plus a Shakespeare series and other side projects. Cue Zero tackled some heavy material with its third main stage production Next to Normal, which ran at the Hatbox Theatre in Concord in August. The rock musical centers on a mother suffering from bipolar disorder and how her mental illness affects her husband and two teenage children. They weren’t the only ones using theater to explore difficult topics. Now in its second year, the Portsmouth-based New Hampshire Theatre Project’s Elephant-in-the-Room Series continued to present a number of play readings followed by open discussions about subjects that are difficult to talk about. The readings have dealt with human trafficking and sexual abuse, mental illness, death and dying, eating disorders, opioid addiction and more.

In the arts

Diane Crespo Gallery. Photo by Angie Sykeny.

College in Henniker completed a merger. NHIA became a fully owned subsidiary of NEC, and a transition for administrative changes was put into effect. In July, NHIA was publicly renamed The Institute of Art and Design at New England College. “Some people are not happy that the Institute of Art will no longer be a separate institution, but the reality is that this [merger] is a terrific opportunity [for NHIA] to carry on its history and legacy, and to do it in a way that will be sustainable,” Tom Horgan, executive director of community relations and public affairs for NEC, told the Hippo in July.

Continuous growth

Lupi revealed that the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts received a significant increase in state funding this year to support community-based arts and culture and said that there has been an expanding number of partnerships between arts organizations and local government. “These partnerships are indicative of the local governments understanding the importance of arts and culture in the communities and how it is integral to a thriving community,” she said. When asked what to expect in the arts scene in the coming year, Lupi simply said, “More art!” “I continue to be amazed by the depth and breadth of the arts in New Hampshire, and I think we’re incredibly fortunate to live in a state where we have such diversity and activity in the arts,” she said.

Looking ahead

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School of Art (266 N. Main St., Concord, 2253932, kimballjenkins.com) is open now through Feb. 3. • The 18th annual Art & Bloom exhibition will be on view Jan. 16 through Jan. 18 at the League of NH Craftsmen, 49 S. Main St., Suite 100, Concord. The Concord Garden Club and the League of NH Craftsmen present floral arrangements created by Garden Club members and local floral professionals, inspired by works by League craftsmen. Visit facebook.com/ concordgardenclubnh. • Studio 550 Art Center’s (550 Elm St., Manchester) annual Cup Show and Sale continues now through Feb. 28. Visit 550arts.com.

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• Make some noise: New Hampshire’s own “junk rock” band Recycled Percussion returns to the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) Friday, Dec. 27, through Saturday, Jan. 4. Inspired by New York City street performers, the band uses everyday objects as instruments and blends percussion, humor and athleticism in its shows. Showtimes are Friday, Dec. 27, Sunday, Dec. 29, Monday, Dec. 30, and Saturday, Jan. 4, at 4 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 28, and Tues., Dec. 31, at 12:30, 4 and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 1, at 4 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 2, and Friday, Jan. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $35 to $45. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588. • A night of performance: New Year’s Eve at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m., will feature all kinds of performers, including an aerialist, burlesque performers, belly dancers, circus acts, drag performances and more. It’s a 21+ event. Tickets cost $35 in advance and $50 at the door. Visit shuttavac.com. • New artistic director: Monadnock Music, a group of musicians based in Peterborough, has announced its new artistic director, Rafael Popper-Keizer, in the wake of the resignation of former artistic director Gil Rose. Popper-Keizer has been performing with Monadnock Music for the past 17 years. “Monadnock Music has been an

Art Openings • “THE ROAD: PAINTINGS FROM 2009 TO 2019” OPENING RECEPTION London based surrealist painter Emily Fischer Field will show more than 50 paintings, large and small. The House of Art, 846 Main St., Contoocook. Fri., Dec. 27, 4 to 7 p.m. • 18TH ANNUAL ART & BLOOM EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION The Concord Garden Club and the League of NH Craftsmen present floral arrangements created by Garden Club members and local floral professionals, inspired by works by League craftsmen. Thurs., Jan. 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. League of NH Craftsmen, 49 S. Main St., Suite 100, Concord. Free and open to the public. Visit facebook.com/concordgardenclubnh. Workshops/classes • WINTER- AND HOLIDAY-THEMED PAINT NIGHTS Muse Paintbar (42 Hanover St., Manchester, muse paintbar.com) almost every night in December. Costs vary. See website for dates and projects.

Nikki Hunt performing New Years Eve at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage. Courtesy photo.

integral part of my life and one of the primary catalysts for my growth as an artist and musician,” he said in a press release. “As I consider how much Monadnock Music means to me, I am filled with admiration for this festival’s magnificent history — and tremendous enthusiasm for its future.” After a 10-year tenure, Rose decided to concentrate on other activities, but she will continue to collaborate with Monadnock Music in the future. The group is currently preparing for its 55th season, which opens in June. Visit monadnockmusic.org. • Vintage New Year’s: The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra presents its New Year’s Eve Champagne Pops concert at The Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. The concert will be styled after the 192’30s, with black and white flickering images on a big screen, a nattily dressed orchestra and old-fashioned bubble machines with a real Champagne bar, but with a modern musical twist. Tickets cost $30. Visit themusichall. org or call 436-2400. — Angie Sykeny

In the Galleries • SMALL WORKS - BIG IMPACT Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford) has a holiday show on view now through December, with small works of art in various media, priced affordably for gift buying. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com or call 672-2500. • “THE SHAKERS AND THE MODERN WORLD: A COLLABORATION WITH CANTERBURY” Special exhibition. Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester). Now through Feb. 16. Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $10 for students, $5 for youth. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. • CHERYL VRATSENES Artist exhibits paintings full of color and unique with subjects such as coastal birds, fish, animals and landscapes of New Hampshire. CCA Global Partners (670 N. Commercial St., Suite 300, Manchester). Now through Feb. 28. Paintings are available for purchase through Sullivan Framing & Fine Art Gallery (15 N. Amherst Road, Bedford, 4711888, sullivanframing.com).

• “THE ROAD: PAINTINGS FROM 2009 TO 2019” London based surrealist painter Emily Fischer Field will show more than 50 paintings, large and small. The House of Art, 846 Main St., Contoocook. On view Dec. 27 through Jan. 26. • “NATURE’S PALETTE An exhibition of paintings by New Hampshire Art Association artist Debbie Campbell. On view Dec. 31 through March 19. Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Gallery, 49 S. Main St. Visit nhartassociation.org. • “CONSTRUCTED VISIONS” An exhibition featuring the mixed media works of Adele Sanborn and composite photography of Richard Moore that assembles images, words and memories into new narratives. 2 Pillsbury St., Concord. On view Dec. 31 through March 19. Visit nhartassociation.org. Theater Productions • THE NUTCRACKER New Hampshire School of Ballet presents. Thurs., Dec. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover

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• Last chance for gifts: For those who still need a holiday gift or want to treat themselves, these holiday art exhibitions, sales and markets are still up through the end of the month. Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford) has its holiday show, “Small Works - Big Impact,” on view through Dec. 31, with small works of art in various media, priced affordably. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com or call 672-2500. Studio 550 Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester) has its Annual Cup Show and Sale now through Feb. 28. Browse mugs by clay artists from around the country to find the perfect Christmas or Valentine’s Day gift. Visit 550arts. com. The New Hampshire Art Association presents its holiday exhibition “All That’s Merry And Bright” at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) through Dec. 29. There is work in all media, including framed art, 3D art, matted art, card sets and books for sale. Visit nhartassociation.org. The Seacoast Artist Association (130 Water St., Exeter) has its show, “Big Gifts Come in Small Packages,” on view through Dec. 27, featuring small works of art, all priced under $100. Visit seacoastartist.org. • Two in Concord: The New Hampshire Art Association has two new exhibitions in Concord, open Dec. 31 through March 19. “Constructed Visions,” on view at 2 Pillsbury Road, features the mixed media works of Adele Sandborn and the composite photography of Richard Moore that assembles images, words and memories into new narratives. Sanborn currently owns Twiggs St., Manchester). Tickets cost $18. Visit palacetheatre.org. • IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO SHOW The New Hampshire Theatre Project presents. West End Studio Theatre (959 Islington St., Portsmouth). Now through Dec. 29. See website for showtimes. Tickets cost $30 for adults and $26 for students, seniors and veterans. Visit nhtheatreproject.org. • TITLE OF SHOW Actorsingers (320-1870, actorsingers. org) present. Opening Jan. 3, at the Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets are $12 to $20. • PIANO MEN Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org) presents. Opening Jan. 10. Tickets are $25 to $46. • THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord,

“Pueblo Prayer,” mixed media piece by Adele Sanborn. Courtesy photo.

Gallery in Boscawen, where she exhibits and sells her own work and the work of other artists. “Today, art is the backbone of my life and the way I express my feelings and emotion,” she said in a press release. “I love the challenge of taking imagery and layering it with my hand lettering … it creates a meaningful combination of spirit and vision.” Moore’s professional career included non-profit work in the fields or religion, education and environmental protection before he decided to focus on photography full-time. “In 1971 I was hired as a photographer on an archaeological team working in Israel and Cyprus,” Moore said in the press release. “That began a life-long arc that has connected photography, history, the natural world — and a great respect for the passage of time.” “Nature’s Palette,” on view at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Gallery (49 S. Main St.), features the paintings of Debbie Campbell. “Nature offers a wonder of color and shapes,” Campbell said in a press release. “This show reflects my journey as a plein air painter working to capture these wonderful shapes and patterns and bring them to life in paint.” Visit nhartassociation.org. — Angie Sykeny

225-1111, ccanh.com. Jan. 22. Tickets are $44.50 to $79.50. • FIDDLER ON THE ROOF JR. The Majestic Theatre (6697469, majestictheatre.net) presents. Opening Jan. 24 at Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. Tickets cost $12 to $15. Classical Music Events • “NEW YEAR’S EVE CHAMPAGNE POPS The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra presents. The Music Hall Historic Theatre (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) on Tues., Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30. Visit themusichall.org. • “A GRAND TIME FOR SINGING” Suncook Valley Chorale with New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus and New Hampshire Master Chorale perform. Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) on Sun., Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $23. Visit svcnh.org.

Seeking New Members • NASHUA CHORAL SOCINon-auditioned choir ETY presenting classical and contemporary music. The first three rehearsals of each semester are open to prospective singers for free. The next open rehearsals are Mondays, Jan. 6, Jan. 13 and Jan. 20, at 7 p.m., at Judd Gregg Hall at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St., Nashua). Visit nashuachoralsociety.org. • GRANITE STATE CHORAL SOCIETY Non-auditioned chorus performing Broadway tunes, folk songs from around the world and well-known classical works. Spring registration is at the first spring rehearsal on Sunday, Jan. 19, beginning at 3:15 p.m. at the First Church Congregational (63 S. Main St., Rochester). Rehearsals run from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Annual dues are $100. Visit gschoralsociety.org.

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The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) has its Noon Year’s Eve Party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be art activities, face-painting, a dance party, live entertainment by kid-friendly magician BJ Hickman, bubble-wrap fireworks and a huge balloon drop. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for children. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) will hold its annual Family New Year’s Eve Celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ring in 2020 with three “countdowns to midnight” at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 p.m., when the giant glitter ball will drop and New Year wishes will be launched from the Build-ItFly-It towers. Between countdowns, make your own sparkly party hat and have fun in the New Year photo booth. The event is free with paid museum admission ($11 for adults and children age 1 year and over; $9 for seniors age 65 and over; and free for children under age 1). Visit childrens-museum. org or call 742-2002.

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Celebrate the new year at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia) on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Horse-drawn sleighs will carry passengers down a trail of holiday lights to a bonfire, where they can enjoy music, socializing and a fireside meal. The cost is $49 per passenger. Check-in times that are still available are 4:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Call 483-5623 or visit visitthefarm.com.

On the slopes

Head to Gunstock Mountain Resort (719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford) for Gunstock Rocks New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 3 p.m. to midnight. The family-friendly celebration includes skiing and tubing with beginner lessons offered, a family glow light parade, fireworks, games with prizes, a DJ and dancing, s’mores, face painting, a selfie station and more. Tickets, which include allnight skiing and riding, cost $64 for adults and $52 for youth and seniors. Visit gunstock.com or call 293-4341. Pats Peak Ski Area (686 Flanders Road, Henniker) hosts its New Year’s Eve Family Celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, with a party from 6 p.m. to midnight, skiing and snowboarding from 3 to 10 p.m., and snow tubing from 5 to 10 p.m. At the party, enjoy food, live music and dancing, a comedy show, raffles, party favors, fireworks and more. Tickets for skiing and the party cost $95 for adults and $55 for kids ages 6 through 17 and seniors. Tickets for the party only cost $75/$40. For skiing only, it’s $46, and for tubing only, it’s $22, for all ages. Everything is free for children age 5 and under. Call 428-3245 or visit patspeak.com. Don’t miss the New Year’s Eve Celebration at Mount Sunapee (1398 Route 103, Newbury) Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 4 to 9 p.m. There will be food and drinks, a bonfire, entertainment, and fireworks. It’s free to attend, but there is a cost for the meal, TBD. Call 763-3576 or visit mountsunapee.com.

Pack a blanket and bring the family for a special fireworks display at Hampton Beach (169 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, starting at 8 p.m. Visit hamptonbeach.org or call 926-8717. First Night Portsmouth, a non-alcoholic and non-smoking, family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 31 with entertainment and activities throughout the city from 4 p.m. to midnight. There will be ice sculptures, magic and puppet shows, street dancing and performances, live music including children’s music, children’s activities, food and fireworks. Admission buttons for children under age 12 cost $3. Adult buttons purchased before Dec. 27 cost $15 per person or $20 for two people, or you can purchase buttons for two adults and two children for $25. At the library Button prices after Dec. 27 are TBA. Visit Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse proportsmouth.org. Road, Bedford) will have a Countdown Dance Party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from Up in the air 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., open to kids ages 2 Bounce into 2020 at the New Year’s Eve through 12. Count down to noon with dancBash at Cowabunga’s indoor inflatable ing and noisemakers. Registration required. playground (725 Huse Road, Manchester) Visit bedfordnhlibrary.org or call 472-2300. on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy snacks and drinks, crafts, games and

Noon Year’s Eve at the Currier Museum of Art. Courtesy photo.

activities and a balloon drop at noon during the Noon Year’s Eve Party at Brookline Public Library (16 Main St., Brookline) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s open to kids of all ages. Sign up at the circulation desk or by calling. Call 673-3330 or visit bplnh.weebly.com. Concord Public Library (45 Green St., Concord) will celebrate Noon Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to noon. Kids can make their own hats and noisemakers, take pictures in the photo booth, dance and enjoy treats before counting down to the balloon drop at noon. Register at the children’s desk or by calling. Call 225-8670 or visit concordnh.gov. Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway) will host its annual Noon Year’s Eve party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Ring in the new year at noon with a dance party, a countdown and a balloon drop. It’s open to all ages, and no registration is required. Visit derrypl.org or call 432-6140. Families with kids in grade 3 and under are invited to Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown) for a New Year’s Noon Party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11:15 a.m. to noon. There will be stories, a craft and refreshments. Call 497-2102 or visit goffstownlibrary.com. Stop by Hampstead Public Library (9 Mary E. Clark Drive) for its Kids New Year’s Party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Kids of all ages are invited to listen to New Year’s stories, decorate a party hat and countdown to 2020. No signup is required. Visit hampsteadlibrary.org or call 329-6411. Join Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount Saint Mary’s Way) for its annual Countdown to Noon celebration on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 11 a.m. to noon. There will be games, crafts, songs, dancing, a New Year’s photo booth and, of course, a countdown to noon. Call 485-6092 or visit hooksettlibrary.org. There’s a New Year’s Eve Party for kids in grades K through 5 at Kimball Library (5 Academy Ave., Atkinson) on Monday, Dec. 30, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Kids can participate in crafts and games and make goodies to take home. Visit kimballlibrary.com or call 362-5234.

Ring in the new year at Manchester City Library (Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., when there will be a celebration for kids ages 1 through 7 with noisemakers, balloons, confetti and a countdown to noon. Call 624-6550 or visit manchester.lib.nh.us. Kids ages 2 through 6 are invited to a Countdown to Noon at Merrimack Public Library (470 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. There will be face painting, games, a photo booth, a party hat craft and a balloon drop with noisemakers and special treats. Registration is required and space is limited. Call 424-5021 or visit merrimacklibrary.org. Nashua Public Library (2 Court St., Nashua) will have a Noon Year’s Eve Party for kids ages 5 through 11 on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to noon. There will be fizzy drinks, a popcorn snack and a New Year’s popper craft. Call 589-4611 or visit nashualibrary.org. Nesmith Library (8 Fellows Road, Windham) has a Countdown to Noon family storytime on Friday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m., for all ages. The New Year’s themed storytime will feature stories, crafts, snacks and a ball drop. No registration required. Call 4327154 or visit nesmithlibrary.org. There will be a Noon Year’s Eve Party at Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a craft, dance party and countdown to noon. Call 249-0645 or visit wadleighlibrary.org.

Out in nature

Start the new year with a family hike. New Hampshire State Parks hosts New Hampshire First Day Hikes, a series of free, organized hikes held around the state on Wednesday, Jan. 1, beginning at noon. This year’s hiking destinations include Milan Hill State Park in Milan, Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, Franconia Notch State Park’s Flume Gorge in Lincoln and Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown. Call 271-3556 or visit nhstateparks.org.

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If you’re looking for ways to keep your kids entertained over holiday break, you can find fun — and sneak in some learning — at a local science museum. For out-of-this-world fun, Concord’s McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will be open every day but New Year’s between Dec. 26 and Jan. 5 and will be running five different planetarium shows each day. With the aid of the planetarium’s fully immersive Digital Sky technology, guests can enjoy visually stunning shows like “Take Flight,” a history of flight and aeronautics hosted by cartoon versions of Orville and Wilbur Wright, “Attack of the Space Pirates!” which takes guests on an adventure across the galaxy to apprehend a gang of dangerous space buccaneers, and traditional planetarium shows like “Tonight’s Sky.” “It talks all about the constellations, the stars in the sky, the planets and the moon,” said Discovery Center director of services Sarah Nappo. “That’s a good one if you have lots of questions and love astronomy.” In terms of more recent additions to the Discovery Center, Nappo pointed to the Lunar Colony exhibit, which opened on July 20 this year in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Nappo says attendees will get a taste of what it’s like to live and work on the surface of the moon and beyond through hands-on activities and up-close encounters with reallife astronaut equipment. “[The exhibit] has basically everything you’d need to survive if you lived on the moon,” Nappo said. “Where to go to the bathroom, how you would eat, what you would eat, how you would take spacewalks and where you would sleep.” For even more space exploration, Manchester’s SEE Science Center also has plenty of space-age exhibits on display, the

newest of which is “Sun, Earth, Universe.” “The exhibit, which just launched this summer, talks about how scientists learn about our universe and our planet as well,” said Adele Maurier, the center’s design coordinator. “It shows all the different technologies that are used to see the invisible in space, like infrared, magnetic imaging and things like that.” Attendees will also have the chance to build models of orbital satellites, learn how many stars are in a given portion of the night sky and meanuver a model Mars rover on a sand table that simulates the terrain on the Red Planet. And as any return visitors to the SEE Science Center know, the facility’s Moonwalk exhibit is still open for anyone 70 pounds or under who would like to experience what it’s like to bounce across the lunar surface. “That’s the kind of experience that parents might remember when they were young and visiting the science center, and that they might enjoy having their kids experience as well,” Maurier said. And for the aspiring paleontologists in your life, the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover will have a T. rex-size assortment of dinosaur themed attractions starting Dec. 23 as part of its Dinosaur Week. According to Neva Cole, the museum’s communications director, visitors can expect a life-size replica of a tyrannosaurus skull, a giant triceratops skeleton adorning the walls and the chance to test out their fossil-finding skills in the Dino Detective exhibit. Using augmented reality technology, Cole said, visitors will have the chance to dig through a sand table in search of simulated dinosaur relics of every stripe. “You kind of get to explore like a paleontologist,” Cole said. “There’s a terrain box projected onto the sand and as you dig through it, the image projected on it changes with whatever you’re excavating and whatever you’re building.”

See science SEE Science Center 200 Bedford St., Manchester, 669-0400, see-sciencecenter.org Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Dec. 24, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) Admission: $9 for visitors ages 3 and up. Free for those younger than 3 years of age.

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to 9:30 p.m. Admission: $11.50 for adults, $8.50 for children ages 3 to 12, $10.50 for seniors 62+, $10.50 for students age 13 through college, $8.50 per person for groups of 15 or more and free for children age 2 and under.

Children’s Museum of New Hampshire 6 Washington St., Dover, 742-2002, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center childrens-museum.org 2 Institute Dr., Concord, 271-7827, starhop.com Hours: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 Winter vacation hours: Dec. 26 through Jan. 5, p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. (closed Dec. 24, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (closed Jan. 1) Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) Non-school vacation hours: Friday through Sun- Admission: $11 for adults and children over 1 year of age, $9 for seniors 65+ and free for infants day, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Friday of every month (year round): 6:30 under 1

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Family fun for the weekend

Still the holiday season

Many area holiday events and exhibits continue through New Years. Find our listing of holiday events in Hippo’s Nov. 28 Holiday Guide issue. Go to hippopress.com and click on “Read the Entire Paper: See Our Flip Book on Issuu,” where you’ll find complete issues that can be read on any device. Or, from our home page, click on “past issues” to find the PDFs. The holiday guide starts on page 12.

Vacation hours

With kids home from school and the holidays, many area museums have somewhat different hours for the next few weeks. In addition to the museum events mentioned elsewhere (see pages 17 and 18), here are some more area museum happenings. At the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road in Londonderry; nhahs.org, 669-4820) the current exhibit is the “Festival of Planes,” which has more than 3,000 vintage aviation toys, model aircraft, puzzles and promotional items (including characters and toys from Star Trek and Star Wars as well as Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Elm, Barbie and more). The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, Jan. 12, and through then the museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. (including New Year’s Day) as well as Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum costs $10 ($5 for seniors, veterans and active military and students under 13; children under age 5 get in for free). The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) is open regular hours through Monday, Dec. 30 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, Mondays, Wednes-

days and Fridays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday). On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to ticketholders for the Noon Year’s Eve Party (see page 17). The museum will also be closed New Year’s Day (Wednesday) and then open regular hours for the remainder of that week. Admission to the museum costs $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $10 for students, $5 for kids ages 13 to 17; kids under 13 get in for free. Current exhibits include “The Shakers and the Modern World: A Collaboration with Canterbury Shaker Village” and “We Are For Freedoms.” The Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St. in Manchester; 622-7531, manchesterhistoric.org/millyard-museum) is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will be closed on New Year’s Day. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $6 for college students, $4 for kids ages 12 to 18; admission is free for children under 12. The young political junkie in your family might want to check out the current special exhibit “Manchester and the Path to the Presidency.”

Stories

Get one more helping of the tale of Clara, the Nutcracker, the Rat-King and more when the New Hampshire School of Ballet presents The Nutcracker on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org). Tickets cost $18. The Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St.; bookerymht.com), holds its regular Saturday storytime on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 11:15 a.m. Return on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 4 p.m. for Chanukah at the Bookery, featuring a storytime, craft and the lighting of all eight lights of the city hall menorah, according to the store’s Facebook page. All four of the Barnes & Noble Stores in southern New Hampshire (1741 S. Willow St., Manchester; 235 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua; 125 S. Broadway, Salem; 45 Gosling Road, Newington) for a storytime featuring The Kindness Book by Todd Parr on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m.

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20 INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE GARDENING GUY

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During the holidays I try to take time from the humdrum of festivities to sit quietly and reflect on how happy and grateful I am for my life here in rural New England. Much of what I appreciate is linked to a life that allows me to spend time in my garden, raising some of the food I eat and growing flowers that bless me with their beauty. The summer of 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of my buying a ramshackle old butter factory built in 1888, The Cornish Creamery. I still live in it today, though I have improved its condition considerably. I was just two years out of college when I bought it and had the energy and motivation to learn how to make most improvements myself. When I bought the Creamery, it had little space for gardens. The building sat on just an acre of land, and most of that was dense with trees, with just a little lawn surrounding the house. I cut down a few small trees to create my vegetable garden that first summer. If I recall correctly, I had just a couple of tomato plants, lettuce, perhaps some squash. I was busy fixing up the house and had little time to garden. The garden was too shady and not a big success. Later I was able to buy an adjoining acre or more, a field behind the house that was dominated by brambles, alders and a small brook. I cleared the land by hand using a brush hook my father gave me. The tool, with a sharp curved blade on an ax handle, did well for clearing. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen one for sale in modern times. After clearing the land and digging out many roots I used a second-hand rotary mower to discourage re-growth of goldenrod and weeds. Eventually I hired a farmer to come with a plow to turn the soil for a huge vegetable garden. The land around it I mowed, and that eventually turned into lawn and flower gardens. It was in full sun with rich alluvial soil deposited by the brook. It produced fabulously, and I was hooked. My grandfather, John Lenat (1885-1967), was an organic gardener. He subscribed to a little newsprint magazine called Organic Gardening and Farming, which was always on his kitchen table. He believed in using compost and feeding the soil with manure tea. Earthworms were plentiful in his soil and his tomatoes were perfect. Although Grampy probably only had a grade-school education in the old country, Germany, he spoke five languages and understood how to make plants grow. He knew he didn’t need chemicals to “fight” bugs or diseases. He handpicked beetles and

My grampy, John Lenat was an early proponent of organic gardening. Photo courtesy of Henry Homeyer.

encouraged birds to visit. He fed his family and shared food with his neighbors. Grampy rarely told me how to do things but I learned by watching him in his garden. I am grateful that Grampy grew flowers, too. I learned to appreciate their beauty and to know that life is more than just producing food. In the 1980s I started to get serious about flower gardening. My boy Josh and I built an 80-foot stone retaining wall to create a terrace for fruit trees and flowers. The stone came from our own property, or from tumble-down stone walls that a neighbor let us pick through. It was back-breaking work, but oh so satisfying. Thirty-plus years later the wall is still there, albeit somewhat decrepit. Still, it makes me happy when I reflect on that project. In the late ’90s I started gardening and designing gardens for others. At that time I was an electrician, and getting bored with it. But creating flower gardens and beautiful landscapes made me intensely happy. So I largely gardened in the summer and wired houses in the winter. I am happy and grateful that I was able to start writing a gardening column over 21 years ago, and still have a group of newspapers and websites that use my weekly column. It also pushes me to keep trying new plants, new tools, and new approaches to gardening. I like sharing all that with you, my readers. I started my professional life as an elementary school teacher after college. Now, more than 50 years later, I still enjoy teaching. Most of that is done right here in this column. Gardening has been good to me. I believe it will help keep me healthy for another decade or two. And my thanks to all of you, too. Enjoy the holidays. Henry may be reached at henry.homeyer@ comcast.net. He is the author of four gardening books and lives in Cornish Flat.

21 INSIDE/OUTSIDE TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna, I remember these art deco looking lamps in my grandparents’ home back in the ’30s. Eventually they were passed along to me and they have been sitting in my basement for over 15 years. It is now time to pass them along to someone who has a need and will appreciate their beauty. Can you tell me anything about them and about what they are worth? Carl Dear Carl, What you have are two torchiere lamps (pronounced tor-cheer) that look to be in nice condition. The word torchiere was from the French word for torch. They are upside down shades and the light reflects off the ceiling like a torch flame would. They could be art deco or even mid-century. I think you can even get them today; the style was and still is popular. Having two is sweet because they are a pair and could be desirable to a collector just for that. Now if they were signed by a known maker and the glass was done by the right company, and they’re in working condition — that all plays a part in what they will bring out in the market today. I think for the two lamps in good working condition the value should be in the $150 range. Even though they are simple

in design they would be better as a pair; that’s where the value will be. Donna Welch has spent more than 30 years in the antiques and collectibles field, appraising and instructing, and recently closed the physical location of From Out Of The Woods Antique Center (fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com) but is still doing some buying and selling. She is a member of The New Hampshire Antiques Dealer Association. If you have questions about an antique or collectible send a clear photo and information to Donna at footwdw@aol.com, or call her at 391-6550 or 624-8668.

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22 INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

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Dear Car Talk: I own a 2009 VW Rabbit with 116,000 miles. The headliner started to detach in the front and eventually in the back too. The cost of the repair at the dealership was astronomical. By Ray Magliozzi They recommended I take it to a specialty shop. That shop did an excellent job for a very reasonable price. The professional told me this is a common problem in different cars, including expensive ones such as Toyota and Acura, and that the time for the headliner detachment was variable. I have owned several Honda cars in the past that never had the problem. Is the reason poor design? Poor quality of the materials? Is my local weather too cold or too hot? — Julio You’re talking about the fabric that lines the roof of your car. That fabric is actually glued onto a foam substrate. And sometimes, that glue fails. I think the guy at the specialty shop is right. It can happen on pretty much any car. The common denominator is that the car is old. It could be due to substandard glue, the glue could have been poorly applied or extreme environmental conditions could have caused the glue to degrade. The reason it’s astronomically expensive at the dealership is because they won’t re-glue your

existing fabric. They’ll replace the whole headliner, including the foam backing and frame. Not only is the part expensive, but in order to get the old one out and the new one in, they often have to remove the front or rear windshield. My guess is that the specialty shop just sprayed some new glue on the back of the headliner and reattached it to the foam backing. You might want to ask if they have a “buy 10 headliner repairs get one free” card, because it certainly could fail again at some point. We’ll hope the repair lasts. But if the headliner starts to sag again someday, I’d suggest you can take a ride to the Abe Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Then go to the museum store and buy four stovepipe hats. And have each of your passengers wear one when they’re riding with you. That’ll keep the headliner from sagging. Dear Car Talk: I take my two vehicles to a local car repair shop. They are “family owned” and have been in business a long time. They are endorsed by that famous automobile association. Twice now I have caught them trying to cheat me. Their attitude is very lackadaisical, not apologetic and very unconcerned that they got caught. No conscience whatsoever. I am 69 years old and have heard my whole life about unscrupulous car repair practices. I called the famous auto-

mobile association and found they mostly check the mechanics’ credentials and how clean they are and so on. The BBB is worthless and will not disclose anything or do anything. When a technician performs the same work (work that is recommended every 100K miles) at two consecutive oil changes, does he not think, “Gee, wasn’t this just done a few thousand miles ago?” Does anyone watch these service shops? Any way to tell the good guys from the bad guys? — Anthony Stories like this are always painful for us to hear, Anthony. We hate hearing that some other shop is ripping people off in a way we hadn’t thought of yet! Seriously, this has been a problem since the Model T. And it’s not limited to auto repair. Whenever people require an “expert” to do something that they themselves don’t understand, there’s always an opportunity for unscrupulous people to take advantage. And it sounds like you found a less-than-honest family business. I can assure you that there are plenty of honest mechanics out there. But you’re right that you can’t count on AAA or BBB (or CCC or DDD) to police the field for you. They’re more interested in promoting shops than policing them. Fortunately, thanks to the internet, consumers have more tools than ever to be alerted to sleazy operators. There are now plenty of sites that post reviews and ratings of businesses. Just go

to a search engine and type in “reviews of [fill in name of shop],” and see what comes up. And while you should be wary of a single loudmouth who complains about a business (because there are difficult or uneducated customers, just like there are unscrupulous businesses), a pattern of complaints should tip you off that this is a business to avoid. We also have our own repair shop recommendation tool called the Mechanics Files (www. mechanicsfiles.com). We decided that rather than accept complaints, we’d only accept positive “recommendations” from our readers and listeners. In other words, we asked people, “if you have a repair shop that you’ve used for a long time and really like and trust, tell us about it and recommend it to others.” So, we now have a large database of highly recommended repair shops that have made our fans happy. You can search it by ZIP code and find yourself a new repair shop, Anthony. Then cross-check your selection with other review sites. Do your homework. Caveat emptor, vini vidi vici and all that. And take a few minutes to leave some reviews of your current shop on Yelp or Google Reviews, to warn other potential victims about your experience there. Online reviews aren’t perfect. But they’re far more useful than the AAA and BBB in selecting a repair shop, and consumers are lucky to have them. Visit Cartalk.com.

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FOOD Flavors of the year

Trends, openings and what’s coming soon for local food By Matt Ingersoll

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• Last weekend of Brewery Lights: The final weekend of the Brewery Lights at the Anheuser-Busch Tour Center & Biergarten (221 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack) will be from Thursday, Dec. 26, through Sunday, Dec. 29. Since mid-November, the brewery has featured a variety of holiday-themed festivities, like thousands of holiday lights and decorations, plus a Kids’ Zone, beer samples and holiday-themed food specials. Brewery Lights hours are from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Sunday, and from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more details, visit budweisertours.com or see our story in the Dec. 19 edition of the Hippo; just go to hippopress.com and click on “past issues.” The story is on page 26. • Soup’s on: Earlier this month, The Smoothie Bus Shoppe (Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester) introduced a rotating line of homemade soups to its menu, courtesy of the Allenstown Country Diner. According to Smoothie Bus Shoppe co-owner Josh Philbrick, one or two soup flavors are switched out each day and are typically available every Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for $3.99 per bowl. Featured soups have include broccoli and cheddar, black bean, chicken noodle, vegetable noodle and corn chowder. Soups will likely stay on the shop’s menu through the winter, Philbrick said. Visit facebook.com/ smoothiebus or call the shop at 858-1030 to find out what their latest soup flavors are. • Ozzie’z Kitchen rolls into Merrimack: The Merrimack-based food truck Nacho Average Wingz has recently rebranded, unveiling an all new menu under the new name Ozzie’z Kitchen. The new menu officially became available on Dec. 10 at Able Ebenezer Brewing Co. (31 Columbia Circle, Merrimack), where the truck is a regular guest vendor. Oswald told the Hippo that the truck made its debut in June, as part of a regular schedule of food trucks serving food at Able Ebenezer Brewing Co. The concept was centered around creative takes on chicken wings and nachos; those are still available on the new menu, along with a few additions, like the Mojo chicken wrap, with grilled marinated chicken breast with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a homemade chipotle aioli; and the Ozzie Burger, a fresh lean beef patty served on a grilled bun with sharp cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled, red onion and mayonnaise. Oswald hand-cuts and fries his own nacho chips, and features many of his own spice blends, sauces and marinades on the menu, as well as rotating specials. Visit facebook.com/ozziezkitchen for updates on when you can find the truck next. 29

As we close out the final year of the decade, here’s a look back at what arrived on the local food scene in 2019, plus a sneak preview of what’s to come in 2020.

Keeping things fresh

Serving food with fresh, healthy ingredients in quick-service environments was a recurring theme in New Hampshire all throughout 2019. More than a half dozen establishments offering cold-pressed juices, smoothies, rice and açaí bowls opened in the state this year alone, while many more expanded their business by introducing new menus, dining spaces or delivery services. One notable example is The Smoothie Bus Shoppe, which opened inside the Brady Sullivan Plaza in Manchester in January. Owners Josh and Sonya Philbrick originally launched the bus in the spring of 2018 as a smoothie delivery service for local businesses. Their success prompted them to open a brick-and-mortar space where people could always find them. In the 11 months since opening the shop, Josh Philbrick said that they’ve added all types of menu options, like fresh-squeezed juices, hot smoothies, smoothie bowls, toast spreads like Caprese avocado and banana and hummus, and overnight oats with almond milk, chia seeds and either fresh maple syrup or agave nectar. The space’s interior is also adorned with all kinds of useful nutrition information for many of its ingredients. “Eating healthier in general is absolutely a more and more upcoming trend,” Josh Philbrick said. “We do get requests all the time from customers on adding specific dishes, or we’ll try something ourselves. It’s [been] a little bit of both.” Troy’s Fresh Kitchen & Juice Bar, which opened in June in Londonderry, featured an extensive menu even on its first day in business, with nearly a dozen types of smoothies and bowls to choose from. But there’s been room for them to experiment with new items too. They’ve since added fresh homemade chili, various flavors of breakfast scrambles, wellness shots and coffee blends, just to name a few, all with the theme of fresh, all-natural ingredients. Other businesses like Brookline’s Pure Foods & Juice took advantage of all new machinery to provide single-serve cold-pressed juices on demand. The combination juice bar and health food store opened in August, according to co-owner Andy Ozgur. Fresh Hub Eatery in Salem and Laney & Lu in Exeter both introduced local deliveries for the first time in 2019. Also in Salem, Juicilicious found a new home in November when it moved up the street from its old location to 224

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N. Broadway. Thanks to a larger space, all types of new menu options were added, like wraps, salads and toast spreads, plus new flavors of smoothies and bowls. Alex Macomber, who opened The Nutrition Corner in Derry with his wife Kelsey earlier this month, said the health food trend extends beyond just juice and smoothie bars — more and more restaurants are taking advantage of it too. “It’s great to see so many healthy options popping up everywhere. … I think it’s kind of been a long time coming,” he said. “It’s cool because even younger people are starting to get it and you can talk to them intelligently about nutrition. You talk to the average high schooler these days, and they know more about nutrition than my parents did.”

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Southern New Hampshire welcomed more than two dozen other new restaurants in 2019, a year that brought all types of new options for foodies. Chef Joe Grella, for example, introduced what he calls a “craft kitchen and carry out” concept when he opened Presto Pasta in early July on Manchester’s West Side. The menu features several types of pastas and homemade sauces, “stick” sandwiches and creative comfort appetizers like fried arancini and hand-cut fries. While there are a few seats to dine in, the eatery is focused largely on take-out; there is an always fully stocked refrigerated case of sauces, garlic bread and reheatable pasta dishes. Even desserts like Oreo cheesecake truffles and homemade cannoli chips are available in the case, courtesy of Grella’s catering business, Custom Eats & Sweets. “We’re … almost a sort of liaison for people … to not have to go for the frozen meals at the grocery store or hit the drive-thru on the way home,” Grella told the Hippo in June. “We wanted to offer both single and family sizes, so that way you have the option of something that will feed one to two people, versus a whole family of four to six.” Georgia’s Northside in Concord, another new eatery that focuses exclusively on take-out, features an authentic Southern barbecue kitchen and craft beer market. Concord native Alan Natkiel spent the first half of the year converting the former Korner Kupboard general store on North State Street into his newest restaurant. He previously owned Georgia’s Eastside BBQ in New York City, which received national acclaim over its 11-year run. Natkiel told the Hippo in April that his goal was to create an all-around menu of quality Southern barbecue items — including each of the sides, which vary all the time but have included collard greens, pickled beets, fresh coleslaw, Texas caviar and potato salad.

Roasted broccoli & aged cheddar Soup with caraway sourdough croutons from Culture Bread & Sandwich, opening in Milford in early 2020. Courtesy photo.

“With Southern food, everybody thinks of the rock stars of the menu as the rack of ribs, the fried chicken plate, the brisket, things like that … but there are garden-grown foods that complement those too,” he said. “I’m very focused on … having a menu that represents the classics, but also brings in much more diverse and healthy options.” Shopper’s Pub + Eatery at Indian Head, a sports-themed restaurant and pub, opened in Manchester in July. The menu features madefrom-scratch items like pizzas, steak tips, burgers, wings, soups and salads, some of which utilize old family recipes from the early days of Shopper’s Cafe, which has been in business in Waltham, Mass., since 1937, according to co-owner Joey LaCava. Other newcomers to the Granite State include Luk’s Bar and Grill, which opened in Hudson in November; Greenleaf, a casual farm-to-table eatery that arrived in Milford in May; Picanha’s Brazilian Grill, a rodiziostyle Brazilian option that opened in Nashua in February; and Frida’s Tacos & Tequila, which opened on the south side of Elm Street in Manchester in September. Several already opened establishments introduced new locations too. In Merrimack, the unveiling of a new plaza at 360 Daniel Webster Highway brought three new eateries of its own to town – a fifth Thirsty Moose Taphouse restaurant and a second Hayward’s Homemade Ice Cream shop, both of which opened in March, followed by a fifth Tucker’s restaurant two months later, in early May. The Newell Post Restaurant in Concord opened a second location on Main Street, known as The Post Downtown, in May, while 603 Brewery opened its newly renovated Beer Hall in Londonderry’s Woodmont Commons development in June.

A taste of 2020

Concord will get its first craft distillery, Milford and Manchester will get new local restaurants and New Hampshire will see the opening of a small-batch kombucha brewery and taproom — these are just a few delicious things to look forward to as we turn over to a new decade. One eatery coming soon is Culture Bread & Sandwich, due to open sometime after the new year in Milford. The shop will make all

Pure Foods & Juice opened in Brookline in August. Courtesy photo.

of its own fresh breads, sandwiches and soups with natural and locally sourced ingredients, according to chef and owner Keith Sarasin of The Farmers Dinner and Greenleaf. Dine-in and take-out options will be served in a fast casual atmosphere, and plans are also in the works to provide gluten-free, vegan and low-carb options. New restaurants coming to Manchester include The Hill Bar & Grille, which is opening in June at McIntyre Ski Area. A brickand-mortar Prime Time Grilled Cheese location will arrive on Hanover Street in the

Queen City by February, brought to you by the same owners who launched the food truck of the same name in 2018. Spirit drinkers will also have a new spot they can look forward to in 2020, as Steadfast Spirits Distilling Co. is expected to open its doors in Concord in January. The distillery is unique for being the first licensed liquor manufacturer in the Capital City. A product line of moonshine-mixed cocktails under the name Trouble’s Moonshine will be available out of the gate, featuring flavors like cinnamon, maple and honey. In Goffstown and other neighboring communities, veteran kombucha homebrewer Brian Mazur of Glen Lake Libations has spent much of the year hosting informative workshops on the drink. He told the Hippo his goal is to eventually brew kombucha on a commercial scale in New Hampshire by sometime next year. Other spots to watch out for in 2020 are Los Primos Mexican Restaurant, due to open in Merrimack sometime in the spring; a sixth T-Bones Great American Eatery location coming to Concord by the end of the winter or early spring; a new Common Man Roadside Market & Deli coming to Manchester in the spring; and Stalk, an upcoming modern-American eatery in downtown Dover (date TBA).

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that you don’t even want to touch because it looks so pretty.” A fun question we always ask during these interviews is either “What celebrity would you like to see eating at your restaurant?” or “What celebrity would you like to have a meal with?” Various musicians, Hollywood actors, athletes, talk show hosts and celebrity chefs received mention throughout 2019 as an answer to this question. This year, the No. 1 answer was Guy Fieri; five people said they would like to meet the popular television personality and host of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The runner-up was Ellen DeGeneres, with three people saying they would like to meet the acclaimed talk show host. “I’d love to bake something for Ellen [DeGeneres], because if she has you on her radar, then you know you’ve shot to the top of everyone’s list,” Casie Ulliani of Sweet 23, a Derry-based homestead baking business, told the Hippo in August. We also like to give our interviewees the opportunity for a shout out of their favorite local eateries. The answers to this question could not have been more diverse – almost everyone called a different restaurant their favorite, with only a few recurring names. The most common answer, however, was The Birch on Elm in Manchester. Three people told the Hippo that the globally-inspired tapas restaurant was among their favorites in 2019, including Tom Puskarich of the Restoration Cafe in Manchester in February, Kait Lucas of CupKait’s Custom Cupcakes in April and Chris Viaud of Greenleaf in Milford in August. “I think The Birch on Elm … does an incredible job at utilizing local produce with their food, and they also have one of the best cocktail menus,” Viaud said.

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A former gas station dating back to the 1950s on the Milford Oval will soon become home to a craft beer and wine bar, with a brand new tap system, a small food menu, outdoor patio seating along Great Brook, and a unique display of the town’s history. Station 101 is the project of Chip Pollard and Gage Perry, two Merrimack men who have been renovating the old building since taking it over in March. On track to open by the spring, the bar will pay homage to the mid-20th-century look of an American gas station, with an overhang and actual gas pumps on display outside. Even the garage doors will be retained; Pollard and Perry are planning on having them wide open on warm days for people to enter the bar through. The plan, Pollard said, is for Station 101 to be a central hub of sorts for craft breweries in New Hampshire. He and Perry are implementing a glycol system of between 10 and 12 rotating selections of local craft beers, ciders and meads on tap, meaning they will remain ice cold when they reach your glass. There will also be coolers in the back bar area stocked with any limited-release cans or bottles they might receive. “Instead of having to go to Peterborough or Nashua or somewhere else for a special beer that you want, you can come here,” Pollard said. “We’re already working with many local breweries right now and they’re all very excited to have their beer here.” The details of the food menu are still being ironed out, but Pollard said he’s thinking of offering lighter fare to pair well with beer or wine, such as cheese platters, chips and salsa or German-style pretzels with mustard. Visitors will have the option to sit at the bar or at one of several tables inside or outside the taproom. Small community events like pig roasts and beer festivals are in the works for the open parking area out front. Directly to the left of the building facing in is a small concrete area overlooking

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Great Brook. Additional patio seating will be there, Pollard said. “We’ll have outdoor lights, music facing out and also maybe a retractable awning,” Pollard said. “The sound of the river drowns out all of the noise of the road too, so it really is a perfect spot.” Pollard, a retired air traffic controller for the FAA, said he became interested in the preservation of old gas stations as historical landmarks after reading about others being repurposed across the country. Even the original Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop in Burlington, Vt., he pointed out, was housed in an old gas station. The building that will become Station 101 is about 70 years old, but its location’s history as a gas station goes back much further than that. According to Pollard, it’s the site of the original Kendall & Wilkins saw and gristmill, which was built in the 1790s and later would become one of the first places for motorists to get gasoline in the town of Milford, in 1903. It transitioned into several gas stations over the years, from a Socony to a Mobil station, then a Texaco station when it was rebuilt in the 1950s. These are among the stories Pollard said he is looking forward to telling when Station 101 pours its first taps. “It’s all about showcasing the history of the town,” he said. “It’s going to be a really fun place that will further draw more and more people to the Oval and enhance everybody’s business here.” Station 101

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Keith Girard of Concord is the executive chef of 603 Brewery (42 Main St., Londonderry, 404-6123, 603brewery.com). He joined the staff earlier this year to create and oversee a brand new full food menu as the brewery moved its operations to its Beer Hall and outdoor patio in Londonderry’s Woodmont Commons. The menu features a variety of shareable plated options, from nachos and house-cut french fries to fried Brussels sprouts and Bavarian pretzels with beer cheese and mustard, plus selections of burgers, sandwiches, pizzas and half- or full-sized cheese or sausage boards. Girard has more than a decade of cooking experience, including as a private chef for a fraternity at Pennsylvania State University for five years, and as a sous chef for the Hanover Street Chophouse in Manchester for one year. What is your must-have kitchen item? You’ve got to have salt in the kitchen.

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What would you have for your last meal? What is your favorite thing on your I would probably have a pepperoni pizza, menu? some house-cut fries, a nice sour beer and a I would say it would have to be any of our huge brownie ice cream sundae with a glass pizzas. of milk. What is the biggest food trend in New What is your favorite local restaurant? Hampshire right now? My go-to spot is definitely Dos Amigos I definitely think more people want [to Burritos in Concord. I also love The Works eat] local now and just want to know where Cafe [in Concord] for breakfast. But if I’m their food is coming from. I think that trend going out with my wife for a really nice din- is ongoing. ner, The Crown Tavern in Manchester is really good too. What is your favorite thing to cook at home? What celebrity would you have liked to Just a perfect quick plate of nachos. see ordering from your menu? — Matt Ingersoll French onion dip

Courtesy of Keith Girard of 603 Brewery in Londonderry 2 large yellow onions 3 tablespoons canola, vegetable or olive oil 2 cups sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise Salt and pepper to taste Place a medium to large pan on the stove on medium-high heat. While the pan is heating up, small dice the onions. They don’t need to be minced, but the smaller they are, the more they incorporate in the dip and the faster they cook.

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TRY THIS AT HOME Mushrooms Impromptu gatherings and last-minute invites seem to be the norm for me this time of year, and personally, I love the spontaneity and all the extra socializing. However, I know they also can induce moments of stress, as you wonder, “I just invited people over for a cocktail. What am I going to serve?” Obviously you can go with the traditional menu of cheese and crackers or chips and dip, but how about serving a hot appetizer that requires two ingredients and takes almost no time to make? Oh yeah, and it also is a recipe that will get huge praise from your guests. Sounds like a win-win to me. The only trick to this appetizer is that you probably need to stop by the store to grab some mushrooms. Let’s be honest. If you’re inviting people off the cuff, you probably need to stop by the store for some items anyway, right? So, while you’re there, get the mushrooms. Get the Parmesan cheese also, if that isn’t something you keep on hand. Now you have everything you need to make a fabulous appetizer. Even better than the fact that it’s simple is the fact that these mushrooms will pair with quite a few different drinks. A nice pinot noir or gamay will work if you’re thinking about red wine. Almost any white or sparkling wine will pair with it as well. If you’re serving cocktails, a Manhattan, cosmo, or a simple gin and Easiest, Cheesiest Mushrooms 16 baby bella mushrooms 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove stems from mushrooms, and gently remove some of the gills with a spoon, being careful not to break the edge of the mushroom. Coat baking pan with oil or nonstick cook-

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tonic all work nicely. As for beer, I’ll let you figure that out, as I’m not a fan. If you aren’t hosting but have been invited to a last-minute gathering, these mushrooms will work there also. However, you’ll want to heat them after you arrive so the cheese is nice and bubbling hot, which means you need to be close enough with the host to ask to use the oven. I’d tell you how these mushrooms work as a cold dish, but I have never had a batch last long enough to find out. Here’s to December, extra social gatherings, and appetizers that are easy yet amazing! Michele Pesula Kuegler has been thinking about food her entire life. Since 2007, the Manchester resident has been sharing these food thoughts and recipes at her blog, Think Tasty. Visit www.thinktasty.com to find more recipes.

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Wednesday, Jan. 1, will be not only the first day of a new year; it will be the first day of a new decade. Welcome the next decade by trying new and different wines — wines with a global experience. Tuesday evening, New Year’s Eve, should be celebrated with great food and accompanied by great wine. A New Year’s Eve standard is Champagne. But it doesn’t have to come from the Champagne region of France. South Africa produces great wine that is not given its due. The Graham Beck Brut Non-Vintage, (originally priced at $24.99 and on sale at the New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlets at $19.99) is a “bubbly” that is exceptional. It comes from the Western Cape town of Robertson, which produces several sparkling wines and was the celebratory drink of choice at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration and Barack Obama’s presidential win. It is composed of 57 percent pinot noir and 43 percent chardonnay. It has a light, slightly yeasty aroma, with fresh lime fruit on the nose. It has a rich creamy complexity on the palate, and the fine mousse (bubbles) contributes to its overall freshness. The Graham Beck Brut Rosé Non Vintage (also originally priced at $24.99 and on sale at $19.99) is just fun, with tiny bubbles that burst gently on your tongue. It has a silver-pink blush and boastful character for those who appreciate a bit of flair with their “bubbly.” It is composed of 58 percent pinot noir and 42 percent chardonnay. It has aromas of raspberries and cherries with just a touch of minerality. The bubbles are lively with subtle berry flavors. While flirtatious, it is structured and elegant. It could be considered “an affair of the senses”! Our next wine takes us to southwestern France, about 100 miles east of Bordeaux. Château de Cénac 2014 Cuvée Prestige, Cahors, France (originally priced at $34.99 and on sale at $16.99) is a wine to be tried as it is different and made from malbec grapes instead of the usual cabernet sauvignon or cabernet franc of the region. This grape originated in this region but today is more closely associated with Mendoza, Argentina. It is mixed with small quantities of tannat and merlot grapes. It is darkly colored and has a meaty herb-tinged nose, with hints of black cherries and a whiff of leather. It has dense tannins with ripe black plum fruits to the taste. The strong mineral character from the chalky soil gives the wine a powerful texture and structure that will allow the wine to age in the cellar. Decanting is recommended.

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Our last wine is a collaboration of great talents that hails from Australia. Terlato & Chapoutier S Block Shiraz (originally priced at $64.99 and on sale at the Price Busters racks at $29.99) is the creation of French winemaking with the iconic grape of Australia. Hailing from the Pyrenees Hills, Victoria, two hours northwest of Melbourne, Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier combines the vision of Anthony J. Terlato, the founder of luxury importer and marketer of Terlato Wines International, and Michel Chapoutier, the esteemed Rhône grower and vintner whose compelling wines have been exalted by critics around the world. This block on a south-exposed slope has unique shale and iron-rich soil which creates incredible complexity in the wine. The color is intense with deep inky-purple edges; the aroma is complex with wild cherries and chocolate. The taste is full-flavored, with a hint of the dark chocolate and blackberries coming through. It has a long finish with persistent tannins, dubbed “chewy” by some. Chapoutier’s wine labels are distinctive because of their inclusion of Braille writing on all their labels since 1996. A new decade should inspire us to be creative and explore new horizons. Expand your “wine map” and try these distinctively different wines. You will be happy you did! Fred Matuszewski is a local architect and a foodie and wine geek, interested in the cultivation of the multiple strains and varieties of grapes and the industry of wine production and sales. Chief among his travels is an annual trip to the wine-producing areas of California.

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• Volume Control B• Book Report Includes listings for lectures, author events, book clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events. To let us know about your book or event, email asykeny@hippopress. com. To get author events, library events and more listed, send information to listings@hippopress.com. FILM

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Phonettes, Algorithm Love (BERT Records)

This mopey, Bon Iver-ish EP is the debut one for this project, revolving around the work of Amsterdam-based singer-songwriter and film composer Daan Hofman. As the story goes, about two years ago, Hofman started writing material from scratch using only an analog synthesizer, two guitars and a computer. I’m not sure what that represents in terms of a level of innovation as compared to the other billion bands who prefer tape over bytes, and I really didn’t see a whole ton of difference between the overall sound of this stuff and all those aforementioned hipster outfits who seem to think the world is forever starving for the Sigur Ros-gone-accessible sound, but that’s not to say this isn’t listenable, at least. I mean, kickoff tune “Wide Awake” is decent for what it is, a slow, drowsy laze-by-the-river-with-someone’s-creepy-uncle-practicing-his-shower-singing thingamajig, and then there’s the forlorn title track, which is the same sort of thing. Like I said, there are a billion bands doing this, but at least this endeavor has an irrepressibly positive edge to it. B- — Eric W. Saeger Child Bite, Blow Off the Omens (Housecore Records)

I don’t mean to appear to be a stalker of this Detroit noiserock band, but they’re definitely worth keeping tabs on if you dig the heavy stuff. I’m far too lazy to look to see if Steve Albini was involved in last year’s compilation of the band’s rarities-covers compilation, Burnt Offerings, which we talked about in this space, but he did produce this record, to good effect. This time it’s more like something you’d hear if High on Fire went on a bit of an early Van Halen trip; opener “Mock Ecstasy” has that familiar biker-gang-war, street-metal sound Albini was born to concoct, but there’s a certain merriment to the “singing,” including some David Lee Roth aping that made me think of the Fair Warning album. Now, the singer does have an insane-clown Jello Biafra side to him, most prominently on the buzzing faux-math rocker “The Stimulus Gorge,” and Albini has done a great job of bringing that more into the forefront. What can I say, these guys rule. A+ — Eric W. Saeger

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • Dec. 27 is two days after Christmas. There will be new albums released on that day, supposedly, because it is a Friday, the day of the week when bands and artistes put out albums. I am quite certain they will all be metal albums, but I said that last week and wound up finding a bunch of non-metal stuff, for last-minute holiday gift-buying lunacy. So who knows, maybe I’ll have similar luck this week, as I venture out now, to the Island of Misfit Albums. Maybe the Baby Yoda is putting out an album and I can just squawk about how my wife physically cannot shut off those videos. I am sick of Baby Yoda. And now that the meme is like three weeks old by the time you’re reading this, you’re either sick of it also, or it has already gone the way of “OK boomer” and no one cares about it anymore. I didn’t care about Baby Yoda the minute I saw it, but whatever, stop, let’s go into the wired wilderness, with no Rudolph-nose to guide us on this thankless task, and find some albums. OK, I’m back. As of this writing, there are literally no new albums coming out on Dec. 27. There are two coming out on the 26th, so you’ll have something to buy with that sweet gift money from grandma, but one did come out on Christmas day, Jesus is Born, from Kanye West., his second LP this year. I cannot decide whom I care about less, Kanye or Baby Yoda. Help me decide. • So that brings us to the albums coming out on Dec. 26. I feel most strongly that I should be able to talk about these, because I didn’t know they were coming out last time, and technically they do belong in this week’s column, because in all likelihood the copy of the paper you’re reading right now was on a truck on the 26th. Whatever, the first misfit album we have on tap here is hip-hop person Melvin Junko, with his new album The Unidentified Flying Object That Everyone Was Too Busy to Notice. The punchline here is that the name “Melvin Junko” is almost certainly copyrighted, as it denotes a character in the Toxic Avenger series, but I’ll play along and talk about this doomed album, like when my friend Dave said he was going to ask a girl a super rude question when we were in third grade, and he went over, and she kicked him on the shin. So Melvin is a white rapper kid, and he’s awesome, like he has this really cool gospel-organ sample he uses in the unnamed track I found on YouTube. He’s quite the “spitter,” like we reviewers used to say. Too bad he’s going to be threatened with a lawsuit if he doesn’t change his name. • Wait, I’m saved, there was another album that came out on the 25th, which counts, as far as I’m concerned, since you could have been reading the paper while it was being printed by elves. It is from Leaving Machine, a completely unknown band, and the title is, and I quote, All My Favorite Album Covers Have Pictures In Boxes With Text Under Them. It’s anarchy-rock, and that’s all anyone knows. • Lastly, it’s James Welsh’s new two-song EP, Sitting/Rubber Dog. This is chill house techno, really cool, Aphex Twin-level stuff. — Eric W. Saeger Local (N.H.) bands seeking album or EP reviews can message me on Twitter (@esaeger) or Facebook (eric.saeger.9).

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What started as a burning RV and a broken tooth turned into the journey of a lifetime for Manchester resident Rik Humboldt, the subject of Henniker filmmaker Dave Breger’s new film, The Tooth Rik Humboldt Journey, premiering at Murphy’s Taproom in Manchester on Saturday, Dec. 28. Several years ago Humboldt, now 71, bought an RV to do some traveling, but soon thereafter the RV caught fire and was burned beyond repair. That same day, he took a bite of an apple and broke his tooth. Rather than allow his misfortune to put an end to his plan to travel, he bought a motorcycle and embarked on a 20-month solo ride — living on less than $800 a month — from New Hampshire to California, then down into Central and South America, where he passed through 11 countries, including Mexico, Panama, Columbia, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. He was in search of adventure — and on a mission to have his much-needed dental work, which included more than just the broken tooth, done for less money than it would have cost in the U.S. Throughout his trip, Humboldt recorded and shot 8,442 video and photo files. “I was riding solo; there was no one to follow me around, so I thought, how can I share all this with my friends and family?” Humboldt said. “Through selfie videos and pictures was the only way I could think of.” When he returned to New Hampshire, he was overwhelmed with the amount of footage and asked his friend Breger, an aspiring filmmaker and current film student at Keene State College, to edit the footage for him. “I said, ‘Sure, I’ll do it.’” Breger said. “I thought it’d be a friendly favor, a few hours of chopping together some footage. I didn’t realize how much footage there was going to be. I mean, he didn’t just turn [the camera] on here and there; he turned it on at least three times a day for hundreds of days. He was diligently recording, introducing times, dates and locations and talking about what happened on each day.” As he looked through some of the footage, Breger became increasingly ambitious about the project and had ideas about turning it into a “travel documentary montage,” as he describes it. “Rik is a charismatic guy with a lot of character, and there was some really interesting footage in there,” he said. “I just felt like there was potential for a short film in there.” Breger put together a short trailer for the film and proposed the idea for a film to Humboldt. “I had no idea how to take it, but I [said to Breger], ‘OK. You’re the filmmaker,’” Humboldt said. “I didn’t think anyone but my friends and family would be interested. Then again, I guess a 65-year-old man riding to South America from New Hampshire to get his tooth repaired is quite

unusual.” So Breger started the long and tedious process of sifting through all the footage — it came out to around 30 hours of video and around 4,500 photos — looking for scenes that were emotionally compelling or highlighted Humboldt’s personality, scenes that fit together chronologically to create a cohesive story and scenes that had good visual and audio quality. At this time he also started a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to produce the film, for which the funding goal was met. The film opens with a short conversation between Humboldt and Breger about how Humboldt’s journey began and how he shot the footage, with cutaway scenes to other footage, shot by a bystander, of Humboldt’s RV engulfed in flames. Throughout the film, there are scenes Humboldt shot while riding his motorcycle, highlighting some of South America’s beautiful landscapes. “He goes along the edges of these cliffs with the ocean on one side and mountains on the other,” Breger said. “It’s so much fun to watch, because you feel like you’re actually the one riding.” Another highlight of the film, Breger said, is a scene in which Humboldt goes into a corner store and buys a jug of soda, a stick of dynamite, ammonium nitrate and a bag of coca leaves for $2.19, then heads to the mines, where local miners show him how to mine for silver. “That was one of the most interesting scenes to me, because it just shows how different our cultures are,” Breger said. Breger said his mission as the filmmaker is to showcase Humboldt’s personality and South America as a tourist destination, and to encourage people to live their lives to the fullest. “Rik said, ‘I’m going to take my misfortune and turn it into an adventure,’” Breger said. “So, if you’re sitting there thinking, ‘I want to go do this thing or take this adventure,’ don’t wait. Take opportunities. Anything is achievable.” The screening at Murphy’s Taproom will be the only opportunity to see the film, at least for a while; Breger is currently pitching the film to National Geographic, Netflix and other video streaming services, and trying to recruit Kawasaki Motorcycles to help fund and market it.

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• A plan to kill: Hampton author Bonnar Spring is releasing a new thriller, Toward the Light. Set in Guatemala, the story follows Luz Concepcion, who sets out to murder the man who destroyed her family, amid the CIA, undercover work, strongmen, violent political factors, corruption, drugs and a moral dilemma that brings threats of physical danger. Spring said in a press release that the idea for the novel came from a conversation at a party many years before she began writing it. “We’d been discussing current events and ... agreed that the world would be better off with the death of a certain ruthless Middle Eastern dictator. Another guest said he’d kill the man himself if he had the opportunity. … A wine-fueled discussion sprang up: Could you do something like that without getting caught? If so, how? Then it occurred to me that maybe getting caught didn’t matter.” Toward the Light goes on sale Jan. 7, but preorders can be placed now at online retailers and in local bookstores. • Second in mystery series: Salisbury author Paula Munier recently released a new novel, Blind Search, the second in her mystery series with hero Mercy Carr and Elvis, her lovable retired bomb-sniffing dog. The story follows Henry, a 9-year-old boy with autism, who wanders into the woods and witnesses a murder. Carr must find the killer before the killer finds Henry, but a blizzard complicates the mission. “The idea for this book was inspired by a real-life story about a boy with autism who wandered off into the Vermont woods and got lost,” Munier said in a press release. “He was rescued safe and sound, but the writer in me thought: What if a boy with autism got lost in the woods and witnessed a murder? Mercy and Elvis would have to save him … and I was off and running.” Find Blind Search at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, the Toadstool Bookshops in Nashua and Peterborough and most popular booksellers. — Angie Sykeny

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe brings an end to its Avengers-original-class era. Star Wars brings an end to its third Skywalker trilogy. And The Irishman — is it a swan song by Martin Scorsese? Have we finally completed the character arc of Woody, the faithful toy cowboy, in the Toy Story franchise? Whatever 2020 brings, 2019 brought, to some degree, closure. Closure that the internet will be arguing over for the next decade. So what to make of this year? What’s the best? What’s the least likely to ever darken a screen for me again? Here are my picks for what to see and what to skip from 2019. As usual, I’ll start 2020 by catching up year-end releases so I haven’t seen Cats, Bombshell, 1917, Little Women, Uncut Gems, Just Mercy, Clemency or Parasite. And speaking of catching up ... • Movie from 2018 that’s still, like, around: On Dec. 17, I noticed They Shall Not Grow Old, a World War I documentary built on archival footage from total history nerd Peter Jackson (yes that Peter Jackson), playing at an area theater — which I’ve seen it do throughout the year. This excellent restoration of old footage makes the humanity of the soldiers from 100 years ago feel present and alive; stay for the doc about the doc (if it’s part of your screening) where Jackson endearingly nerds out about how he put the whole thing together. • Horror movies, blech: I really did not like 2016’s Split; this year’s Glass, while not as exploitative, never delivered on the promise of the Unbreakable/Split cinematic universe. I also wasn’t a fan of 2017’s It. This year’s It Chapter 2 wasn’t great but I did enjoy it more. I think in both cases, Glass and Chapter 2, the standout elements of the movies were performances, James McAvoy as a Horde of people and Bill Hader as a twitchy comedian, respectively. Then there was Pet Sematary and Doctor Sleep — sigh, Stephen King movies, I want to like you. Also, Ma, meh. • Horror movies, yay!: Black Christmas was goofy but I enjoyed this movie about sorority sisters fighting the patriarchy. I had fun with Happy Death Day 2 U; Jessica Rothe makes her sorority girl caught in a time loop a complex character (you know, relatively speaking). Ready Or Not was a surprising bit of dark glee. • Fun for the whole family: The early 2019 The Kid Who Would Be King release, which put Arthurian legend in a modern setting, is solid kid-story fare with good life lessons. I really enjoyed The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, which gets to the chang-

ing nature of sibling relationships with heart and cleverness. The Secret Life of Pets 2 isn’t as winning a sequel but it had a jolly Looney Toons quality. These Disney live-action remakes are often half-baked but I didn’t hate Aladdin, and I think Will Smith did as well as one could with a role where Robin Williams set the standard. • For the whole family, fun debatable: I never took to the How to Train Your Dragon movies (another franchise that seemed to come to an end) and I was just lukewarm on this year’s How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. The less said about the “live action” Dumbo and photorealistically animated The Lion King the better. I cried during Toy Story 3; I annoyedly shifted in my seat during Toy Story 4. • I’m not saying they’re great but: Brittany Runs a Marathon actually offers an interesting take on the standard makeover movie story. Where’d You Go, Bernadette has grown on me the more I’ve thought about it; I appreciate the excesses of Cate Blanchett’s performance. Charlie’s Angels starts off fine but ends up So Much Fun. And who knew Kristen Stewart could be such a delightful goofball? • I’m not saying these aren’t dumb but: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is extremely dumb but I defy you to watch the Helen Mirren and Samoa scenes and not feel better about the world. In the movie Crawl, a girl fights a gator; do you need more? John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum answers the question “how crazy can we make this?” • Legitimately, these are great: Hustlers shows that Jennifer Lopez really can act. Gloria Bell (an English language remake of the 2013 Spanish language Gloria) is wonderful in the ordinariness of its characters. • I wanted these to be better: I keep pulling for Rebel Wilson even when movies like The Hustle (a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Isn’t It Romantic (a rom-com parody) don’t work the way they should. Likewise, Little and What Men Want, both rom-comy in nature and featuring solid talent (Issa Rae and Regina Hall in Little and Taraji P. Henson in What Men Want) just didn’t come together. Gina Rodriguez of Jane the Virgin fame should be an action star but the very average Miss Bala won’t be the movie catapulting her there. • These movies also exist: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood and its odd use of the Manson family murders — I’m still not sure what to think about this, other than that Brad Pitt probably deserves award nods. Ford v Ferrari features strong performances from Matt Damon and Christian Bale and is an interesting process movie that I’ve almost entirely forgotten. And then there’s Joker, which, heavy sigh.

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• We don’t have to revisit everything: Rambo: Last Blood is a bleak and unnecessary addition to a franchise. Terminator: Dark Fate also feels like serious brand dilution, although it gets points from me for making 63-year-old Linda Hamilton an action star. • But sometimes nostalgia is fun: Zombieland 2: Double Tap is weirdly packed

with Oscar winners and nominees, doesn’t need to exist and doesn’t really do much, story-wise, and yet it’s fun. Likewise, when you watch the unnecessary but cozy-likefuzzy-socks-and-hot-tea Downton Abbey movie snugged in on your couch, you really will be enjoying a little slice of heaven. • Let’s talk about superheros: In the “success!” column, I think we have Mar-

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10. John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum You know that saying, about taking three accessories off before you leave the house? This movie put on six extra accessories and then a crown and a cape. 9. Shazam / Captain Marvel Is either of these the best movie of the year? No, but both were fun to watch and are, I think, deeper than their bright colors and snappy dialogue suggest. 8. The Big Little Farm The documentary about a farm attempting to use sustainable holistic farming methods both showed how difficult that is and made me want to, like, plant an orchard and get ducks. And it’s beautiful. 7. Judy / Harriet / Hustlers / Gloria Bell Renee Zellweger, Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu and Julianne Moore made these movies (which, in terms of overall quality, I’d rank with Gloria Bell at the top, then Hustlers, Judy and Harriet) must-watches. 6. JoJo Rabbit / The Lighthouse Idiosyncratic is how I’d describe these movies, one a lighthearted romp about a child cluelessly living through the end of Nazi Germany (I know, but it works, mostly) and the other a dark (both thematically and visually) classic horror movie about two men going mad on an island. 5. Queen & Slim / Motherless Brooklyn

/ The Farewell All three of these movies beautifully capture time and place and feature exquisite performances. 4. Marriage Story / The Irishman / Dolemite Is My Name Are these Netflix movies the future of cinema? Or a future? Each is a product of good performances and quality storytelling and I was glad that they were easily accessible to me. 3. Avengers: Endgame / Spider-Man: Far From Home The Marvel Cinematic Universe really brought it together in the past few years and the sum total of the storytelling (which I think is what I’m praising here, more than either movie individually) is very impressive. Also, I’d argue that these two movies together, with Far From Home serving as almost a coda to Endgame, actually balance each other nicely, Far From Home giving Endgame emotional heft. 2. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part I know it’s blasphemy but this sequel trumped Pixar’s sequel (and it has some great songs). 1. Knives Out / Booksmart Here’s the big-laughs double feature of 2019. The whodunit comedy features a cast of heavy hitters (Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Toni Collette) having a blast. The last-nightof-high-school comedy features national treasure Beanie Feldstein and star on the rise Kaitlyn Dever.

Here are some of the movies that have me fight? excited about the first half of 2020 (release • Mulan (March 27) Another Disney dates, as always, can change and are accord- live-action adaptation of an animated movie; I am cautiously optimistic. ing to IMdB). • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (April 3) I • Bad Boys for Life (Jan. 17) Does any- have medium hopes for this mix of live action body need this Will Smith/Martin Lawrence and animation that features James Corden’s voice and the return of Rose Byrne and reunion? No, but still. • Doolittle (PG, Jan. 17) This Robert Domhnall Gleeson. • No Time to Die (April 10) New Bond, Downey Jr. movie is giving off some lateera Johnny Depp vibes but I’m curious to see James Bond, movie. • Trolls World Tour (April 17) My daughwhat his post-Iron Man career will look like. • Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous ter loved Trolls (it’s pink characters and pop Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (Feb. songs, what’s not to love). • Black Widow (May 1) Natasha Romanoff 7) I’m intrigued by the idea of Harley (Margot Robbie) sans Mr. J and unleashed on the gets her stand-alone. world. • Wonder Woman 1984 (June 5) Patty Jen• Emma (Feb. 21) I am always here for a kins returns as director, Gal Gadot returns as Jane Austen adaptation. Diana Prince and I return to buying a ticket for • Onward (March 6) I still can’t discount a this as soon as I can. Pixar movie; this one features “modern day”• In the Heights (June 26) Lin-Manuel ish elves looking to bring back their lost father. Miranda’s pre-Hamilton musical gets a big• Godzilla vs. Kong (March 13) Let them screen adaptation.

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It’s not for the faint of heart, this looking back at one’s opinions from 10 years ago. I apparently enjoyed both Paranormal Activity 2 and Tron: Legacy — does this assessment hold up? I have no idea because I doubt I’ll ever watch those movies again. If I went back, would 2011’s Super 8 still be my favorite movie from that year? How to pick a best of the decade when recency bias makes everything from 2018 seem more, well, more than, say, Saving Mr. Banks, which was on my 2013 favorites list. So instead of picking the definitive important films of the 2010s, I present here, using my annual year-in-reviews as source material, the movies most worth tucking in with during a snowy winter day — in other words, some of the no-pressure funnest movies of the 2010s. 2010: I think my top picks of Toy Story 3, Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right more or less hold up but my picks for a relaxing time are Easy A and True Grit — both movies featuring spunky gals (Emma Stone and Hailee Steinfeld, respectively) looking for some justice. 2011: For someone always looking for kid appropriate movies, the Jason Segel-fronted The Muppets and the animated Winnie the Pooh are worth a second viewing. But if I were lazing on the couch, I think I’d make it a Michael Fassbender double feature with 2011’s Jane Eyre (with Mia Wasikowska in the title role) and X-Men: First Class, the first and best of the X-Men Early Years series of movies. 2012: This year has some solid choices (the first Avengers movie, meta horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods, Tim Burton’s cute animated movie Frankenweenie, the first Pitch Perfect, Channing Tatum’s solid comedy chops in 21 Jump Street) but I think I’d make it a family movie night with the delightful Wreck-It Ralph (featuring the

voice of New Hampshire’s Sarah Silverman giving the Disney universe an awesome new princess). 2013: The Heat. No contest. If I pass this movie while flipping around on TV, I stop and watch it. I enjoyed this Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy buddy cop movie at the time but it has only improved with age for me. 2014: I stand behind my pick of Guardians of the Galaxy for my favorite of the year, and Begin Again and Chef (two of my No. 2 picks) are charmers that I have watched again and enjoyed. I can’t wait until my kids are old enough for The Boxtrolls, The Book of Life and The LEGO Movie (all of which have some scary elements, to my memory). But I have enjoyed repeated viewings of Edge of Tomorrow, the excellent Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise-fronted sci-fi. 2015: I haven’t seen Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation since 2015 but it sticks out as one of the funnest movies I saw that year, Tom Cruise hanging out of a plane and whatnot, with Ant Man as a runner-up (though I do tend to think of that movie in terms of “the excellent Michael Peña scenes and then the rest of the movie”). I’d definitely check out The Martian again and I have watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Creed when I’ve seen these solid franchise extensions on TV. The gentle The Peanuts Movie has already entertained my kids on a few snow days and Inside Out is definitely in my family movie night future. But to accompany couch plus warm beverage plus cozy blanket? I’ve got to say Spy, with its top-notch performance by McCarthy as well as Rose Byrne, Jason Statham and Jude Law. 2016: A double feature of the lady Ghostbusters (it was fun! is my position and I stand by that) and Andy Samberg’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping would be a solid night in. Sunbaked 1970s Los Angeles noir The Nice Guys deserves a look for its performances by both Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Arrival is a strong contender for

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Like the Millennium Falcon without its landing gear, the latest Star Wars trilogy crashes into a stop with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

This is the weakest of the new trilogy, not “I don’t like sand,” prequel trilogy territory but still a far rougher final product than expected after the rosy nostalgia glow of The Force Awakens or the burn-it-down scrappiness of The Last Jedi, both of which I enjoyed. I think if you go in excited for a Star Wars movie you will basically have a good time — good time watching it and better time discussing/arguing about it. General Leia (Carrie Fisher, in not 100 percent successfully used/rendered footage shot before her death) commands the remains of the resistance. The First Order is now run by Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Both sides freak out when news spreads that Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), killed in Return of the Jedi, somehow still exists. Palpatine is the OG Big Bad of the Star Wars universe but Kylo Ren is all “it’s Kylo’s First Order now, old man” and seeks to kill him. But, Palpatine knows how to win friends by offering extraordinary power; he has been building a massive fleet of Star Destroyers with Death Star-like weapons. This new force, available to a Supreme Leader willing to do Palpatine’s bidding, will

be called the Final Order (one of a few halfbaked elements). Resistance fighters Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) gather intelligence about the First Order while Leia helps Rey (Daisy Ridley) with her Jedi training. When they hear Palpatine’s plans, Finn, Poe, Rey, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels, giving maybe the movie’s most heartfelt performance) and BB-8 set out to find Exogol, the Sith planet where they believe Palpatine and his fleet are hiding. If they can “take the fight to him” while the fleet is still relatively vulnerable they have a chance at beating Palpatine and the New Order once and for all … is the fewest-spoilers-possible explanation for this story. There are a few significant instances where it felt like director/co-writer J.J. Abrams and company took the “hasty gift wrap” approach to plot construction. It’s like he said “let’s tape over that plot hole with this big triangle of leftover wrapping paper and hope the jokes and the cool visuals make up for it.” One reveal in particular made me wonder if it was related to some bit of backstory from some expanded Star Wars universe novel or cartoon and if it is, that’s a pretty big Easter egg for deep-dive fans only and if it isn’t, the moment needed context. The resulting story feels jerky, more like a list of plot points than an organically unfolding epic. The movie’s final battle, which like Return

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• Reunion: A three-band post-Christmas show includes Halo & the Harlots, a punky side project of Americana duo Rockwood Taylor and Mark Toolan. It’s their first show since last August in Asheville, N.C., the new home of Newburyport native Toolan. When folk singer Lynne Taylor straps on a Danelectro Longhorn, she finds her inner Exene. The Chakras and Paul Jarvis also appear. Thursday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. See facebook.com/justabunchacrap. • Farewell: What began as a one-night Year in Review hosted by comic Juston McKinney has grown to four shows in 2019. A mix of his characteristic slice-oflife comedy, wry takes on our weird world and a look back at 2019, Last Laugh is now a tradition for the local comic, who filmed his latest special, Parentally Challenged, in Manchester. Friday, Dec. 27, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 28, 4:30 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 29, at 6 p.m. at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets $26. See themusichall.org. • Wordplay: Eclectic singer, songwriter and rapper Matisyahu appears with ska band Bedouin Soundclash for a stop on his current tour. The performer blends reggae, hip-hop and soul with an almost holy fervor and is known for changing up even his most well-known songs. Esquire awarded him the Most Lovable Oddball award a while back, calling him “the most intriguing reggae artist in the world.” Saturday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. Tickets $37 to $52 at tupelohall.com. • Northerners: Formed in Toronto with Philadelphia- and Portland-based musicians, Enter the Haggis built a big following over two-plus decades. Their latest release is Broken Arm, an EP drawn from their retrospective album Cheers and Echoes. “Mrs. Elliot” features bagpipes laid over a big rock sound — “A triumphant return to form,” wrote one critic. Sunday, Dec. 29, 8 p.m., Bank of NH Stage, 16 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets are $25 to $35 at banknhstage.com. • Homecoming: With each return to its home state, Recycled Percussion expands the event horizon, this time appearing 16 times over nine days in Manchester, in addition to several other regional shows. Banging trash cans, playing power tools and shredding in kinetic chaos, their act is always fun. Two shows Friday, Dec. 27, through Monday, Dec. 30; three on New Year’s Eve (noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m.) and one a day Jan. 1 through Jan. 5, at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Tickets start at $35 at palacetheatre.org.

Looking for fun on New Year’s Eve? Check out these events, all happening on Tuesday, Dec. 31. • 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3330) 8 p.m. Rock, funk and soul powerhouse Harsh Armadillo closes out the decade with help from Jaw Jams. $25 members, $30 in advance. • 815 Cocktails & Provisions (815 Elm St., Manchester, eventbrite.com) 9 p.m. $120 for The Mad Era, a Roaring 20s themed party with open bar menu, burlesque from Siren of the Circle, DJ Dale Byrd, hor d’oeuvres, photographer Chris Hajjar, photo booth, complimentary Casamigos cocktail, Korbel Champagne toast at a downtown speakeasy. • Alan’s (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 7536631) 8 p.m. Rocked up final night includes Stray Dog playing covers. • American Legion Post 47 (551 Foundry St., Rollinsford, 742-5833) 7:30 p.m. Acoustic Radio fifth annual bash with opener Aunt Peg is $15, with a prime rib dinner available. • Area 23 (State Street, Concord, 881-9060) 9 p.m. Thrown to the Wolves play the year’s final set at a local music-friendly venue. • Ashworth by the Sea (295 Ocean Blvd., Hampton 926-6762) 6:30 p.m. Dinner, dancing and a throwback vibe at this hotel’s annual bash. • Auburn Pitts (167 Rockingham Road, Auburn, 622-6564) 8 p.m. Old Gold Band performs covers from the ’60s to today, just like last year. • Auburn Tavern (346 Hooksett Road, Auburn, 587-2057) 8 p.m. Another Shot Acoustic rocking all the favorites. • Avalon North (1 Washington St., No. 4162, Dover, eventbrite.com) 8 p.m. All white dress requested for this party, wedding gowns encouraged, all genders welcome. Hors d’oeuvres served at 8 p.m., dessert and dancing starts at 9, Champagne/sparkling cider toast at midnight. $30. • Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, eventbrite.com) 8 p.m. $30 to $60. A Night at Studio 54 recalls the iconic NYC club. Boston’s DJ’s BegBick spins in the main room, with aerialists flying high above and LED dancers on the floor. The lounge offers belly dancers, burlesque, drag and more. • Birch on Elm (931 Elm St., Manchester, eventbrite.com) 9 p.m., Third annual New Year’s Eve Birch Bash, $60 ticket begins with an assortment of passed appetizers and dishes inspired by sister restaurant Noodz, specialty cocktails, and a midnight Champagne toast, along with a Lithermans Limited tap takeover. • Blue Mermaid Island Grill (10 Shapleigh Road, Kittery, Maine, 207-703-2754) 7 p.m. Once again it’s Southside Blues, playing

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music from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., with free pizza at 11 p.m. • Blue Ocean Music Hall (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury, Mass., 462-5888) 7 p.m. Annual New Year’s Eve celebration with The Fools offers optional dinner buffet, Champagne toast, party favors and midnight balloon drop. Dinner & show $97; show only $28. • Boston Billiard Club (55 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, 943-5630) 9 p.m. DJ 1 Nite Stan will spin from 9 p.m. to close; $10 cover. Reserved pool tables for the night are $150, with an appetizer platter, bottle of Champagne, and cover waived for up to four people. • Breezeway Pub (14 Pearl St., Manchester, 621-9111) 8 p.m. Lip sync battle between drag artists Tequila Mockingbird and Li Mohnad; both perform throughout the night. After the New Year’s bell, they will battle to a song chosen by Breezeway’s roulette wheel, with the crowd picking a winner. • Bridgewater Inn (367 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater, 744-3518) 8 p.m. $20 ticket includes Drama Kings playing downstairs and a DJ upstairs, party hats and tiaras, noisemakers, beads, glow bracelets and Champagne toast. Unlimited prime rib buffet $45, reservations recommended . • Buckey’s (240 Governor Wentworth Hwy., Moultonborough, 476-5485) 9 p.m. Red Hat Band is entertaining at this annual bash. • Cask & Vine (1 E. Broadway, Derry, beerfests.com) 6 p.m. Farewell to Prohibition bash with special NYE menu and partying till the ball drops is $25. • Central Ale House (23 Central St., Manchester, 660-2241) 6 p.m. Music provided by some of the region’s best DJs, $2 chicken tenders all night. Music starts at 9 p.m. • Cercle National Club (550 Rockland Ave., Manchester, 623-8243) 6 p.m. $25 per couple, $15 per single, party starts with roast beef and chicken dinner followed by Pulpit Band playing from 8 p.m. ($5 for music only). Champagne toast at midnight. • Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road,

Seabrook, 760-7706) 8 p.m. Inner Child, a hard-rocking band from Tewksbury, Mass., plays the annual bash • Club Manchvegas (50 Old Granite St., Manchester, 222-1677) 8 p.m. Second annual New Year’s Eve Bash for Charity featuring Wizecrackaz. Cover is $5 or bring two canned goods. Last year raised $2,900 and 271 pounds of food. Doors at 6 p.m. with a special dinner menu. • Coach Stop (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022) 7 p.m. Doug Thompson performs an early set. • Common Man (88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088) 7 p.m. Karen Grenier performs. • Concord Holiday Inn (172 Main St., Concord, 224-9534) 8 p.m. Dueling Pianos with DJ dancing is $94 per person, $176 per couple and includes a three-course dinner. • Court Street Theatre (15 Court St., Nashua eventbrite.com) 7 p.m. $35. Comedy from Nick Lavallee and friends and Queen City Improv of Manchester, with a live band for dancing and Gatsby-themed escape rooms all night long, as the ’20s come roaring back in support of live local theater. Cash bar, food. • CR’s (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 9297972) 7 p.m. Rico Barr Trio is back for an annual gathering. • Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-1686) 9 p.m. Casual Gravity rocks the house with high-energy covers. • Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester, 669-6144) 11 a.m. New Year’s Eve Family Celebration. Dress up and enjoy face painting and a dance party early in the day, with kid-friendly magician BJ Hickman also entertaining. • Davignon Snowshoe Club (218 Wilson St., Manchester, 623-8239) 8 p.m. Leaving Eden performs a no-cover show. • Derryfield (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) 9 p.m. Swipe Right rocks the party, $10 a ticket includes admission to see the band, Champagne toast at midnight and party favors.

41 • DRAE (14 E. Broadway, Derry, 2162713) 9 p.m. Josh Foster sings and plays. • Doubletree Hilton Nashua (2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua, eventbrite.com) 6 p.m. Comedy from Pat Collins, James Dorsey and Crazy John David, followed by music from the Katie O’Brien Band at the Hoppin’ NYE, with tickets at $119. • Earth Eagle Brewing (165 High St., Portsmouth, 502-2244) 9 p.m. Green Hour is an annual New Year’s party featuring absinthe, craft cocktails and brews. Green lights, absinthe fountains, sugar spoons and a variety of American and European absinthe, along with a special food menu. No reservations, no cover. • East Side Club (786 Massabesic St, Manchester, 669-1802) 9 p.m. Tapedeck Heroez rock NYE for members and non-members of this private club. • Elks Lodge No. 146 (290 Granite St., Manchester, 623-9126) 9 p.m. Dead Presidents Crew hosts Iron Legacy MC NYE party, $20 per person members and guests. • Rochester Elks Lodge (295 Columbus Ave, Rochester, 332-9700) 9 p.m. Sound Decision Band performs. • Element (1055 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2922) 9 p.m. Prohibition Is Over party and drag show with ChiChi Marvel. DJ Krystle playing tunes across the decades. • Ellacoya Barn (2667 Lakeshore Road, Gilford, 293-8700) 9 p.m. Andre Balazs sings at 9:30, $40 four-course dinner with 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m. seatings. Champagne toast at midnight. • Fireside Inn (25 Airport Road, West Lebanon, 298-5900) 8 p.m. Conniption Fits play the Time Travelers Ball. • Flying Monkey Movie House (39 Main St., Plymouth, 536-2551) 8 p.m. Comedian Bob Marley is back, performing three times – 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m. Tickets start at $39.50. • Fody’s (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015) 9 p.m. Party on as Humans Being infuse rock with punk, reggae, blues and funk. • Fody’s Derry (187 1/2 Rockingham Road, Derry, 404-6946) 9 p.m. Pop Roks perform. • Fratello’s (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022) 8 p.m. Mark LaPointe plays early, followed by a sold-out New Year’s bash. See newyearsevents.com for details. • Fratello’s Italian Grille (194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022) 9 p.m. Sean Coleman plays for the dinner-and-drinks crowd. • Fury’s Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) 9 p.m. Dover band Avenue performs. • Gaucho’s (62 Lowell St., Manchester, 669-9460) 8 p.m. Dinner with complimentary non-alcoholic beverages, desserts, party favors and Champagne toast at this party, which also offers a chocolate fountain, live music and DJ dancing at 10 p.m. Tickets bought before Dec. 26 are $89, 12 and under $25; both rise by $10 after. • Giuseppe’s (312 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-3313) 9 p.m. Michael Bour-

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geois featured on guitar and vocals early, DJ dancing in The Grotto later, with party favors and midnight toast (advance tickets $10) • The Goodwin Estate (607 Chestnut St, Manchester, NH, lawlesslibertines.com) 9 p.m. The Lawless Libertines Vaudeville Troupe New Years Eve Gala features a variety show, hors d’oeuvres from Madear’s, a costume contest and midnight Champagne toast. Tickets are $20 plus a $20 drink ticket. • Granite Tapas (1461 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 232-1421) 6 p.m. Barry Brearley entertains. • Grappone Conference Center (70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, eventbrite.com) 7 p.m. Second Annual Gala for guests 21+ has a Midnight In Paris theme. $85 ticket includes appetizers, grand buffet, Champagne toast before midnight and a night of dancing with DJ Nazzy from WJYY. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. • Gunstock Mountain Resort (719 Cherry Valley Road, Gilford, 293-4341) 9 p.m. Party in the pub from 7 p.m. to midnight. All you can ski after 3 p.m. $64 for adults, $52 for youth and seniors. Champagne toast and on-mountain fireworks at midnight. • Haluwa (Nashua Mall, Nashua, 8836662) 9 p.m. Shakedown plays with a dinner buffet from 4 to 10 p.m.; no cover, Champagne toast. • Hart’s Turkey Farm (233 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-6212) 9 p.m. Preliminary to the main event with singer-songwriter Joel Cage runs from 6 to 9 p.m. • Headliners (700 Elm St., Manchester, 988-3673) 8 p.m. One of the year’s biggest parties with four comics – Brad Mastrangelo, Jody Sloane, Jason Merrill and DJ Edmonds – in two rooms, with Dueling Pianos in another, and a full complement of food, drink and dancing. Full range of packages starting at $35. • Hen House (85 S. Main St., Newton, 382-1705) 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve Bash w/ Stumpy Joe Band again hosting an acoustic extravaganza with special guests. • Hermanos (11 Hills Ave., Concord, 2245669) 6:30 p.m. Lakes Region singer and guitarist Mark Bartram plays covers and originals. CONTINUED ON PG 42

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• Homestead (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-2022) 6:30 p.m. Brad Bosse performs. • Inn on Newfound Lake (1030 Mayhew Turnpike, Bridgewater, 744-9111) 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve gala is also a retirement bash for the current owners, with appetizers, salad, entree, dessert and a live band. Champagne toast and fireworks at midnight, with souvenir Champagne flute. • LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898) 9 p.m. DJ Sam Lurie spins as vintage black and white films roll in the background, with a Champagne toast when the clock strikes midnight at this party. Visit a Wishes for the New Year station to list hopes and dreams for 2020 and watch New Year’s Rockin’ Eve from NYC on TV. $120 ticket includes three-course meal. • Margate Resort (76 Lake St., Laconia, 524-5210) 6 p.m. Back 2 Back Band (formerly Undercover Junction) plays hits from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s in Blackstones Lounge. Room packages include buffet dinner and breakfast. • Martha’s Exchange (185 Main St., Nashua, actblue.com) 8 p.m. Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang hosts a party with music, selfies with the candidate, and a Champagne toast at midnight. • Murphy’s (393 Route 101, Bedford, 4885875) 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. for prime rib and salmon dinner, and the high-energy Boston dance band Mo’ Bounce, playing R&B, pop and Motown, starts at 9 p.m. • Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester 644-3535) Jonny Friday Band plays a no-cover show. All 120 beers on tap are $3, with a complimentary Champagne toast at midnight. • Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, themusichall.org) 8 p.m. $30. Champagne Pops with the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra. Glamorous holiday pops concert, with a vintage joie de vivre recalling the 1920s and ’30s with musical twists on 2020. Black and white flickering images on the big screen evoke the mood, as a nattily dressed orchestra led by conductor John Page and old-fashioned bubble machines with a real Champagne bar put the fizz into New Year’s. • Old Salt (409 Lafayette Road, Hampton,

926-8322) 8 p.m. NYE Party with Jimmy D. • Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588) Noon. Recycled Percussion is again home for the holidays; ring in 2020 with junk rock, two shows, 4 and 7 p.m. • Pasta Loft (241 Union Square, Milford, 672-2270) 7 p.m. The Slakas. $10 includes Champagne toast at midnight. • Pat’s Peak Ski Area (686 Flanders Road, Henniker, 728-7732) 6 p.m. New Year’s In Motion family celebration with dancing to The McMurphy’s, comedy show, fireworks and lots of food. Party and skiing $55 to $95, party only $40 to $75. • Patrick’s (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 2930841) 9 p.m. DJ Kevin spins across decades. • Penuche’s Ale House (6 Pleasant St., Concord, 228-9833) 9 p.m. Presidential rock from the Van Burens. • Penuche’s Music Hall (1087 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5599) 9 p.m. Red Sky Mary rocks out. • Pit Road Lounge (388 Loudon Road, Concord, 226-0533) 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve Party with DJ Meeks, $20 cover includes midnight Champagne toast and party favors. • Pitman’s Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043) 8 p.m. $50. Racky Thomas Blues Band plays a BYOB party with dancing, hors d’oeuvres buffet and complimentary Champagne toast at midnight. • Polish American Club (15 School St., Nashua, 889-9819) 7 p.m. Food, holiday cheer, and the 3 Fat Cats band mark this private club’s New Year’s (public welcome for the event). Champagne toast at midnight. • Portsmouth Book & Bar (40 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, 427-9197) 7 p.m. NYE party with talent to be determined. Call venue for details. • Portsmouth Gas Light (64 Market St., Portsmouth, 430-9122) 8 p.m. In the thirdfloor nightclub, a Venetial Masquerade Party with a sexy twist ($65) upstairs. Tickets include hors d’oeuvres passed by body-painted models, Champagne toast, late night buffet, plenty of masks and party favors, and free admission to the nightclub through March (some restrictions apply). • Press Room (77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186) 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve Party featuring 94.5’s DJ Pup Dawg, New Fame & The Queen. $25 at eventbrite.com • Radisson Inn (11 Tara Blvd., Nashua, 888-9970) 6 p.m. cocktail hour with cash bar, 7 p.m. dinner, 8:30 p.m. comedy show with Amy Tee, Kyle Crawford and Matt Barry, 10 p.m. DJ dancing with Champagne toast at midnight, then more dancing till 1 a.m. • Revolution Taproom (61 N. Main St., Rochester, 244-3022) 9 p.m. NYE party with Amante. • Ri Ra (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) 7:30 p.m. Masquerade party with live music from Alan Farry at 9 p.m. and DJ Scotty from 10 p.m. into the new year. Champagne toast at midnight with free masks and party favors.

43 • Rudi’s (20 High St., Portsmouth, 4307834) 6 p.m. PJ Donahue returns for this restaurant-bar’s annual party. • Saddle Up Saloon (92 Route 125, Kingston, 369-6962) 7 p.m. Bite The Bullet Band plays third annual bash, $55 tickets include buffet from 7 to 9 p.m. and a late night pizza buffet, Champagne toast, and party favors. • Salt hill Pub Lebanon (2 W. Park St., Lebanon, 448-4532) 9 p.m. Off The List rocks the 17th annual event, $10 in advance, $15 night of show, 21+. • Salt hill Pub Newport (58 Main St., Newport, 863-7774) 9 p.m. Tirade, featuring Toby Moore, play the 13th annual bash. $10 admission. • Sea Dog Brewing (9 Water St., Exeter, 793-5116) 8 p.m. DJ Doug York plays from 9 p.m. to midnight with free appetizers at 11:30 and creative dinner selections from Chef Calvin. • Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 6250246) 8 p.m. Lock The Doors Bash is reprised with limited $50 tickets covering a food buffet, midnight Champagne toast, giveaways, Chris Bennett a.k.a. DJ Myth spinning and open bar. The club will be closed to anyone without tickets (21+ only). • Sheraton Hotel (250 Market St., Portsmouth, 431-2300) 10 p.m. Early show sold out, late show is $38 with comedy from Kelly MacFarland and Carolyn Plummer. 11th annual event. Tickets at eventbrite.com. • Skinny Pancake (3 Lebanon St., Hanover, 540-0131) 8 p.m. NYE String Band Karaoke with Jess Raymond and Route 5 Revival. • Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700) 6 p.m. An annual tradition, DeadBeat plays Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band favorites again, with special guests Adam Terrell and Gary Backstrom. $15 advance tickets. • Strand Ballroom (20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899) 7 p.m. Small Noise Complaint entertains, $20 in advance, $35 at the door with appetizers, Champagne and dancing, with the ball drop streaming live from Times Square. • Strange Brew (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) 9 p.m. This event is billed as Fabulous Howard Randall Band along with a Cast of Millions. • Stumble Inn (20 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 432-3210) 8 p.m. Hip Movers perform, $20 reserved, $10 general admission. • Tandy’s (1 Eagle Square, Concord, 8567614) 8 p.m. Speakeasy-themed Roaring Twenties party with a six-course dinner, a black and white costume party, live music and an exclusive New Year’s Eve countdown. • The Big House (322 Lakeside Ave., Laconia, 767-2226) 8 p.m. New Year’s Bash, dance all night to mix of DJ Averse and the Laconia Nights, $10 • The Goat (142 Congress St., Portsmouth, 658-4628) 9 p.m. NEMA country nominee April Cushman and Adam Soucy host this party. • Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St, Portsmouth, 427-8645) 9 p.m. The Mockingbirds rock out in the basement music space, while

Tirade. Courtesy photo.

great beer flows on both floors. • Thompson’s 2nd Alarm (421 Central Ave., Dover, 842-5596) 9 p.m. Dancing Madly Backwards rocks out. • Tower Hill Tavern (264 Lakeside Ave., Laconia, 366-9100) 8 p.m. Michael Vincent Band perform a no-cover show. • Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry, 4375100) 7 p.m. Adam Ezra Group plays, with a four-course dinner beforehand, for $85; show only is $35, and all tickets include a Champagne toast. • VFW Post 1670 (143 Court St., Laconia, 524-9725) 6 p.m. 5 Speed plays classic rock and dance music. Cocktail hour 6 to 7 p.m. with dinner served from 7 to 8 p.m. and dancing from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. $20 donation at the door. • VFW Post 8546 (42 N. Broadway, Salem, 898-7924) 6 p.m. $30 per person includes Italian buffet from Kittys and dance music from the Good Ole Boys. • Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) 5 p.m. Bob Pratte Band plays no-cover NYE bash. • Wally’s Pub (144 Ashworth Ave., Hampton, 926-6954) 9 p.m. All Night Thing All-Stars recalls one of the best events of the past few years, the annual tribute to Chris Cornell and other departed rockers. • Wentworth by the Sea (588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 422-7322) 9 p.m. NYE Midnight Masquerade - A Night in Disguise is masked in mystery and draped in decadence,with elegant entertainment, Champagne, wine and hors d’oeuvres before waltzing into the Grand Ballroom for a fourcourse plated dinner and an open bar until midnight. Masquerade attire is encouraged. The best-dressed couple will be chosen just before the clock strikes midnight. $248.46 per person. • Whiskey’s 20 (20 Old Granite St., Manchester, 641-2583) 8 p.m. 20.20 party with Shawn White and Jason Spivak in the Main Room, and DJ Sam Smoove on the Deck. • Wolfe’s Tavern (90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3018) 8 p.m. WoodWind & Whiskey plays. • Zinger’s (29 Mont Vernon St., Milford, zingers.biz) 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve comedy with Harrison Stebbins, and music from Linda’s Dance Party.

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Moving forward More hits than misses in 2019 By Michael Witthaus

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Looking back on the final year of a tumultuous decade brings many smiles. The live music scene did pretty well. True, the loss of indie-friendly Riverwalk Café in Nashua was a blow, but 2019 also brought the Bank of NH Stage in Concord and a newly renovated Rex Theatre in Manchester. With the Music Hall Loft continuing to book eclectic talent, that makes three semi-intimate regional rooms to help make New Hampshire more than a pass-through between Boston and Portland. Some great performances happened in venues large and small. Bank of NH Pavilion’s calendar offered over 30 shows, including Zac Brown Band and Lukas Nelson — the latter basking in the glow of his role in A Star Is Born — Peter Frampton saying goodbye to touring, and a heavy night with Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson. It was a good year on the beach, with Casino Ballroom routinely packing its 2,000 seats for acts like Black Label Society, Eddie Money (one of the late singer’s last concerts), Josh Turner, Boz Scaggs and Billy Currington. Comedy continued to be a big draw for the Hampton venue, with Jay Leno, maternal duo #IMomSoHard, Tom Segura and Brian Regan.

Best shows overall included Poco and Jim Messina doing a great double bill at Manchester’s Palace Theatre, and the duo of Brad Myrick and Nicola Cipriani providing a memorable night at the Warner Town Hall. Anais Mitchell basked in the glow of her Hadestown Tony Award while mesmerizing a packed Bank of NH Stage house. Squeeze at Tupelo and Alejandro Escovedo performing his brilliant album The Crossing at Music Hall Loft were also unforgettable. Stickmen at Jewel was woefully underattended but musically sublime, and Delusive Relics at Concord’s Hatbox Theatre explored new progressive rock territory with a blend of music and performance art. Standup comedy also did well across the region. Local alt-comic Jay Chanoine released a major-label album, and the Shaskeen backroom where he got his start continued to attract some of the country’s most unique talent, like Mary Mack and Tim Harmston, who tour in a Winnebago and mine married life for hilarity. Some of the Shaskeen comics had marquee specials to boast about. New York by way of Colorado comic Dan Soder, who appeared at the venue several times as a rising star, had the most to brag about. Soder debuted an HBO special — on cable! — in early December, and stopped by Manchester

Anais Mitchell. Courtesy photo.

Alejandro Escovedo. Courtesy photo.

native Seth Meyers’ NBC show a few days later to talk about it. Across Elm Street, Rob Steen’s Headliners finally settled into its permanent home, with regional and national talent every Saturday in the former JD’s Tavern. Tupelo Music Hall, now in Derry, regularly books top comedy acts: SNL vet Jim Breuer, Paula Poundstone, Steve Sweeney and Puddles Pity Party all performed there this year. Along with the big hitters, small comedy venues bloomed like flowers. Zinger’s in Milford was new to the scene, Tandy’s in Concord hosted several Laughta in New Hampsha events, Portsmouth Book & Bar offered a Comedians in Bars Getting Coffee night, Strange Brew in Manchester launched a comedy open mic. Even the Concord Yoga Center held an improv showcase. Back to music, New Hampshire talent got

a lot of love, all over the world. The Hats toured Europe for the first time and a band from Rocking Horse Studio sold out every show of a brief run playing the songs of ex-Genesis member Anthony Phillips. Other acts ranged across America, including Hunter doing its umpteenth national tour. Wyn Doran delivered a release show for her soul-baring solo debut in Chicago, her old hometown. The Granite State was well represented at the 2019 New England Music Awards, and Manchester local Amanda McCarthy took home Best Songwriter honors. Liz Bills, who straddles the New Hampshire and Massachusetts borders, won for Roots Act of the Year. Plenty of others received nominations: Harsh Armadillo and The Hats for Band of the Year, Brad Marino, Grenon, to name just a few.

Coming Up Mark these shows in your 2020 calendar Sponge Tupelo Music Hall, Derry, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. The Detroit band broke out in the early ’90s, riding an alt-rock wave. Its latest album, The Beer Sessions, was released in 2016, and the group shows no signs of slowing down. Mallett Brothers Band and Dusty Gray Bank of NH Stage, Concord, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Regional favorites appear at the downtown Con-

cord gem, which is finally offering a performance Blue Oyster Cult Palace Theatre, Manchester, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. space for bands long confined to the bar scene. Once upon a time, this band was measured as the Cheap Trick loudest in the world. With great songs like “Don’t Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord, Feb. 4, 7:30 Fear the Reaper” and “Cities On Flame (With p.m. Rock and Roll),” they’re one of rock’s favorites. A relatively intimate appearance from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, who played outdoors at Lake Street Dive Meadowbrook last time they rolled through the The Music Hall, Portsmouth, April 13, 8 p.m. region. Though they broke out a few years back on Late Night with Stephen Colbert, the indie band began in 2004 and is now a hot national act; an April 10

show at The Music Hall sold out instantly, leading to a second night being added. They also appear at the Capitol Center on April 9. Alanis Morrisette, Garbage, Liz Phair Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, July 6, 8 p.m. The ultimate ’90s Grrl Power lineup. Morrisette is riding a wave lately, with a musical based on her iconic album Jagged Little Pill recently opening on Broadway. It’s an anniversary tour for that record.

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Alton JP China 403 Main St. 875-8899 Rusty Moose 16 Homestead Place 855-2012

Boscawen Alan’s 133 N. Main St. 753-6631 Bow Chen Yang Li 520 South St. 228-8508

Amherst LaBelle Winery Bridgewater 345 Route 101 672-9898 Bridgewater Inn 367 Mayhew Turnpike Ashland 744-3518 Common Man 60 Main St. 968-7030 Bristol Back Room at the Mill Atkinson 2 Central St. 744-0405 Merrill’s Tavern Kathleen’s Cottage 85 Country Club Drive 91 Lake Street 744-6336 382-8700 Purple Pit 28 Central Square Auburn 744-7800 Auburn Pitts 167 Rockingham Rd Concord 622-6564 Area 23 Auburn Tavern State Street 881-9060 346 Hooksett Rd Barley House 587-2057 132 N. Main 228-6363 Cheers Barrington 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Nippo Lake Restaurant Common Man 88 Stagecoach Road 1 Gulf Street 228-3463 644-2030 Granite Onset Pub 96 Pleasant St. 227-9000 Crotched Mtn. Ski Hermanos Resort 588-3688 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669 Litherman’s Brewery Bedford 126 Hall St. Unit B Bedford Village Inn 219-0784 2 Olde Bedford Way Makris 472-2001 354 Sheep Davis Rd Copper Door 225-7665 15 Leavy Drive Penuche’s Ale House 488-2677 6 Pleasant St. 228-9833 Murphy’s Carriage Pit Road Lounge House 388 Loudon Rd 226-0533 393 Route 101 488-5875 Tandy’s T-Bones 1 Eagle Square 856-7614 169 South River Road True Brew 623-7699 3 Bicentennial Square 225-2776 Belmont Lakes Region Casino Contoocook 1265 Laconia Road Covered Bridge 267-7778 Cedar St. 746-5191

Millie’s Tavern 17 L St. 967-4777 North Beach Bar & Grill 931 Ocean Blvd. 967-4884 Old Salt Tavern 409 Lafayette Rd. 926-8322 Popovers 11 Brickyard Square 734- Shane’s Texas Pit 61 High St. 601-7091 4724 The Goat Telly’s 235 Calef Hwy 679-8225 20 L St. 601-6928 Tinos Greek Kitchen 325 Lafayette Rd Epsom 926-5489 Hilltop Pizzeria 1724 Dover Rd. 736-0027 Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave. 926-6954 Exeter

British Beer Company Kingston 1071 S. Willow St. Saddle Up Saloon 92 New Hampshire 125 232-0677 Bungalow Bar & Grille 369-6962 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Cafe la Reine Laconia 915 Elm St 232-0332 405 Pub Central Ale House 405 Union Ave Farmer’s Market 23 Central St. 660-2241 524-8405 Town Center 369-1790 City Sports Grille Broken Spoke Saloon 216 Maple St. 625-9656 1072 Watson Rd Deerfield Club ManchVegas 866-754-2526 Nine Lions Tavern Granite State Music Hall 50 Old Granite St. 4 North Road 463-7374 546 Main St. 884-9536 222-1677 Derryfield Country Naswa Derry Club 1086 Weirs Blvd. Coffee Factory 625 Mammoth Road 366-4341 55 Crystal Ave 432-6006 623-2880 The Big House Drae Element Lounge 322 Lakeside Ave. 14 E Broadway Neighborhood Beer Co. Henniker 1055 Elm St. 627-2922 767-2226 216-2713 156 Epping Road 418Country Spirit Foundry Patio Garden 7124 262 Maple St. 428-7007 Lakeside Ave. No Phone 50 Commercial St. Dover Sea Dog Brewing Pat’s Peak Sled Pub Pitman’s Freight Room 836-1925 603 Bar & Lounge 9 Water St. 793-5116 24 Flander’s Road Fratello’s 94 New Salem St. 368 Central Ave. Station 19 428-3245 155 Dow St. 624-2022 527-0043 742-9283 37 Water St. 778-3923 Great North Ale Works Tower Hill Tavern Cara Hillsboro 1050 Holt Ave. Unit #14 264 Lakeside Ave. 11 Fourth St. 343-4390 Farmington Brick House 858-5789 366-9100 Dover Brickhouse Hawg’s Pen 125 West Main St. Ignite Bar & Grille 2 Orchard St. 749-3838 1114 NH Route 11 680-4146 100 Hanover St. Londonderry Falls Grill & Tavern 755-3301 494-6225 Coach Stop 421 Central Ave. Hillsborough Jewel 176 Mammoth Rd 749-0995 Francestown Mama McDonough’s 61 Canal St. 836-1152 437-2022 Flight Coffee Toll Booth Tavern 5 Depot St. 680-4148 KC’s Rib Shack Harold Square 478 Central Ave. 740 2nd NH Tpke N Turismo 837 Second St. 226 Rockingham Road 842-5325 588-1800 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 432-7144 627-RIBS Fury’s Publick House Long Blue Cat Brewing Murphy’s Taproom 1 Washington St. Gilford Hooksett 298 Rockingham Road 494 Elm St. 644-3535 617-3633 Patrick’s Penuche’s Music Hall 816-8068 Garrison City Beerworks 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Asian Breeze 1328 Hooksett Rd 1087 Elm St. 206-5599 Pipe Dream Brewing 455 Central Ave. Schuster’s Salona 40 Harvey Road 343-4231 680 Cherry Valley Road 621-9298 128 Maple St. 624-4020 Chantilly’s 404-0751 Sonny’s 293-2600 Shaskeen 1112 Hooksett Road Stumble Inn 328 Central Ave. 625-0012 20 Rockingham Road 909 Elm St. 625-0246 343-4332 Goffstown Shorty’s Granite Tapas 432-3210 Thirsty Moose Village Trestle 1050 Bicentennial Drive 1461 Hooksett Rd Twins Smoke Shop 83 Washington St. 25 Main St. 497-8230 625-1730 232-1421 128 Rockingham Rd 842-5229 Stark Brewing Co. No Phone Top of the Chop Hampton 500 N. Commercial St. Hudson 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Bernie’s Beach Bar 625-4444 Backstreet Bar Loudon 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 Strange Brew Tavern Hungry Buffalo Dublin Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 76 Derry St. 578-1811 Nan King 58 New Hampshire 129 88 Market St. 666-4292 DelRossi’s Trattoria 139 Ocean Blvd. Sweeney Post 222 Central St. 798-3737 73 Brush Brook Rd (Rt 929-7400 251 Maple St. 623-9145 882-1911 137) 563-7195 Cloud 9 Whiskey’s 20 River’s Pub Manchester 225 Ocean Blvd. 20 Old Granite St. 76 Derry St. 943-7832 Backyard Brewery East Hampstead 601-6102 The Bar 1211 S. Mammoth Road 641-2583 Pasta Loft CR’s Wild Rover 2B Burnham Rd 623-3545 220 E. Main St. 378-0092 287 Exeter Road 21 Kosciuszko St. 943-5250 Bonfire 929-7972 669-7722 Town Tavern 950 Elm St. 663-7678 Epping Logan’s Run 142 Lowell Road 889- Bookery Holy Grail 816 Lafayette Road 9900 844 Elm St. 836-6600 64 Main St. 679-9559 926-4343

Dover Thursday, Dec. 26 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Pez Ashland Common Man: Jim McHugh & Cara: Open Bluegrass w/ Steve Steve McBrian (Open) Roy Dover Brickhouse: Acoustic Night w/ Auburn Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ Jay Frigoletto East Hampstead Pasta Loft: Barry Brearley Candia Exeter Town Cabin Pub: Alan Roux Sea Dog Brewing: Brian Walker Concord Station 19: Thursday Night Live Area 23: TRU & Holy Fool Common Man: Mary Fagan Gilford Hermanos: South Street Blues Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man Band Penuche’s Ale House: Trunk O’ Hampton CR’s: Steve Sibulkin Funk HIPPO | DECEMBER 26, 2019 - JANUARY 1, 2020 | PAGE 46

Central Ale House: Jonny Friday Hampton North Beach Bar & Grill: Mike Blues Club Manchvegas: College Night Lineau & Friends w/ DJ Dadum Foundry: Eric Lindberg Hillsborough Fratello’s: Jazz Night Turismo: Line Dancing Penuche’s: Bass Weekly Shaskeen: The Chakras Laconia Shorty’s: Brad Bosse 405 Pub: Eric Grant Band Strange Brew: Soup Du Jour Whiskey’s 20: DJs Shawn White/ Londonderry Ryan Nichols/Mike Mazz Coach Stop: Stephen Decuire Yankee Lanes: DJ Dave Loudon Hungry Buffalo: Jennifer Mitch- Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Hubert ell Manchester British Beer: Austin McCarthy

Merrimack Homestead: Ted Solovicos

Nashua CodeX: Piano Phil DeVille Country Tavern: John Cucchi Fody’s: Girls Night Out Fratello’s: Chris Cavanaugh O’Shea’s: Nutfield Sessions Acoustic Open Shorty’s: Austin Pratt

Mason Marty’s Driving Range 96 Old Turnpike Road 878-1324 Meredith Camp 300 DW Highway 279-3003 Giuseppe’s 312 DW Hwy 279-3313 Merrimack Able Ebenezer 31 Columbia Circle 223-2253 Big Kahuna’s Cafe 380 DW Highway 494-4975 Homestead 641 DW Highway 429-2022 Jade Dragon 515 DW Highway 424-2280 Merrimack Biergarten 221 DW Hwy 595-1282 Paradise North 583 DW Hwy 262-5866 Milford J’s Tavern 63 Union Sq. 554-1433 Pasta Loft 241 Union Sq. 672-2270 Rivermill Tavern 11 Wilton Road 554-1224 Tiebreakers at Hampshire Hills 50 Emerson Road 673-7123 Union Coffee Co. 42 South St. 554-8879 Moultonborough Buckey’s 240 Governor Wentworth Hwy 476-5485 Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road 478-5900 Nashua 110 Grill 27 Trafalgar Square 943-7443 Country Tavern 452 Amherst St. 889-5871

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51 NITE CONCERTS Bank of NH Stage 16 Main St., Concord, 225-1111 Capitol Center for the Arts 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com The Colonial Theatre 95 Main St., Keene 352-2033, thecolonial.org The Flying Monkey 39 S. Main St., Plymouth 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com

Recycled Percussion Thursday, Dec. 26, 8 p.m. Rochester Opera House Ghost of Paul Revere Friday, Dec. 27, 8 p.m. Bank of NH Stage Recycled Percussion (through 1/4) Friday, Dec. 27, 7:30 p.m. Palace Theatre Matisyahu Saturday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Higher Education/Trichomes Saturday, Dec. 28, 8 p.m. Bank of NH Stage Enter The Haggis Sunday, Dec. 29, 8 p.m. Bank of NH Stage Adam Ezra Group Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry Studio 54 NYE Spectacular Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Bank of NH Stage NYE Pops Concert Tuesday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Music Hall Kashmir (Led Zeppelin Tribute) Saturday, Jan. 4, 8 p.m. Tupelo Derry

Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse.org Hampton Beach Ballroom Casino 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton 929-4100, casinoballroom.com The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Loft 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org

Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org SNHU Arena 555 Elm St., Manchester 644-5000, snhuarena.com Stockbridge Theatre Pinkerton Academy, Rte 28, Derry 437-5210, stockbridgetheatre.com Tupelo Music Hall 10 A St., Derry 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

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All quotes are from Stan Lee’s How to Draw Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) To get to know — Superheroes, by Stan Lee, born Dec. 28, 1922. and therefore show — more about your team, you should also ask yourself things like: What Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) As with any brought them together? Do they like each oththings in the arts, one man’s heroic is the next er? Are they jolly and boisterous or grim and man’s lackadaisical. For some people, nothing’s gritty? Or are they a mix of different attitudes? ever good enough. Are any of them romantically involved with Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Think your each other? Did they elect a leader? Did one of superhero doesn’t need a costume? As I learned them appoint him- or herself the leader? Or do the hard way, fans have come to expect that a they have no leader at all, and so have a sort of superhero will have a costume. The Fantas- chaotic vibe? Go, team! tic Four didn’t have costumes for the first two Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Helpful Hideissues of their series. Jack Kirby and I wanted to out Decorating Tips … Yes, most everything is break away from what, even fifty years ago, was digital now. But have you thrown out all your something of a cliche. … A deluge of letters from books? Neither has your hero. There should be our readers told us in no uncertain terms that literally thousands of books. You can imply this; the Fantastic Four had to have costumes, and in no need to draw every book! After you considissue #3, we gave the team its familiar blue out- er the superhero library, ponder the superhero fits. Visual cues are helpful. sock drawer. Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) You may not Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Where do you know this, but there are entire books devoted to go when the stresses of everyday life get to defining what a superhero is or isn’t, and there be too much — when even the apps on your are ongoing debates in fan and academic circles smartphone cease to provide any solace? … about what defines a superhero. The case is not Everybody needs to get away at some point to closed. recharge the ol’ batteries and just have some Aries (March 21 – April 19) Most superhe- quiet thinking time. Even superheroes. Take roes are 9 1/2 heads tall…. Artists use the heads some quiet time. measurement as a unit of comparison. That way, Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) During this no matter how small or large the figure they’re downtime, the superheroes are together in a drawing, they always know the proportion of the confined space, and they can’t help but talk to character’s body as compared to his head. Try each other. What the characters talk about can to keep things in proportion. be just as interesting as the action they’re headTaurus (April 20 – May 20) The first person ed toward. They can discuss plot developments, named Hero was actually a woman, a priest- summarize the story for new readers’ sakes, or ess of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. You don’t just banter among themselves. It might be time need heroics as much as you need love. to discuss plot developments with friends and Gemini (May 21 – June 20) To begin with, coworkers. This does not mean gossip. superheroes have superpowers — except those Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Ever wonwho don’t. But either way, everyone has powers. der why the Avengers need a Quinjet in the first Cancer (June 21 – July 22) If you get good place? Couldn’t Iron Man and Thor just fly the enough, someone may even pay you to learn on other Avengers over to where they needed to the job. You’re learning anyway. go? But would that be fair?

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Unclear on the concept

WJAR reported that an unnamed substitute teacher was fired on Dec. 16 for smoking marijuana in a classroom at North Attleborough High School in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. Peter Haviland, principal at the school, said students reported the incident and the teacher was removed from the school premises. Haviland also said the teacher not only used the drug, but led a discussion in class about marijuana. Campuses in the district are drug-free.

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Virginia Saavedra, 37, ran to a home in Sophia, North Carolina, on Dec. 11, telling the resident she had just escaped being kidnapped by a stranger. When the man let her sit in his truck to warm up while he called 911, Saavedra allegedly stole the truck, according to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. Officers responding to the 911 call spotted the truck and engaged in a 26-mile high-speed chase before trapping the truck. The Associated Press reported that Saavedra then rammed a patrol car before trying to flee on foot. She was eventually charged with more than a dozen crimes, Update Last year during the holiday season, former including felony assault with a deadly weapon NASA engineer Mark Rober of Santa Clari- on a government official. ta, California, created a glitter bomb exploding package in response to having a package sto- Bright idea Around 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 18, an unnamed len from his front porch. This year, Rober has a new and improved version: When it is touched, 17-year-old girl jumped a fence at Fresno the BBC reported on Dec. 17, the box explodes Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, Caliin glitter and emits an unpleasant odor along fornia, and climbed into the cockpit of a private with a soundtrack of police chatter. As a coup airplane parked there. She put the pilot’s headde grace, it also takes a video of the thief and set on and was able to start one of the engines uploads it to the cloud. One of the sponsors for of the small plane, but instead of flying away, Rober’s project is “Home Alone” actor Macau- she steered the plane into a chain-link fence, lay Culkin. Rober calls it a labor of love: “I causing substantial damage to the aircraft, the have literally spent the last 10 months design- Fresno Bee reported. Airport officials said she ing, building and testing a new and improved appeared disoriented when officers reached the plane, but no others were endangered in the design for 2019,” he said. incident. She was booked into juvenile hall on charges of theft of an aircraft. Family values It may not be the oldest fruitcake still (mostly) uneaten, but it could be the most beloved. Government in action The Detroit News reported that the Ford famiA sharp-eyed Twitter user spotted an unexly of Tecumseh, Michigan, has been cherishing pected country on the U.S. Department of Fidelia Ford’s fruitcake since 1878 — over five Agriculture’s Agricultural Tariff Tracker list: generations. Julie Ruttinger, great-great-grand- Wakanda. The fictional country from the Black daughter to Fidelia, inherited the confection Panther film made the list of free trade agreefrom her father, Morgan Ford, who kept it in an ment partners. USDA spokesperson Mike antique glass compote dish in his china cabinet Illenberg told NBC News on Dec. 18 the until his death in 2013. It doesn’t much look, agency had used Wakanda to test the tracking or smell, like a fruitcake anymore (“Smells system and had forgotten to remove it from the like old people,” Morgan once said), but Rut- list, but it has now been taken down.” tinger is determined to keep Fidelia’s legacy alive. Each year, Fidelia made a cake that was Compelling explanation meant to age until the next Christmas season. Police in Tooele, Utah, conducting a welfare But in 1878, she died before her cake could be check on 75-year-old Jeanne Souron-Mathers enjoyed. When Morgan was buried, the fam- on Nov. 22, found the woman dead of natural ily tucked a piece of the cake into his jacket causes in her apartment, but as they searched pocket. “He took care of it to the day he left further, they came upon the body of her husthe Earth,” Ruttinger said. “We knew it meant band, Paul Edward Mathers, in a freezer chest. a lot to him.” With his body was a notarized letter, signed by Mathers and dated Dec. 2, 2008, stating that Oops his wife didn’t kill him. “We believe he had a A driver in Halifax, West Yorkshire, terminal illness,” police Sgt. Jeremy Hansen England, caused an “enormous bang,” accord- told Fox13. Paul was last seen alive on Feb. 4, ing to witnesses, on Dec. 14 when he lighted 2009, at a doctor’s appointment at the Vetera cigarette in his closed car after spraying air ans Affairs hospital. Investigators are probing freshener. Nearby buildings shook from the whether the couple made the plan so that Jeanne impact, and the car’s windshield was blown would continue to receive her husband’s govout, along with windows of nearby business- ernment benefits. A neighbor, Evan Kline, said: es, the Manchester Evening News reported. “The story ... was her husband walked out on The driver sustained only minor injuries. West her. ... It was probably the plan for her to keep Yorkshire Police said the situation could have the money because it was her only source of been worse and implored people to open their income.” Officials believe she received at least windows when using aerosol cans and open $177,000 in benefits over 10 years. Visit newsoftheweird.com. flames.

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