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There’s a saying that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others. The implication is that our form of government is messy and many times doesn’t produce the results many were hoping for, but it’s far better than anything else out there. The American form of democracy (at the federal and New Hampshire level) is even more convoluted with several legislative layers, representation by geography and an independent judiciary. Getting new laws enacted in New Hampshire and at the federal level is hard, and that is by design. It’s a system where in most cases to get anything done compromise is needed as well as overwhelming public support. New Hampshire, with a population of 1.3 million, has the same representation in the U.S. Senate as California with 40 million residents. This requires laws to not only benefit states with large populations but states across a wide geography. In New Hampshire, on top of a House of Representatives and a Senate we have an Executive Council that further checks the governor’s powers to appoint judges and the folks running the executive branch agencies. To get new laws passed or laws removed there needs to be wide public support to include support from a wide geographic area. That’s why gun control measures have not moved forward at the federal level, though popular with a majority of Americans. Geographically, it’s not popular in many southern and western states. So how can we make changes in New Hampshire and the country? Compromise and change hearts and minds in those diverse geographical areas. For example, if gun control became popular in Texas through local work it would make it more likely that national gun control would happen. In New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, is working to pass legislation to create a voluntary medical leave bill that would allow companies to opt into the benefit. These efforts have been opposed by a Democratic-controlled House that wants a mandatory medical leave bill. One side or the other could compromise, but with a fast approaching gubernatorial election and a divided electorate there is no reason for either side to compromise. And from a purely civic point of view that is actually a good thing. There isn’t an overwhelming consensus that this is needed. That’s our democracy. It’s hard. There are times when I can see that struggle frustrates people, especially young ones. My hope is that that frustration leads to action — action to reach across and work with people with opposing views to come to a consensus. Imagine if instead of complaining about people on Facebook we worked to change hearts and minds one person at a time, in person. That’s how real change happens. Yes, it’s slow, but considering all the other options, would we really want it any other way?

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ALSO ON THE COVER, firefighters and police officers face off once again in a hockey game for CHaD, p. 31. St. Patrick’s Day is Tueday, March 17 — find out where to go for some Irish eats and music, p. 37. And the Jewish Film Fest returns with events throughout southern New Hampshire, p.45.

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NEWS & NOTES 4 From office space to living space; PLUS News in Brief. 7 Q&A 8 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 22 THE ARTS: 28 ART Aaron Kane. 30 THEATER Curtain Call; listings for events around town. 30 CLASSICAL Listings for events around town. INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 31 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic. 32 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend. 32 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors. 33 CAR TALK Automotive advice. CAREERS: 34 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a... FOOD: 37 ST. PATRICK’S DAY EATS Mini FoodFest; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Beer; Try This At Home. POP CULTURE: 44 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz is all in for Emma., impressed by The Way Back and fine with Onward. NITE: 49 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Mairead Nesbitt; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more. 50 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover. 51 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

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Coronavirus grows

As of midday March 10, New Hampshire health officials have announced that a total of five Granite State residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the new coronavirus, WMUR reported Tuesday. According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ March 8 news release, the State Public Health Laboratory has conducted 47 coronavirus tests, with results pending for five, 38 negative tests and approximately 150 people are “monitoring their health.” In an effort to help combat the outbreak, New Hampshire will receive $4.9 million in initial funding from an $8 billion emergency coronavirus funding bill passed by Congress, according to a March 4 statement from Gov. Chris Sununu. Concerns about the virus have already resulted in the first major cancellation of a public gathering in the state, with the Special Olympics of New Hampshire announcing on March 8 their plans to cancel the organization’s Basketball Assessments on March 14 and March 15, State Basketball Tournament on March 28 and the Greater Manchester Area Swim Meet on April 4. In a statement, president and CEO of Special Olympics NH Mary Conroy acknowledged the disappointment of canceling major events but said the disappointment didn’t compare to the priority of “protecting the health of our athletes.”

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New Hampshire has signed on to a multi-state legal filing in support of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether or not states have the authority to regulate pharmacy benefit manag-

ers, which administer prescription drug benefits for insurers and employers. The case, Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, deals with whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit made an error in ruling that an Arkansas’ state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers’ drug-reimbursement rates is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Pharmacy benefit managers have been widely criticized by lawmakers and pharmacists alike for contributing to rising prescription costs. In a March 3 release from the office of New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, McDonald announced that New Hampshire would be joining 45 other states by filing its own amicus brief in favor of Arkansas’ law, the striking down of which would impact similar laws in New Hampshire, according to McDonald. In a statement, MacDonald said the state took action in order to “to defend state statutes and New Hampshire’s ability to regulate within its borders.”

4 It’s the end of an era in Concord following the closure of the “Smokers Lounge” in the underground corridor connecting the Statehouse and the Legislative Office Building. According to a March 6 report from NHPR, the room was shuttered in late February when members of the legislature’s facility’s committee voted to close it due to broken ventilators that resulted in the smoke wafting out into the underground hallway. According to the report, the former room will be cleaned, refurbished and converted into a multi-purpose meeting room.

the remainder of the funds would go toward the recovery-friendly workplace initiative, Recovery Community Organizations in rural and economically depressed areas of the state and needle exchange services. According to the story, Families In Transition – New Horizons chief operating officer Stephanie Savard said the funding can be a means to expand bed capacity in treatment centers across the Granite State.

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Catholic Medical Center’s “Mom’s Place” maternity center in Manchester welcomed its first ever set of triplets on Feb. 26 when Kyra Simoneau welcomed her three newborn sons Nathan, Ryan and Gavin Simoneau into the world. According to a March 5 news release from CMC, their “Mom’s Place” has been open for nearly 20 years.

Captain Richard Phillips, who was played by Tom Hanks in theHooksett 2013 film Captain Phillips that chronicled the 2009 hijacking of his container ship by Somali Goffstown primates, will reunite with the Navy Seal Team that rescued his boat at the Merrimack Cinemagic on March 13. The MANCHESTER event will feature a screening of the film and serves as a fundraiser for Swim With a Mission, Bedford a Granite State-based nonprofit dedicated to aiding organizaMerrimack tions that help veterans. Amherst

Net metering override

On March 3 the state Senate overrode Gov. Chris Sununu’s Feb. 10 veto of SB 159, a bill to double the megawatt cap on net metering, the practice of solar panel owners selling banked electricity credits back to the power Derry grid. In a March 5 news release, SB 159 co-sponsor Republican Londonderry Jeb Bradley called on his DemoMilford crat colleagues to cut their losses, come together and work with Gov. Sununu to reach a net metering NASHUA compromise on two House bills Nashua’s Soup Kitchen and Shelter will receive support in its effort to relothat would open up net metercate to the city’s former Sacred Heart Elementary School thanks to $50,000 ing options for municipalities and in tax credits purchased by the Merrimack County Savings Bank through the businesses. However, neither bill New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority. Set for complewould address the one-megawatt tion in 2021, according to a March 4 news release from NH Mutual Bancorp, cap currently imposed on residenRecovery repayment the new facility will include a 24-unit homeless shelter for single women and $3.8 million in unspent state tial solar owners. families and 11 new units of permanent housing. funding will go to support substance use disorder treatment and recovery initiatives in the Granfor... for... ite State following a vote by the HELPING HANDS ICE Governor’s Commission on Alco- David Wilson, a supervisor of materials logistics at In a clear vindication of Punxsutawney Phil’s Feb. 2 hol and Other Drugs, according Eversource’s Bow-based central warehouse, found forecast of an early spring, on March 4 the Ice Casto a March 6 story on NHPR. a supply of 200 pairs of heat- and cut-resistant work tles in North Woodstock announced that they would The commission voted in favor gloves that the company no longer uses, according to officially melt away and end operations for the seaof sending $1 million to transi- a March 5 news release from the company. Wilson, a son. Noting that the business was unable to “freeze tional living programs; $500,000 Desert Storm veteran, suggested the gloves be donated time,” the company said both the New Hampshire and Colorado locations were joining the group’s other Ice would go to area to hospitals that to a detachment of U.S. Air Force Reservists who are Castle sites in Utah, Minnesota, Edmonton and Wishelp to spot and treat substance preparing to travel from Massachusetts to Puerto Rico consin, which had already closed for the season. use disorder in patients who show to support efforts to repair the island’s battered elecsigns of addiction but have come tricity grid. In a statement, Wilson said the company’s in for non-related treatment and response to his suggestion was “phenomenal.”

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Developers in Manchester have been finding new housing options by looking to old commercial space. “We’re definitely seeing a trend,” city Planning and Community Development plans examiner Karl Franck said. “It’s happening. A long time ago, the trend was to turn [mills] into office space until about 15 years ago. But since then there’s been a lot of interest in creating housing instead.” Big projects turning former office space into apartment space include the Citizens Bank building on Elm Street (which has 91 one- and two-bedroom apartments, according to the New England Real Estate Journal in 2016) and Elm Grove Properties’ work to convert the former Ted Herbert Music building on Elm Street into 30 one-bedroom apartments. In 2016, Elm Grove redeveloped the site of the old Farnum Center at 235 Hanover St. into what they call “the Flats on Hannover Commons,” sporting 25 “micro-units,” open-concept efficiency studio apartments with high-end amenities like granite countertops and convection microwaves. In 2019 Elm Grove completed construction of Pearson’s Place Apartments at the site of the old Ted Herbert building at 922 Elm St. Occupying the building’s upper three floors are 31 one-bedroom apartments, which Elm Grove has billed as Manchester’s first and only fully integrated smart apartments with built-in smart appliances and electrical outlets, Amazon Fire TVs and Amazon Echo virtual assistants. Elm Grove CEO Newton Kershaw said he sees both projects as a response to “the vast undersupply of well-appointed, downtown walkable mixed use buildings that incorporate an environment [that] caters to residents’ desires to live, work and play in the same area.” Kershaw said his company’s recent developments in Manchester as well as recent projects in Concord that converted the city’s Star and Kearsarge buildings have tended to be higher-end, smaller apartments that attract young and metropolitan professionals who are in search of “small spaces, efficiency and convenience.” Elizabeth Edwards-Appell, head of workforce housing coalition Merrimack Valley Abundant Homes, said these conversions of old office space are a key tool in the effort to expand the state’s housing supply. “New housing is extremely difficult to build in Manchester and almost everywhere in New Hampshire,” Edwards-Appell said. “But converting commercial space

into fully or partially residential housing is considered one of the best ways to add to our supply of workforce housing.” “You can make more units cheaply because those buildings already have infrastructure like roads, sidewalks, water and sewer in place,” Edwards-Appell said. “A lot of the cost of a brand new housing development on untouched land is the infrastructure: building new roads, sewer and everything like that.” According to Kershaw, converting former commercial space is simply a supply and demand response. “There is already an abundant supply of office space while there is a lack of supply of housing,” Kershaw said. “That translates into higher vacancy rates for office space and lower vacancy rates for housing. As such, there is a natural trend to convert downtown office space to apartments when the economics [allow].” Turning commercial entities into residential units in Manchester isn’t new; in 2013, Amoskeag Textile Mills were turned into loft apartments by Queen City property developer Brady Sullivan. Co-owner Arthur Sullivan says he sees his company’s mill lofts as one of the original efforts to use old commercial space as a way to meet the growing appetite of young professionals with a desire to live and work in the center city area. Brady Sullivan’s Mill West building has office space occupied by the likes of the Moore Center and the City of Manchester, and Sullivan said the mixed use status of many converted apartments also offers reprieve from the more stringent residential codes for things like having enough available parking units per tenant. “By converting to mixed use, we’ve taken our whole issue with the parking and made it a non-issue,” Sullivan said. “The people who are coming home at night have plenty of parking. Likewise, during the day when our residential tenants are working, it frees up parking for commercial tenants.” Sullivan said the size and layout of the mills allowed for the creation of spacious two- and three-bedroom units as well as modern luxuries like miniature golf, fitness centers and other amenities that appeal to today’s renters on the higher end of the market. Edwards-Appell said the new projects expand the supply and make once-affluent spaces available for workforce housing. “What luxury often means is ‘new,’” Edwards-Appell said. “You need a constant supply of new housing because yesterday’s ‘luxury’ units are today’s average and middle-income units. In the same way, yesterday’s middle-market units are today’s affordable units.”

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Girls at Work looks to expand programming Businesses on Bedford Street of Manchester’s millyard area can expect some new neighbors as Girls at Work moves into the FIRST Robotics building from their current facility on the south side of Elm Street. Girls at Work hopes to use the new location to expand their after-school curriculum for girls 8 to 18 to include things like 3D printing and competitive robotics. Every Friday at noon from now until April 10, Girls at Work is inviting businesses in the millyard community to stop by for a taco lunch to “meet the new girls on the block.” In exchange for a $25 per person donation, attendees are welcome to their fill of tacos and will receive a Girls at Work shirt. Founder and program director Elaine Hamel talked about the organization and plans for the new workspace. Can you explain what Girls at Work is all about? It’s a nonprofit that empowers girls to find their voice and their power through building. We work with inner city schools in the Manchester School District, and we teach the girls how to use power tools that they use to build woodworking projects. We have an after-school program and a sum- Girls at Work participants with step stools they conmer program and the girls there get to figure out structed in the workshop. Courtesy photo. what they’re made of; they figure out they’re a force and that they have a voice. from folks who just want to support our girls. There will be a FIRST Robotics room with 3D On your website you mention that only a printers, bathrooms, a kitchen, a vestibule that handful of the girls you come into contact with will have benches and lockers for the kids to have previously had the opportunity to use store their stuff. power tools. Why do you think that’s the case? The [construction] field is not welcoming to Are the girls you work with doing any of the girls or women. I think a lot of people are hung work on the new space? up on the idea that the industry is too difficult Yup! And they’ll be doing more as we get for women, but if you look at the bigger pic- closer to the final move. They’ll be building ture, the equipment has come a long way and their benches and tables, painting, designing a lot of the work doesn’t require the physical their FIRST Robotics room. We have a leaderstrength to lift and move a lot of things. ... It’s ship program with older girls who are in middle about working smarter and not harder. But the school and high school and they’ll be involved in industry still has a ways to go so girls and wom- helping out with some of the design and building. en can feel welcome in the trades, and our goal is to help girls understand that they are a force How do you think this new space will change the work the organization does? and trade options do exist. It’s going to be a huge game changer. This The big news is that you guys are relocat- space will allow us to connect with nonprofing. What was the reason for that? its even more than we are now. We’ll have We’re currently in an old school building on events for nonprofits and we’ll offer additionthe south end of Manchester and it just sold. al classes because we have a second shop area. We work closely with Bosch power tools and We’re actually inviting anyone who works in started partnering with FIRST Robotics after a the mill to join us for lunch over the next sevmeeting last year about an opportunity to host eral Fridays so we can meet our neighbors and an event in their space. We eventually realized introduce them to the new girls on the block. that a partnership between us, Bosch and FIRST just made a lot of sense. FIRST Robotics is tryHow do you rate the interest of this generaing to get their number of girls up; they’re at tion of girls in hands-on work? I think a lot of kids who are struggling with 32 percent [female participation] when they’d like to be at 50 percent. So they’re partnering the typical classroom setting have a difficult with organizations that work with girls so that time focusing because they’re more inclined we can filter girls from our programs into theirs toward experiential learning. For us, I’m interested in instant gratification with the program, by introducing FIRST Robotics. so the girls come to us for eight weeks with the Can you paint us a picture of what your after-school program and they build three projects. On that first day, they spend an hour and new space will look like when it’s done? It’s going to be the coolest spot in town! half with us and they leave with a finished pegWe’re going to have workshops, offices and board. That’s the hook to help them understand a big conference room. There’s going to be a that they are capable, successful and smart. Kindness closet filled with donations for the From there, they just want to know more, learn girls, like boots from Timberland and clothing more, do more. — Travis R. Morin

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State officials are sounding the alarm that the tick season is off to an early start in the Granite State. In a March 7 story on WMUR, New Hampshire Fish and Game guide Mark Beauchesne said the department is already fielding multiple reports that the bloodsucking pests are waking up early from their winter slumber, a phenomenon he attributes to the warm weather the state has received over the last several weeks. Beauchesne encouraged Granite Staters to enjoy the weather but to exercise caution by spraying designated outdoor clothes with commercially available tick repellent like permethrin. QOL Score: -1 Comment: The early 2020 arrival of ticks follows a particularly virulent tick season in 2019, with the tick-borne Powassan virus making its first confirmed appearance in the state since 2013.

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The New Hampshire Food Bank will get a donation of more than 33,000 pounds of food valued at over $54,000 from Hannaford Supermarkets. In a March 4 news release, the Maine-based grocer announced the contribution was the byproduct of approximately $1.5 million in food and cash donations donated largely by the store’s shoppers in order to fight hunger across five Northeast states. The Hannaford Fights Hunger program took place during the 2019 holiday season and included “you-buy-one, we-give-one” where Hannaford donated identical products when customers purchased shelf-stable items like applesauce, spaghetti, oats and green beans. QOL Score: +1 Comment: According to the release, since its 2008 inception, Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger has generated contributions valued at about $11.5 million.

Community learning

The University System of New Hampshire garnered national honor this week when the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced that Plymouth State University was selected as one of only 119 U.S. colleges and universities to be awarded the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. According to a March 5 release from PSU, the award recognizes educational institutions’ commitment to community engagement and is determined by a national review committee led by the Swearer Center for Public Engagement at Brown University. QOL Score: +1 Comment: In particular, PSU’s selection focuses on the institution’s incorporation of community service into academic programs, with the release noting that 50 percent of all courses entail community engagement or service, programs like “Swipe it Forward” that allow students to use dining hall dollars to decrease food insecurity in the local community and the requirement for all student athletes to volunteer within the community.

Ice troubles

According to a March 7 report from NHPR, the scientists from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in North Woodstock studied the impact of the 1998 ice storm that devastated the Northeast and simulated their ice storms between 2016 and 2017 in order to more closely monitor impacts and found that ice storms are dangerous to people, infrastructure and the environment well before the half an inch of ice accumulation level that the National Weather Service currently uses as the trigger for the issuance of ice storm warnings. QOL Score: -1 Comment: According to NHPR, the researchers are recommending that the National Weather Service reconsider its ice storm warning practices. QOL score: 63 Net change: 0 QOL this week: 63

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Decision time for Tom Brady arrives The moment of truth will finally arrive on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the “is he going to stay or is he going to leave?” Tom Brady saga, a game where everyone from pundits on ESPN to folks sitting around Billy’s Sports Bar has an opinion, has heard a rumor or has an inside source to say what he’s going to do. I’m no different, so in going with my gut I think he’s leaving for two reasons: (1) he wants a new challenge, and (2) Coach B knows better than anyone what he has left and that he probably can’t re-shape the O quickly enough to give him enough to win. Vegas incidentally says the heartstrings on TB or Bob Kraft keep him here with 1-2 odds of a return. Either way it’s a monumental decision that could lead our Tom to, gasp, don a different uniform. It’s not the first time this has happened to a star QB. In fact it just happened to Philip Rivers in San Diego, er, L.A. Some, like Randall Cunningham, just looked weird in that new uniform. Brett Favre the Jet looked really dumb. Joe Namath and Johnny Unitas were so far over the hill in L.A. and San Diego it actually was sad to see them in those uniforms. Joe Montana and Peyton Manning on the other hand pulled off looking normal in KC and Denver. But still Brady will never look normal in anything but a Patriots uniform. Though some admittedly would be worse than others. Like (yuck) Tampa Bay. If that happened on Friends I can hear Chandler Bing yelling, “my eyes, MY EYES!” As for where he goes, the truth is nobody knows anything. He’s not talking and the variables make it likely he’s clueless about how it’ll play out anyway. Starting with outside factors beyond football, here’s an assessment of the landscape as decision time nears.

Leverage: He’s got the championship history and major star power, which in places like L.A. and Vegas may overpower everything. But there are 15 QB’s available, so he may not have as much leverage as he thinks. Plus, he’s 43 and coming off a bad season. That trend rarely reverses, making even a two-year deal risky. The TB-12 Method: It’s part of the plan going forward, so landing in an “I’ll buy anything to stay young” health loon conscious spot gets bonus points. The Little Women: Given how quickly they were gone from the Brookline pad makes football’s Yoko Ono seem ready to go. So my guess is he’s bartering two extra playing years for a new locale. Not a good sign. The Contenders: Teams bandied as likely landing spots for months ranging from having as good a shot as Tulsi Gabbard does of becoming president to “book it, Danno.” Tampa Bay Bucs – Vegas odds 14-1. Boston Globe football writer Ben Volin says they’re a legit Top 3 contender. Sorry, no matter the factors, I’m not buying he goes to the NFL’s most irrelevant outpost. Dave Long odds: a snowball has a better chance in you know where. L.A. Chargers – Vegas odds 8-1. An early chi-chi pundits pick, and with Rivers gone they badly need a QB. But if they have so many weapons why did they win just five games? Plus, he’ll be a second-class citizen in his own stadium. DL odds: if they’d stayed in San Diego maybe, but in L.A., no way San Jose. Miami Dolphins – Vegas odds 100-1. A cool glamour city that fits the wife’s image, great weather, oodles of cap space and a Patriots way coach who got an 0-7 team to win five of its last eight. Plus plenty of TB-12 health loon prospects. Downside: bad uniforms and he plays awful in Miami. DL odds: Tom doesn’t have the time to wait for promise to develop. L.A. Rams – Vegas odds 300-1. Long

odds, but (1) the NFL benefits greatly having his star power open L.A.’s spectacular $3 billion stadium, (2) L.A. has solid offensive weapons, (3) TB-12, meet the health loon capital of the world, (4) L.A.’s brass knows if they swapped QB’s in SB 53 they win, and (5) mediocre Jared Goff can be flipped to recoup draft capital (two firsts) lost trading for Jalen Ramsey. DL odds: risking $3 billion shows they think big. So while not the favorite, they’re in it for the NFL benefits alone, to make putting $100 down to make $30,000 a little more tempting. Las Vegas Raiders – Vegas odds 8-1. Franchise move and new stadium check big NFL boxes as does TB’s star power in Vegas. But after growing up in the Bay area can he ever get used to calling them the “Las Vegas” Raiders? I can’t. DL odds: makes sense but I don’t see Brady ever working for anyone with a haircut like owner Mark Davis has. Tennessee Titans – Vegas odds 9-2. Derrick Henry gives him ball control and play action passing, two important things missing most of last year. Buddy Mike Vrabel is the coach and with the families close that makes it an easier place to land. DL odds: this team has what he needs to win so while the geography doesn’t fit, the team does. A strong match. San Francisco – Vegas odds 12-1. A tremendous running blocking offensive line, young, dangerous receivers and George Kittle arguably the best two-way tight end in football. But they already have a QB. So it only works if the SF brass saw something in Jimmy G during the final quarter SB meltdown to make them wonder if he’s the guy. If so, Brady for two years might make sense. Being closer to home after his mom’s recent health issues could be a factor as well. DL odds: all depends what John Lynch saw during KC’s big fourth-quarter rally. If he did, that makes them a finalist. Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

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5 – second-period barrage of goals by Bedford that turned a scoreless game into a 5-0 lead and eventual 5-2 win over Windham as the 2-seed Bulldogs moved ahead in the D-I State hockey playoffs after a two-goal game from Owen Roberto. 10 – shots made from international waters for all but two of Josh Rose’s game-high 32 points as

Alumni News: That’s all she wrote for the outstanding basketball career of Central alum Jaylen LeRoy at Plymouth State. He closed it out with a 20-point effort in an 84-71 loss to UMass-Dartmouth in the Little East playoffs. He finishes fourth on the PSU all-time scoring list with 1,811 points when he, oh by the way, passed this reporter on that list earlier this winter. Sports 101 Answer: The only QB to win the Super Bowl as a starter for two different teams is Peyton Manning, who won in 2008 with the Colts and in his final season in 2016 with Denver. On This Day – March 12: 1972 – After 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe retires for the first time as the NHL career leader in goals, assists and points. 1985 – Nine days after Kevin McHale cores a Celtics team record 56 points in a game the hick from French Lick breaks the record when Larry Bird goes for 60 vs. the Atlanta Hawks. 1987 – In his final collegiate game at Navy the Admiral David Robinson drops 50 points on Michigan in a 97-82 first-round loss in the NCAA East Regional.

Kur Teng chipped in 23 more when West blasted Kingswood 90-63. 16 – saves by Sarah King as the Bishop Guertin defense held Brady/Trinity/West to just two scores as Julie McLaughlin led the Cardinals offense with two goals and an assist in their 5-2 opening round playoff win. 25 – game-high points from Justin O’Neil to lead 11-7 Bedford past 12-6

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Merrimack 56-50 in their regular season finals as Connor Butts added 14 more for B-town. 29 – game-high points scored by Ami Rivera as 8-seed Bishop Brady came back from 13 down to beat Hollis/Brookline 70-62 in the opening round of the D-II basketball playoffs. 34 – points scored by Royce Williams for Trinity in a 65-52 win over Concord.

Johnny Unitas: First to throw 30-plus TD passes in an NFL season, inventor of the two-minute drill and winning QB in 1958’s “greatest game ever.” Overall it was three NFL title wins with Baltimore before retiring after five sad games with San Diego with the most TD passes (290) in history. Done after besting Tom Brady’s “I was taken 199 overall” story, by becoming the NFL’s QB G-O-A-T to the point after being an “I didn’t get drafted at all” street free agent. Finally, when it came to middle names I wouldn’t have pegged him for Constantine as in John Constantine Unitas. The TB-12 Method: The business venture growing out of Tom Brady’s mystifying NFL longevity. A method I won’t buy had anything to do with said longevity, until 10 guys play past 40 while using it. Joe Namath: As a QB, not as good as most mis-remember. But thanks to the swagger, the booze, dames chasing him everywhere and oodles of duende he was the right guy at the right time for the AFL as it battled with the NFL for public attention during the swinging ’60s. ‘Book ’em, Danno’: Favorite caper-ending phrase always said to assistant Danny Williams by Steve McGarrett after getting his man or woman on the original Hawaii Five-0, a hall of fame TV show that in no way resembles the recent imposter given the same name to artificially create a ratings hit. To the producers: Get your own name, pal. Booo.

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The Big Story – Upset of the Week: It came in the opening round of the D-I state basketball playoffs when 6-seed Goffstown knocked off 3-seed Memorial 53-50 on Saturday. It was a close game all the way as Kelly Walsh had a team-high 18 for G-town while Lyric Grumblatt had a game-high 22 for the Crusaders, who ended a fine season at 16-4. Meanwhile the 14-6 Grizzlies moved on to face Londonderry tonight in the semifinal. Sports 101: If Tom Brady leaves New England and wins a Super Bowl with his new team he’ll become just the second starting QB to win a SB with two different teams. Name the first. Hot Ticket: It’s tonight’s (Thursday) basketball semifinal between 17-3 Bedford and 18-1 Bishop Guertin at Exeter High. Four-seed Bedford got there behind 22 points from Isabella King with a 60-25 thumping of Nashua South while top seed BG rolled over Concord 60-24 to set tonight’s match-up. Nick of Tyme Award: To Salem’s Alex Devir for breaking Bedford’s heart with a tip in at the buzzer to make the Blue Devils a 57-55 winner over Bedford.

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A LOOK AT THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, ART SHOWS, CONCERTS, FILM EVENTS AND MORE IN YOUR GUIDE TO THE SPRING ARTS SCENE

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Theater BIBLICAL MUSICAL PREMIERE The Manchester Community Theater Players will present the world premier of Miriam: A New Musical on Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m. at the North End Montessori School (698 Beech St., in Manchester). Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and $10 for youth age 18 and under. The musical was written by Players artistic director Alan D. Kaplan and vice president Tom Anastasi, with music by Jewish songwriter Debbie Friedman, arranged for four-part harmony and orchestra by composer Or Oren. Miriam follows the life of the biblical character Miriam, the first prophetess, from her beginnings as a young woman who saved Moses’ life through the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, receiving the Ten Commandments, to the Israelites’ arrival in the Holy Land. It features a 25-person cast, high-tech digital scenery and dazzling costumes and choreography. “Many people know parts of the story, but being able to experience it live with music … a live band and choreography … will make for an unforgettable night,” Anastasi said in a press release from the Players. The idea for the show originated from a conversation Kaplan and Friedman had 18 years ago while traveling together to Israel. Friedman had always loved the biblical story of Miriam and saw the prophetess as a spiritual role model. She dreamed of seeing a musical written about a Jewish biblical woman. Kaplan suggested that Friedman write music to accompany a storyline about the life of Miriam. Over the next six years Kaplan and Anastasi wrote and refined the script together. Friedman died in 2011, but Kaplan and Anastasi were able to acquire the rights to her music and make her dream come true. “This is the show I promised Debbie I would bring to the stage,” Kaplan said in the press release. Anastasi said in the press release that the songs featured in the musical “range from soulful to very high energy [and] will have the audience on their feet singing, dancing and keeping the rhythm.” After the premiere in Manchester, Kaplan and Anastasi plan to bring Miriam to Boston and New York City theaters in 2021 and 2022. Visit mctp.info or call 800-838-3006. HIPPO | MARCH 12 - 18, 2020 | PAGE 12

• The Kids Coop Theatre presents Disney’s Frozen Jr. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry) on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, at 1 and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $13.50. Visit kids-coop-theatre. org. • The Junior Service League of Concert presents Stuart Little The Play on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m., at Saint Paul’s School (325 Pleasant St., Concord). Tickets cost $7 at the door or $6 with the donation of a non-perishable food item. • The Milford Area Players present November at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford) on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m., and Sunday March 15, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for seniors age 60 and up and students. Visit milfordareaplayers.org or call 654-5678. •The Winnipesaukee Playhouse (33 Footlight Circle, Meredith) presents two radio plays, Sorry Wrong Number and The Hitchhiker, on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org. • Bedford Off Broadway performs The Fantasticks at Bedford Old Town Hall (10 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford) on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, May 14, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for children, students and seniors. Visit bedfordoffbroadway.com or call 647-2864. • The Peacock Players present Mary Poppins Jr. March 13 through March 22, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Court Street Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua). Call

886-7000 or visit peacockplayers.org. • Lend Me A Theatre presents Lend Me a Tenor at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord) on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315. Lend Me a Tenor will also be performed at Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St., Derry) on Saturday, March 28, as a dinner theater show. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40. If you skip dinner and come just for the show, tickets cost $20. Call 437-5100 or visit tupelomusichall.com. • The Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. on Friday, March 20, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 21, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m., at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Tickets cost $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up and $12 for youth age 17 and under. Call 669-7469 or visit majestictheatre.net. • The Pinkerton Players present Children of Eden on Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m., at Stockbridge Theatre (5 Pinkerton St., Derry). Tickets cost $12 to $14. Call 4375210 or visit stockbridgetheatre.com. • Gilbert H. Hood Middle School Drama Club presents Shrek The Musical Jr. at the school (5 Hood Road, Derry) on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 28, at 1 and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $10 at the door. Call 432Seacoast area arts Find arts, theater and more events happening closer to the coast at hippopress.com.

1224 or email hoodkeynotes@gmail.com. • The Junior Actorsingers present James and the Giant Peach Jr. on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 28, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at Court Street Theater (14 Court St., Nashua) Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit actorsingers.org. • Cat Tail Cabaret will be at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord) on Saturday, March 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $34 to $65. Visit banknhstage.com. • The New Hampshire Writers’ Project presents a 10-Minute Play Festival at the Palace Theatre’s Spotlight Room (96 Hanover St., Manchester) on Saturday, March 28. The festival is the culmination of a six-week series of playwriting workshops put on by the NHWP. Call 270-5466 or visit nhwritersproject.org. • The Maskers Drama Club at Central High School presents Pippin on Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 29, at 4 p.m., at the school (207 Lowell St., Manchester). Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and veterans at the door (cash only). Email danpelletiertheatre@gmail.com. • PerSeverance Productions presents The 39 Steps at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord) March 27 through April 12, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315. •The Winnipesaukee Playhouse (33 Footlight Circle, Meredith) presents Really Rosie Thursday, April 2, through Saturday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 5, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $11 to $20. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org. • That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody will be at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, April 4, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35. Visit ccanh.com.

• The Majestic Theatre performs a dinner theater show, Love, Sex & the IRS, on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 5, at 1:30 p.m., at The Executive Court Banquet Facility (1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester). The cost is $42 on Friday and Saturday and $40 on Sunday. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance; however, limited tickets will be available up to three hours prior to the show. Love, Sex & the IRS is the third of four dinner theater events The Majestic Theatre has scheduled for 2020. Call 669-7469 or visit majestictheatre.net. • The Amherst Junior Women’s Club presents Midnight at the Masquerade, a murder mystery theater show performed by The Murder Mystery Company, on Sunday, April 5, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Murphy’s Taproom (393 Route 101, Bedford). Tickets cost $55 and include an appetizer buffet, desserts, prizes and a mask. A cash bar will be available, as well as a silent auction, a photo booth and a wine pull. Visit ajwcnh.org. • The Southern NH Youth Ballet performs Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Princess and The Pea on Sunday, April 5, at 1 and 4 p.m., at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester). Tickets cost $25 for adults and $20 for children age 12 and under. Visit palacetheatre.org. • The Riverbend Youth Company presents A Year with Frog and Toad on Friday, April 9, at 4 and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 10, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford). Visit amatocenter.org/ riverbend-youth-company. • The Londonderry High School Drama Club will perform Seussical the Musical on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 18, at 1 and 7 p.m., at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Visit derryoperahouse.com.

ABBA IN GREECE The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) has brought one of its most beloved musicals back to the stage. Mamma Mia! is running now through March 29, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at noon and 5 p.m., with an additional show on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. The jukebox musical, written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, pays homage to the music of 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA with 28 ABBA songs, including hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me” and “Mamma Mia.” The story, set on a Greek island, follows a young woman named Sophie, who is engaged to be married and dreams of having the perfect wedding at which her father walks her down the aisle. The only problem is she doesn’t know who her father is. After snooping through her mother’s old journals from when she was a young woman, Sophie invites three of her mother’s former lovers, and her potential fathers, to the wedding. Sophie believes that when she sees the men, she will know right away which one is her real father, but getting to the truth is not as simple as she thought it would be. Tickets cost $25 to $46. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

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14 • The Majestic Theatre presents Steel Magnolias at The Majestic Studio Theatre (880 Page St., Manchester) April 17 through April 26, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and children age 17 and under. Visit majestictheatre.net. •The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St.,

Manchester) presents The Bodyguard April 17 through May 10, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., and an additional show on Thursday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $46 for adults. Visit palacetheatre.org. • Phylloxera Productions presents Copenhagen at the Hatbox Theatre (270

JAZZY SATIRE The Anselmian Abbey Players of Saint Anselm College in Manchester will perform The Drowsy Chaperone March 27 through April 4, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the college’s Dana Center for the Humanities (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester). With a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the musical comedy, which has claimed five Tony Awards, is a parody of American musicals from the Jazz Age. It centers on a reclusive middle-aged man who, after putting on the record of his favorite 1920s musical The Drowsy Chaperone, sees the show come to life in his modest studio apartment in New York City, with an assembly of eccentric characters, including two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a wobbly waitress, a Latin lover, a debonair groom and his incompetent best man, a starlet bride and her tipsy chaperone. Throughout this “show,” the man gives a commentary on the plot and the characters and actors who portray them. “It’s one of my favorite shows,” director Joel Mercier said in a press release from the Players. “It’s hard to find a musical script that is not only clever and hilarious, but also poignant, and yet, The Drowsy Chaperone has it all.” Tickets cost $17 for adults and $15 for seniors, children and New Hampshire college students. Visit anselm.edu/dana-center-humanities.

Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord) April 24 through May 10, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh. com or call 715-2315. • The Windham Actors Guild presents Urinetown the Musical at Windham High School (64 London Bridge Road, Windham) on Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit windhamactorsguild.com. • The Community Players of Concord present Barefoot in the Park on Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m., at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord). Tickets cost $20 for adults, $18 for youth age 17 and seniors age 65 and up. Visit communityplayersofconcord.org. •Theatre Kapow presents Stage Kiss May 1 through May 9, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit tkapow.com. •The Winnipesaukee Playhouse (33 Footlight Circle, Meredith) presents Steel Magnolias May 7 through May 17, with showtimes Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost

$14 to $20. Visit winnipesaukeeplayhouse. org. • The Actorsingers of Nashua present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 9, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit actorsingers.org. • The Peacock Players present Legally Blonde the Musical May 8 through May 17, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Court Street Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua). Call 886-7000 or visit peacockplayers.org. • The Manchester Community Theatre Players present The Pajama Game May 15 through May 24, with showtimes Friday through Sunday. More information is TBA. Visit manchestercommunitytheatre.com • The Kids Coop Theatre presents Oliver! on Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 23, at 1 and 7 p.m. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Visit kidscoop-theatre.org. • The Community Players of Concord present The Dinner Party at the Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord) May 22 through June 7, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315.

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Art SET IN STONE The Nashua International Sculpture Symposium returns on Thursday, May 7, with an opening reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Hunt Community (10 Allds St., Nashua). During the symposium, three renowned sculptors from around the world spend three weeks in Nashua to create three new sculptures that are permanently placed in various spots around the city. The purpose of the event, according to its website, is “to create outdoor public art that engages the public, generates enthusiasm for art, and identifies Nashua as a unique and special place.” At the opening reception, attendees can learn more about the symposium, meet the sculptors and members of the Nashua arts community and enjoy food and drinks. It’s open to all, and tickets cost $15 and are free for children age 12 and under. This year’s sculptors are Jina Lee of South Korea, Jorg Van Daele of Belgium and Taylor Apostol of the Boston area. Volunteers from the community host the sculptors at their homes and provide the sculptors with transportation and meals. The sculptors will work from May 11 through May 27, Monday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., outside The Picker Artists studios (3 Pine St., Nashua). The public is invited to visit the studios to watch the sculptors at work and interact with them during their breaks. The sculptors have complete creative freedom with their sculpture designs, which can be abstract or literal, as long as the designs are family-friendly and in good taste. The sculptors also choose where in the city they want their sculptures to be placed. Because the sculptures will be permanently outdoors, the sculptors are, however, limited to working with stone and weathering steel, materials that can withstand the elements. Started in 2008, the symposium was inspired by the Andres Institute of Art International Sculpture Symposium, a similar event held in Brookline every fall. It is the only international sculpture symposium in the U.S. held in a city, with the sculptures being placed on public property. A closing ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 30. Attendees can meet at City Hall (229 Main St., Nashua) at 1 p.m., where trolleys will take them to see the sculptures unveiled at their permanent sites. A map of the 36 existing sculpture sites along with suggested walking and biking tour routes is available on the symposium website. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org.

Current exhibitions

• The New Hampshire Art Association has two exhibitions on view now through March 19 in Concord. “Constructed Visions,” on view at 2 Pillsbury Road, Concord, features the mixed media works of Adele Sandborn and the composite photography of Richard Moore that assembles images, words and memories into new narratives. “Nature’s Palette,” on view at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Gallery (49 S. Main St., Concord), features the plein air nature paintings of Debbie Campbell. Visit nhartassociation.org. •The League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters (36 N. Main St., Concord) presents “Hidden Treasure,” an engaging multi-media exhibition created by juried League members, now through March 27. Visit nhcrafts.org. • “Weather or Not,” an exhibition featuring work by the Merrimack River Painters, is on display now through March 27 at the Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord). Call 225-3932 or visit kimballjenkins.com. • Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen) presents an exhibition, “Twiggs Teachers,” featuring work by a dozen artists who will be teaching classes and workshops at the gallery this spring. It’s on display now through March

28. Visit twiggsgallery.wordpress.com. •New Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm St., Milford) has an exhibition and sale, “Snowbound: Winter Landscapes from the 19th Century to Present,” on display now through March 31. It features paintings by notable 19th- and 20th-century artists that capture centuries of the beauty of winter in New England. Visit nhantiquecoop.com. • Frank Oehlschlaeger, Weare artist and former Professor of Art, Art History and Humanities at Notre Dame College, exhibits examples of his work, which includes paintings, sculptures and photographs, at Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford) now through the end of March. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com. • The McIninch Fine Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University (2500 N. River Road, Manchester) presents an exhibition of prints by Nicole Eisenman now through April 4, with an opening reception on Thursday, March 19, at 5 p.m. Eisenman is a contemporary painter, printmaker and sculptor currently focused on printmaking, specifically mono print, woodcut, etching and lithography. Her figurative, autobiographical and often humorous work frequently refers to art history,

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16 with imagery that both satirizes and mourns for the bourgeois. Call 629-4622 or visit snhu. edu. •The Peterborough Town Library (2 Concord St., Peterborough) is exhibiting the nature photography of local high school student Bryson Tyminski now through March 28, with an opening reception on Thursday, March 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit peterboroughtownlibrary.org. •Fry Fine Art (36 Grove St., Peterborough) has an exhibition, “Reflections and Inland Water Scenes,” on view now through March 29. It features art that pays homage to oceans, rivers, lakes, harbors and life in seaside towns. Visit fryfineart.com. • The Mariposa Museum (26 Main St., Peterborough) presents a “sneak peek” exhibition of “Biodiverse Pluriverse,” an exhibition opening in August, now through March 31. It celebrates the diversity of plants and animals on Earth as well as different cultural ideas for humankind’s role on a biodiverse planet as seen through the folk art of many cultures. Visit mariposamuseum.org or call 924-4555.

•Epsom Public Library (1606 Dover Road, Epsom) presents an exhibition, “Becoming Irish,” on view now through April 11. It features the photography of Heather Warren, which captures the wild and forgotten places of Ireland that are only accessible by foot. Visit epsomlibrary.com. • The New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association has an exhibition, “Leadership at Work: Works of the NH Furniture Masters’ Chairmen,” on view at the Furniture Masters’ Gallery (49 S. Main St., Concord) now through April 13. Visit furnituremasters. org. • The New Hampshire Art Association presents an exhibition, “Portraits of Nature,” on view now through April 19 at Church Landing at Mill Falls (281 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith). It features the oil paintings of Laura Cassinari King and the handpulled prints of Margaret Merritt. The art celebrates New Hampshire’s landscapes and natural beauty. Visit nhartassociation.org. •The Institute of Art and Design at New England College has brought an art installation, “City Limits,” to the Brady Sullivan

CELEBRATING NEW ENGLAND The New Hampshire Art Association presents two exhibitions in Concord, on view March 24 through June 18. “Light Rhythms,” at the NHAA gallery at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce (49 S. Main St., Concord), will feature the works of pastel artist Chris Reid. Reid is best known for her color-rich landscapes and still life paintings and often does her work en plein air, capturing fields, meadows and farmlands around New England. Gallery hours at the Chamber are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “New England in a Different Light,” at the NHAA gallery at 2 Pillsbury St. in Concord, is an exhibition featuring works of painter Nicole Ellis and photographer Mark Giuliucci that celebrate the colors, textures and scenery of New England. Ellis’ acrylic paintings capture natural scenes from the mountains to the coastline, as well as dilapidated man-made structures. Mark Giuliucci specializes in near-infrared photography, a technique that captures light at wavelengths that the eye cannot see. His work is marked by bold, surreal images with unique color palettes and textures. Gallery hours at 2 Pillsbury St. are Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Sunday from 7 to 11 a.m. Call 431-4230 or visit nhartassociation.org.

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Plaza lobby (1000 Elm St., Manchester), where it will remain on display now through May 1. The installation features the work of Institute alumnus Aaron Kane, which includes cut paper art that reflects city life. Visit nec.edu. • The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) has an exhibition, “A Life Made in Art: Maud Briggs Knowlton,” on view now through May 10. It celebrates the life and art of Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870–1956), an accomplished artist and the museum’s first director. Her work includes watercolors and oil paintings. A 92-page catalogue, published by the Monhegan Museum, accompanies the exhibition. Visit currier.org. •Sullivan Framing & Fine Art Gallery has brought an exhibition, “Land and Sea,” to the Gallery at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst), where it will remain on display now through June 8. The exhibition features landscapes and nature-inspired paintings by Sandra Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh will give an artist demonstration on Wednesday, April 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit sullivanframing.com. •Fry Fine Art (36 Grove St., Peterborough) has an exhibition, “Painting in Wax,” on view now through May 30, featuring encaustic (hot wax) paintings by Jessie Pollock, Laura Blackmer and Mary Ann Sullivan. Visit fryfineart.com.

Upcoming exhibitions

•The Gallery at MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St., Warner) celebrates the opening of its 2020 “New Works” exhibition on Friday, March 20, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibitions features work by more than 30 local artists. Visit mainstreetbookends.com. • The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) presents an exhibition, “Open World: Video Games and Contemporary Art,” on view March 21 through June 28, with a full day of tours and artmaking activities for families on Saturday, March 21. The exhibition explores the connections between video games and art, from their visual effects to gaming culture. It features the work of 23 national and international artists, including paintings, drawings and sculptures, and highlights animation, playable video games, game modifications and immersive game-based per-

formances and interventions. Visit currier.org. •Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford) celebrates the opening of “Vernal Rhythm,” an exhibition by the Central Massachusetts chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, on Sunday, March 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. It will feature art that celebrates spring. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com or call 672-2500. •The New Hampshire Audubon McLane Center (84 Silk Farm Road, Concord) hosts an exhibition, “Breath of the Forest,” featuring a collection of work from the New Hampshire chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, on view April 1 through June 3, and an artist reception on Thursday, April 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit nhaudubon.org. •The Whitty Gallery at Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center (30 Ash St., Hollis) presents an exhibition, “Beyond the Lines,” on display April 3 through May 9, with an opening reception on Friday, April 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition features the penand-ink and pencil line drawings of two Nashua-area artists, Stacy Topjian Searle and Carmen Verdi. Visit wildsalamander.com. •Kelley Stelling Contemporary presents an exhibition, “Wonderland,” at the League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters (36 N. Main St., Concord), on view April 17 through June 19, with an opening reception on Friday, April 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition features ceramic floral sculptures by Megan Bogonovich and assemblages and box dioramas created with found objects by Rosemary Mack. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary.com. •The League of NH Craftsmen Headquarters (36 N. Main St., Concord) presents “Setting the Standard,” an exhibition featuring new work by League jurors, on display April 17 through June 19. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. Visit nhcrafts.org.

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Camp Cult Cinema Club, a new cult-classic and B-movie club in New Hampshire, will host its first film event, a screening of the cult classic Donnie Darko (R, 2001), at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres. org) on Tuesday, March 24, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10. The club will continue to bring different cult, camp and B films to local theaters on a monthly basis. Logan Ouellette, club founder and owner, said his mission for the club is to form a community of people in New Hampshire with a shared interest in offbeat cinema. “The thought behind it is to bring movie lovers together to watch a movie that they maybe never got a chance to see in a theater or with a large group of people,” Ouellette said. “We’ll be showing classics that people really enjoy, but also films that are so bad that they are good.” Visit campcultcinema.club.

• A number of local theaters feature a continuous series of screenings of live performances by The Metropolitan Opera, including the Peterborough Players theater (55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, 924-9344, peterboroughplayers. org), the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, banknhstage. com), The Music Hall historic theater and loft (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org), Regal Fox Run Stadium (45 Gosling Road, Newington, 431-6116, regmovies.com) and Cinemagic Theaters (1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240; 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 319-8788; cinemagicmovies.com). Most of those theaters also feature a continuous series of screenings of

live performances by National Theater Live, including the Peterborough Players theater, the Bank of New Hampshire Stage and The Music Hall historic theater and loft. Finally, The Bank of New Hampshire Stage and The Music Hall historic theater and loft also feature a continuous series of screenings of live performances by the Bolshoi Ballet. Call or see theater websites for showtimes. • Chunky’s Cinema (707 Huse Road, Manchester, 206-3888; Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys. com) will have a series of 21+ screenings of classic and cult films, including Bring It On (PG-13, 2000) on Thursday, March 12, at 8 p.m.; The Boondock Saints (R, 1999) on Tuesday, March 17, at 8 p.m.; Goodfellas (R, 1990) on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. (Manches-

VIBRANT WATERCOLORS The Art Gallery at CCA Global, a new gallery space opened last November in the office suite of business cooperative CCA Global Partners (670 N. Commercial St., Manchester), is featuring local artist Bruce McColl in its second art installation, on display now through June 26, with an artist reception on Wednesday, March 18, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., where the artist will provide an intimate guided tour of his work. The installation is focused on a series of his brightly colored watercolor landscapes and still life paintings. McColl is currently the director of art education at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, and his work is in the permanent collections of the Currier, Saint Anselm College and Union College. “Bruce McColl is a staple in our community, having been involved with the Currier Museum of Art as [art education] director for many years as well as having his paintings permanently displayed at a variety of locations throughout the state,” Howard Brodsky, co-founder and co-CEO of CCA Global Partners, said in a press release. “We are excited to host Bruce for a meet and greet and are looking forward to displaying his richly colorful work.” The gallery, curated by Sullivan Framing & Fine Arts Gallery in Bedford, highlights a different local artist every four months. Gallery hours are Monday and Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m., and by appointment. Visit ccaglobalpartners.com or call 626-0333. HIPPO | MARCH 12 - 18, 2020 | PAGE 17

ter only); and The Running Man (R, 1987) on Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m. • Regal Fox Run Stadium (45 Gosling Road, Newington, 431-6116, regmovies.com) will host two special screenings on Sunday, March 15, including the original King Kong (1933) film at 1 and 4 p.m., and the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show at 12:55 p.m. • Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) will show The Room (R, 2003) for one night only on Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $12. • The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival runs from Thursday, March 19, through Sunday, March 29, and will feature 17 films with a Jewish angle, such as Jewish characters or a focus on Jewish history, and films made by Jewish filmmakers. The films will be shown across multiple venues, including Southern New Hampshire University and Saint Anselm College in Manchester, Cinemagic in Merrimack, Peterborough Community Theatre in Peterborough, The Music Hall’s loft in Portsmouth and Red River Theatres in Concord. Select screenings will feature post-film Q&A sessions with filmmakers as well as special events like a Gala to celebrate the start of the festival, a coffee-and-dessert social event, and a party to close out the festival. A festival pass is $148 and includes the pass-holder’s choice of any 10 film screenings and special events. Tickets to individual regular screenings are $12. Ticket costs vary for the special event screenings. Visit nhjewishfilmfestival.org. • Cinemagic Theaters (1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240; 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 319-8788; cinemagicmovies.com) features a Cult Classics series with films shown on select Thursdays at 8 p.m. Merrimack screenings include RoboCop (R, 1987) on March 19, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG, 1990) on April 16, and Shrek (PG, 2001) on May 21; Hooksett screenings include Dogma (R, 1999) on April 2 and Carrie (1976, R) on May 7; and Portsmouth will screen Beetlejuice (PG, 1988) on April 23. • Chunky’s Cinema (707 Huse Road, Manchester, 206-3888; Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys. com) is launching a new 21+ “Epic Friday” film series featuring only films with a runtime longer than two-and-a-half hours. The series kicks off on Friday, March 20, at 8 p.m., with

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG-13, 2001), which runs for three-anda-half hours. • Regal Fox Run Stadium (45 Gosling Road, Newington, 431-6116, regmovies.com) has special anniversary screenings of classic and cult films, including Braveheart (R, 1995) on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m., and Monday, March 23, at 7 p.m.; Apollo 13 (PG, 1995) on Sunday, April 5, at 1 and 5 p.m., and Monday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 8, at 7 p.m.; Gladiator (R, 2000) on Monday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, April 19, at 1 p.m.; Clueless (PG-13, 1995) on Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m., and Monday, May 4, and Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m.; and Airplane! (PG, 1980) on Sunday, May 17, at 1 p.m., and Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. • The Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) presents “An Evening with Chevy Chase,” with a screening of National Lampoon’s Vacation (R, 1983) on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $59.50 to $175. • New Hampshire Technical Institute (31 College Drive, Concord, 271-6484, nhti.edu) will show Wild Nights with Emily (PG-13, 2018) on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m., in its Sweeney Auditorium. Admission is a $5 suggested donation. • Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) will show Runner for one day only on Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. A Q&A with director Bill Gallagher and athlete Guor Marial will follow the screening. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. • The Indie Lens Pop-Up Series presents a screening of Bedlam at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) for one night only on Tuesday, March 31, at 6 p.m. There will be a post-film panel discussion. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. • The eighth annual Monadnock International Film Festival will run from Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, with screenings and special events held in Peterborough and Keene. The festival features domestic and foreign award-winning films as well as premieres of regionally produced films by New Hampshire and New England filmmakers. The

Peterborough Public Preview Party will be held on Tuesday, March 31, starting at Cooper’s Hill Public House (6 School St., Peterborough) at 5 p.m., then moving to the Peterborough Community Theatre, next to the restaurant, at 6 p.m. The Keene Public Preview Party will be held on Wednesday, April 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott Keene Downtown hotel (75 Railroad St., Keene). Both parties are free and open to the public and will have sneak peeks of the featured films, raffle prizes, complimentary appetizers and discounts on festival passes for attendees. Films will be screened at multiple venues. Venues in Keene include The Colonial Theatre, The Putnam Theater, Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship and Keene Cinemas. The venue in Peterborough is the Peterborough Community Theatre. A festival pass for all three days costs $100, and a VIP festival pass costs $150. A one-day pass costs $45 on Friday and $50 on Saturday. A pass to the “Best of Fest” event on Sunday, which includes four films, costs $25. The ticket cost for individual screenings varies depending on the venue where the film is being shown. A festival schedule and list of films is TBA. Visit moniff.org or call 522.7190. • The Fathom Events series at Cinemagic Theaters (1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 6444629; 11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack, 423-0240; 2454 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, 319-8788; cinemagicmovies.com) will feature a number of classic films this spring, including Apollo 13 (PG, 1995) on Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m.; Gladiator (R, 2000) on Monday, April 13, at 7 p.m. (Hooksett and Merrimack only); A League of Their Own (PG, 1992) on Monday, April 27, at 7 p.m. (Hooksett and Merrimack only); Clueless (PG-13, 1995) on Monday, May 5, at 7 p.m.; and Airplane! (PG, 1980) on Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. (Hooksett and Merrimack only). • The Crossroads Film Series: Breaking the Chains of Trafficking presents a three-part documentary film series at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org). The screening of the first film has passed. The second film, Children of War, will be shown on Tuesday, April 7, and the third film, Silk Road: Drugs, Death, and the Dark Web, will be shown on Tuesday, May 12, both starting at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $13.

• The Flying Monkey (39 S. Main St., Plymouth, 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com) features a monthly silent film series with live music by Jeff Rapsis. Upcoming screenings include BenHur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) on Thursday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m., and Why Worry? (1923) on Thursday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 at the door. • The Wilton Town Hall Theatre (40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com) features a silent film series with live music by Jeff Rapsis, with films shown on select Sundays at 4:30 p.m. Upcoming screenings include Noah’s Ark (1928) on April 12, A Woman in Grey (1920) on April 26, and The Navigator (1924) on May 24. Admission is free, but a donation of $10 is suggested. • Chunky’s Cinema’s (707 Huse Road, Manchester, 206-3888; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-7499; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 8808055, chunkys.com) will have two special screenings on Wednesday, April 15. The “Little Lunch Date” series will feature The Lorax (PG, 2012) at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The “Senior Showing” series will feature Caddyshack (R, 1980) at noon. • Chunky’s Cinema (707 Huse Road, Manchester, 206-3888; Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys. com) presents “Spoons, Toons & Booze,” a 21+ screening of classic cartoons from the ’80s, ’90s and early ’00, on Friday, April 24, at 9 p.m., in Nashua, and Saturday, April 25, at 9 p.m., in Manchester. • Regal Fox Run Stadium (45 Gosling Road, Newington, 431-6116, regmovies.com) will have a special screening of A League of Their Own (PG, 1992) on Sunday, April 26, at 1 and 4 p.m., and Monday, April 27, and Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. My Neighbor Totoro (G, 1988) will be shown as part of the theater’s Studio Ghibli series on Sunday, May 10, at 12:55 p.m. (English dubbed), Monday, May 11, at 7 p.m. (Japanese subtitles), and Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m. (English dubbed). • The premiere screening of the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival will be held at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) on Saturday, May 16. The festival features short films created by New Hampshire high school students. More information is TBA. Visit nhstudentfilm.com.

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Books A DAY FOR WRITERS The sixth annual Derry Author Fest will take place on Saturday, April 11, at the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway, Derry). The all-day writing conference, centered around the theme “Adventures in Writing,” features talks and panels, book signings and books for sale, networking with local and regional authors and industry professionals and more. “[It’s] geared to people who are interested in the craft and business of writing,” said Erin E. Moulton, local middle grade/young adult author and the library’s teen librarian, who spearheads the event. Guest speakers will include local middle grade/ young adult author Erin Bowman, whose middle grade debut The Girl and the Witch’s Garden will be released in May; young adult author Ann Dávila Cardinal, who is releasing a follow-up to her young adult horror novel Five Midnights (2019) called Category Five in June; Julie C. Dao, author of the fantasy series Rise of the Empress; Joel Christian Gill, local cartoonist, historian and creator of the award-winning graphic novel series Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History; Brian Macdonald, local author of the young adult novel Saratoga (2018) and co-author of the children’s picture book Bob Hikes Mount Monadnock (2016); senior agent at Erin Murphy Literary Agency in Maine and author of numerous children’s books Ammi-Joan Paquette; middle grade author Jen Petro-Roy, whose next novel, Life in the Balance, will be released in February 2021; Adi Rule, local middle grade/young adult author, whose book Strange Sweet Song (2014) received the New Hampshire Writers Project’s 2016 Outstanding Young Adult Book award; and Kip Rechea Wilson, Boston-based author of the award-winning young adult novel-in-verse White Rose (2019). The conference begins at 10 a.m. with a reading of the library’s MacGregor Poetry Contest winning poem (TBA in April). Gill will give the keynote talk about his own adventures in writing and illustrating, and Bowman will give a talk, “Adventures in Plotting: How Revelations Help Flesh Out Character Arcs and Drive Plot.” Then there will be two group panels: “Adventures in Writing Middle Grade and Young Adult” and “Navigating the Publishing World.” A book signing and meet-and-greet with the guest speakers will directly follow their respective talks and panels. Additionally, Water Street Bookstore of Exeter will present a book gallery at the library, where a selection of the guest speakers’ books will be available for purchase. Admission to the Derry Author Fest and all of its programs are free. Attendees can stay for the whole day or drop in for individual sessions. Visit derryauthorfest.wordpress.com or call the library at 432-6140.

Statewide observances

• April is National Poetry Month, an annual observance sponsored by the Academy of American Poets during which schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets all over the world celebrate poetry. Visit poets.org/national-poetry-month. (See listings for confirmed local events celebrating National Poetry Month under “Poetry.” More events may be announced over the next several weeks.) • National Library Week, an annual celebration of libraries sponsored by the American Library Association, will be observed from April 19 through April 25. This year’s theme is “Find Your Place at the Library.” Visit ala.org. Some libraries may host special events and activities during that week. Contact your local library to find out whether and how it will be celebrating. • Saturday, April 25, is Independent Bookstore Day, an annual, national celebration of independent bookstores and the book-lovers who frequent them. Participating bookstores sell merchandise released exclusively for IBD, which may include special-edition books, signed art prints and covers and literary themed novelty items. Some bookstores may host additional

festivities, such as author visits, readings and book signings, live music, food, activities for kids, contests and giveaways and more. Local bookstores that are currently registered to participate, according to the IBD website, include The Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester, 8366600, bookerymht.com), Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com), The Toadstool Bookshops (614 Nashua St., Lorden Plaza, Milford, 673-1734; 12 Depot Square, Peterborough, 924-3543; 12 Emerald St., Keene, 352-8815, toadbooks.com) and Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter, 778-9731, waterstreetbooks.com). Visit indiebookstoreday.com for updates on participating bookstores and a list of this year’s featured merchandise. • Saturday, May 2, is Free Comic Book Day, an annual worldwide event during which participating comic book shops hand out free comic books created specially for that day and host comic-related fun like cosplay contests, door prizes, special guests and more. Local comic book shops that are currently registered to participate, according to the FCBD website, include Double Midnight Comics (245 Maple HIPPO | MARCH 12 - 18, 2020 | PAGE 19

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Poetry, Best New Poets, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review and more. Militello currently teaches in the MFA program at New England College. The event is free and open to the public. Visit nhti.edu.

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• Little Giant Comics hosts its Old School Comic Show on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Everett Arena (15 Loudon Road, Concord). The show will feature 125 booths with comic books, original comic art and comic book artists. Admission costs $10 at the door. VIP passes are available for purchase online for $25. Visit oldschoolcomicshow.com. • Saturday, May 2, is Free Comic Book Day. (See listing under “Statewide observances.”) • The Southern New Hampshire Comic Bash

hosts its spring comic book show on Saturday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Holiday Inn & Suites Nashua (9 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua). There will be more than 50 vendors selling comic books and comic-related collectibles. Visit snhcomicbash.com.

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LITERATURE FROM A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE The seventh annual Catholic Literature Conference, presented by The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, takes place on Saturday, April 25, from 9:30 to 5 p.m. at Montminy Hall of Ste. Marie’s Parish (378 Notre Dame Ave., Manchester). Speakers will discuss various literary topics from a Catholic perspective. This year’s theme is “Does Literature Matter? Reading in an Age of Distraction.” Talks will include “Does Literature Matter? It’s a Matter of Life and Death!” by Joseph Pearce, director of book publishing at the Augustine Institute, editor of the St. Austin Review and series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions; “Take the Plunge: Confronting Reality in Hawthorne and Flannery O’Connor” by Dr. Amy Fahey, fellow at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts; “Befriending Dead Writers: Franz Wright, a Friend I Never Met” by Fr. Michael Kerper, pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Nashua; and “Manzoni’s The Betrothed: The Church’s Response to Wickedness and Cruelties in the World” by Janet Benestad, a professor of philosophy and literature at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass. Tickets cost $25 for adults before March 31 and $15 for students. Lunch is included. Visit restorationchristianculture.org or call 880-8308.

STUDENTS RECITE POETRY The 2020 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud Championship will be held at the Representatives Hall in the New Hampshire Statehouse (107 N. Main St., Concord) on Friday, March 13, at 5 p.m. Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation program open to all high school and homeschool students in grades 9 through 12. “By selecting, memorizing and reciting outstanding poems, Poetry Out Loud participants develop public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about both literary history and contemporary life,” according to a press release from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, which leads the program in New Hampshire. More than 9,000 New Hampshire students from 40 high schools and homeschool groups participated in this year’s program. Competition begins at the classroom level, then advances to school championships, and then to a series of four regional semi-finals, which were held in February and early March. Twelve students who were top performers at the semi-finals will compete in the state championship to represent New Hampshire at the national finals in Washington, D.C., in April. They will each recite three poems that they’ve chosen from the collection curated by the National Poetry Foundation, including at least one poem written before the 20th century and at least one with 25 lines or fewer. The championship event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Visit nh.gov/ nharts.

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SURPRISING PERFORMANCE The Nashua Chamber Orchestra will present its winter concert “Elements of Surprise” on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Judd Gregg Hall at Nashua Community College (505 Amherst St., Nashua) and Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. at the Milford Town Hall (Milford Oval, 1 Union Square, Milford). The concert will be conducted by Maestro David Feltner, with flutist Eduardo Enrique Gómez of Venezuela as the featured soloist. Four pieces of music will be performed, starting with Leonore Overture No. 1, taken from Ludwig van Beethoven’s (1750 - 1827) only opera, Fidelio. The four-overture opera, set in 18th-century Spain, follows a brave noblewoman named Leonore who disguises herself as an errand boy named Fidelio so that she can free her husband, who is being held as a political prisoner. The second piece is Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283, by German composer Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910). Completed in 1908, it was the last concerto Reinecke composed before his death. It includes three movements, with melodies and harmonies highlighted by the solo flute. The following piece, Piccolo Concerto, is a premier composed by Feltner specifically for Gómez, by Gómez’ request, to showcase the newly designed Nagahara Mini piccolo. The concerto has two movements. “Movement I, The Night Sky,” depicts a clear, starry night. “It begins in stillness and reflection, and over time is transformed into a bright glow,” Feltner said in a press release. “Movement II, Wind in the Tretes,” was inspired, he said, by “susurro,” the Spanish word for whisper. “I loved the imagery and thought the sound of the word ‘susurro’ had an appealing onomatopoeic quality to it,” he said. “The movement starts quietly, gradually building until the trees are dancing in the wind.” The concert will close with one of Franz Joseph Haydn’s (1732 - 1809) most famous symphonies, Symphony No. 94 in G, also known as Surprise Symphony. After the concert there will be a reception where audience members can mingle with the musicians. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and college students and free for students under age 18 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at Darrell’s Music Hall in Nashua, The Toadstool Bookshop in Nashua or online. If purchasing tickets online, get up to two tickets for half price with the purchase of two tickets at regular price. Visit nco-music.org or call 582-5211.

• The Manchester Community Music School presents a concert, “Soliterry - Original Music by Terry Barton,” on Wednesday, March 18, at 12:10 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church (106 Lowell St., Manchester) as part of its Music’s on the Menu concert series. Barton is influenced by classical, Broadway and the singer-songwriters of the 1960s and ’70s. She will perform songs from her previous albums, After All and Ocean Songs, and from her most recent release, Soliterry. Other upcoming concerts in CONTINUED FROM PG 20

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pianist Richard Dowling to perform at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) on Saturday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. Dowling has performed solo recitals, at chamber music and jazz and ragtime festivals and as a soloist in concerto performances with orchestras. Tickets cost $23. Visit concordcommunityconcerts.org. • The Walker Lecture Series welcomes William Ogmundson to perform at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord) on Wednesday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Ogmundson is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer, lyricist and classically trained solo pianist with nine studio albums to his name. Visit concordcityauditorium.org. •The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra presents a concert, “Nature’s Splendor,” with special guest guitarist David Newsam, on Saturday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Interlakes Community Auditorium (1 Laker Lane, Meredith). The concert will feature Guitar Concerto in D Major by Tedesco, Rakoczy March by Berlioz, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy, and Symphony No. 6, also known as Pastoral Symphony, by Beethoven. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students. Visit lrso.org. •The Concord Community Music School (23 Wall St., Concord) will host a Community Music Fest on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring jam sessions, workshops, performances, an instrument “petting zoo” (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and other musical activities for all ages. Admission is free. Visit ccmusicschool.org. •The Granite Statesmen Barbershop Chorus will present a concert, “A Good Old-Time Barbershop Harmony Style Show,” on March 28, at 7 p.m. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). The chorus will perform with a number of quartets, including Daily Special, Tomato Staccato, On Air Quartet, Inside Track Quartet and Second Chants Quartet. Tickets cost $15. Visit granitestatesmen.org. • The “Opera on Main Street” concert series at Main Street United Methodist Church (154 Main St., Nashua) continues with concerts held every last Saturday of the month at 7 p.m., now through May. “The Coffee and Peasant Cantatas” by Bach is on March 28; music from musicals by Webber, Rodgers, Berstein and others is on April 25; and “Orfeo e Euridice” by Gluck is on May 30. Admission for all concerts is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and free for children. See “Main Street United Methodist Church” on Facebook. • The Nashua Choral Society presents its spring concert, “Springtime Celebrating Haydn!,” on Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (216 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua). The chorus will perform Haydn’s St. Nicholas Mass in G Major and Te Deum No. 1 in C Major. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $10 for students, and are free for children and can be purchased at Darrell’s Music Hall in Nashua, from a chorus member or online. Visit nashuachoralsociety.org. • The Boston-based Arneis Quartet will perform at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester) on Monday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. The quartet’s repertoire ranges from standards to contempo-

rary songs. Tickets cost $40. Visit anselm.edu. •Symphony NH presents a concert, “Enigma Variations,” on Saturday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., at the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua). The concert, conducted by Shen Yiwen, with cello soloist Jeffrey Zeigler, will feature Dances of Galanta by Kodaly, the world premiere of orchestral arrangement Das Trinklied unter dem Mond by Yiwen, Fratres by Arvo Part, and Enigma Variations by Elgar. Tickets cost $18 to $52 for adults, $18 to $47 for seniors, $10 for students, and are free for youth. Visit symphonynh.org. •The Merrimack Concert Association will perform its spring concert on Saturday, April 25, with a tentative start time of 3 p.m. More details are TBA. Visit merrimackconcert.org. •Symphony NH will perform a family concert featuring The Conductor’s Spellbook, an original work by Paul Dooley, on Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m. at the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua). Tickets cost $18 to $52 for adults, $18 to $47 for seniors, $10 for students and free for youth. Visit symphonynh.org. • The Granite State Choral Society has a Broadway-themed show planned for Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. More information is TBA. Visit gschoralsociety.org. • The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert, “Shakespeare at the Movies,” on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m., at the Seifert Performing Arts Center at Salem High School (44 Geremonty Drive, Salem). The concert will feature music from musicals and films based on works by Shakespeare. Tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for seniors age 60 and up, $8 for students age 21 and under and $5 for Salem School District students and can be purchased online or by phone. Call 647-6476 or visit nhphil.org.

•The Rockingham Choral Society presents its spring concert, “In Meeting We Are Blessed,” on Saturday, May 2, Sunday, May 3, and Tuesday, May 5. The concert will feature Missa brevis in D major, K. 194 by Mozart and works by Troy Robertson, Elaine Hagenberg, Peter Angela, Resse Norris, Alex T. Favazza, Jr., Anthony Bernarducci and Brandon Boyd. More information is TBA. Visit rockinghamchoral.org. • The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus presents its spring concert, “Let Me Be The Music,” at First Baptist Church (121 Manchester St., Nashua) on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Derryfield School (2108 River Road, Manchester) on Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m.; Wesley United Methodist Church (79 Clinton St., Concord) on Saturday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.; and South Church (292 State St., Portsmouth) on Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults, $17 for seniors and veterans and free for children age 12 and under. Visit nhgmc.com. •The Monadnock Chorus, in collaboration with the Zenith Ensemble, will perform Handel’s oratorio Esther on Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10, at 4 p.m. at the Peterborough Town Hall (1 Grove St., Peterborough). Tickets cost $20 for adults and are free for students. Visit monadnock-chorus.org. • The Suncook Valley Chorale presents a concert, “Here Comes the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars,” on Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church (177 N. Main St., Concord). The 70-member choir will perform an eclectic mix of songs with a celestial theme. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, and are free for children age 10 and under. Visit svcnh.org. •The Souhegan Valley Chorus presents its spring concert, “Getting To Know You - Storytelling through Song,” on Saturday, May 16,

SONGS OF BIRDS AND BEASTS The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra presents its annual “Drawn to the Music” concert on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m. at the Seifert Performing Arts Center at Salem High School (44 Geremonty Drive, Salem). The theme for this year’s concert is “Birds and Beasts,” and the featured piece of music is taken from Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s (1882 - 1971) ballet The Firebird. According to a press release from the orchestra, hundreds of New Hampshire elementary students were asked to create artwork inspired by The Firebird, and that artwork will be shown during the musical performance, “so audience members can experience the performance through each student’s creative vision.” The concert on Saturday will feature artwork by students from the Nashua area, and the concert on Sunday will feature artwork by students from Salem, Goffstown, Atkinson, Plaistow, Merrimack, Portsmouth, Farmington and Conway. Other pieces of music in the concert, all of which were written about birds and other animals and nature, include The Birds, a suite from the ballet of the same name by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936); the overture from Italian composer Gioachino Rossini’s (1792 1868) opera The Thieving Magpie; English composer Frederick Delius’ (1862 - 1934) symphonic poem On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring; the finale from Symphony No. 82 in C major, better known as Bear Symphony, by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809); and “Spring,” the first violin concerto in Antonio Vivaldi’s (1678 - 1741) most famous work, The Four Seasons. Tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for seniors age 60 and up, $8 for students age 21 and under and $5 for Salem School District students and can be purchased online or by phone. Call 6476476 or visit nhphil.org.

23 at 7 p.m. at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford). Visit souheganvalleychorus.org. •The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra presents a concert, “Broadway - Then and Now,” with special guest singer and actress Ashley Whalley, on Saturday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m. at Interlakes Community Auditorium (1 Laker Lane, Meredith). The concert will feature music from Broadway classics, including Cabaret, Kiss Me Kate, Wait-

ress and Wicked. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students. Visit lrso.org. •The Manchester Choral Society will perform Annelies, an oratorio by James Whitbourn based on the book The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, on Saturday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at 156 Hanover St., in Manchester, and Sunday, May 17, at 3 p.m. at Temple Adath Yeshurun (152 Prospect St., Manchester). Tickets cost $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and military and free for students. Visit mcsnh.org.

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As the season heats up, live music becomes more plentiful. Here are a half dozen ways to welcome spring with a show. Who: Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ When: Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m. Where: Jewel Music Venue, Manchester Tickets: $20 at eventbrite.com A recent Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee, this band has a purpose that’s etched in its name. Perennial road warriors Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ are celebrating 35 years together, mostly on tour. The current lineup consists of founding members Kevn Kinney and Tim Nielsen, along with drummer Dave V. Johnson and ex-Sturgill Simpson guitarist Laur Joamets. Their 1989 album Mystery Road is a Southern Rock classic, with the standout track “Straight to Hell” memorably covered by Darius Rucker and an all-star set of backing singers in 2017. Singer-guitarist Kinney sums up the enduring appeal of their balance of hard-charging rock and breezy twang thusly: “We are a band that’s like your record collection.” Who: Lake Street Dive When: Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. Where: Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord Tickets: $28.50 and up at ccanh.com Fans are encouraged to dress in silk pajamas when Lake Street Dive stops in Concord for its Lounge Around Sounds Tour. The “easy going, semi-acoustic, fireside evening” covers hits and deep cuts from the Boston Conservatory of Musicborn band’s 16-year catalog, along with works in progress, all sung around a grand piano. The group has had a storybook run so far. Winning the John Lennon Songwriting Contest financed their first album and led to a deal with indie label Signature Sounds and later a breakout appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their most recent release is the 2018 EP Freak

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Yourself Out, on Nonesuch Records. Who: One Night of Queen When: Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. Where: Granite State Music Hall, 546 Main St., Laconia Tickets: $25 and up at ticketweb.com Freddie Mercury impersonator Gary Mullen parlayed his ITV Stars in Their Eyes win in 2000 to a career with a tribute act so close to the original even Queen guitarist Brian May has praised it. The Laconia show was added after One Night of Queen sold out Hampton’s Casino Ballroom ahead of an April 11 date. The show combines the music of the legendary band with pageantry and pomp for a “you were there” experience. It’s one of the most convincing doppelganger efforts around and has played to audiences worldwide, summarizing a career with hits like “Radio Gaga,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Another One Bites The Dust.” Who: KT Tunstall When: Thursday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. Where: Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Manchester Tickets: $49 and up at palacetheatre.org The newest addition to Manchester’s live music scene is welcoming several

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Rhett May 30, Maren Morris June 6, Lady Antebellum June 18, Sugarland July 19, Chris Young July 25, Luke Bryan Aug. 5, Chris Stapleton Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 and Toby Keith Sept. 4), along with rocking nights with The Lumineers (June 9 and June 10), Dave Matthews Band (July 14 and July 15), Black Keys & Gary Clark, Jr. (Aug. 25) and Darryl Hall & John Oates (Sept. 2). Who: The Thing In The Spring When: Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 Where: Downtown Peterborough Tickets: Limited weekend passes are $50 (will rise to $96) at thinginthespring.com/ tickets The 13th year for a long weekend of art and live performance is an indie music lover’s delight. The 2020 edition includes Half Waif, Amythyst Kiah, Xylouris White, Little Wings, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Arto Lindsay, Susan Alcorn, Molly Sarle, John Andres & The Yawns, Washer, Wendy Eisenberg, Bethlehem Steel, Rong and over two dozen other acts. Nonmusical efforts adding to the experience are Broke: The Affordable Arts Fair, a night market, contra dance with caller Nils Fredland, a theater workshop, films, readings, food trucks and a gallery walk.

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The New Hampshire Audubon will hold a presentation called “Introduction to Amphibian Crossing Brigade” tonight from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the NH Audubon Massabesic Center (26 Audubon Way in Auburn; 668-2045, nhaudubon.org). Admission costs $5 per person and advance registration is required. Watch a slide show (and meet some of the center’s live animals) to learn how to identify several species of the state’s amphibians by sight and sound and how to “participate in citizen science to help them safely cross roads,” according to the website.

Friday, March 13

There are three bands on the bill tonight at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord; banknhstage. com, 225-1111): SixFoxWhiskey (described as a jazzy funk-rock quintet), Trichomes (“high-energy funkadelic infused performances”) and Swimmer (“a rotten roll band from Burlington VT.” according to the website). The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets in advance cost $12 for standing general admission and $20 for balcony seating ($2 extra for either at the door). Find more live music in our Music This Week listing, which starts this week on page 46.

EAT: Local treats The Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce will hold the Taste of the Region featuring more than two dozen local exhibitors on Wednesday, April 8, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St. in Derry). The foods and drinks will compete for “Fan Favorite” in the categories “Savory,” “Sips” and “Sweets.” Tickets cost $35 per person. see gdlchamber.org.

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Ballet Misha with UNSqaured Dance will present a dance concert, Danse Noveau, today at 2 p.m. (with a reception starting at 1 p.m.) and 7 p.m. (with a reception starting at 6 p.m.) at The Audi in Concord. Tickets online cost $25 (plus $2.25 in fees). The receptions will feature raffles and light refreshments. See balletmisha. com.

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It’s free NH Second Saturday at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) today when, from 10 a.m. to noon, New Hampshire residents receive free general admission. The current exhibit, “A Life Made in Art: Maud Briggs Knowlton,” celebrates the works and life of the Currier’s first director. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the creative studio will feature watercoloring.

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ARTS Making the cut

Artist creates unique cityscape art out of paper, exhibits in Manchester By Angie Sykeny

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He calls himself “The Cut Paper Guy.” Aaron Kane, an artist from Merrimack and a 2017 graduate of the New Hampshire Institute of Art — now the Institute of Art and Design at New England College — has his work on display now through May 1 in the lobby of the Brady Sullivan Plaza. Made possible by a partnership between the Institute and Brady Sullivan Properties, the installation, “City Limits,” features 14 of Kane’s works of cut paper art that reflect city life. The art form involves cutting paper to create intricate designs and images. “A lot of people don’t know about it and ask if it’s a new art form,” Kane said, but actually cut paper is almost as old as the invention of paper itself, having originated in China around A.D. 100. When he was a student at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, Kane studied illustration. He was introduced to cut paper during his sophomore year, when one of his class assignments was to create a series of portraits done in various different media, and a classmate suggested that he do a portrait with cut paper. Kane has been doing cut paper art almost exclusively for five years now. “I thought it was stupid at first, but it ended up becoming the greatest idea ever,” he said. “I did a ... portrait, and everyone loved it, so I

Cut paper art by Aaron Kane. Courtesy photo.

ended up sticking with it, and that’s how I got to where I am today.” There are various styles of cut paper art and various techniques that cut paper artists use. Some artists prefer to use thin paper, such as rice paper, but Kane prefers to use sketchbook paper, which is more durable. He starts by drawing a design on the paper. Then, he uses a knife to cut along the lines of his drawing. One popular technique for creating cut paper art is to cut designs into multiple pieces of paper, then layer the papers to produce a shadowing effect and give the piece more depth. Though Kane does his work on a single piece of paper, he is able to achieve a similar

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effect using a unique framing technique; after making his own shadow box frame, he orders a sheet of glass to fit perfectly inside the frame from a company online that sells sheets of glass in custom sizes. He then presses the paper cutting between the inserted sheet of glass and the glass on the shadow box frame and gives it a solid-colored backdrop in a color that contrasts with the white or black paper cutting. “It casts a shadow onto the back of the shadow box, and people think it’s a painting or printmaking,” Kane said. “I have to explain to them that it’s actually just one piece of cut paper.” Kane’s designs range from portraits and

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Includes listings for gallery events, ongoing exhibits and classes. To Includes listings, shows, auditions, workshops and more. get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. Art Events • CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART MEMBER APPRECIATION WEEK All members of the museum will receive a 20-percent discount on purchases in the museum shop and the Winter

Garden Cafe and on Art Center programs for which they register that week. There will be special members-only museum programs and tours, and all members who visit that week will be entered into the member appreciation raffle and will receive a collectible 2020 Currier Museum of Art member

pin featuring a work of art from the museum’s collection. Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester). Sun., March 8, through Sat., March 14. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144. • 2ND ANNUAL UMOJA GALA This event features international foods, entertainment by local per-

formers and artists, themed raffle items and more. Proceeds benefit the Concord-based New American Africans. Sat., March 14, 6 p.m. Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord. Tickets are $80. Visit refugeesuccess.org. • “OBSERVATIONS ON THE ART AND LIFE OF VINCENT

pop culture icons to individual buildings and cityscapes. The “City Limits” exhibition highlights his cityscapes and designs inspired by city life. The designs are often conceptual and not literal depictions of specific locations, but he cites New York City, Boston and Montreal as major influences. “What’s funny is I actually hate living in the city,” he said, “but there’s something about the view of the city; I just love the look of it.” Kane said he hopes the installation will introduce more people to “the interesting world of paper cutting.” “I want everyone to know about this unique art form,” he said. “I want people to have an understanding of it and accept it and enjoy it like they do other mediums of art.” He currently works full-time at a graphic design company in Manchester, he said, but aspires to be able to do cut paper art full-time. “To be a full-time artist, you really have to put your work out there,” he said. “I feel like having this opportunity to show my work at the Brady Sullivan Plaza is bringing me one step closer to that goal.” “City Limits” featuring Aaron Kane Where: The lobby at Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester When: Now through May 1 Visit: thecutpaperguy.com

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Includes symphony and orchestral performances. To get listed, e-mail arts@hippopress.com. VAN GOGH” Second Saturday presentation by Frank Oehlschlaeger, former Professor of Art, Art History and Humanities at Notre Dame College. Creative Ventures Gallery, 411 Nashua St., Milford. Sat, March 14, 5 to 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Visit creativeventuresfineart.com.

Openings • PRINTS BY NICOLE EISENMAN EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION Prints in the exhibition “illustrate scenes of murky bars and late night diners, of sexual encounters and spiritual gatherings … [and] employ a mixture of surrealism and expressionism,

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Hudson who died unexpectedly at age 18 from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy in 2016. The artists will start painting in April. The pianos will be unveiled on Saturday, May 9, with a dedication ceremony to mark the fifth anniversary of the program. Visit downtownnashua.org/ NH art world news nashua-street-pianos. • Young artists paint pia• SNHU art gallery to nos: The Boys & Girls Club of be assessed and improved: Greater Nashua’s Future Fine The McIninch Art Gallery Artists program has been selectat Southern New Hampshire ed to paint a piano for the 2020 University (2500 River Road, Nashua Street Piano project. Manchester) has been selectNow in its fifth year, the project ed by the American Alliance will bring three painted pianos of Museums to participate in outdoors to the downtown area the National Museum AssessA young girl sits at the 2019 Nashua from May through October for Street Piano painted by local artist ment Program (MAP). Since the public to play and for group Olivia Horstkotte. Photo courtesy of its inception in 1981, MAP performances. There were Great American Downtown. has helped more than 5,000 “numerous high-quality proposmuseums strengthen their als” submitted, according to a press release from operations, plan for the future and meet standards North Main Music, a sponsor of the project. The through guided self-studies and on-site consultaorganizers felt that the mission of BGCGN’s tions with museum professionals. “Choosing to Future Fine Artists program, which is to encour- be part of the MAP program is indicative of the age young people to pursue their passion for art commitment to civic involvement, public service and share their art with the community, made the and overall excellence on the part of the McIninch program a good fit. The other two street pianos Art Gallery,” American Alliance of Museums will be painted by the Nashua nonprofit organi- president Laura Lott said in a press release from zation Positive Street Art, and Rachel Carpenter, the gallery. “Studies have shown America’s a graduate of the New Hampshire Institute of museums to be among the country’s most trusted Art (now the Institute of Art and Design at New and valued institutions. MAP is designed to make England College) who will paint a street piano in them even better.” Visit snhu.edu. memory of Amber Lee Carroll, a musician from — Angie Sykeny

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• Kids on stage: The Kids Coop Theatre presents Disney’s Frozen Jr. at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry) on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, at 1 and 7 p.m. Adapted from the 2013 Disney animated feature film, Frozen Jr. tells the story of Anna and Elsa, two sisters and princesses of an icy kingdom, who discover the powerful bond of sisterhood in the face of danger. Tickets cost $13.50. Visit kids-coop-theatre.org. The Junior Service League of Concord presents Stuart Little The Play on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at Saint Paul’s School (325 Pleasant St., Concord). Based on the 1945 children’s novel of the same name by E.B. White, Stuart Little follows the adventures of a boy who was born a mouse and lives with his human family in New York City. Tickets cost $7 at the door or $6 with the donation of a non-perishable food item. Visit jslconcord.org. The Peacock Players youth theater company presents Mary Poppins Jr. March 13 through March 22, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Court Street Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua). The musical, set in England in 1910, follows a troubled family whose lives are changed when a new nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives at their home. With a combination of magic, common sense and adventure, she helps the family learn how to

which reveal the highs and lows of the human experience … creating a complex world of love, melancholy, appetite, spirituality and desire,” the press release states. Thurs., March 19, 5 p.m. McIninch Fine Art Gallery at Southern New Hampshire University (2500 N. River Road, Manchester). Free and open to the public. Call 629-4622 or visit snhu.edu.

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Theater Productions • LEND ME A TENOR Lend Me A Theater presents. Now through March 15, with showtimes Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Hatbox Theatre, 270 Loudon Road, Concord. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh. com or call 715-2315; Sat., March 28, dinner theater. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry. Tickets cost $40. If you skip dinner and come just for the show, tickets $20. Call 437-5100 or visit tupelomusichall.com.

The Players’ Ring Theatre presents Proof. Courtesy photo.

value each other again. Tickets cost $19 for adults and $17 for students and seniors. Call 886-7000 or visit peacockplayers.org. • Mathematical drama: The Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) presents Proof now through March 22, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Auburn follows 25-year-old Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant but mentally unstable mathematician and professor who has undoubtedly inherited her father’s mathematical genius but fears that she has also inherited his mental illness. In the wake of his death she must deal with the arrival of her estranged sister and one of her father’s former students, who discovers a groundbreaking mathematical proof in her father’s office. Catherine must prove the proof’s authenticity and authorship while battling her own personal demons. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $16 for seniors and students. Visit playersring.org. — Angie Sykeny

• MAMMA MIA! Presented by the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchetster). Now through March 29. Tickets cost $25 to $56. Visit palacetheatre.org. • THE FANTASTICKS Bedford Off Broadway presents. March 6 through March 15. Showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Bedford Old Town Hall, 10 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for children, students and seniors. Visit bedfordoffbroadway.com • NOVEMBER Milford Area Players. March 6 through March 15, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford). Due to coarse language and adult situations, the show is not appropriate for children. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $10 for seniors age 60 and up and students. You can buy tickets in advance at the Toadstool Bookshop in Nashua or online at the Players’ website, or you can buy them at the door (cash

or check). Visit milfordareaplayers. org or call 654-5678. • STUART LITTLE The Junior Service League of Concord presents. Fri., March 13, 7 p.m., and Sat., March 14, 11 a.m. Saint Paul’s School, 325 Pleasant St., Concord. Tickets are $7, $6 with the donation of a non-perishable food item. • MARY POPPINS JR. The Peacock Players present. March 13 through March 22, with showtimes on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Court Street Theatre (14 Court St., Nashua). Call 886-7000 or visit peacockplayers.org. Classical Music Events • “DRAWN TO THE MUSIC: BIRDS AND BEASTS” Presented by New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra. Seifert Auditorium, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. Sat., March 14, and Sun., March 15, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for seniors 60+, and $8 for students age 21 and under. Visit nhphil.org.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE Back on the ice

Firefighters and police officers play hockey fundraiser for kids By Angie Sykeny

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Firefighters and police officers from across New Hampshire will face off for a good cause at the CHaD Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship, happening Friday, March 13, at the SNHU Arena in Manchester. Since its inception in 2008, the fundraising event has generated more than $2.5 million to support special programs at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. “Our goal this year is to raise $285,000,” CHaD event coordinator Tom Gauthier said. Men working in law enforcement and fire and rescue in New Hampshire and its surrounding states are eligible to try out for the teams. Based on a series of three tryout sessions held in September and October, coaches select the players who will be on the rosters. “The [standard of] play is pretty high,” Gauthier said, adding that one of the players for this year’s game is a firefighter who was formerly a player for the Manchester Monarchs professional AHL team. “A lot of these guys played hockey in college or spend a lot of time on the ice outside of this game, playing in men’s hockey leagues or [playing] recreational hockey.” The teams attend six practice sessions to prepare for the game, which are held monthly November through January, twice in February and once more in March. A couple of those practice sessions include scrimmages between the two teams. CHaD Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship Where: SNHU Arena, 555 Elm St., Manchester When: Friday, March 13, gates open at 5:30 p.m., puck drop at 7 p.m. Cost: $10, free for kids age 5 and under. Seats are general admission. Visit: chadhockey.com

“The scrimmages allow the players to get some real game action before the big game instead of just practicing with [their own teams],” Gauthier said. “The players really seem to like that.” Each player is required to raise at least $1,500 to play, which they do through selling sponsorships and tickets to the game, collecting donations and holding private fundraising events. Team Police’s Kyle Daly is currently the lead fundraiser, having raised more than $24,000 so far. In addition to their fundraising responsibilities, each player is assigned a “CHaD buddy,” a kid in his community who is or has been a patient at CHaD or benefited from CHaD programs, a few months prior to the game. The players spend time with their buddies and their families, and some even organize fundraising events together. In many cases, Gauthier said, returning players keep the same CHaD buddies and form lasting relationships that go beyond the game. “They get together on holidays and birthdays, and they call and talk to each other on the phone, and that’s what we hope for,” he said. “It’s a special thing for the kids — they love it — and it gives the players a face, something tangible to fight for.” The event kicks off with a pregame ceremony during which the players and their CHaD buddies are introduced and the national anthem is played. Then, one of the CHaD buddies gets to drop the puck and the game begins. Last year’s game was a nailbiter, Gauthier said, with Team Fire making the game-winning goal with 5.6 seconds left on the clock. Team Police currently holds the most wins overall with a seven-win lead on Team Fire. “There’s a lot of competitiveness between the two teams,” Gauthier said. “As you can imagine, when the guys see that arena fill up with 5,000 to 6,000 people, the adrenaline starts flowing, and the level of competition is high.”

Post-game, there will be a trophy presentation for the winning team and a ceremony to recognize the top three best players, players celebrating their five-year and 10-year participating in the game, the top fundraising team and the top fundraising player from each team. CHaD fundraisers support a number of special programs, including the Child Life Program, which offers families emotional support and provides children with toys and other items that will make them more comfortable; Molly’s Place, a family center with a play area for children and information resources for parents; and an injury prevention program that raises awareness about bicycle and seatbelt safety.

CHaD Buddy Brycen is excited to drop the puck before the 2019 CHaD Battle of the Badges Hockey Championship alongside his Team Police player Keith MacKenzie (Rochester PD) and Team Fire captain Jeff Clattenburg (Lebanon FD). Courtesy photo.

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Dear Donna, I have an Emmet Kelly collectible that belonged to my mother, including its box and “certificate of authenticity.” Can you tell me whether these are popular, and/or have any value? I’m not sure of the best way to dispose of it, since I have no interest in it. Patricia Dear Patricia, Emmet Kelly figurines are not old enough for me even though I know they are considered collectible. They are sweet, though! In the antique end of things sometimes the box can be the bonus and even bring more money than the item. I am afraid that this time it doesn’t matter. I did research for you and the value even with the box is in the $20 range. But things don’t always have to be of high value for someone to love it. So I do think it is marketable and you should try either a marketplace or yard sale in the

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Bring on spring!

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On Feb. 24 I went to my vegetable garden with a snow shovel. It was a warm, sunny day, and I was ready for spring. Now people say that old-timers like me are more patient than young whipper-snappers, but I’m not sure that’s true. We have less time left on the planet, so some of us want lettuce and spinach from the garden sooner. Obviously I knew that I couldn’t just shovel snow and plant. But I have a nice cold frame, and I wanted to set it on the soil and allow it to melt ice and snow, and get the soil warming up on sunny days for late March planting. I shoveled off about a foot of snow, and put the cold frame in place. An hour later my thermometer inside read 70 degrees! My cold frame is one I got from Gardener’s Supply. It is 8 feet long, 2 feet wide and is made of cedar planks with a polycarbonate lid that is set on an angle. The lid is hinged and can be left up on a stick to vent some heat on a sunny day, or it can be completely opened in summer. My grandfather always had cold frames to extend the seasons, and he built his own out of planks and old storm windows. I’ve done that, too, but this lightweight and sturdy cold frame was quick and easy to assemble and to store in my barn after use.

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The League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Nashua Gallery (98 Main St. in Nashua; nhcrafts. org, 595-8233) will hold a “Kids’ Leprechaun Trap Workshop” for kids ages 9 and up with recycled and upcycled materials on Saturday, March 14, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. or from

The slanted top should face south or east for maximum solar gain. The cedar panel at the front of mine is 8 inches tall, the back is 15 inches tall. That allows morning sun to get in through the slanted top. I’ve also used my cold frame as a hot box. A hot box is a growing space that is heated by fermenting horse manure. When using the frame as a hot box, I dig a pit 18 inches deep the size of my cold frame and line the hole with 2-inchthick pieces of Styrofoam insulation. That keeps the cold soil from cooling down the manure so much that it stops fermenting. It is important to get horse manure that is from a pile that is already hot and fermenting. Too much sawdust or straw will inhibit fermenting. Once the pit is insulated, I fill it with a 12-inch layer of fermenting horse manure in the bottom and then 6 inches of topsoil. I find that seeds planted in the soil germinate quite quickly due to the heat. Most seeds will not germinate in cool soil and germinate quickly in warm soil. If you use a cold frame, I recommend planting cold-tolerant plants. A cold frame will not protect tomatoes, peppers, or other frost-sensitive, heat-loving plants in early spring. Spinach, lettuce, mache (also called miner’s lettuce), cabbage and kale are good choices. When selecting lettuce seeds for planting, look for ones that are recommended for early season

12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The tuition costs $13 (due upon registration) plus a $9 materials fee for the instruction; call to register. At the Currier Art Center (180 Pearl St. in Manchester; currier.org, 518-4922) the “Day to Play: Weave a Spring Basket” on Saturday, March 14, 1 to 3 p.m., is catered to ages 5 and up. For $25 per kid-and-adult, make a basket by soaking and bending reeds, according to the website. Start the Saturday at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester), where from 10 a.m. to noon New Hampshire residents receive free general admission. In conjunction with the current exhibit “A Life Made in Art: Maud

planting. Johnny’s Selectindoors. Place them in water and put the vase on a suned Seeds lists seven named varieties of lettuce for early ny window sill. In a week season use including Vulor two you will be rewarded can (a red leaf) and Sparx (a with blossoms. Romaine). Fedco Seed Coop Other blooming trees recommends Black Seeded suitable for forcing are magSimpson as the earliest and nolias and apples. Not every most popular of the loosestem cut from an apple tree leaf varieties, and I agree will bloom: look for branchthat it is a very good one, Simple cold frame from Gardener’s Supply. es that have short spurs on and very cold-tolerant. Read Photo by Henry Homeyer. them. These are called fruit your seed catalog carefully spurs, and each one can produce both leaves and blossoms. Young fruit spurs when selecting early season varieties. Another layer of protection at night is good will only produce leaves, so look for older, gnarly for plants growing in cold frames in late March spurs that are usually 3 to 6 inches long. Those or early April. If the temperatures are said to be straight water sprouts that shoot up vertically dropping into the low 20s, you should cover your don’t normally have blossoms. The furry magnolia flower buds are obvious. plants with a layer of row cover or Reemay. One last thing you can do, if you know where Row cover is a thin synthetic agricultural fabric that will hold in some heat at night. It is also you have snowdrops or crocus planted, is to used to keep insects off plants like cucumbers lat- shovel snow off the bed. That will allow them er in the season. Sunshine will pass through row to bloom in early March, as they will push up cover, and it allows plants to breathe, so you don’t through frozen soil. And if you don’t have any have to remove it every day if there is a week of snowdrops, pay attention to the places where cold weather. It does keep a little of the sun’s UV the snow melts off first. Mark the location with rays from reaching the plants, but the transmis- a plant tag, or take a photo, and next fall plant sion rate is usually on the package. (The lower the snowdrops for early flowers. Glory of the snow, number, the less UV rays reach the plants, but the scilla, winter aconite and early crocus are all good early bloomers. And spring will be here before more it holds heat). If you are tired of winter but not ready to com- you know it! Henry may be reached at PO Box 364, Cormit to a cold frame, there are other activities for pushing the season forward. You can cut stems nish Flat, NH 03746 or at henry.homeyer@ of early blooming plants like forsythia, Febru- comcast.net. He is available for speaking to your ary daphne and pussy willows and bring them garden club.

Briggs Knowlton,” which celebrates the works p.m. and on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and life of the Currier’s first director, the Creative Studio will feature a watercoloring project. Movie fun for everyone The O’neil Cinemas Brickyard Square 12 (24 Calef Highway in Epping; oneilcinemas. Pi! Celebrate Pi day (3/14) on Saturday at the com, 679-3529) will hold a “sensory friendly SEE Science Center (200 Bedford St. in Man- flix” screening on Saturday, March 14, of the new chester; see-sciencecenter.org, 669-0400) when Pixar release Onward (PG), which features the the center will feature a day of special activities. voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt and Julia LouThis is in addition to the recently started Super is-Dreyfus as elves living in a magical-creature STEM Sunday, which features activities every filled suburbia and suddenly finding themselves Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Admission to the cen- on a question. The screening, which will have a ter costs $9 for visitors ages 3 and up. The Center lower volume and house lights at a higher levis open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 el, starts at 10 a.m., according to the website.

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33 INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

Cars know when it’s time for an oil change

Dear Car Talk: I have a Chrysler 200 that is new enough to keep me informed of how much oil life remains. Can I trust it? It’s been 6,000 (easy) miles and 15 months By Ray Magliozzi since my last oil change (synthetic), and my car is saying that 25 percent of the oil’s life is left. I’m inclined to believe it since I think that automakers are overly conservative regarding oil change intervals. Should I change the oil when the car says 5 percent left? 10 percent? Or do you recommend a mileage or time interval? — Jeff I’d trust it, Jeff. If we just do an “order of magnitude” check, synthetic oil can easily last 7,500 to 10,000 miles before needing to be changed. So if you’ve gone 6,000 miles and have 25 percent left, you’re on track for an oil change at 8,000 miles. That’s right on target. In case you’re interested, the oil life monitor in your car is not actually “testing” your oil. It’s not taking a sample and sending it out to the lab while you sleep, dreaming about a new Honda. The oil life monitor is measuring the conditions that affect the life of your oil. It plugs them into an algorithm and constant-

ly produces an estimate of how much longer your oil should last. From the car’s computer, it collects information on things like the number of starts (individual trips), the engine temperature variations (driving conditions), and the number of miles you drive. Over the years, engineers have created algorithms that are pretty darned accurate in predicting when your oil is spent. Remember, they have incentive to make sure you change your oil on time. If they’re wrong, and you’re under warranty, they could owe you an engine. I’d say when you get down to 10 percent, it’s time to make an appointment for an oil change. It’s not an emergency at that point. Your oil is still fine. But it’s like getting down to an eighth of a tank of gas; you want to know where a gas station is at that point. Dear Car Talk: The owner’s manual for our 2015 Toyota Camry recommends a tire pressure of 35 psi for all the wheels. I check the pressure monthly, and there may be a loss of one to two psi on a couple of tires. I crank up the compressor and after a few tries, I finally get exactly that one psi in there. In the process of adding air, I’ll sometimes go over by half a psi or one psi, which I then bleed off.

Do I need to do that? What’s the acceptable range for over and under inflation of tires? — Jay No, you don’t need to do that, Jay. Tire inflation is not brain surgery. With tire inflation, you can muck around and get close enough, and still live a full and happy life. Of the two ways to miss your mark, underinflating your tires is the bigger danger. You probably remember the Ford Explorer/Firestone debacle from the turn of the century. Firestone made tires for the Explorer that, when underinflated and subject to lots of heat, like on Texas highways, basically fell apart and led to high speed rollovers. While the quality of those tires themselves certainly played a role in the epidemic, all tires can be vulnerable when they’re underinflated. Underinflated tires put a larger rubber contact patch on the road, create more friction, and therefore run hotter. And heat can cause the tire’s belts to separate and come apart. Out of that whole Ford/Firestone disaster came a new safety feature called “Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems” or TPMS. Now every tire has its own built-in gauge and a way to communicate with the car’s computer. And if the pressure in any tire drops about 10 percent below its recommended level, an idiot light on your dashboard comes on.

So, on the bottom end, 10 percent is your lower limit. If your Camry recommends 35 psi, 31.5 psi would be the absolute lowest you’d want to let it go before adding air. You have more flexibility on the upper end. As long as you stay below the maximum tire pressure listed on the tire’s sidewall (which is different from the recommended pressure), you can overinflate your tires by 10 percent or even more without too much concern. For instance, if 35 psi is recommended, and the maximum safe pressure listed on your sidewall is 44 psi, you can safely put 38 or 40 psi in your tires. You can even go to 44 psi. You’ll experience a harder ride, and you may have welts on your head from hitting the roof when you go over bumps, but you won’t be creating a blowout danger. You may even experience sharper cornering and increased fuel economy, too. But the emergency room copayments for the welts will probably wipe out any gas savings. So, the bottom line is that when filling your tires, the recommended tire pressure is the best compromise between handling, comfort, fuel economy and safety. But it’s certainly fine to go over the recommended inflation by a psi or two. And going over is always better than going under. Visit Cartalk.com.

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Julia Morin of Nashua is a media relations specialist for the New England Journal of What do you wish you’d known at the Medicine. beginning of your career?

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FOOD St. Paddy’s Day eats

Corned beef and cabbage dinners, Irish desserts and more By Matt Ingersoll

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Restaurants, breweries and churches across southern New Hampshire are serving all kinds of specials for St. Patrick’s Day, from corned beef and cabbage dinners to traditional Irish desserts, many of them even complemented with live Irish music or step dancing. Find out where to go to celebrate — most specials and meals are on Tuesday, March 17, unless otherwise specified. • Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will serve all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage Saturday, March 14, through Saturday, March 21, in addition to other Irish food and drink specials and music from Those Guys on both Saturdays. • The Anchorage at Sunapee Harbor (71 Main St., Sunapee, 763-3334, anchoragesunapee. com) will be running several menu specials from noon to 9 p.m., like Irish carrot soup, bangers and mash with Guinness gravy, corned beef and cabbage and shepherd’s pie, in addition to Irish drink specials. The band Frogz will also be performing. • Area 23 (254 N. State St., Concord, 2190856, thearea23.com) will be serving frozen Irish coffees and beer specials. Its weekly Tuesday night trivia will also be St. Patrick’s Day themed. • Atkinson Resort & Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, 362-8700, atkinsonresort.com) will have corned beef and cabbage and Guinness samples on special at Merrill’s Tavern from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Steve DeLuca will perform at the tavern from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. • Auburn Pitts (167 Rockingham Road, Auburn, 622-6564, auburnpitts.com) is offering specials on corned beef dinners and Reubens now through St. Patrick’s Day. Live music from Crazy Steve will also be featured on Tuesday, March 17. • Auburn Tavern (346 Hooksett Road, Auburn, 587-2057, auburntavern.com) will be serving a special menu from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. that will feature a corned beef dinner with all the fixings, plus options like a baked lamb dinner, grilled salmon, prime rib, baked haddock, and ribeye steak with scallops and bacon. Drink specials will include $2.50 Bud Lights, Irish coffee and a “Nutty Irishtini” (pistachio martini). There will also be live Irish music from 6 to 10 p.m. • Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road, Brookline, 371-2296, averillhousevineyard.com) will serve its annual “St. Patrick’s Day Mystery” St. Patrick’s Day parade For more St. Paddy’s Day fun, be sure to check out Manchester’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, returning for its 25th year on Sunday, March 29. The parade will begin rain or shine at noon, at the intersection of Elm and Salmon streets, continuing south along Elm Street (this year’s Line of March info TBA). Visit saintpatsnh.com.

four-course food and wine pairing event on Saturday, March 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. The dinner includes four mystery dishes prepared by internationally acclaimed chef Wheeler del Torro, plus wine selections from the vineyard. Tickets start at $59.99 per person. • Backyard Brewery & Kitchen (1211 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-3545, backyardbrewerynh.com) will serve a traditional Irish buffet all day. It will feature corned beef, cabbage, turnips, potatoes, stout lamb stew and potato leek soup. The eatery’s full regular menu will also be available, as well as special Irish beers. • Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) is offering St. Patrick’s Day-inspired specials from its Tavern menu from Saturday, March 14, through Tuesday, March 17, like Guinness soup with potato, bacon and cheddar; stout-braised corned beef and cabbage with red potatoes, baby carrots, turnip and grain mustard; and the “St. Paddy’s Chocolate Bag,” which includes stout chocolate cake, whiskey white chocolate mousse, Irish cream dark chocolate mousse, toffee crunch, salted caramel sauce and chocolate sauce. • The Biergarten at Anheuser-Busch Brewery (221 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 595-1202, budweisertours.com) is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all weekend from Friday, March 13, through Sunday, March 15, with food specials like corned beef gruyere dip with caraway flatbread bites, Reubens on sourdough, corned beef nachos and Irish brownie a la mode. There will also be 16-ounce St. Patrick’s Day-themed Bud Light bottles available for purchase, as well as live Irish dancing from the McGonagle School of Dance at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15. • Bonfire Restaurant & Country Bar (950 Elm St., Manchester, 217-5600, bonfire.country) will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all day, starting with a special all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 6 to 11 a.m. Drink specials will also be available throughout the day, including PBR Hard Coffee, Guinness, Coors Light and Miller Lite. The radio station 97.5 WOKQ will be broadcasting live from 6 to 10 a.m., with other live music acts to include Isaiah Bennett, Fred Ellsworth and Martin & Kelly (starting at 1 p.m.). • Brookside Congregational Church (2013 Elm St., Manchester, 669-2807, brooksidecc. info) will serve its annual corned beef and cabbage supper on Saturday, March 14, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults, $7 for children ages 12 and under, or a maximum rate of $40 per family. Takeout is available too. Proceeds will benefit the church’s youth groups. • Brookstone Park (14 Route 111, Derry, 328-9255, brookstone-park.com) will host a St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Friday, March 13, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The Irish-style plated dinner will feature house corned beef, sour cream whipped potatoes, roasted carrots, braised cabbage, soda

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bread and chocolate stout bread pudding. A cash bar will be available all night, in addition to coffee and herbal teas. There will also be live acoustic entertainment by the Boston-based recording artist Ryan Fitzsimmons. The cost is $35. • Cara Irish Pub (11 Fourth St., Dover, 3434390, carairishpub.com) will open at 9 a.m. for an Irish breakfast of scrambled eggs, black and white pudding, hash browns, Heinz beans and more. A full schedule of live music acts is planned throughout the day, including the Hibernian Bagpipers at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m., Jubilly at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., the Murray Irish Dancers at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Frank & Friends at 1 p.m. and the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio at 9 p.m. • Carriage Towne Bar & Grille (53 Church St., Kingston, 642-4481, carriagetownebarandgrille.com) will open at 11:30 a.m. and offer a traditional corned beef and cabbage lunch or dinner, Happy Hour specials, beer specials throughout the day, whiskey tastings, giveaways, drink promos and live music from 5 to 8 p.m. • Charlie’s Tap House (9A Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 929-9005, hamptonkaraokebar.com) will open at 11 a.m. offering corned beef and cabbage all day, plus other Irish specials and live entertainment. • Chez Vachon (136 Kelley St., Manchester, 625-9660, find them on Facebook) will be serving six-ounce and 12-ounce sizes of corned beef and cabbage dinners for dining in or to go on St. Patrick’s Day, in addition to pistachio cake. • CJ’s Great West Grill (782 S. Willow St., Manchester, 627-8600, cjsgreatwestgrill.com) is running a special corned beef and cabbage plate available all day on St. Patrick’s Day. • Club Manchvegas Bar & Grill (50 Old Granite St., Manchester, 222-1677, clubmvbarandgrill.com) will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day Bash all day, featuring a $10 breakfast buffet (doors open at 6 a.m.), corned beef and cabbage specials, live music in the afternoon, giveaways and more. Rock 101 and Greg and the Morning Buzz will be broadcasting from 6 a.m. to noon. • Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 4582033; copperdoor.com) will be serving four St. Patrick’s Day-inspired specials, including potato leek soup with garlic, Bully’s Pilsner and sourdough crouton; a traditional Reuben with corned beef, Sriracha dressing, house-made sauerkraut CONTINUED ON PG 38

• Greek eats: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 N. State St., Concord) will once again host Yiayia’s Greek Night Out, on Saturday, March 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. The cooking demonstration and dinner will feature tirobiskotaki, a feta cheesebased filling over a pastry crust, in addition to vegetable tourlou (mixed grilled vegetables in a tomato sauce), Caesar salad, fresh homemade bread and desserts. This is the church’s sixth time hosting Yiayia’s Greek Night Out since it began in late 2018; past cooking demonstrations have featured authentic Greek items like spanakopita (spinach pie), baklava, tsoureki (Greek Easter bread) and both meat and vegetarian versions of dolmathes (rolled grape leaves). Live Greek music is also expected. Admission is $10 per person and tickets can be purchased either in advance or at the door. All proceeds benefit programs of the church’s Outreach Ministries. Visit holytrinitynh.org or call the church office at 225-2961. • A piece of the pie: Celebrate Pi (“Pie”) Day at the Brookline Public Library (16 Main St., Brookline) on Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The library will be offering a variety of both sweet and savory pies to share, including apple, blueberry, pizza pies and breakfast quiches, as well as beverages and some fun pi facts and trivia. If you’d like to make pie for the event, there is a sign-up sheet at the library’s circulation desk. Visit bplnh.weebly.com or call 673-3330. • Chili chowdown: The American Legion Post 90 (32 Harriman Hill Road, Raymond) will host its annual chili cook-off on Saturday, March 14, from noon to 3 p.m. There will be a $5 donation at the door, which grants you access to tasting several locally made chilis in addition to 50/50 raffle. Prizes will be awarded to the best chilis. Visit ridersraymond.com. • Dressings for success: Learn to make your own salad dressings and marinades at a hands-on class at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst) on Wednesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. as part of The Winemaker’s Kitchen Instructional class series. Under the direction of winemaker and founder Amy LaBelle, participants will learn to make steak marinades and vinaigrette and buttermilk ranch dressings, taking home each in bell jars. The class is great for couples, singles, family and friends, as well as corporate colleagues. The cost is $45 per person. Visit labellewineryevents.com or call 672-9898 to register. 41 HIPPO | MARCH 12 - 18, 2020 | PAGE 37

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and baby Swiss on marble rye bread with fries; Guinness-braised corned beef with roasted fingerling potato, honey whiskey glazed carrot and roasted Brussels sprouts; and corned beef agnolotti with caramelized onion, roasted Brussels sprouts, leeks, Dijon mustard cream sauce, scallions and caraway seeds. Live music will be featured from 4 to 7 p.m. • CR’s The Restaurant (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 929-7972, crstherestaurant.com) will serve a St. Patrick’s Day whiskey dinner at 6 p.m. The four-course meal will feature pairings of Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey. The cost is $75 per person and reservations are required. • Dana Center for the Humanities (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, 641-7700, tickets.anselm.edu) will host a performance from Grammy and Emmy award-nominated Celtic fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40. • The Derryfield Restaurant (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880, thederryfield.com) is running specials on either corned beef dinner plates or corned beef sandwiches, from Friday, March 13, through Tuesday, March 17. Live music will also be featured from the D Comp Trio on Tuesday, March 17, from 3 to 8 p.m. • Downtown Cheers Grille & Bar (17 Depot St., Concord, 228-0180, cheersnh.com) will be serving St. Patrick’s Day food and beer specials all day from Friday, March 13, through Tuesday, March 17, including corned beef and cabbage, Guinness Irish stew, Reubens, “pot o’ gold” tater tots and more. Local singer-songwriter Brad Bosse will perform on Thursday, March 19. • Firefly American Bistro & Bar (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will be open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and for dinner from 4 to 10 p.m., serving its regular menu in addition to a specials menu that includes corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash, Mulligan’s stew, an Irish dip sandwich, an Irish cod bake, potato leek soup and bread pudding with Irish whiskey sauce. Drink specials like Guinness beers and festive cocktails with Irish whiskey are expected too. • First Baptist Church (201 North Road, Brentwood, 679-5259, firstbaptistbrentwood. com) will serve a St. Patrick’s Day supper on Saturday, March 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., featuring traditional corned beef and cabbage, turnip, potatoes, carrots, beverages and desserts. The cost is $12 per person, $10 for seniors and free for children ages 8 and under. • First Church Nashua, UCC (1 Concord St., Nashua, 882-4861, tfcucc.org) will serve its annual corned beef and cabbage brunch on Sunday, March 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., which will also feature homemade Irish soda bread. • The Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille (40 Andover Road, New London, 526-6899, flyinggoose.com) is offering a couple of Irish beers, like Erin Go Bragh Irish stout and Molly O’Shea’s Irish red ale. • Fody’s Great American Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015; 187½ Rockingham Road, Derry, 404-6946; fodystavern.com) will open at noon at both locations, serving corned HIPPO | MARCH 12 - 18, 2020 | PAGE 38

beef and cabbage and other specials, in addition to live local music acts (Joe MacDonald from 6 to 9 p.m. in Nashua; in Derry, Carleigh Mack, Haze and Amara Phelps from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., George Williams from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and DJ Rich upstairs from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.). The Derry location is also celebrating its one-year anniversary in business. • Grill 603 (168 Elm St., Milford, 213-6764, grill603.com) will be offering food specials like bangers and mash, corned beef and cabbage, Guinness lamb stew and corned beef Reuben potato skins, as well as a few beer specials. • The Halligan Tavern (32 W. Broadway, Derry, 965-3490, thehalligantavern.com) will host a performance from the McGonagle School of Irish Dance at noon, followed by drink specials throughout the afternoon from Guinness, Bud Light and Jameson Irish Whiskey. • The Homestead Restaurant & Tavern (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 4292022, homesteadnh.com) will serve a traditional boiled dinner of corned beef and cabbage starting at 4 p.m. • The Hungry Buffalo (58 Route 129, Loudon, 798-3737, hungrybuffalotavern.com) will be offering a corned buffalo brisket dinner with cabbage and turnip as a special on St. Patrick’s Day. • Kathleen’s Irish Pub (90 Lake St., Bristol, 744-6336, kathleensirishpub.com) will host live music from The O’Brien Clan on Sunday, March 15, from 2 to 5 p.m. • Killarney’s Irish Pub (Holiday Inn, 9 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, 888-1551, find them on Facebook) will open at 11 a.m., serving a traditional corned beef and cabbage buffet with Guinness stew, in addition to live music from Kieran McNally. There will be a cover charge of $10, with $1 from each to be donated to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter. • Jamison’s (472 Route 111, Hampstead, 4891565, jamisonsrestaurant.com) will be running St. Patrick’s Day-inspired food and cocktails specials all day on Saturday, March 14, Sunday, March 15, and Tuesday, March 17. Food options will include Reuben egg rolls, Guinness beef stew, corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash and shepherd’s pie. There will also be $5 Guinness and Smithwick’s drafts and $3 Bud Light and Coors drafts. • Lakehouse Tavern (157 Main St., Hopkinton, 746-1800, lakehousetavern.com) will be running several food and drink specials from Friday, March 13, through Monday, March 16, including bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie, Irish Paloma and The Jolly Leprechaun (house-infused green Jolly Ranchers and soda water). • Mama McDonough’s Irish Pub (5 Depot St., Hillsborough, 680-4148, find them on Facebook) will open for breakfast at 8 a.m. with live performances from Mike Gallant (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.), the Dan Morgan Band (3 to 6 p.m.) and Mosey Down (6:30 to 9:30 p.m.). • Master McGrath’s (8 Batchelder Road, Seabrook, 474-6540, mastermcgraths.com) will be serving specials for St. Patrick’s Day during its breakfast hours on Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and corned beef and cabbage all day from Sunday, March 15, through Tuesday, March 17. A full

schedule of live entertainment will be featured from 2 to 11 p.m. on Tuesday. • McGarvey’s (1097 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2721, mcgarveysnh.com) will have corned beef and cabbage on special throughout the day on St. Patrick’s Day, as well as live bagpipers. • Millyard Brewery (25 E. Otterson St., Nashua, 722-0104, millyardbrewery.com) will feature Irish tunes from Dyer Holiday on Saturday, March 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. • Moe Joe’s Family Restaurant (2175 Candia Road, Manchester, 668-0131, eatatmoejoe. com) will serve a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner with red bliss potatoes, carrots and onions, available each day from Friday, March 13, through Tuesday, March 17. Live music from the Black Pudding Rovers will be featured on Tuesday, March 17, from 4 to 8 p.m. • Murphy’s Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535, murphystaproom.com) will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day all day. Breakfast will be served from 6 to 11 a.m., corned beef and cabbage and other lunch and dinner specials beginning at 11 a.m., and live Irish dancing at 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Other live performances will include Sean Dennehy from 8 to 11 a.m., Audrey & Dan from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Rebel Collective from 3 to 6 p.m. and Dancing Madly Backwards from 7 to 10:30 p.m. • Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House (393 Route 101, Bedford, 488-5975, murphystaproom.com) will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. for St. Patrick’s Day, followed by corned beef and cabbage dinners starting at 11 a.m. A full schedule of local live performances will be held throughout the day in the pub and the carriage house, including Irish dancing at 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. In the pub Brad Bosse will perform from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Sean Dennehy will perform from 4 to 7:30 p.m. In the carriage house Stephen DeLuca will perform from noon to 3:30 p.m. and Audrey & Dan will perform from 4 to 7 p.m. • The Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) will hold its annual St. Paddy’s Day Comedy Spectacular on Saturday, March 14, at 8 p.m., featuring comedians Jim McCue, Joey Carroll and Erin Maguire. Tickets range from $32 to $37. • New England’s Tap House Grille (1292 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 782-5137, taphousenh.com) will have several St. Patrick’s Day specials from Friday, March 13, through Tuesday, March 17, like corned beef and cabbage, Reuben balls, Guinness stew and Baileys cheesecake. They will be closed Monday, March 16. • O’Shea’s Irish Tavern & Cigar Bar (449 Amherst St., Nashua, 943-7089, osheastavern. weebly.com) will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day party on Saturday, March 14, beginning at 1 p.m. There will be free tastings, raffles, door prizes, giveaways and more (more details TBA). • The Old School Bar & Grill (49 Range Road, Windham, 458-6051, oldschoolbarandgrill.com) will be offering several food specials during the week of St. Patrick’s Day, beginning Saturday, March 14, like Reubens, corned beef and cabbage, Irish egg rolls, Guinness selections and drinks with Irish whiskeys. • Pasta Loft Restaurant (241 Union Square,

Milford, 672-2270, pastaloft.com) will have several specials available all day on Monday, March 16, Tuesday, March 17, and Wednesday, March 18, including starters like fried calamari and beer-battered macaroni and cheese bites, and entrees like fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage with potatoes, carrots and turnips, and a corned beef pizza, available in two sizes with mozzarella cheese and homemade pizza sauce. Beer specials like $4 Guinness selections and $3.50 Bud Light green beer on draft will also be featured. Irish step dancers from the McGonagle School of Irish Dance will perform at 4 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. The FitzMurphys will then perform traditional Irish music and some classic rock covers from 7 to 10 p.m. • The Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535, thepeddlersdaughter.com) is kicking off festivities a bit early with a Baileys treat bar on Saturday, March 14, from noon to 2 p.m., and an Irish breakfast and corned beef dinner on Sunday, March 15. Then on Tuesday, March 17, the doors will open at 6 a.m. for a Kegs and Eggs Irish breakfast until noon, plus a full schedule of live music and corned beef and cabbage served throughout the day, beginning at 10 a.m. Live acts will include Irish Whispa from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the McGonagle School of Irish Dance at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., Waking Finnegan from 3 to 7 p.m., and The Pop Farmers from 7 to 10 p.m. • The Pint Publik House (1111 Elm St., Manchester, 206-5463, pintpublikhouse.com) will be serving up a corned beef dinner, with potatoes, cabbage and carrots, plus a corned beef hash and Tater Tots plate and a homemade car bomb cake made with Guinness, Jameson Irish whiskey and Baileys Irish cream liqueur. • Pipe Dream Brewing (49 Harvey Road, Londonderry, 404-0751, pipedreambrewingnh. com) will serve a special brunch all day on Sunday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring food specials like the shamrock breakfast sandwich (corned beef hash, egg, bacon and cheese on your choice of a bagel), plus Bloody Marys, mimosas, Irish coffee and espresso drinks. • Presidential Oaks (200 Pleasant St., Concord, 225-6644, presidentialoaks.org) will serve its annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner beginning at noon. The menu will feature a traditional meal of corned beef and cabbage, served with boiled potatoes, carrots and turnip, plus shamrock pie for dessert. Live Irish music will be performed by local artists Chris Dudley and David Moore. The cost is $12 per person or $20 per couple. Call or visit the website to make reservations. • The Press Room (77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186, pressroomnh.com) will be celebrating with traditional Celtic music from Penhallow and Carol Coronis at 6:30 p.m. • Rí Rá Irish Pub (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680, rira.com) will have a special menu available all day long, plus live music from Erin’s Guild (noon), The Dapper Gents (5 p.m.) and Sweep the Leg Entertainment (9 p.m.). There will also be Guinness specials, Irish dancers, giveaways and more. • Roundabout Diner & Lounge (580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Portsmouth, 431-1440, roundaboutdiner.com) will have special dinners,

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like a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner, Jameson Irish whiskey-marinated salmon, Guinness beef stew, and bangers and mash with Guinness gravy and roasted Brussels sprouts. • Saddle Up Saloon (92 Route 125, Kingston, 369-6962, saddleupsaloonnh.com) will be serving a boiled dinner special and drinks for St. Patrick’s Day, beginning at 1 p.m., plus live entertainment from DJ Jason Whitney. • Salt Hill Pub Hanover (7 Lebanon St., 6767855, salthillpub.com) will do a “ceremonial first pint” and a traditional Irish breakfast on St. Patrick’s Day, starting at 9 a.m. Featured live acts for the day are the Salt Hill Ceili Band (9 a.m.), Bel Clare (1 p.m.), the Vermont Irish quartet O’hAnleigh (4:30 p.m.) and Celticladda (8:30 p.m.). • Salt Hill Pub Lebanon (2 W. Park St., 448-4532, salthillpub.com) will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with food and drink specials and live music all day, beginning at 9 a.m. with a traditional Irish breakfast and a performance from Bel Clare from Ireland. Other acts will be the Vermont-based fiddle and dance band Footworks (noon), the band Atlantic Crossing (4:30 p.m.) and the Irish trio O’hAnleigh (9 p.m.). • Salt Hill Pub Newbury (1407 Route 103, 763-2667, salthillpub.com) The day will start with a ceremonial first pint and a traditional Irish breakfast at 9 a.m. Live music is planned throughout the day; the lineup includes O’hAnleigh (9 a.m.), Atlantic Crossing (1 p.m.), Bel Clare (5 p.m.) and Great Bay Sailor (8 p.m.). • Salt Hill Pub Newport (58 Main St., 8637774, salthillpub.com) will kick off its celebration with a ceremonial first pint and a traditional Irish breakfast at 9 a.m. Live acts planned for the day include the Celtic duo Atlantic Crossing (9 a.m.), the Salt Hill Ceili Band (1 p.m.), Celticladda (4:30 p.m.) and Jack Hickey (8 p.m.). • Salt Hill Pub West Lebanon (5 Airport Road, 298-5566, salthillpub.com) will kicking things off with a ceremonial first pint and a traditional Irish breakfast at 9 a.m. Live music acts will include Jack Hickey (9 a.m.), O’hAnleigh (12:30 p.m.) and the Salt Hill Ceili Band (5 p.m.). A special St. Patrick’s Day edition of pub trivia is planned at 7:30 p.m. • Sea Dog Brewing Co. (5 Water St., Exeter, 793-5116, seadogbrewing.com) will serve its St. Patrick’s Day brunch Sunday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with food and drink specials all day and live music. Dinner specials will also be offered on Tuesday, March 17, from 3 to 9 p.m. Live music acts will include Chad Verbeck from 3 to 6 p.m. and Green Heron from 6 to 9 p.m. • The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant (909 Elm St., Manchester, 652-0246, theshaskeenpub.com) will start with breakfast at 5:30 a.m. and food and drink specials, promotions and live music throughout the afternoon and night. This year’s music lineup includes The Gobshites and The Rebel Collective. Teddy and Laura from 96.5 The Mill will be broadcasting their morning show from the Shaskeen on Tuesday, March 17. • Shooters Pub (6 Columbus Ave., Exeter, 772-3856, shooterssportspub.com) will host its annual corned beef, ham and vegetable dinner on Sunday, March 15, at 4 p.m. The cost is $5 per plate, with proceeds to benefit End 68 Hours of Hunger. Prizes and giveaways begin at 4:15 p.m.

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When: Friday, March 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Where: Spotlight Room at the Palace Theatre, 96 Hanover St., Manchester Cost: $25 per person; purchase tickets online or at the door (each ticket holder also receives $5 off one adult ticket to see Mamma Mia! at the Palace Theatre that evening following the festival) Visit: palacetheatre.org

Neapolitan Pizzeria, which will have samples of its homemade meatballs with Bolognese sauce and Grana Padano cheese, according to owner Priscilla Lane Rondeau. The Gyro Spot, Antojitos Colombianos, Dulces Bakery and The Crown Tavern are some of the other restaurants scheduled to attend the festival. “It’s an opportunity for people to try a lot of different things in one place for one fee,” Youngdahl said. “I’m one of those people that orders the same thing every time I go to a restaurant I love, so we wanted to give people a chance to branch out and just see what’s out there.” In addition to the food, the festival will feature a silent auction of various sports memorabilia courtesy of KBK Sports, and several raffle prizes, like an Italian dinner basket with pasta, sauces, spices and a bottle of wine. Youngdahl said she came up with the idea to hold a “mini series” of beer and food festivals as a way to promote the versatility of the Spotlight Room, which opened next door to the theater in 2018. The third event in the series, a miniature wine festival, is scheduled for next month. Participating restaurants • 900 Degrees (900degrees.com) • Antojitos Colombianos (find them on Facebook) • The Crown Tavern/Hanover Street Chophouse (thecrownonhanover.com; hanoverstreetchophouse.com) • Dulces Bakery (dulcesbakerynh.com) • Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse (gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com) • The Gyro Spot (thegyrospot.com) • Hooked Seafood Restaurant/Ignite Bar & Grille (hookedonignite.com) • Presto Craft Kitchen/Custom Eats & Sweets (prestocraftkitchen.com)

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE Street Bud, Back 2 The Lab (Huncho Records)

You’ve definitely been exposed to this Atlanta-born rapper who’s just 13 (or 14, or 15, depending on your news source) if you watched the fourth season of the Lifetime network’s reality show The Rap Game, where he rapidfire-spat his lines so cutely, in that little-kid voice of his. Here, he’s granted immunity from his crimes against OGs by landing on Huncho Records, the imprint owned by Quavo, one of the Migos dudes. I can’t blame Quavo for hitching this patently obvious flash-in-thepan to his train, because why not, like, scam while the scamming is good. Auto-Tune abounds, of course, as do trap beats, which will apparently never die (until they do all at once, just you wait) but the approach is done nicely enough in the Chris Brown-ish hip-hop ballad “Good Die Young.” Quavo’s contribution comes at the dubby, phoned-in pool-party track “Open House,” which was probably written in a text while waiting for a Burger King order. Other than that, this is the most important album in such and so timeframe or whatever. B- — Eric W. Saeger

Biff Byford, School of Hard Knocks (Silver Linings Music)

Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath usually get the comparison, but if there were ever a real-life Spinal Tap during the 1970s, it was definitely Saxon. OK, unless you count Manowar, which I definitely do, but Saxon really, really took their Stonehenge heritage seriously. The promo materials for this debut solo album from Saxon’s frontman are hilarious, with the terms “bard” and “Game of Thrones” used without any irony to describe what goes on in the record, which for the most part sounds like a more technically adept Accept that just plumb ran out of ideas, but damn the torpedoes. Don’t get me wrong, though, opening tune “Welcome to the Show” is cool in its way, evoking arena-era Def Leppard but with more complexity (for lack of a better word), and “School of Hard Knocks” is like old Whitesnake trying to work off some actual people problems. For what it is, it’s awesome; I just wish I hadn’t been so easily trolled into choosing this one to cover by falling for their “it’s not just metal stuff, honest” promise. B — Eric W. Saeger

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The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 12th season with 17 films being shown in Manchester, Merrimack, Concord, Portsmouth and Peterborough between March 19 and March 29. The festival, a program of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, highlights independent and foreign films with a Jewish angle, such as Jewish characters or a focus on Jewish history, and films made by Jewish filmmakers. It attracts filmmakers from all over the world; this year’s filmmakers come from Israel, the U.S., Canada, Germany, Mexico, the U.K., Kazakhstan and Latvia. Ten of the films will be making their New Hampshire debut. “Our goal is to bring Israeli films and films with Jewish content to New Hampshire that have never been shown here before and would most likely not come here without the festival,” festival co-chairperson Pat Kalik said. The lineup will feature contemporary and historical dramas, comedies, documentaries and shorts. The opening film, Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, is a documentary about the worldwide impact of the classic Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. For the first time, the festival’s shorts program is centered around a theme: food. One short is about three Jewish roommates who debate their different views on religion after one of the roommates considers eating a non-kosher cheeseburger. Another short explores the origins of egg cream, a chocolate soda drink that became popular in the Jewish Lower East Side of New York City. “We just happened to have a couple films about food, so then we decided

to go looking for more and make it a theme,” Kalik said. Denise Drower Swidey, producer of the PBS television program Food Flirts, will lead a Q&A and discussion with the audience following the screening of the Food Flirts episode “Pastrami Meets Ramen” during the shorts program. The cooking program follows two Jewish sisters and food-explorers, Sheila and Marilyn Brass, as they work through their “culinary bucket list” and explore foods and dishes they have never tried and ingredients they have never worked with before. In this particular episode, the sisters take pastrami and noodle kugel, staple foods in Jewish culture, and combine them with the popular Japanese dish, ramen, creating a “pastrami ramen noodle kugel.” “The recipe takes a page from their Jewish heritage and fairly seamlessly ties it together with a Japanese flavor profile,” Swidey said. “On a basic level, you learn how the recipe is made and how to literally bring those two flavors together in a recipe, but on a deeper level, it’s about celebrating food and friendship and the coming-together of two cultures.” Other select screenings will also feature post-film Q&A sessions with filmmakers as well as special events like a Gala to celebrate the start of the festival, a coffee-and-dessert social event, and a party to close out the festival. Kalik said the festival is enjoyed by both film-lovers with and film-lovers without a Jewish connection. “New Hampshire audiences like independent films, and these films that they are getting to see are high-quality, interesting films,” Kalik said. “They aren’t just great films because they are about Jewish topics; these films are great films on their own.”

A Miracle Of Miracles will be featured at this year’s New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival. Courtesy photo.

New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival When: March 19 through March 29 Where: Venues in Manchester, Merrimack, Concord, Portsmouth and Peterborough Cost: A festival pass is $148 and includes the pass-holder’s choice of any 10 film screenings and special events; individual screenings are $12 unless otherwise noted More info: nhjewishfilmfestival.org

Cinemagic (11 Executive Park Drive, Merrimack) • Good Morning Son - Sunday, March 22, 1 p.m. • Futures Past, with post-film discussion with filmmaker Jordan Melamed - Sunday, March 22, 3:30 p.m.

Peterborough Community Theatre (6 School St., Peterborough) • Shooting Life - Sunday, March 22, 1 p.m. Schedule (by location) Southern New Hampshire University (Mara • The Keeper - Sunday, March 22, 3:30 p.m. Auditorium in Webster Hall; 2500 N. River Road, Manchester): The Music Hall Loft (131 Congress St., Portsmouth) • Crescendo - Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m. • Short Film Program, featuring Food Flirts: • My Name is Sara - Sunday, March 22, 1 p.m. Pastrami Meets Ramen; Egg Cream; Cheese- • Shooting Life - Sunday, March 22, 3:30 p.m. burger; How to Swim, and Sushi, Meatballs and Everything, with post-film discussion with pro- Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord) ducer Denise Swidey (Food Flirts) - Tuesday, • Leona - Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m. • Paris Song, with post-film social event with March 24, 7 p.m. coffee and dessert ($15) - Saturday, March 28, St. Anselm College (Roger and Francine 8 p.m., Jean Student Center; 100 St. Anselm Drive, • The Keeper - Sunday, March 29, 1 p.m. • Family film screening of Shrek (free, but resManchester) • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, followed ervations required) - Sunday, March 29, 3 p.m. by 12th Anniversary Gala Celebration ($48 • Love in Suspenders - Sunday, March 29, 3:30 through March 14, $57 after March 14) - Satur- p.m. • Picture of His Life, followed by Festival Wrap day, March 21, 8 p.m. Party ($16) - Sunday, March 29, 5:30 p.m.

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Physical Intelligence, by Scott Grafton (Pantheon, 225 pages) In 1991 hikers discovered the mummified remains of a Neolithic man who came to be known as Ötzi the Iceman. He is approximately 5,300 years old. And despite your keto diet, your TB12 recovery sleepwear, your internet and your Peloton, Ötzi was much smarter and more fit than you’ll ever be (unless you’re Joe De Sena). That’s because Ötzi, whose remains and belongings are now stored in an Italian museum, was a perfect specimen of physical intelligence, which neuroscientist Scott Grafton describes as a synchronicity of body and brain, finely honed by experience. It is physical intelligence, Grafton writes, that enables people to do things like drive through a snowstorm, cook dinner for eight or take a shortcut through forest without dying. It was physical intelligence that allowed our esteemed Ötzi to traverse alone through the harsh, mountainous landscape of what is now Austria and Italy. “He could smelt copper. Take down a large elk. Fabricate Neolithic blades. Travel over glaciers without getting frostbite. He yields a startling view of our past,” Grafton writes in his new book Physical Intelligence, adding, “What we consider to be extraordinary — living alone in an Alpine wilderness — was entirely ordinary at the time.” Grafton, who teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is director of the Brain Imaging Center there on weekdays. He’s also

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an Ötzi wannabe, traversing the mountainous wilds of the High Sierra alone. Physical Intelligence is the story of a week he spent in the wilderness alone and his evidence-based analysis of his triumphs and fails, into which he injects current research on why Ötzi and his ilk could do many things that modern man can’t (or rather, won’t). He notes, for example, that although most people who show up in emergency rooms after a fall are elderly, one-fifth are in their 50s or younger. “Something besides age is making these otherwise healthy youngsters hit the ground,” he writes. Same with falling on ice. “The epidemic of ground-level falls reveals how detached people can become from some of the most elemental affordances of the natural world. Living indoors, testing the elements only intermittently, people become rusty at moving through natural settings.” The development of physical intelligence, he says, cannot take place in a gym. Moreover, he says that meditation and mindfulness, as beneficial as they may be in focusing attention, are but a poor substitute for the mindset that people who spend a lot of time navigating rough terrain have naturally. “These are recent cultural inventions. There is simply no survival advantage to sitting and contemplating the universe,” Grafton writes. They are “a proxy for a desired mental state that cannot be easily triggered in modern environments.” His solution? “Go to the mountains and these abilities arise on their own.”

• Holocaust survival story: Sonia Claire Ascher will be at The Toadstool Bookshop (375 Amherst St., 9A, Somerset Plaza, Nashua) on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. to present her new book, Surviving the Holocaust: One Family’s Journey. Ascher is a child of Holocaust survivors who escaped Germany and settled down in Manchester, New Hampshire, where they opened a furniture and appliance store. She spent more than 20 years researching her family’s background and looking for answers to lifelong questions she had about her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust in Germany. In the book, Ascher breaks their silence and tells their story. Call 673-1734 or visit toadbooks.com. • Monthly poetry reading: The Poetry Society of New Hampshire will feature Chichester poet Jimmy Pappas at its monthly poetry reading at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord) on Wednesday, March 18, at 5:30 p.m. Pappas will read from his new, Rattle award-winning chapbook Falling off the Empire State Building, which includes poems that explore family, love and mortality. An open mic will precede his reading. Pappas’ poems have been published in more than 70 journals, including Sheila-Na-Gig, Cha:An Asian Literary Journal, Shot Glass Journal, Off the Coast, and Boston Literary Magazine. His poem “Bobby’s Story” was one of 10 finalists in the 2017 Rattle Poetry Contest and the winning poem of the 2018 Readers Choice Award. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Pappas has also written poems about veterans, many of which are included in his first book, Scream Wounds: How to Kill Your First Man in War (2019). Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562. • Meet creator of interactive kids journal: Christine Boucher will visit Barnes & Noble (1741 S. Willow St., Manchester) on Saturday, March 14, at 1 p.m. to sign copies of Express Yourself!: Joyful Journaling for Kids. The guided journal for kids and teens features more than 100 colorful pages with dozens of prompts on fun and meaningful topics to help promote positivity and creativity as well as space for the journal-holder to make lists, add pictures and write about his or her thoughts and feelings. Call 668-5557 or visit barnesandnoble.com. — Angie Sykeny

Weaving his own experiences of spearing trout, assembling a camping stove, navigating without a compass and evading bears with related research, Grafton had a potentially fascinating narrative that, unfortunately, is weakened by his own intellect. The man just doesn’t know when to stop rambling about the basal ganglia of monkeys, hybrid reference frames and other minutiae of neuroscience that would be much happier in a college textbook. There are far too many asides into a mind-numbing lecture for the basal ganglia-challenged among us, and the first chapter alone threatens to lose half his potential readers with its discussion of dorsal and ventral attention networks. (On the plus side, we do learn how teenage boys are like macaque monkeys.) The takeaway of Physical Intelligence is a worthy one: If you want to be smarter, healthier and more attentive, get out of the house. In a culture in which we can obtain most any tool we need from a local hardware store or big-box chain, something precious and important has been lost. Your survival may never depend on whether you can fashion a walking stick out of a dead limb from an old tree, or maybe it will if Covid-19 continues to spread. Human beings, of course, are not the only animals who know how to make and use tools, but we may be the first ones who lose the ability if we continue to distance ourselves from our elemental selves. Physical Intelligence is a call to the wild, mercifully bereft of a CGI dog, but like Grafton’s journey it is alternately delightful and tortuous. B- — Jennifer Graham

Books Author Events • GARDNER BROWNING Author presents Karma City. Barnes & Noble, 235 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua. Saturday, March 14, 2 p.m. Visit barnesandnoble.com. • CHRIS BOHJALIAN Author presents The Red Lotus. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Sun., March 15, 2 p.m. Call 224-0562 or visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • TAMI BEMIS COLE Author presents Anchored in Him: Finding Refuge in Your Storm. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Thurs., March 19, 6 p.m. Call 2240562 or visit gibsonsbookstore. com. • NOLAN HIGDON Author presents United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and What We Can Do about It). Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Fri., March 20, 6 p.m. Call 224-0562 or visit gibsonsbookstore.com. • AUTHORS NIGHT AT THE VINEYARD The New England Authors Expo presents. Includes a meet-and-greet with numerous authors, plus a book and art sale. Fri., March

27, 6 to 9 p.m. Zorvino Vineyards (226 Main St., Sandown). Free admission. Visit newenglandauthorsexpo.com. • AUTHORS NIGHT BY THE SEA The New England Authors Expo presents. Includes a meet-and-greet with numerous authors, plus a book and art sale. Sun., April 19, 2 to 6 p.m. Cisco Brewers (35 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth). Free admission. Visit newenglandauthorsexpo.com. Poetry • POETRY OUT LOUD CHAMPIONSHIP Twelve students who were top performers at the semi-finals will compete in the state championship to represent New Hampshire at the national finals in Washington, D.C., in April. They will each recite three poems that they’ve chosen from the collection curated by the National Poetry Foundation, including at least one poem written before the 20th century and at least one with 25 lines or fewer. Representatives Hall in the New Hampshire Statehouse (107 N. Main St., Concord). Fri., March 13, 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Visit nh.gov/nharts.

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Emma. (PG)

Anya Taylor-Joy is the Queen Bee of her 1800s English village in Emma., the latest adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.

Emma Woodhouse (Taylor-Joy) is sad about losing her previously live-in governess, the newly-married Mrs. Weston (Gemma Whalen). To fill her time, Emma plays matchmaker for Harriet Smith (Mia Goth), a nice girl of dubious parentage from the local girls’ school. She also obsesses over the mysterious Frank Churchill (Callum Turner), the son of Mr. Weston (Rupert Graves), who is slated to inherit his uncle’s big estate. Everybody — well, the Westons and Emma — thinks he might be a potential match for Emma even if she pretends she’s not interested in marriage. Woodhouse neighbor George Knightley (Johnny Flynn) thinks Frank’s not showing up for his dad’s wedding is proof that he’s a disrespectful dandy. This view of Frank is confirmed for Knightley when the dashing — but silly, Knightley says — Frank finally shows up and befriends Emma, a friendship that irritates Knightley. (Flynn’s Knightley is much more layered and imperfect than, say, Jeremy Northam’s version from the 1996 movie.) Emma has jealous moments herself when Jane Fairfax (Amber Anderson) arrives and Emma is annoyed to realize that Jane is just as talented and kind as her sweet aunt (Miranda Hart, always great) has said she is. Maybe even more accomplished, Knightley gleefully says to Emma, than Emma herself. Drama! Nobody is all hero here which makes their emotions feel more real and relatable despite their ye olde wardrobe and speech patterns. Knightley, in particular, feels tone-perfect; he’s a romantic lead and a good man but also he has his moments of hot-air-ishness and he’d rather berate Emma about her flaws than talk about his big scary feelings for her. This version is light and fun but with just enough tartness to cut through the meringue-y sweetness, just enough Taylor-Joy side-eye to remind you that Emma’s an extremely pampered 20-year-old with more status than sense. Taylor-Joy is the just-so center of this con-

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fection but there many laudable elements: the folk-songs-heavy score, the costuming (which picks exactly the right elements and times to insert a pop of color or a design flourish), Billy Nighy as Emma’s loveable hypochondriac farther and, just in the background, the footmen and other servants with perfect comic timing. ARated PG for brief partial nudity (!), according to the MPA. Directed by Autumn de Wilde with a screenplay by Eleanor Catton (from the book by Jane Austen), Emma. (yes, with a period, and I’m not sure why — but it fits) is two hours and four minutes of fun in the theater and is distributed by Focus Features.

Onward (PG)

Two brothers go on a quest to briefly resurrect their late father in Pixar’s Onward.

Barley (voice of Chris Pratt) and his younger brother Ian (voice of Tom Holland) are suburban elf teens living in a world full of magical creatures — pixies, centaurs, dragons — that have become less magical as society has traded wizards and magical spells for electricity, cars and appliances. Barley is a fantasy role-playing game aficionado having, as his mom Laurel (voice of Julia Louis-Dreyfus) says, the longest gap year. Ian is an awkward teenager who isn’t great at things like “having confidence” or “talking to people.”

On Ian’s 16th birthday, his mom gives Barley and Ian a gift from their late father, who died before Ian was born, and who Barley only has a few memories of. The gift is a wizard’s staff and it comes with instructions that, if their dad’s letter can be believed, will resurrect him for exactly one day, so he can see his boys and who they have become. Barley tries but fails to cast the spell. When Ian attempts the spell, their dad appears — or, at least, half of him does. Before their father can fully materialize, the staff-powering phoenix gem breaks and only the lower half of their dad — shoes, purple socks and pants — shows up. Foot taps help him recognize his boys but he can’t otherwise communicate and since the spell has started, the boys only have 24 hours to find another phoenix gem, finish the spell and get all of their dad back. Thus, a quest! Barley is delighted to geek out about olden days magic and ride out with Guinevere, his extremely rickety van with a very hair-metal Pegasus painted on it. First, they seek the Manticore (voice of Octavia Spencer), a fearsome warrior who now operates a family restaurant and is very concerned about bad internet reviews. Barley hopes she has a map leading to the gem. When Laurel realizes her boys have left, she worriedly follows them, afraid that the timid Ian and the not-timid-enough Barley will land in trouble, particularly once she learns the

gem is protected by a curse. The brothers are the core of this movie — protective of and loving toward each other even as their personalities at times clash. I think Onward is at its best if you think of it as being built on this relationship (rather than built on the whole “magical creatures/modern world” thing, which feels a little The Good Dinosaur in its half-baked-ness). The boys’ various individual difficulties — a sort of unspecified failure to launch in Barley’s case and Ian’s lack of confidence — are all tangled up in their relationship. Their abilities also spring from their relationship: each boy is at his best when the other brother is believing in him. While the brothers’ relationship is narratively rich and elements about parent-child relationships are Pixar-ishly bittersweet, I did wonder if these things are also, to younger kids, boring. There are moments of solid action and comedy (the sentient dad-pants offer plenty of good laughs) but I’m not sure there is enough of it to balance the chatter. The world-building and visuals are fun, with some elements (a biker gang of pixies, a detour by Laurel to a pawn shop that makes good use of Louis-Dreyfus’s vocal comedic abilities) that I think show a bit of whimsy with the magical premise. But it never fully blossomed into its own fully realized thing, the way that “toys are alive” does in the Toy Story movies. Even though it reminded me of The Good Dinosaur, Onward has more going on than that Pixar low point and probably scores somewhere mid-pack for the studio’s films. B Rated PG for action/peril and some mild thematic elements, according to the MPA. Directed by Dan Scanlon with a screenplay by Dan Scanlon & Jason Headley & Keith Bunin, Onward is an hour and 42 minutes long and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The Way Back

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MOVIES OUTSIDE THE CINEPLEX ED RIVER THEATRES R 11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org • Parasite (R, 2019) Thurs., March 12, 2 and 7:30 p.m. • The Assistant (R, 2020) Thurs., March 12, 5:30 p.m. • Fantastic Fungi (2019) Thurs., March 12, 3:35 p.m. • Once Were Brothers (R, 2020) Thurs., March 12, 1:30, 5:35 and 7:40 p.m.; Fri., March 13, and Sat., March 14, 3:25 and 8 p.m.; Sun., March 15, 3:25 p.m.; and Mon., March 16, through Thurs., March 19, 2:10 and 7:55 p.m. • Emma (PG, 2020) Thurs., March 12, 2, 5:25 and 8 p.m.; Fri., March

13, and Sat., March 14, 12:30, 3:05, 5:40 and 8:15 p.m.; Sun., March 15, 12:30, 3:05 and 5:40 p.m.; and Mon., March 16, through Thurs., March 19, 2, 5:25 and 8 p.m. • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (R, 2019) Fri., March 13, and Sat., March 14, 12:20, 2:55, 5:30 and 8:05 p.m.; Sun., March 15, 2:55 and 5:30 p.m.; Mon., March 16, 1:45 and 4:20 p.m.; and Tues., March 17, through Thurs., March 19, 2:05, 5:30 and 8:05 p.m. • Incitement (NR, 2020) Fri., March 13, through Sun., March 15, 1 and 5:35 p.m.; and Mon., March 16, through Thurs., March 19, 5:35 p.m. • Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait (NR, 2020) Sun., March 15, 1 p.m.

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• The Room (R, 2003) Mon., March 16, 7 p.m.

• Tunes of Glory (1960) Sat., March 14, 4:30 p.m.

WILTON TOWN HALL 40 Main St., Wilton, 654-3456, wiltontownhalltheatre.com • The Gentlemen (R, 2019) Thurs., March 12, 7:30 p.m., • The Assistant (R, 2020) Thurs., March 12, 7:30 p.m. • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (R, 2019) Fri., March 13, through Thurs., March 19, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., March 15, 2 and 4:30 p.m. • Once Were Brothers (R, 2020) Fri., March 13, through Thurs., March 19, 7:30 p.m., plus Sun., March 15, 2 and 4:30 p.m.

MANCHESTER CITY LIBRARY Main Branch, 405 Pine St., Manchester, 624-6550; West Branch, 76 Main St., Manchester, 624-6560, manchester.lib.nh.us • Growing Up Smith (PG-13, Kanopy Film Series) Tues., March 17, 1 p.m. (main) NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY 2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4611, nashualibrary.org • Joker (R, 2019) Thurs., March 12, 1 p.m.

• Abominable (PG, 2019) Sat., March 14, 2 p.m. • Rocketman (R, 2019) Tues., March 17, 1 p.m., and Thurs., March 19, 1 p.m. CHUNKY’S CINEMA 707 Huse Road, Manchester, 2063888; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, 6357499; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua, 880-8055, chunkys.com • Bring It On (PG-13, 2000, 21+ showing) Thurs., March 12, 8 p.m. (Manchester and Nashua only) CINEMAGIC 1226 Hooksett Road, Hooksett, 644-4629; 11 Executive Park Drive,

Merrimack, 423-0240, cinemagicmovies.com • Captain Phillips (PG-13, 2013) Fri., March 13, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. (Merrimack only) • Der Fliegende Hollander (Metropolitan Opera) Sat., March 14, 12:55 p.m. THE MUSIC HALL Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall. org • BANFF Centre Mountain Film Fest Thurs., March 12, 7 p.m. (theater)

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• Laugh back: Hosted by comedian Joe Mitchell, Historically Inaccurate is a night of standup based on fake news from the past. Misunderstood or outright fabricated representations of historical events, some may have even happened. Mitchell is joined by Gilman Seymour, Alex Williams, Mona Forgione, Andrew Mcguinness, Patrick DePari, Tom Spohn and Daniel Buttler. Thursday, March 12, 6:45 p.m., Long Blue Cat Brewing Co., 298 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 818-8068. • Original nights: With an aim toward providing a welcoming space for new music, Sickle Saw Spotlight kicks off a series of shows spotlighting individual genres, beginning with a night of psychedelic rock. Boston-based Populace is joined by Earthmark and The Humans Being, both of Nashua. The effort is spearheaded by Andre Dumont of doom rockers Dead Harrison. Friday, March 13, 8 p.m., VFW Post 8546, 42 N. Broadway, Salem. Full series listing at facebook.com/ SickleSawSpotlight. • Celtic sounds: Get in a St. Patrick’s Day mood with the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio, as the talented fiddler and his mates, guitarist Matt Jensen and upright bass player Chris Noyes, perform a show drawing from Irish and Scottish standards along with inventive original songs. “One of the most popular and most appreciated Celtic bands here in New Hampshire,” says NHPR’s Kate McNally. Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m., Bank of NH Stage, 16 S. Main St., Concord. Tickets $15 at banknhstage.com. • Cheeseburgers and ukuleles: Comedian Patrick Roach brings Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic to town, a playground for his Trailer Park Boys Netflix mockumentary character. The traveling show includes standup, oddball contests, and, of course, cheeseburgers. Along with Roach is his sidekick Shel, who he insists is the Eddie Van Halen of Canadian ukulele players. Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m., Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester. Tickets $25 at eventbrite.com.

St. Patrick’s Day in the United States is, to put it mildly, different from in the country where it originated. Parades are bigger, bars more boisterous, the celebratory mood turned to 11. Fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and now living in New Hampshire, considers the outsized pageantry a lovely gesture to her former home. “It’s a great compliment, really, to such a little country,” she said in a recent phone interview. Nesbitt has done her part as an Irish ambassador. As a founding member of Celtic Woman, she toured the world for over a decade playing iconic venues like Red Rocks and Carnegie Hall. Destiny, released in her final year with the band, earned a Grammy nomination in 2017 for Best World Music Album. She treasures her time with Celtic Woman. “Just to have a group of women really flying the flag and supporting each other on and off stage, that’s really my most fantastic memory,” Nesbitt said. Her reputation as a talented soloist — the New York Times called her “a demon of a fiddle player” — led to several high-profile side projects. Nesbitt was the musical voice of Disney’s animated feature Tinkerbell and its sequel, played in sessions with Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Paul Brady and others. Most recently, she appeared in the Broadway cast of Rocktopia, opening each performance with a mashup of the Who’s “Baba O’Reilly” segueing into Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.” Transforming the rock song’s synthesizer opening to fiddle wasn’t easy. “The bane of my life, every night,” Nesbitt said. “It was probably one of the most difficult things I ever played to be honest, the whole show. But it was an amazing thing

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to be part of, and Broadway was absolutely amazing.” Recording with Morrison, she said, was working with a taskmaster. “Van has his charts of different arrangements, so you’d stick to that, and then throw in a little bit of something as long as it stays in the frame,” she said. Brady was more freewheeling. “He is trusting that you’re going to play whatever is going to come to you, and I love improvising,” Nesbitt said. “That’s my most favorite way of collaborating with someone.” Nesbitt’s first solo album, Hibernia, arrived in 2016; it made both the world music and classical charts in Billboard. More recently, she’s teamed up with new age composer Tim Janis and The Harp Twins — wunderkind players Camille and Kennerly Kitt. “They play rock and also Celtic music,” she said. “Their ancestry is Nordic, so they have that kind of influence [and] they play both smaller traditional harps, and the big concert harps.” An Instagram meetup with Nashville fiddler and buck dancer Hillary Klug led to a memorable video shoot late last year at the ruins of an ancient castle in Tipperary. “She’s such a lovely young musician and we’ve formed a great bond,” Nesbitt said. “She’s a really good country player and a national champion folk dancer. It’s an interesting niche she has created for herself.” Klug and Nesbitt have since filmed another clip at a Boston church, which should be out later this spring. Marriage is why she’s a New Englander now, when the rest of her family is still in Ireland — mom Kathleen and dad John are both musical legends there. “My husband is from Boston, that’s pretty much the only reason,” she said, adding that New Hampshire reminds them of home. “We

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Thompson’s 2nd Alarm 421 Central Ave. 842-5596 Top of the Chop 1 Orchard St. 740-0006 Dublin DelRossi’s Trattoria 73 Brush Brook Rd (Rt 137) 563-7195 East Hampstead Pasta Loft 220 E. Main St. 378-0092 Epping Holy Grail 64 Main St. 679-9559 Popovers 11 Brickyard Square 734-4724 Railpenny Tavern 8 Exeter Road 734-2609 Telly’s 235 Calef Hwy 679-8225 Epsom Hilltop Pizzeria 1724 Dover Rd. 736-0027 Exeter Neighborhood Beer Co. 156 Epping Road 4187124 Sea Dog Brewing 9 Water St. 793-5116 Station 19 37 Water St. 778-3923 Thirsty Moose 72 Portsmouth Ave 418-7632 Farmington Hawg’s Pen 1114 NH Route 11 755-3301 Francestown Toll Booth Tavern 740 2nd NH Tpke N 588-1800 Gilford Patrick’s 18 Weirs Road 293-0841

Cara: Open Bluegrass w/ Steve Laconia Thursday, March 12 Roy 405 Pub: Eric Grant Ashland Common Man: Jim McHugh & Dover Brickhouse: Acoustic Strand Ballroom: Open Decks Londonderry Steve McBrian (Open) Coach Stop: Clint Lapointe Exeter Stumble Inn: Jonny Friday Auburn Auburn Pitts: Open Jam w/ Jay Sea Dog Brewing: Dave Drouin Station 19: Thursday Night Live Loudon Frigoletto Hungry Buffalo: Jennifer MitchGilford ell Concord Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man Cheers: April Cushman Manchester Hermanos: State Street Combo Hampton Bookery: Artie Bakopolus Trio Penuche’s: Duo Del Inferno CR’s: The Last Duo British Beer: Brad Bosse North Beach Bar & Grill: Mike Central Ale House: Jonny Friday Derry Lineau & Friends Blues Fody’s Derry: Joe MacDonald Club Manchvegas: College Night Hillsborough w/ DJ Dadum Dover Turismo: Line Dancing Fratello’s: Jazz Night 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Pez

Schuster’s Hillsborough 680 Cherry Valley Road Mama McDonough’s 293-2600 5 Depot St. 680-4148 Turismo Goffstown 55 Henniker St. 680-4440 Village Trestle 25 Main St. 497-8230 Hooksett Asian Breeze Hampstead 1328 Hooksett Rd Jamison’s 621-9298 472 State Route 111 Chantilly’s 489-1565 1112 Hooksett Road 625-0012 Hampton Granite Tapas Bernie’s Beach Bar 1461 Hooksett Rd 73 Ocean Blvd 926-5050 232-1421 Boardwalk Inn & Cafe 139 Ocean Blvd. Hudson 929-7400 Backstreet Bar Cloud 9 76 Derry St. 578-1811 225 Ocean Blvd. Luk’s Bar & Grill 601-6102 142 Lowell Rd CR’s 889-9900 287 Exeter Road Nan King 929-7972 222 Central St. Logan’s Run 882-1911 816 Lafayette Road River’s Pub 926-4343 76 Derry St. 943-7832 Millie’s Tavern The Bar 17 L St. 967-4777 2B Burnham Rd North Beach Bar & Grill 943-5250 931 Ocean Blvd. 967-4884 Kingston Old Salt Tavern Saddle Up Saloon 409 Lafayette Rd. 92 New Hampshire 125 926-8322 369-6962 Shane’s Texas Pit 61 High St. 601-7091 Laconia Smuttynose Brewing Acoustic Lounge 105 Towle Farm Road 604 Endicott St. N 436-4026 527-8275 The Goat 405 Pub 20 L St. 601-6928 405 Union Ave Tinos Greek Kitchen 524-8405 325 Lafayette Rd Broken Spoke Saloon 926-5489 1072 Watson Rd Wally’s Pub 866-754-2526 144 Ashworth Ave. Granite State Music 926-6954 Hall 546 Main St. 884-9536 Henniker Naswa Country Spirit 1086 Weirs Blvd. 262 Maple St. 428-7007 366-4341 Pat’s Peak Sled Pub The Big House 24 Flander’s Road 322 Lakeside Ave. 428-3245 767-2226 Patio Garden Hillsboro Lakeside Ave. No Phone Brick House Pitman’s Freight Room 125 West Main St. 94 New Salem St. 680-4146 527-0043

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Tower Hill Tavern 264 Lakeside Ave. 366-9100 Londonderry 603 Brewery 42 Main St. 404-6123 Coach Stop 176 Mammoth Rd 437-2022 Harold Square 226 Rockingham Road 432-7144 Long Blue Cat Brewing 298 Rockingham Road 816-8068 O’Shea’s Caife & Tae 44 Nashua Road 540-2971 Pipe Dream Brewing 40 Harvey Road 404-0751 Stumble Inn 20 Rockingham Road 432-3210 Twins Smoke Shop 128 Rockingham Rd No Phone Loudon Hungry Buffalo 58 New Hampshire 129 798-3737 Manchester Backyard Brewery 1211 S. Mammoth Road 623-3545 Bonfire 950 Elm St. 663-7678 Bookery 844 Elm St. 836-6600 British Beer Company 1071 S. Willow St. 232-0677 Bungalow Bar & Grille 333 Valley St. 792-1110 Cafe la Reine 915 Elm St 232-0332 Candia Road Brewing 840 Candia Road 935-8123 Central Ale House 23 Central St. 660-2241 Yankee Lanes 216 Maple St. 625-9656 Club ManchVegas 50 Old Granite St. 222-1677

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Derryfield Country Club 625 Mammoth Road 623-2880 Element Lounge 1055 Elm St. 627-2922 Foundry 50 Commercial St. 836-1925 Fratello’s 155 Dow St. 624-2022 Great North Ale Works 1050 Holt Ave. Unit #14 858-5789 Ignite Bar & Grille 100 Hanover St. 494-6225 Jewel 61 Canal St. 836-1152 KC’s Rib Shack 837 Second St. 627-RIBS Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St. 644-3535 Penuche’s Music Hall 1087 Elm St. 206-5599 Salona 128 Maple St. 624-4020 Shaskeen 909 Elm St. 625-0246 Shorty’s 1050 Bicentennial Drive 625-1730 Stark Brewing Co. 500 N. Commercial St. 625-4444 Strange Brew Tavern 88 Market St. 666-4292 Sweeney Post 251 Maple St. 623-9145 Whiskey’s 20 20 Old Granite St. 641-2583 Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722 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

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Derry Coffee Factory: Dave LaCroix Fody’s: Brian House

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Dover 603 Bar & Lounge: DJ Music / Frisky Friday Dover Brickhouse: Motel Black/ The American Gonads/Jupiter 2 Fury’s: El Grande

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53 NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Goffstown Village Trestle: Bob Pratte Band

Nashua CodeX B.A.R.: Piano Phil DeVille Hampton Country Tavern: Hugh McQueen The Goat: Jon Hollywood Fody’s: The Clones Wally’s Pub: Kung Fu Dumpling Fratello’s: Andrew Geano Killarney’s: Kieran McNally Henniker Keg Tapping Ceremony Sled Pub: Jah Spirit Millyard Brewery: Dyer Holiday O’Shea’s: St. Patty’s Day Party Hillsborough Peddler’s Daughter: Countdown Roasted Root Café: Tyler All- to Saint Patrick’s! Pre-Paddy’s good Party w/Waking Finnegan R’evolution: Savage Night w/ Jay Hudson Samurai The Bar: Bush League Rhum Bar: Dis n’ Dat Band Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Roadhouse Laconia Acoustic Lounge: Organized Chaos Broken Spoke Saloon: Stoplight Party Pitman’s Freight Room: Rosemary’s Baby Blues Tower Hill Tavern: Sly Richard Londonderry Coach Stop: Tim Kierstead Stumble Inn: Threesa Twins Smoke Shop: Todd Trusty Loudon Hungry Buffalo: Fast Forward Manchester Bonfire: Eric Grant Band Club ManchVegas: Diezel Derryfield: Souled Out Show Fratello’s: Mark Lapointe Getaway Lounge: High Voltage/ Pulpit Jewel: Sink The Ship/Glass Hands/Shade Away/Everything in Green/Temptress & Take One Murphy’s Taproom: Jonny Friday Band Penuche’s Music Hall: Zero To Sixty Shaskeen: Leon Trout/Jabbawaukee w/s/g Married Iguana & Slack Tide Strange Brew: BoneShakerz Whiskey’s 20: DJ Hizzy/Shawn White Yankee Lanes: Granite Road Meredith Giuseppe’s: Paul Connor

Stella Blu: Gabby Martin

Concord Hermanos: Eric Chase Penuche’s Ale House: Open w/ Steve Naylor Tandy’s: Open w/ Mikey G Dover Cara: Irish Session w/ Frank Landford Sonny’s: Sonny’s Jazz Exeter Sea Dog Brewing: St. Paddy’s Brunch ft David Surette & Jordan Tirrel-Wysocki Gilford Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man

Newmarket Goffstown Stone Church: An Intimate Eve- Village Trestle: Wan-tu Blues ning w/Percy Hill Band & Jam Northwood Umami: Tony DePalma Plaistow Crow’s Nest: Bite The Bullet Portsmouth 3S Artspace: Mason Jennings (solo) w/ Dean Harlem Cisco Brewers: Wellfleet Clipper Tavern: Reed Dieffenbach Dolphin Striker: Brickyard Blues Band Portsmouth Book & Bar: Elroy Portsmouth Gaslight: St. Patrick’s Day Get Lucky Party w/ DJ KoKo P/Chris Lester & Max Sullivan Press Room: RPM Challenge 2020 Listening Party Ri Ra: The Rebel Collective Rudi’s: Jeff Auger The Statey: Nobody’s Fault Thirsty Moose: Sweep The Leg Rochester Governors Inn: Saturday Night Cleaver at the Hard Roch Cafe Radloff’s: Freddy Dame, Jr. Smokey’s Tavern: John Irish Salem Sayde’s: Amazing Sensations Seabrook Chop Shop: Doubleshot

Hampton CR’s: Steve Sibulkin The Goat: Nick Drouin Hudson River’s Pub: Acoustic Jam Laconia Granite State Music Hall: Hed PE w/Mammothor Londonderry Stumble Inn: Rob & Jody Manchester British Beer: April Cushman Great North Aleworks: Pop Farmers Shaskeen: Rap night, Industry night Strange Brew: Jam Wild Rover: DJ Dance Night Meredith Giuseppe’s: Open Stage with Lou Porrazzo Nashua Peddler’s Daughter: Countdown to Saint Patrick’s! Pre-Paddy’s Party w/Irish Whispa & WakingFinnegan Newmarket Stone Church: Dave Ogden Open/ Sunday Afternoon Unplugged

North Hampton Wilton Barley House: Great Bay Sailor Merrimack Local’s Café: 2nd Annual Patty’s Big Kahuna’s Cafe: Amanda Day Pass Out Northwood McCarthy Umami: Bluegrass Brunch w/ Homestead: Steve Tolley Sunday, March 15 Cecil Abels Jade Dragon: DJ Laura Bedford Copper Door: Jimmy Magoon/ Portsmouth Milford Chad Lamarsh Beara Irish Brewing: Irish Music Pasta Loft: Winterland Dolphin Striker: Tom Boisse Zinger’s: Gabe Stillman Band Bristol Press Room: Jazz ft. Giuseppe Bad Lab Beer: Gabby Martin Paradiso / Meridian 71 + Celtic Session

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Saturday, March 14 Alton JP China: Key Elements Auburn Auburn Pitts: Rockin Ronnie With Switchback & Random Damage Bridgewater Bridgewater Inn: Stray Dog Bristol Bad Lab Beer: Dancing Madly Backwards Concord Area 23: Dr. Dan/Lucas Gallo Jam/Don B Hermanos: Mark Bartram Penuche’s Ale House: Cold Engines Pit Road Lounge: Racing Extinction Tandy’s: DJ Iceman Streetz (105.5 JYY) Deerfield Nine Lions Tavern: Dana Brearley Derry Fody’s: Straight Jacket Dover 603 Bar & Lounge: Barnstormers XXIX Music & Art Festival Dover Brickhouse: Rustic Overtones with guests Chrome Roses Flight Coffee: Chelsea Paolini w/ New Norde Fury’s Publick House: Wizardess/Bigfoot/Kong Moon Epping Holy Grail: David Amato Epsom Hilltop Pizzeria: Day Janeiro Exeter Sea Dog Brewing: Artty Francoeur Gilford Patrick’s: Kevin & Josh Schuster’s: Dan The Muzik Man

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Exeter Sea Dog Brewing: St. Patrick’s Day - Chad Verbeck/Green Heron

Rochester Lilac City Grille: Brunch Music

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Salem Copper Door: Nate Comp/Brad Bosse

Goffstown Village Trestle: The O’Gils - St. Patrick’s Day

Monday, March 16 Concord Hermanos: Paul Heckel

Hillsborough Mama McDonough’s: St Paddy’s Day w/Mosey Down

Hampton The Goat: Shawn Theriault

Hudson The Bar: Crazy Steve 4-7 St. Patrick’s Day

Manchester Central Ale House: Jonny Friday Duo Fratello’s: Rob Wolfe or Phil Jacques Meredith Giuseppe’s: Lou Porrazzo Merrimack Able Ebenezer: Ale Room Music Homestead: Chris Cavanaugh Nashua Fratello’s Italian Grille: Justin Cohn Portsmouth Dolphin Striker: Old School Ri Ra: Oran Mor Tuesday, March 17 Atkinson Merrill’s Tavern: St. Patrick’s Day - Stephen DeLuca Auburn Auburn Pitts: St. Patrick’s Day w/Crazy Steve Auburn Tavern: St Paddy’s Day Sing-a-long w/The Stumpy Joe Band Bedford Murphy’s: Stephen DeLuca Irish Music Candia Town Cabin Pub: St. Patrick’s Day w/ Music Concord Hermanos: Kid Pinky Derry Fody’s Derry: St. Patrick’s Day w/ Carleigh Mack, Haze, Amara Phelps, George Williams, DJ Rich Upstairs Dover Castaways Boathouse: Paul Richard - St. Patty’s Day Fury’s Publick House: Tim Theriault and Friends Sonny’s: Soggy Po’ Boys East Hampstead Pasta Loft: Bill Bonnell Epping Holy Grail: St. Patrick’s Day: Max Sullivan / Borscht / Irish Whiskey

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: St. Patrick’s Day Party ft: DJ Jason Whitney Laconia 405 Pub: Eric Grant The Big House: St. Patrick’s Night with Live Band Tower Hill Tavern: St. Patrick’s Day Bash w/ Live Band Londonderry Stumble Inn: St. Patrick’s Day Bash ft: 21st & 1st Manchester Alibi Lounge: Carter on Guitar Bonfire: St. Patrick’s Day w/ Martin & Kelly Club Manchvegas: St. Patrick’s Day w/The Morning Buzz & The Cody James Gang Fratello’s: Chris Cavanaugh Murphy’s Taproom: Sean Dennehy/Audrey 7 Dan/Rebel Collective/Dancing Madly Backwards Shaskeen: The Gobshites/Rebel Collective Strange Brew: Andy Happel/ David Rousseau/Jerry and Rick Whiskey’s 20: Sammy Smoove & DJ Gera Meredith Giuseppe’s: The Sweetbloods Merrimack Homestead: Austin McCarthy Milford Pasta Loft: St. Patrick’s Day w/ The Fitzmurphy’s Nashua Fody’s: St. Patrick’s Day w/ Joe McDonald, Hash It Out Fratello’s Italian Grille: Amanda McCarthy Peddler’s Daughter: St. Paddy’s Day Party with Waking Finnegan North Hampton Barley House Seacoast: Traditional Irish Session Peterborough Harlow’s: St. Patrick’s Day Party w/Rebels Of The Sacred Heart Portsmouth 3S Artspace: Lower Dens w/ :3lON

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56 JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

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22 Yellowstone animal 23 Genre for Toots and the Maytals 24 Essentials 28 “Nothing is as it ___” 31 “___ Well That Ends Well” 34 Ball field cover 35 Dr.’s org. 37 “Stay (I Missed You)” singer Lisa 39 Match, as a bet 40 Like shiny metal space suits and the dieselpunk genre, e.g. 45 “Strange Magic” band 46 “Girls” creator Dunham 47 Back on a boat 48 Design problem 50 “Three Little Pigs” antagonist 52 Japanese hybrid apples 56 ‘70s-’80s Egyptian president

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57 SIGNS OF LIFE All quotes are from Antoni in the Kitchen, by lined path until you reach a little break in the Antoni Porowski, born March 14, 1984. hillside, and there is Kiki’s Taverna. For a meal here, you leave your name, since no reservaPisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Though pickles tions are accepted. And while you wait at least in soup might sound strange, they add bright an hour for a table, you sip on Greek rose from copper cups and watch the stray cats roam over flavor. You could use a little bright flavor. Aries (March 21 – April 19) Bake until the the shack-like restaurant’s roof. Once you’re cheese sauce is bubbling and the crust is gold- finally seated, order all of the five salads, and en… Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 the Kiki’s Taverna pork chop. This is not just a minutes. If your cheese isn’t bubbling, you hav- pork chop. It is THE pork chop. You may find yourself in the presence of greatness. en’t baked it long enough. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I never cooked Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) If there’s one with my mother; she didn’t like anyone help- takeaway from this book, it’s my love for frozen ing her in the kitchen. But she was happy to let peas. Keep it simple and focus on the takeaway me sit with a little snack at the other end of the message. island and watch. Just before a dish was ready, Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I love the happy she’d let me weigh in on any final salt and pep- accidents that occur (often out of desperation!) per adjustments. I loved tasting and being part when I put together a few things from whatevof it all. Needs more pepper. er is in the fridge or pantry and come up with Gemini (May 21 – June 20) One day a a great new dish in the process. In this case, it waiter asked me if I’d like to put the order on was some leftover roasted sweet potatoes, drizmy parents’ tab. Clever teen that I was, I said, zled with a little sauce from a steak dinner the ‘Sure!’ and then proceeded to enjoy the soup night before and then sprinkled with Parm. Use three times a week for a month, until my father what you’ve got and it’ll all come together. received a very unwelcome bill. But it was Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) When it’s totally worth his ensuing wrath. Caramelized blitzed in a food processor, raw cauliflowroasted onions blitzed with heavy cream is the er becomes light and fluffy — like rice or soup equivalent of my spirit animal. You can couscous, but with lower carbs (hence its popuhave more than one spirit animal. Have you larity). … Although you can now buy packages tried the broccoli-cheddar? of cauliflower ‘rice’ at some markets, ricing the Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Eggs and aspar- cauliflower yourself takes just a minute and agus are as iconic a pairing as the Queen and delivers a fresher and more robust flavor. Rice her corgis. … Serve this [Asparagus with Oozy your own cauliflower. Eggs] with both forks and spoons. Not sporks. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Nothing Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) ENTER, STAGE brings me more joy than cheese oozing out of LEFT: Crippling self-doubt. Was I a total what is essentially a very tasty giant meatball. imposter? Nope. Follow your joy. Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) There’s a magiAquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) A roast chickcal little taverna on the island of Mykonos…. To en is a blank slate. Once you have the technique get there, you park your doorless Jimny rental down, you can apply any flavors you like. What 4x4 and walk a half-mile down a skinny shrub- you need is a roast chicken.

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An innovative jewel thief in Melbourne, Australia, was caught on camera using a fishing rod to burgle a Versace necklace from a store window on Feb. 24. ABC News reports the thief carefully broke a hole in the window to avoid setting off the alarm, then spent almost three hours trying to hook the costume jewelry necklace, worth about $800. He worked with two different-sized rods before finally snagging the necklace. Store owner Steven Adigrati called the heist “outrageous and courageous,” although he suspected the thief was unaware that the piece was relatively inexpensive. “This particular necklace looks a lot more expensive than what it is ... gold, bright, iconic Medusa head,” he explained. Police are still searching for the fisherman.

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Chuck E. Cheese may be “where a kid can be a kid,” but for one Portland, Oregon, patron, it’s where a woman can get her long hair caught in a ticket machine. Ashreana Scott is suing Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company for $1,000 after alleging her hair was tangled for 20 minutes in a machine that counts tickets for prize redemption, The Oregonian reported. In the lawsuit, Scott said the Dec. 8 incident caused injuries, discomfort and headaches, and she wants a jury trial and a sign posted near the machine to warn others. A manager at the restaurant declined to comment on the lawsuit, but said the machines already have warning signs.

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The ancient legend about St. Patrick driving Ireland’s snakes into the sea could only be salt in the wound of a 22-yearold man from Dublin, who appears to be the first person in Ireland to suffer a ven-

omous snake bite, The Irish Post reported on Feb. 29. The man’s pet puff adder bit him, prompting a visit to Connolly Hospital, where doctors consulted with experts from the National Reptile Zoo. James Hennessy, zoo director, explained that “puff adder venom is pretty nasty. It’s going to start digesting and disintegrating all around the area of the bite, and that will continue up the limb as well. It will then cause massive internal issues as well, if not treated.” (FYI, scientists say it was probably the Ice Age that kept snakes out of Ireland.)

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Residents of Settecani, a small village in Italy, were startled on March 4 when their kitchen and bathroom taps began dispensing red wine rather than water, United Press International reported. Locals quickly identified the wine as Lambrusco Grasparossa, which is produced at a nearby winery, and officials there found a leak that sent wine from a silo into water pipes. Some quick-thinking residents said they bottled as much of the tap wine as they could before the problem was resolved.

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• Ohio college student Mendl Weinstock, 21, kidded his sister, Riva, five years ago that when she gets married, he will bring a llama to the wedding as his plus-one. So when Riva tied the knot on March 1, Mendl made good on his promise, showing up with a rented llama named Shockey, wearing a custom-made tuxedo. Riva was unamused, but conceded to CNN: “When my brother puts his mind to something, he gets it done.” Mendl spent $400 to rent the llama but said it was worth every penny. Shockey spent about 30 minutes taking photos with amused guests outside the venue, but friends who were in on the joke seated two inflatable llamas at one of the tables inside. Riva said she’ll get her revenge: “He should sleep with one eye open.” • Keith Redl of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, was more than a little annoyed when the prize his 8-year-old grandson won in a raffle turned out to be $200 worth of cannabis products and accessories: chocolate edibles, vanilla chai and other products, along with a pipe and lighter. At a fundraiser for youth hockey in early March, Redl told CTV, the boy’s father had given him $10 worth of tickets to bid on whichever prizes he liked. The little boy thought he was bidding on chocolate. “My grandson thought he had won a great prize,” Redl said, but when he was told he couldn’t have any of it, “He was mad. ... How do you explain that to a kid?” Visit newsoftheweird.com.

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