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GRANITE VIEWS STEPHEN RENO

Neither snow nor rain If I close my eyes and concentrate, I can recall the very sound our mail slot at home would make as the letter carrier deposited our day’s delivery. My sister and I would race to be the first to gather the mail and plop it on the kitchen table. Its delivery was as much a fixture in our childhood as was the sound of the milkman’s bottles on the back step or the thud of the evening paper as it sailed across our lawn and landed on the porch.

Later, when I started collecting stamps, I learned the different classes of postage. “First Class” meant just that: it had priority. And if I had any questions about mail or postage or stamps, I could always go downtown and ask my uncle who was the postmaster. He once gave me a tour of the post office, introducing me to all the staff, including Sandy, the carrier for our route. What he and his fellow workers exemplified — and I greatly admired — was pride in their work and the integrity of the U.S. Postal Service. One of my earliest pieces of memorization was the Service’s motto: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these carriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

Well, so much for that if the new Postmaster General’s recently implemented procedures result in major delays of the mail. What we thought we were buying with a First Class stamp just a few weeks ago may now not be the same service we have come to expect. The impact of those changes, according to postal workers themselves, is demoralizing and a challenge to their commitment to their historic mission.

The president’s oft-repeated judgment that vote by mail is rife with fraud has been disproved by so many secretaries of state — some of whom are Republicans — that it is irrational, if not virtually felonious, on that basis to tamper, albeit indirectly through a major donor political appointee, with the integrity of one of our most trusted institutions. That the Postal Service must find its way in an ever more competitive environment is obvious, but it cannot be a party to any political effort to influence a free and unencumbered election.

The late John Lewis called on us all to vote, reminding us that it is the most powerful act we can perform in a democracy. We must ensure that our other fundamental institution is able freely to play its role in that process.

You can contact Steve Reno at stepreno@gmail.com.

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6 Q&A 7 SPORTS 8 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX

THE ARTS: 10 OUTSIDE ART Sculptures, art shows and more.

13 ARTS ROUNDUP The latest arts news.

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14 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

14 KIDDIE POOL Find fun for the family.

15 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

FOOD: 16 MADEAR’S RELOCATES; new cookbook from Salem’s “Kitchen Witch,” In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Try This At Home; Wine.

POP CULTURE: 22 BOOK, MUSIC AND FILM REVIEWS Amy Diaz wonders what her heightened superpower would be (popcorn speedeating?) while watching Project Power.

NITE: 26 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Steven Scott, Nite Roundup, Music This Week.

31 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD Puzzles for the music-lover.

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On Aug. 11, Gov. Chris Sununu issued Emergency Order No. 63, an order requiring face coverings for scheduled gatherings of 100 or more people in the state. The order does not apply to children under the age of 2, nor to day-to-day operations for schools, local or state governments or nonprofits, or to gatherings where attendees are seated and separated by at least six feet from any person except that they are a member of that person’s household, party or table.

Although the daily number of new cases of and hospitalizations from Covid-19 continues to fluctuate up and down, the testing positivity rate in the state has remained low, state epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said in an Aug. 11 press conference. Chan said the rate has stayed at around 1 percent, while the most recent three-day averages prior to Aug. 11 had been below 1 percent.

“We do not believe we’re seeing another surge of Covid-19,” he said, but added that Granite Staters should continue to take all precautionary measures necessary.

During an Aug. 13 press conference, state Department of Health & Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette announced new reopening recommendations for long-term care facilities in the state. “The goal

is to gradually reduce restrictions so that our residents can get back to regular visits from their loved ones,” she said. All non-outbreak facilities had been in Phase 1 since July 1, but on Aug. 13 they entered into Phase 2, which adds limited indoor visitation for the first time. Phase 3, Shibinette said, will begin for longterm care facilities in counties that see a drop in cases over a 14-day period. “Once we get into this phase, we open it up a little bit more to visitors, which are up to two visitors per resident for each resident in the facility,” she said. “Communal dining … and group activities with physical distancing is also allowed.” Shibinette added that there is the possibility that the reopening guidelines will need to be pulled back should case numbers start to go back up.

On Aug. 13, Sununu issued Exhibit P to Emergency Order No. 29, which had been issued on April 9. Emergency Order No. 29 requires state agencies, boards and commissions to submit recommendations to Sununu if any regulatory deadlines should be adjusted in response to the state of emergency. Per Exhibit P, Section Ed 306.18 of the New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules has been modified to include “distance education,” meaning correspondence, video-based, internet-based and

online courses, or remote instruction.

The term also includes hybrid instructional models utilizing both distance education and traditional instruction in any combination. The local school board is responsible for all approval, coordination and supervision of “distance education” courses offered by the school district.

Also on Aug. 13, Sununu issued Emergency Order No. 64, which requires school districts to continue to adhere to all state and federal special education laws, no matter the model they are reopening under, and Emergency Order No. 65 authorizes assessments of civil penalties against all businesses, organizations, property owners, facility owners, organizers and individuals who violate any emergency order. Fines of up to $2,000 per day are issued for those who fail to comply with any emergency order, or up to $1,000 per day for those who fail to cooperate in an investigation of a potential violation of an emergency order.

Details of all of Sununu’s Emergency and Executive Orders can be found at governor.nh.gov.

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Manchester Clean-Up Day will take place Saturday, Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon, according to a press release. Four city parks will have stations with trash bags, masks and plastic gloves for all volunteers: Livingston Park (156 Hooksett Road), Rock Rimmon Park (264 Mason St.), Sheridan Emmett Park (324 Beech St.) and Sheehan-Basquil Park (297 Maple St.).

A new patriotic mailbox at Phaneuf Funeral Homes’s Boscawen location has been decorated to match the mailbox at its Manchester location, and now anyone who wants to retire a torn or tattered American flag can leave it in either Hooksett mailbox. According to a press release, Phaneuf will “give it a proper retirement, per the U.S. Flag Code,” which says a flag in bad condition “should be destroyed in a dignified and ceremonious fashion, preferably Goffstown by burning.”

DraftKings Sportsbook at The Brook in Seabrook has opened, giving sports fans the chance to bet on major professional and collegiate U.S. sports at a retail location, Bedford according to a press release. The sportsbook is the first retail location of its kind in New Hampshire, and it offersAmherst betting kiosks and video walls within The Brook’s staMilford dium sports entertainment space, according to the release.

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A ribbon cutting ceremony to recognizeNASHUA the completion of the Manchester NASHUA Road Pump Station in Derry was scheduled to be held Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to a press release from the New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The release said the pump station is “a significant construction milestone in the Southern NH Regional Water Interconnection Project,” and that it will increase water flow capacity for Derry, Windham, Salem, Plaistow, Atkinson and Hampstead.

Last week, the New Hampshire Retail Association, the New Hampshire Grocers Association and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association submitted a letter to the Nashua aldermen regarding the amendment they are Covid-19 update As of August 10 As of August 17 considering to their mask ordinance Total cases statewide 6,840 7,004 that would require businesses and employees to enforce the requireTotal current infections statewide 326 279 ment that customers wear masks.

Total deaths statewide 419 423 “Retail workers are not law enforcement professionals who receive New cases 180 (Aug. 4 to Aug. 10) 164 (Aug. 11 to Aug. 17) specialized training to enforce public Current infections: Hillsborough County 137 127 laws and deescalate confrontations,” Current infections: Merrimack County 13 11 the letter reads. It says instituting such a policy could create conflicts Current infections: Rockingham County 103 81 and make it unsafe for employees Information from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and customers. It notes that current

ordinances allow businesses to say that masks are required, and that law enforcement can step in if customers become belligerent or violent. “But there is distinct difference between a requirement that allows the business owner or employees to tell a customer that it’s the law, and putting them in the position of being the enforcement arm,” the letter reads. “We respectfully request that you reject the proposed amendment to the current ordinance and leave appropriate law enforcement personnel to enforce the order.”

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Nashua teen honored with annual Buddy Cup

Every summer, teens from New England and New York who are involved in their local YMCA’s Leaders Club attend a week-long teen conference called Leaders School. At the conference, which was held virtually this year, one teen is awarded the Buddy Cup, which recognizes an outstanding leader and role model who exemplifies the program’s core values. The recipient of the 2020 Buddy Cup is New Hampshire’s 18-year-old Asher Thomas, a 2020 Nashua High School South graduate and member of the Leaders Club at the YMCA of Greater Nashua.

Thomas talked about the program, his leadership experiences and his plans for the future.

What activities and How did it feel to be awarded the leadership opportunities Buddy Cup? have you been involved I was definitely very honored. It in at the Y and in your was really exciting for me to be able community? to see that I had made such a large I was kind of “raised in the Y,” as impact. I was also excited because I like to say. My mom worked there, the person who won it last year was and I was on the swim team and all actually a good friend of mine and that kind of stuff. I joined the Lead- Asher Thomas. Courtesy was also from the Nashua Leaders ers Club when I was in the sixth photo.

Club, so we were able to do the actugrade and got much more active in al passing of the trophy in person the community through that because we did a lot — socially distant, obviously. of volunteering … like at the breast cancer walk, putting on anti-bullying days at the Y and those What have you gained from participating in kinds of different things. Through high school, I the Leaders Club and Leaders School? was also pretty involved in a lot of different clubs I feel like I have definitely grown as a person and stuff at my school. I was an active member through this program. It’s a program that really of a club called Student Voice, where we went to lets you be yourself, no matter who you are, and head teacher meetings to make sure that the pol- over the past few years especially, I feel like it has icies they were creating were good for students helped me grow into who I am, and to be comall across the board, and we worked side by side fortable with myself. It has also shown me how to with the administration to create structures that have meaningful interactions with other people, were beneficial for everybody that was involved how to be more empathetic in those interactions in the school. and how to just be a good person in the world who is helpful to others.

What is Leaders School all about?

Leaders Clubs from throughout the region — Is there an experience you had through the it actually happens across the country, but I’m Leaders Club or community service that was involved with the Northeast Regional Lead- especially impactful or memorable? er School — get together, and it’s kind of our A couple of years ago, with the Leaders Club, culminating event of the year. The Leaders I went down to New Orleans for a service trip Club is really about personal and community where we were rebuilding houses that were devdevelopment, so [at the event,] there’s a lot of astated ... by Hurricane Katrina. Being able to be self-development, figuring out your own values a part of an organization that is rebuilding housand that kind of stuff, as well as thinking outside es for those less fortunate who lost their homes of just yourself, learning how to be a leader in in the hurricane was definitely a very impactful your community and how to create an environ- experience. ment that is supportive for everyone involved.

What are your future plans?

What was the event like this year, being held This fall, I’m actually taking a gap year and virtually? traveling across the country in a van that I’ve For the past couple of years, it has taken place been converting. After that, I’ll be attending Lewat Springfield College in Mass., so it was a lot is and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. different this year. There was definitely a much lower turnout with it being virtual, and there Do you know what you want to pursue, weren’t as many people from our Nashua club career-wise? who participated. … There were a lot of differI think I want to go into the medical field. ent mediums [used]. There were some live calls and virtual meetings where we would kind of get What words of wisdom do you have for the together and sing songs or have object lessons young leaders you’re passing the torch to? where the advisor, an adult leader, would basicalNever underestimate your power. I think that ly have an object and use that in order to teach us oftentimes younger people are overlooked, but a life lesson in some way. People who weren’t we have the ability to change the world. If you able to attend the live sessions could still partici- believe in yourself and have the support of others pate in various different activities and challenges around you, you can do anything. on their own time.

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SPORTS DAVE LONG’S LONGSHOTS

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Protects Home Buyers and players alike. The bigGlimpse Into Philly’s Future: The rumor mill gest coronavirus change has has wondered all year, is it time to split up the been not having home court Ben Simmons–Joel Embiid duo? Well, with we learn from industry crowds to affect the game. Simmons injured and done, the brass will see Today orney Andy Gould an tt a s As great a job as Adam what they are without him, in the same way the d expert iate Amy Foun tain why c o s s a his Silver and company have Celtics found out they were better without Kyrie arch protects buyers the title se done, that can’t be approximated let alone dupli- Irving two years ago. If they overachieve, bet cated. But, since it beats the alternative, I’ll go on a Simmons trade and a reconstructed team of with what I can get. bombers stationed around the big fella. If it’s a Here are a few things to keep an eye on as the bad one and done, while small-ball Houston rolls, second season evolves. it could be goodbye Joel.

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QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Books to go!

Manchester has a brand-new Bookmobile, and it was scheduled to get rolling after a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 18, according to a press release. Books and kids activities are put in bags based on subject or reading levels. Weekly stops are from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. throughout the week — Mondays: Livingston Park (156 Hooksett Road), Tuesdays: Beech Street School (303 Beech St.), Wednesdays: Kelley Falls (440 Kelley St.), Thursdays: Jewett School (130 Jewett St.) and Fridays: Elmwood Gardens (83 Trahan St.).

Score: +1 Comment: Everyone is asked to wear a face mask and practice social distancing at each stop — worth it for a few good books.

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The Granite State ranks 6th in the nation for the best state to have a baby, according to a study released by WalletHub, which looked at factors like cost, health care accessibility and baby-friendliness.

Some of New Hampshire’s top rankings were for Infant Mortality Rate (first in the nation), Hospital Cesarean-Delivery Charges (second) Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges (third), Pediatricians & Family Doctors per Capita (fourth) and Rate of Low Birth-Weight (sixth).

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The Hope Fund specifically helps support the Payson Center’s Nurse Navigator Program, which coordinates medical treatment and community outreach for the most vulnerable cancer patients.

Bicycle rides range from 16 to 57 miles; there’s also a mountain bike adventure that makes a pit stop at Henniker Brewing Co. After the rides, there will be a socially-distanced barbecue lunch and live entertainment at the park.

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ARTS Find art outdoors

Watch artists at work, hunt clay monsters and browse a bazaar, plus more in-person arts events

By Angie Sykeny

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It’s been a trying year for the art world.

Galleries and theaters have been closed, art shows and festivals have been canceled and artist collaborations have been forced to go remote or stop altogether. But things are looking up. As restrictions on public gatherings are lightened, some arts organizations have found a way to still hold their events, and to do so safely: take it outdoors.

NASHUA INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM The sculptors for this year’s Nashua International Sculpture Symposium had already been selected by the time a state of emergency was declared. Jina Lee from Australia (originally from South Korea), Jorg Van Daele from Belgium and Taylor Apostol from the Boston area were expected to arrive in Nashua in May, but the travel ban made that impossible, and with the quarantine order in place, the Symposium’s start date of May 7 was out of the question.

Because the symposium takes place entirely outdoors, organizers and the City of Nashua were hopeful that they could still hold the event later in the year. They set a new tentative start date of Aug. 20 and invited two sculptors from the U.S. — Elijah Ober of Maine and Kelly Cave of Pennsylvania — to join Apostol and take the places of Lee and Van Daele.

“We felt that, if we could figure out a way to continue this annual tradition and do it in a way that is safe, we should do it,” symposium co-chair Kathy Hersh said.

“Having it outside is the perfect way to do that, because that’s what we do anyway.”

Started in 2008, the Nashua International Sculpture 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. that is held in a city, with the sculptures being placed on public property.

“Bird Dreaming 2” by Jocelyn Pratt of New Zealand, 2019, located in Bicentennial Park. Photo by David Tiller.

“The idea is that these sculptures belong to the public,” Hersh said. “There are no signs saying, ‘Fragile’ or ‘Don’t touch.’

They are made for people to see, touch, sit and climb on.”

Traditionally, the symposium brings in three experienced sculptors from all over the world. They spend three weeks in Nashua, creating sculptures that are permanently installed at different sites of their choosing throughout the city.

This year’s symposium, however, will look very different. For one thing, it will be the first time that all three sculptors are from the U.S. “Even though it’s supposed to be the ‘international’ sculpture symposium, I think it’s really exciting to be able to give local and regional artists this opportunity,” symposium artistic director Jim Larson said.

All in their 20s, the sculptors are also the youngest to ever participate in the symposium.

“We really wanted to help out emerging artists, artists who are early in their career,” said Larson, also in his 20s and acting as the sole artistic director for the first time. “This gives them a chance

13th annual Nashua International Sculpture Symposium Opening reception: Thursday, Aug. 20, 5:30 p.m., not open to the public but will be streamed online at accessnashua.org/stream.php at 8:30 p.m.

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at the installation site at the west entrance of Mine Falls Park from Saturday, Sept. 5, through Friday, Sept. 11.

Closing ceremony: Saturday, Sept. 12, 1 p.m., at the west entrance of Mine Falls Park, open to the public and will be streamed online.

More info: nashuasculpturesymposium.org

The sculptors were all required to quarantine for 14 days before their arrival.

They will be kept at least six feet apart from each other at the worksite and “are no strangers to wearing masks,” Larson said, since respirators are needed while sculpting anyway, to protect from inhaling debris.

Visitors will also be required to wear face masks and stay at a safe distance from the sculptors and other visitors.

An opening ceremony will be held on Thursday, Aug. 20, where the mayor, the symposium board, Chamber of Commerce members, funders and others involved with the symposium will welcome the sculptors to Nashua. The ceremony is not open to the public but will be streamed online.

The closing ceremony, at which the finished sculptures will be revealed, will take Artistic director Jim Larson stands atop “Cloud Hands” by Jon Barlow Hudson of Ohio, 2019, at the intersection of West place on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the installaHollis Street and Main Dunstable Road. Photo by David Tiller. tion site. The public can attend, as long as they wear face masks and maintain social to expand their portfolios with large- distance, or they can watch the ceremony scale public work, and to work with new online as it will also be streamed. media.”

Rather than creating standalone sculpMEET THE SCULPTORS tures to be placed in separate locations, the sculptors will work collaboratively to Elijah Ober, create their sculptures as a series. All three Maine pieces will be placed together at the west What do you entrance of Mine Falls Park, situated on enjoy most about a secluded wooded hill above the parking sculpting? lots for a boat ramp and skate park.

I really enjoy “The space itself is definitely off the how there are so beaten path and doesn’t get much trafmany different fic,” Larson said, “but I think the artists stages to it: the are excited to make work for this forgot- Elijah Ober. Courtesy photo conceptual thinkten little patch of woods that will surprise ing at the start of a viewers as they stumble upon it.” sculpture, considSome aspects of the traditional symposium, however, will remain the same. ering what a material brings to the table, Volunteers from the community will still seeing how the material responds. The host the sculptors at their homes and pro- process is often meditative. vide them with meals and transportation to What do you have planned for the the worksite. The sculptors will still work symposium? six days a week, Monday through Saturday, I’ve been letting the site inspire me. It’s outside of The Picker Artists collaborative, right next to the Mine Falls dam, so I’ve and, as always, the public will be welcome been thinking a lot about the river as a to observe and interact with the sculptors, timepiece … and how it creates a sense of as long as they practice social distancing. time without really telling it. I want to cre“It’s still very much a community projate a work that does that in a similar way. ect,” Hersh said. “That’s the way it was designed, and that’s the way we want it What do you hope to get out of the to be.” experience?

“Being able to see the artists working I hope to learn some new skills and get gives the community a better understandsome experience working with new mateing of where the work comes from and rials that I haven’t worked with much in what it took to get it there,” Larson addthe past … and [to form] new friendships, ed, “and being able to have that communal connections and a tie to Nashua. experience is meaningful, especially right now.”

encouraging us [artists] to talk to each other and have our work talk to each other, so I’m hoping that will lead to a lifelong connection with them, and with people in the community.

Taylor Apostol, Massachusetts Kelly Cave. Courtesy photo.

Taylor Apostol. Courtesy photo.

Kelly Cave, Pennsylvania

What do you enjoy most about sculpting?

I love making things come to life, especially as public art. I love the idea of creating work that can talk to a community, introduce people to art and bring people together to admire a space.

What do you have planned for the symposium?

With Covid and so many people losing so much, I’ve been thinking a lot about memorializing loss. … I’ve been doing a lot of research about monuments and memorial markers, and how they’re incorporated into our society. … I definitely want to get there and feel the space first, though, and let the space have its effect on me, so I’m keeping things a little loose.

What do you hope to get out of the experience?

The symposium is very unique in that it’s

What do you enjoy most about sculpting?

I think it’s the physicality of it, especially with public works. I love making something that draws people in, that people want to touch. I love that sense of interaction.

What do you have planned for the symposium?

My piece will be very connected to the natural setting, but also brightly colored with flocking. … Right now, I’m planning one large piece with a few smaller abstract pieces emerging and scattered around, kind of playing with scale and manipulating form.

What do you hope to get out of the experience?

The experience of shifting to more collaborative work as opposed to installation-based work, and of doing something more spontaneous, taking things as they come, instead of being stuck in that focus, ‘finish-it’ mode like when I’m doing something for commission.

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Jon Barlow Hudson of Ohio works on his piece “Cloud Hands” at last year’s sculpture symposium, now located at the intersection of West Hollis Street and Main Dunstable Road. Photo by David Tiller.

GREELEY PARK ART SHOW

Nashua’s 67th annual Greeley Park Art Show is still on for Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23.

“So many art shows have been canceled already,” said Lauren Boss, co-president of the Nashua Area Artists’ Association, which hosts the event. “We didn’t want to take away another show from these artists when we know we can have it safely outside and the park is big enough to spread everyone out.”

Around two dozen juried artists from New Hampshire and Massachusetts will display and sell a variety of artwork, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, drawings, mixed media, jewelry, photography and digital art. Works will range in price from under $20 to over $1,000.

“Everyone has their own style,” Boss said. “It’s a good representation of all the talented, professional artists in our region.”

The artists’ booths will be situated 10 feet apart, and artists are encouraged to display their art on the outsides of their booths as much as possible. Visitors must wear masks (masks will be provided to those who don’t have one) and observe social distance from others.

There will be hand sanitizing stations set up as well as hand sanitizer at the artists’ booths.

Boss said the Greeley Park Art Show is a “Nashua staple” and an event that people look forward to all year.

“Even though it’s going to be a little different than in past years due to the pandemic, I think this is something people need right now,” Boss said. “People need to be able to get out and do something normal, and if we can help them do that safely, we’re going to do it.”

Where: Greeley Park, 100 Concord St., Nashua When: Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Sculptor Jocelyn Pratt of New Zealand (bottom left), sculptor Gerard Oroo Motondi of Kenya (bottom right), artistic director Jim Larson (top left) and David Tiller (top right) pose with Pratt’s sculpture “Bird Dreaming 2.” Photo courtesy of David Tiller.

Cost: Free admission More info: nashuaarts.org

CAPITAL CITY ART BAZAAR

The Concord Arts Market and Concord Handmade present the first Capital City Art Bazaar on Friday, Aug. 21, outside in Concord’s Bicentennial and Eagle squares. The evening arts market will feature 10 to 13 local and regional vendors in each square, selling a variety of handmade items like jewelry, pottery, textiles, paintings, photography, home decor, fashion accessories, soaps and more.

The bazaar was originally scheduled to take place in May at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage. Instead of canceling, organizers decided to postpone the event and move it outdoors.

“Having it outside is a viable option, and it’s definitely safer,” Concord Arts Market producer Christa Zuber said.

All vendors are required to wear face masks and have hand sanitizer available at their tables. Attendees are requested to wear masks and not touch the items for sale unless they plan to purchase them.

Payment will be contactless, via card.

The bazaar gives artists an opportunity to “get back in the habit” of participating in arts events and selling their work, Boss said, and art lovers an opportunity to reconnect with and support local artists.

“Artists, whether they do [art] as a living or as a hobby, do it because they love it,” Boss said. “After having so many events canceled this year, I think they are really excited to be able to get out in a safe way and talk to people about their art again.”

When: Friday, Aug. 21, from 4 to 8 p.m.

Where: Bicentennial and Eagle squares, Concord Cost: Free admission More info: concordartsmarket.net/ capital-city-art-bazaar

Last year’s sculpture symposium. Photo by David Tiller.

More outdoor art • The Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth) presents two outdoor author events as part of its Live Under the Arch Series. Meg Mitchel Moore will discuss her book Two Truths and a Lie on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $44.75. Then, Acadia Tucker will discuss her book Growing Good Food on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $38.75. Tickets include a signed copy of the featured book. Events will be held right outside of the theater. Visit themusichall.org.

• Intown Concord’s Market Month continues in downtown Concord with International Arts Week from Thursday, Aug. 20, through Sunday, Aug. 23, with a full schedule of multicultural music and dance performances, arts and activities on Saturday; and a Sidewalk Sale from Thursday, Aug. 27, through Sunday, Aug. 30. Admission is free. Visit facebook.com/intownconcord.

• The Concord Arts Market takes place in Concord’s Bicentennial Square every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., now through Sept. 26. The juried outdoor market features a variety of art and crafts by local artists and craftspeople. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

• Monsters are on the loose again in Manchester. On Saturday, Aug. 22, Studio 550 Art Center will hide 100 small red clay monsters — each a unique and handmade piece of art — around downtown in outdoor places that are typically overlooked, such as windowsills, benches and flower planters. The hunt starts at 1 p.m. and goes until all of the monsters are found. If you find a monster, you get to keep it, and receive goodies, giveaways and discounts from downtown businesses like Dancing Lion Chocolate and Bookery. The person who finds the one colored monster will get a free workshop at Studio 550. It’s free to participate in the hunt. Also on that day from 1 to 3 p.m., Studio 550 will host outdoor lowcost monster-themed activities for all ages.

Visit 550arts.com.

• Alnoba (24 Cottage Road, Kensington) will give an outdoor guided tour of its international and eclectic collection of art on its property on Friday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon. Visitors will be able to see the art up close, touch it and hear stories about it and the artists who created it. Tickets cost $15 and must be purchased in advance. Visit alnoba.org.

Clay monsters from Studio 550 Art Center. Courtesy photos.

• Enjoy some outdoor theater with Seussical Jr., presented by All That Drama and Nottingham Parks & Recreation, outside at the Nottingham town bandstand (139 Stage Road). Performances are on Saturday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation to see the show. Visit allthatdramanh.com.

• The 20th annual Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Classic is still on for Thursday, Sept. 3, through Saturday, Sept. 5. Head to Ocean Boulevard to watch as 10 of the world’s top sand sculptors compete for cash prizes and awards. Stick around on Saturday for the judging and to vote for your favorite sculpture from 1 to 3 p.m., and for the awards ceremony at 7 p.m. The sculpture site will be illuminated for night viewing through Sept. 13. Visit hamptonbeach.org/events/ sand-sculpture-event.

• Theater and baseball come together at “Shakespeare in the (Ball) Park” on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m., at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive, Manchester).

Cue Zero Theatre Company will perform a reimagined baseball-themed version of Romeo and Juliet. Tickets will go on sale soon and will cost $10. Visit cztheatre.com.

• Now, you can take a self-guided audio tour of the public art in downtown Nashua.

There are two types of tours — sculptures and murals — with 10 to 15 stops on each. They are offered through the Distrx app (available for free on Android and iOS), which uses Bluetooth iBeacon technology to automatically display photos and text and provide audio descriptions as tourists approach the works of art. Visit downtownnashua.org/ nashua-art-tour.

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• Film fest finishes season: The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival, being held virtually, presents its final two films of the season, the Israeli drama Shooting Life on Thursday, Aug. 20, and the Latvian historical drama Paris Song on Thursday, Aug. 27. The Paris Song screening will include a post-movie discussion with the filmmaker on the following Sunday, Aug. 30, at 7 p.m. All screenings are free, with a suggested donation of $18 to support the festival and future programming. Advance registration is required. Visit nhjewishfilmfestival. com/2020-virtual.

• Author series comes to a close: The Tory Hill Author Series, presented virtually over Zoom by the Warner Historical Society, will have its final author event with storyteller Rebecca Rule and middle-grade and young adult novelist Adi Rule on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. The authors will read from and discuss their books and personal experiences. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased online. Visit toryhillauthorsseries.com.

Art by Katy O’Gorman featured in “Tree & Twig” at Twiggs Gallery. Courtesy photo.

• Forest inspiration: Catch “Tree & Twig” at Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen) before it’s gone on Saturday, Aug. 22. The art exhibit features paintings, photography, sculptures and works in other media by 10 local artists — Debra Claffey, Richard Gombar, Susan Lirakis, Laura Morrison, Katy O’Gorman, Adele Sanborn, Jean Stimmell, Pam Tarbell, Dave Therrien and Arielle Van De Water — that focus on the artists’ deep and personal connections to New Hampshire forests. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

The Tory Hill Author Series features Rebecca Rule on Aug. 22. Courtesy photo.

The Tory Hill Author Series features Adi Rule on Aug. 22.

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and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Call 975-0015 or visit twiggsgallery.wordpress.com.

• One night, three plays: The Granite Playwrights present Loose Connections, a series of three one-act plays, at the Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Suite 1161, Concord) from Aug. 21 through Aug. 30, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Last Call, by Douglas Schwarz, follows a man who is struggling with the concept of fatherhood and sets out to make amends with his own long-deceased father. Doll House, by Jane Hunt, explores the question, “As the economy drags our personal fortunes to the brink, can hope, love, and memory keep us from going over?” Optimystyx, by Alan Lindsay, is about a game that exposes the secrets of an old-fashioned publishing house. Tickets cost $18 to $20 for adults and $15 to $17 for students and seniors. Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315.

• Learn music online: Manchester Community Music School will offer free online music classes this fall, according to a press release, to “help keep music students of all ages playing, singing and learning.” In “Woodwind Fundamentals,” flute and clarinet students in grades 6 through 12 who have had at least one year of study will learn the fundamentals of playing, new scales and finger patterns and instrumental solos. In “2G Chorus,” students in grades 3 through 8 will participate in song and movement activities to develop their singing skills, improvisation skills and creativity, and will develop a virtual choir project to share with parents and the public at the end of the course. Music theory classes for all ages and levels of ability will teach beginner students about note names, intervals and scales, and intermediate students about composer styles, chord progressions and topics of interest. Space is limited, so register soon. Call 548-8085 or visit mcmusicschool.org. — Angie Sykeny

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE Good riddance Three plants to avoid

Three plants you don’t want on your property are wild parsnips, purple loosestrife and Norway maples. The first causes severe skin reactions in many people, the second can take over our wetlands and the last can outcompete our native sugar maple — and eventually take over our woods.

Wild parsnip is in bloom now. It’s a tall plant, 24 to 60 inches, and has yellow blossoms arranged in flat flower panicles at the top of the stems. It looks a lot like Queen Anne’s lace. It is genetically the same plant as garden parsnips but has escaped and become a weed. Some people are horribly allergic to its sap.

Here’s how you and your kids can stay safe.

Learn what it looks like, and avoid it. Sap from the stem, if on the skin and exposed to direct sunlight, can cause horrible burns. Not everyone reacts, however. Assume you do. If you get sap on you, go inside immediately and wash the affect-

ed area thoroughly.

Wild parsnip has a two-year cycle; ‘Crimson King’ Norway maple. the first year it stays Photo courtesy of Henry Homeyer.. low and develops a deep tap root. The second year it bolts and produces a tall flower stalk. If you have a field of wild parsnip, get it mowed before the flowers set seeds, and re-mowed until it gives up. The sooner you mow it, the less likely the flowers are to produce viable seeds after they are cut down.

First-year plants growing now will send up flower stalks next year. And each year, for a while, seeds in the ground will grow new plants.

But each year there will be fewer, and eventually they will be gone.

This is the time of year when swampy areas often are ablaze with tall, pink-purple flowers that dominate the wetland. These are the flowers of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), an invasive plant that you should not encourage — but that you probably can’t get rid of once established.

But why worry about it? It’s such an aggressive grower that it out-competes native plants.

It moves into shallow wetlands where fish and

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some places to eat purple loosestrife, reducing populations by as much as 90 percent. But those beetles are not available for purchase, at least not yet. So if you have it, cut the plants down. Today!

Lastly, there is the Norway maple, a maple that will thrive anywhere — wet, dry, shady or sunny. It sends roots long distances, sucking up water and soil nutrients. It produces massive numbers of seeds, seeds that blow or wash away and end up in our woods. It can out-compete our native sugar maples, and will. Fortunately, it is now against the law to propagate, sell or transport these bad boys.

The most popular Norway maple is a cultivar called “Crimson King.” It has leaves that are a deep purple — almost black. Many cities and homeowners bought these 50 years ago and installed them. Removing them is difficult and expensive.

Here’s another problem: Crimson King is a hybrid, and its seeds rarely produce trees with that distinctive purple color. So they pass themselves off as sugar maples.

The leaves are a bit bigger and wider than sugar maples, but you can I.D. a Norway maple by picking a leaf. Look at the place where it snapped off: if it oozes a white sap, it is a Norway maple. If you have one, please consider having it removed.

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frogs lay their eggs among native plants, creating dense monocultures. Biodiversity is healthy for the environment, and purple loosestrife inhibits many other kinds of plants from growing.

Mature plants develop massive root systems that can’t be dug out. They also develop long side-roots that will easily break off and start new plants if you try to remove the clumps.

A big clump can produce up to 2.7 million seeds in a year. And like time-release cold capsules, the seeds become active over time, not all in one year. And since they grow in wetlands, you can’t use herbicides.

If you have big, established plants the best thing to do is cut them down every summer, just above the soil line, preferably more than once.

Do it now, and this should prevent them from producing seeds this year. It will also reduce the vigor of the plants. It won’t kill them, but it will keep them from spreading. A string trimmer will do the job, if you have one.

First- or second-year plants often show up in my garden near my stream but can be handpulled. Look for plants with a square stem that quickly get 18 to 24 inches tall and may have a reddish-brown tinge to their stems. Older plants get to be three to seven feet tall or more. Leaves are long and narrow with a smooth edge, and they attach directly to the stalk — without an attachment stem. Leaves generally appear in pairs, across from each other on a stalk. Many flower stems arise from the main stem.

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The fast lane isn’t for cruising

Dear Car Talk: I’m from the U.S. but live in Argentina. I have a friend and co-worker with whom I frequently travel, and who always drives under the speed limit in the fast lane. People honk

By Ray Magliozzi and make creative gestures, but he refuses to change his ways.

I have told him that the fast lane is only for passing, but I think he believes that’s an American idea that doesn’t apply here. How can I convince him that fast lane etiquette is global?

— Ben I don’t know how you can convince him, Ben. If the old ladies with the blue hair screaming rare Argentinian curses at him aren’t having any effect, he might be too far gone.

You’re absolutely right. The left lane is traditionally for passing, not cruising. If you want to bop along at 53 miles per hour, you should be using the right lane, or the center lane at a minimum.

It’s actually a much bigger social faux pas to block the passing lane in Europe, where drivers take these things very seriously. And I always thought that Argentina had a somewhat European influenced culture, so I would think this would be a well-established norm there, too.

The honking and cursing from the old ladies is

my other hint.

It’s the rule in America, too. Unfortunately, over the past few decades, the traffic has gotten so bad that etiquette has fallen by the wayside, and drivers simply use whatever lane looks less crowded at that moment. In order for there to be a “passing lane,” there has to be enough capacity in the other lanes for people who are not passing. And that’s not always the case. Still, it’s unfortunate to get stuck behind someone poking along in the passing lane who is either oblivious, inconsiderate, or both.

If you’re driving in the left lane, you should constantly stay aware of who is in your rearview mirror, and if someone is coming up on you, and traveling faster than you, be polite and get out of the way as quickly and as safely as you can.

In terms of your friend, Ben, I don’t know what else to tell you. You can try telling him that he’s making you uncomfortable and stressed out by creating all that havoc on the road. And ask him, as a friend, if he’ll help you feel better by driving in the right lane. If he still refuses, then he’s just inconsiderate, and those old ladies are right in what they’re shouting about him, whatever those words mean.

Dear Car Talk: Weatherperson says storm’s coming. I was fully prepared. Generator was ready to go, with

two cans of fuel. My pickup had a full tank, and my refrigerator was fully stocked with plenty of 12-ounce bottles of “anti-Coronavirus.” Power goes out for longer than expected. No problem!

I get my “Oklahoma Credit Card” (hose) to siphon fuel from my pickup. But try as I might, I can’t get the hose all the way into the tank.

Have the engineers at Dodge done something to prevent people from getting a hose all the way in the gas tank? Are they trying to thwart young sons’ ability to “borrow” fuel from their old mans’ pickup for a Friday night on the town? Is there another way to get fuel out of the tank for such emergencies?

Sitting in the dark, crying in my warm anti-Coronavirus. — Ben My heart goes out to you, Ben. You have been thwarted. But it has nothing to do with kids stealing their fathers’ gasoline. It has everything to do with modern fuel system design. If you remember the first big “gasoline crisis” in the 1970s, you know that siphoning practically became a national sport. That was when T. Boone Pickens tried to corner the market on locking gas caps.

It’s very hard to siphon gas out of modern cars. Most cars have a valve in the filler neck to prevent gasoline from spilling out — like if you rolled over in an accident. In your Dodge, I think it’s a plastic ball that is easily pushed down and out of the way by the flowing gasoline when you’re refueling, but blocks any fuel coming the other way. So siphoning from your truck won’t work.

Your next best option is to check and see if your truck has a drain plug on the fuel tank.

Not that many vehicles do anymore, but maybe you’re one of the lucky ones. It’s great to have if you need repair work. For instance, if we had to replace your fuel pump, which is inside the tank, we could use the drain plug to remove the gasoline from your tank first, so it didn’t spill all over the floor of our garage.

After which, Crusty would inevitably sit down for a break on a nearby tire and light up one of his stogies.

So if your truck has a drain plug, you can remove gas that way. Just be prepared to remove all of it. It’s like opening a gallon jug of milk, upside down, over your head. It’s hard to get the cap back on once the stuff is flowing. And make sure you’re prepared to capture all of it. If you have a 5-gallon bucket and a 22-gallon tank, after about 30 seconds, you’ll have gasoline running down your arm and pooling in your boxer shorts. No bueno.

If your truck doesn’t have a fuel tank drain plug, then you’ll have to resort to the ice pick.

Actually, if you’re really desperate — and handy — you could use a wiring diagram and figure out how to power the fuel pump with jumper cables, remove the fuel hose and then collect the gas that gets pumped out of the tank at the fuel rail. But before you go through all that trouble, do what any red-blooded American boy would do, Ben: Go see if your father’s pickup has a drain plug.

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FOOD Southern decadence

Madear’s relocates to downtown Pembroke, introduces bakery

By Matt Ingersoll

News from the local food scene

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• Breaking bread: Chef Chris Viaud of Greenleaf in Milford has opened a new sandwich shop less than half a mile down the road.

Culture Bread & Sandwich opened Aug. 11 in the former space of The Good Loaf at 75 Mont Vernon Road, and it offers homemade artisan-style breads for all of its sandwiches, which source meats, vegetables and other ingredients from local farms. Culture also features a menu of seasonal homemade soups and salads, as well as coffees and teas from Union Coffee Co. and cookies, scones, brownies, cupcakes and other fresh baked goods that are overseen by Viaud’s wife Emilee. According to Viaud, he became inspired to open Culture after visits to bakeries and pastry shops in Europe and Canada. Visit culturebreadandsandwich.com.

• Eclectic eats: Bistro 603, a new eatery offering all types of appetizers, entrees and weekend brunch items out of a scratch kitchen, opened at 345 Amherst St. in Nashua on Aug. 13. Owner Jeff Abellard and chef Jason Duffy are part of a close-knit restaurant team that has run Bistro 781 on Moody Street in downtown Waltham, Mass., for the past five years. Abellard told the Hippo last month that Bistro 603 is nearly double the size of its Massachusetts counterpart, with bar seating, table dining, an outdoor patio and space for two private rooms. The menu, while similar to that of Bistro 781, remains diverse, ranging from small shareable plates to larger meals with optional wine pairings. Visit bistro603nashua. com.

• T-Bones to open in Concord: T-Bones Great American Eatery will open its sixth location in Concord in mid-September, after delaying its scheduled May opening, according to a press release from Great New Hampshire Restaurants.

Located at 404 S. Main St. in the Capital City, the new restaurant is the largest T-Bones location yet, with an occupancy of 307 people, including more than 250 seats in the dining room and bar, a private dining room and an outdoor dining terrace. The restaurant will have many of the same options its other locations are known for, like burgers, salads, steaks, appetizers, salads and mixed cocktails. Visit greatnhrestaurants.com.

• Farewell to The Arbor: After initially ceasing operations “until further notice” back in March, The Arbor Restaurant & Function Facility in Nashua has now closed its doors for good. The restaurant, which had been born out of the Hudson-based White Birch Catering and Banquet Hall, announced its permanent closure in an Aug. 7 statement. “The pandemic is pushing most businesses to the brink,” the statement reads. “While we will continue to operate White Birch Catering and build our way back from this, it is not financially feasible for us to continue on at The Arbor.”

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Nearly a year after Madear’s hosted its final night of service on Hanover Street in Manchester, the Cajun comfort restaurant will reopen in its new home in Pembroke, featuring new menus, almost twice the dining capacity and, for the first time, a bakery.

Madear’s Southern Eatery & Bakery, as it’s now known, will have the distinction of being one of the few full-service sit-down restaurants in town when it opens in the coming weeks.

Chef-owners Robb Curry and Kyle Davis originally opened Madear’s, a 35-seat restaurant and bar, in the former space of a nail salon in July 2017. Curry, who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, credits his paternal grandmother Martha “Madear” Sullivan, the restaurant’s namesake, with inspiring him to learn to cook when he was young.

As their following grew, so did their culinary inspiration. Davis said the pair’s desire to expand their Southern comfort offerings in the form of a bakery, coupled with the end of their lease on Hanover Street, was among the factors that contributed to their closure last October. At first they explored other options within the Queen City, but when those didn’t pan out they started broadening their search. In January they found the space that most recently occupied the Rock On Diner on Main Street in downtown Pembroke.

“We had breakfast here and we were like, ‘Oh, this is a really good place,’ and then about two weeks later we saw a For Lease sign, so we thought maybe it was a little serendipity,” Davis said. “This space allowed us to tick all the boxes. It gave us the size, the downtown access … and it put us right in between Concord and Manchester.”

At 56 seats, the new location is extremely spacious compared to its Manchester predecessor, with its dining room broken into four distinct arrangements. There’s an intimate lounge area and a bar with a copper countertop, plus multiple banquettes to the right of the entrance and family dining tables in the center of the restaurant that

were made from reclaimed wood. The kitchen is also much larger, allowing Davis and Curry to introduce new menu items.

One of the most notable additions to the menu is a new bakery case that will be regularly stocked with scratch-made cakes, pies, cookies, tarts, croissants and other sweets.

“What we found on Hanover Street was that a lot of people who really loved the baked goods would ask, ‘Can I order a pie to take home?’” Davis said. “So now we’re going to have a daily selection of things that are done like a traditional sort of bakeshop.”

But a bakery doesn’t mean Madear’s will be open in the morning. Instead, Davis said, they will likely open the doors at 4 p.m. each day, while ordering ahead is also available with a 24-hour notice.

“We’re not going to be doing breakfast sandwiches or anything like that,” he said. “We’re really trying to focus on more of the dessert-type bakery products that people can pick up on their way home, like a few slices of cake or some cookies or something … and then for people eating in the restaurant, the dessert menu will be a combination of what’s available in the bakery, plus our staples, like the bread pudding.”

If you were a regular at Madear’s on Hanover Street, you probably noticed that the menu changed four times a year, each season — that won’t be the case in Pembroke, Davis said.

“We learned some lessons … and we decided that we’d have a menu of staples and then do specials that are seasonal,” he said. “We’ve also changed some of the terminology on the menu.

So instead of calling them ‘tapas,’ which confused some people, we have [the options listed as] small plates and large plates.”

You can expect many of the same favorites, like gumbo, jambalaya, fried crab meat, fried chicken and baked macaroni and cheese items — along with some new items never before seen on any Madear’s menu, like oxtail stew simmered in a chicken stock demi-glace, and bone-in pork chop smothered in Southern gravy and served over rice.

There’s a section of the menu devoted to grits,

Photo courtesy of Madear’s.

with the option of adding one of four sauces, as well as your own protein, from shrimp, gator or catfish, to andouille sausage, pulled pork or chicken tender. The eatery’s Southern craft cocktails are also returning, including staples like hurricanes and sazeracs in addition to seasonal specials.

Once Madear’s has settled into its adopted community, Davis said, many of its popular events — like the comedy nights, the pajama drag brunches and the monthly themed dinners — will all be due to return. Cooking classes and live musical performances are planned too.

“We really want to just get into the rhythm of running the restaurant for a little bit, but we definitely have events lined up,” he said.

Madear’s Southern Eatery & Bakery An opening date is expected in the coming weeks. Visit their website or follow them on social media for updates.

Where: 141 Main St., Pembroke Anticipated hours: TBA More info: Visit madears603.com or follow them on Facebook or Instagram @ madears603

Food is love

New recipe book features aphrodisiac foods

By Matt Ingersoll

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From finding comfort to strengthening our relationships, we use food to express and celebrate love in all kinds of ways — that’s the idea behind a new book being released this week, as it explores food’s roles in self-love and interpersonal relationships with personal anecdotes, spiritual techniques and more than 50 original recipes and

illustrations.

A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Recipes for Love & Romance, available Aug. 25, is the latest project from Dawn Hunt of the Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery, a Salem-based purveyor of gourmet foods like infused olive oils and risotto mixes. On Friday, Sept. 11, Hunt will host a virtual lecture and cooking demonstration featuring a recipe from the book. Then on Saturday, Sept. 12, she will be at the Bookery in Manchester for an out-

Dawn Hunt. Courtesy photo.

door book signing. sist of new material, while the Hunt said the book’s genrest were recipes she had made esis came from a “recipes for before. You can learn to make romance” cooking workshop everything from cinnamon she has taught in the past, which crumb pound cake, avocado covered various foods with aphchocolate mousse, and strawrodisiac properties. berry, spinach and feta salad, “The class was all about to stuffed zucchini pinwheels, foods that align with some sort pomegranate mimosas with of energetic qualities for selfmuddled raspberries, and pork love, or bringing new love into loin roast with cherries and red a romantic relationship or healwine. The recipes appear the ing a family relationship,” she A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Recipes sections Hunt felt they fit best. said. “I realized there was real- for Love & Romance “A lot of it had to do with ly nothing out there that had all what resonated with me,” she these things together.” said, “so for example, I have a seafood risotto recShe collected ideas for recipes over the course ipe that I put in the ‘rekindling’ section, because of the last five years. A chance encounter with a of how it’s made and the visualization and attenpublishing scout for Simon & Schuster who vis- tion recommended for that recipe.” ited her booth at a New York City show last year The book was written with the same principles landed her a book deal.

Hunt said she founded her company on — the Structurally, A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Rec- idea of “spiritual nutrition,” or sharing positive ipes for Love & Romance is divided into three energy with one another through food. sections. Each introduces a specific food — “The recipes are meant to be easy and accessiavocados, tomatoes, chocolate, cinnamon, ble to everyone, and that was really important to strawberries and oysters are among them — by me,” she said. detailing its nutritional and aphrodisiac properMeet the Kitchen Witch ties, followed by one or several recipes.

“The first section of the book is all about lovDawn Hunt of Cucina Aurora in Salem ing yourself, both when it comes to eating healthy presents A Kitchen Witch’s Guide to Reciand taking care of yourself, and also treating yourpes for Love & Romance (available Aug. 25) • Fri., Sept. 11, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Online self to comfort foods and brownies and all that,” lecture and cooking demonstration (tickets she said. “The second section is about learning to available through the Bookery in Manchester; connect with others and draw love into our lives bookerymht.com) … and then the third section deals with keeping • Sat., Sept. 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: In-person your relationships fresh and exciting. … Everyoutdoor signing (admission is free, but masks thing is all kind of weaved together with my own are required) experiences and what I’ve learned.”

Visit cucinaaurora.com Hunt said about two-thirds of the recipes conPomegranate mimosa with muddled raspberries Courtesy of Dawn Hunt 3 raspberries 1 tablespoon pomegranate juice 4 to 6 ounces sparkling white wine, chilled

In small bowl, crush raspberries and spoon into Champagne flute or wine glass. Pour in pomegranate juice. Add sparkling wine, then lightly swirl or stir to mingle the flavors.

Cinnamon crumb pound cake Courtesy of Dawn Hunt For the cake: 1¾ cups salted butter, softened 2¾ cups sugar 8 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose or gluten-free flour 1½ tablespoons baking powder 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon sea salt ¾ cup milk For the crumb topping: 2 cups all-purpose or gluten-free flour 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons cold salted butter Make the cake — Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Generously spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, beat the

butter until creamy. Add the sugar, gently beating until fluffy, stopping and scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla extract. In a separate large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Gradually beat into the butter mixture, alternating with the milk. Beat gently until well combined, scraping down the bowl as needed. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, make the crumb topping — Place all of the topping ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Using your hands, combine by massaging the ingredients until the butter is broken down, the texture resembles coarse sand and the mixture is crumbly.

Remove the cake from the oven and top evenly with the crumb mixture. Bake for an additional 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center tests clean. The edges of the cake may brown. Cool completely before serving.

nutritious nibbles These nutrient and calorie-dense bites provide the long-lasting energy you need to power your next outdoor adventure.

Trail Energy Bites Serves: 12

Dip Ingredients: 1 cup Hannaford Old Fashioned Oats 1/2 cup Planters NUT-rition Wholesome Nut Mix, chopped and divided 1/4 cup ground flaxseed 2 Tbsp. chia seeds 1/8 tsp. McCormick® Ground Cinnamon 1/4 cup, plus 2 Tbsp. Nature’s Promise® Crunchy Almond Butter 1/4 cup honey 1/4 tsp. McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract 2 Tbsp. mini chocolate chips

Directions: 1. In a large mixing bowl combine oats, half of chopped nut mix, flaxseed, chia seeds and cinnamon.

2. In a small microwave safe bowl, heat almond butter for 30 seconds. Stir in honey and vanilla and allow to slightly cool.

3. Pour almond butter mixture into oats and mix well using a rubber spatula. Fold in chocolate chips.

4. Roll into 1-inch balls.

5. Spread the second half of the finely chopped nuts in a shallow dish. Roll balls in chopped nuts to coat. Enjoy at room temperature or cold.

Dietitian’s Tip: Freezing the bites the night before your adventure will help them hold their shape until you are ready to eat them on the trail.

Nutritional Information Amount per serving (one bite): Calories 190; Total Fat 10 g; Saturated Fat 1.5 g; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 10 mg; Carbohydrate 20 g; Fiber 4 g; Total Sugars 7 g; Protein 6 g

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Anna Wallace and her longtime friend, Susan Werrick, are the owners of PPC Italian Restaurant & Bar (133 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 819-4320, ppc-restaurant.com), an eatery formerly known as the Plaistow Pizza Co. Since taking it over last September, Wallace and Werrick have introduced all types of menu items, from appetizers like fried pickles, bruschetta and chicken wings to Italian pasta dishes, soups, salads and some seafood options, such as grilled or baked salmon. It also serves pizzas, Anna Wallace and Susan Werrick of PPC Italian calzones, burgers, hot and cold sandwiches and Restaurant & Bar in Plaistow. Courtesy photo. subs, and dinner plates like steak tips with rice and sauteed vegetables. A full bar with domestic and craft beers, wines and seasonal cocktails is also available. Wallace, who’s originally from Greece, will occasionally prepare Mediterranean specials like spinach pie and salads.

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What celebrity would you like to see eatI would say roasted vegetables and some ing at your restaurant? type of protein, either chicken or filet J. Lo [Jennifer Lopez]. mignon.

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• Canterbury Community Farmers Market is Wednesdays, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., in the parking lot of the Elkins Public Library (9 Center Road), now through Sept. 30. Visit canterburyfarmersmarket.com.

• Cole Gardens Farmers Market is Sundays, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Cole Gardens (430 Loudon Road, Concord), now through October. Visit colegardens.com.

• Concord Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to noon,

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With this incessant heat, what can be more satisfying than a cool glass of rosé wine, either as an aperitif or with a salad or light meal?

Rosés should be served at about 50 to 55 degrees, and an opened bottle should be kept on ice after opening to keep the last glass as cool as the first. Rosé wine comes in countless styles — fruity and fun, or savory, dry and serious. Rosé is produced worldwide, and while southern France, Italy and Spain are well-known for producing rosés, California and New Zealand and other parts of France are entering into this growing market of wine styles. Rosé is made from red grapes, but with just a brief period of skin contact with the grapes in the making of the wine — usually just a few hours to a couple of days — and fermentation in cool stainless-steel containers, the wines are intended to be consumed while they remain quite young.

Our first wine is a bottle of Luna Rosé 2018 (originally priced at $17.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets and reduced to $8.99) and hails from Napa, California. Luna Vineyards dates from 1995, when the current owners of the property brought along with them not only their generations of vineyard management but also some of Italy’s varietals. They were the first to plant pinot grigio in the valley, and this rosé is made from sangiovese grapes — yes, the same grapes that go into Classico Chianti! The color is a beautiful shade of pink.

Both the nose and the taste are light and full of fruit. This wine is perfect for sipping or paired with chicken or pork. As a young, inexpensive wine, this is a great place to start an introduction to wine. It is neither too dry nor too sweet. As a young wine, it does not have a strong presence.

Our second and third bottles of wine come from “Down Under.” Kim Crawford 2019 Rosé (originally priced at $15.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets and reduced to $11.45) hails from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. This region and especially Kim Crawford are known for world-class chardonnays and sauvignon blancs. Primarily made from merlot grapes and cool fermented, this wine has a beautiful pink color and a nose of strawberries and melons.

The taste is crisp and dry and would pair well with summer salads. The merlot grape has a rich, robust flavor, and when turned into a red wine is paired with steak or other hearty fare. As a rosé, this wine is light and is a big departure from that full-mouth flavor of a merlot red wine.

The other New Zealand rosé is an Oyster

Bay 2018 Rosé (originally priced at $14.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets and reduced to $10.99) and also hails from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. This rosé is made from pinot noir grapes. It has a light pink color and has notes of cherry and strawberry to the nose. The berry and herb notes of pinot noir come through to the tongue, allowing it to be paired with appetizers as varied as lamb lollipops and grilled chicken.

As with the Luna, this is a good wine for the newly initiated as the flavors are not challenging and there is a medium acidity to the tongue.

Our fourth rosé might be considered a French traditional rosé. The J Mourat Collection 2019 Rose Val de Loire (originally priced at $15.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets and reduced to $12.99) does not come from Provencal, France, known for its diverse rosé winemaking styles, but as its name implies it comes from the Loire River valley. This vineyard is along the western reaches of the Loire, so the climate is treated to warm days and cool ocean breezes at night. The blend of pinot noir, cabernet franc, negrette and gamay grapes imparts a color that is a rich rose, along with aromas and flavors of raspberries and strawberries. With some citric acidity and minerality, and a dry finish, it is perfect for hot weather dining of chicken or salads.

So, beat the heat with any one or all four of these vastly different takes on what is becoming a popular style of wine, the rosé.

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MUSIC, BOOKS, GAMES, COMICS, MOVIES, DVDS, TV AND MORE CDs

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• The Killers, Imploding the Mirage A+ • Psychedelic Furs, Made of Rain BBOOKS

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• Project Power B-

The Killers, Imploding the Mirage (Island Records)

Um, wow, I never would have dreamed that we critics — at least the ones of us who just couldn’t quite place the wellspring from which Killers singer Brandon Flowers was drawing his hypnotic urgency — would have ever pegged him as some sort of newjack Bruce Springsteen, but there it is, scrawled in big font all over album opener “My Own Soul’s Warning.” I mean, this time Flowers really wants us to feel our plebeian angst in this decent-enough rocker, which has as much in common with Kenny Loggins’ ’80s-shlock classic “Danger Zone” as it does with Bruuuuce, but let’s not talk about that (let’s really not). “Fire In Bone” is a departure, but in a good way, a thrumming head-bopper that reminds me of Robert Plant’s David Byrne-worshipping solo albums from the early ’80s; it assuredly is epic, awash in feel-good desperation.

“Caution” is the room-flattener, outfitted with one of those bold, swashbuckling singalongs that put these guys on the map forever. As always, wow. A+ — Eric W. Saeger Psychedelic Furs, Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl Records)

It’s been 29 years, 29 since the Psychedelic Furs released World Outside, dropped the unabashedly Depeche Mode-like single “Until She Comes” upon our heads, then realized that the 1990s weren’t going to be their decade and sank back beneath the waves, more or less. Since then, the band-founding Butler Brothers have toured, released solo albums, and, well, I could swear there was something else, but the world’s been pretty much Furs-less for all these years, unless you count the time their 1984 tune “The Ghost in You” was playing in the background on an episode of Stranger Things. We can see here that they still have a gift for pretty much useless dissonant filler (“The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll”) (and yes, there’s sax), in other words they haven’t grown up and found a way to appeal to Generation iPhone by trying out captivating new recipes the way Pet Shop Boys did, but most of their fans probably don’t want the Psychedelic Furs to be awesome in the first place. “Don’t Believe” has super-cool drums and a mildly depressing, awkwardly compelling hook to it, if you’re looking for the barest reason to invest your time in this. B- — Eric W. Saeger

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases • Great, the next mass CD-release date is Aug. 21, meaning the summer’s just about over, and all I’ve accomplished as far as beachgoing was one quick visit to York Beach, and we went so late in the day — a Friday — that the parking lane was completely full all the way to the end of “Long Sands,” in other words we may as well have been on the Tijuana border. I give up, I want a do-over, how awful it’s been. But you know what could brighten my spirits is a few snippets from decent albums that will be released on the 21st.

Maybe Sugaregg, the fast-approaching new album from Bully, will fill my beachless soul with happiness, and I’ll forget the fact that the only decent fish and chips I’ve had all summer came from the hilariously crowded Goldenrod in Manchvegas. I just give up, where’s the fast-forward button on this crazy thing. So, according to some idiotic blog, Bully’s new single “Where To Start” was inspired by Chumbawamba, but that’s idiotic, because it’s actually ’90s riot-grrrl, sort of like Hole but with good meds. It’s awesome, don’t believe any stupid rock writer other than me, go check it out this instant.

• Oh lovely, time for me to pretend to know/care about Old 97’s again, because their new album, Twelfth, is about to be released. You know, if I want to hear middle-of-the-road albums made of boring country-tinged mystery meat occasionally interrupted by almost-cool punkabilly, I usually — well, actually, I never do, I just listen to, well, basically anything else. But I will endeavor to see if my stomach can handle this new Old 97’s single over here, titled “Turn Off The TV.” Nope, it can’t, please pass the barf bag, this song is, as usual, a tuneless lump of bingo-parlor-indie, like, the overall sound is epic, but the music is like Goo Goo Dolls played by Martians wearing people-suits, trying to trick us into accepting this ridiculous nonsense as decent music. Rhett is dancing enthusiastically, and one of the guys is dressed like a clown, yet it still sucks. OK, let’s go on to the next one, come along everyone, is that someone’s Judas Priest backpack someone’s forgetting?

• Blub blub blub, I’m drowning in horror and lack of beach-time. Oh look, the new Fruit Bats album, Siamese Dream, is on the docket, for imminent release, just like my friend at Merge Records told me (we aren’t actually friends, they honestly don’t care about me, but whatever). This is a covers album, of the same-titled Smashing Pumpkins album from the Triassic Age, let’s see if it’s any good. Nope, the version of “Today” doesn’t make me want to cruise around in the official Smashing Pumpkins ice cream truck, it makes me want to take a nap and pretend these hipsters aren’t ruining the song.

Don’t you hate that?

• Last thing for your consideration is, oh no, a new Bright Eyes album, called Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was. The single “Mariana Trench” has decent singing from Conor Oberst, a good verse part, and then it gets sloppy and stupid for no reason, then becomes good again. OK! — Eric W. Saeger Local bands seeking album or EP reviews can message me on Twitter (@ esaeger) or Facebook (eric.saeger.9).

Retro Playlist Eric W. Saeger recommends a few albums worth a second look.

With the Covid pandemic looking about ready to plunge the entire country into general lockdown again, many bands are on their last legs, or at least down to their last shreds of sanity. Many musicians are having to collaborate through Zoom and other online platforms, which I’m sure is nice and all, but trust me, nothing beats the throbbing, eardrum-busting insanity of feedback from a bassplayer’s amp, or a nerve-jangling impromptu drum solo when the drummer is feeling bored and wants to take it out on everyone in the room. Such deafening horrors are pleasures one can only experience at a rehearsal space.

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same place they were months ago, looking for that last elusive piece to their artistic puzzles, someone who can carry a tune and not annoy the hell out of everyone else by never helping out with moving (much less buying) any equipment, stuff like that. I was one of those guys back in the 1980s, auditioning for basically every band in Boston, getting tons of offers just because I could do a passable Robert Plant imitation and a letter-perfect David Lee Roth, complete with all the Screaming Lord Sutch shrieking. I felt bad for all the bands I had to say no to, but that’s the breaks. Many deserving bands never get off the ground owing to an inability to find a singer, which should explain all the bad singing one typically encounters during a SoundCloud binge, from the drunken-sounding awfulness of King Krule to the unapologetic suckage of Versus.

Mind you, some bands — nearly all of them

heavy metal ones — just throw up their hands and say, “Fine, no one we know can sing, so hey, we’ll be an instrumental band!” I’ve talked about a few Pelican albums here, including their last one, 2019’s Nighttime Stories. Their songs all sound the same to me; a few decent metal guitar riffs here and there, but just, you know, lacking, because no singer. I’ll stop picking on them only when their PR rep smartens up and stops sending me their music.

There are good instrumental bands out there, though. Everyone seems to worship Tortoise, and, if I recall correctly, I was nice to their 2016 album The Catastrophist, only because it’s pretty nuanced for a post-rock record (there was an unnecessary cover of David Essex’s ’70s hit “Rock On” that I probably dissed).

Some of those bands are quite awesome in their way. I’d be cool with reviewing the next Animals

As Leaders album if I get sent an advance, and if your thing is utterly demented math metal, you’d probably like Behold The Arctopus. But if you’re in a metal band and want to know the key to it all, take my advice: don’t do it. Easiest: hire a girl, like, any girl, your little sister, the mail delivery lady.

You’re guaranteed plenty of good reviews from nerdy writers; critics become hypnotized like possums at a square dance if there’s a girl in your band, even if she sings horribly. Just don’t start an instrumental metal band.

Don’t.

If you’re in a local band, now’s a great time to let me know about your EP, your single, whatever’s on your mind. Let me know how you’re holding yourself together without being able to play shows or jam with your homies. Send a recipe for keema matar. Email esaeger@cyberontix.com for fastest response.

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Let Them Eat Tweets, by Jacob S. Hacker enfranchised.” (Did someone say stimulus and Paul Pierson (Liveright/W.W. Norton, 217 checks?) pages) That alone, however, will not win elections, especially when the opponents offer bigger Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson are not checks. amused, no matter what their book title says.

Which is why Hacker and Pierson believe In fact, the political scientists, who live on that conservatives resort to stoking “cleavages,” opposite coasts, are convinced that America is or sectional loyalties, which “generate intensity becoming a plutocracy, governed not by its peo- sufficient to motivate potential voters and conple but by its rich people. And they believe that vince them to put their economic concerns to the Republicans are to blame. side.” In other words, create divisions between Hacker and Pierson are established people in terms of race, religion or ethnicity. As GOP-bashers; in three previous books, the pair a policy, that’s plenty flammable, but it becomes skewered “the war on government,” the Repub- downright explosive when combined with the lican revolution and “winner-take-all” politics sort of income and wealth inequality that Amer(played, of course, by Republicans. They don’t ica is seeing now, Hacker and Pierson say. come to the podium neutral. But hear them out.

To make their case, Hacker, at Yale, and PierThey’re not specifically out to tear down the son, at the University of California, Berkeley, Tweeter-in-Chief, but the system that enabled scroll through a history of bad actors who, over him, a system they say goes back more than 40 the past 50 or so years, helped to create the polityears. ical climate we live in now. They range from The system results from what they call “the Richard Nixon to Lee Atwater, from New Ginconservative’s dilemma,” which is this: Wealthy grich (who they call “something of a founding people have power that derives from their father of our current political dysfunction,” to wealth, and they want policies that preserve it. George W. Bush and his father. They, of course, But in a democracy, the poor and middle-class save plenty of pages for Trump. But they argue have votes that can take away that power. The that the plutocracy ball was already rolling back wealthy conservative, then, is forced to court when he was on his first wife, and that most a constituency whose interests and needs are people clinging to it were Republican). vastly different from her own to stay in power, “The very rich invest most heavily in the and sometimes decides democracy isn’t all it’s Republican Party; its politicians, its party orgacracked up to be. nizations, its allied groups, and its causes,” Their fear was wonderfully expressed in Hacker and Pierson write. Forbes says that of the mid-19th century by a British conserva- the 100 richest Americans, nearly two-thirds tive, Lord Robert Cecil, who thought that under contribute mainly or exclusively to Republidemocracy “the whole country shall be gov- can or conservative causes, and they outspend erned by an ignorant multitude, the creature of a Democrats in the top 100 by a ratio of three to vast and powerful organization, of which a few one. half-taught and cunning agitators are the head How, then, can they stay in power, since … in short, that the rich shall pay all the taxes, they require the votes of working-class Amerand the poor shall make all the laws.” icans? According to the authors, conservative Some factions in America today, particularly base-building relies on two “Rs” — resentment in the streets of Portland, would say, “You got a and racialization, which studies have shown problem with that?” with no sense of irony. isn’t difficult even among reasonable peoBut British conservatives did, over time, ple. They cite a 2012 Harvard study in which succeed; Hacker and Pierson note that Win- researchers sent two “good-looking, cheery, and ston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher governed well-dressed” Hispanic-looking people to ride for nearly six decades, combined. And Ameri- the commuter rail from a suburb of Boston into can conservatives have assumed and retained the city, chatting in Spanish the whole time. The power in part by using a time-honored strate- researchers interviewed commuters before and gy: “addressing the material needs of the newly after the experiment and found that after being

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In other words, just two friendly people speaking Spanish created a backlash against immigration within a few days.

“When outsiders breach the boundaries of established social groups, those within them often react with resentment, even revulsion,” Hacker and Pierson write.

Imagine, then, a political operative armed with that knowledge and determined to win at all costs, and it’s not hard to see why “dog whistles” are so much of the political conversation these days.

Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, Let Them Eat Tweets is an interesting synopsis of one side’s version of how we got to 2016, and where we may be headed in four months. The arguments weaken when Hacker and Pierson propose solutions, most of which involve not re-electing Trump;

in fact, they believe the country, and our democracy, needs a “stinging” repudiation of Trump in November. From there, they offer benign and predictable hopes: that the country reform the economy so it’s not so accommodating for the wealthy; a development of a “more robust and inclusive democracy”; strengthening the middle class; and so forth.

To their credit, they insist they’re not out to stamp out conservatives or Republicans. “The hope is not that the GOP gets relegated to permanent minority status. Our institutions create very strong incentives to have just two major parties, and it is neither realistic nor desirable to expect only one of them to rule.”

They also give examples of Republican governors that they seem to like, or at least not actively dislike: among them, Chris Sununu, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Phil Scott of Vermont.

And the answer to your most burning question: Hacker tweets, Pierson doesn’t.

B — Jennifer Graham

BOOK NOTES Not being a follower of what used to be known as beauty pageants, now “scholarship pageants,” I just now learned that this year’s Miss America performed a science experiment as her talent.

The potential for chemical explosions onstage may not easily replace the swimsuit competition, insofar as ratings go, but that is certainly interesting. Is the evolution of the beauty pageant interesting enough for not just one book on the subject, but two? Publishers think so. There are two books out this month on pageant culture, strange for a year in which there won’t even be a Miss America pageant.

The first, and likely the best, is Hilary Levey Friedman’s Here She Is, The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America (Beacon Press, 275 pages). Props to Friedman for bravely using the term ‘beauty pageant,’ which is no longer allowed in conversation. She is a sociologist with a Ph.D. who lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is uniquely qualified to lead the discussion, being a state president of the National Organization for Women, daughter of Miss America 1970

and an occasional pageant judge. I am psyched to read this when it comes out this week.

Also out this month is Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-Year-Old Quest to Define Womanhood by Margot Mifflin (Counterpoint, 320 pages). The title gets to the heart of why there’s suddenly so much talk about pageants; the Miss America contest turns 100 years old next year, and I guess publishers want to get a jump on the predictable jokes about how well she has aged.

(I still don’t understand why we had two asteroid movies at the same time in the summer of 1998, but that’s a topic for Amy Diaz.)

Mifflin is a New York professor who has previously written about the history of women and tattoos (2013’s Bodies of Subversion, powerHouse Books, 160 pages). Her take on pageants looks more like a scholarly book; Friedman’s looks more fun.

Neither is to be confused with The American Pageant, the history book that has been a staple of high-school history classes since 1956. (I still have mine; do you?) — Jennifer Graham

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Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback fight a chaos-bringing drug in Project Power, a promising but under-baked action movie from Netflix.

It is a chocolate chip pancake with a raw-batter center — potentially satisfying but frustrating for its not-quite-there-ness.

Art (Foxx) is on the hunt for the source of Power, a new street drug that comes in a glowy pill and, when ingested, gives the user five minutes of some kind of superhuman power. Most of the time. Sometimes it kills the user — is I think the implication of a scene where a person takes it and immediately explodes. And it doesn’t appear that you know or have any choice in what power it gives you. And that power could kill or maim you, in the moment or over time. Feels like a lot of medication side effects but I guess the chance that you can be briefly bullet-proof, as New Orleans police detective Frank (Gordon-Levitt) is when he takes Power, or chameleon-like, as with an “invisible” bank robber we see him chase, is enough for some users.

Robin (Fishback, this movie’s real star) is an enterprising high school student who sells Power to help raise money for her mom, who is sick and needs medical treatment. Robin sells to Frank sometimes, who buys because it helps him and other cops level the playing field with the Powered-up criminals they chase. Frank

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likes and roots for Robin and is genuinely concerned when she texts him for help.

Trying to work his way through the Power supply chain in New Orleans, Art kidnaps Robin to get information about the person distributing Power to dealers. Though initially he gets her assistance through threats, Robin seems to come around to Art’s mission. A former military officer and an early test subject for the Power drug, Art later had a daughter with naturally occurring superhuman abilities. She was kidnapped by Power’s manufacturers and now Art is desperate to get her back.

The movie brings Art, Robin and Frank together at what feels like a late point — actually, everything feels like it happens later than

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it should in this movie. At an hour and 53 minutes, this movie feels about 20 minutes too long but also off in its pacing. Within individual scenes, there is good momentum and good chemistry between Fishback, Foxx and Gordon-Levitt, who are fun individually and fun together. But the movie itself doesn’t quite keep the energy level where it needs to be.

All three of the leads — but Fishback, in particular — are solid at the action and the comedy (which isn’t big and quippy but more smart and to the point) this movie requires. But Project Power often feels like it turns down the volume on them or crowds them out with a lot of visual “here’s what the drug is doing” business.

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The movie also makes mention of Henrietta Lacks (the woman whose cells are fundamental to the last 60-plus years of medical research) and the fact that Power’s makers are testing the drug on the people of New Orleans. This feels like heavy stuff to just sort of sprinkle into a movie without doing anything with those elements. As with the movie’s overall pacing and runtime, I feel like this aspect of the story could have been more significant and given the movie more weight had somebody (some studio exec, in ye olden days when this movie would have been theater-bound?) asked for another draft of the screenplay and another round of edits on the finished film.

While the movie can be filed under “meh,” Fishback — and to a lesser degree Foxx and Gordon-Levitt — pushes the movie a notch above. Her Robin is an engaging character, the movie is always at least 30 percent more interesting when she’s on screen. A natural C, Project Power gets a boost from Fishback into B- territory.

Rated R for violence, bloody images, drug content and some language, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (and if you’re thinking “hey, that sounds familiar but from where,” they are the directors of some mid-series Paranormal Activity entries and of the documentary Catfish) with a screenplay by Mattson Tomlin, Project Power is an hour and 53 minutes long and is available on Netflix.

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• Singer: A recent guest on NH Chronicle Summer Songfest, Justin Cohn performs covers with some tasty originals — some from his upcoming album. Cohn is ubiquitous in the regional scene, memorably providing lead vocals for Rocking Horse Music Club’s debut single “Everywhere Is Home” and appearing on the group’s tribute album to Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips. Thursday, Aug. 20, 5:30 p.m., Murphy’s Taproom Carriage House, 393 Route 101, Bedford, facebook.com/ justincohnmusic.

• Rocker: With co-lead vocalist Neeley Luna now in the band, The FAR host a mask-mandatory show to honor first responders and frontline workers battling the Covid-19 crisis, who will be admitted free. The Dracut, Mass., group covers rock and pop across the decades, from Fleetwood Mac to Snoop Dogg, with a soft spot for ’70s acts like Boston, Journey and Eddie Money. Friday, Aug 21, 8 p.m., Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Manchester, jewelmusicvenue.com • Fiddler: For the finale in a series of open air concerts, Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki performs with his trio. The versatile fiddle player offers plenty of Irish and Celtic music but will take a vocal now and again and venture into a jazzier place. The show is presented by Bank of NH Stage, which hopes to host live music soon, though Root Shock, originally set for Aug. 28, is now canceled. Saturday, Aug. 22, 6 p.m., Fletcher-Murphy Park, 28 Fayette St., Concord. Tickets $10 at banknhstage.com.

• Rouser: An outdoor show rescheduled from early July, Whiskey Horse offers a high-energy sound that mirrors today’s Nashville. Waylon Jennings coined its name, “outlaw country,” a genre owing more to Lynyrd Skynyrd than Hank Williams Jr. Billed as “rocked up and rowdy,” the band plays covers, featuring twin electric guitars and layered harmonies. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m., Abbie Griffin Park, 6 Baboosic Lake Road, Merrimack, merrimackparksandrec.org.

As a performer, Steven Scott has some distinct personas. He’s the leader of Mindset X, a band with which he’s created ambitious progressive rock, most recently the 2015 concept album Oceans. More than a few fans know him for playing cover songs as The Deviant at area restaurants and bars.

There’s another side to the singer, songwriter and guitarist that’s not as familiar to his followers, but it will be soon as he prepares to release a spare, acoustic solo EP called Albino Road. A preview single, “Anywhere But Here,” came out late last month.

In a recent phone interview, he said he was tapping his inner Cat Stevens or Roy Harper for the new disc, which he hopes to release in full later this fall.

“The solo stuff came out of the need to express myself on the softer side of things,” he said. “Mindset X leans toward a rocking, electric sound, while this is kind of indie folkish.”

There’s a lot of reflection on the record, and a few painful truths about human nature. The title cut recalls a historical event in Andover, Massachusetts, toward the end of the 19th century. According to folklore, a pair of albino children living there were killed by fearful neighbors, who also burned down the family’s home.

The song reflects the racism of today, Scott said.

“They killed the kids just for being different,” he said. “We’ve been through this crap before, why are we still doing it? We’re still

in the same position, just with better technology. It’s a weird road we’ve taken as a species.

It confused me, made me a little angry and I tried to put that in the song.”

The EP’s other two tracks provide brighter bookends. “Anywhere But Here” is a carpe diem for the downtrodden, with lines like “cheers to the ones who ignore their fears … don’t be silent, ever scared, ’cause this is your life,” while “Sunshine On Me” is a call to action that echoes the Youngbloods’ ’60s chestnut, “Get Together.”

He hopes to finish and release Albino Road by the end of August, and is currently contemplating how to unveil it live.

“I’m figuring out if I want to present it in a solo fashion, or try some looping, or have some people on stage,” he said. “I may drop a song into my covers set, as my plan is to peel away from that at some point and do all originals.”

The project has changed shape on the way to completion.

“Originally … it was just going to be me and my acoustic guitar,” Scott said, “but any time I try to do STEVEN SCOTT that I end up thinking, ‘I wonder what a piano would sound like, or a flute.’”

He recruited local producer and musician Jay Frigoletto to add some layers to “Anywhere But Here,” which revved up the once-austere track.

“Instead of a down to earth folk song,” Scott said, “it turned out to be more folk rock.”

Mindset X was working on a new album with plans to hit the studio in April, “but Covid threw a wrench in all of that,” Scott

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said. “We didn’t jam for a couple of months because we weren’t supposed to.”

With his solo record basically done, MSX is targeting the next month or two to record tracks for release early next year.

“There’s a lot of questions still to be answered, but we’re ready to go and I’m proud of the stuff we’ve written,” Scott said.

“It’s definitely us all the way.”

For now, Scott performs covers to audiences, who seem to appreciate him more.

“You look back six months ago and people are posting about three friends who showed up to see them play, but now people are really hungry for it,” he said. “They seem more enthusiastic, and more willing to accept an original song thrown in now and then. I try to move to the light and away from the darkness; Covid exists — we know that — but you gotta look for some good in all of this.”

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Concord Cheers: Lisa Guyer, 5 p.m.

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Exeter Sawbelly Brewing: Borscht, 5 p.m. (blend of bluegrass, classic folk and originals)

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Manchester CJ’s: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Derryfield: D-Comp, 6 p.m.

Firefly: Ryan Williamson, 5 p.m.

KC’s: Austin McCarthy, 5:30 p.m.

Murphy’s: BassTastic Duo, 8 p.m.

Penuche’s: Lee Ross, 7 p.m. (patio) Meredith Town Docks: Mitch Alden, 5 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Andrew Geano, 6 p.m.

Milford The Hills: Justin Jordan, 6 p.m.

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The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

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Henniker Pats Peak: Mark Wydom, 5 p.m.

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Derry T-Bones: Sean Coleman, 6 p.m.

Gilford Patrick’s: Phil & Janet, 4 p.m.

Goffstown Village Trestle: Off Duty Angels Acoustic, 6 p.m.

Epping Telly’s: Mica Peterson Duo, 8 p.m.

Exeter Sawbelly Brewing: Qwill, 2 p.m.

Greenfield The Hungry Goats: Steve Daluca, 7 p.m.

Hampton Ashworth: Downtown Dave and the Deep Pockets, 4 p.m. (Sandbar); DJ, 8 p.m. (Breakers) Bernie’s: MB Padfield, 1 p.m. (main stage); Mike Forgette, 2 pm. (patio); Emily Rae, 8 p.m. (patio) The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Austin McCarthy, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: Time Travelers, 7 p.m.

COMEDY THIS WEEK AND BEYOND Some are ticketed shows; schedule subject to change. See venues for safety procedures, ticket information and information about rescheduled shows.

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Mills Falls Marketplace: Andre Balazs, 5 p.m.

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Chunky’s 707 Huse Road, Manchester; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, chunkys.com The Community Oven 24 Calef Hwy, Epping 734-4543, thecommunityoven.com

The Loft 131 Congress St., PortsAmherst Country Club mouth, 436-2400, 72 Ponemah Rd, themusichall.org Amherst, playamherst. com, 673-9908 Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., ManCheshire Drive-In Live chester, 668-5588, Cheshire Fairground palacetheatre.org 247 Monadnock Hwy, Swanzey drive-in-live.com

Hooksett Big Kahunas: Justin Jordan, 5 p.m.

Londonderry 7-20-4: The Garrett Patridge Acoustic Triune, 4 p.m.

Coach Stop: Jae Mannion, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: Mugsy Duo, 2 p.m.

Manchester Backyard Brewery: Ken Budka, 5 p.m.

Bonfire: The Hip Movers, 9 p.m.

Cercle: Bad Medicine, 5 p.m.

CJ’s: Joe Winslow, 6 p.m.

Derryfield: TMFI, 7 p.m.

Firefly: Chris Taylor, 6 p.m.

The Foundry: Chad Verbeck, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Paul Formley, 6 p.m.

Jewel: Manchester Glow Party with high energy music, 9 p.m.

KC’s: Paul Lussier, 7 p.m.

McIntyre: Joanie Cicatelli, 5:30 p.m.

Murphy’s: The Melody, 9:30 p.m.

Meredith Twin Barns: Paul Warnick, 3 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Paul Luff, 6:30 p.m.

Milford Riverhouse: Chris Perkins, 6 p.m.

Tupelo Music Hall Aug. 27, 7 p.m.

10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, • Bob Marley, Palace tupelomusichall.com Theatre, Friday, Aug. 28, 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 29, 3, 5, 7 & Shows • Bob Marley, Palace 9 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. Theatre, Thursday, Aug. 30, 4, 6:15 & 8:30 p.m.

20, 6 & 8:30 p.m.; Fri- • Bill Simas, Chunky’s day, Aug. 21, 6 & 8:30 Nashua, Friday, Aug. 28, p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 8 p.m.

• Roy Wood Jr., The 22, 4, 6:15 & 8:30 p.m.

• Jim Colliton, Loft in Portsmouth, SatAmherst Country Club, urday, Aug. 29, 7 & 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

Jim Colliton, • Mark Scalia, • Chunky’s Nashua, Sat- Chunky’s Manchester, Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m. urday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.

• Mike’d Up Comedy • Juston McKinney, Showcase, Community The Loft in Portsmouth, Oven in Epping, Wednes- Thursday, Sept. 3, 6 & 8 p.m. day, Aug. 26, 7 p.m.

• Kelly McFarland, • Comedy Night, Alpine Grove, Thursday, Tupelo Drive-In, Friday, Sept. 4, 6 p.m.

NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Nashua American Social Club: Jodee Frawlee, 7 p.m.

Fratello’s: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Liquid Therapy: Joel Cage, 6 p.m.

Pittsfield Main Street Bar & Grill: Nicole Knox Murphy, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth The Goat: Dave Perlman, 8:30 p.m.

The Striker: George Belli Duo, 7 p.m.

Rochester Governor’s Inn: Rob & Jody, 7 p.m. (acoustic duo) Salem Copper Door: Bob Pratte, 6 p.m.

T-Bones: Andrew Geano, 6 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: Fast Times, 6:30 p.m.

(1980s tribute) Stratham Tailgate Tavern: Bria Ansara, 7 p.m.

Wilton Country Chef: Technical Difficulties, 5 p.m.

Windham Old School: Down Cellah, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Bedford Murphys: Malcolm Salls, 4 p.m.

Wally’s: MB Padfield, 2 p.m.; Mike Spaulding, 7 p.m.

WHYM: Max Sullivan, noon

Canterbury Shaker Village: The Six Feet Away Band, 4 p.m. (Concord west end jazz)

Hollis Alpine Grove: Danny Klein’s “Full House,” 1:30 p.m. (the music of J Geils Band)

Chichester Flannel Tavern: Jennifer Mitchell, 4 p.m.

Hudson Fat Katz: D-Comp, 2 p.m.

Epping Railpenny Tavern: Artty Francoeur, 10 a.m. (Blues brunch with a side of bluegrass) Exeter Sawbelly Brewing: Double Shotz, noon Gilford Patrick’s: Kevin & Josh, 4 p.m.

Hampton Ashworth: Paul Warnick Solo, 4 p.m. (Sandbar) Bernie’s: Joe Sambo, 1 p.m. (Main stage); Sophistafunk, 7 p.m. (main stage); King Kyote, 2 p.m. (patio); Mike Forgette, 7 p.m. (patio) CR’s: Don Severance, 4 p.m.

Instabar: Brad Bosse, 2 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Sea Shell: Classic Grove, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Erika Van Pelt Duo, 1 p.m.; Joanie Cicatelli, 5:30 p.m.

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Ryan Palma, 5 p.m.

Laconia Naswa: Souled Out Show Band, 4 p.m.

Londonderry Stumble Inn: Cordeiro, Fitzpatrick & Costley, 12:30 p.m.; Erika Van Pelt Duo, 5 p.m.

Manchester Derryfield: J-Lo, 5 p.m.

Firefly: Chris Perkins, 4 p.m.

New Boston Molly’s: Chad Verbeck, 2 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Open mic with Dave Ogden, 5 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Clint Lapointe, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 8:30 p.m.

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Hampton Bernie’s: MB Padfield, 7 p.m. (main stage); Reggae Nights with Green Lion Crew, 7 p.m. (patio) The Goat: Shawn Theriault, 8:30 p.m.

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Manchester Fratello’s: Phil Jakes, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Rebecca Turmel, 8 p.m.

The Goat: Musical Bingo Nation, 7 p.m.; Alex Anthony Band, 9 p.m.

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Hampton Bernie’s: Mike Forgette, 7 p.m. (main stage); Ivory Tickling Tuesdays with Paul Wolstencroft of Slightly Stoopid, 7 p.m. (patio)

Concerts Ticketed shows; schedule subject to change. See venues for safety procedures and information about rescheduled shows.

Venues Alpine Grove 19 S. Depot Road, Hollis alpinegrove.com

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 8:30 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Brad Bosse, 7 p.m.

Sea Shell: Neurotic Gumbo, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

Laconia Naswa: Paul Warnick, 4:30 p.m.

Londonderry Stumble Inn: Chris Lester, 5 p.m.

Manchester Fratello’s: Johnny Angel, 6 p.m.

KC’s: Open mic with Paul Costley & Nate Comp, 7 to 10 p.m. with feature artist Brooks Hubbard from 7 to 8 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Josh Foster, 6 p.m.

Milford The Hills: Brad Bosse, 6 p.m.

Nashua Fratello’s: Malcolm Salls, 6 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Artists on the Move showcase, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Pete Peterson, 8 p.m.

The Goat: Pat Dowling, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 26 Bedford Murphy’s: Ryan Williamson, 5:30 p.m.

Concord Area 23: open mic night, 5 p.m.

Lithermans: Hey Dana and Andrew North Acoustic show, 5 p.m.

Rex Theatre 23 Amherst St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org Stone Church 5 Granite St., Newmarket 659-7700, stonechurchrocks.com Tupelo Music Hall 10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

Bank of NH Stage Zinger’s 16 S. Main St., Concord 29 Mont Vernon, Milford 225-1111, banknhstage.com Outdoor venue: Fletcher-Murphy zingers.biz Park (28 Fayette St. in Concord) Shows • Badfish (A tribute to Sublime) Cheshire Drive-In Live Friday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m., Cheshire Cheshire Fairground 247 Monadnock Hwy, Swanzey, Drive-In Live • Crazy on You (Heart Tribute) drive-in-live.com Saturday, Aug. 22, 3 & 6 p.m., Fisher Cats Delta Dental Stadium Tupelo Drive-In • The Allman Betts Band Satur1 Line Drive, Manchester day, Aug. 22, 3 &8 p.m., Cheshire nhfishercats.com Drive-In Live • Jordan TW w/ Matt Jensen The Music Hall Saturday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m., Bank 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth of NH Stage in Concord (out436-2400, themusichall.org doors) 131859

Exeter Sawbelly Brewing: David Drouin, 5 p.m.

Hampton Ashworth: Max Sullivan, 4 p.m.

(Sandbar); Joel Cage Solo, 8 p.m.

(Breakers) Bernie’s: Adam Lufkin, 7 p.m. (main stage); King Kyote, 7 p.m. (patio) The Goat: Emily Rae, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Brandy, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Waterman Wednesday with Adam Fithian, 7 p.m. (live acoustic)

Laconia Naswa: Paul Warnick, 4:30 p.m.; Tom Paquette Band, 5 p.m.

Londonderry Stumble Inn: Austin McCarthy, 5 p.m.

Manchester Fratello’s: Jeff Mrozek, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: MB Padfield, 6:30 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Chris Cavanaugh, 6 p.m.

Nashua Fratello’s: Jodee Frawlee, 6 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Tyler Allgood, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Andrew Geano, 8 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

• Not Fade Away (music of the Grateful Dead) Saturday, Aug. 22, 6 p.m., Stone Church • The Big Note Trio Saturday, Aug. 22, 6 & 8 p.m., Music Hall (out on Chestnut Street) • A Celebration of the Women of Classic Country Saturday, Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre • Danny Klein’s Full House (celebrating the music of the J Geils Band) Sunday, Aug. 23, 1:30 p.m., Alpine Grove • Gary Hoey’s 60th Birthday Bash Sunday, Aug. 23, 3 & 6 p.m., Tupelo Drive-In • Will Dailey Thursday, Aug. 27, 6 p.m., Tupelo Drive-In • Entrain Friday, Aug. 28, 6 p.m., Tupleo Drive-In • Town Meeting Friday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m., Zinger’s • ABBA Tribute Show Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m., Fisher Cat’s Delta Dental Stadium • Acoustic Grateful Dead with John Zevos and Friends Friday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre • Martin Sexton Friday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m., Cheshire Drive-In Live

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71. To cut a tour short 72. Maytals ‘Pressure __’ 73. ‘Ex’s & Oh’s’ King

Down 1. ‘__ Suave’ Gerardo 2. Lionel Richie found a title for his feelings and sang ‘__ __ It Love’ (1,4) 3. ‘90 Iggy Pop w/Kate Pierson hit to listen to while having sweets, perhaps 4. What Metallica’s ‘Sandman’ does 5. Electrify 6. Deep Purple ‘Rat __ Blue’ 7. Vampire Weekend song off debut 8. Megadeth ‘__ __ Le Monde’ (1,4) 9. Deep Purple “I came to see you once before one hundred years __” 10. Not strumming, but doing this to the strings 11. ‘Distance Equals __ Times Time’ Pixies 12. Alice In Chains ‘__ Gland’ 13. Hall & Oates ‘Some Things Are Better __ Unsaid’ 18. Wolf Parade ‘Soldier’s __’ 19. Leeds band __ Saints 24. “__ __ get a witness?” (3,1) 25. Raps, slang 27. Eminem rapped a song for ‘Old Time’s __’ 29. Journey axe slinger Neil Across 60. John Hiatt ‘__ Blue Heart’ 31. Goes with GnR’s ‘Bedouins’ 1. ‘O’ sing/songer Damien 62. Might hear ‘Get Lonely’ on a hillside 32. Glenn Frey ‘Part __ __, Part Of You’ 5. 70s ‘Mamma Mia’ Frida Lyngstad pop by Mountain __ (2,2) band 64. ‘06 ‘Is It Any Wonder?’ Keane album 33. Kelly Clarkson told us exactly ‘How 9. Deep Purple song about 4th month?

(5,3,4,3) I __’ 14. Mary J Blige looked us up and down, 68. Magnetic Fields grabbed their lasso 34. David Lee Roth grabbed the basketthen sang ‘__ __ Love You’ (1,3) and sang ‘Papa Was A __’ ball and did a ‘__ Dunk’ 15. The Electric Chairs told us to stop 69. 1972’s ‘__ __ Peach’ by Allman 35. Something stirred in Arthur Conley being a ‘Worry __’ Brothers (3,1) and he sang ‘I __ __ Feeling’ (3,1) 16. Menacing look from frontman to 70. Cut Copy said it was an emergency 36. Tunde Adebimpe band __ __ The soundman and sang ‘__ You Now’ Radio (2,2) 17. Kylie Minogue worldwide smash ‘__ My Head’ (4,3,3,3,2) 20. James Brown kept performing even as he got this 21. ‘94 Tesla album ‘Bust A __’ 22. Rapper/actor 50 __ 23. Words to a song are known as this 26. Stephen Stills rolled up his sleeves and sang ‘So Begins The __’ 28. What drumstick does with slamming metal music 30. Classic Nazareth rock song ‘__ __ The Dog’ (4,2) 34. ‘Pepper’s’ title, to Beatles (abbr) Last Week’s Answers: 37. ‘Chelsea Girl’ singer/model that worked with Velvet Underground 39. Deep Purple “Turning the knife, how much can I bleed” 40. Blindside enjoyed playing more and more and ‘Fell In __’ (4,4,3,4) 44. A sound (1,4) 45. Lower Manhattan NYC neighborhood Phil Lynott ‘Solo In’, perhaps 46. Brazilian guitar maker Casa __ Vecchio 47. Italian pop-punkers that covered ‘The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough’ 49. ‘Turn Off The Light’ Furtado 52. Tom Petty LA Riots song ‘Peace __ __’ (2,2) 54. David Bowie guitarist Gabrels 57. Like similar bands

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“Food for Thought” — the first Jonesin’ puzzle ever: May 2001 Across 1 Band that’s the theme of this puzzle 6 “Heroz4hire” rapper ___ the Damaja 10 Slasher flick props 14 “... quack quack there, ___ quack ...”

15 Actor Arkin 16 “99 Luftballons” singer 17 Impulsive, courageous person, so they say

18 Hollywood cross street 19 He was a real Dick on “NewsRadio” 20 1-Across guitarist and vocalist 23 Summer month, for short 24 Speaks like a heavy smoker 26 Shop class tool 29 Cry convulsively 31 Letters on a Cardinals hat 32 “Bali ___” (“South Pacific” song) 34 1-Across and The Dude of

Life album released in 1994 38 “Hell’s Half ___” (1954 movie) 39 Velvet Underground vocalist Reed 40 Singers lower than soprani 41 1-Across predecessors and mentors 46 Jazz band’s song list 47 They taketh away on Apr. 15 48 ___ Fighters (Dave Grohl band) 49 Org. that gives out 9-digit IDs 50 Sends to hell 52 Sound from a lamb 54 1-Across keyboardist who started as a fan 61 Cheat, in a way 63 Cleopatra’s river 64 “Jeremy” singer Vedder 65 Subject of “Weird” Al Yankovic’s “The White [31-Down]” 66 The last word in sermons?

67 “___ White Swan” (T. Rex

song) 68 They’re separated on some old sitcoms 69 Elevator, to Elvis Costello 70 European compilation album for 1-Across

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Down 1 ___ Farm (bygone clothing line) 2 Mister, in Munich 3 Powerful and pleasing, to a Rasta 4 “Later” 5 Is of practical value 6 Coffeehouse quaff 7 Yale students, familiarly 8 Blow a gasket 9 Dig up 10 “Henry and June” diarist Nin 11 They adore strange things 12 Jim Morrison song, with “The” 13 “___ Anything” (John Cusack

movie) 21 Gps. like CARE and Amnesty International 22 Word after bake or garage 25 Ubiquitous December mall guys 26 Sings like Kurt Elling 27 Like an angry cat’s back 28 Spied via the telephone 30 Neckwear for Frankenstein’s monster?

31 Nondescript category 33 “___ bad, bad thing” 35 1000 K 36 Friend’s opposite 37 “Spy vs. Spy” magazine 42 Decoder’s wear?

43 “Your ___” (Morrissey album) 44 Man, in Mantua 45 Cars given while yours is in the shop, e.g.

51 Sandwich spreads 53 “We love to fly ___ shows” (Delta slogan) 55 “Rent” character 56 F or G, on sheet music 57 It’s worth next to nothing 58 Old Icelandic saga 59 “What ___ Beneath” 60 Remini of “The King of Queens” 61 Corn remnants 62 Raw metal source © 2001, 2020 Matt Jones

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Puzzle C

SIGNS OF LIFE All quotes are from The Mamba Men- crucial moments during the game. Check tality: How I Play, by Kobe Bryant, born your back pocket.

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Aries (March 21 – April 19) Basketball took me everywhere. … Without hoops, I Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) It’s all about would not understand how to create or putting me in the place I need to be in for write, I would not understand human that game. Some games required more nature, nor would I know how to lead. The intensity, so I would need to get my char- game, in essence, taught me the art of stoacter and mind in an animated zone. Other rytelling. Without it, I would not have an games, I needed calm. … Know what you Emmy, I would not have an Oscar, I would need. not have creative dreams and visions still Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) It’s just me to unfold. Don’t give basketball too much and the basket, the court and my imagi- credit. nation, dreams. There’s something about Taurus (April 20 – May 20) The basket being in a big arena when no one else is stays stationary. Your job could be worse. there. Dance like no one’s watching.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) A lot of Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Refs have a players solely focused on improving off difficult job. They’re not just responsible the dribble, but I also always placed addfor observing and moderating the action in ed emphasis on playing off the catch. Do front of them at a fast pace. They’re also both. responsible for bearing the brunt of the Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Let’s talk emotions of a game that tend to boil over. about the pass, too. If you’re going to go Think like a ref and you’ll get stuff done. through all of that effort to set the play up, Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) I made a if you’re going to get hacked and pounded point of reading the referee’s handbook. on your way to the hoop, you better make This is excellent advice. sure you don’t mess up the last step. PracSagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) If you tice all the steps. want to be a great basketball player, you have to be in great shape. Drop and give me 20.

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Srinivas Gupta, a businessman in Koppal, India, and his wife, Madhavi, were building their dream home when she died in a car crash in 2017. But in many ways, she is still with Gupta — especially now that he has installed a life-size wax statue of her in the home. Madhavi’s likeness is in a seated position, clothed in a pink sari and gold jewelry. “The planning for the house was all done by her and we couldn’t imagine entering this new house without her,” Anusha Gupta, one of the couple’s daughters, told CNN. At a housewarming party on Aug. 7, friends and relatives posed with Madhavi on a couch and posted photos to social media. The family says they will keep the statue in their courtyard: “She used to enjoy the outdoors,” Anusha said.

More money than sense

A Chinese businessman living in the United States has commissioned the priciest face mask in the world from Israeli jeweler Yvel, the Associated Press reported on Aug. 9. Yvel owner Isaac Levy said the 18-karat gold mask will cost $1.5 million and sparkle with 3,600 white and black diamonds. “Money maybe doesn’t buy everything,” Levy admitted, “but if it can buy a very expensive COVID-19 mask and the guy wants to wear it and walk

around and get the attention, he should be happy with that. I am happy that this mask gave us enough work for our employees to be able to provide their jobs in very challenging times like these,” he added. Levy said he would not wear it himself, though.

as Liu, fell through a wooden cover on a well in his hometown of Fuliudian Village on Aug. 7, Fox News reported. But rather than plunging to the bottom, he got stuck in the opening with his built-in life preserver. At least five firefighters were needed to hoist the man out of the well using a rope tied around his waist, but Liu O! Canada Social media has lit up recently in Can- escaped unharmed. ada with photos of unexpected additions to beaver lodges, including satellite dishes Oops and a flagpole. Glynnis Hood, a professor At Shooters World in Orlando, Florida, a of environmental science at the Universi- teenage girl walked into a display gun safe ty of Alberta, confirmed that beavers could on Aug. 11 — and the door closed behind install a satellite dish, “but it would prob- her, locking her inside. Orlando firefightably be covered in mud.” So what gives? ers responded to the scene, where they Hood and others think it’s the quintes- “tried the manufacturers’ suggestions and sential Canadian prank: “I think that unfortunately the fail-safe system failed Canadians have this profound connection on it,” explained Chief J.J. White. Instead, to beavers,” she told the CBC. “It’s our ClickOrlando.com reported, responders national symbol. [It] just seems to go well used a hydraulic extrication tool to free the with the Canadian identity.” Sure enough, girl, who was not injured in the incident.

Grant Carlson of Thunder Bay, Ontario, confirmed that he was one of the prank- Government in action sters: “We decided to help the beavers.

Jade Dodd renewed her driver’s license You know self-isolation isn’t so bad with in Hickman County, Tennessee, on time, Netflix.” but when she received the new card in the mail, it was missing a key ingredient: her Awesome! photo. Where Dodd’s face should have It isn’t often that you can thank your been was an empty chair, WKRN reportoverweight belly for saving your life, but a ed. “The lady at the DMV did not really 28-year-old man in Henan Province, Chi- believe me when I was like, hey, I need my na, is doing just that. The man, identified license fixed,” Dodd said. But when she

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