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Our family has always enjoyed stories. Car rides, since the time my daughter was very young, have included listening to fables, fairy tales and fantastic fiction from the time we first heard New Hampshire-based Simon Brooks in person and then purchased his CDs. And our lives have revolved around musical theater since my daughter was enthralled by a Manchester Community Theatre Players production at age 4 and she left the auditorium filled with wonder, singing the words. Our home has been filled with song ever since!

As we watched the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary special I realized there was something different about this particular story centered on three children at the wizarding school of Hogwarts. Sure, my husband and I had seen every movie as soon as it was released. And he had read all the books. However, once our daughter was old enough to be introduced, things took on a different character.

My husband began by reading her the first five books. Being the Ravenclaw that I am, we followed age-appropriateness guidelines for watching the movies. As she grew, my dyslexic daughter was able to ear-read by listening to the stories herself. Soon she had completed the whole series and was listening to it again, for a second and then a third time. Listening to the stories, little by little, at bedtime, provided a comforting touchstone for my Hermione-inspired daughter, up through middle school. We lost count of how many times she heard the whole series and suspect she could place in the Guinness Book of World Records if we only knew.

The highlight of many Christmases included Potter-themed clothes, gear and games, including our Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw “letter-sweater” jackets for my daughter, my husband and me, respectively, that we then wore to an interactive HP-themed Christmas show in Portsmouth! We once left a family reunion in Sarasota and drove across Florida to spend less than 36 hours at the new (second) Universal theme park and experience the train ride between parks. Most memorable was her 8-year birthday party, an all-out HP-themed extravaganza complete with a “run-through” train station wall, a sorting hat, a Quidditch game, a car in a “Whomping Willow,” adults in character — my husband was Rubeus Hagrid and I Professor McGonagall — and a trek through the Forbidden Forest to save the unicorn by all the children in their Hogwarts regalia!

We have mourned the death of Alan Rickman and other cast members. And watching the retrospective, I got misty realizing the cultural phenomenon that Harry Potter has proven to be — inspiring millions of children, youths and adults, to not lose hope, to fight for good, and to understand and trust the transformative power of love. Now that’s true magic.

Dr. Trinidad Tellez is a family physician and health equity strategist, community advocate, and consultant.

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ON THE COVER 10 A WINTER HIKE Taking to the trails this season poses a few unique challenges compared to spring, summer and fall hiking, but it can be done safely (and comfortably!).

ALSO ON THE COVER, check out a new exhibit featuring quilts created by Hollis artist Ellen Fisher at the Nashua Public Library, p. 14. Osaka Japanese Restaurant opens in Manchester, p. 27. And April Cushman plays live in Concord, p. 34.

INSIDE THIS WEEK NEWS & NOTES 4 NEWS IN BRIEF 6 Q&A 7 SPORTS 8 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 9 THIS WEEK THE ARTS 14 ART QUILTS 16 ARTS ROUNDUP INSIDE/OUTSIDE 18 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

20 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

20 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

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FOOD 26 OSAKA JAPANESE RESTAURANT In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Try This at Home; Drinks with John Fladd; Wine.

POP CULTURE 31 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz rings in 2022 with the hopefully not-prophetically-named Nightmare Alley.

NITE 34 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Nite Roundup, concert & comedy listings and more.

35 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

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

ODDS & ENDS 39 KEN KEN, WORD ROUNDUP 40 CROSSWORD, SUDOKU 41 SIGNS OF LIFE, 7 LITTLE WORDS 42 NEWS OF THE WEIRD

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On Dec. 27, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention issued a statement updating its recommended isolation period for certain populations that have been infected with or exposed to Covid-19.

According to the statement, the recommended time has been cut from 10 days to five days, a change the CDC says was “motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of … transmission occurs early in the course of illness.” Additionally, the CDC is now recommending those who are unvaccinated or are more than six months out from their second vaccine dose and not yet boosted to quarantine for five days, followed by strict mask use for another five days.

The New Hampshire Hospital Association is now issuing its own daily Covid-19 update, according to a Dec. 28 report from WMUR. The data shows that about two-thirds of all Covid-related hospitalizations in the state are in unvaccinated patients, but the Association notes that the actual proportion could be higher. According to the report, booster doses are not taken into account, so it is unknown how many patients may have received that extra shot.

A total of 658 licenses were issued to nurses in New Hampshire between Dec. 1 and Dec. 20, according to a Dec. 29 press release from Gov. Chris Sununu’s office, following an executive order that was issued a month before to address surging Covid hospitalizations.

“We are breaking down barriers to ensure our health care system has the staffing needed to respond to this winter surge,” Sununu said in a statement announcing the new licensees.

Also on Dec. 29, Sununu and Department of Health & Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette announced that the state has

received confirmation from FEMA to receive three teams dedicated to administering monoclonal antibodies. The teams were scheduled to be deployed on Jan. 3 to Concord Hospital, Elliot Hospital in Manchester and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon. But due to an overwhelming demand across the country, Sununu announced in another statement that day that their arrival has been delayed until next week.

On Dec. 30, Sununu announced that New Hampshire would be receiving a 17-person team of active-duty service members from the federal Department of Defense.

On Jan. 3, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration authorized booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, according to a press release. Additionally, the recommended time between the completion of the primary vaccination series and the administration of the booster dose has been shortened to five months for the Pfizer vaccine. In New Hampshire, signups are now available for the state’s second “booster blitz” event on Jan. 8. Go to covid19nh.gov/booster-blitz to make an appointment at a fixed vaccination site.

SOS retires

On Jan. 3, longtime Secretary of State William Gardner announced that he will be retiring in the coming days, after arrangements are made for Deputy David Scanlan to assume the office. In his announcement, Gardner wrote that he took his first oath as a New Hampshire Constitutional officer as a state representative on the same day in 1973 at age 24.

“I have worked inside this Statehouse building during each of the past 50 years ... [and] have served with 11 governors, 17 Senate presidents, 13 speakers, 14 attorney generals [and] 7 treasurers,” Gard-

Laurie List

A list of the names of police officers throughout the state who have possible credibility issues was released by the attorney general’s office last week. According to a report from WMUR, the “Laurie List” tracks current and former police officers whose credibility might be questioned during trial because of previous conduct, and it was made public because of a new state law that was put in effect after media outlets and the ACLU sued to get access to the list in 2018. “This legislation was a result of a 2020 Supreme Court decision ruling that the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule was not categorically exempt from disclosure under the State’s transparency laws,” the New Hampshire Association of Police Chiefs wrote in a press release. The list released last week includes 80 names, the officers’ departments and the reason for the credibility issues, which include truthfulness, criminal conduct and falsifying records. There are more than 20 people not on the list who are contesting the release of their names, and another group of names is expected to be released in the coming months, according to WMUR. “The members of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police will continue to support the highest levels of transparency and accountability for the policing profession,” the association wrote in its press release.

Mental health help

The state’s new Rapid Response Access Point is now operational. As of Jan. 1, anyone having a mental health or substance abuse crisis can call or text 833-710-6477 to access immediate help and will be connected to local mental health crisis

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Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig was scheduled to take her third oath of office at The Palace Theatre on Jan. 4. According to a press release, the ceremony also included the swearing-in of aldermen and members of the Board of School Committee, and following the ceremony Craig was scheduled to preside over meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and the Board of School Committee.

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teams. According to a report from NHPR, the access point is an effort to reduce the number of people who go to emergency rooms for mental health crises. As of Dec. 30, two children and 23 adults were waiting for emergency room beds for psychiatric treatment, the report said.

The unit teams are still looking for more staff, and Jay Couture, president and CEO of Seacoast Mental Health Center, told NHPR that because these mental health centers are launching crisis response units at the same time, they’re often competing for staff. “[I’m] a little daunted about the reality of trying to fill these spots and wanting to make sure that we continue to have the best services possible so that nobody falls through the cracks,” she told NHPR. More information and resources are available at NH988.com.

Abortion law

A provision prohibiting abortion after 24 weeks of gestation, with exceptions for the mother’s life or physical health, that was part of the budget passed in June by Gov. Chris Sununu took effect Jan. 1, and, according to a report from WMUR, Democrats have already

MANCHESTER

Though its fundraising events were canceled this year, the Nashua GarDerry Merrimack den Club was still able to donate to several local charities during the holiLondonderry day season. According to a press release, the Humane Society of Greater Nashua, NASHUA NASHUA 68 Hours of Hunger, the PLUS Company and the educational association Regenerative Roots each received $125.

drafted legislation that would repeal the new restrictions and establish state-level protection for abortion access. “Effective Jan. 1, the State of New Hampshire will be denying a woman the dignity to make personal, private decisions and instead inserting government into medical choices,” Rep. Marjorie Smith, D-Durham, said at a December news conference, according to WMUR.

Tyler Shaw’s Law

Also going into effect Jan. 1 was Tyler Shaw’s Law, which will allow judges to hand down longer prison sentences to repeat drunken drivers who kill or cause harm to others. The law was named for a 20-year-old Concord man who died in 2018 after a repeat drunken driver sped off Exit 1 on Interstate 89 South, went through a stop sign and hit Shaw’s truck, according to a report from WMUR. Now someone with one previous drunken driving conviction who kills or seriously injures another person in a car crash can be sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison, and those with two or more previous convictions can be sentenced to 15 to 30 years, the report said.

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Submissions are being accepted now for the first issue, set to be published in February. Peary discussed the magazine and the importance of providing opportunities for young writers to be published.

How and why was sion as a way to set a foot on the the magazine started? ground when the adult-made sky The magazine began seems to be spinning. as an offshoot of the 2021 North Country Young WritWho are your target readers? ers’ Festival. It just felt like a The target readership are teens natural outgrowth … of the fesfrom anywhere around the globe tival. I held an initial meeting at who read or write in English. last May’s festival so students Adults will enjoy reading this from across the state could hear Alexandria Peary magazine — I know I’m lookabout this exciting opportunity, ing forward to sitting back with and most of the editorial staff were par- an espresso and perusing — but especialticipants at the festival. The intent is to ly writing and language arts teachers. The provide New Hampshire teens with leader- writing resources will be relevant to anyship opportunities in the creative arts and to one curious about how to write and publish. empower them to make decisions benefiting fellow teens.

Was there a need for a publication like this in New Hampshire?

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The magazine addresses several creative My official title is editor in chief, but what needs in the state, but one of the biggest is I do is mentor the teen editors, helping them to highlight the youth of the North Counacquire leadership skills and connections try, since the majority of the editorial staff, with people their age who are likewise inter- as well as our community advisors, reside in ested in writing. For example, pretty soon, that part of the state.

I’ll be showing the editorial staff how to submit their own creative writing to magazines How does writing and being published so they gain an other-side-of-the-table expe- impact teens’ lives? rience of what it’s like for a writer to trust a One thing I’ve noticed as a professor and as magazine staff with work. state poet laureate and just from circulating in the world as a writer is that people of all ages What kind of content does the magazine hesitate to push the ‘Submit’ button. People feature? face an uphill battle with self-doubt and rejecThe magazine features poetry, fiction tion fears. So in development are resources our and creative nonfiction. … Creative non- magazine will offer to help others find the confiction is not your average five-paragraph fidence and endurance to try for publication. school essay; [it] means flash nonfiction, … [Publishing and writing] is hugely importliterary journalism, personal essays, mem- ant [for teens] because it helps a student step oir excerpts — true writing told with the beyond the fenced-in world of just writing for story-telling tools of fiction and the viv- grades and teachers. Writing is far bigger and id language of poetry. For our first issue, too important to be confined to the classroom. we’re not running a theme, but we antici- I’m a huge advocate of young people sending pate future issues revolving around themes, their work out, even if they have no intention including special issues or sections devoted of becoming an English major in college or a to teens writing from other continents. I’m writer by trade. — Angie Sykeny in conversation over social media with writers and arts organizers from a few countries.

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Predictions for 2022 Here are a few predictions for 2022, some real and others of the fantasy variety that would make sports in the year ahead a lot more fun.

January: While everyone in Patriot Nation is picking on N’Keal Harry, no one in Patriot Nation notices expensive import tight end Jonnu Smith finishes with more penalties (all senseless and/or ill-timed) and dropped balls than catches.

February: On the strength of a 1,500-yard, 15-TD season Cincy wideout Ja’Marr Chase edges Mac Jones for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

After TB12’s four-interception outing as the Bucs lose to eventual SB winner L.A. in the NFC title game, the Brady-vs.-Belichick chatter finally grinds to a halt.

After he’s named NFL Coach of the Year, Dolphins owner Steve Ross quietly burns the announcement he drafted to fire Brian Flores after his team started in a 1-7 hole before recovering to get into playoff contention in January.

After a chance meeting with Wyc Grousbeck while getting booster shots at Hooksett Walgreens, I convince the Celtics owner to fire Brad Stevens as GM and replace him with me. A day later the NBA announces a shocking four-team trade that lands Jayson Tatum and Ben Simmons in Cleveland, Caris LeVert, Malcolm Brogdon and Lauri Markkanen in Philly, point guard Darius Garland, rookie (second overall pick) center-forward Evan Mobley, PF Domantas Sabonis and the aging and overpaid but still effective Kevin Love in Boston, as the blowing it up Pacers get four first-round picks, Grant Williams, Aaron Nesmith and the expiring contracts of Al Horford.

March: As the new NFL season begins, the Pats finally release N’Keal and put the franchise tag on free agent DB JC Jackson. An “I told you so column” follows, because I said last March they should lock him up less expensively then.

Brady says he’ll retire after 2022 as Yoko holds him to pledge to not play past 45. Joining Brady in the geezer home after 2022 is Dont’a Hightower, who hangs them up after trying to win SB No. 4 in his 11th season.

April: The baseball lockout rages on to blow out opening day. In a shocking draft stunner Bill Belichick trades out of the first round to select a safety in Round 2 of the NFL draft. After doing it in previous years to take the likes of Ras-I Dowling, Duke Dawson, Tavon Willis and other bust-o-ramas, this one actually makes sense with Devin McCourty nearing retirement.

If my fantasy prediction doesn’t come true, the Celtics lose their play-in game to the Knicks, ensuring fan outrage throughout the summer.

May: Baseball owners and players show they aren’t (quite) as dumb as they seem, settling their financial differences in the shadows during a worldwide pandemic.

June: Red Sox reject Hunter Renfroe is five games ahead of Mark McGwire’s pace the year he broke Roger Maris’ homer record.

At 4-5 and ERA in the low fours, Chris Sale has Red Sox Nation thinking the days of domination are gone with $60 large left on the contract.

July: Yours truly is named NBA Executive of the Year for pulling off the best local trade since Theo traded Nomar for Orlando Cabrera, Dave Roberts and good-fielding first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz.

His annual injuries mounting and his trending toward being the next Dwight Howard, Lakers GM/PF LeBron James trades Anthony Davis to Sacramento for the same number of draft picks he gave New Orleans to bring him to L.A. August: The streaky Renfroe has gone two months without a homer, leaving him 60 games behind McGwire’s pace but still 35 bombs ahead of trade mate Jackie Bradley Jr. September: Stat geeks continue the embarrassment by insisting to go for it on fourth down every time despite its costing the Chargers a 2021 playoff berth and nearly Cincy as well on Sunday if they hadn’t been the luckiest team in history to be saved from a clueless coach.

October: The Bruins’ season starts on time minus Patrice Bergeron.

JBJR wins The Mendozza Line Award, given annually to the player with the highest batting average rise above the previous years, after his takes a dramatic 45-point jump to finish the year hitting .207. A, er, steal for bargain-hunter Chaim Bloom at just north of $12 million.

November: Stat geek baseball writers again vote Mike Trout MVP after he leads the AL in WAR, while disregarding the Angels’ finishing 47 games out of a playoff slot.

December: UCLA squares off against Ohio State in the semi-final round of the national college football Championship Tournament at the Rose Bowl. Chip Kelly and Ryan Day are inundated with texts from every freeloader in Manchester who knew them from first grade on trying to get free tickets for the big game. Locals who do get in free are Manchester CC gadfly Matty Welsh, real estate magnate Bill Weidacher and Fratello’s owner Mike McDonough because Matty W doesn’t go anywhere without those two, Kelly’s one-time social studies teacher at Manchester Central Stan Spirou, who’ll be in the Red section though with daughter Nina and the grandkids since he’s also Day’s father-in-law. In a similar which-side-do-I-go fan vice is former West High assistant coach Sean McDonnell, who’ll sit on the UCLA side in the first half to support his former OC at the U and with the Buckeyes in the second half in support of his former threeyear starter at QB. Meanwhile the reigning NBA exec of the year gets shut out even though I called Day’s entire career at the U on TV and schooled Chipper back in the day on low post scoring in the late Carignan Men’s Basketball League.

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NEWS & NOTES

QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX Upgrades for local libraries

Forty-two New Hampshire public libraries will get funding through an Institute for Museum and Library Services’ “Grants to States” program, part of the American Rescue Act Plan of 2021. According to a press release, the grants, which total $825,442, will be facilitated by the New Hampshire State Library and align with its 2017-2022 five-year plan, addressing three goals: expanding access to libraries and information services for patrons of all abilities; improving equity of access to library services by offering professional support for librarians and staff; and increasing innovative services and programming to meet the changing needs for library services. Numerous local libraries will receive grants, including the libraries in Concord, Derry, Goffstown, Hooksett, Londonderry Manchester, Nashua and Windham. Projects had to start after Jan. 2 and be completed by Sept. 30.

Score: +1 Comment: Examples of funded projects include upgrading technology, digitizing historical documents and oral histories and purchasing bicycles to deliver materials to patrons who can’t come to the library, the release said.

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A recent press release from the Office of Gov. Chris Sununu was full of brags about New Hampshire rankings. The state ranks highest in personal freedom, economic opportunity and safety in the country, the release said, pointing to recently released data, like data from the U.S. Census Bureau that shows New Hampshire was the fastest growing state in the Northeast in 2021, with a population growth of 0.8 percent, and a U.S. News & World Report that puts the Granite State first for public safety. Other data rankings include: sixth best in the Tax Foundation’s Business Tax Climate Index, first for overall freedom in the Cato Institute’s “Freedom in the 50 States” report, first for economic freedom according to a report from the Fraser Institute, and lowest poverty rate according to a report from Forbes.

Score: +1 Comment: The press release did not ask if New Hampshire had been working out lately, because New Hampshire looks great.

Making veterans’ wishes come true

Residents of the Manchester VA Community Learning Center were in quarantine and confined to their rooms due to Covid during the holidays, meaning they couldn’t visit with family. According to a press release from the New Hampshire Daughters of the American Revolution — who represent the Veterans Administration Voluntary Services — the VA center asked each of the residents for their Christmas wishes, then compiled a list for the DAR, which sponsored the wishes. In return, the DAR received a “wonderful gift” on Christmas Day, in the form of a message from the VA center: “When you make a veteran cry, it’s either a very bad day or a really emotional thing. The thoughtfulness of the gifts that were provided this year was truly breathtaking. I had five veterans tear up. They truly had one of the best days I have seen, in a really long time. Your organization’s kindness was beyond measure.”

Score: +1 Comment: The message also noted that “for just one day [these veterans] were young and they were showered with gifts and love.”

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As 2022 begins, events are being canceled like it’s 2020. This week, Taste of Bedford, which was scheduled for Jan. 11, was canceled “due to the rapidly escalating cases of both Covid-19 and flu during this post-holiday period,” according to an email sent by organizers the morning of Jan. 4. NHSCOT’s Hogmanay, which had been planned for Jan. 2 was canceled, and an artist’s reception for a new art display at Nashua Public Library has been postponed indefinitely (though the exhibit is still scheduled to open for viewing this Saturday, Jan. 8 — check out the story on page 14!).

Score: -3 (one for each fun time delayed) Comment: Come on, 2022, cancellations are so two years ago. Do your own thing!

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A winter 10

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HOW TO STAY SAFE AND WARM WHILE EXPLORING NH’S WINTER WONDERLAND

Hiking writer and gear expert Philip Werner stops for a break near Mount Garfield during a recent winter hike. Among his gear choices for this hike are softshell pants, single layer insulated gloves, a thin wool base layer shirt, high gaiters and a nylon vest. Courtesy photo.

ing a brand-new hiker (or a new family of hikers) into a confident and safe New Hampshire winter explorer. It all comes down to the acronym GPS: gear, preparation and selection.

By Dan Szczesny

news@hippopress.com

At just over 2,300 feet, Belknap Mountain in Gilford is a hill compared to its cousins up north in the White Mountains.

But every mountain in New Hampshire presents hikers with unique challenges, especially in the winter.

Add a little hiker into the mix — in this case 2-year-old Oren Driscoll — and tiny Belknap Mountain can suddenly seem as large as Mount Everest.

Young Oren had just finished exploring the active Fire Tower at the summit and he and his mom, Epsom writer and veteran hiker Allison Driscoll, were relaxing with lunch near the base of the tower. Like many of the fire towers in New Hampshire, the open grating and steep stairs can be tricky to even the most weathered explorer.

Not to Oren, though, according to the older Driscoll.

“He’s not a daredevil kind of hiker,” Driscoll said. “So he was pretty proud of himself.”

A few minutes later, a much older kid showed up at the summit but was too afraid to go up the tower. This was a big moment for Oren, and for his mom.

“It was interesting to watch a 2-yearold make that climb when a 10-year-old couldn’t,” Driscoll said. “That was a little bit of an a-ha moment for me, when we started to think that we were on the right track.”

Driscoll is the administrator of the popular Trail to Summit website (trailtosummit.

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Having the proper gear

A family tackles the Manchester Heritage Rail Trail during a winter 2021 outing. Photo by Jason Soukup.

com), a resource for trip reports, recipes, gear reviews and stories about inspirational female hikers. But even for a long-time experienced hiker like Driscoll, the hiking world changed when kids entered the equation. Add the treacheries of winter into the hike planning, and everyone suddenly becomes a beginner.

“It becomes about different expectations,” Driscoll said.

With the fall shoulder season firmly in the rear-view mirror and a pandemic still making normal winter indoor activities a challenge, more and more new hikers and families are looking to the enormous number of parks, mountains and trails in New Hampshire to get outside. But winter hiking requires a bit more patience, planning and, in some cases, skill.

“When you’re new to the hiking world, especially in the winter, people don’t know the difference between mountains and not mountains,” said Mike Cherim, owner of Redline Guiding (redlineguiding.com).

“Your first step is to know what you’re doing so you can maximize your winter hiking experience.”

Cherim’s company, located in Intervale, specializes in matching hiking guides and routes with hikers, whether that be experienced pros looking to climb technical routes up icy mountains or a family of beginners learning how to snowshoe for the first time.

“There’s an expression we use,” Cherim said. “Mountains spare most fools.”

The key word there, of course, is “most.”

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Winter hiking, whether on a big exposed mountain or a close-to-home rail trail, is about two things: staying warm and regulating your body temperature. That goes for hikers of all ages, even kids. So the first step is to learn about layering.

“Winter hiking generates an enormous amount of body heat,” said Bartlett-based gear guru Philip Werner. “When perspiration dries, it’s transformed into vapor and pulls the heat out of your body.”

Layering allows you to regulate your perspiration and body temperature by literally taking off and putting on different layers of clothing throughout your hike. The key is regulation, Werner said.

The hiking expert and adventure writer is the owner of Section Hiker (sectionhiker.com), a hiking company that focuses on gear, ultralight backpacking and White Mountain treks.

“It’s counter-intuitive, but when you’re perspiring, take off your outer clothes,” he said. “You’ll actually be warmer.”

The best way to regulate your body temperature through layering is to practice off-hike first — maybe try out your layers in your backyard shoveling snow, for example. There are some general rules of thumb: base layer, fleece layer and heavy layer.

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heavy winds or a storm. For below the waist, a base layer and either fleece or shell pants or ski pants to mostly be enough. Again, in general, you don’t remove pants layers like you would torso layers.

Once you’ve got your layering strategy down, then it’s time to think about your feet.

“In general, if it’s your first time in winter, you’re going to want some sort of traction,” said Ken MacGray, a hiking writer and editor of the AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide. “Yaktrax might be good for the driveway, but you’ll want to think about microspikes or even crampons — something with beefier teeth — if you’re climbing.”

As the writer of New Hampshire’s 52 With a View: A Hiker’s Guide, MacGray has plenty of experience walking families through the lower mountains that are part of that list.

“Southern New Hampshire has its share of really difficult trails,” he said. “For winter hiking, if the cold bothers you, you just won’t want to be doing this.”

Finding ways to not just deal with but thrive in the cold is an important first step to enjoying winter hiking. In the case of new or first-time families, a layering strategy may even take a back seat to straight up keeping tightly bundled.

“My daughter is strapped onto my back,” said Allison Driscoll, referring to her other child, nearly 2-year-old Lyra. “She’s stationary when we’re out there so we need to make sure she’s very insulated.”

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“We’re willing to take anybody and teach them the ropes and get them to where they want to be,” Cherim said.

“A guide can bring so much to the table, MIKE CHERIM, OWNER not just facts, but putting things into OF REDLINE GUIDING perspective, giving some history, that sort of thing.”

Cherim was 4 years old when he hiked Mount Washington for the first time with his hiking-loving parents, and the hiking bug has been with him ever since.

But even if you’re not preparing for a huge, technical climb, or are not ready for a guide yet, a little bit of advance research into your routes and abilities can go a long way.

All the experts we talked to for this story recommended any beginning winter hiker take a walk through the many outdoor gear stores in the area (think acronyms, EMS, REI, IME) and talk to the store clerks, many of whom have winter hiking experience.

Werner suggested getting some practice with new, expensive gear by renting it first.

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Writer and adventure hiker Allison Driscoll poses with her two children, 9-month-old Lyra and 2-year-old Oren, during a 2021 winter hike in Northwood Meadows State Park. Courtesy photo.

Writer and adventure hiker Allison Driscoll poses atop 4,265-foot Bondcliff in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountains with her dog Ruckus. The shot was Driscoll’s pregnancy announcement in 2017 as she was three months pregnant with her son, Oren. Courtesy photo.

good way to experience snow for the first time. Or how about tubing or sledding as a first encounter ― there’s lots of overlap with hiking there.”

One particular group of first-time hikers ― kids ― may be challenging to hike with, Driscoll said. She hiked a lot, even when pregnant, but with her kids some of that preparation is mental.

“Being outdoors is so important for brain development and regulating emotions for kids,” she said.

“Preparation sometimes consists of adapting to a new mindset.”

Finally, for a large swath of potential first-time hikers in southern New Hampshire, a great first snow hike could be on a rail trail (nhrtc. org). The state has close to 400 miles of rail trails to offer hikers, said Paula Bedard of the New Hampshire Rail Trails Coalition.

The nonprofit organization is designed to support and promote the dozens of rail trail organizations, friends groups and user groups throughout the state.

“What we’re trying to do is provide a forum where all groups can get together to share success stories and strategies,” she said.

With about 50 different rail trails throughout the state, the coalition plays a big role in the final key to hiking: selection.

trails there are old roads so they are wide and generally not steep.”

Werner added one more reason to select winter hiking ― the wild life.

“There’s animal tracks, songbirds are out and there’s plenty of apps you can download and then just hold up to help you identify,” he said.

Driscoll agreed and recalled the first time on a winter hike that her son was visited by a gray jay, a large songbird that has a habit of feeding right out of hikers’ hands.

As for selecting new hikes, Driscoll said she and her son are now pursuing the state fire tower list, a collection of short hikes to active lookouts around the state.

“Lists add incentive for kids,” she said.

“We just want to make sure it’s fun.”

open scenic trail use right in the backyard of some of the most populated sections of the state.

“Every time I pull into my street, I can see people using the trail,” said Paula Bedard, who lives in Goffstown. “There’s been a huge uptick in usage [since the pandemic began] and it’s just continuing to grow. People are discovering rail trails they would not have otherwise.”

MacGray agreed that finding local trails nearby is a great first step toward tackling the higher hills. Rail trails aren’t included in the Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide, but plenty of smaller options are.

“There’s huge advantages to winALLISON DRISCOLL, ter hiking,” he said.

“No bugs, no moisLOCAL HIKER ture in the air, so better views and rocks covered up to make climbing easier.”

How to plan that first hike? For a first-timer in good shape, on a flat surface — say a rail trail — in normal winter conditions (not a blizzard), pick a trail that is 2 to 4 miles out and back. If you’re going up a mountain loop, or above tree line, stick to 1 to 3 miles.

As for temperatures, for a first-timer with the right gear there’s really no limit; 0 is the same as 30. More importantly, you want to look at wind chill, storms, etc. It can be 20 degrees but the wind chill can make it feel like -20. That’s the important factor.

Family-friendly state parks in the southern part of the state to select for your first winter hike include Bear Brook, Pawtuckaway and Pisgah, MacGray said.

“There’s plenty of challenging, remote trails there for sure,” he said. “But many

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Selecting the proper hike

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Get outside and hike!

We asked the experts to recommend some fast, easy and family-friendly hikes in southern New Hampshire. They came up with a diverse and sometimes off-the-beaten-path list. Remember, even on a flat, easy trail, winter hiking can present challenges.

Make sure you bring the proper gear for the weather and mind leave-no-trace etiquette on all trails and parks.

Paula Bedard

nhrtc.org Goffstown Rail Trail, Goffstown: This 5.5-mile quiet, flat former rail bed runs through Pinardville, Grasmere and Goffstown Village. Voted one of the top 10 rail trails in New Hampshire by the Rails to Trails Conservancy, the trail’s hardpack surface is perfect for cross-country skiing or snowshoeing in the winter. The trail’s southern end connects up with Manchester Piscataquog Rail Trail and will take you right into the city.

Features: The Goffstown Rail Trail primarily follows the Piscataquog River and features excellent views of Glen and

Namaske lakes. The trail is also a popular geocache area, with several caches hidden along its route. The trail is maintained by the Friends of the Goffstown Rail Trail, so signage and kiosks can be found all along the way.

If you go: The trail more or less follows Mast Road and South Mast Road for most of the route, and dedicated parking for the trail can be found at a couple spots along the way, including off Danis Park Road and Moose Club Park Road. If coming from Manchester, you can also park down

by West Side Arena off Electric Street at the Piscatoquog Boat Ramp, and cross the bridge to the southern start of the trail.

Allison Driscoll trailstosummit.com Marjory Swope Park trails, Concord: Marjory Swope Park is a fairly new hidden gem in east Concord, entrusted to the city in 2012 by John Swope, who named it after his wife. The primary trail is the Blue Loop, a 1.4-mile trail that circles the park. The Yellow Trail bisects the Blue Loop and goes up and over the top of Jerry Hill.

Features: The park features the remains of an old fire tower at the height of land in the park on Jerry Hill. The primary feature of the park, however, is Gilfillan Rock (featured in the “NH Rocks That Rock” field guide), a large rock ledge inscribed with dozens of names of hikers and students of nearby St. Paul’s School dating back 125 years.

If you go: Primary access to the Blue Loop and a small parking area can be found on Long Pond Road just north of Route 202.

Mike Cherim redlineguiding.com Mount Kearsarge, Wilmot from the north, Warner from the south: One of the jewels of the state park system, Mount Kearsarge can be reached from either Roll-

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Features: The main feature that makes Mount Kearsarge such a popular destination is its bare summit and tremendous 360-degree views from the top. There’s also an active fire tower up there. But the state parks at the southern and northern base of the mountain are lovely destinations in and of themselves for beginning winter adventurers looking to try snowshoeing or cross-country skiing for the first time.

If you go: From the north, Winslow State Park can be reached at 475 Kearsarge Mountain Road, Wilmot. Rollins State Park can be reached at 1066 Kearsarge Mountain Road, Warner.

In both cases, during the winter, a road walk is required to reach the main park areas, but those are great places to break out the snowshoes and skis. We recommend checking ahead and keeping an eye on the weather.

area features a number of interesting destinations, including Buffalo Rock, Six Acre Swamp, Duckbill Ledge and Steer Brook Gorge. Any of those destinations is no more than a 1- to 2-mile round-trip hike.

If you go: There are three primary trailhead/parking areas for Nottingcook Forest: South Bow Road, Crescent Drive and Woodhill Hooksett Road across from Hornbeam Swamp. Check the forest map beforehand to see which entrance gets you closest to the feature you’d like to visit.

Philip Werner sectionhiker.com Hedgehog Mountain, Albany: This small mountain (2,532 feet) is nonetheless a challenging winter hike. Once you’re comfortable with your winter gear and are ready to tackle a more significant hike, try the only mountain on our list in the White Mountains. This nearly 5-mile loop will test you!

Features: HedgeKEN MACGRAY, hog commands better views than HIKING WRITER many much higher mountains, including a stupendous view of nearby Mount Passaconaway. From the mountain’s east ledges you’ll find some of the best views of the Sandwich Range Wilderness to be had.

Remember, this is not a flat hike. But it’s a great way to put all your winter training on flat trails to good use.

If you go: The trailhead and parking area are on Kancamagus Highway. The parking area is on the south side of the road, 21 miles east of Interstate 93 at Exit 32 in Lincoln and 14.2 miles west of Route 16 in Conway.

It is signed for Downes Brook, UNH and Mt. Potash trails.

There’s huge advantages to winter hiking. No bugs, no moisture in the air, so better views ...

Ken MacGray kenmacgray.org Nottingcook Forest, Bow: Nottingcook Forest is a large forest easement held

by Bow Open Space that offers a series of criss-crossing and unique trails through the streams and runoffs surrounding Great Meadow Pond. In general the trails here are easy and perfect for winter outings.

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In this recent photo from a hike up Mount Moriah, hiking writer and gear expert Philip Werner wears a fleece hat and pullover zip, double layered insulated gloves, softshell pants, high gaiters and a nylon windshirt. Courtesy photo.

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Art quilts bring nature to Nashua Public Library real root system in traditional quilting that I have just interpreted in my own way.”

Ellen Fisher’s background in landThe designs on her quilts are based in scape design and conservation is at the nature, featuring things like streams and heart of her artistic quilts, which will be trees — most are elements that Fisher on display during her upcoming “Trans- worked with in her career as a landscape lating Nature Into Fabric” exhibit at the designer and conservationist.

Nashua Public Library starting Saturday, Her art quilts — not to be confused Jan. 8. with soft, cuddly quilts, like the ones Fisher, who lives in Hollis, learned she makes for her grandchildren — to sew from her have been even mother when she more in line with was young and her nature-centric picked it up again career ever since about 20 years I am not as interested in Fisher discovered ago. But Fisher’s making other people’s a few years ago work isn’t like her that she could get mom’s; she was designs but very intera different effect if a more traditionshe dyed her fabric al quilter, making ested in figuring out my with plants. practical items like “The colors in own, and I do this with bedquilts. nature, they tend “I was very great respect for the trato be on the more interested in her neutral side, more work but not in ditional quilting world. subdued,” she said. doing it myself She grows many ELLEN FISHER of the plants she until a certain kind of quilting came uses — goldenacross my radar [that’s] more improvisa- rod, sumac, wild rose and raspberry, for tional,” Fisher said. example — in her own garden and gathWatercolor quilting, as it’s known, ers the rest locally. reminded her of the kind of pictures that But Fisher said plant dyes aren’t are made up of little squares that work always conducive to her work, and she together to make a larger picture you still uses traditional fabrics as well. can see only when you stand back far “I love commercial printed fabrics … enough. as much as anyone else, and I’m a kid “It was that sort of image that grabbed in a candy store when I go to a fabric my interest,” she said. “I am not as inter- store,” she said. ested in making other people’s designs “Translating Nature Into Fabric” will but very interested in figuring out my be the first exhibit at the library’s gallery own, and I do this with great respect for since it closed in March 2020. the traditional quilting world. I have a “This is sort of like the art gallery

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Art Exhibits • EMILY NOELLE LAMBERT Solo exhibition by New York City artist Emily Noelle Lambert. Dana Center for the Humanities at Saint Anselm College (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester).

On view now through Jan. 9. Masks required inside the gallery. Visit anselm.edu/ dana-center-humanities or call 641-7700.

• “THE DYSFUNCTION OF SOCIAL PRACTICE” Kelley Stelling Contemporary presents an exhibition featuring paintings, sculpture and performance works by five New Hampshire artists.

Kimball Jenkins Estate (266

N. Main St., Concord). Now through Jan. 14. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with evening and weekend visits available by request. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary. com.

• “SALON 2021” Exhibition features offbeat and experimental works in a variety of media by regional artists with diverse studio practices and artistic approaches. The Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord, 225-3932, kimballjenkins.com).

Now through Jan. 14. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with evening and weekend visits available by request.

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• “BIG GIFTS IN SMALL PACKAGES” The Seacoast Artist Association’s annual holiday exhibit, featuring a variety of small works of art priced under $100 for gift buying. Now through Jan. 7.

130 Water St., Exeter. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 1 to 4 p.m. Visit seacoastartist.org or call 778-8856.

• “TOMIE DEPAOLA AT THE CURRIER” Exhibition celebrates the illustrator’s life and legacy through a collection of his original drawings.

On view now through Feb. 13.

Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Museum admission costs $15 for

reopening,” assistant librarian Holly Klump said.

Fisher applied to have her work displayed in the space and said the library is very generous in what it allows artists to do.

“It’s my responsibility to design the exhibit and hang the quilts, but that is not normal — usually management is very involved,” she said. “Here I have a lot of autonomy, and I consider that to be a huge advantage.”

“We really see the art gallery as the artist’s space for that two months that they have their art up,” Klump said. “I’m not a curator. … [We want artists] to take ownership of the space.”

Klump said they typically have a call for artists in the fall; this year, a library committee chose the artists. They prefer artists who are local or “local-ish,” she said.

“This year we have quite a variety of people [including an] oil painter, a spray painter, a photographer,” Klump said.

“I’m really proud. … I think it’s a great way to promote local artists, and it’s great for people who maybe don’t go [to see art at traditional] art galleries.”

Most of the 15 quilts in Fisher’s exhibit will be for sale, and there will be an information sheet with pricing and contact details. She had planned to have an artist’s reception shortly after the opening, but the surge in Covid cases has put that plan on hold. She said if the surge diminishes a lot by the end of the exhibit, she might try to have one, but for now, the exhibit will be available for general viewing any time the library is open.

“It’s a great way for the public to happen upon art, and it’s free, and it’s really beautiful stuff,” Klump said. adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and is free for children under age 13 and museum members.

Current museum hours are Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday.

Call 669-6144 or visit currier. org.

• “IMPRESSIONS: NATURE The New Hampshire Art Association presents an exhibit featuring the work of Allenstown artist Daniela Edstrom. Edstrom’s art explores the abstract qualities of light, form and color found in the New England landscape.

On view now through Feb. 17.

Beaver Brook quilt. Courtesy photo.

Jamie’s Tomatoes quilt. Courtesy photo,

See “Translating Nature into Fabric” Where: Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St. When: Saturday, Jan. 8, through Saturday, Feb. 26. Library hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m.

Visit: nashualibrary.org

Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center (49 S. Main St., Concord). Gallery hours at the Chamber are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All works are for sale. Visit nhartassociation.org or call 431-4230.

• “AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD: CARPETS FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD” Exhibit features 32 carpets dating from the 15th century to the 19th century. The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester). On view now through Feb. 27. Museum admission costs $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and is free for children under

age 13 and museum members.

Current museum hours are Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday.

Call 669-6144 or visit currier. org.

• CONCORD GARDEN CLUB 19TH ANNUAL “ART & BLOOM” Exhibition features floral interpretations of pieces in the “Setting the Standard” exhibition at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen headquarters. 49 S. Main St., #100, Concord.

Thurs., Jan. 20, 1 to 6:30 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visit concordgardenclubnh. com.

15 ARTS • “SETTING THE STANDARD” Exhibit features new work from League jurors in all media areas. League of New Hampshire Craftsmen headquarters, 49 S. Main St., #100, Concord. Jan. 20 through March 31. Co-exhibit with the Concord Garden Club 19th annual “Art & Bloom” show on Thurs., Jan. 20, 1 to 6:30 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular exhibition hours starting Jan. 25 are Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 4 p.m. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• “FOR THE LOVE OF IMPRESSION” Exhibit features prints created using traditional techniques and materials, combined with contemporary aesthetics, new materials, and technology.

Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St., Contoocook). Feb. 11 through March 5. Visit twovillagesart.org.

• “ARGHAVAN KHOSRAVI” Artist’s surrealist paintings explore themes of exile, freedom and empowerment; center female protagonists; and allude to human rights issues, particularly those affecting women and immigrants. The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester). On view April 14 through Sept. 5. Museum admission costs $15 for adults, $13 for seniors age 65 and up, $10 for students, $5 for youth ages 13 through 17 and is free for children under age 13 and museum members. Current museum hours are Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Monday through Wednesday. Call 669-6144 or visit currier.org.

• “ECHOES: ABSTRACT PAINTING TO MODERN QUILTING” Exhibit features abstract paintings inspired by the bold colors, asymmetry,

improvisational layout, alternate grid work and negative space in composition of modern quilting. Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St., Contoocook). April 22 through May 14. Visit twovillagesart.org.

“NATURE AT NIGHT: PAINTINGS BY OWEN KRZYZANIAK GEARY” Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St., Contoocook). May 27 through June 18. Visit twovillagesart.org.

• “1,000 CRANES FOR NASHUA” Featuring more than 1,000 origami paper cranes created by hundreds of Nashua-area kids, adults and families since April. On display now at The Atrium at St. Joseph Hospital, 172 Kinsley St., Nashua. Visit nashuasculpturesymposium.org.

• “NEW HAMPSHIRE NOW” A collaborative photography project presented by the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New Hampshire Society of Photographic Artists, on display in eight exhibitions at museums and historical societies across the state. Nearly 50 photographers participated in the project, taking more than 5,000 photos of New Hampshire people, places, culture and events from 2018 to 2020 to create a 21st-century portrait of life in the Granite State. Exhibition locations include Belknap Mill Society in Laconia; Colby-Sawyer College in New London; Portsmouth Historical Society; Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene; the Manchester Historic Association; Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University; and the Tillotson Center in Colebrook; with the flagship exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. Visit newhampshirenow.org and nhhistory. org.

• GALLERY ART A new collection of art by more than 20 area artists on display now in-person and online. Creative Ventures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Milford). Call 672-2500 or visit creativeventuresfineart. com.

• ART ON MAIN The City of Concord and the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce present a year-round outdoor public art exhibit in Concord’s downtown featuring works by professional sculptors. All sculptures will be for sale.

Visit concordnhchamber.com/ creativeconcord, call 2242508 or email tsink@concordnhchamber.com.

Coming soon to the Palace Theatre Stage!

Tours • NASHUA PUBLIC ART AUDIO TOUR Self-guided audio tours of the sculptures and murals in downtown Nashua, offered via the Distrx app, which uses Bluetooth iBeacon technology to automatically display photos and text and provides audio descriptions at each stop on the tour as tourists approach the works of art. Each tour has 10 to 15 stops. Free and accessible on Android and iOS on demand. Available in English and Spanish. Visit downtownnashua.org/nashua-art-tour.

Workshops and classes • WINTER ART CLASSES Art classes for teens and adults, including Pottery, Stained Glass, Intermediate Watercolor and Clay Hand Building. Studio 550 Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester).

Five-week sessions. Classes met for two hours a week. Call 232-5597 or visit 550arts.com for the full schedule and cost details.

• GENERAL ART CLASSES In-person art classes for all levels and two-dimensional media. held with small groups

NEW YEAR, NEW ART CLASSES Weekly art classes return to Diane Crespo Fine Art Gallery (32 Hanover St., Manchester), starting on Thursday, Jan. 6. Classes are offered for both kids and adults of all skill levels and cover a variety of two-dimensional media, including drawing and painting with pastel, acrylic, watercolor and oils. Kids classes, open to ages 10 and up, are held on Thursdays and Fridays, from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. Adult classes are held on Thursdays, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. A three-week-session pastel class for adults starts on Wednesday, Jan. 12, and will be held on Wednesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m. Classes are held with small groups of three to eight to five students. Tuition is pay-asyou-go at $20 per student per class, due upon arrival. Additionally, there are two one-day workshops for adults coming up, including an oil painting workshop on Saturday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m., and a pastel paint workshop on Saturday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost for workshops is $40. Call 493-1677 or visit dianecrespofineart.com.

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• Whimsical musical: The Palace Youth Theatre, consisting of student actors in grades 2 through 12, presents Matilda The Musical Jr. at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester) on Wednesdays, Jan. 12 and Jan. 19, and Thursdays, Jan. 13 and Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. The musical is based on the 1988 children’s novel by Roald Dahl and its 1996 film adaptation, with a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. It tells the story of a clever young girl who uses her imagination and newly discovered psychokinetic powers to survive an abusive home life and cruel school headmistress. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• Multimedia exhibit: Art 3 Gallery (44 W. Brook St., Manchester) has an exhibition, “Artful Escapes,” on display now through Jan. 31. It features works by multiple artists in a variety of media, including 2D and 3D, oil, acrylic, glass and ceramic. Current gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 1 to 4:30 p.m., with evening and weekend appointments available by request. A virtual gallery is also available on the gallery’s website. Call 668-6650 or visit art3gallery.com.

• Four-artist panel: Kelley Stelling Contemporary will host an artist panel discussion with four artists at The Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord) on Wednesday, Jan. 12, with doors at 5:30 p.m. and the discussion starting at 6 p.m.

The artists — Zach Dewitt, Emmett Donlon, Heather Morgan and Meghan Samson — have their work featured in an exhibit, “The Dysfunction of Social Practice,” which is on view now through Jan. 14 in the Jill C. Wilson Gallery at the Estate and includes paintings, sculpture and performance works.

Colin Callahan, a Kimball Jenkins Board member and the director of the Crumpacker Gallery at St. Paul’s School in Concord, will moderate the discussion. The event is free to attend. Visit kelleystellingcontemporary.com and kimballjenkins.com, or call 225-3932.

• Final week for Emily Noelle Lambert exhibit: The Dana Center for the Humanities at Saint Anselm College (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester) has a special exhibition featuring the paintings and sculpture of New York City artist Emily Noelle Lambert on view now through Jan. 9. Lambert has shown her work nationally and internationally in solo exhibitions in New York City, Chicago and South Korea as well as a number of group exhibitions. “I love swimming in a kind of visual mystery of things between abstraction, landscape and figuration,” Lambert said of her work in a press

Art by Emily Noelle Lambert, on display at the Dana Center for the Humanities at Saint Anselm College. Courtesy photo.

“Artful Escapes” exhibit at Art 3 Gallery. Courtesy photo.

release from Saint Anselm. “I search for interactions between materials, colors and forms and often switch things up to keep my curiosity fresh.” The exhibition was curated

by Fine Arts Professor Kimberly Kersey-Asbury, with assistance from fine art students on the layout and installation process. Visitors must wear masks inside the gallery.

Visit anselm.edu/dana-center-humanities or call 641-7700.

• Mitch Albom book on stage: DoGo Productions presents And the Winner Is at The Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) from Jan. 7 through Jan. 23, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Based on the 2008 book by Mitch Albom, the play follows Tyler Johnes, a self-centered movie star who is nominated for an Oscar but dies the night before the awards. In the afterlife, he bargains with a heavenly gatekeeper to send him back to earth for the awards ceremony so that he can find out if he wins, dragging his agent, rival actor, girlfriend and ex-wife along for the ride. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $22 for students and seniors age 65 and up and $15 for kids under age 12. Visit playersring.org or call 436-8123. — Angie Sykeny

17 ARTS of two to five students. Private classes are also available.

Diane Crespo Fine Art Gallery (32 Hanover St., Manchester).

Students are asked to wear masks in the gallery. Tuition costs $20 per group class and $28 per private class, with payment due at the beginning of the class. Call 493-1677 or visit dianecrespofineart.com for availability.

• DRAWING & PAINTING CLASSES Art House Studios, 66 Hanover St., Suite 202, Manchester. Classes include Drawing Fundamentals, Painting in Acrylic, Drawing: Observation to Abstraction, Exploring Mixed Media, and Figure Drawing. Class sizes are limited to six students.

Visit arthousestudios.org.

Theater Shows • THE WIZARD OF OZ Young Performers’s Edition performed by The Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway, Derry). Fri., Jan. 28, and Sat., Jan. 29, at 7 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 30, at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $15 for adults, $12 for seniors age 65 and up and $10 for students age 17 and under. Call 669-7469 or visit majestictheatre.net.

• MARY & ME Produced by Glass Dove Productions. The Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord). Jan. 28 through Feb. 13. Showtimes are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $19 for students, seniors and members and $16 for senior members.

Visit hatboxnh.com or call 715-2315.

• THE LION KING JR. The Riverbend Youth Company presents. Amato Center for the Performing Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford).

Fri., Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.; Sat.,

Feb. 5, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sun., Feb. 6, at 2:30 p.m.

Visit amatocenter.org/riverbend-youth-company.

• LAST GAS Produced by the Community Players of Concord. Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord.

Feb. 11 through Feb. 13. Tickets cost $18 for adults, $16 for youth ages 17 and under, $16 for seniors age 65 and up.

Visit communityplayersofconcord.org.

• LIFESPAN OF A FACT Produced by Lend Me a Theater. The Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord). Feb. 18 through March 6. Showtimes are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $19 for students, seniors and members and $16 for senior members. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• DEADLY Cue Zero Theatre Co. presents an original movement-based theater piece by Crystal Rose Welch. Granite State Arts Academy (19 Keewaydin Drive, No. 4, Salem).

Fri., March 4, through Sun., March 6. Visit cztheatre.com.

• LITTLE WOMEN The Franklin Footlight Theatre presents.

Franklin Opera House (316 Central St., Franklin). Thurs., March 10, through Sat., March 12, 7:30 p.m.; and Sun., March 13, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $16 for adults and $14 for students and seniors. Visit franklinoperahouse.org or call 934-1901.

• BYE BYE BIRDIE Mainstage production by The Palace Theatre. 80 Hanover St., Manchester. March 11 through April 3. Tickets range from $25 to $46. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

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Visit cztheatre.com.

• MUSICAL MOM Produced by the Community Players of Concord. The Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord). May 5 through May 15. Showtimes are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $22 for students, seniors and members and $19 for senior members. Visit hatboxnh.com.

• THE BALD SOPRANO Produced by the Community Players of Concord. The Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord). June 17 through June 26. Showtimes are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $19 for students, seniors and members and $16 for senior members.

Visit hatboxnh.com.

Classical • “WINTER VOYAGES” The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra performs.

Seifert Performing Arts Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. Sat., Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 20, 2 p.m.

Visit nhphil.org.

• DRAWN TO THE MUSIC 2022 - STORIES IN MUSIC The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra performs.

Seifert Performing Arts Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. Sat., April 9, 2 p.m., and Sun., April 10, 2 p.m.

Visit nhphil.org.

• SPRING POPS - BROADWAY AND MORE The New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra performs. Seifert Performing Arts Center, 44 Geremonty Drive, Salem. Sat., May 21, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., May 22, 2 p.m.

STORYTELLING STREAM The New Hampshire Theatre Project in Portsmouth has a recorded live show from 2018, The Winter Solstice in Story and Song, available to stream on demand via Vimeo on Demand now through Sunday, Jan. 9. It features professional storyteller Diane Edgecomb, presenting tales, myths, legends and timeless stories behind winter traditions. The Scandinavian Legend of the Mistletoe, The Legend of the Christmas Rose and the Cherokee tale of Evergreen are just a few of the stories told. The performance includes musical accompaniment, with instrumental melodies and traditional songs played by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan. Tickets to stream the show cost $10. Visit nhtheatreproject.org or call 431-6644.

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INSIDE/OUTSIDE World of wonders Fostering a curiosity for nature

By Henry Homeyer

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One recent morning I decided it was time to finish reading a small book of essays I had started long before and savored but had (inexplicably) put off finishing. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments is a delight, from start to finish. Its author has a name that could wrap around my own more than once: Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

I think of the author as Aimee, and I know she would not mind. She is young, full of life, with a “joie de vivre” that lights up every room she enters, I should think. But what encouraged me to share her book with you was the last essay, “Firefly (Redux): Photinus pyralis.”

In her essay about fireflies she recounts her experience teaching a poetry class at an elementary school in a suburban town where fireflies are common. When she mentioned fireflies, most of her students thought she was making them up. Of 22 students in her class, 17 had never seen a firefly. Instead of spending early summer evenings outdoors catching fireflies and putting them in jars to bring indoors, they were texting friends or playing video games.

That same morning I read a review in the New York Times of a biography of E.O. Wilson, a hero of mine and a biologist who is now 92 — but still active and observant [editor’s note: Wilson died Dec. 26, 2021].

He began his scientific life studying small creatures ignored by most of us: ants. At age of 13 he found a species of red fire ant from Argentina that had never been reported in the United States. He went on to study at Harvard and write more than 30 books and 500 scientific articles.

So what do these two wonderful peo-

ple have to do with you or me? They have great curiosity about the natural world.

And we do, too. We are gardeners and as such spend time pondering why any given plant bloomed magnificently last year but meagerly this year. We offer our palette of plants more water, or less. We add fertilizer, or we don’t. Would an early June “haircut” delay blossoming and encourage a less lanky plant? Good gardeners pay attention to the details of life.

I believe that we all have a responsibility to share our passion with our children and our grandchildren. Or the boy across the street who stops, while walking his dog, and asks us questions about our garden.

Most scientists and citizen scientists had someone in their early life who encouraged them to ask questions and showed them something special that amazed them.

When I was in the third or fourth grade my family took a week’s vacation together in Maine. We stayed at Goose Cove Lodge on Deer Isle, a delightful rustic place run by a retired biology professor, Dr. Ralph Waldron. Dr. Waldron offered guided walks along tidal pools and in meadows of wildflowers off the beaten track. My parents, my sister Ruth Anne and I always went on these walks. Dr. Waldron not only let me see new things; he encouraged me to take samples and bring them back to the lodge to study.

And so I began my career as a citizen scientist. He taught me how to preserve flowers and leaves by pressing them in a simple press to make herbarium mounts.

He taught me not only the common names of plants but their Latin names. He encouraged me to see similarities and differences in plants. He let me preserve small sea creatures in glass jars with formaldehyde as a preservative so that I could take them home, along with my flowers. I began to appreciate the vast diversity of the natural world, and its beauty.

My grampy, John Lenat, was an early proponent of organic gardening and taught me much. Courtesy photo.

We returned to Goose Cove Lodge every summer for a few years, and I deepened my interest for the natural world each time we went. In college I majored in biology, in part because of Dr. Waldron’s influence.

Sometimes it seems that the news about the natural world is always depressing: global warming, I read this morning, is causing rising temperatures in ponds, causing more poisonous blue green algae to flourish. Elsewhere today I read that a living species somewhere becomes extinct every day. And so on. What can you and I do about it?

We can garden. And we can introduce the life outdoors to a young person. An 8-year old, perhaps. If we take joy in what we do and share our excitement with a young person, they too may become an E.O. Wilson, or an Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

We don’t need to be scientists to encourage young people to love and respect our natural world. My gardening grandfather, John Lenat (1888-1967), probably never finished high school. He came to the United States as a young man from Germany. He loved to garden, invited me to spend time with him each summer, and I absorbed a lot from his way of doing things. He let me putter in the garden and do things to help, but only as much as I wanted. He never asked me to weed, and let me take worms from his compost pile to catch fish.

As a New Year’s resolution this year, I hope you will think about connecting a

Teaching children to find potato beetles may lead them to exploring the world of nature. Courtesy photo.

World of Wonders is a delight to read. Courtesy photo.

young person with the outdoors. With our gardens, or the bugs and toads that live there.

Maybe together we can all make a difference. Just maybe, if we each make an effort to live sustainably, we can save the world.

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

Reach him by e-mail at henry.homeyer@ comcast.net.

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Dear Donna, I’m wondering if you can provide any information on this Pansy’s Stories for Boys and Girls book.

It’s dated 1882. I’ve often thought the cover was frame-worthy. I don’t want to destroy the book if it’s valuable, so thought I would check.

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• Snow tubing opens Thursday, Jan. 6, at McIntyre Ski Area (50 Chalet Court, Manchester), from 4 to 6 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on its “Bonneville Thrill Hill.” Special rates are $23 and can be purchased at McIntyre’s Guest Services (tubing tickets are available for purchase 30 min- Trouble with Trolls Cold-blooded friends utes prior to each session). You can • Join New Hampshire Audubon also dress in your favorite neon-colored cloth- for cold creatures and hot cocoa, a special event ing for a special ’80s-themed race on Saturday, happening on Saturday, Jan. 8, from 10 to 11 a.m.

Jan. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m., which is open to all ages at the Massabesic Audubon Center (26 Audubon and abilities. Registration is $20 (includes your Way, Auburn). Attendees will meet some of the lift ticket) and $15 for season passholders. Visit center’s animal ambassadors and learn all about mcintyreskiarea.com or call 622-6159. the survival strategies of snakes, turtles, frogs and other cold-blooded animals during New Hampshire’s harsh winter conditions. Hot cocoa will be Stories and shows • Join the Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester) provided. The cost ranges from $12 for Audubon for a Saturday storytime and snowflake craft members to $15 for non-members and masks are event on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 11:30 a.m., featur- required. Visit nhaudubon.org or call 668-2045. ing a reading of Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett.

Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Visit Out of this world bookerymht.com or call 836-6600.

• The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center • Tickets are on sale now to the Palace Youth (2 Institute Drive, Concord) is holding its next Theatre’s production of Matilda Jr., which runs Super Stellar Friday event online via Zoom on from Wednesday, Jan. 12, through Thursday, Jan. Friday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. Presenter and museum 20. The show is performed by student actors in education director Mirka Zapletal will explore grades 2 through 12. Visit palacetheatre.org or the climates of the Moon and Mars, as well as the call the box office at 668-5588 to buy tickets. conditions that astronauts have to contend with as they journey away from Earth. Admission is free but registration is required. While its Super StelState of the art • New Hampshire residents receive free admis- lar Fridays are virtual, the McAuliffe-Shepard sion to the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Discovery Center is open every Friday, Saturday Manchester) on Saturday, Jan. 8, when the galler- and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from ies will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including 1:30 to 4 p.m. Now through Feb. 23, applications an exhibit from local children’s book author and are being accepted for the museum’s annual Alex illustrator Tomie dePaola that runs until Feb. 13. Higgins Memorial Space Camp Scholarship. VisAs of Thursday, Jan. 6, Covid vaccination cards it starhop.com or call 271-7827.

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• The Studio 550 Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester) will hold a family clay sculpting workshop on Friday, Jan. 7, at 4:15 p.m. that’s available to all ages and skill levels. Choose between one of three projects: pinch pot animals, a slab mug or bubble jars, animals or fairy houses. Most projects are widely customizable, and the instructor is also available to help. The cost is $25 for the one-hour session. Visit 550arts.com or call 232-5597.

Dear Edith, A rule always is to find out what an item is worth before changing anything, so good idea to ask.

Books are a specific market but I might be able to give you basic information. The value on them is based on age, subject, what edition, how many were printed and condition.

Most books, including children’s, were mass-produced. Many made it through time and today can easily be found.

I did find a value for your book in the range of $20 in good condition. So if you’re thinking of framing the cover, try encasing the whole book in glass. This way you’re not destroying the book and it can easily be passed down to the next generation for future reading.

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

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22 INSIDE/OUTSIDE CAR TALK

Learning to drive a stick shift may require a shift in teachers Dear Car Talk: My husband has a 2012 Ford Focus with a manual transmission. I have tried to drive this car, but not only am I not very good at it, he has no patience for me driving it (or learning

By Ray Magliozzi to get better at it).

Every time I stall or screech or hit the engine too hard, a part of him dies. I’ve offered to buy a new automatic car, but he doesn’t want to get rid of this car until it breaks down.

Can you tell me a safe way I can make it “break down” so that we can get on with our life and marriage? I would appreciate it very much.

Thank you! — Mary Well, if you want to go undetected, you could just buy a $10 oil filter wrench, and then loosen the filter by about half a turn. That’ll create a slow oil leak and seize the engine in a few weeks. Or if you’re less concerned about subtlety, there’s always a fire.

Actually, it’s wasteful to ruin a perfectly good car, and I can’t, in good conscience, recommend that. The real problem here is your husband’s impatience.

I remember when I was teaching my teenage son to drive a stick shift in a big, empty parking lot. He’d be lurching and stalling, and I’d be

sighing and saying “do this, do that, no, don’t do that.”

Finally, he stopped the car and said “Get out.”

So, I got out, and he proceeded to buck and stall for about half an hour, and by the time I walked home, he’d figured it out.

I think what you need is a different teacher.

It’s hard to find driving schools with stick-shift cars these days, but there is Craigslist.

So post an ad that reads “Married woman seeks wise, skilled, patient individual to teach me to drive stick on his or her car, long walks on the beach optional.”

Somewhere, there’s someone who would love to share their skillset with you, whose family has abandoned them and embraced automatic transmissions, who’s been waiting years to see an ad like this.

And since your teacher won’t be related to you, you’ll feel much more relaxed, and be able to make normal newbie mistakes while you learn, without the withering scorn of your husband’s sighs.

And I predict it won’t take long for you to get very good at it, Mary.

Then, when shifting is second nature to you, you can surprise your husband by saying, “I’ll drive, hon.” And when he asks how you got so good at driving stick, you can say “My friend James has been giving me lessons near his beach house. In his Porsche.”

Dear Car Talk: My son owns a 2019 Subaru WRX that he loves to modify. His first modifications included replacing his stock wheels with premium wheels with wide tires, adding coil-overs (thereby lowering the car) and “tilting” the wheels in at the top (not sure of the technical name!).

A few days ago, he was preparing to go to a Subaru festival. So he reinstalled his stock wheels (that had been stored vertically for two years in our cool, dry, dark basement) for the long drive, carrying his fancy wheels and his ramps and jacks inside the car, to be installed when he got to the festival. His stock wheels had essentially zero miles on.

He was driving along for about three hours when — BAM — he had a rear-wheel blowout.

He doesn’t think he ran over any road debris, and the blowout was on the inner side wall.

Is it possible the blowout was caused by the modifications he made to his car? The good news was he was able to change out all four wheels on the side of the highway and was back on his way in no time! — Pam It’s more than possible, Pam. It’s quite likely.

That’s what happens when you do wacky things to your car. But hey, at least he’s not playing with Tide Pods, right?

There are two possibilities that come to mind.

One is that the original tires have a different pro-

file than his new tires. They’re probably a little taller, for instance, with high sidewalls.

So while the new tires worked when the car was lowered, the inner sidewall of the old tires may have ended up rubbing against the strut assembly or some other part of the rear suspension.

Or — even if they weren’t rubbing — the tire was so close to something else that a big bump on the highway forced the tire into that piece and put a gash in it. If they were actually rubbing against something, he should see evidence of that on the other (stock) rear tire.

The other possibility is that he adjusted the camber (that’s the term for whether the tires lean in at the top or out) to such an extent that the stock tires were practically running on their inside edges. Maybe one wore out that way.

Or, since the sidewall is much more vulnerable to puncture than the tread surface, a road obstruction may have had an easier time damaging it.

The good news, as you say, is that he happened to have four spares, along with jacks and ramps in the back of his car. That was lucky.

So he’s just going to have travel like that from now on. And the good news for you, Pam, is that it’ll clear up some storage space in your basement.

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24 What is your typical What do you wish at-work uniform or attire? you’d known at the beginWe dress appropriatening of your career? ly depending on the client.

Everything happens for We work with a lot of a reason, and hard work blue-collar companies, so pays off. It’s all worth it if we’re going on site into in the end. a shop or something, we’re not going in wearing heels; What do you wish othwe tend to dress down a er people knew about bit. … We’re about to instiyour job? tute ‘Hoodie Mondays’ I wish people knew — we have logoed hoodies that HR isn’t scary. We — because Mondays are Alison Milioto. like to say, ‘We put the Alison Milioto is a human resource consultant at BlueLion, a woman-owned and typically an office day for fun back in HR.’ -operated HR and operations consulting company based in Manchester, serving most of our staff; we don’t go out on site. Of small to mid-sized companies throughout New England. course, if I’m working at home, I have what What was the first job you ever had?

I like to call ‘a Zoom mullet,’ which is busiI started working at McDonald’s when I Explain your job. town, and I know what small businesses ness [attire] on the top and PJs on the bottom. was a teenager. I worked there for six years We assist clients with every- do for small town communities. I always and was actually a manager by the time I thing HR-related — maintaining saw owners of companies not knowing How has your job changed over the left. compliance with regulations, how to make the right decisions, so we course of the pandemic? assisting with employee relations, answering really started this business because we We’ve grown drastically, especially at What’s the best piece of work-related lots of questions. A lot of [issues] our clients saw a need. We wanted to help small busi- the beginning of the pandemic, when every- advice you’ve ever received? have seem very simple, but when you get into nesses be able to get time back in their thing was happening so fast with the PPP Everything is temporary. This too shall it, it’s always more complicated, so we try to day and not have to worry about com- loans and the Families First Coronavirus pass. — Angie Sykeny decomplicate the complications around HR. pliance; let a plumber be a plumber and Response Act. We got an influx of clients not have to worry about a Department of coming to us [saying], ‘We can’t keep up.’

Five favorites How long have you had this job?

Labor audit.

They didn’t know when to lay people off or I’ve been in HR in general for 15 years, when to bring people back or how to handle Favorite book: Matilda and at this business for four years.

What kind of education or training did all the changes in regulations. … Pre-Covid, Favorite movie: Erin Brockovich you need? [the staff] was just my business partner and Favorite music: Country What led you to this career field and your I’m certified in HR. I have my SHRM- me. Now, we have eight employees, and Favorite food: Italian Favorite thing about NH: We have some current job?

SCP [Senior Certified Professional] we’re about to hire two more. of the nicest people.

I grew up in New Hampshire in a small certification, and I also have an MBA. CAREERS

Alison Milioto Human resource consultant

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FOOD Sushi, hibachi and more

Osaka Japanese Restaurant now open in Manchester News from the local food scene

By Matt Ingersoll

food@hippopress.com

• Souvlaki to go: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (68 N. State St., Concord) will hold its next boxed Greek dinner to go, a drive-thru takeout event, on Sunday, Jan. 16, from noon to 1 p.m.

Now through Wednesday, Jan. 12, orders are being accepted for boxed meals featuring dinners of pork souvlaki, rice pilaf, Greek salad and a roll for $15 per person. The event is drive-thru and takeout only — email ordermygreekfood@ gmail.com or call 953-3051 to place your order. The church is also planning a similar takeout and pickup meal featuring Greek meatballs, scheduled for Feb. 20. Visit holytrinitynh.org.

• Healthy wines and foods: Join LaBelle Winery for a “Toast to Your Health” wine pairing class, to be held on Thursday, Jan. 13, from 6 to 7 p.m. at its Derry location (14 Route 111) and on Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m. at its Amherst location (345 Route 101).

Wine educator and sommelier Marie King will discuss the health benefits of white and red wines and pair them with different foods. Samples will include steamed broccoli florets with cannellini beans, roasted garlic and lemon; a salad of kaleidoscope carrots with farro,baby kale, almonds, dried cranberries and a lemon yogurt vinaigrette; raspberry soy glazed salmon with toasted pine nuts and frizzled leeks; and dark chocolate-dipped candied ginger. No previous knowledge or experience is required. The cost is $40 per person. Visit labellewinery.com.

• Ice ice baby: Tuscan Village (9 Via Toscana, Salem) held the grand opening of its new ice skating rink on Dec. 30, according to a recent announcement on the company’s website and social media channels. Skates can be rented at $5 per pair, and food and beverage options are also available on the premises. The rink’s hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but those hours may differ during school vacations and holidays. The cost of admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids — from noon to 4 p.m. every Monday through Thursday, and all day on Sunday, adults also receive $5 admission. Visit tuscanvillagesalem.com/skatingrink.

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Photo courtesy of Osaka Japanese Restaurant.

Photo courtesy of Osaka Japanese Restaurant.

Photo courtesy of Osaka Japanese Restaurant.

well as a lobster tempura roll with fish eggs, and a spider roll with fried soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber, masaA new eatery in downtown Manches- go and eel sauce. Hibachi plates feature ter is offering daily lunch specials of a choice of grilled protein like chicken, sushi or hibachi, along with teriyaki and steak and shrimp, served with soup, saltempura entrees, ad and fried rice. appetizers, des“The hibachi serts and a full line portions [are] very of sake rice wines, big,” Choedon Asian imported said. “We have a beers and house lot of really good cocktails. options for sushi Osaka Japanese … and if you have Restaurant arrived any specific fish on Elm Street just you like, you can before Christmas. create your own It’s named after rolls.” one of the largest Other menu and busiest comitems include KUNCHOK “JENNY” CHOEDON mercial centers in teriyaki and Japan, said mantempura benager Kunchok “Jenny” Choedon — a to boxes, cooked to order with proteins friend of her husband’s had run The Sea- like chicken, shrimp, steak or salmon or food King inside that storefront before a vegetarian option; udon noodles with moving into a larger space on South Wil- chicken, steak or vegetables; and appelow Street. tizers like steamed pork dumplings, fried You can mix and match from more calamari, and edamame with garlic butthan two dozen types of sushi rolls, ter. Choedon said a few Chinese wok including both cooked and raw options, and grill platters were added as well, like from spicy tuna, salmon and yellowtail General Tso’s chicken, sesame chicken to avocado, asparagus and cucumber, as and beef broccoli, served with white or

By Matt Ingersoll

mingersoll@hippopress.com

We have a lot of really good options for sushi ... and if you have a specific fish you like, you can create your own rolls.

fried rice.

Despite Osaka’s small space, the restaurant does have a full bar. There are more than a half dozen brands of sake, or Japanese rice wine, in several flavors, as well as other wines and beers.

“We have a lot of Japanese beer,” Choedon said. “The most popular one is Sapporo … and then we have Ichiban and Asahi, and Tsingtao, which is a Chinese beer.”

Desserts include fried vanilla or green tea ice cream, fried cheesecake, and mochi ice cream, or pounded sticky rice dough with a vanilla, green tea, mango or strawberry ice cream filling.

Sushi and hibachi lunches are available at discounted prices from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Osaka also offers online ordering and deliveries through third-party apps GrubHub and DoorDash.

Osaka Japanese Restaurant Where: 1077 Elm St., Manchester Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. (lunch specials are served daily until 3:30 p.m., except on holidays) More info: Visit osakanh.com, find them on Facebook or call 232-0761

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Inspired classic American fare handcrafted cocktails, local beers, wines by the glass

WITH LIZ HOULE

What is the biggest food trend in New Hampshire right now?

I think it’s food trucks. Whenever What would you have for your last there’s a food truck festival, all my friends meal? and family are there.

Filet mignon with a baked potato and a nice cold salad.

What is your favorite local restaurant?

North Side Grille, right here in Hudson.

What is your favorite thing that you bake?

What is your favorite thing to make at It would probably be either my lemon home? blueberry bread, or my whoopie pies.

Any type of cookie, whether it’s chocolate chip or molasses. My family loves What celebrity would you like to see them. — Matt Ingersoll trying something you’ve baked?

[Food Network’s] Duff Goldman.

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What is your must-have kitchen item?

Probably a good sturdy rubber spatula.

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Her products can be found at Estey’s Country Store (9 Old Nashua Road, Londonderry) and Mack’s Apples (230 Mammoth Road, Londonderry) and are also available to order through Facebook, for local pickups with at least a three-day advance notice.

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TRY THIS AT HOME Healthy-ish cauliflower cakes Hello, 2022! As one often does at the start of a new year, I am eating a little more mindfully after all of the frivolity of the holiday season. However, the fact that I’m being mindful doesn’t mean I am limiting myself to boring foods.

These cauliflower cakes are a great example of how you can eat a healthier snack or side dish that is still fun and flavorful. The majority of the ingredients in this dish are on the “good” list.

Steamed cauliflower and egg whites are about as mindful as you can be when eating. What makes them only healthy-ish, subjectively speaking, is the topping of shredded cheese. If you’re feeling that you need to make these 100-percent healthy, just eliminate the cheese.

There are a few tips to go with this recipe. First, you need to use fresh cauliflower. Frozen cauliflower contains too much moisture. Second, be sure to mince the garlic so that you don’t end up with a large chunk in one of the cakes. Third, you can replace cheddar cheese with any other cheese that melts well.

Here’s to a healthy-ish start to 2022!

Healthy-ish cauliflower cakes Makes 12 1 pound cauliflower florets (approximately half of a medium-sized head of cauliflower) 1 egg white 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 clove garlic, minced salt & pepper 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

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Puertorican Sancocho

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Place florets in a steaming basket over boiling water, and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until fork tender.

Divide cooked cauliflower florets in half.

Place half in a food processor with egg white, basil, garlic, salt and pepper.

Chop the other half into small pieces

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Food & Drink Local farmers markets • Concord Winter Farmers Market is held on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, at 7 Eagle Square in Concord, now through April. Find them on Facebook @downtownconcordwinterfarmersmarket.

• Contoocook Farmers Market is held on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Maple Street Elementary School (194 Maple

Healthy-ish cauliflower cakes. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.

Michele Pesula Kuegler has been thinking about food her entire life. Since 2007 the New Hampshire native has been sharing these food thoughts and recipes at her blog, Think Tasty. Visit thinktasty. com to find more of her recipes. (about the size of a peanut).

Combine the pureed and chopped cauliflower in a mixing bowl.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and heat a nonstick frying pan over medium heat.

Coat the baking sheet and frying pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Scoop 1/4 cup of cauliflower mixture, and place in preheated frying pan, pressing gently to flatten.

Repeat, leaving an inch between cakes.

Cook for 1 to 2 minutes (or until golden brown); flip and repeat on second side.

When both sides are golden brown, transfer to the prepared baking sheet.

After all of the cauliflower patties are on the baking sheet, top with shredded cheddar cheese.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

St., Contoocook). Masks are required. Find them on Facebook @contoocookfarmersmarket.

• Deering Winter Market is held on Fridays, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Deering Fish & Game Club (Long Woods and Fish and Game roads). Find them on Facebook @deeringwintermarket.

• Milford Farmers Market is held every other Saturday,

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., inside the Milford Town Hall Auditorium (Union Square), now through April 9. The next market will take place on Jan. 8.

Visit milfordnhfarmersmarket. com.

• Salem Farmers Market is held on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at LaBelle Winery (14 Route 111, Derry), through April 24. Visit salemnhfarmersmarket.org.

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DRINKS WITH JOHN FLADD Lemon 2 the Rescue

RAW BAR SUNDAYS Shrimp Cocktail & $1.50 Oysters

Lemon 2 the Rescue. Photo by John Fladd.

stuff — the little dance that the lemon and blackberry were doing— And that’s how we ended up here:

Lemon 2 the Rescue

Ingredients 2 ounces nice vodka — this is another one of those times when you’ll want to avoid any harshness from the bottom-shelf stuff 1 ounce homemade blackberry syrup (see below) 2 ounces fresh squeezed lemon juice Shake all three ingredients with ice.

Strain into a coupé glass.

Congratulate yourself on being so clever On first sip, this tastes a bit sweet. You ask yourself if perhaps it could be a little less sweet, but then, like a woman on a horse in gleaming armor (A point of clarification: The woman is the one in the armor, not the horse), the lemon comes thundering to the rescue and lets your palate know that “Shh — everything is alright; let me handle this.”

And then she does.

It’s another good omen. We’re going to get through this.

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So, you know how every three or four months you go through your pantry and get rid of all the food that you forgot about, which has expired?

Actually, you know what? We’ve known each other a while now, and this is a safe space. We can be honest with each other.

It’s been at least a year and a half since you looked at the back of any of those shelves, hasn’t it?

It’s OK — no judgment. In fact, it sort of advances my point for me.

Anyway, you know how, when you finally get around to cleaning out the whole pantry, and take everything off all of the shelves, you find yourself looking at some exotic ingredients you barely even remember buying?

You must have had some recipe that called for lotus root, but seriously, when have you ever even considered using bee pollen? And that tin of smoked octopus? What were you thinking?

You know that feeling?

That’s an emotional road map to my liquor cabinet. I’ve got a truly distressing number of tiny sample bottles of liquor I totally meant to use in something, someday. Even worse are the almost full bottles of exotic liqueurs that are missing just that ounce or two that I used in that one cocktail that one time and then— And then, what?

I’m not sure. Things get a little fuzzy when I think about it too much.

Anyway, this is all to scaffold my explanation for why, when I found a drink recipe I wanted to try and it called for a blackberry liqueur called créme de mûre, I balked at hunting down a bottle of it. Even if I was able to find a bottle of it, and it wasn’t too expensive, and it tasted good, when would I ever use it again?

Oh, yeah, right — like I could serve lemonade to guests next summer, and say with a straight face, “Oh, that? Do you like it?

It’s créme de mûre. Remind me to get you some.”

I don’t know who could pull that off — somebody in loafers and a yachting cap, probably — but not me.

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And it did. The drink was fine, just a little flat. It needed some acid, so I added some lemon juice, and it was better, then some more lemon juice and it was even better. At that point I realized that the bourbon in the recipe was distracting from the really good

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The Wine Lover’s Companion, a compilation of “nearly 4,000 wine-related terms,” defines claret as a term used by the English when referring to the red wines from Bordeaux. It’s derived from the French clairet, which refers to a Bordeaux wine with a style somewhere between a red and a rosé, or a light refreshing young wine. It originated in the Middle Ages when, as a dark rosé, spices were added to increase its complexity. “Claret” continues to appear on some labels, but to the French it has no legal definition.

Claret is known as a name for sweet, red wine sauce, poured upon spumoni or ice cream. August Escoffier, the noted 19thand early 20th-century French chef and cookbook author who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods, created a cocktail called the Claret Cup, a concoction of red wine, sugar, oranges, lemons, cucumber peel and brandy; something to warm you on a cold winter’s day.

Times and tastes change, and today a claret is known as a blend that favors the way Bordeaux are composed, that is with a base of merlot or cabernet sauvignon, with additions of cabernet franc and petit verdot, but today’s blends are not limited to just those varietals.

Our first claret, the 2018 Francis Ford Coppola Winery Diamond Collection Black Label Claret (priced at $19.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets), is a true Bordeaux blend of cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, malbec and cabernet franc. Presented in a dark bottle with gold netting, this wine is the flagship of the Coppola Diamond Collection. The inspiration for this wine came from a bottle of 1906 claret found in the cellar of a Napa Valley property purchased by Coppola in 1975.

While not fully understanding the origin of the term “claret,” Coppola liked the word because it implied something clear and pure; however, he was discouraged at first from using the term because Americans wouldn’t know what it meant.

The wine has a nose of dark cherries, and, to the tongue, berries, plum and anise emerge, accompanied by smooth tannins.

As a blend, this wine varies from vintage to vintage, made from grapes that are grown across California to Oregon. The 2018 vintage is predominantly based on Napa Valley-farmed cabernet sauvignon

grapes and has an alcoholic content of 13.9 percent.

Our second claret, the 2017 Ramey Wine Cellars Claret (priced at $46.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets), is a blend of 44 percent cabernet sauvignon, 20 percent merlot, 14 percent malbec, 12 percent petit verdot, 8 percent syrah and 2 percent cabernet franc. Ramey Wine Cellars is located just off the square of downtown Healdsburg, California. The dream of David and Carla Ramey, the winery seeks to produce wines of the highest quality, sourcing their grapes from vineyards with which they have worked for many years. This claret follows the Bordelaise model of blending the different Bordeaux varietals, with fermentation occurring in the barrel and the blend assembled early so it is “elevated” as the finished wine. This claret rested on its lees 12 months in French and American oak barrels, of which only 24 percent were new.

The wine was then lightly fined with egg whites and bottled without filtration and released in March 2020. Alcohol content is 14.5 percent.

Robert Parker gave this wine a score of 92 points, deservedly, given its highly structured notes of dark chocolate-covered cherries and tobacco, derived from the time spent on oak. It has a medium-bodied, plush feel to the tongue, with an exceptionally long finish.

These two wines, from opposite ends of the spectrum, are both called clarets, a moniker we discovered that evolved from the Middle Ages to today’s blends. They are examples of the wide diversity of wine structure, body and taste that can be experienced from attention given to the detail of blending certain varietals, coupled with divergent methods of production.

Fred Matuszewski is a local architect and a foodie and wine geek.

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By now you’ve probably noticed a growing preference in this column for dream-pop and chamber-pop.

Those genres go easy on my constitution these days, and that’s just kind of stuck, apparently permanently. Dimly related to shoegaze and no-wave, such bands are usually melodic but wonderfully noisy, raucous but unobtrusive in the great scheme. Now, these guys, professed to be dream-poppers, are New Zealanders, the two principal members having grown up together since the age of 3, which is even more promising, given that they didn’t meet at college, which usually leads to monstrosities like [any band from the Aughts]. They’re a 5-million-views-and-counting YouTube success and thus have remained indie, and this LP is captivating from the opening title track, its sub-spaghetti guitars and Coldplay-ish vocals capturing the essence of the genre perfectly. Elsewhere we have “This Kinda Day,” which sounds like what Pavement would be if they weren’t absolutely terrible, and “Aurora,” an exploration of pool-side Chris Isaak vibe that features some nifty Vampire Weekend guitar work. No problems here, folks. A — Eric W. Saeger Project Youngin, Letter From The Projects (self-released)

Whether or not it’s a bit of a snobby take, fact is that the rap game is powered much less by musicianship than it is by PR stunts and spurious drama. It parallels online troll culture in that regard, so it’s culturally relevant as well as being the most defining vibe of our era. To us critics it’s more than a little stale; the backstory of this St. Petersburg, Florida, rapper can’t be told without including mention of a fake “shooting” that took place during the filming of the video for his 2018 mixtape Thug Souljas, a stunt that made headlines in XXL and other big-hitter webzines. Mine isn’t to judge, of course, simply to report, and all that really happened is that he’s still around and currently pushing this 11-song EP, which jumps off with “Prophet,” Youngin’s disaffected, heavily accented (and kind of ragged-sounding) flow sitting in a broth of swirly, immersive trap beats. And so it goes; “Money Callin’” fits into this collection of pain memoirs with a beat that, if you’ll pardon, evokes the theme from the TV show Cheaters more than anything else. Pretty contrived, but what isn’t these days? B — Eric W. Saeger

• Boy, thank heaven the holidays are over and we’re back to normal Fridays, with tons of new records coming out on Jan. 7, so I can tell you all about them here, on this page! I’ll tell ya, I’ve been doing this column for one million years now, but this past holiday season was the worst ever, like I thought I was going to have to talk about restaurants just to fill the space, but I wouldn’t have even been able to do that, because I’m one of those people who’ve been wearing an N95 mask and a space helmet just to go to the mailbox, so I’ve only been to a few local restaurants for takeout! But look, let’s start 2022, The Year That Everything Ends, with some levity, because look guys, it’s an album from everyone’s favorite actor, model, singer, television personality, and author in the world! No, no, I don’t mean Betty White, we’re talkin’ RuPaul, who’s most known for his drag queen act! Believe it or not, this album, titled Mamaru, is his count-em 14th, so I guess he really is some sort of musician/singer person, which is actually news to me. OK, where were we, who knows, right, his new single, called “Blame It On The Edit,” a catchphrase that denotes something to do with his TV show, I don’t know or care what. The lyrics “could be taken a few ways,” supposedly, like whatever they’re babbling about on his show, or something to do with how social media life is different from real life. World’s loudest-ever “duh,” am I right guys? OK, whatnot, let’s have a listen to this thing, I can hardly wait. Hmm, it’s kinda like a Skee-Lo rap joint, but snap-dance, and there’s goofy Auto-Tune effects and other junk going on. Someone will probably like this, I don’t know, let’s proceed.

• Bob’s your uncle, folks, look, it’s British indie-rockers The Wombats, with a new album, called Fix Yourself, Not the World! Boy, if people would only take that advice, know what I mean? These guys are Liverpudlians, like the Beatles, if you’ve ever heard of them, and this album has already seen four singles released ahead of time, one of which is “Method to the Madness,” a slow, plodding wimp-rock thingamajig with chilly, low-impact vocals that kind of sound like Paul McCartney a little, but sloppy and a little off-key. It’s boring and not really catchy, but that’s what you hipsters get for your entertainment dollar these days, because bands like this can get away with anything, because they’re Lilliputians or whatever, from Gulliver’s Travels or wherever. Get this trashy nonsense away from me or I’ll barf, I mean it.

• Oh look, it’s Eric Nam, with a new LP called There and Back Again, his second! We rock ’n’ roll journalists always have to assume our audience already knows everything, so I’m about to use the phrase “of course” in a way that’s completely unwarranted, because 99.99 percent of you have never heard of this artist, are you ready? Here goes: Nam is, of course, hugely popular in Korea, and the single is “I Don’t Know You Anymore,” Ha ha, it’s a little like Michael Jackson, but mostly like Bruno Mars doing a sexytime hip-hop-tinged trifle. You’ll probably like it if you’re 11 years old, and if you are, you shouldn’t be reading this, you should be getting tucked in so you’ll be ready for school in the morning.

• We’ll end this artistic train wreck with Scottish alt-rock band Twin Atlantic’s new full-length, Transparency! “Bang On The Gong,” the single, is droopy grime-tinged bubblegum-pop. It’s the only thing I’ve liked hearing this week, just saying. — Eric W. Saeger

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How To Live Like a Monk, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Life, by Daniele Cybulskie (Abbeville Press, 175 pages) When modernity fails, antiquity beckons. That is the conclusion to be drawn from renewed interest in lifestyles vastly different from the high-consumption, low-contemplation and tech-driven models so prevalent today.

This is seen in the popularity of Twitter’s “Lindy Man,” a lawyer turned lifestyle guru who exhorts people to consult ancestral wisdom in order to lead a more fulfilling life, and the trend toward tiny houses, minimalism and other scaled-back systems of living that previous generations of poor people sought to escape. Into this space comes Daniele Cybulskie, a medieval historian and self-described professional nerd who has built up a niche following with a podcast on medieval life. Her fourth book, How to Live Like Monk, seemed a promising escape from the excesses of the holiday season, and it has glimpses of potential, but ultimately devolves into boilerplate cheerleading for gratitude and simplicity, a la Sarah Ban Breathnach of the Simple Abundance brand.

That said, it’s a book well worth skimming, especially if you’re a trivia buff.

“Abundance” is not a word typically associated with monks, whose lifestyle, as we all know, is distinguished by austerity. But here’s the thing. What do you really know about monks, or nuns or other people of disparate religious beliefs who lead cloistered lives? You have Trappist beer or jelly in the house but know nothing about why monks make beer anyway. Cybulskie does not examine the lives of modern monks (which seems an oxymoron), but looks at their predecessors, and when she is focusing on history, and not giving advice, this handbook is fascinating.

Who knew, for example, that early monks were allotted a gallon of beer a day, or that despite their rigid schedule of prayer and chores, their lives were pretty much an intellectual’s dream, filled as they were with mealtime lectures and quiet reading hours?

Monastery life was often foisted on young children, whose parents would turn them over to an order if they could not afford to raise or educate them (or if they wanted bonus points in the afterlife). And sometimes criminals took refuge in a monastery to avoid punishment (think Jean Valean).

But many people chose the lifestyle freely, as there is something to be said for living in a peaceful commune where you don’t have to worry about how to pay the rent or what to wear. (Monks were typically given two outfits — one to wear while the other was being washed — and one pair of shoes, which were replaced every year.)

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lege in Manchester, home to a community of Benedictine monks, you can read Brother Isaac’s blog, which shows that despite a societal yearning for the past, the past’s institutions are keeping up with modern times.

The concept of a blog might have been distressing for St. Benedict, but at least you can

write one in silence. This saintly little handbook fails to ascend to intellectual heights, and its compact size reduces the usefulness and beauty of its otherwise compelling photographs and art, but it will nonetheless stimulate interest about cloistered life, past and present. C — Jennifer Graham

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of monks was providing comfortable lodging for travelers, a tradition that continues today, or at least that did before Covid. As for food, monks are not known for feasting, but they were Whole Foods before Whole Foods existed, with their own orchards, herb and vegetable gardens, and fish ponds. They generally shunned the flesh of four-legged animals, but ate poultry and fish, and there is record of one medieval monastery accepting eels as payment for rent. Monks were also way ahead of us on the whole green burial thing, accepting “dust to dust” as a lifestyle and even burying their dead in their orchards. Like the early Christians, monks of the Middle Ages were somewhat obsessed with death, ordering their lives around their hopes for the afterlife and sincerely believing that they lived in end times. Of course, like everyone else who lived before antibiotics, death was always a breath or two away, which gave rise to skull art and jewelry known as “memento mori” — Latin for “remember you must die.”

Cybulski concedes this to be a sort of “grotesque emphasis” on death and struggles to recommend it to her readers, but finds other monkish practices to suggest. Some are banal: Embrace minimalism! Don’t overspend! Supercharge habits! But there are nuggets of seriousness here, thought truffles worth digging for, and one of the monks’ most famous traditions, an emphasis on silence, is something sorely needed in the noisy lives that many of us live. Saint Benedict, originator of arguably the most famous guide for living like a monk, the Rule of St. Benedict, decreed that monks should not speak out loud except by permission or in services. He believed that “mindless chatter was at best distracting and at worst destructive.” By cutting out the small talk, he effectively kept monks from grumbling, and instead filled their minds with edifying words read during their communal meals.

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According to social scientists, you will likely abandon your new year resolutions between Jan. 19 and Feb. 1, but until then, keep the faith. In order to help with your plans to be thinner, smarter, kinder, richer, more organized and better dressed, here’s a lineup of books, both from past years and upcoming, that promise to help with your goals, fleeting as they may be.

Atomic Habits (Avery, 320 pages) by James Clear was published in 2018 but is still atop Amazon’s bestseller list. The author promises “tiny changes, remarkable results” that can apply to anything you’re resolved to do this year.

Brene Brown was a research professor before she broke into the Oprah-esque popular culture space. Her new book, Atlas of the Heart, is about “mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience,” whatever that means (Random House, 336 pages). Its genre is emotional self-help. That said, Amazon has said it’s one of the best books of the year, so worth checking out.

The Blue Zones Challenge is the latest from Dan Buettner, who studies people who live in the blue zones, the areas of the world where people live the longest. This workbook encompasses four weeks of changes with the goal of having a “longer, better life,” which fits nicely with the four weeks with which most of us stick with our resolutions. It’s from National Geographic, 240 pages.

Organizing for the Rest of Us (Thomas Nelson, 224 pages) comes out Jan. 22. Dana K. White offers 100 “realistic” strategies to keep our homes under control. She says that cleaning is the last step of a three-step process; the first is decluttering and the second is managing dayto-day stuff. Doesn’t look like there’s much new here, but could be an inspirational pep talk.

Baby Steps Millionaires (Ramsey Press, 224 pages) is by financial guru Dave Ramsey, who has taken some PR hits this year in accusations of a cult-like atmosphere at his Tennessee headquarters. Millions of people follow his plans, however, and his new book, releasing Jan. 11, promises to teach ordinary people how to build extraordinary wealth. Don’t read unless you’re willing to cut up your credit cards.

Finally, in what’s possibly the most unappealing title of a diet book ever, there is Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet (Rodale, 416 pages), which is only slightly more appetizing than my proposed counter-title, Lose Weight and Gain Energy Eating the Slimy Contrails of Backyard Slugs. But OK. Kellyann Petrucci is a “concierge physician” for celebrities, and she says we can lose 15 pounds, 4 inches and an unspecified number of wrinkles by following her plan. At $17.99, it’s cheaper than Botox. Let me know if it works. — Jennifer Graham

Books Author events • JAMES ROLLINS Author presents The Starless Crown, in conversation with Terry Brooks.

Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Mon., Jan. 10, 7 p.m. Via Zoom. Registration required. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

• TIMOTHY BOUDREAU Author presents on the craft of writing short stories. Sat., Jan. 15, 9:45 to 11:45 a.m. Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., Peterborough. Visit monadnockwriters.org.

• TOM RAFFIO Author presents Prepare for Crisis, Plan to

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• CHAD ORZEL Author presents A Brief History of Timekeeping. Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord.

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• ISABEL ALLENDE Author presents Violeta. Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Sat., Jan. 29, 7 p.m. Via Zoom. Registration and tickets required, to include the purchase of the book. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

Book sales • USED BOOK SALE Used books for $1, $3 and $5. GoodLife Programs & Activities, 254 N. State St., Unit L, Concord.

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Poetry • CAROL WESTBURG AND SUE BURTON Virtual poetry reading hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Thurs., Jan. 20, 7 p.m. Via Zoom.

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Nightmare Alley (R)

Step right up and enjoy the thrills, chills and stylish miasma of dread concocted by director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro in Nightmare Alley.

It’s 1939 when we first see Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper). He’s dragging a body into a hole in the floor of a dilapidated house and then lighting the house on fire. Walking away from the flames, he eventually boards a bus and rides until the end of the line, which happens to be very near to a low-budget carnival. He wanders around, ducking out of the geek show (man eats live chicken) before Clem (Willem Dafoe) can collect the 25-cent admission.

Carnival boss Bruno (Ron Perlman) catches him but takes pity on him, offering the nearly wordless Stan a job helping to break down the sets and tents and haul the carnival to the next town. Stan does alright with the job, and they keep him around. At first he helps out Clem but later he worms his way into the act of Zeena (Toni Collette), who does mystical readings and psychic-type work. She and her partner Pete (David Strathain) used to have a more elaborate mind-reading act, but Pete is now too lost in his alcohol addiction to help Zeena that much. Stan, however, sees the potential in starting their act up again. He also woos quiet performer Molly (Rooney Mara). He even helps her improve her act by building an electric chair with a lot of accompanying set design Film Movie screenings, movie-themed happenings & virtual events Venues Bank of NH Stage in Concord 16 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, banknhstage.com The Flying Monkey 39 Main St., Plymouth 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com Red River Theatres 11 S. Main St., Concord 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org Rex Theatre 23 Amherst St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

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that gives the whole thing an air of mad-science and danger.

Eventually, Molly and Stan do strike out on their own, taking their mind-reading act on the road and performing in hotels. But then Stan stumbles into doing a bit of medium work, helping a rich couple (Peter MacNeill, Mary Steenburgen) communicate with their son who died during World War I. It’s a trick he performs with help from Dr. Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), a psychiatrist who has been treating the couple. Stan realizes that with inside knowledge from Ritter about patients’ deep-

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• Nanook of the North (1922), a silent documentary, on Sunday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre. Suggested donation of $10.

• For Heaven’s Sake (1926), a silent film starring Harold Lloyd, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. at the Flying Monkey. Suggested donation of $10.

• Dark Mountain (2021) on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Flying Monkey. Tickets cost $12.

• Blood and Sand (1922), on Sunday, Feb. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre. Suggested donation of $10.

est secrets, he can have a very profitable side gig of helping the wealthy obtain peace. But, as several of the carnival workers warn him, that kind of con has a lot of potential dangers.

I feel like this movie is built backward from Cate Blanchett’s femme fatale stylings (which are great because she’s always great styled that way), the mood of descending doom created by situating the movie during the early days of World War II and the blend of con-artistry and implied magic of a traveling carnival. Those are the ingredients, now build a meal from that — is what Nightmare Alley feels like. But it’s

a bit like building a meal from gravy, whipped cream and nuts. Sure, there’s something there, but it doesn’t feel substantial enough to justify the giant serving dish.

Nightmare Alley is long — two and a half hours — and feels it. I feel like it could have made its points about the darkness of the human heart in at least 45 fewer minutes. The movie loads up on Chekov guns (including a literal gun that appears in the second act), and we have to wait a long time to watch each one go off in a way that is neither dramatically satisfying nor particularly necessary. I get why, with sets and costumes and a score this noirily gorgeous, the movie would want to include as much of the atmospherics as possible. But I think the performances here — Bradley Cooper feels particularly flat — are not helped by giving us more of them.

Nightmare Alley has plenty of that del Toro vibe — dark, creepy, beautiful, with interesting touches of humor — but it is otherwise fairly ho-hum. BRated R for strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity and language, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed

by Guillermo del Toro with a screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan (based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham), Nightmare Alley is two hours and 28 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Searchlight Pictures.

CELEBRATE BETTY WHITE A documentary celebrating the life and career of Betty White will screen on Monday, Jan. 17, at area movie theaters. The event, which was originally scheduled on White’s birthday (she would have turned 100 on Jan. 17; White died on Dec. 31), is now billed as “Betty White: A Celebration” and will feature a look back at her many decades on television and her celebrity, according to a statement from the documentary’s producers on fathomevents.com. Locally, theaters screening the film include AMC Londonderry (16 Orchard View Dr.), Cinemark Rockingham Park 12 (15 Mall Road in Salem) and Lowell Showcase Cinemas (32 Reiss Ave. in Lowell, Mass.). Showtimes are at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $12.50 at the New Hampshire theaters, $14.50 in Lowell, according to fathomevents.com, where tickets can be purchased.

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• Prime cuts: While partaking in a namesake 3-pound steak, or lighter fare, listen to Joanie Cicatelli perform. A veteran musician who attended New England Conservatory, her tastes run towards classic acts like Fleetwood Mac and The Pretenders.

She’s also a part of Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau’s Engine Room, providing lead and backup vocals, along with her own band Cool Change, formed in the early 2000s.

Thursday, Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m., Tomahawk Tavern, 454 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, tomahawktavern.com.

• Crafty jamming: Enjoy a bountiful microbrew selection and music from Slack Tide, a quintet stretching the jam band genre’s definition. It’s led by Berklee-trained guitarist Chris Cyrus, who grew up on Jack Johnson and Sublime, while also listening to psychedelic rockers like The Doors and the Dead. “My two big influences were hippie rock and white boy reggae,” he said, “and to make the best party I can.” Friday, Jan. 7, 4 p.m., Pipe Dream Brewing, 49 Harvey Road, Londonderry, pipedreambrewingnh.com.

• Laugh launch: After a successful New Year’s Eve event, weekly comedy kicks off with Jason Merrill at a downtown eatery offering a large draft beer selection. Area standup fans will remember when this venue held a regular midweek open mic. Presented

by Dave Rattigan’s Scamps Comedy Productions, the show also includes Chris Cameron, Colleen McCauley, Ryan Shea, Bill Douglass and Amber Born. Saturday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m., Murphy’s Taproom, 494 Elm St., Manchester, tickets $20 at eventbrite.com.

• Barn burner: Finish off the weekend in a bucolic setting with a Blues Brunch led by guitarists Rick Campbell and Leadfoot Sam Markson. The two trade scorching licks on their original song, “Lockdown Quarantine Blues,” written back in 2020, as well as running through a range of other stellar selections. “International Blues Man” Leadfoot Sam has a good sampling on his personal SoundCloud page. Sunday, Jan. 9, 10 a.m., Twin Barns Brewing Co., 194 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, twinbarnsbrewing.com.

• Royal visit: The first family of New Orleans jazz stops by as Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra perform at a Seacoast music showcase. A gifted trombone player with a long production resume as well, Marsalis’s credits include founding the Uptown Music Theatre in his home city and training hundreds of young musicians, while staging multiple productions. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, 135 Congress St., Portsmouth. Tickets $30 to $85 at ticketmaster.com.

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Country singer brings debut disc to Concord

By Michael Witthaus

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Following a Covid-caused delay of more than a year, April Cushman finally released her debut album, The Long Haul, in November. The country singer celebrated in front of a hometown crowd at Milford’s Pasta House — she grew up in nearby Brookline. The event sold out weeks in advance.

The new record is one of the best of the genre to come out of the Granite State in recent years. It’s filled with great songs, from the modern country rocker “Soundtrack To My City” to the could-have-been love ballad “Once Upon A Time” and the tender ode to her father (who makes a cameo introduction) closing things out, “Take My Hand.”

Cushman purposefully selected the album’s leadoff track. She wrote “Ain’t No Stopping You” after being laid off and resolving in that moment to go all in on the music career she’d dreamed about and chased since childhood.

“Losing a job is never an emotionally easy thing to go through. … I was trying to switch the mindset of having it be a bad thing,” she said in a recent phone interview.

“You have dreams — get your friends and family together [and] paint the town red.

Make sure there’s no stopping you from reaching the goals that you want to reach.”

It’s a daunting road described deftly in the title cut. Penned by New Hampshire singer-songwriter turned Nashville expat Amanda McCarthy and a few other locals who moved south, “The Long Haul” describes the shock of being “a big fish in a small town” set loose in an ocean of like-minded aspirants.

Cushman jumped on the song when it was pitched to her.

“The line that really hits me the hardest is, ‘entitlement pays a price,’” she said. “A lot

of people think, ‘I’m hot stuff around here.’

Then they move and realize there is so much talent…. It’s a very ignorant mind-set as an artist. I have to admit, I’ve probably been there at some point.”

Making it is often a “10-year turnaround” — or even more for established stars like Chris Stapleton, who toiled for nearly two decades before getting his big break.

“You’re basically starting from the top of where you came from, going to the absolute bottom [and] starting over…. It takes a lot of elbow grease,” Cushman said. “In such an instant gratification world, if we don’t see complete success in five years or less, a lot of people will say, ‘This isn’t for me.’”

Though Cushman will head to Music City at some point to do some songwriter showcases, she has no plans to relocate permanently, as many New England country performers have done.

“I’m focusing on the album right now, and preparing for potentially touring,” she said.

“Once we’re ready, we will certainly make our way down there.”

While she continues to play mostly covers at bars and restaurants, Cushman has resolved to do at least one original gig a month. Next is a full-band performance at Bank of NH Stage in Concord.

“This is our first straight music venue, our first theater headlining show,” she said. “We’ve never done something like this before, so it’s very exciting.”

Due to the pandemic, it’s a hybrid event; fans can purchase in-person tickets or pay to stream it online. Cushman considers the latter choice a silver lining, since her song with the most Spotify streams initially took off in the U.K. “People have the option, depending on where they are in life, what’s going on in the world and where they’re located, to be part of the show,” she said.

COMEDY THIS WEEK AND BEYOND Comedy Venues Capitol Center for the Arts 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com

Headliners Comedy Club DoubleTree By Hilton, 700 Elm St., Manchester headlinerscomedyclub.com

Events • Joe Yannetty Rex, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m.

• Lenny Clarke Tupelo, Saturday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m.

Millyard Brewery • Mark Scalia Headliners, Chunky’s 125 E. Otterson St., Nashua Saturday, Jan. 8, 8:30 p.m.

707 Huse Road, Manchester; 722-0104, millyardbrewery. • Jody Sloane Chunky’s Man151 Coliseum Ave., Nash- com chester, Saturday, Jan. 8, 8:30 ua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, p.m. chunkys.com The Music Hall • Steve Bjork Chunky’s 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth Nashua, Saturday, Jan. 8, 8:30 Fulchino Vineyard 436-2400, themusichall.org p.m.

187 Pine Hill Road, Hollis • Queen City Improv Hatbox 438-5984, fulchinovineyard. Rex Theatre Theatre, Thursday, Jan. 13, com 23 Amherst St., Manchester 7:30 p.m.

668-5588, palacetheatre.org • Christine Hurley Rex, FriHatbox Theatre day, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Tupelo Music Hall • Corey Rodrigues, Kyle Road, Concord 10 A St., Derry, Crawford, & Alex Gianpapa 715-2315, hatboxnh.com 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com Tupelo, Friday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.

April Cushman. Courtesy photo.

Cushman and drummer Adam Soucy recently began a weekly residency at the old Club ManchVegas space now occupied by The Goat. It’s an opportunity to spread the word about her music between familiar hits, and occasionally slip in one of her own tunes. “I’ll say, ‘Hey, you guys have been requesting Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBride and Carrie Underwood all night. … Now here’s my song.”

Though aware it’s a continuing journey, Cushman is grateful to be this far along.

“Going from a kid just doing something that made me feel good and was kind of my emotional outlet, to being an adult looking back at the last 25 years … holy cow,” she said. “It feels like a very full-circle moment to have this record out; I’m looking forward to the next one.”

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• Paul Nardizzi, Paul Gilligan & Dave Russo Fulchino Vineyard, Saturday, Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m.

• Paula Poundstone Cap Center, Saturday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m.

• Jody Sloane Chunky’s Nashua, Saturday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

• Steve Bjork Chunky’s Manchester, Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 p.m.

• Dan Crohn Headliners, Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 p.m.

• Drew Lynch: Concussed The Music Hall, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m.

• Comedy Out of the Box Hatbox Theatre, Thursday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m.

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• Carolyn Plummer Millyard Nashua, Saturday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m.

• Stephanie Peters Headliners, Saturday, Jan. 22, 8:30 p.m.

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Thursday, Jan. 6 Bedford Copper Door: Chad LaMarsh, 7 p.m.

Hampton CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 6 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Brookline Alamo: open mic, 4:30 p.m.

Hermanos: Dave Gerard, 6:30 p.m.

Hudson Lynn’s 102: karaoke w/ George Bisson, 8 p.m.

Derry Fody’s: music bingo, 8 p.m.

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: karaoke with DJ Jason, 7 p.m.

Epping Telly’s: Pete Peterson, 7 p.m.

Laconia Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Exeter Sawbelly: Chad Verbeck, 5 p.m.

Londonderry Stumble Inn: Charlie Chronopoulos, 7 p.m.

Goffstown Village Trestle: Jeff Mrozek, 6 p.m.

Manchester Angel City: open mic, 8 p.m.

Music, live and in person These listings for live music are compiled from press releases, restaurants’ websites and social media and artists’ websites and social media. Call the venue to check on special rules and reservation instructions. Get your gigs listed by sending information to music@hippopress.com.

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Manchester Angel City Music Hall 179 Elm St. 931-3654 Backyard Brewery 1211 S. Mammoth Road 623-3545

CJ’s 782 S. Willow St. 627-8600

Meredith Giuseppe’s: 5:45 p.m.

Concord Area 23: Lucas Gallo, 8 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Chris Lester, 5:30 p.m.

Tomahawk: Joanie Cicatelli, 6:30 p.m.

Milford Stonecutters Pub: Blues Therapy, 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 7 Brookline Alamo: Joe Birch, 4:30 p.m.

Derry Fody’s: Joe McDonald, 7 p.m.

Epping Telly’s: Mica Peterson, 8 p.m.

Goffstown Village Trestle: Rose Kula, 6 p.m.

Nashua Fody’s: DJ Rich Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Fratello’s: Justin Jordan, 5:30 p.m.

Stones Social: Kevin Horan, 6 p.m.

Hampton CR’s: Bob Tirelli, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

Shane’s Texas Pit: Brian Walker, 8 p.m.

Wally’s: 7 Day Weekend, 9 p.m.

Whym: Sean Coleman, 6:30 p.m.

Salem Copper Door: Dave Zangri, 7 p.m.

Henniker Pats Peak: Justin Cohn, 6 p.m.

GET THE LED OUT Relive the glory of the 1970s with the Led Zeppelin tribute band Get The Led Out. The band touches down at the Capitol Center for the Arts Chubb Theater (44 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com, 225-1111), on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $28.50 to $48.50, plus service charge.

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Meredith Giuseppe’s 312 Daniel Hwy. 279-3313

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Merrimack Homestead 641 Daniel Hwy. 429-2022

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Jewel Music Venue 61 Canal St. 819-9336

Bonfire 950 Elm St. 663-7678

Currier: Alli Beaudry, 5 p.m.

Fratello’s: Ted Solovicos, 5:30 p.m.

KC’s: Jodee Frawlee, 6 p.m.

Strange Brew: Becca Myari, 8 p.m.

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Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Bite the Bullet, 8 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Austin McCarthy, 6 p.m.

Laconia Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Tower Hill Tavern: DJ Kadence with karaoke, 8 p.m.

Milford Pasta Loft: Horizon, 9 p.m.

Stonecutters Pub: DJ Dave O with karaoke, 9 p.m.

Londonderry Coach Shop: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: Jordan and Clint, 8 p.m.

Nashua Fratello’s: Doug Thompson, 6 p.m.

Manchester Bonfire: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Derryfield: Almost Famous, 9 p.m.

The Foundry: live music, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Dave Zangri, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: Chris Fraga, 9:30 p.m.

South Side Tavern: Cox Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Strange Brew: Ken Clark Organ Trio, 9 p.m.

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois, 6 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Jamie Saft Trio, 8 p.m.

Northfield Boonedoxz Pub: karaoke night, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Pete Peterson, 9:30 p.m.

Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: Dave Alves, 9 p.m.

Salem Copper Door: Dave Zangri, 6 p.m.

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Brookline Alamo: Travis Rollo, 5 p.m.

Concord Concord Craft Brewing: Alex Cohen, 3 p.m.

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Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Eric Grant, 8 p.m.

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Londonderry Coach Shop: Jordan Quinn, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: Bar-Hoppers Band, 8 p.m.

Manchester Angel City: Off the Record, 9 p.m.

Derryfield: Chad LaMarsh Band, 8 p.m.

Fratello’s: Jodee Frawlee, 6 p.m.

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McIntyre Ski: Clint Lapointe, 5 p.m.

Murphy’s: Joanie Cicatelli Duo, 9:30 p.m.

Strange Brew: Amorphous Band, 9 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Justin Jordan, 6 p.m.

Milford Pasta Loft: Mt. Pleasant, 9 p.m.

Nashua Fratello’s: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Liquid Therapy: Garrett Partridge Acoustic Triune, 6 p.m.

Millyard Brewery: Adam McCauley, 4 p.m.

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Seabrook Chop Shop: Doubleshot, 8:30 p.m.

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Bedford Copper Door: Yvonne Aubert, 11 a.m.

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Salem Copper Door: Steve Aubert, 11 a.m.

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Laconia Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Londonderry Stumble Inn: Lisa Guyer, 7 p.m.

Manchester Fratello’s: Phil Jacques, 5:30 p.m.

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Portsmouth The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

Press Room: open mic, 6 p.m.

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Tandy’s: open mic night, 8 p.m.

Hampton Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: line dancing, 7 p.m.

Laconia Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Manchester Fratello’s: Ryan Williamson, 5:30 p.m.

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Strange Brew: David Rousseau, 7 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Dave Zangri, 5:30 p.m.

Nashua Fratello’s: Phil Jakes, 5:30 p.m.

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NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Trivia Events • Grey’s Anatomy Trivia at Chunky’s (707 Huse Road, Manchester; chunkys.com) on Thursday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Reserve a spot with a $5 per person food voucher (teams can have up to 6 players).

• Willy Wonka Trivia at Chunky’s (707 Huse Road, Manchester; chunkys.com) on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Reserve a spot with a $5 per person food voucher (teams can have up to 6 players).

• Golden Girls Trivia at Chunky’s (707 Huse Road, Manchester; chunkys.com) on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Reserve a spot with a $5 per person food voucher (teams can have up to 6 players).

• Ten Things I Hate About You Trivia at Chunky’s (707 Huse

Road, Manchester; chunkys.com) on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m.

Reserve a spot with a $5 per person food voucher (teams can have up to 6 players).

• Battle of the Breweries Trivia Great North Aleworks, Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. Free

Concerts Venues Bank of NH Stage 16 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, banknhstage.com

Rex Theatre 23 Amherst St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Weekly • Thursday Game Time trivia at Mitchell BBQ (50 N. Main St., Rochester, 332-2537, mitchellhillbbq.com) at 6 p.m.

• Thursday trivia at Smuttlabs (47 Washington St., Dover, 343-1782, smuttynose.com) at 6 p.m.

• Thursday trivia at Great North Aleworks (1050 Holt Ave., Manchester, 858-5789, greatnorthaleworks.com) from 7 to 8 p.m.

• Thursday Game Time trivia at Hart’s Turkey Farm (223 Daniel

Stone Church 5 Granite St., Newmarket 659-7700, stonechurchrocks.com

Capitol Center for the Arts 44 S. Main St., Concord Tupelo Music Hall 225-1111, ccanh.com Outdoor venue: Fletcher-Murphy 10 A St., Derry Park (28 Fayette St. in Concord) 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

Shows The Flying Monkey • Christian Sands Quartet 39 Main St., Plymouth Thursday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m., Jim536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com my’s Jazz and Blues Club • Purging Sin/King’s Petition Franklin Opera House Thursday, Jan. 6, Bank of NH 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse. Stage in Concord • James Montgomery Band org Friday, Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Jewel Music Venue Club 61 Canal St., Manchester 819-9336, jewelmusicvenue.com • Jamie Saft Trio Friday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m., Stone Church • Fortune Friday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club Tupelo 135 Congress St., Portsmouth 888-603-JAZZ, jimmysoncon- • Recycled Percussion Saturday, Jan. 8, 4 p.m. and 7:30 gress.com p.m., Palace Theatre • Livin’ on a Bad Name (Bon The Music Hall Jovi tribute), Saturday, Jan. 8, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre 436-2400, themusichall.org • Ranky Tanky Saturday, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Palace Theatre Blues Club 80 Hanover St., Manchester • Get the Led Out Saturday, 668-5588, palacetheatre.org Jan. 8, 8 p.m., Cap Center

Webster Hwy., Meredith, 2796212, hartsturkeyfarm.com) from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

• Thursday trivia Yankee Lanes (216 Maple St., Manchester, 6259656, yankeelanesentertainment. com) at 7 p.m.

• Thursday Kings trivia at Game Changer Sports Bar (4 Orchard View Dr., Londonderry; 216-1396, gamechangersportsbar.com) from 8 to 10 p.m.

• Friday Team Trivia at Cheers (17 Depot St., Concord, 228-0180, cheersnh.com) from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the lounge.

• Friday trivia at Gibb’s Garage Bar (3612 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, gibbsgaragebar.com) from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Mondays trivia at Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 8176670, crowsnestnh.com) at 8 p.m.

• Monday Trivia at the Tavern at Red’s (530 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-0030, redskitchenandtavern.com), signup at 8:30 p.m., from 9 to 11 p.m. Hosted by DJ Zati.

• Tuesday trivia at Reed’s North (2 E. Main St. in Warner, 456-2143, reedsnorth.com) from 6 to 8 p.m.

• Tuesday trivia at Area 23 (254 N. State St., Concord, 881-9060, thearea23.com) at 7 p.m.

• Tuesday trivia at Lynn’s 102 Tavern (76 Derry Road, Hudson, 943-7832, lynns102.com), at 7 p.m.

• Tuesday Geeks Who Drink trivia at Peddler’s Daughter (48 Main St., Nashua, 821-7535, thepeddlersdaughter.com), from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at Community Oven (845 Lafayette Road,

Hampton, 601-6311, thecommunityoven.com) at 6 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at Smuttynose (105 Towle Farm Road, Hampton, 436-4026, smuttynose.com) at 6 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at The Bar (2b Burnham Road, Hudson, 943-5250) at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at Main Street Grill and Bar (32 Main St., Pittsfield; 435-0005, mainstreetgrillandbar.com) at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at Popovers (11 Brickyard Square, Epping, 734-4724, popoversonthesquare. com) from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

• Wednesday Kings Trivia at KC’s Rib Shack (837 Second St., Manchester; 627-7427, ribshack. net), sponsored by Mi Campo, in Manchester 7 to 9 p.m..

• 1964: The Tribute (Beatles Tribute) Sunday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., Palace Theatre • The Breathing Process/Worm Shepherd/Alukah/Begat the Nephilim Monday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Jewel Music Venue • Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra Wednesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Karrin Allyson Friday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Ronan Tynan (Irish Tenor) Friday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre • EJ Oulette and Crazy Maggie/ Carol Coronis Friday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m., Stone Church • Blood, Sweat & Tears Saturday, Jan. 15, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre • Recycled Percussion Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m., Music Hall • Enox/The War Within/Tactiles/ Okami Saturday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., Jewel Music Venue • Vanessa Collier Saturday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club • Dueling Pianos Saturday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Franklin Opera House • Morgan James Saturday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre • Beatlejuice Saturday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Beau Sasser Trio/Slack Tide Saturday, Jan. 15, 9 p.m., Stone Church • Tom Chapin Wednesday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club • Dave Gererd and Tim Theriault Thursday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., Stone Church • Anthony Geraci & the Boston Blues All-Stars Thursday, Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Venue • An Evening with Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals Friday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m, Palace Theatre • Red Hot Chili Pipers Friday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey • Ambrose Akinmusire Friday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Friday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m., Tupelo • Fred Hersch Trio Saturday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club • Funtcase & SweetTooth Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Jewel Music Venue • Amulus/The Chops Saturday, Jan. 21, 9 p.m., Stone Church • Who’s Bad (tribute to Michael Jackson) Saturday, Jan. 22, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre • Beechwood & Boomsoss Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Bank of NH Stage in Concord

• The Gilmour Project Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Tupelo • The Skunk Sessions Saturday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Stone Church • Portland Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series Sunday, Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Citizen Cope Tuesday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall • Eddie 9V Wednesday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Nicholas Payton Thursday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Juggalo Jump-Off (Insane Clown Posse tribute) Thursday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m., Jewel Music Venue • Bearly Dead Thursday, Jan. 27, 9 p.m., Stone Church • Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Friday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey • Keb’Mo’ Friday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m., Music Hall • The Bulkheads/Adrienne Mack-Davis/Villains Row Saturday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m., Stone Church • Rachel & Vilray Saturday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m., The Historic Theatre/ Music Hall • Blitzkid The Reunion Kickoff Tour Wednesday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m., Jewel • Joel Ross Quintet Wednesday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club

STEVE BJORK The Boston Globe has described Steve Bjork as “one of the top names” in New England standup.

Catch up with the comedian at Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys. com, 206-38888) on Saturday, Jan. 15, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20.

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Grey’s Anatomy

• Wednesday trivia at Millyard Brewery (125 E. Otterson St., Nashua; 722-0104, millyardbrewery.com) at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday Game Time trivia at The Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St., Portsmouth; 427-8645, thirstymoosetaphouse.com) at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday World Tavern Trivia at Fody’s Tavern (9 Clinton St. in Nashua; fodystavern.com, 577-9015) at 8 p.m.

Living on a Bad Name

• Shmeika Copeland Thursday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Foreigners Journey (tribute to Foreigner and Journey) Thursday, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m., Palace Theatre • King Solomon Hicks Friday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club • Enter the Haggis Friday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Bank of NH Stage in Concord • Phil Vassar Friday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey • Cowboy Junkies Friday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m., The Historic Theatre/Music Hall • Tusk (Fleetwood Mac Tribute) Friday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Tupelo • Cash Unchained — The Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Cap Center • Mike Giradis’ Big Swingin’ Thing Saturday, Feb. 5, Flying Monkey

GOLDEN GIRLS TRIVIA Grieving the loss of Betty White? Gather with other Rose Nylund fans to thank Betty for being a friend at Golden Girls Trivia Night. Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys.com, 206-38888) hosts the event on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Reserve a spot for your team with a $5 food voucher. Teams can have up to six members.

MUSIC CROSSWORDS BY TODD SANTOS

52. Bikini Kill ‘Jet __’ 54. Gary Numan song for a fable finale?

56. Sting’s ‘Dune’ movie genre (hyph) 57. ‘09 Kiss album ‘__ Boom’ ful poem?

37. ‘Don’t Know Why’ Jones 59. Gaye And Terrell ‘What You __ Me’ 72. Joe Public made a mistake but just 40. Chart topping songs 61. Seger/McBride ‘Chances __’ said ‘Live And __’ 42. Steely Dan “__ (__ static at all) (2,2) 62. __ Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium 73. Cars singer Ocasek 46. Buffalo Springfield ‘__ __ I Think I Rescue Unit Love You’ (3,4) 63. Stage signal from musical director Down 49. ‘Currents’ Texans 64. Wolfmother might fry a ‘Cosmic’ one 1. Hall of famer Allman 50. Dropkick Murphys ‘I’m Shipping 65. ‘99 Blackalicious album 2. Sometime Rod Stewart keyman Brian Up to Boston’ plays before kickoff at 66. Weber’s German opera __ Freischütz 3. Journey ‘Escape’ classic (5,2,4) Notre ___. © 2020 Todd Santos 4. ‘98 Black Lab hit (4,3) 5. Guns N’ Roses “Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where __ __ child I’d hide” (2,1) 6. Anthrax slinger Scott 7. “When the night has come, and the __ is dark” 8. U2 ‘Window In The __’ 9. Prodigy ‘__ __ Of The Land’ (3,3) 10. “First I __ afraid, I was petrified” 11. ‘1977’ Irish rockers 12. Leona Lewis asked “What am __ __ you?” (1,2) 13. Bottom line tour earnings 19. ‘03 Ill Nino hit ‘How __ __ Live’ (3,1) 21. Place to stay on the road 24. ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ producer Todd Rundgren will ‘Bang’ on this Across 58. Dan Murphy group Golden __ 25. ‘00 Everlast album ‘__ __ Whitey’s’ 1. Oasis may ‘Panic’ when they don’t 60. ‘Saturday Night Fever’ genre (3,2) have this driver need 61. Vijay Iyer album w/same name as 27. __ __ A Kick Out Of You (1,3) 4. ‘95 Lisa Loeb album to go with heads? Charles Stross novel 28. Toby Keith drank w/ ‘I __’ (4,4,3) 9. ‘The Woman In Me’ Shania 67. Bargain container at record store 29. Ringo of The Beatles 14. ‘Aunt Betty’ Middle Class __ 68. “Busted flat in Baton __” 31. ‘My Dirty Hands Are __’ Team 15. ‘Can’t Do A Thing (To Stop Me)’ 69. You need a ticket, a seat and __ __ Dresch Chris (1,4) 33. Cult ‘Painted __ __ Heart’ (2,2) 16. Phish tells us to rush or make this in 70. ‘Miss Murder’ rockers 34. The Mark Of __ ‘Ill At Ease’ ‘Golden Age’ 71. As I Lay Dying song about a mourn- 35. Large fan turnout or this 17. Bigheadedness or this mega-star gets 18. Filter “That’s why I say, ‘Hey __’” (3,4,4) 20. What Christina Aguilera was ‘In A Bottle’ on 1st hit 22. Queens Of The Stone Age wrote ‘Songs For’ these not hearing ones 23. Explosive device Bruno Mars threw, perhaps 26. The Format song/EP about slow, creepy ones?

30. ‘What About Me?’ softrock singer James 32. Tim McGraw ‘She Never Lets __ Last Week’s Answers: Her Heart’ (2,2,2) 34. Stones “I __ almost hear you sigh” 1-4-22 36. Bruce Springsteen ‘__ __ The Street’ (3,2) outlined boxes, called cages, must ● Each row and each column must combine using the given operation 38. Jethro Tull ivory tickler John contain the numbers 1 through 4 (in any order) to produce the target 39. ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ Parks (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) numbers in the top-left corners. without repeating.

41. Kiss “I’m the lord of the wastelands, ● Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with ● The numbers within the heavily a modern day __ __ steel” (3,2) the number in the top-left corner.

43. Record contract course or this 44. ‘Aces High’ __ Maiden 45. Lagwagon ‘Laymens __’ 47. Neil Finn ‘__ Whistling This’ 48. Our Lady Peace ‘Starseed’ album 51. Kind of band D-A-D is 53. Melissa Etheridge ‘Come To My Window’ album (3,1,2) 55. Juliette & The Licks song for planting one on date? (3,4) KenKen® is a registered trademark of KenKen Puzzle LLC. ©2022 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication. www.kenken.com

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

“Time to Start Over” — only a few days left.

Across 1 George Eliot’s “___ Marner” 6 Intellect 9 Window framework 13 Opposite of obtuse 14 Turn towards 15 Nickname for the president of Mexico (based on his monogram) 16 Get gone, colloquially 19 Fiji-to-Samoa dir.

20 Voicemail noise 21 Capital of French Flanders (and birthplace of de Gaulle) 22 Burger King offering on the smaller side

26 Laundry challenges 28 First-string athletic groups 29 “The Christmas Song” composer Mel 30 “Gently worn,” really 33 30-Down, e.g.

34 Onetime seller of onesies 37 Electric guitar hookup 40 Jay who hosts a new revival of “You Bet Your Life” 41 Very slow tempo 43 ‘40s pinup Betty 48 Clan of hip-hop notoriety 49 Fast asleep 53 Forename in fragrances

54 Remove with absorbent material 55 “Game of Thrones” airer 58 Right about now (and a hint to the closing word of each theme answer) 62 Poker holding 63 Part of a whole 64 ‘50s White House name 65 Airport postings, for short 66 Red No. 5, e.g.

67 Tiffs

ter half of “American Horror Story: Double Feature” 11 Ski race with gates 12 Optimistic types 14 Producer’s nightmare 17 Uploads or downloads, in obsolete internet usage 18 Oversupply 23 She & ___ (Zooey Deschanel’s band) 24 Ground floor apartment number, Down perhaps 1 Fill up 25 Actress Pinkett Smith 2 Confident affirmation 26 Place for a snort nap?

3 Tepid 27 “Ode ___ Nightingale” 4 Chewed on some cheese 30 Purple base of some Filipino 5 Black or Red desserts 6 Batman, really 31 Roget’s entry (abbr.)

7 More inhospitable 32 One of a Freudian trio 8 “Dancing With the Stars” perfection 35 “Madonna: Truth or Dare” direc9 Contacts wearer’s solution tor Keshishian 10 Earhart who shows up in the lat- 36 Bathtub stopper

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37 Object of loathing 38 ___ Dew 39 Fad disc from the ‘90s 42 It’s E. of S. Sudan 43 “Faust” dramatist 44 Charge towards 45 Show up to 46 Runs over the edge, as ink 47 Lender’s attachment 48 “Dances ___ Wolves” 50 Sister magazine of Jet 51 ‘60s role for Michael Caine 52 Former Senate majority leader Trent 56 Fishing supply 57 Mineral museum displays 59 Bomb of a bomb 60 Dashes longer than hyphens 61 Talk nonstop © 2021 Matt Jones

Jonesin’ answer from pg 68 of 12/30

NITE SUDOKU Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. See last week's puzzle answers on pg 41.

Puzzle A

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Puzzle B

Puzzle C

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SIGNS OF LIFE

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Finally, and this is a fundamental difference between Paige and me, I’m not a mother who likes to go do things. The party is wherever you are.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Anyway, what I’m saying is that if it’s very unfunny to tease your partner with rubber snakes in a normal suburban setting, it is one thousand times more unfunny if you and your partner live in the country. Context is important.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) Ladd and I share a house, four children, a ranch, and an entire life … but we don’t have to share TVs! No you do not.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) I responded as any caring, understanding spouse would respond: ‘What?!? I shrieked, incredulous.

‘Have you completely lost your mind?!?’ Be understanding.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) My laundry manifesto stated something along the lines of ‘You all have to do your own laundry from now on because I’m done.’ A reasonable statement on my part, but it happened so suddenly, no one quite knew what to do.

They’ll figure it out.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) The store was packed with other patrons, and along my journey to the front, I passed Quik Trip’s very large, very impressive, very alluring glass doughnut case and made the mistake of glancing in its direction.

I immediately locked eyes with an apple fritter on the top shelf. Romance is in the air.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Cookies are always a nice starting point. Gotta start somewhere.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) I was simultaneously relieved that there was an identifiable, objective reason for his rapid spiral downward

and irritated that he could be so irresponsible about his Lenten choice. Dr. Pepper?

Was he crazy? He couldn’t possibly give that up! Yes, he could!

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Early in our marriage, whenever a disagreement or argument would happen, I started noticing the most bizarre thing: I would mindlessly migrate into the kitchen and start doing dishes right in the middle of it. … The thing is, I don’t even like washing dishes. Huh. Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Once I made a four-layer chocolate birthday cake for Ladd … and stashed it in the fridge to chill. It fell over, and the fridge has never been the same.

It’s different, but OK. Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) One mom had a dedicated craft floor in her home, with separate rooms for sewing, painting, and scrapbooking. Devote space to what you like.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) I do not own a glue gun. I can hardly sew on a button. For reasons I don’t fully understand, the thought of having a closet full of tempera paint, scissors, and beads makes me feel like bursting into tears and running away. Who needs a glue gun?

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Wait, what?

Ever watched a cooking show and wished you could sample the finished product? A professor in Japan has created a prototype TV screen that you can lick to taste a particular food. It works by spraying flavors on a film that rolls over the TV screen, Reuters reported. While such a product might seem misguided during a global pandemic, Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita sees it differently: “The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” he said. Miyashita said a commercial version could be made for about $875.

Scrooge is real

• Gina Sheldon of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, arrived home from Europe and opened her luggage to find $3,000 of gifts gone, WMUR-TV reported on Dec. 24. The items were “replaced with dog food, an old T-shirt, a shaving cream bottle,” Sheldon said; she believes those items were used because they look like a “real luggage product” when scanned. She had spent 11 days in Italy and a few in Paris and believes the switcheroo happened in the baggage area of Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris. Sheldon had bought a leather jacket for her teenager and “these really cute leather wristlet band purses” for other family and friends. Del-

ta Airlines and their partner Air France are looking into the incident.

• In this story, Scrooge is a hyperactive rodent with a bushy tail: The vendor who usually installs holiday lighting at Mears Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, declined to take the job this year after squirrels chewed through the wires in 2020, Lee Ann LaBore, co-chair of the Friends of Mears Park, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Our vendor reuses the lights, and they can’t afford to ... have the squirrels destroy them again,” she said. Instead, this year organizers used a projector with kaleidoscopelike moving images of snowflakes. People “want to see the twinkly lights,” LaBore said. “Well, we can’t have twinkly lights. It was probably this or nothing.”

Thank you, I think?

According to the Associated Press, Suyin Ting, collections manager for vertebrate paleontology at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, is retiring, so researchers in Alabama and South Carolina honored her with a unique gift: They named a prehistoric shark species after her. Carcharhinus tingae lived 40 million years ago and was identified using fossilized teeth in the museum’s collection. “I am very honored to be recognized by my peers for my work,” said Ting on Dec. 23, her retirement day.

Lovin’ it

McDonald’s locations in Guangdong and Shanghai, China, are testing new in-store seating: exercise bikes. A spokesperson said the bikes are part of McDonald’s Upcycle for Good initiative, which promotes sustainability, United Press International reported.

They generate electricity, which customers can use to charge their devices. Oh, and they help customers stay healthier while gobbling a Big Mac and fries.

The continuing crisis

• On Dec. 26, as bad weather kept Kris-

tin Livdahl and her 10-year-old daughter inside, they looked for some fun challenges to do: “... laying down and rolling over holding a shoe on your foot,” for example, Livdahl explained on Twitter. But when the child asked Amazon’s Alexa for a challenge, Fox News reported, it suggested she plug a charger cord about halfway into a wall, then hold a penny against the exposed prongs.

Fortunately, Livdahl was there with her and yelled, “’No, Alexa, no!’ like it was a dog,” she said. Later, Livdahl received an email from Amazon, apologizing for the incident and promising to follow up.

• It appears that red-winged parrots in Australia can’t hold their liquor, according to Broome Veterinary Hospital in Kimberley. It’s the end of mango season, and the ripe fruits are falling to the ground, where

they ferment in the sun. The parrots indulge in the boozy treat — sometimes to their demise, ABC News reported. “A lot of them, unfortunately ... don’t make it to the clinic because they pass away before people find them,” said veterinarian Paul Murphy.

It’s not just the alcohol that kills them, but drunken behavior; Murphy said they fly into windows and sit on the ground, where they’re vulnerable to predators.

Oops

When Olivia Crump tried to leave her apartment in Milledgeville, Georgia, on Dec. 28, she was surprised to find a crucial structure missing: the stairs to the ground floor. According to the Daily Mail, Crump said the management company did not notify her about the stairs being removed for construction. “It was impossible to get down without climbing over the ledge with a ladder or scaling the side with a decent drop below,” she said. She and her dog were trapped in the apartment for about four hours, during which the dog almost had an accident. While Crump doesn’t plan any legal action, she did note that the absence of stairs could be a fire hazard, and she hopes the management company will compensate tenants for putting them in a dangerous situation.

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