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on the cover 10 come together with the ukulele Jake Shimabukuro talks about his new duets album ahead of his upcoming appearance at Tupelo, and the Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group weighs in on his contributions to the ukulele scene, plus how you can give the instrument a try.

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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 “Faces in Watercolors” 15 arts roundup Inside/Outside 18 Gardening Guy Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

18 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

19 Kiddie Pool Family fun events this weekend.

20 Car Talk Automotive advice.

Careers 22 on the job What it’s like to be a...

Food 24 easter eats In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Try This at Home; Beer.

Pop Culture 33 Reviews CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz goes looking for Easter eggs in Morbius.

NITE 36 Bands, clubs, nightlife Nite Roundup, concert & comedy listings and more.

38 Music this Week Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

43 Rock and Roll Crossword A puzzle for the music-lover.

Odds & Ends 43 ken ken, word roundup 44 Crossword, sudoku 45 Signs of Life, 7 little words 46 News of the Weird

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NEWS & NOTES Covid-19 news

On March 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for older and certain immunocompromised populations. According to a press release, these include people ages 50 and older at least four months after receiving their first booster dose, as well as people ages 12 and older (for Pfizer) and 18 and older (for Moderna) who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who are living with conditions considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise. “Based on an analysis of emerging data, a second booster dose … could help increase protection levels for these higher-risk individuals,” Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “Current evidence suggests some waning of protection over time.”

In New Hampshire, state health officials reported 102 new cases of Covid-19 on April 4. Last week, Covid-related hospitalizations fell to the single digits for the first time in more than a year — as of April 4 there were just six statewide.

Paid leave

The state is looking for a commercial insurance carrier to fully insure and administer the Granite State Paid Family and Medical Leave Plan. According to a press release, last week Gov. Chris Sununu and the New Hampshire Departments of Administrative Services and Employment Security, with assistance from the Insurance Department, released

a Request for Proposal to administer the plan, which provides participating employees in New Hampshire with 60 percent of their average weekly wage for up to six weeks per year for specified leaves of absence. “A statewide, private-market, truly voluntary paid leave plan does not exist in any other state, and New Hampshire is leading the way,” Sununu said in the release. “After years of talk, we are finally moving forward with a viable paid leave product that is available to anyone who wants it and forced upon no one who does not.” The state is required to implement a voluntary paid family and medical leave plan as a provision of the 2022/2023 State Budget Trailer Bill, the release said. Any employer can choose to participate, and a business enterprise tax credit equal to 50 percent of the premium paid by those employers is available. “This is a critical program providing current and future workers here in the Granite State with the choice to take paid time away from work to care for family or care for themselves,” Deputy Commissioner Richard Lavers of Employment Security said in the release.

4 $4.3 million of that is allocated to the City and $3.9 million the Manchester School District. A significant increase in health insurance claims in the second half of FY22 prompted an increase of $1.5 million to health insurance in FY23, the release said, and an additional $1.4 million was allocated to merits, longevity and associated benefits — meaning 65 percent of all city employees will receive at least a 3 percent increase in pay. The budget also includes bonding renovations to Derryfield Park, and replacing the Livingston Park track and the playgrounds at Wolfe Park and Sheridan Emmett Park, as well as $4.1 million that will go toward improving 32.9 miles of streets and sidewalks. The budget also establishes a green streets tree canopy program that will cover half of a resident’s cost for a new tree if it’s adjacent to the street. It leverages private funds for upgrades to fields at Livingston, Precourt, Sheehan Basquil and Stevens parks. For Manchester’s schools, the budget covers current programming and staff, and costs associated with collective bargaining

The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center will travel to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner on Saturday, April 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. for “Spemki Nib8iwi: The Heavens in the Hooksett Nighttime.” According to a press release, the free outdoor program will feature stargazing with an Indigenous focus, a bonfire, hot drinks and telescopes set up in the field for sky Goffstown viewing.

Bring your own chairs; restrooms will be available.

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Street sweeping is underway in Manchester. The Department of Public Works started sweeping on April 6, according to a press release, and sweeping will take place in various neighborhoods aroundDerry the city on the Merrimack Amherst first Wednesday and Thursday of the month. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those days, vehicles will need to be parked on one side of the street on WednesLondonderry Milford day and on the opposite side the following day. Signs will be posted, and the city has tried to inform all residents in these areas, the release said.

NASHUA

Hillsborough County Superior Court-South’s Adult Drug Court in Nashua has been named one of 10 national mentor treatment courts by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to a press release, the drug court will serve a two-year term as a model program to assist new or growing courts around the country.

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Queen City budget

Last week, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig delivered her FY23 tax-cap budget address.

According to a press release, the budget proposal includes a 3.57 percent property tax increase (resulting in a tax rate change of $0.63, from $17.68 to $18.31 per $1,000 of assessed property value), which equates to an increase in property tax revenues of $8.2 million. Approximately

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Help clean up any public area in Concord with the city’s Blue Bag Program.

According to Concord’s monthly newsletter, residents can participate in the free program by filling out a release form, picking up free blue bags at the Concord General Services office at 311 N. State St., do the clean-up, leave the bags on the side of the road, and then notify General Services, which will come out and pick up the trash.

Covid-19 update

As of March 28

As of April 4

302,181

303,010

Total current infections statewide

1,020

1,033

Total deaths statewide

2,447

2,452

873 (March 22 to March 28)

829 (March 29 to April 4)

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253

281 (as of Thurs., March 31)

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218 (as of Thurs., March 31)

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agreements, retirement and health insurance, the release said, and it supports the school district’s strategic plan to grow its learners, educators and systems. Approximately $4.4 million in bonding will be used for Capital Improvement Projects, including the purchase of five school buses, playground replacements at Bakersville and Webster Elementary and Cullerot Park access to green space for Northwest students.

Political poll

Sixty-eight percent of New Hampshire registered voters think the country is on the wrong track, according to a recent poll from the Saint Anselm College Survey Center at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. That number is down from 74 percent in January, and according to a press release, the current political environment has led to slightly improved job approval for incumbents, though President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy is the same as January, with 58 percent of voters disapproving. His job approval has increased slightly: 43 percent approval, compared to 41 percent in January. Locally, Gov. Chris Sununu is up from his career low and is now at 62 percent approval, 36 percent disapproval, and, according to the release, he leads in a hypothetical matchup against his only announced challenger, State Sen. Tom Sherman, 51 to 24 percent.

The approval rating for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is at 48 percent; Sen. Maggie Hassan is at 46 percent; Congressman Chris Pappas is at 43 percent; and Congresswoman Annie Kuster is at 42 percent, the release said. Results from the Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll are based on online surveys of 1,265 New Hampshire registered voters collected on March 23 and March 24.

TeachUNITED

The state has a new partnership with TeachUNITED to provide five rural schools with individualized professional development. According to a press release, the schools were selected based on need and instructional improvement goals. The chosen schools are Northwood Elementary School in Northwood, Strong Foundations Charter School in Pembroke, Barnard Elementary School in South Hampton, Stevens High School in Claremont and Cornish Elementary School in Cornish. The program highlights strategies for growth mindset, data-driven instruction and personalized and blended learning. “This new partnership will support teachers and rural school leaders with strategies necessary to set and reach ambitious student goals,” Frank Edelblut, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education, said in the release.

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expand our services … and buy What is Waypoint two buildings: one for a center in and who does it serve?

Rochester, and one on Hanover Waypoint is a social Street in Manchester, where we service agency … with can actually have that first shelter more than 20 programs across the for youth experiencing homelessstate. We basically serve [people through] the whole lifespan, ness in New Hampshire. It’s a from early childhood all the way huge expansion. … Those three to seniors. Waypoint has been the centers won’t cover the whole main provider of services for runneed — there are also homeless youth in the North Country and in away and homeless youth for the last 25 years. We’ve had a pro- Borja Alvarez de Toledo more rural areas of the state — but we felt like we needed to continue gram in Manchester on Lincoln Street, [which was] a youth drop-in center … to grow our services in these three areas for now. where youth can actually come, take a shower, What will the youth shelter be like? work on their resume on a computer, get food, The shelter is what’s really going to make a get clothing, engage with case management. …

We’ve also had a mobile team that works on the difference. The youth we have engaged in ManSeacoast, which is basically a van driving around chester keep asking us every day, ‘When is that to the different towns, and some housing and tran- [shelter] going to be open?’ … It’s going to be housed in the same place where we’re going to sitional living programs where youth can stay. have our youth resource drop-in center. It’s very How many youth are experiencing homeless- possible that a youth is going to be receiving serness in New Hampshire? vices during the day on one floor of the building, There was research done by Chapin Hall engaging with case management or groups or at the University of Chicago that was the first other activities, and then, [at the end of the day] real national study on the issue of youth home- when it’s time to transition, they’ll just go down lessness. It became clear that, across the United to the floor where the shelter is and sleep there.

States — and it’s the same in urban settings and There’s more continuity of services that way. in more rural settings in parts of New Hampshire Why is it important for youth to have a — that one in 15 young adults ages 18 to 25, and one in 30 ages 14 to 17, experienced some level youth-specific shelter?

Research has indicated that it’s not appropriof homelessness every single year. … When you extrapolate that and look at how many youth of ate for youth to be actually housed in shelters for those ages are living in New Hampshire, we’re adults, especially shelters where there are some talking about 15,000 youths. chronically homeless adults. The minute [the youth] walk into those spaces, there’s a sense of, How has the pandemic affected youth ‘This is going to be the rest of my life. This is homelessness? going to be me when I’m 50 or 60.’ They see that ‘Homelessness’ doesn’t always mean sleep- right in front of them, and it almost shatters any ing on the streets every day. It may mean housing sense of hope or sense that [their circumstances] instability. Sometimes, [the youth] are couch- can change. There are also sometimes very rigid surfing and are able to get a [place to stay] for rules at those shelters that don’t always apply to a couple of weeks at a friend’s house or by stay- the youth; it’s more complicated for youth. ing with a family member. The pandemic made What is the current status of the expansion things much more complicated, because those houses that were hosting those youths closed project?

We’re in the process of renovating the build[their doors] because of the fear and risk of Covid. We’ve found that, now, there are more ings … and we are continuing to fundraise, youths who are sleeping in cars, in tents, in aban- because the cost to renovate these buildings is about three and a half million dollars. We’ve doned buildings. had a lot of support already for this specific projWhat is involved in Waypoint’s expansion ect, from the city through HUD — Housing and Urban Development — funding and through conproject?

Two years ago we had some internal focus gressionally directed funding by Sen. Shaheen. meetings … and we realized that there was Many foundations and individual donors have an increasing [number of] youth experiencing contributed money. If people want to donate to homelessness in Concord; that we really want- help us get to the finish line on this project, that ed to build a center in Rochester that was similar would be incredible. … My hope is that by the to the one we have in Manchester; and that we end of the summer [the facilities] will be ready were the only state in New England without a to open and start [offering] services and serving shelter [exclusively] for youth. We decided to youth. — Angie Sykeny

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SPORTS DAVE long’s longshots

Celtics rolling toward playoffs

There is an old saying that goes, that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I’m not sure who said it first or why, but I do know the most recent team in sports it applies to is your Boston Celtics, a team that justifiably had everyone from Jamestown, R.I., to Presque Isle on their back through the first 10 weeks of the NBA season. All thanks to blowing one big lead after another in one lax effort after the next.

However, that was then and this is now. They’ve gone from 18-21 after blowing a 25-point lead in an excruciating loss to the Knicks on Jan. 6 to 49-30 following Sunday’s 42-point beatdown of Washington.

The 32-9 surge sends them into next week’s playoffs as the hottest team in the East and maybe the top seed in the conference.

The question is how did that happen, especially since it seemingly came from nowhere.

Before I get to that, first the mea culpa. Boy did I get it wrong saying in a blowtorch column right after the loss at MSG that they would be battling for the 10th playoff spot as this week arrived.

Though while I was wrong about that, I was right about what they needed most to solve their problems — a real point guard and better, more determined leadership from Jayson Tatum.

Qualities that I’d given up he’d ever develop.

Never saw anyone on the roster ever being a real point guard either. Finally I said Ime Udoka looked over his head.

So back to how it happened.

In order: Point guard: Rarely does the light bulb go on for someone in their eighth season, but it has for Marcus Smart since mid-January. Now the first move is going below the three-point line to draw defenders to him, giving Tatum and Jaylen Brown better openings to shoot or drive. It also gives him 10-foot pull-up opportunities or lanes for shots at the rim or lobs to Rob. It’s been the key to the improvement.

Tatum’s maturity: Through the surge he’s been mostly sensational. Though after seeing him sulk his way through the second half of last week’s Miami loss after letting horrid officiating get his head, it’s not all there just yet. But he now looks so much more determined and physical in regularly taking it to the basket. The last piece needed is to better fight through the adversity like vs.

Miami, because that’s what he’s going to see in the playoffs.

Shot selection: Mostly gone now are Tatum, Brown and especially Smart infuriatingly chucking up the first three that shows. Ditto for Tatum’s loved by him and absolutely despised by me Kobe-like isolation step back shot that takes everyone besides him out of the offense Passing on all the ill-advised threes and destructive isolations has led to a greater overall patience to search out better shots through the shot clock. That’s improved field goal percentag-

es on both twos and threes. But more importantly it’s led Tatum and Brown to attack the rim as the first option for the higher percentage attempts and more free throws that come at the rim. Both are now a threat to score 30 every night and this is why they’re so much harder to guard. Not to mention more fun to watch.

Passing: There are two kinds of passing. The first is programmed ball movement where guys automatically have places to send it to get ahead of defensive rotations and into open areas like weak side corner for a three. The quicker and more decisively it’s done the better because it’s where most open half-court shots come from.

Everyone seems to be better at that now. But chief among them is Rob Williams in particular who’s become very adept at this. It’s the least talked about part of his improvement, and has a positive impact on the half-court offense.

The other kind is passing off the dribble during penetration, for drop-offs when double teamed, in transition, to cutters coming from the weak side or off picks and on lobs to Rob, which has become a major element in the half court offense and on the break. While there have always been flashes of this and Al Horford has always been solid here, Tatum and Smart have had a Cousy-esque transformation in their ability to get people wide open shots or lay-ups while on the move.

The Coach: One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made during my time writing this column was saying Udoka looks over his head as an NBA coach. Dead wrong. Turns out it was just part of the learning curve.

It’s obvious this team listens to him. Both the improved shot selection and especially the transformation of Smart’s offensive approach are coaching things. Ditto for their league-best team defense, which has been solid since Day 1. Something that makes them built more sturdily for the slower, more physical play in the playoffs.

Bottom line, he’s the biggest reason for the turnaround.

And while all this was going on, we also got the answer to the biggest question looming over the future of the franchise.

Can Tatum and Brown play together? This question was endlessly asked through the first 10 weeks. And I said in January it needed an answer. Though I added we’ll never really know until they play with a real point guard who gives them the ball where each can do something with it. With Smart now doing that, the answer is yes.

Which is good, because at 24 and 25 they could be on their way to becoming the best 1-2 scoring punch in Celtics history. And yes I have heard the names Jones, Havlicek, Bird, McHale, Pierce, Walker and the rest.

Along with drastically improved play from the bench, that takes care of what happened. Next week we’ll preview the playoffs and talk about what Brad Stevens has done to change their immediate fortunes.

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NEWS & NOTES

quality of life index The falcons are nesting

It’s nesting season for Manchester’s peregrine falcons, and you can watch it on the NH Audubon’s live falcon cam. According to a press release from the Audubon, the pair is currently incubating five eggs in its nest, which is at 750 Elm St. You can find a link at nhaudubon.org, or search for “peregrine networks” on YouTube. The eggs typically hatch in late April or early May and the birds fledge from the nest in late May or early June, according to information posted on the falcons’ YouTube page. The young falcons will spend four to six weeks learning from their parents how to hunt, and then they will start to migrate out of the area.

Score: +1 Comment: The date of this year’s first egg was March 21, earlier than any of the previous seven years that were recorded, according to the YouTube page; in 2016, 2020 and 2021, the first eggs were March 24, which is the second earliest date.

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Last week, the Nashua Board of Education voted to eliminate early release days for the 2022-2023 school year. According to a press release, early release days had allowed teaching staff to attend workshops and school meetings in the afternoon, as students left two hours early, and the district usually scheduled five or six early release days during the school year. Instead, according to the release, administrators will now plan for full-day workshops and school meetings for teachers on Sept. 13, primary day; Nov. 8, election day; and Feb. 20, Presidents Day, when students are not in school. The proposed calendar increases the total amount of instructional time by 14 hours and allows for “more full and complete weeks of schooling,” the release said. It also helps to better align calendars between CTE centers and districts, to reduce the number of conflicts.

Score: 0 Comment: The kids probably won’t care for the additional hours in school, but parents who won’t have to figure out middle-of-the-day school pickups and child care certainly will.

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Manchester has had several instances recently where credit card skimmers have been found on credit card terminals at local businesses. According to a press release, skimmers were found on March 23 at Walmart on Gold Street; on March 28 at the 7-Eleven on Beech Street; and on March 30 at the 7-Eleven on Maple Street. Skimmers can steal credit card numbers and can be hard to see, as they look very similar to legitimate card scanners, and they can be snapped onto a card reader within seconds.

Score: -1 Comment: Businesses are being asked to check their credit card terminals daily for skimmers, and customers should check their bank accounts for suspicious activity, the release said.

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For three days, some people in New Hampshire trying to text 911 through the Verizon Wireless network were not able to. On April 1, the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Emergency Services and Communications sent out a media alert to let residents and visitors know that some Verizon Wireless customers were experiencing a failure when attempting to send a text to 911, instead getting an automated message saying, “Please make a voice call to 911. There is no text service to 911 available at this time.” No other carriers had issues, the alert said. Verizon’s network engineers were able to resolve the problem by April 4, according to an update from Emergency Services and Communications.

Score: -1 Comment: QOL hopes that anyone who couldn’t get through to 911 via text was able to call and get help quickly.

QOL score: 70 Net change: -1 QOL this week: 69 What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire?

Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

This Week Thursday, April 7

Bob Marley, recently voted Best of the Best in the Best Local (-ish) Comedian category of Hippo’s Best of 2022 readers’ poll, will kick off a run of performances at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, 668-5588) starting today with a show at 7:30 p.m. Marley will also

Thursday, April 7

The Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh. com) has several local favorites on the calendar for this weekend. Tonight, catch Béla Fleck with his album My Bluegrass Heart at 7:30 p.m.; tickets cost $39 to $69, plus fees.

Tomorrow, Friday, April 8, catch Colin Hay (known for his work as lead vocalist of Men at Work and as a solo artist) at 8 p.m. (Tickets cost $43 through $63, plus fees.)

perform Friday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 9, at 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $39.50.

Find out who and what else were awarded the “best” label by readers in last week’s issue (March 31). See hippopress. com to find the e-edition.

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Big Events April 7 and beyond between I Love Lucy and Some Like it Hot,” this weekend presented by the Majestic Studio Theatre (880 Page St. in Manchester; majestictheatre. net). The show runs tonight and Saturday, April 9, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students.

Find more theatrical productions this week and into the future in the Arts section, which starts on page 10.

Friday, April 8

It’s another Tupelo Night of Comedy tonight at 8 p.m. at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St. in Derry; tupelomusichall.com). Tickets cost $22 and the lineup includes Brad Mastrangelo, Francis Birch and Matt McArthur.

Find more funny in our Comedy This Week listings on page 36.

On the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord), see Dueling Pianos on Friday, April 8, at 8 p.m. (tickets cost $24 plus fees) and Adam Ezra Group on Saturday, April 9, at 8 p.m. (tickets cost $28 and $38, plus fees).

Saturday, April 9 Find more concerts this weekend in Millyard Brewery (125 E. Otterour concert listings on page 42. son St. in Nashua; millyardbrewery. com, 722-0104) will celebrate its 6th anniversary today from noon to 7 p.m.

Friday, April 8 Catch Love, Sex and the IRS, with 12 beers on tap, music, a food a farce described as “like a cross truck and games, according to a press

release. Catch Dan Carter performing from 1 to 6 p.m. and Charlie Chronopoulos from 4 to 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 9

Today is the monthly free admission Saturday at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org) for all New Hampshire residents from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum will also host a Creative Studio event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., when participants of this family-friendly event can take inspiration from the new exhibition “Warhol Screen Test” to paint some pop art style works, according to the website.

The museum kicks off Membership Appreciation Week on Sunday, April 10, when mem-

bers can receive special perks and discounts and get a preview tour of the Arghavan Khosravi exhibit that will open Thursday, April 14.

Wednesday, April 13

Discuss and watch the silent films of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Mack Sennett at a presentation by the Walker Lecture Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St. in Concord; theaudi. org). The event is free.

Save the Date! May 7

The Monster Jam comes to the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St. in Manchester; snhuarena.com, 644-5000) for shows on Saturday, May 7, at 1 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 8, at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $18 through $68.

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Ukulele Come together with the

A conversation with Jake Shimabukuro and how you can join NH’s ukulele scene

Jake Shimabukuro. Photo by Sienna Morales.

Ukulele together

Jake Shimabukuro’s new album is all about collaboration

By Chelsea Spear news@hippopress.com

In 2006, Jake Shimabukuro played the ukulele heard ’round the world. A clip he recorded for the New York City public access program Midnight Ukulele Disco, in which he played “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” was one of the first viral video successes on YouTube, amassing more than 15 million views.

Since then he’s become a global ambassador for the four-stringed instrument. In addition to releasing several albums and touring the world, he’s performed a concerto for ukulele and orchestra, scored the Japanese remake of the indie film Sideways, given a TED talk, and spearheaded a ukuleles-in-the-classroom effort in his home of Hawaii.

Jake Shimabukuro and Friends, the ukulele maestro’s most recent album, couldn’t come at a better time. This duets album features a diverse array of musicians — among them Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Michael McDonald and Jimmy Buffett — in a celebration of the ways a good song can bring different people together.

Ahead of an appearance at Tupelo Music Hall on Thursday, April 14, Shimabukuro discussed the tour and the record in an interview via Zoom in late March.

Your latest album is a series of duets and collaborations. How did that come together and how did you pick which songs to play with which artists?

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Oh, wow. Wow. So, that was a project that started about four years ago. It was a conversation I had with my manager. And he was like, ‘You should do a duets record.’

And I was thinking, wow. He started naming some artists and I was like, oh man, that would be awesome. But in the back of my head, I was thinking, oh, this is never going to happen, right? How are we going to get all these people together?

We had mentioned the project to Roy Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and he got very excited and he agreed to help me co-produce the record. The first thing he said to me was, ‘Man, we got to get you and Willie Nelson together.’ And I said, ‘Really?’ He picked up the phone, called Willie and told him all about the project and Willie was down with it. And two months later we were in the studio recording ‘Stardust.’ I mean, it was unbelievable. And so after that, it just gave the project all this momentum.

A couple of the songs on here are standards, like Willie Nelson’s version of ‘Stardust.’ What is it like to play those songs? And how did playing those songs change the way you listen to them?

Man, I tell you, when Willie Nelson agreed to do ... .Well, when he said he’ll do ‘Stardust,’ I mean, my jaw hit the floor because I was like, I am going to have the opportunity to not just play, but record ‘Stardust’ with Willie Nelson, right? And I got to tell you, it was a funny story because the night before we went into the studio,

Ray took me to go see Willie. And it was my first time meeting him in person. I’d seen him, we played festivals together and I watched his show and kind of seen him from afar. But I remember we got to his house and I was so nervous and he came over. He came over and Ray introduced us and I got to shake his hand and I had my ukulele in my case, on my back. And he looked at me and said, ‘Hey, so we’re going to do ‘Stardust,’ right?’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah, thank you so much. I’m so honored that you’re doing this. I’m looking forward to it. Thank you. Thank you.’ And then he looked at me, he goes, ‘Oh, OK. Yeah. Well, maybe we should run through it.’

And I was like, ‘Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, we can definitely do that.’ And then there was this awkward pause and then I realized, oh, he means right now. … And I was like, OK. But see, I wasn’t prepared for that because I thought he was going to play guitar on it. I didn’t realize he was just going to sing. I immediately realized, oh, OK. I’m just playing and he’s singing. So I was so nervous, but we played through it and then he looked at me and he said, ‘All right. Yeah. Sounds good. Looking forward to tomorrow.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, thank you so much.’ And then I left with Ray and I was just like, I told Ray, ‘Oh my gosh, I almost passed out.’ Talk about being put on the spot. And man, he’s such a nice individual when you’re around him. He just has such a gentle presence and vibe so I loved it.

Did you go to your collaborators or did they come to you?

Well, Jimmy Buffett introduced me to probably half the people on the record, right? So, I was very fortunate to know most of them. There were a few people I hadn’t worked with before, like Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson. Also, Vince Gill and Amy Grant. Most of the people on the record I had worked with before, so it was a little easier to ask and reach out. Jon Anderson, that was another dream come true because I was a huge Yes fan.

And Jon Anderson’s iconic voice. Oh man. And then when he agreed to sing ‘A Day In The Life,’ it just blew me out of my seat. I couldn’t believe he was going to sing that. And then he kind of tricked me. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll sing you a demo of how I like to sing it.’ And he sent me this video and he is actually singing it. But he’s also strumming a ukulele.

And I was like, I’m sorry. I called him and I was like, ‘Jon, I didn’t know you played the ukulele.’ He goes, ‘Oh, I love the ukulele.’ And it was such a moment. So I told him, ‘You have to play ukulele on the record,’ but he didn’t want to play. ‘No, no, no, you play

Jake Shimabukuro When: Thursday, April 14, 8 p.m.

Where: Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St. in Derry) Tickets: $30 to $50 More info: tupelomusichall.com

the ukulele. I’ll just sing.’ But man, he is just phenomenal. He did a lot of, some of that percussion work and stuff on there as well and added all his layers of vocals and, oh, it’s just phenomenal.

What is it like to tour behind a solo album that’s so rooted in collaboration?

I always make a joke when I talk about the record and I introduce some of the artists that are on it. And I always say, ‘Unfortunately they all couldn’t be here tonight.’ I say, ‘We’re going to do the songs anyway.’

So we have been playing a lot of the songs from the record, obviously the instrumentals. But songs like ‘Something’ and we were doing ‘A Place In The Sun.’ When I listened to this album, one of the things that struck me was that it’s a real celebration of community and the way music can be a common denominator for a lot of different people. How does it feel to be touring and promoting this as some of the Covid restrictions are lifting and people are coming out to see live music?

I’m so grateful to be performing in front of a live audience again. I mean, it just feels so good. I mean the first couple shows when we first went back out a couple months ago, I mean, after the first song, I cried. I unexpectedly just was so…. It was so overwhelming that I actually started tearing. And I’ve noticed that in a lot of these shows, you can see people they’re just [moved]. Because for a lot of

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the venues that we’ve been playing at recently, we’ve been kind of their first show back.

Well, back in November and December when we were touring and we were their first show back. So, I mean, you could see people just in tears, just crying, sobbing. And you know everyone has had their own unique challenges during this time. It just shows how just the healing power of music and the power of people coming together, being in the moment and just letting the music touch you, and it’s so powerful.

What can New Hampshire audiences expect from your upcoming show at Tupelo?

So I’m bringing a dear friend with me.

His name is Jackson Waldhoff. He’s been touring with me for the last couple years.

He’s from Hawaii as well. And just a very, I mean, honest musician. I just love his playing. Everything he plays is so pure. He’s so melodic and it just really complements the ukulele and the parts I play. We’re going to be doing a lot of bass and ukulele duets and he’s just so much fun to watch and I just love playing with him. Every once in a while you come across musicians that you play with and you just almost feel like you know where they’re going to go, what note they’re going to, how they’re going to play, and you just can read them dynamically. And I think that’s what we’re able to provide for each other and it’s really awesome, so I’m excited.

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Talking about his previous appearance in the Granite State, Jake Shimabukuro shouted out the ukulele players of southern New Hampshire.

“The last time I was there, they came and they brought their ukuleles,” he recalled. “It’s so wonderful to see that. All these communities of ukulele players, just all over the world. It’s crazy.”

The feeling is mutual. “No one can shred a ukulele like Jake!” June Pinkham said in a recent email interview. As one of the co-organizers for the Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group, she would know from ukulele shredding. Over the past decade, SNHUG has organized sing-and-strum get-togethers for ukulele enthusiasts in the Seacoast area, with bigger and more ambitious plans on the horizon.

Former Granite State resident Dan Mathis first organized SNHUG on Meetup in December 2011, appointing Pinkham as a co-organizer. Their earliest meetings were attended by five members.

“I had inherited a Martin ukulele from my father-in-law and wanted to learn to play it in his honor,” Pinkham wrote. “Little did I know where that would lead!”

The group has about 600 followers on their Meetup group, and avid members have met twice a month at the Seabrook Public.

Check out a ukulele (literally) You can get a feel for a ukulele by checking one out of some area libraries. Ukuleles are available at the Hooksett Public Library (31 Mt. St. Mary’s Way in Hooksett; hooksettlibrary. org, 485-6092) and from the Merrimack Public Library (470 DW Highway in Merrimack; merrimacklibrary.org, 424-5021). Call for details.

“We have many talented members in our group!” Pinkham wrote. She describes their membership as “people from all walks of life. People like me, with no musical background, to people who are very well accustomed to playing on stage professionally and just want to have some fun.”

SNHUG’s mission includes a community service component, which involves performances and fundraising. The group frequently looks for “a way to ‘do a little good’ … bringing smiles to nursing homes, community events, farmers markets — wherever there was a need.” They have also raised money for the nonprofit Ukulele Kids Club, which brings musical instruments to children in hospitals as a form of music therapy.

“We organized the Battle of the Ukulele Bands, which took place in 2019 at The Music Hall in Portsmouth,” a “seriously complex event” that raised $23,000 for the UKC. “To date, we have raised almost $90,000 for charity — all the while having a blast!”

Like many ukulele groups, SNHUG had to shift their in-person gatherings to Zoom when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit. As the temperatures rose, the organizers found ways for the group to get together. “Last year we met as soon as the weather warmed up in the spring all the way through November — outside at the park, frozen fingers and all.” They were warmly greeted by members of the community and grew their community through outdoor performances at nursing homes and farmers markets. Just as ukulele sales grew in 2020, so did SNHUG’s community: “We didn’t see a change in our membership during the lockdown. In fact, I think our membership went up!”

SNHUG can help ukulele novices learn the instrument. For more information on SNHUG’s gatherings and lessons, visit snhug. wordpress.com. And keep an eye out for their annual SNHUGfest in Dover on Sept. 24.

Learn to play

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Here are a few places where you can go to ukulele lessons for children and adults. learn to play a ukulele.

• The Real School of Music (10 A St., Derry; 260-6801, therealschoolofmusic.com) offers • Let’s Play Music (2626 Brown Ave., Unit beginner to advanced ukulele lessons for chilA2, Manchester, 218-3089; 145 Hampstead dren and adults in person and on Zoom.

Road, 1st floor, Suite 26, Derry, 425-7575; • Steve’s House of Ukulele (123 Main St., letsplaymusic.com/ukulele-lessons.php) offers Concord; stevesukes.com, 555-9876) Steve’s children’s and adults beginner to advanced House offers Zoom and in-person lessons for ukulele lessons in person and on Zoom. beginners as well as more experienced play• NH Tunes (250 Commercial St., Suite 201, ers. Steve’s House also offers instrument Manchester; 660-2208, nhtunes.biz) offers rentals and sales. ukulele lessons for beginners to advanced • Ted Herbert Music (880 Page St, Manchesplayers in person and on Zoom. ter; 669-7469, tedherbert.com) John Chouinard • North Main Music (28 Charron Ave., Suite teaches ukulele lessons in person and over 1, Nashua; 505-4282, northmainmusic.com/ Zoom for beginners through advanced players. ukulele-lessons) offers in-person and online He also leads the ukulele ensemble Ukuladies.

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Nashua exhibition represents faces from around the globe

By Meghan Siegler

msiegler@hippopress.com

Kavitha Chandrasekaran has painted every single day since she moved to Nashua three years ago, and now she’s sharing the products of that devotion in a solo exhibition at the Nashua Public Library.

“This is my first [show],” Chandrasekaran said. “I can’t believe I’ve created so many paintings.”

“Faces in Watercolors,” on display through April 30, features portraits of people from Africa, Vietnam, Thailand and India; the latter is Chandrasekaran’s homeland. She moved to the U.S. in 2013, first to Atlanta, then New York, finally landing in Nashua due to her husband’s job change.

Chandrasekaran said it was boredom that prompted her to pick up a paintbrush.

“When I came to Nashua my kids were very small, so I couldn’t get a full-time job,” said Chandrasekaran, who has a master’s in human physiology. “But when they napped I had some time.”

It was the first time Chandrasekaran had tried painting; previously the only art she’d done was drawing back in her early school days. She started by teaching herself how to paint with acrylics. “[Then] I started exploring watercolor [and spent] hours scrolling on Instagram

“Faces in Watercolors” Where: The gallery at Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St. When: Now through April 30 any time the library is open Meet the artist: There will be an artist’s reception on Thursday, April 14, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Visit: nashualibrary.org

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Exhibits • “REAWAKENING” Two Villages Art Society presents an exhibition featuring work by artist members of the New Hampshire chapter of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts. Bates Building (846 Main St., Contoocook).

On display now through April 9.

Regular gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Visit twovillagesart.org or call 413-210-4372 for more information.

• “STITCHED TOGETHER - ELEMENTS OF NATURE FROM TEXTILE FRAGMENTS” New Hampshire Art Association exhibition features the textile collages of Cheryl Miller, inspired by the colors in nature. On display now through

“Akha.” Watercolor by Kavitha Chandrasekaran.

— Instagram made me try watercolor,” she laughed.

Chandrasekaran said she loves the way you can’t predict exactly how the watercolor effect is going to look when she’s working on the backgrounds for her portraits, but there’s a more practical reason why she’s stuck with watercolors.

“I don’t need lots of supplies, so when my kids wake up I can just pack up and put things away,” she laughed.

People’s faces resonate with Chandrasekaran in a way that landscape painting hasn’t; she’s tried the latter, but she said that after 10 or 15 paintings, she still didn’t like how they turned out.

Her desire to create a custom calendar with images of her children drew her into

April 15. Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center.

Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All work is for sale. Visit nhartassociation.org or call 431-4230 for more information.

• “APPEAL OF THE REAL: 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD” exhibition features photographs taken throughout the Mediterranean to record the ruins of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester).

On display now through June 12.

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 age 12 and under

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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 for more information.

• “WARHOL SCREEN TESTS” In the mid-1960s, American multimedia artist Andy Warhol had shot more than 400 short, silent, black-andwhite films of his friends at his studio in New York City. Warhol referred to the films, which were unscripted and played in slow motion, as “film portraits” or “stillies.” The exhibition will feature 20 of those films, provided by the Andy Warhol Museum, in loops across four large-scale projections. The Currier Museum

“Those Eyes.” Watercolor by Kavitha Chandrasekaran.

portraiture. She didn’t know how to draw figures, so she studied and taught herself the basics, then started to learn how to tell a story through the faces she paints.

“The eyes are very important to me because that is the most expressive part of a face,” she said.

For this exhibition, some of the portraits are based on photos she found on Instagram and was given permission to paint. Some she picks as a reference to start with and changes a little bit so they have their own unique look. The photos of Indigenous people in particular caught her eye.

“These photos were very expressive, and I got very attracted to their jewelry and [accessories],” Chandrasekaran said.

of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester). On display from March 31 through July 3. 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 age 12 and under 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 for more information.

• “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

During this time when she hasn’t been able to travel to India, or anywhere really, for a couple of years, Chandrasekaran said immersing herself in the faces of people from around the globe has been a comfort. She is hoping, though, that she will be able to introduce her kids, who are 6 and 4, to India this summer. But for now, she’s embracing the cultures of Nashua.

“This is a foreign land to me, but I made it my home,” she said.

Chandrasekaran plans to keep painting and wants to try to submit some of her work to more galleries and become more familiar with the local art scene.

“The painting is what now keeps me going every day,” she said. “This is something that I enjoy and want to [continue to] explore.”

of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester).

On display from 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 age 12 and under 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 6696144 or visit currier.org for more information.

• “ECHOES: ABSTRACT PAINTING TO MODERN QUILTING” exhibition features abstract paintings inspired by the bold colors, asymmetry, improvisational layout, alternate grid work and negative space in composition of modern quilt-

ing. Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St., Contoocook). On display from April 22 through May 14. Visit twovillagesart.org or call 413-210-4372 for more information.

“NATURE AT NIGHT: PAINTINGS BY OWEN KRZYZANIAK GEARY” Two Villages Art Society (46 Main St., Contoocook). On display from May 27 through June 18. Visit twovillagesart.org or call 413-210-4372 for more information.

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

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by Maurice Ravel. The concert is a collaborative arts project for which elementary school students from across New Hampshire submitted their original artwork inspired by the featured music. According to a press release from the orchestra, more than 650 visual art pieces will be projected above the orchestra throughout the two performances “so audience members can experience the performance through each student’s creative vision.” The concert on Saturday will feature artwork by students from the Nashua area, and the concert on Sunday will feature artwork by students from Salem, Goffstown, Hooksett, Atkinson, Plaistow, Merrimack, Newington, Portsmouth, Farmington and Conway. Tickets cost $30 for adults, $25 for seniors age 60 and up, $8 for students age 21 and under and $5 for Salem School District students and must be purchased online in advance. A digital livestream option is also available for the Sunday concert for $15. Visit nhphil.org. — Angie Sykeny

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• Surreal paintings with a message: A new special exhibition featuring the work of Arghavan Khosravi opens at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) on Thursday, April 14. The artist’s surrealist paintings explore themes such as exile, freedom and empowerment; center on female protagonists; and allude to human rights issues, particularly those affecting women and immigrants. The exhibition will remain on display through Monday, 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 age 12 and under 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.

• Nature-inspired art: See Two Villages Art Society’s exhibition “Reawakening,” on view at the Bates Building (846 Main St., Contoocook), before it’s gone on Saturday, April 9. It features work by artist members of the New Hampshire chapter of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts. “As sunshine and warmth return to the earth in spring, so we reawaken to our lives,” WCA/NH exhibitions committee chair Linda Greenwood said in a press release. “The theme not only illustrates our reawakening of spring, but it also represents an illustration of memories that remind us again of passions lying deep.”

Regular gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Visit twovillagesart.org or call 413-210-4372.

Catch the New Hampshire Art Association’s exhibition “Stitched Together - Elements of Nature from Textile Fragments,” featuring the work of Cheryl Miller, at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center (49 S. Main St., Concord) now through April 15.

Miller, a textile artist, creates fabric collages using hand dyed cottons, batik and machinestitched vintage fabrics. The exhibit includes a series of her textile collages inspired by the colors in nature. “The compositions are mostly abstract but also incorporate some elements of landscape, trees or leaves,” she said in a press release. “The idea of these pieces is to evoke a mood through the use of color and focus on small details in nature.” 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.

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inside/outside Embrace the muck The best time is the mud time

By Dan Szczesny

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There is no better time to hike with kids in New Hampshire than during mud season.

That’s right, you heard me.

I’m not talking about the ecologically sensitive places among alpine flowers starting to thaw. I wouldn’t suggest that you let your kids go bounding off trail into the deep, wet, tick-infested leaves. But there is a proper way to play outside during this most New Hampshire of seasons. And be warned — it does involve getting dirty. But that’s the point.

On this clear, cool early spring day, there is no greater testament to the allure of mud season hiking than the rolling hills and oh so muddy beaches of Kingston State Park. Somehow, we forgot my daughter’s boots, but no matter, the mud would find a way to her feet regardless of how we protected them. Little Bean charges headlong across the wide lawn, through the old-school metal playground and right up to the cold, clear water of Great Pond. For a moment it looks like she’s going straight into the water, but she screeches to a halt a half foot from the water and drops to her knees.

In the mud.

She doesn’t wait for permission to get dirty on

trips such as this anymore because she understands that getting dirty is the whole point. In my day pack I have a packet of wet wipes, a towel and an extra pair of socks for both of us. My wife and I have raised our daughter to accept the natural world not as a brief interlude or vacation, not as something that is special and happens occasionally, but rather as a part of everyday living. And life can be messy. Therefore, nature is messy — and never so messy than during mud season.

“Daddy, look,” my daughter is calling. “What are these things?”

All along the muddy shore are thousands of tiny squiggling sand shrimp. The warmer weather and perfect shoreline conditions must have contributed to a recent spat of hatchlings and they are everywhere. She decides they need a hotel.

No, better than a hotel, they need a shrimp resort.

Using a series of shells, small rocks, and even a small loon feather, she constructs a sand and mud mound resort, digging a channel from the hotel to the pond, scooping out a pool area and even a small stone shed where the shrimpys, as she calls them, can rest out of the sun. Then she goes and gets them, plucking them up and plopping them in their new resort.

It’s a long project. She doesn’t need my help.

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If You Go Don’t be afraid of the mud For more information on official park openings and costs, navigate over to nhstateparks.org for a park list scroll-down menu. A couple other off the beaten path state parks you’ll likely have to yourself until the official season begins include Ahern State Park in Laconia and Northwood Meadows State Park in Northwood.

Kingston State Park 124 Main St., Kingston: Located in southeastern New Hampshire, Kingston State Park is a 44-acre park located on Kingston Pond/ Great Pond. During the regular season, usually starting mid-May, the park offers boat rentals,

a park store (Friday through Sunday only), a small walk around the pond and a clean beach for swimming and picnicking. But go now and you’ll have the place nearly to yourself.

Parking and Trail Access The park entrance sits right in the center of Kingston, directly along Main Street and across the wide, long, central lawn. In off season you’ll have to just park on the side of the street and walk in. There is a small parking lot near the entrance but that’s just for Kingston residents.

The walk to the ponds can be reached along a short well-groomed trail or by taking the empty road. Either way, it’s only about 1/4 mile.

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Nuts and berries Easy to grow and trouble-free

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Every year you probably plant tomatoes. Wouldn’t it be great if they would come back every year without the bother of preparing the soil, starting seedlings in April and setting them out? Well, that’s what nut and fruit trees and berry bushes do: Once planted (and mature), they produce food every year. To me, there is a definite allure to plants requiring less work.

I recently was sent a review copy of a wonderful book by Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano: Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts: 50 Easy-to-Grow Plants for the Organic Home Garden or Landscape printed

by Chelsea Green Publishing.

When I got it I could barely pull myself away from it because it has so much to teach me.

Each of the species included has five or six pages devoted to it and at least five excellent photos. The information starts with “Growth Difficulty Rating” — how hard is it to grow?

Most are easy. It includes taste profile and uses, pollination requirements (is it self-pollinating?), site and soil conditions, zone hardiness, good cultivars to look for, and a paragraph on pests and problems, and more.

I called the authors and asked about their experience growing this diverse group of plants. They live in Stone Ridge, New York, a town about 100 miles north of NYC and 10 miles or so from the Hudson River. They are in Zone 6, where winter temperatures only go a little below zero most winters.

They are both artists, and originally started growing plants to use in their art. About 20 years ago they bought 8 acres across the street from them and started their own arboretum, lat-

er adding another 10 acres. Their arboretum is Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Garden and is a Level II arboretum according to the Morton Arboretum.

I asked them what they would recommend for fruit if someone had none and wanted to start with winners. Scott suggested blueberries and blackberries. Both are easy and tasty.

Elderberries are good, too, they said, although you need to cook the berries to make them palatable.

Elderberries, honey and lemon juice make a nice syrup, which I use to help prevent colds in winter.

We talked about honeyberries. It’s a fruit I will definitely plant this year.

Although the fruit looks a little like a big oblong blueberry, it is actually in the genus with honeysuckle. It is native to the northern U.S., Canada and Siberia. A friend gave us a few to taste last summer, and I like the flavor.

According to the book, honeyberry is the first fruit to ripen here, a couple of weeks before strawberries. But it is a couple of weeks after they turn blue and look ripe that they actually lose their astringency and turn sweet. This is the kind of information that most books or plant tags don’t have, and only comes from someone who grows and knows the plant. Allyson said she discovered that lots of berries are hidden under the leaves. The fruit gets better every year, apparently.

Another fruit in the book is pawpaw, a somewhat tropical-flavored tree fruit (banana crossed with mango flavor?). As the book explains, you need two different trees (not clones) to get pollination and fruit. I am growing it, but started out with only clones, so I have not gotten fruit yet.

Of the nuts, they recommend hazelnuts.

These produce nuts as much younger plants than things like black walnut or pecans, which are tall trees that require years to produce nuts.

You need to have two or more hazelnuts as they are not self-fertile. Scott pointed out that the native species has smaller nuts than some of the named varieties.

Pecans are discussed in the book. The biggest difficulty is not growing the tree, but having a growing season long enough for the nuts to ripen. They need 150 to 180 days. But as the climate changes, perhaps this will not be a problem in 25 years. They note that you must have two compatible grafted varieties to get nuts, as the trees are not self-fertile. These are big, handsome trees and should be grown in full sun and rich soil if possible.

A tree that is not native but produces a lot of food for deer is the Korean stone pine. The pine nuts we use for pesto are most often from these trees grown in Asia. The cones open up in winter and drop their seeds, which are rich in oil and high in calories. Scott said in Siberia tigers indi-

Henry is a long-time UNH Master Gardener and author of four gardening books. Reach him by email at henry.homeyer@comast.net.

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you have to decide whether it’s worth it.

As far as attempting the work yourself, it could be tough and the end result is the painting is gone. I feel most of the original varnish would have to be removed.

That job would scare me!

I hope this was helpful and you’re successful in restoring your cabinet.

Dear Donna, I’m looking for an opinion on how to preserve the painting on this old cabinet.

It was poorly stored for many years and I don’t think it’s worth a lot of money, but I’d like to preserve the painting.

Could I do so by spray lacquer? Or is there something more appropriate? It is an old glass-shelved curio cabinet.

Clare Dear Clare, I want to start off by saying the cabinet looks lovely. Sad to see the wear and tear that things made over 100 years ago can go through along the way.

My advice would be to contact a specialist furniture refinisher. They should be able to do the task and possibly even have painters on hand to replace parts of the missing areas.

The downside to this is that the cost could exceed the value of the cabinet, so

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rectly depend on the stone pine because they feed the deer and boar the tigers need to survive.

The Hortus Arboretum and Garden is open from Mother’s Day in May until the end of October, Friday to Sunday. Admission is by donation. Because of Covid, they have been scheduling visitors online during the season at their website, hortusgardens.org.

This book is terrifically useful to anyone interested in growing fruit and nuts. I should note that it does not cover apples, plums and peaches because those fruits are well-covered by other writers, and, as they say, much prone to pests and diseases. The plants discussed are generally easy to grow and trouble-free. Just what we all want!

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Easter events See https://bit.ly/ygl-kids-nights; • The Educational Farm at Joppa register by April 13.

Hill (174 Joppa Hill Road in Bed• Charmingfare Farm (774 High ford; theeducationalfarm.org) is St. in Candia; visitthefarm.com, holding an Easter egg hunt on Sat483-5623) will host its Egg-Citing urday, April 9, with open slots at 11 Egg Hunt this Saturday, April 9, and a.m., noon and 1 p.m., as of April 4.

Sunday, April 10, as well as next SatFor $20 per child, each child can colurday, April 16. Sign up for a time lect 20 eggs, visit farm animals and between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. for meet the Easter Bunny, according a hunt for a dozen chocolate-filled to the website, where you reserve a Sophia Hancock as Cineggs, a horse-drawn or tractor ride, derella in Southern New time slot. a visit to the barn decorated specialHampshire Youth Ballet’s • The Easter Bunny will drop presentation of Cinderella. ly for Easter, a visit with the animals 1,500 chocolate eggs from a heli(including spring baby animals) and copter in the field just outside the Aviation a visit with the Easter Bunny, according to the Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road website. Tickets cost $22 per person. in Londonderry; nhahs.org) on Saturday, April 9, at 11 a.m., according to a press release. After On stage the candy is dropped and the helicopter clears the The Southern New Hampshire Youth Balarea, kids ages 12 and under will be able to pick let presents Cinderella at the Palace Theatre (80 up some treats, the release said. The Easter BunHanover St. in Manchester; palacetheatre.org, ny will then hang out at the museum until 1 p.m.

668-5588) on Sunday, April 10, 1 to 4 p.m. The to meet kids and pose for photos, the release said. show is appropriate for all ages and runs about Participating families should arrive by 10:30 75 minutes long (with a 10-minute intermission), a.m. and children participating in the candy drop according to the website. Tickets cost $25 for will be put in three groups: age 6 and under, ages adults and $20 ages 12 and under.

7 to 9 and ages 10 to 12, the release said.

The museum is open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for Save the date: for more eggs On Saturday, April 16, Our Promise to Nichchildren ages 6 to 12 and for seniors and military; olas Foundation will hold an indoor maze to children ages 5 and under get in free.

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Beacon Church co-host the event featuring eggs Hop along a bunny trail to play games, do a bunhidden across the YMCA property with hunts ny craft and more and then head to the egg hunt slotted for 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., noon and 12:30 field at a specific “egg hunt time” and take photos p.m., according to a YMCA social media post. with the Easter Bunny (as well as other mascots The event is first come, first served for each time and characters), according to the website. Tickets slot and will offer off-site parking at Londonder- cost $8 per person; family tickets are also availry Park and Ride off Exit 5 with shuttle service able through Friday, April 15, at 6 p.m. Tickets at to the event, the post said. The day will also fea- the door cost $10 per person. inside/outside

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walkers, but this is one of those New Hampshire places that, She cares not at all about the during off-season, becomes mud. I’ve seen that look in her magical — a place where only eye and figure it’s going to be a locals and those willing to get long afternoon, so I find a nearby filthy would dare to go. park bench, also filthy and covMeantime, my daughter ered in dog paw prints, spread requests that I be present for out our picnic and lean back to Photo courtesy of Dan Szczesny. the opening of her hotel, so I watch her.

I think of naturalist and journalist Richard lumber down to the squishy shore and hand her Louv, who wrote, “Passion is lifted from the a tin cup of hot chocolate, the steam rising up in earth itself by the muddy hands of the young.” front of her smiling face.

“Daddy, we should go check out that stairHe may not have had a luxury hotel for sand case,” she says. “And then let’s find some shrimp in mind when he wrote that, but either rocks.” way, my daughter’s passion is on display.

The days grow longer now, and soon swarms Kingston Park is beautiful this day, in midMarch, mild with an occasional sharp wind that of both bugs and tourists will descend on small cuts across the lagoon to remind us that win- parks like this all across the state. But today, the ter hasn’t quite let go yet. There are a few dog mud is ours.

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Multiple options for restorers with limited budgets

By Ray Magliozzi

Dear Car Talk: I have a 23-year-old pickup truck that is suffering from rotted-out window gaskets.

The dealer tells me that replacements are no

longer available.

My question is: Where do the professional restorers find accurately made new gaskets for windshields and rear windows for the older restorations they do?

My repair person says he can fill the gap with silicone caulk for only $500 for my 1999 pickup’s rear window. That does not sound like a long-term, economical solution.

What do you suggest? — Robert How about a 2022 pickup truck?

The restorers can have window gaskets custom-made because cost is no object, Robert. When you’re restoring someone’s 1938 Type 57 Bugatti with a budget of $750,000, it doesn’t matter if you spend $5,000 on a wind-

shield gasket. But you may not be in the professional restorer income bracket, Robert.

If you’ve already tried the online parts sites and eBay Motors, this is a job for a junkyard. If you can find a junkyard that has your year and model pickup truck in their yard and the windows are still in it, they can remove the windows and sell you the gaskets.

You can start by calling a few local yards. But if your rubber gaskets are rotting, that may be due to your local climate (hot and dry?). And any gaskets that are sitting out in their yard may be in equally bad shape. So, you’re probably better off doing a nationwide search for the parts you need.

And thanks to the internet, that’s easier than ever. Gone are the days when I had to trudge over to Nissenbaum’s Bone Yard in the rain and climb over piles of AMC Gremlin skeletons to find a choke pull off.

If you search “How to find parts at junkyards,” you’ll discover several online options. And since the gaskets are lightweight, shipping them from anywhere in the country won’t be a hindrance.

Give it a try, Robert, before you start messing around — “messing” being the operative word — with silicone caulk.

Hi readers. As you can probably guess, I can’t answer every letter I get. In fact, I have to do bicep exercises these days just so I can bring the mail in. But I get some questions that I can answer quickly. Here are a few of those today: Dear Car Talk: My friend suffered a neck injury from a minor car accident because her headrest “was in the wrong position.”

What is the right position? — Mary Good question, Mary. The headrest is not there for your comfort. It’s there to protect your neck. And block your view.

Ideally the headrest should be — get this — resting against your head. Certainly, you want it no farther than about 2 inches away from the back of your head as you drive.

And you don’t want it to be so low that it rests against your neck when you lean back.

That’s a surefire way to get a neck injury. Then the headrest acts as a ful-

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So, you want it touching the upper part of the back of your head or no more than an inch or two away from there, Mary.

Dear Car Talk: In the 1980s, a fleet of 400 Toyota pickups was used by the African nation of Chad to defeat a better-equipped force of Libyans.

What makes the ‘80s Toyota pickups so suitable to warfare? — Edward I don’t know, Edward. I’m not a military expert. Have you tried the “Ask a Rebel Commander” column?

My guess would be that those Toyotas appealed to the Chadian army for the same reason they appealed to your grandmother in the 1980s. They always started.

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We sell overstock and discontinued luxury dresses for a discount. My job is to make sure that every client who comes through our doors finds the perfect dress for whatever their occasion is. As a stylist, I get to gauge clients by asking about their preferred silhouette, fabrics, colors and budget so that I can properly recommend dresses for them. I make sure to provide a fun and comfortable experience to make sure everyone feels extremely special and taken care of.

a lot while working at the bridal boutique; I would ask the brides questions to find out what was important to them when looking for a dress. … I took part in an entrepreneurship foundation to help me understand the ins and outs of running a business. … I even worked as a wedding planner for two years; I told myself that, in order to be Dina Akel the best at my job [selling gowns], I needed to fully immerse myself in the wed- had?

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I was actually in the bridal industry for about through these doors, you leave all your troubles five years prior. … Most [wedding gown] shops How has your job changed over the course of and worries behind you. Focus, and be present.’ have to carry all the newest fashion trends, and the pandemic?

That really stuck with me for a long time and has rarely do they sell 100 percent of what they The pandemic didn’t affect us negatively. A lot made me so productive and focused in whatever purchase every year. I noticed that, over time, of [weddings] weren’t being held during the pan- I’m doing. — Angie Sykeny discontinued dresses would pile up in storage. demic, but a lot of brides started planning during … The longer dresses stay in storage, the more that time … so the wedding industry started movlikely they are to yellow and become completely ing forward more quickly and growing after [the Five favorites unwearable. I thought that was a waste. … I knew height of] the pandemic had passed. there had to be a more sustainable process for the Favorite book: Robert B. Parker books. formal-wear industry to turn over their stock.

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Feasts on Easter

Brunch buffets, special meals and sweet treats for Easter Sunday

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• Greek eats: Get your tickets now for a Palm Sunday fish dinner to be held at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (650 Hanover St., Manchester) on Sunday, April 17, around 11:30 a.m. after services. The dinner will be available for both dine-in or takeout, featuring meals of fish, rice, green beans, a salad and a roll for $20 per person. Pasta meals for kids are available for $8 each, and ice cream will also be served for dessert. Tickets must be purchased by April 14 — visit the church office any weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., or call 622-9113. In other Greek food news, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (111 Island Pond Road, Manchester) is holding its next food fest on Sunday, April 17, at noon, which will also feature a fish dinner with both dine-in and takeout options. Online orders are being accepted now through April 11 for meals of baked haddock filet, rice pilaf, Greek-style beans and bread rolls for $20, as well as kids’ meals of fish sticks with fries or rice for $8. Visit foodfest. assumptionnh.org to place your order.

• Pancake breakfast returns: Join the Amherst Lions Club for its 48th annual pancake breakfast and spring raffle, scheduled for Sunday, April 10, from 8 a.m. to noon at ClarkWilkins Elementary School (80 Boston Post Road, Amherst). The cost for the all-you-can-eat breakfast is $8 per person or $25 per family of four or more, and kids under 5 eat free — this year’s menu will feature pancakes with fruit toppings and New Hampshire maple syrup, plus sausages, pastries and drinks like orange juice, coffee, tea and milk. An Easter basket will be raffled off, and children of all ages are invited to participate in a coloring contest, with prizes awarded for the best coloring in three age groups (ages 1 to 5, 6 to 10 and 11 to 15). Tickets will be available at the door or in advance online at e-clubhouse.org/sites/amherstnh.

• Dinner and a show: Chunky’s Cinema Pub in Manchester (707 Huse Road) is hosting a Titanic Kitchen Takeover dinner and movie screening on Sunday, April 10, featuring Chef Keith Sarasin of The Farmers Dinner. The movie will begin at 6 p.m., with a five-course farm-totable menu served throughout the evening of items inspired by what was served on the Titanic back in April 1912. The cost is $75 per person and includes the meal and the movie screening.

An optional VIP package with wine pairings is available for $110. Visit chunkys.com.

• Wine all you want: Vine 32 Wine + Graze Bar, a new self-serve wine bar featuring more than two dozen rotating wine options sourced from all over the world, recently held its grand opening celebration in Bedford Square (25 S. River Road). It’s owned by Bedford couple Leah Bellemore and her husband, Tom — wines are 28 Hippo | April 7 - 13, 2022 | Page 24

Easter Sunday is right around the corner (Sunday, April 17), so if you’re looking for a local place to enjoy a brunch buffet, or you want to bring home your Easter meals or desserts this year, check out this list of restaurants, function halls, bakeries and churches offering all kinds of specialty items. We also included candy and chocolate shops that have you covered for those Easter baskets and other sweet treats, as well as a few Easter-themed events like classes and tastings happening over the next several days.

Did we miss anyone that’s serving an Easter brunch or specials menu? Let us know at food@ hippopress.com.

• 110 Grill (875 Elm St., Manchester, 8361150; 27 Trafalgar Square, Nashua, 943-7443; 19 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham, 777-5110; 103 Hanover St., Portsmouth, 373-8312; 136 Marketplace Blvd., Rochester, 948-1270; 250 N. Plainfield, West Lebanon, 790-8228; 110grill. com) will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, serving a variety of specials for Easter like breakfast tacos, chicken and waffles, lemon beignets and more.

• Alan’s of Boscawen (133 N. Main St., Boscawen, 753-6631, alansofboscawen.com) will serve an Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., which will include a wide array of breakfast items from pancakes and pastries to bacon, sausage, eggs, home fries and a chef-attended omelet station.

There will also be multiple carving stations offering meats like roast leg of lamb, sliced prime rib of beef and Virginia baked ham, as well as options like chicken piccata, tortellini alfredo and crabmeat-stuffed haddock. Call to make a reservation. Additionally, Alan’s is offering special Easter dinners for takeout, with appetizer options that include baked stuffed artichoke hearts, jumbo shrimp cocktail and bacon-wrapped scallops, and entree options that include broccoli tortellini alfredo, baked honey ham and sliced filet mignon.

• All Real Meal (87 Elm St., Manchester, 782-3014, allrealmeal.com) is taking orders for family-style Easter feasts serving either two or four people, featuring marinated baked turkey, glazed baked ham, homestyle mashed potatoes, cranberry apple stuffing, almond green beans, homestyle cornbread and mixed berry cheesecake. The cost is $65 per meal for two and $110 per meal for four. Local deliveries and curbside pickup are available on Saturday, April 16.

• Angela’s Pasta & Cheese Shop (815 Chestnut St., Manchester, 625-9544, angelaspastaandcheese.com) is taking orders for a variety of items for Easter, including freshly baked breads, savory pies and quiches, entrees, sides and desserts and sweet treats like cakes and pies. Order by April 8. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (111 Island Pond Road, Manchester, 623-2045, assumptionnh.org) will hold a walk-in Easter bake sale on Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to noon inside its church hall. Spinach and cheese petas, Easter bread and Greek cookies and pastries like baklava, kourambiethes, finikia and koulourakia will all be available.

• Atkinson Resort & Country Club (85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, 362-8700, atkinsonresort.com) will serve a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Options will include a carving station with items like smoked ham and hand-carved prime rib; breakfast items like chef-attended omelet and waffle stations, bagels, Danishes, croissants, eggs, bacon, sausage and French toast; a salad station with multiple options like caprese, Caesar and tortellini pasta salads; entrees, like baked haddock with breadcrumbs, eggplant Parmesan with a smoked tomato marinara, and apple Calvados grilled chicken; and desserts, like flourless chocolate torte, blueberry coffee cake and other assorted cakes and cookies. The cost is $80 for adults, $30 for kids ages 3 to 10 and free for kids under 3.

• The Bakeshop on Kelley Street (171 Kelley St., Manchester, 624-3500, thebakeshoponkelleystreet.com) is taking orders for pies (flavors include chocolate cream, lemon cream, coconut cream, Key lime, lemon meringue, banana cream, Raspberry Cloud and Grasshopper); six-inch layer cakes (flavors include lemon, coconut, carrot cake and cannoli); as well as assorted Easter cookie trays, and other themed specials, like an Easter egg bread and a one-layer carrot cake topped with a layer of cheesecake.

Order by April 15. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (the shop will be closed on Easter Sunday).

• Bearded Baking Co. (819 Union St., Manchester, 647-7150, beardedbaking.com) is taking orders for specialty cakes (flavors include carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and coconut lemon cake with a bird nest decoration); cupcake boxes (flavors include grapefruit poppy seed, mocha raspberry, carrot, Cadbury egg, pistachio honey rose and limoncello margarita); vegan cake doughnuts (cinnamon sugar or lemon blueberry); and gluten-free Parisian tortes. Order by April 10. Pickups will be on Friday, April 15, or Saturday, April 16.

• Bedford Village Inn (2 Olde Bedford Way, Bedford, 472-2001, bedfordvillageinn.com) will serve a special three-course pre-fixe Easter dinner on Sunday, April 17, in its restaurant. Choose your first course (Heron Pond Farm carrot bisque, New England clam chowder, pea tendril and watercress or prosciutto and asparagus salads); your entree (grilled tournedos of beef, pistachio and matcha crusted Icelandic cod loin,

North Country Smokehouse ham, braised spring lamb shank, pan seared Faroe Island salmon or stuffed zucchini); and your dessert (Neapolitan ice cream, lemongrass creme brulee, black rice pudding, German chocolate cake or raspberry mousse dome). The cost is $75 for adults and $39.95 for kids ages 10 and under.

• Belmont Hall & Restaurant (718 Grove St., Manchester, 625-8540, belmonthall.net) will serve a special Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 17, with seatings at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. in its hall. Walk-ins are welcome in the dining room until 2 p.m., for breakfast only.

• Bite Me Kupcakez (4 Mound Court, Merrimack, 674-4459, bitemekupcakez.com) is taking orders for various cake flavors for Easter, including chocolate flourless torte, strawberry shortcake and chocolate whipped cream cake, as well as dairy-free loaves (flavors include banana, lemon blueberry and banana chocolate chip) and dairy-free cakes (flavors include double-layer carrot, Boston cream pie and pineapple upsidedown cake). Vegan cookies (chocolate chip or oatmeal cranberry) can also be ordered by the dozen, and cupcakes are available by request.

Order by April 9.

• The Black Forest Cafe & Bakery (212 Route 101, Amherst, 672-0500, theblackforestcafe.com) is taking orders for pies (flavors include apple, Dutch apple, strawberry rhubarb, cherry, chocolate cream or Grasshopper); cakes (flavors include lemon daisy, chocolate mousse, coconut or carrot); and a variety of other specialty pastries and sweets, like hummingbird cupcakes, lemon curd tarts, and themed shortbread cookies like eggs, chicks and bunnies.

Order by April 13 at 6 p.m. Pickups will be on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16.

• Buckley’s Bakery & Cafe (436 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 262-5929, buckleysbakerycafe.com) and Buckley’s Market & Cafe (9 Market Place, Hollis, 465-5522) are taking orders for eight-inch cakes (flavors include carrot, double chocolate, gluten-free lemon blueberry, and a hummingbird cake featuring bananas, pineapple, pecans and cinnamon); eight-inch pies (flavors include chocolate cream, Key lime, mixed berry crumble and lemon meringue); assorted pastries, like dessert trays, breakfast trays and Easter macarons; and other items like Parker house rolls, raspberry almond crumb cake and cinnamon rolls with a cream cheese frosting. Order by April 13.

• Buckley’s Great Steaks (438 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 424-0995, buckleysgreatsteaks.com) will be open on Sunday, April 17, from noon to 5 p.m., serving its regular menu with Easter specials.

• The Cake Fairy (114 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett, 518-8733, cakefairynh.com) is taking orders for pies (flavors include banana

cream, chocolate cream and lemon cream), as well as Easter cupcakes and cookies, cheesecakes, eclairs, whoopie pies and a special kids’ Easter basket featuring a variety of treats along with two crafts and a coloring booklet. Order by April 9. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Candy Kingdom (235 Harvard St., Manchester, 641-8470, candykingdom.shop) has a variety of specialty treats available now for Easter, like solid chocolate bunnies, chocolate Easter baskets, chocolate Easter foils, boxed foil eggs and more.

• Caroline’s Fine Food (132 Bedford Center Road, Bedford, 637-1615, carolinesfood.com) is taking orders for family-style meals for Easter with packages serving either four or eight people. Options include maple-glazed pork loin or pan seared lemon rosemary chicken breast, and each comes with shallot whipped potatoes, lemon honey caramelized carrots and sauteed asparagus. Caroline’s is also offering a menu of brunch items, like prosciutto-wrapped asparagus, ham, Swiss and spinach or caprese quiches, and house-made lemon poppyseed or blueberry scones. Order by April 13 at 2 p.m. Pickups will be on Friday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Castleton Banquet & Conference Center (58 Enterprise Drive, Windham, 898-6300, castletonbcc.com) is taking orders for special dinner packages to go for Easter, featuring either spiral glazed ham or roast leg of lamb with herbs (each serves 8 to 10 people and features a lineup of sides like potatoes, carrots and rolls). A variety of a la carte items are also available to order, like sides by the quart (honey-glazed carrots, green beans almondine, au gratin potatoes, garlic and chive whipped potatoes and rosemary red bliss potatoes, to name a few); hors d’oeuvres by the dozen (like scallop and bacon skewers, crabmeat-stuffed mushrooms, asparagus and Asiago phyllo wraps, smoked Gouda macaroni and cheese bites and almond raspberry brie tarts); and sweet items, like carrot cake and New York-style cheesecake. Order by April 13 at noon. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.

• The Coach Stop Restaurant & Tavern (176 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, 437-2022, coachstopnh.com) is taking reservations for Easter at either noon or 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, and they’ll also be offering takeout and local delivery, serving a special menu with items like chicken Marsala, roast prime rib of beef, seafood linguine alfredo, baked haddock, baked stuffed shrimp, veal oscar, broiled salmon, and lobster macaroni and cheese with cracker crumbs.

• Colby Hill Inn (33 The Oaks, Henniker, 428-3281, colbyhillinn.com) will serve a special three-course prix-fixe dinner menu for Easter on Sunday, April 17, with seatings between noon and 5 p.m. and takeout also available. Options include farmers cheese and charcuterie boards, plus your choice of a first course (lemon chicken noodle soup, mushroom and buttermilk soup, spring greens and Easter radish salad, baby dandelion salad or red beet deviled eggs); an entree (Greek-style roast leg of lamb in oregano and garlic, maple and cider mustard glazed ham, prime rib smoked with pink peppercorn and rosemary, day boat scallops, rabbit pot pie or

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carrot spaetzle); and a dessert (maple walnut carrot cake, strawberry rhubarb pie, lavender creme brulee, a sorbet duo with Meyer lemon and raspberry chambord flavors, or an Easter chocolate trio featuring Belgian chocolate mousse, white chocolate bark and a chocolate peanut butter egg). The cost is $65 per person.

• The Common Man (25 Water St., Concord, 228-3463; 304 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 429-3463; 88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088; Lakehouse Grille, 281 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-5221; 10 Pollard Road, Lincoln, 745-3463; 21 Water St., Claremont, 542-6171; Foster’s Boiler Room, 231 Main St., Plymouth, 536-2764; 60 Main St., Ashland, 968-7030; Lago, 1 Route 25, Meredith, 279-2253; Camp, 298 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith, 279-3003; Italian Farmhouse, 337 Daniel Webster Hwy., Plymouth, 5364536; Airport Diner, 2280 Brown Ave., Manchester, 623-5040; Tilt’n Diner, 61 Laconia Road, Tilton, 286-2204; 104 Diner, 752 Route 104, New Hampton, 744-0120; thecman. com) is taking orders for special Easter dinners to go, featuring oven roasted ham with a honey Dijon glaze, creamy leek scalloped potatoes, sweet potato casserole, sun-dried tomato pesto green beans, maple-roasted Brussels sprouts, house baked rolls and sweet breads.

Dinners for four, as well as individual sized meals, are available. Other a la carte side offerings include prime rib with au jus and creamy horseradish sauce (feeds four to six), asparagus with Bernaise, mascarpone whipped potatoes and rosemary, The Common Man’s signature macaroni and cheese, and homemade 10-inch cheesecakes. Order by April 11. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16. Additionally, all six Common Man restaurants, as well as the Italian Farmhouse, will be serving their dinner menu with Easter specials on Sunday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Foster’s Boiler Room, Lago, and the Lakehouse Grille will all be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. that day, and Lakehouse will also be serving breakfast that morning from 7 to 10 a.m. The Airport Diner, the Tilt’n Diner and the Route 104 Diner will be open during their normal hours. Reservations are recommended at all locations.

• Copper Door Restaurant (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677; 41 S. Broadway, Salem, 458-2033; copperdoor.com) will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday, April 17, serving its brunch menu from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Easter specials available all day, like steak and cheese frittata, lamb sliders, a pitmaster glazed ham dinner, artichoke-crusted halibut, and “Bedrock” waffles, featuring Fruity Pebbles cereal, sliced strawberries, whipped cream, maple syrup and applewood-smoked bacon. The Copper Door’s regular menus will also be available.

• Copper Kettle To Go (39 Main St., Wilton, 654-2631, copperkettletogo.com) is taking orders for Easter ham dinners serving either four or six people, which are served with potatoes, glazed carrots and rolls. Other items available to order include cinnamon rolls, spinach and feta croissants, apple fritters and jumbo blueberry muffins. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16.

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Made in New Hampshire Expo returns

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The Made in New Hampshire “Try it and Buy it” expo is right around the corner — the event is due to return to the DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown from Friday, April 8, through Sunday, April 10, and will feature all kinds of local foods, drinks, clothing, jewelry and more.

Now in its 26th year, the three-day expo attracts thousands of attendees. It’s the only one of its kind to showcase an entire lineup of products and services made right in the Granite State, said organizer Heidi Copeland, publisher of Business NH magazine and owner of EventsNH. “We love to highlight that we were all about buying local before buying local was cool,” she said. “Also, this is a show where you can test drive your purchases before you buy them.”

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• Crosby Bakery (51 E. Pearl St., Nashua, 882-1851, crosbybakerynh.com) is taking orders for eight-inch or 10-inch pies in a variety of flavors (apple, blueberry, chocolate cream, lemon meringue, banana cream and more); as well as savory specialties, like meat pie, gorton or salmon pie; sandwich platters, Parker house rolls, cinnamon rolls, and pastries, like muffins, doughnuts and Danishes. Order by April 13 for pickup on Friday, April 15, or by April 14 for pickup on Saturday, April 16.

• The Crust & Crumb Baking Co. (126 N. Main St., Concord, 219-0763, thecrustandcrumb.com) is taking orders for pies (flavors include apple streusel, forest berry crumb, maple bourbon pecan, lemon meringue, blueberry crumb, gluten-free almond oat crust, Key lime, chocolate cream, maple cream and coconut cream); quiches (flavors include red pepper and pepper jack cheese, asparagus, onion and feta, bacon, broccoli and Swiss or sausage and cheddar); and other assorted items, like hot cross buns, cinnamon buns, coffee cakes, biscuits, spring cupcakes, cheesecake, fruit tarts and more. Order by April 9. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16.

• Cruzin Cakes Shop (150 Broad St., Nashua, 882-1666, cruzincakesshop.com) is taking orders for a variety of specialty items for Easter, like themed cakes, cupcakes and platters, as well as breakable chocolate bunnies and Portuguese sweet bread. Order by April 9.

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ucts were launched post-pandemic and are therefore newcomers. Food companies have their biggest showings at this event. Beccari Chocolate, for example, will be presenting their handmade chocolate, while Thistle’s All Natural has a showing of its own homemade zucchini salsas and Maple Nut Kitchen has its own granola.

Other featured vendors at this year’s expo include Sunshine Baking, a New Hampshire company offering freshly baked shortbread cookies that launched last year Photo by Matthew Lomanno Photography. and made its debut at the last Made in New libation station, where of-age attendees will England Expo. They’re expected to intro- have the chance to sample all kinds of craft duce some new cookie flavors at the event. beers and wines New Hampshire has to offer.

Loon Chocolate, a producer of small-batch In addition to specialty foods and bean-to-bar chocolates that opened its first dual retail and production space in ManMade in New Hampshire Expo chester in early February, will also be When: Friday, April 8, 1 to 7:30 p.m., Satattending, as well as Critical Mass Coffee, urday, April 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday which has multiple bagged blends of organApril 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ic fair trade coffee, and Destination India, a Where: DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downdowntown Derry restaurant and newcomer town (Expo Center), 700 Elm St., Manchester to the expo.

Cost: $10 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 65 A returning feature to the event will be a p.m. The cost is $31.95 for adults, $29.95 for seniors and $18.95 for kids under 12 and reservations are strongly recommended.

• Epoch Gastropub (The Exeter Inn, 90 Front St., Exeter, 778-3762, epochrestaurant.com) will serve a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a protein station with slow-roasted sirloin and roasted mushroom jus, and North Country steamship ham with pumpernickel, sage, blue cheese stuffing and bechamel. Other items will include brioche French toast, bacon, sausage, cauliflower bisque, cavatelli with broccoli raab, smoked salmon, a local cheese and charcuterie spread with house-made sesame crackers, and assorted seasonal desserts. The cost is $60 for adults and $25 for kids and reservations are encouraged.

• Firefly American Bistro & Bar (22 Concord St., Manchester, 935-9740, fireflynh.com) will serve an Easter brunch on Sunday, April 17, featuring specials in addition to its regular brunch menu all day long. Reservations are strongly suggested.

• The Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grille (40 Andover Road, New London, 526-6899, flyinggoose.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, serving Easter specials all day long. Walk-ins are welcome.

• Fratello’s Italian Grille (155 Dow St., Manchester, 641-6776, fratellos.com) will serve a special Easter buffet in its ballroom on Sunday, April 17, with seatings at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. In addition to an egg and omelet station, there will be a carving station with slow-roasted prime rib au jus and garlic rosemary-crusted leg of lamb with mint jus, as well as other items like Belgian waffles, bacon, sausage, baked ham with a brown sugar glaze, chicken piccata and

more. The cost is $39 for adults and $18.95 for kids ages 4 to 11. Reservations are required.

• Frederick’s Pastries (109 Route 101A, Amherst, 882-7725; 25 S. River Road, Bedford, 647-2253; pastry.net) offers a variety of seasonal sweets and treats for Easter, like bunny cookie kits, rabbit ear cupcakes, speckled robin’s egg cakes, bunny buttercream fudge bars and more.

• Fresh AF Bakeshop (34 Church St., Unit 4, Kingston, 642-8609, freshafbakeshop.com) is taking orders for cupcakes (flavors include carrot, funfetti, chocolate, lemon, cookies and cream, coconut cream, and vegan and gluten-free vanilla or chocolate); six- or eight-inch layer cakes (flavors include carrot, lemon raspberry and chocolate salted caramel); shortcakes, featuring fresh whipped cream, house strawberry jam and fresh strawberries (small serving four to six; medium serving six to 10); macarons (flavors include carrot cake, lemon meringue pie, Cadbury egg, strawberry cheesecake, mixed berry, salted caramel, or dairy-free coconut cream or cookies and cream); as well as fresh cream puffs (chocolate-covered and traditional powdered sugar), buttercream cookies, and breakfast items, like croissants, take-and-bake cinnamon buns, and strawberry shortcake-stuffed doughnuts.

Order by April 9. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16. On Thursday, April 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Fresh AF Bakeshop will host a BYOB Easter-themed cupcake decorating class at The Factory on Willow (252 Willow St., Manchester). The cost is $75 per person and all skill levels are welcome. Charcuterie boards from 603 Charcuterie’s store will be available for purchase.

• Gauchos Churrascaria Brazilian Steak House (62 Lowell St., Manchester, 669-9460, gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com) will serve

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a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 17, with seatings at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. In addition to rodizio meats served tableside, there will be a breakfast buffet, a market table of fresh sides, a ham carving station and a selection of pastries, yogurts, parfaits and more. The cost is $39.99 for adults and $14.99 for kids ages 6 to 10. Gauchos will also be open for dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. on Easter Sunday.

• Granite State Candy Shoppe (13 Warren St., Concord, 225-2591; 832 Elm St., Manchester, 218-3885; granitestatecandyshoppe.com) has a variety of specialty treats available now for Easter, like baskets of all sizes filled with assorted chocolates and candies, as well as smaller individual items, like mini milk chocolate peanut butter eggs, milk chocolate yellow Peeps, chocolate bunny pops and all kinds of other unique chocolate molds.

• Granite State Whoopie Pies (Goffstown, granitestatewhoopiepies.com) is taking orders for special carrot cake-flavored whoopie pies for Easter, available by the dozen as regular or miniature sizes. Orders are due by April 9, for pickup the following Wednesday through Saturday, during open hours at White Birch Eatery (571 Mast Road, Goffstown).

• Greenleaf (54 Nashua St., Milford, 2135447, greenleafmilford.com) is taking orders for a special Easter Sunday takeout dinner, featuring your choice of protein (North Country Smokehouse honey peppercorn glazed ham, Lull Farm chicken breast or Northeast Family Farm beef tenderloin), each of which is served with roasted garlic and herb baby potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, spring mix salad with green goddess dressing and strawberry shortcake. Other available add-ons include housemade Parker house

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en and sausage chunks; and sides, like green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, corn casserole, coleslaw, apple sauce and cornbread. A dessert station will also be included. The cost is $30 for adults, $14 for kids ages 5 to 10 and free for kids under 5.

• LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst; 14 Route 111, Derry; 672-9898, labellewinery.com) will serve a grand brunch buffet on Easter Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring your choice of chicken, baked filet of cod or brown sugar ham, plus a chef-attended omelet station, cinnamon French toast casserole, eggs and home-fried potatoes, roasted asparagus, assorted pastries and freshly sliced fruit. The cost is $75 per person, $26 for kids ages 4 to 12 and free for kids ages 3 and under, and coffee, tea and assorted juices are included in the ticket price. Wine, cocktails, beer and other non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

• Loon Chocolate (The Factory on Willow, 252 Willow St., Manchester, loonchocolate. com) has an assortment of Easter-themed sweets in addition to its regular hand-crafted bean-to-bar chocolates. Its new retail shop is open Thursday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Makris Lobster & Steak House (354 Sheep Davis Road, Concord, 225-7665, eatalobster.com) will serve a special Easter buffet on Sunday, April 17, with seatings on the hour between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. There will be a carving station with roast sirloin of beef and glazed ham, plus a variety of fresh seafood, including seafood stuffed sole, blackened salmon and seafood Newburg. Other featured options will be grilled lamb and beef souvlaki, pasta primavera, chicken Marsala, and an assorted dessert table. The cost is $29.99 per person and kids ages 10 and under eat for half off the price. Reservations are required.

• McNulty & Foley Caterers (124 E. Hollis St., Nashua, 882-1921, mcnultycatering.com) is taking orders for various heat-and-eat items for Easter, including dinners, like glazed baked ham, spinach and feta cheese stuffed chicken, and homemade baked lasagna; and sides, like green bean casserole and delmonico potatoes.

Desserts are also available, like lemon squares and pistachio brownie trifles. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from noon to 2 p.m.

• Mile Away Restaurant (52 Federal Hill Road, Milford, 673-3904, mileawayrestaurantnh.com) is taking reservations now for Easter, offering special meals that include your choice of one appetizer, salad, entree and dessert. Menu staples include appetizers like tomato bisque, Swedish meatballs, fresh fruit plates with sorbet; Caesar salad or garden salad with blue cheese, house ranch, raspberry vinaigrette or balsamic dressing; entrees like roast leg of lamb, honey-glazed ham, pork forestiere, chicken pesto, piccata milanese, maple salmon, broiled scrod, schnitzel or vegetarian baked eggplant Parmesan; and desserts like carrot cake, tiramisu cake, sorbet, bread pudding, cheesecake, chocolate ganache cake, lemon mascarpone cake and chocolate mousse cake.

• Mr. Mac’s Macaroni & Cheese (497 Hooksett Road, Manchester, 606-1760, mr-macs. com) is taking orders for its take-and-bake macaroni and cheese in a wide variety of flavors, which can be shipped nationwide. Order by April 12 to have it delivered by Easter Sunday.

• MT’s Local Kitchen & Wine Bar (212 Main St., Nashua, 595-9334, mtslocal.com) will be open on Sunday, April 17, from noon to 5 p.m., serving its regular menu with Easter specials.

• Nelson’s Candy and Music (65 Main St., Wilton, 654-5030, nelsonscandymusic.com) has a variety of specialty treats available now for Easter, like chocolate mold bunny pops, and cream eggs, with flavors like chocolate fudge, peanut butter, coconut and raspberry.

• Popovers on the Square (11 Brickyard Square, Epping, 734-4724; 8 Congress St., Portsmouth, 431-1119; popoversonthesquare. com) is taking orders for Easter egg cakes, featuring a chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse, glazed with ganache and decorated with spring flowers; and lemon mascarpone cream-filled vanilla cakes with lemon buttercream. Other items include vanilla or chocolate Easter-decorated cupcakes (can be ordered gluten-free), and Easter bunny or spring chick sugar cookies. Order by April 10 at 8 p.m.

• Presto Craft Kitchen (168 Amory St., Manchester, 606-1252, prestocraftkitchen.com) is taking orders for a variety of specialty items for Easter, including dinners, like wood-fired lamb tips, brown sugar glazed ham, shrimp and scallop scampi, and pizzagaina, or a large quiche-like ricotta-based pie filled with Italian meats. Sweeter items are available too, like giant breakable chocolate eggs, Easter egg cakesicles (flavors include carrot cake or funfetti), carrot patch (chocolate-covered strawberries in Oreo “dirt”), fresh-filled cannolis and assorted Italian cookie platters. Order by April 11. Pickups will be on Friday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Queen City Cupcakes (790 Elm St., Manchester, 624-4999, qccupcakes.com) is taking orders for an assortment of specialty themed cupcake flavors for Easter, like carrot cake and Cadbury cream egg, as well as others like blackberry truffle, chocolate salted caramel, raspberry linzer cookie, strawberry shortcake, vanilla bean and more. Order by April 13 at noon. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Rig A Tony’s Italian Takeout (254 Wallace Road, Bedford, 262-1244; 13 Rockingham Road, Windham, 685-8122; 34 South Ave., Derry, 404-6315; rigatonysitalian.com) is taking orders for Easter dinners featuring spiral ham or roasted porchetta, pasta margarita, house mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, string beans almondine and sweet rolls. Other available a la carte items include chicken or eggplant Parm, traditional lasagna, shrimp scampi, wedding soup, and sweets like cannolis, homemade Italian cookies, or chocolate cream or Maine blueberry pies. Order by April 13.

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• Hanover Street Chophouse (149 Hanover St., Manchester, 644-2467, hanoverstreetchophouse.com) is taking reservations for Easter Sunday, April 17, between noon and 3:30 p.m., serving its regular menu with specials.

• Harvey’s Bakery & Coffee Shop (376 Central Ave., Dover, 742-6029, harveysbakery.com) is taking orders for all kinds of specialty items for Easter, including fruit and cream pies, dinner rolls, and specialty cakes. Most pies are available in eight-inch or 10-inch sizes, while the rolls are sold by the dozen.

• The Hills Restaurant (Hampshire Hills Athletic Club, 50 Emerson Road, Milford, 7210444, hampshirehills.com/the-hills-restaurant) will serve a special Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 17, from 8 a.m. to noon, featuring a brown sugar ham carving station, a build-yourown bloody mary and mimosa bar, and other items like scrambled eggs, French toast, waffles, bacon, sausage, muffins, fruit and more.

The cost is $25 for adults and $12 for kids. Reservations are required.

• The Homestead Restaurant & Tavern (641 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack, 4292022, homesteadnh.com) will serve a specials menu for Easter on Sunday, April 17, featuring items like roast prime rib of beef, chicken cordon bleu, chicken broccoli alfredo, veal oscar, baked stuffed haddock, roasted rack of lamb, broiled salmon, shrimp and scallop risotto and more.

• Jamison’s Restaurant (472 Route 111, Hampstead, 489-1565, jamisonsrestaurant. com) is taking reservations for Easter Sunday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a selection of specials that includes slow-roasted prime rib, pesto-crusted lamb leg, oven-roasted turkey breast, glazed spiral ham and stuffed haddock. Jamison’s full regular menu will also be available.

• Just Like Mom’s Pastries (353 Riverdale Road, Weare, 529-6667, justlikemomspastries. com) is taking orders for cakes (flavors include carrot, coconut and gluten-free almond flour chocolate cake); pies (chocolate cream and lemon meringue); cupcakes (carrot and red velvet); cookies (Easter decorated, meringue, jam thumbprints and chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons); quiches (ham and cheese, leek, roasted pepper and mushroom, and broccoli cheddar); and other assorted pastries and breads, including brioche aux herbes (enriched brioche loaf bread with Gruyere, sage, parsley and garlic). Cookie, brownie, pastry or whoopie pie platters are also available upon request.

• KC’s Rib Shack (837 Second St., Manchester, 627-7427, ribshack.net) is taking reservations now for its annual Easter buffet on Sunday, April 17, from noon to 6 p.m., featuring bacon Sriracha deviled eggs and fruit salad to start; a variety of meats, like pit ham, beef brisket, pulled pork, spare ribs, smoked chick-

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A three-way super roast beef sandwich, so I’m cooking something by myself, that’s [with] cheese, mayo and sauce. Growing up, that what I’m making. was something my father and I would always do What is the biggest food trend in New together — we’d go out and get super beefs. … If it was my last meal, I’d want to have something Hampshire right now?

Over the past few years we’ve seen an with some really good memories behind it. explosion in outdoor dining … and that was a big thing that I was thinking about when I What is your favorite local restaurant?

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they’ll be rotating, you can try something new every single time you come in, and really be able to expand upon what you might not even know your preference could be.” In addition to the wines, Vine 32 offers a food menu of charcuterie boards, flatbreads and sweeter items like macaroons and truffles. Visit vinethirtytwo.com.

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special Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a farmfresh egg and omelet station, a Belgian waffle station and a ham carving station, as well as a New England raw bar, an artisan cheese display, a variety of hot entrees, a dessert display and more. The cost is $89.95 per person and $26.95 for kids under 12.

• Simply Delicious Baking Co. (176 Route 101, Bedford, 488-1988, simplydeliciousbakingco.com) is taking orders for carrot cake, lemon bars, almond biscotti, lemon blueberry scones and other specialty items for Easter.

Order by April 13. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 8 a.m. to noon.

• Smoke Shack Cafe (226 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, 404-2178, smokeshackcafe.com) is taking orders for a variety of specialty catering packages for Easter that include your choice of smoked ham or prime rib, along with two to six sides (macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, peas, corn saute, brown sugar carrots, green beans and broccoli saute), six to 12 pieces of cornbread, and a half- to a full-sized salad tray. Smoked ham and smoked prime rib are also both available as a la carte options. Order by April 12.

Pickups will be on Sunday, April 17.

• St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (1160 Bridge St., Manchester, 625-6115, stnicholasgreekchurch.com) is holding a Greek Easter bake sale, taking pre-orders for pastry platters featuring baklava, koulourakia and kourambiethes. Orders are being accepted until April 10 or while supplies last.

• Sweet Boutique (21 Kilton Road, Bedford, 222-1521, visitsweetboutique.com) has a variety of specialty hand-crafted treats available now for Easter, like milk, dark and white chocolate bunny molds, candy-filled chocolate “smash eggs” and more.

• Tammaro’s Cucina (469 Charles Bancroft Hwy., Litchfield, 377-7312, tammaroscucina.com) is taking orders for a variety of Easter specials, available in half- or full-sized trays.

Options include pizzagaina (Italian meat pie), sweet ricotta pie, Easter bread, assorted Easter cookies and more. Order by April 13.

• Tiffany’s Cafe & Catering (542 Mast Road, No. 6, Goffstown, 627-6622, find them on Facebook @tiffanyscafecatering) is taking orders now for Easter dinners, featuring either roast beef or honey-baked ham with pan gravy for an entree, as well as soups and salads (chicken lemon rice soup, Italian wedding soup, garden salad and spinach salad); and sides (scalloped potatoes, roast red bliss potatoes, sweet potato casserole, holiday corn and Italian green beans). Other available a la carte offerings include devilled eggs, cheese and fruit trays with assorted crackers, pigs in a blanket, quiches, cupcakes and pies (flavors include banana cream, chocolate cream, coconut cream and pistachio cream). Order by April 15. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Trombly Gardens (150 N. River Road, Milford, 673-0647, tromblygardens.net) is taking orders for special Easter dinners featuring sugar-glazed ham with pineapple mustard gravy, mashed potatoes, maple carrots, green bean

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by April 10. Pickups will be on Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Tuscan Market (9 Via Toscana, Salem, 912-5467, tuscanbrands.com) is taking orders for several specialty packages for Easter, featuring your choice of bone-in spiral ham, boneless roast leg of lamb or carved roast turkey breast, each of which are served with sides and Italian wine pairings, with enough food to feed six to eight people. Other available a la carte options include half-trays of lasagna, pizzagaina (Italian meat pie), risotto and sausage stuffed bell peppers, and desserts, like limoncello tiramisu, flourless espresso cake, Italian Easter breads and more. Order at least two days in advance of picking up.

• Van Otis Chocolates (341 Elm St., Manchester, 627-1611, vanotis.com) has a variety of specialty treats available now for Easter, like milk, dark or white chocolate bunny molds, chocolate cream eggs with fillings like butter cream, coconut cream, cookie dough, caramel, Swiss fudge and raspberry fudge, and multiple sizes of Easter baskets and buckets filled with assorted chocolates and candies.

• WineNot Boutique (25 Main St., Nashua, 204-5569, winenotboutique.com) will hold a special Easter-themed grand tasting of wines on Saturday, April 9, from 1 to 6 p.m., the first storewide walk-around event at its new location. A diverse selection of more than a dozen wines will be offered. Admission is free — see the event pages on Facebook or Eventbrite for details.

• Wolfe’s Tavern (The Wolfeboro Inn, 90 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 569-3016, wolfestavern.com) will serve a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring items that will include roasted tomato bisque, herb-crusted leg of lamb, grilled flank steak, cedar salmon, assorted homemade desserts and more. The cost is $50 for adults and $20 for kids.

• Woodstock Inn Brewery (135 Main St., North Woodstock, 745-3951, woodstockinnbrewery.com) will serve a special Easter brunch buffet on Sunday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to omelet and waffle bars, there will be a carving station with ham and prime rib, and other items like eggs Benedict, vegetable lasagna, salmon, assorted desserts and more. The cost is $29.99 for adults and $18.99 for kids under 12.

• Ya Mas Greek Taverna & Bar (125 Bridge St., Pelham, 635-4230, yamasgreektaverna.com) will serve a special Easter brunch buffet just up the road at Chunky’s Cinema Pub in Pelham (150 Bridge Street) on Sunday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a wide variety of breakfast and lunch items available, including a made-to-order create-your-own omelet station, a brioche French toast station and a prime rib carving station, plus Greek options like spanakopita, tiropita and stuffed grape leaves, as well as an artisan cheese and charcuterie spread, and desserts and sweet treats, like baklava, lemon tarts, strawberry shortcake and more. The cost is $49 for adults and $19 for kids. Reservations are required.

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Try this at home A hint of bourbon meatballs Meatballs are my favorite meat-centric appetizer. The reason for this is simple: You can deliver so much flavor in a bite-sized snack.

These meatballs have a nice blend of sweet and savory with a teeny, tiny kick. Yes, there is a half cup of bourbon in the sauce, but a good amount of that alcohol evaporates.

However, there probably is some remaining, so I would consider this to be an adults-only appetizer.

Let’s talk about the ingredients in this recipe. For the beef, 85-percent lean offers enough fat to keep the meatballs moist without becoming greasy. In the sauce, I used maple syrup to add a little more sweetness.

If you don’t have maple syrup, you can use brown sugar. You should use the same amount. In both parts of the recipe there is bourbon. You don’t have to go top shelf here.

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Local farmers markets • Contoocook Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Maple Street Elementary School (194 Maple St., Contoocook). Find them on Facebook @ contoocookfarmersmarket.

• Downtown Concord Winter Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, at 7 Eagle Square in Concord, now through April. Find them on Facebook @

A hint of bourbon meatballs. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.

or serve them as a snack for a lazy Sunday at home. They’ll be the perfect choice for either, or for anything in between.

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.

Combine all meatball ingredients in a large bowl.

Using your hands, mix until ingredients are well-blended.

Form the mixture into walnut-sized balls, and place on a rimmed baking sheet.

Bake for 20 minutes.

To make the sauce Place all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan, whisking to combine fully.

Bring sauce to a boil, then turn heat down to low.

Allow sauce to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Finishing the meatballs Combine cooked meatballs and sauce in a small crockpot or medium-sized saucepan over low heat.

Simmer for 2 hours before serving.

If using the saucepan, be sure to stir every 20 minutes or so.

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• Milford Farmers Market is every other Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., inside the Milford Town Hall Auditorium (Union Square).

The final indoor date of the season is April 9. Visit milfordnhfarmersmarket.com.

• New Ipswich Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot of New Ipswich Town Hall (661 Turnpike Road). Find them on Facebook @

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• Peterborough Farmers Market is Wednesdays, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Peterborough Community Center (25 Elm St.) now through October. The market moves indoors during the winter months. Find them on Facebook @peterboroughnhfarmersmarket.

• Salem Farmers Market is 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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By Jeff Mucciarone “I thought it was time to shake things up,” my friend said as he walked back onto the patio somehow hanging on and balancing several hefty, frozen steins full of borderline overflowing suds.

“I just asked for something light and crisp — and really good,” he said.

This instance occurred during a gloriously sunny afternoon this past September, just a perfect day for relaxing with a few beers and some friends. We’d had a couple big IPAs and frankly, he was right, it was time to shake things up.

Lifting the stein with some trouble, I took my first sip. It was certainly light and crisp, but it was also quite flavorful. A light golden pour, the brew had a dry, extremely refreshing finish with minimal bitterness. This beer was begging for mouthfuls, not just little sips. It was incredibly drinkable.

Sure, some of it was the bracing, welcome change from a super-hoppy IPA to something much, much lighter, but it was also just a tremendous reminder that sometimes there’s nothing more pleasing than drinking a beer that tastes like a beer.

On the way out, we asked the bartender about the beer style and determined it was a local, craft-brewed kolsch.

I’ve written about Pilsners before and have always kind of pretended Pilsners and kolsches are the same thing, and while they’re similar they’re not the same. Pilsners tend to be a little more hoppy, a little more bitter. Kolsches tend to be even lower in ABV but they still feature plenty of flavor.

Craftbeer.com tells me the kolsch is technically a hybrid style of beer that marries elements of ale and lager production. Craftbeer.com also tells me the style “pairs best with bratwurst, nutty cheeses, and even lighter desserts like apricot cake,” and while I’m sure that’s on point, I think it pairs best with sitting outside on a warm, sunny day and a giant, frozen stein.

Get the frosty mug ready. Photo courtesy of Jeff Mucciarone.

This is a style you can drink any time of the year but I think it’s best to get it onto your radar now, because I suspect you’ll be drinking it at cookouts and at the beach all summer long.

The reality is the kolsch is particularly versatile: it goes well with just about any food and any circumstance.

New Hampshire craft brewers haven’t ignored the style, which is great news for beer enthusiasts.

I loved the Herkules by Schilling Beer Co. and the Henniker Kolsch Style Ale by Henniker Brewing Co. is another wonderful rendition of the style. Perpetual Grüven by Great Rhythm Brewing in Portsmouth is terrific as well, as is Paradise Valley by Granite Roots Brewing in Troy.

The kolsch is the quintessential “better grab a frozen glass” beer, so get some glasses in the freezer, preferably steins, and get ready for some mouthfuls of bright, crisp, refreshing beer.

Jeff Mucciarone is a vice president with Montagne Powers, where he provides communications support to the New Hampshire wine and spirits industry.

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Grolsch Premium Lager by Grolsch Brewery (Netherlands) OK, not a kolsch, but a couple weeks back I had one of these for the first time in I have no idea how many years. Honestly, as I think about it, my dad used to have Grolsch in the house when I was a kid but I have no recollection of ever having a Grolsch myself. I’m sure it happened at some point. I remember

my dad letting my brother and me try a sip of Grolsch when we were little and I distinctly remember not liking it at all. My brother, on the other hand, had a more positive reaction and there’s photographic proof of him tilting the bottle way up to get that last sip. This features a zip of bitterness in an overall light, refreshing package. Here’s another beer that tastes like a beer. Cheers.

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Jizzy Pearl’s Love Hate, Hell CA (Golden Robot Records)

I must have missed when this Hollywood hard rock band was making waves in Europe and elsewhere, like, apparently in 1990 they won Record Of The Year in readers’ polls put forth by magazines Kerrang and Metal Hammer. That of course doesn’t bode well for the here and now, this electronic zeitgeist wherein every song seems to have a trip-hop part, a noise part, a Mario Bros. soundtrack part, and then everyone goes back to not knowing the band even exists. OK, I’m riffing, but I’m so far behind on this column you’ll just have to deal, and whatever, we’re talking about a street-metal band that still sounds like Skid Row (anyone remember them? Anyone?) as we hear in album opener “One Hot Minute.” These guys are aware that Greta Van Fleet are huge right now, solely on the strength of ripping off 50-year-old Led Zeppelin songs, so they’ve “graced” us with “Acid Babe,” a vaguely “Black Dog” joint that would have fit on Zep’s Physical Graffiti LP, which still remains the most celebrated album of phoned-in swill in history. Fine for what it is, this CD would make a fine drink coaster if it isn’t your thing. B+ — Eric W. Saeger

Chelsea Jade, Soft Spot (Carpark Records)

Over to the bloop-bling side of things, we find this South African-born singer-songwriter and record producer, who’s now based in Los Angeles, making yet more tuneage for the ritzier fashion shops at the local mall.

Like I talk about in this week’s other review, it doesn’t take a lot of detective work to figure out the current zeitgeist, one born of now-decades of basically no musical education in public schools, which has basically left most younger listeners tilting their heads quizzically at the goings-on in the golden age of electronic music and just accepting the vibe as worthwhile. There’s nothing disagreeable here, don’t get me wrong; I appreciate the power of Jade’s wispy voice. But there’s nothing fascinating either, just subdued reggaeton and snap-dance, its intensity set to almost-none, and of course a lot of Billie Eilish-style stopping and starting, which is already well past its sell-by date. B — Eric W. Saeger

PLAYLIST A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases

• On April 8 you will see a plethora of new albums in your Spotify, and now it can henceforth never be said that I’ve never used the word “plethora” in this award-winning column, please make a note of it. The summer draws closer, folks, it draws, and so the folks at the big record companies are gearing up for the big summer push, releasing new albums you can listen to while knowing you are completely safe from Covid, which is, as we speak, holding a national conference on what sort of insane mutation it’ll take so that the winter months are pretty much like the last 20 minutes of the film Contagion, I can hardly wait. But in the meantime, we have albums for your pleasure, if not for the aesthetic sense of any rational person, and so we will start with former relevant person Jack White, whose appetite for Big Macs rivals only that of the Hamburglar, who may actually be related to him as far as this reporter knows. Fear Of The Dawn is his new album, and I was rightly surprised to find that the title track is the most awesome tune I’ve heard from him since back when he was relevant and not a Hamburglar. It’s a buzzing mixture of Big Black no-wave and the 1960s acid-rock vibe of Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky,” I’m not kidding, you should check this out. If any Jack White song sounded like it really, really belonged on the soundtrack to one of those sequels to The Purge, it’s this one. It’s very cool, and if White were here in front of me right now I’d give him a Wendy’s Baconator as a richly deserved reward.

• After the death of best drummer of all time Neil Peart, the progressive-rock trio Rush was pretty much done. But there are still two guys left, one of whom is the band’s original guitarist, Alex Lifeson, who will release a new self-titled album with the band Envy Of None, a quartet that also features Coney Hatch’s Andy Curran, Alfio Annibalini and Maiah Wynne. Whatever, there are rumors of a “Rush reunion,” which would be like a Wright brothers reunion with just the two guys who ran out of way during the first plane’s takeoff at Kitty Hawk, but they could probably hire one of those guys who plays drums to Rush songs on YouTube; I mean after all, that’s how Journey ended up hiring their Steve Perry-soundalike singer, from some online video. But anyway, gang, sorry, I digress, let’s just go to the internet and listen to the first single from this silly album, “Look Inside.” Hm, it’s kind of noise-rock-ish, but there’s a girl humming something or other, so it sounds a lot like early M83, except kind of metallic. I’ll let this one pass, it’s acceptable.

• Canadian dude Orville Peck is sort of like the Deadmau5 of cowboy music, like, he wears a crazy fringed mask that he never takes off, so no one knows what he looks like. In fact, all Wikipedia knows is that he was “born in the Southern Hemisphere” (actually it’s safe to say that in reality he’s Daniel Pitout, drummer of the Canadian punk band Nü Sensae, because that’s the person who owns his songs according to ASCAP, and plus he has the same tattoos), but who cares, his new LP Bronco is coming out this week, led by the single “Daytona Sand,” a pretty hilarious song that’s like Elvis meets the Lone Ranger, you should download it or something.

• Lastly, we’ll do the new Calexico album, El Mirador, because when isn’t there a new Calexico album? The title track starts with an ambitious-enough cha-cha rhythm but then turns into the usual Yo La Tengo oatmeal; I’m not impressed. — Eric W. Saeger

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Heartbreak, by Florence Williams (W.W. Norton & Co., 279 pages) Like termites and prairie voles, human beings seem made for monogamy or, to be precise, “pair-bonding.” We are among the 2 to 10 percent of animals who organize their lives in pairs, even if there is some occasional straying involved. (Even more remarkably, about 90 percent of birds have lifelong mates.)

But bereavement happens, either in death or divorce, and as the Irish rock band The Script told us, when a heart breaks, it don’t break even. That was the experience of journalist Florence Williams, whose 2017 book The Nature Fix explored why being outdoors makes us happier and healthier. Her new book is a “personal and scientific journey” into why breakups hurt so much, and while she’s primarily talking about divorce, the science also applies to grief over the death of a loved one.

Between 10 and 15 percent of divorced and bereaved people experience a debilitating inability to get past their heartbreak, a condition known as bereavement disorder or complicated grief. Williams doesn’t put herself into that category, but she was devastated when her husband of 25 years announced that he was moving out to find his soulmate when she was 50.

While she was able to function well enough, taking care of her children and continuing her work, she was shocked at the depth of her pain. She stopped eating and lost 20 pounds. “I felt power-washed by sadness and anxiety. I looked like a stray animal who was trying to paw her way out of a kill-shelter,” she writes.

Trying to understand why it was so difficult for her to recover, Williams began doing research, interviewing therapists and researchers who study love and loss. She learned that love is as much of a survival drive as it is an emotion, and that stress hormones increase even when monogamous partners are separated for a short time. When a longtime partner vanishes forever, the loss kindles ancient and evolutionary responses: the loss of safety and inclusion that are necessary for our well-being, the loss of connection to extended family, the loss of resources.

Having a stable relationship is even integral to our physical health: “Scores of robust studies across different cultures have shown that married people live longer, experience fewer cancers, strokes, and heart attacks, are more likely to survive serious illnesses, and are less likely to be depressed and overweight.”

Learning all this, of course, made Williams feel even worse. (“I was like, Please stop talking,” she wrote.) So she went to therapy.

She gave lots of speeches. She accepted the invitation of a scientist — a divorced friend of a friend — to make out after a party under a cottonwood tree.

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Here, Williams is able to show off that she is not just an able investigator and reporter, but an elegant wordsmith. She writes of that encounter with the scientist: “My hard little heart hiccuped and started to soften, along with everything else.”

Unfortunately, Williams’ first post-divorce swim in the dating pool didn’t end well, for deeply uncomfortable reasons, and her continued contact with this man may cause the reader to question her judgment. So, too, her inability to keep up with small things in the aftermath of her husband’s leaving. (She drove for months with an expired car registration, she admits.)

But an even harder reality arrives when Williams’ continued weight loss is finally diagnosed as Type 1 diabetes, which is most commonly diagnosed in children. She learned that high levels of cortisol can affect the production and regulation of insulin, and inflammation markers rise with sustained stress. One researcher told her of the “cellular carnage” of heartbreak, “This is one of the hidden landmines of human existence.”

At this point, the narrative becomes a confluence of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Williams’ own The Nature Fix. She resolutely sets out to heal her heart before her heartbreak kills her, on a wilderness trip in search of awe. This wasn’t just an emotional experiment, but a scientific one: She had her blood drawn before and after the trip to see if her health measures had improved.

Williams set out looking for prescriptions to easily fix her broken heart; readers who go to this book looking for the same might be disappointed. There’s no broken-heart pill; that gold mine still awaits anyone who might invent it, and even her experiments with psychedelic drugs didn’t seem to help.

But Williams’ journey is interesting and her research solid, and anyone suffering from a heartbreak of their own might benefit from her story. Just stay away from any scientist named Ennis who wants to kiss you under a cottonwood tree. B+ — Jennifer Graham

It’s probably no surprise that a memoir released in November was near the top of the charts on Amazon last week.

The author: actor Will Smith (assisted by a co-author, Mark Manson). Last year, Oprah Winfrey called it “the best memoir I’ve ever read,” and as everyone knows, she reads a lot.

I read the opening when it first came out, but just re-read the first chapter in a new light, after Will’s assault of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.

The opening sentences of Chapter 1: “I’ve always thought of myself as a coward. Most of my memories of my childhood involve me being afraid in some way — afraid of other kids, afraid of being hurt or embarrassed, afraid of being seen as weak.”

The memoir, Will, is from Penguin Press, 432 pages.

Not taking a side here, but Chris Rock has written a book, too. It came out in 1997, and Winfrey didn’t say a word, although the first page is literally a bit about her leaving a message on his answering machine declining to feature it in her book club. Rock This! is from Hyperion, 224 pages, and also in paperback.

Meanwhile, there’s a new book out about the Academy Awards that necessarily omits the most interesting thing that’s happened in years, as it was published in February. Best Pick (Rowman & Littlefield, 332 pages) has three authors: John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. They take us on a history of Oscars beginning in the 1920s, with close-ups of the best pictures and the authors weighing in on whether the Oscar was deserved. Looks like a winner.

If you care nothing about film and would rather be outdoors, you might be interested in Riverman, An American Odyssey (Deckle Edge, 272 pages) by Ben McGrath. It’s about the life of Dick Conant, a folk hero who traversed the country’s rivers alone in a canoe before disappearing in North Carolina while he was on his way from New York to Florida. McGrath has written about Conant before in The New Yorker; he expounds on those stories to fill in the details of Conant’s life, if not his death, which remains a mystery. — Jennifer Graham

Books

Author events • MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD Author presents The Great Circle. Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Wed., April 13, 6 p.m. Registration required. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 2240562.

• EMMA LOEWE Author presents Return to Nature: The New Science of How Natural Landscapes Restore Us, in conversation with author Hannah Fries. Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Wed., April 13, 7 p.m. Registration is required. Held via Zoom. Visit gibsonsbookstore. com or call 224-0562.

• MARIE BOSTWICK Author presents her new book The Restoration of Celia Fairchild. Bookery, 844 Elm St., Manchester. Fri., April 15, 5:30 p.m. Visit bookerymht.com or call 836-6600.

• ANNE HILLERMAN Author presents The Sacred Bridge. Virtual event hosted by Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord. Tues., April 19, 7 p.m. Held via Zoom. Registration is required. Visit gibsonsbookstore.com or call 224-0562.

• BRANDON K. GAUTHIER Author presents Before Evil: Young Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, and Kim. Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., Concord. Wed., April 27, 6:30 p.m.

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Morbius (PG-13)

A genius scientist who is slowly dying from a genetic disorder accidentally turns himself into a vampire in the Marvel-comics-based Morbius, which feels like “what if Venom but thoroughly charmless.”

This is the Sony wing of the Marvel universe, not the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but, as end-credit scenes remind us, those universes are now in conversation with each other. Which is my way of saying stay for the end-credit scenes, I guess, if you’re into this enough to see it in a theater.

Renowned scientist Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) creates a serum from vampire bat DNA to combat a genetic disease that has left him and his lifelong best friend Lucien (Matt Smith), whom he affectionately calls Milo, weak, in constant pain and in daily need of blood transfusions.

Using himself as a human trial, Michael does see physical improvements to his disease — suddenly becoming ripped seems to play a big part in gaining superpowers — but only after he has a little flip-out session where he drains the blood from all the crewmembers on the boat where he had been running his experiments. The only survivor from the boat is Michael’s longtime friend and professional partner Dr. Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona).

Yes, she is a love interest; no, the characters don’t have any real chemistry. But then nobody really has any chemistry with anybody in this movie, so this isn’t just a case of another comic book movie not knowing how to do romance.

As the movie reassures us a couple of times, the guys on the boat were all jerky mercenary types, who cares about them. But then Good People start being exsanguinated and investigators, Agents Stroud (Tyrese Gibson) and Rodriguez (Al Madrigal), are on the hunt for Morbius, who is himself desperate to find out how to either reverse or control the more kill-y parts of his “cure.”

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bloodthirsty vampire is a fair trade for getting abs and being able to walk without crutches. Since he has bankrolled Morbius’ experiments, he feels he’s owed some vampire juice and injects himself in spite of Morbius’ warnings because of course he does. Though Morbius doesn’t totally hate his new powers, he tends to think of his new state mostly as a curse that he is willing to die to lift. But he also realizes he is the only person who can control his old friend who plans to have way more “fun” with his superstrength and vampire qualities.

The movie also drags Jared Harris into this mess as an older mentor to both men, but kind of forgets to do anything useful with him. I feel like that approach to this one character sort of typifies the movie overall; this movie has the basics of its form (genius with a sad backstory, long simmer not-quite-romance, new Great Powers he has to learn to use with Great Responsibility, opponent who uses the same powers for the Wrong Reasons, etc.) but Morbius has absolutely no novelty or liveliness to it. This movie is filled with so much bat imagery and booming bass score you think you’re in some kind of knock-off Batman. But it isn’t actual-

Thursday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m.

• Infinite Storm (R, 2022) at Red River Thursday, April 7, at 4 p.m.; Friday, April 8, at 1:30 & 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 9, at noon, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Red River Theatres Thursday, April 14, at 4 p.m.

11 S. Main St., Concord 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org • The Un-Word (NR, 2020) screening at Red River as part of the NH Jewish Film Festival Rex Theatre (nhjewishfilmfestival.com) on 23 Amherst St., Manchester Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m.

668-5588, palacetheatre.org • The Batman (PG-13, 2022) at Park Theatre in Jaffrey on Wilton Town Hall Theatre Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m.

40 Main St., Wilton • Mothering Sunday (R, wiltontownhalltheatre.com, 2022) at Red River Theatres 654-3456 in Concord on Friday, April 8, through Sunday, April 10, at 2, Shows • The Outfit (R, 2022) at Red 4:30 & 7 p.m.; Thursday, April River Theatres in Concord on 14, at 5 & 7:30 p.m.

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• Easter in Art (NR, 2020) at Red River Theatres in Concord on Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9, at 5 p.m.

• The Robe (1953) at Wilton Town Hall Theatre on Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m.

• The Night of the Hunter (1955) at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre on Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m.

• April Love (1957) at Wilton Town Hall Theatre on Saturday, April 9, and Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m.

• Tiger Within (2020) at Red River Theatres in Concord as part of the NH Jewish Film Festival (nhjewishfilmfestival.

ly dark, tonally, for as darkly lit as it is and how dark and moody it thinks it is. It also isn’t the bouncy MCU or the Deadpool-ish, er, Deadpool movies or the goofy but watchable mess that is Venom.

It just flaps about, so much gasping cartoon fish on a dock — so, like, without even the pathos that would be involved if we believed it was a real live fish.

Leto in Emo Jesus cosplay is just not a compelling character, not as a villain, not as a hero/dark hero/anti-hero whatever he’s supposed to be. Matt Smith is never not distractingly goofy. Arjona’s Martine doesn’t really get more personality depth than “girl character.”

Much like with Venom, Morbius and its canon are beyond the fringes of my Marvel knowledge and so I went in with zero expectations. But somehow it was still a letdown. C- I guess, but I could probably be convinced into D territory….

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, some frightening images and brief strong language, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed by Daniel Espinosa with a screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless, Morbius is an hour and 44 minutes long and distributed by Columbia.

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• The Royal Opera: Rigoletto broadcast of a Royal Opera House performance on Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.m. at the Park Theatre in Jaffrey.

• Cabaret (1972) at Red River Theatres in Concord as part of the NH Jewish Film Festival (nhjewishfilmfestival.com) followed by a post-film discussion on Sunday, April 10, at 3:30 p.m.

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (R, 2022) at Red River Theatres in Concord on Thursday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m.

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (PG13) at the Park Theatre Friday,

April 15, through Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. plus Saturdays, April 16 and April 23, at 2 p.m.

• Othello (1922) a silent film with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis on Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre.

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• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), a silent film with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, on Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Rex. Tickets cost $10.

• Senior Movie Mornings: Brigadoon (1954), on Tuesday, April 26, at 10 a.m. at the Rex Theatre in Manchester.

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• Heartfelt: Fresh from winning a Grammy for the 2021 collection, Bela Fleck brings his My Bluegrass Heart album to the Capital City. The banjo master was joined by a who’s who of roots music on the effort, including mandolinists Sam Bush, Sierra Hull and Chris Thile; fiddlers Michael Cleveland and Stuart Duncan, fellow genre-hopper Edgar Meyer on bass, and guitarists Bryan Sutton and Molly Tuttle. Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, tickets $39 to $69 at ccanh.com.

• Funkytown: Parliament-Funkadelic offshoot Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army plays a downtown Manchester show, with support from Jabbawaukee and Married Iguana. Bedrosian led the massive Super Motha Child as a teenager before joining P-Funk.

Secret Army is a three-piece, focused on tighter grooves, “getting a lot of sound out of just a few people,” the Lawrence, Mass., native once explained. Friday, April 8, 8 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester, $15 at the door and the show is 21+.

• Brew-to-do: A Nashua nano-brewery celebrates its sixth anniversary with an afternoon of music featuring local favorite Charlie Chronopoulos, preceded by a set from Dan Carter. Chronopoulos released the stark Chesty Rollins’ Dead End a couple of years ago. A “Northern rock and soul” record that observed the daily life struggles he sees in his home state, it was also a reflection of his choice to pursue an artist’s life there. Saturday, April 9, 1 p.m., Millyard Brewery, 25 E. Otterson St., Nashua, millyardbrewery.com.

• Momentous: Covid-delayed since late January, Mindset X finally marks 18 years as a band and an upcoming album at a hometown show. The new record’s first single, “For The Love Of War,” dropped earlier this year, the product of the prog-rockers’ first studio sessions with new guitarist Lucian Davidson. It’s a hefty, toothsome number that recalls early Black Sabbath and proto Metallica. Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m., Angel City Music Hall, 179 Elm St., Manchester, $10 at the door, 21+, more at angelcitymusichall.com.

• Tale teller: Though his songs are a joy, a big part of a Todd Snider show is his raconteur side. In the autobiography I Never Met A Story I Didn’t Like, he remarks on the ease of playing country songs. “You just strum around the ‘Johnny B. Goode’ chords until you get to the part where everybody stops and the singer yells the chorus, which is usually a slogan of some kind, like ‘ain’t goin’ down ’til the sun comes up.’” Wednesday, April 13, 7 p.m., The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, $30 and $32 at themusichall.org.

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Kevin and Michael Bacon perform in Plymouth

By Michael Witthaus

mwitthaus@hippopress.com

The Bacon Brothers are a prolific band — 11 studio albums since forming in the late ’90s, a live record and a hits collection — but there’s really not a Bacon Brothers sound. Kevin Bacon, who writes most of the band’s lyrics, attributes this to their being lifetime students at the College of Musical Knowledge.

“We’ ve lived long enough to have absorbed a lot of different … styles that have continued to grow through the years,” the actor and musician said in a recent joint interview with his brother Michael, a composer. When writing, he said, “We’re thinking about the way the song could sound, as opposed to thinking of a way to fit the song into the Bacon Brothers.”

Thus, there’s a world of difference between the Opry-ready “Picker” and “British Invasion,” which sounds plucked from a 1964 episode of Shindig. Both are from 2020’s The Way We Love, a record that is musically diverse but is also a concept record about love in its many forms.

“Our concept is usually do we have enough songs that we really like to make a 10- or 11-song record,” Michael said.

“Most bands have a certain kind of consistency, but it’s just not what we do,” Kevin added.

One of the best tracks on the new disc “Corona Song,” a tribute to their parents that’s both sweet and humorous; Kevin sings

The Bacon Brothers When: Thursday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.

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about missing them, while also being grateful they aren’t around to see the pandemic’s dumber moments.

“People get awards and they’ll say, ‘I know my dad’s up there watching, and he would be so happy for me’ — but there’s got to be other times,” he said. “Nobody ever says, ‘I’m so glad my dad’s not up there watching me as I get hauled off to jail.’”

After a handful of one-off gigs over the past two years, The Bacon Brothers are at last back on the road with a tour that stops at Plymouth’s Flying Monkey on April 14. The show will span their catalog and offer a few new selections.

“We have a really nice five-song EP coming out we’re really excited about,” Michael said. “Everything’s sort of falling into place again for us, which is a great feeling.”

One of their few appearances was Sept.

11, 2021, where they performed the moving remembrance song “Unhappy Birthday” in front of New York City’s Freedom Tower.

“Kevin and I both spent more of our lives in New York than out of New York, and that was a special experience,” Michael said.

Kevin wrote it at the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. “I think it’s the best 9/11 song, and it’s also eminently updatable.

Because we’re always living with that.”

During lockdown, Kevin and wife Kyra Sedgwick had a novel way of maintaining harmony in their three-decade-plus marriage. They’d each retreat to separate areas of their Connecticut home, meeting around noon and again at day’s end.

“It’s a very high-class problem when you have enough rooms in your house that you can go off and be in your own space, come back together for lunch and then say goodbye until cocktail hour,” Kevin said.

Michael stays busy with his film scoring business, and he continues to provide the music for Henry Louis Gates’ series Finding

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Road, Concord 715-2315, hatboxnh.com Rex Theatre • Joey Caroll Chunky’s Manchester, Saturday, April 9, 23 Amherst St., Manchester 8:30 p.m.

Headliners Comedy Club 668-5588, palacetheatre.org • Corey Rodriguez Rex TheDoubleTree By Hilton, 700 atre, Friday, April 15, 7:30 The Strand Elm St., Manchester p.m. headlinerscomedyclub.com 20 Third St., Dover

Michael and Kevin Bacon. Photo credit Charles Chessler.

Your Roots, which he’s done for 15 years — including a 2012 episode where his brother and wife learned they were distant cousins.

“It’s a dream job, I’m very lucky to have it,” he said. “It’s an incredible show.”

On the segment where Kevin and Kyra discovered their genealogical connection, the two also learned about a history of abolitionism in their family — along with an opposing fact.

“They also found out that we had a slave owner, and what was shocking to me is he was a Quaker,” Kevin said. “We’d always thought of the Quakers as leaning towards abolition [and] an understanding of the horror of slavery.”

Kevin’s busy acting career continues apace.

“I just finished up Season 3 of City on a Hill, which is on Showtime,” he said. “I think we’re going to be on in June, although I’m not exactly sure of the date. I did a film with Kyra in Rhode Island [Space Oddity] that’s hopefully coming out soon. It has a nice New England angle.”

• Tom Cotter Chunky’s Manchester, Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

• Lenny Clarke/Dave Russo Fulchino Vineyard, Saturday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.

• Kevin Nealon The Music Hall, Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.

• Mike Donovan Chunky’s Nashua, Saturday, April 16, 8:30 p.m.

• Amy Tee Headliners, Saturday, April 16, 8:30 p.m.

• Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic Tour (from Trailer Park Boys) Jewel Music Venue, Wednesday, April 20, 8:15 p.m.

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• Kelly MacFarland Rex Theatre, Friday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.

• Bill Simas/Steve Scarfo The Strand, Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.

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Bow Chen Yang Li 520 S. Bow St. 228-8508

Hermanos Cocina Mexicana 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669

Tandy’s Pub & Grille Brookline 1 Eagle Square The Alamo Texas Bar856-7614 becue & Tequila Bar 99 Route 13 Deerfield 721-5000 The Lazy Lion 4 North Road Concord Area 23 Derry State Street Fody’s Tavern 881-9060 187 Rockingham Road, 404-6946

Cheers 17 Depot St. 228-0180 Concord Craft Brewing 117 Storrs St. 856-7625

LaBelle Winery 14 Route 111 672-9898

Exeter Sawbelly Brewing 156 Epping Road 583-5080 Gilford Patrick’s 18 Weirs Road 293-0841 Goffstown Village Trestle 25 Main St. 497-8230 Hampton Bogie’s 32 Depot Square 601-2319 Charlie’s Tap House 9A Ocean Blvd.

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Epping Telly’s Restaurant & CR’s The Restaurant Pizzeria 287 Exeter Road 235 Calef Hwy. 929-7972 679-8225

Thursday, April 7 Hampton Merrimack Amherst CR’s: Ross McGinnes, 6 p.m., 6 p.m. Homestead: Joanie Cicatelli, 5:30 LaBelle: No Shoes Nation Band, 7:30 Wally’s: Hampton Idol, 7 p.m. p.m. p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Milford Auburn Hudson Stonecutters Pub: Blues Therapy, 8 Auburn Pitts: Oak Hill, 6:30 p.m.

Lynn’s 102: karaoke w/ George Bis- p.m. son, 8 p.m.

Bedford Nashua Copper Door: Lou Antonucci, 7 p.m. Kingston Fody’s: DJ Rich karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Murphy’s: Jodee Frawlee, 5:30 p.m. Saddle Up Saloon: karaoke with DJ Portsmouth Jason, 7 p.m.

Brookline The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Alamo: Justin Jordan, 4:30 p.m.

The Press Room: BlueStar RadiaLaconia tion, 9 p.m.

Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Concord Tower Hill: karaoke, 8 p.m.

Hermanos: Joey Placenti, 6:30 p.m.

Salem Copper Door: Pete Peterson, 7 p.m.

Londonderry Derry Stumble Inn: D-Comp, 7 p.m.

Fody’s: music bingo, 8 p.m.

Seabrook LaBelle: Joe Louis Walker, 7:30 p.m. Manchester Backyard Burgers & Wings: Jennifer Mitchell, 7 p.m.

Currier: Lucas Gallo, 5 p.m.

Epping Red’s: Chris Lester, 7 p.m.

Foundry: Senie Hunt, 5 p.m.

Telly’s: Lewis Goodwin, 7 p.m.

Fratello’s: John Chouinard, 5:30 p.m.

KC’s: live music, 6 p.m.

Friday, April 8 Exeter Strange Brew: Brian Wall, 8 p.m.

Bedford Sawbelly: Chad Verbeck, 5 p.m.

Murphy’s: Andrew Geano, 7:30 p.m.

Meredith Goffstown Giuseppe’s: The Sweetbloods, 5:45 Brookline Village Trestle: Justin Cohn, 6 p.m. p.m.

Alamo: Chris Powers, 4:30 p.m.

Bella’s Bartok Bella’s Bartok brings their eclectic and theatrical live show to the Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket; 659-7700; stonechurchrocks.com) on Friday, April 9 at 8 p.m. Admission costs $15.

Laconia Belknap Mill 25 Beacon St. E., No. 1 524-8813 Fratello’s 799 Union Ave. 528-2022

Bonfire 950 Elm St. 663-7678

Currier Museum of Art Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St. 150 Ash St. 644-3535 669-6144

Derryfield Country Penuche’s Music Hall Club 1087 Elm St. Tower Hill Tavern 932-2868 625 Mammoth Road 264 Lakeside Ave. 623-2880 366-9100 Pizza 9-1-1 Wally’s Pub The Foundry 401 S. Willow St. 144 Ashworth Ave. Londonderry 50 Commercial St. 782-5443 926-6954 Coach Stop Restaurant 836-1925 & Tavern Salona Bar & Grill Whym Craft Pub & 176 Mammoth Road Fratello’s 128 Maple St. Brewery 437-2022 155 Dow St. 624-4020 853 Lafayette Road 624-2022 601-2801 Stumble Inn South Side Tavern 20 Rockingham Road 1279 S. Willow St. The Goat Hudson 432-3210 50 Old Granite St. 935-9947 The Bar 2B Burnham Road Manchester Angel City Music Hall Great North Aleworks Stark Brewing Co. 1050 Holt Ave. 500 Commercial St. Lynn’s 102 Tavern 179 Elm St. 858-5789 625-4444 76 Derry Road 931-3654 943-7832 Strange Brew Jewel Music Venue Backyard Brewery 88 Market St. 61 Canal St. Kingston 1211 S. Mammoth Road 819-9336 666-4292 Saddle Up Saloon 623-3545 92 Route 125 369-6962 Shane’s BBQ 61 High St. 601-7091

Deerfield Lazy Lion: live music, 7 p.m.

Derry Giuseppe’s: Bob Kroepel, 5:45 p.m.

Epping Telly’s: Jonny Friday Duo, 8 p.m.

Exeter Sawbelly: Todd Hearon, 5 p.m.

Goffstown Village Trestle: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Hampton CR’s: Bob Tirelli, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Animals as Leaders, 9 p.m.

Whym: Corinna Savien, 6:30 p.m.

Manchester Angel City: Small Town Stranded, 8 p.m.

Backyard Brewery: Maddi Ryan, 6 p.m.

Bonfire: Houston Bernard, 9 p.m.

Derryfield: D-Comp, 8 p.m.

The Foundry: Paul Driscoll, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Paul Lussier, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Cashwood, 9 p.m.

Murphy’s: Chuck & Scott Duo, 5 p.m.; Eric Grant Band, 9:30 p.m.

Shaskeen: Shawn Caliber Dance Party, 9 p.m.

South Side: Cox karaoke, 9 p.m.

Strange Brew: Lisa Marie All Shook Up, 9 p.m.

Meredith Twin Barns: Ryan Williamson, 5 p.m.

Hudson Lynn’s 102: karaoke w/ George Bis- Merrimack Homestead: Justin Cohn, 6 p.m. son, 8 p.m.

Milford Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Ryan Palma, 8 American Legion: Jennifer Mitchell, 8 p.m. p.m.

Pasta Loft: The Pop Farmers, 7 p.m.

Stonecutters Pub: DJ Dave O karaLaconia oke, 9 p.m.

Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

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

Peddler’s Daughter: Down A 5th, 9 p.m.

Londonderry Coach Stop: Liz Ridgely, 6 p.m.

Newmarket Stumble Inn: Rob & Jody, 8 p.m.

Stone Church: Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, 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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Northfield Boonedoxz Pub: karaoke night, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Jae Mannion, 8 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

The Press Room: Dead Disco, 10 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: Closing Time, 9 p.m.

Salem Jocelyn’s: Brian Walker, 8 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: The American WHO Sensation, 9 p.m.

Red’s: Acoustic Tandem, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 9

Alton Bay Dockside: live music, 8 p.m.

Auburn Auburn Pitts: live music, 7 p.m.

Bedford Murphy’s: Lewis Goodwin Duo, 7:30 p.m.

Bow Chen Yang Li: Paul Driscoll, 7 p.m.

Brookline Alamo: Travis Rollo, 5 p.m.

Concord Hermanos: Shane Allessio, 6:30 p.m.

Deerfield Lazy Lion: live music, 7 p.m.

Derry Giuseppe’s: Andre Balazs, 6 p.m.

Epping Telly’s: 21st and 1st, 8 p.m.

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Northfield Boonedoxz Pub 95 Park St. 717-8267

Nashua Casey McGee’s Irish Pub Portsmouth 8 Temple St. Twin Barns Brewing The Gas Light 484-7400 194 Daniel Webster 64 Market St. Hwy. 430-9122 Fody’s Tavern 279-0876 9 Clinton St. Gibb’s Garage Bar 577-9015 Merrimack 3612 Lafayette Road Homestead Liquid Therapy 641 Daniel Webster 14 Court St. The Goat Hwy. 142 Congress St. 402-9391 429-2022 590-4628 Millyard Brewery 25 E. Otterson St. Tomahawk Tavern Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues 454 Daniel Webster 722-0104 Club Hwy. 135 Congress St. Peddler’s Daughter 365-4960 603-5299 48 Main St. 821-7535 Milford Press Room American Legion 77 Daniel St. New Boston 15 Cottage St. 431-5186 Molly’s Tavern 673-9804 & Restaurant Thirsty Moose 35 Mont Vernon Road The Pasta Loft Taphouse 487-1362 241 Union Square 21 Congress St. 672-2270 427-8645 Newmarket Stone Church 5 Granite St. 659-7700

Exeter Laconia Sawbelly: Soulcolour, 1 p.m.; Arty Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Francouer, 5 p.m.

Tower Hill: Draw the Line, 8 p.m.

Goffstown Londonderry Village Trestle: Chris Powers, 6 p.m. Coach Stop: Joe McDonald, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: Plan B, 8 p.m.

Hampton Manchester The Goat: Brooks Hubbard, 9 p.m.

L Street: live music, 6:30 p.m.; kara- Angel City: Mindset X, 8 p.m. oke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Backyard Brewery: Matt the Sax, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Fozzy, 9 p.m.

Whym: Austin McCarthy, 6:30 p.m. Bonfire: Lexi James, 7 p.m.

Derryfield: Almost Famous, 8 p.m.

Hudson Fratello’s: Ryan Williamson, 6 p.m.

Lynn’s: Whisky Tango, 8 p.m.

The Foundry: Eric Lindberg, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Fighting Friday, 9 p.m.

Kingston Great North Aleworks: Paul Saddle Up Saloon: The Fraga Rock Driscoll, 3 p.m.

Band, 8 p.m.

Shaskeen: Misdealt, 9 p.m.

Rochester Porter’s Pub 19 Hanson St. 330-1964 Salem Copper Door 41 S. Broadway 458-2033 Jocelyn’s Lounge 355 South Broadway 870-0045 Seabrook Backyard Burgers and Wings 5 Provident Way 760-2581 Chop Shop Pub 920 Lafayette Road 760-7706 Red’s Kitchen + Tavern 530 Lafayette Road 760-0030 Somersworth The SpeakEasy Bar 2 Main St.

Strange Brew: Soup du Jour, 9 p.m.

Meredith Twin Barns: Karen Grenier, 5 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Pete Peterson, 6 p.m.

Milford Pasta Loft: Fatha Groove, 8:30 p.m.

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Millyard Brewery: Dan Carter, 1 p.m.; Charlie Chonopoulos, 4 p.m.

Peddler’s Daughter: Take 4, 9:30 p.m.

New Boston Molly’s: live music, 7 p.m.

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The screening is part of the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival and Cabaret is the one movie screening during the festival that will only be shown in person.

Other in-person screenings include The Un-Word on Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. and Tiger Within on Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m. — both at Red River Theatres.

Tickets for a single show cost $12. Additional films are also available for screening at home, and four of the features screened in person during the festival (which started March 31) will be available for home screening during bonus period April 11 through April 24. See nhjewishfilmfestival.com for details and check out Meghan Siegler’s story about the event on page 10 of the March 24 issue of the Hippo (which you can find at hippopress.com).

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40 NITE MUSIC THIS WEEK Newmarket Hudson Stone Church: Bella’s Bartok w/ The Bar: karaoke with Phil Kendall Street Co. and Pressing Strings, 8 p.m.

Gilford Patrick’s Pub: open mic w/ Paul Northfield Luff, 6 p.m.

Boonedoxz Pub: live music, 7 p.m.

Hampton Portsmouth L Street: karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Gas Light: Dave Zangri, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Laconia Thirsty Moose: Clique, 9 p.m.

Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

PRESENTS

FRI. APR. 8 7:30PM

SUN. APR. 10 2:00PM

Seabrook Londonderry Red’s: Timothy Parent & The Grim Stumble Inn: Lisa Guyer, 7 p.m.

Bros, 7 p.m.

Manchester Foundry: Dwayne Haggins, 10 a.m.

Sunday, April 10 Fratello’s: Phil Jakes, 5:30 p.m.

Alton Bay The Goat: David Campbell, 8 p.m.

Dockside: live music, 4 p.m.

Salona: music bingo with Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m.

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

Merrimack Murphy’s: Chris Perkins, 4 p.m.

Homestead: Ralph Allen, 5:30 p.m.

Brookline Nashua Alamo: Peter Pappas, 4:30 p.m.

Fody’s: karaoke night, 9:30 p.m.

Bow Portsmouth Chen Yang Li: Colin Hart, 3 p.m.

The Goat: musical bingo, 7 p.m.; Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

Concord Press Room: open mic, 6 p.m.

Cheers: Eric Grant, 5 p.m.

Concord Craft Brewing: Dusty Gray, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12 Bedford Exeter Murphy’s: Clint Lapointe, 5:30 p.m.

Sawbelly: Van Taylor, noon Concord Goffstown Hermanos: State Street Combo, 6:30 Village Trestle: Bob Prette, 3:30 p.m. p.m.

Tandy’s: open mic night, 8 p.m.

Hampton Charlie’s Tap House: Henry Lalib- Derry Giuseppe’s: Michael Bourgeois, 6 erte, 4:30 p.m. p.m.

CR’s: Just the Two of Us, 4 p.m.

L Street: live music, 6:30 p.m.; karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Hampton Whym: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m.

L Street: karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Hudson Wally’s: musical bingo, 7 p.m.

Lynn’s 102 Tavern: John Paul & Dave Ayotte, 4 p.m.

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

Laconia Belknap Mill: open mic, 2 p.m.

Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

Laconia Tower Hill: Dakota Smart, 3 p.m.

Fratello’s: live piano, 5:30 p.m.

SAT. APR. 9 7:30PM

SAT. APR. 16 7:30PM

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Londonderry Stumble Inn: The 603’s, 3 p.m.

Manchester The Foundry: Brad Myrick, 10 a.m.

Strange Brew: jam, 7 p.m.

Northfield Boonedoxz Pub: open mic, 4 p.m.

Portsmouth The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Manchester Fratello’s: Jodee Frawlee, 5:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

KC’s Rib Shack: Paul & Nate open mic, 7 p.m.

Strange Brew: David Rousseau, 7 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Justin Jordan, 5:30 p.m.

Nashua Fody’s: musical bingo, 8 p.m.

Salem Copper Door: Yvonne Aubert, 11 Portsmouth a.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

FRI. APR. 15 7:30PM

FRI. APR. 22 7:30PM

Monday, April 11

Bedford Murphy’s: Jonny Friday, 5:30 p.m.

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Wednesday, April 13

Bedford Murphy’s: Joanie Cicatelli, 5:30 p.m.

Concord Area 23: open mic, 6 p.m.

Hermanos: State Street Combo, 6:30 p.m.

Tandy’s: karaoke, 8 p.m.

Derry Giuseppe’s: Paul Warnick, 5:45 p.m.

Hampton Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

L Street: karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

Hudson Lynn’s 102: Carter on Guitar, 7 p.m.

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon: Musical Bingo Nation, 7 p.m.

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

Manchester Fratello’s: Lou Antonucci, 5:30 p.m.

The Goat: country line dancing, 7 p.m.

Stark Brewing: Cox karaoke, 8 p.m.

Strange Brew: Howard & Mike’s Acoustic Jam, 8 p.m.

Merrimack Homestead: Max Sullivan, 5:30 p.m.

Milford Stonecutters Pub: open mic, 8 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Opal Canyon w/ Ambulate as Tolerated, 7 p.m.

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

Rochester Porter’s: karaoke night, 6:30 p.m.

Seabrook Red’s: Chase Clark, 7 p.m.

Somersworth Speakeasy: open mic night, 7 p.m.

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• First Thursday of every month trivia at Fody’s (9 Clinton St. in Nashua; fodystavern.com) at 8 p.m.

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• Tuesday trivia at Reed’s North (2 E. Main St. in Warner, 4562143, reedsnorth.com) from 6 to 8 p.m.

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• Tuesday trivia at Area 23 (254 N. State St., Concord, 881-9060,

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

• Wednesday trivia at Popovers (11 Brickyard Sq., Epping, 7344724, popoversonthesquare.com) from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

• Wednesday The Greatest Trivia in the World at Revolution Taproom and Grill (61 N. Main St., Rochester, 244-3042; revolutiontaproomandgrill.com) at 6:30 p.m.

James Dorsey Award-winning standup comedian James Dorsey returns to Headliners (DoubleTree By Hilton, 700 Elm St., Manchester; headlinerscomedyclub.com) on Saturday, April 9, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20.

The Flying Monkey 39 Main St., Plymouth 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin 934-1901, franklinoperahouse.org Jewel Music Venue 61 Canal St., Manchester 819-9336, jewelmusicvenue.com Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club 135 Congress St., Portsmouth 888-603-JAZZ, jimmysoncongress.com LaBelle Winery 345 Route 101, Amherst 672-9898, labellewinery.com LaBelle Winery Derry 14 Route 111, Derry 672-9898, labellewinery.com The Oven in Epping 24 Brickyard Square, Epping 734-4543, thecommunityoven. com Palace Theatre 80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org Pasta Loft 241 Union Square, Milford pastaloft.com/live-music/ Tupelo Music Hall 10 A St., Derry 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter 244-0202, thewordbarn.com Shows • Brian Walker Thursday, April 7, 6 p.m., The Oven in Epping • No Shoes Band (Kenny Chesney tribute) Thursday, April 7, 6:30 p.m., LaBelle Winery Amherst

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• Gordon Lightfoot Sunday, April 10, 7 p.m., Tupelo • Kaiti Jones/Lake Saint Daniel Sunday, April 10, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Club D’Elf featuring John Demeski Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall • From Ashes to New Tuesday, April 12, 6:30 p.m., Jewel • Antonio Sanchez & Bad Hombre Tuesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

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4. Label concern for star is his “public” one 5. Sade ‘Love __’ 6. ‘Signature Tattered __’ The Taste Of Blood 7. U2 ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your __’ 8. Prince “She wore a raspberry __” 9. Babyface ‘As Soon As __ __ Home’ (1,3) 10. ‘Mickey’ Basil 11. Tom Petty “You say I should let __ __” (2,2) 12. Smiths ‘How __ Is Now?’ 15. Finch album/hit ‘What __ Burn’ (2,2,2) 20. Record breaking boy band (1,4) sky” (2,2) 22. Billy Corgan solo album song 52. Texan Joe about the Defense Intelligence 53. ‘Girls & Boys’ English rockers Agency?

55. Donovan, to Donovan Leitch 57. Ringo Starr hit ‘__ __ Booga- 24. Fiona Apple ‘Extraordinary Machine’ song for a deckhand? (1,6) loo’ (4,3) 25. Block house Alaskan star might 61. Breakfasts for struggling guys 65. ‘99 Macy Gray album spoke grow up in 26. Bare Jr ‘You Blew __ __’ (2,3) ‘__ __ Life Is’ (2,3) 66. Trippy UK pioneers, with “the” 27. ‘80 Steve Winwood album ‘__ Of

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61. Legendary NY punk club 62. U2 Bassist Clayton 63. Brewer & Shipley ‘One Toke Over The __’ 64. Catches band or does this 67. Half of ‘Keep Pushin’ band © 2022 Todd Santos

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Across 1. My Chemical Romance “This gets harder, well __ __” (2,3) 6. Keyman Collins of Charlatans UK 9. “She’s got a way about her, don’t know what __ __” (2,2) 13. ‘92 Lemonheads album ‘It’s A __ About Ray’ 14. Wow 15. Avett Brothers “__ my heart on my knees” (1,2,2) 16. Like The Village People?

17. Gilby Clarke band (abbr) 18. Indie rockers Yo La __ 19. Carrie Underwood might shoot ‘Little’ ones (3,4) 21. Johnny Gill 80s band New __ 23. Go with Elle King’s ‘Ohs’ 24. The Knights’ Day 25. ‘Sex (__ __)’ Berlin (2,1) 28. Second Coming sees through ‘Vintage’ ones 30. Pre-reunion diet, perhaps 35. Don’t want one in singer’s throat 37. Ice-less parking lot shot 39. The Who ‘__ __ The Street’ (3,2) 40. Crazy Fun Lovin’ Criminals album?

41. Music exec Davis 43. Van Halen’s “VH” symbol, e.g.

44. Killswitch Engage ‘Element __ __’ (2,3) 46. Superdrag pulled a ‘__ Machine’ in Vegas 47. How rocker feels after comeback 48. Jim James played in supergroup Monsters __ __ (2,4) 50. “Going __ __ to the spirit in the

68. 50s hit 69. What the drummer hits, slang 70. ‘88 Elton John album ‘__ Strikes Back’ 71. Actress Lane that “sang” in Streets Of Fire 72. Fire 73. Weir of Grateful Dead 74. a.k.a. Yim, from 48 Across

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“Can I Finish?” — yes I can Across 1. Popeyes side 5. “Surprise” subtitle in “The Price Is Right”’s “Hole in One” game 10. Sherman ___, CA 14. Nautical prefix 15. Ecstatic hymn 16. “On Air with ___ Seacrest” 17. Cash cab, really?

19. Architect Saarinen 20. Construction worker on “Fraggle Rock” 21. Brand in the dairy aisle 23. Dumbstruck 26. Too inquisitive

27. On the clock?

30. Gary’s st.

32. Doesn’t give up 35. Recovered from 36. Make it through 38. “___ Junipero” (Emmy-winning “Black Mirror” episode) 39. Petty peeve 40. Item near a litter box 41. ___ nutshell 42. “Get ___ Ya-Ya’s Out!” (Rolling Stones album) 43. Like some wages 44. Long journey 45. Parenthetical comment

47. Lao-___ (Chinese philosopher) 48. “The ___” (podcast hosted

by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise) 49. Math subj.

51. Commend highly 53. Willingly obedient 56. 22-Down variant 60. “Yeah, I get it” 61. Magazine for the discerning Abominable Snowman?

64. Lt. Dangle’s city 65. Prolific writer Asimov 66. Finn on a raft 67. Words of clarification when spelling 68. Lose intentionally 69. Accident-monitoring gp.

Down 1. Right ___ Fred 2. Host of the recent “You Bet Your Life” revival

3. Gas brand that’s also a musical direction 4. More dizzy 5. “Jerry Springer: The ___” 6. Templeton, in “Charlotte’s Web” 7. Spilled drink 8. Like some cheese rinds 9. Vegetable for which goggles may be used when prepping 10. End of an ultimatum 11. Electronic assistant for a Madagascar lemur species?

12. Byron of “MythBusters” 13. Runny nose problem 18. Become well 22. See 56-Across 24. Triumph in the end 25. Countersign 27. Margot played her in 2017 28. Elite eightsome of higher ed 29. Author Morrison, when writing poetry?

31. Two-unit home

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33. Team of judges 34. Like a winding road 36. “Foucault’s Pendulum” author Umberto 37. “Curious George” author H.A. ___ 40. Display unit 44. Word to a hound 46. Japanese radish 48. Means of escape 50. Ark measurement unit 52. “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” network 53. Bilingual explorer 54. Jake Shimabukuro instruments 55. Phil who jammed with Jerry Garcia 57. God, to Caesar 58. Carve in stone 59. “Morning Joe” cohost Brzezinski 62. Stuff in a pit 63. Principle behind yin and yang © 2022 Matt Jones

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What do you get when you cross spring picture day, a green screen background and St. Patrick’s Day? Completely memorable elementary school photos, of course!

At Sugar Grove Elementary School in Center Grove, Indiana, picture day happened to fall on St. Patrick’s Day, United Press International reported. And no kid wants to get pinched on the saint’s special day, so many kids were dressed in green. One problem: Inter-State Photography used green screens, like those used on TV weather broadcasts, behind the kids, so many of them “disappeared” in the initial proofs. Amanda Snow said her son’s green hoodie turned into a fence, and “he had a green mohawk, but that is completely gone. ... It ended up being just a hilarious fiasco,” she said. The photo company said the issues will be fixed on the final photos, but Snow hopes not: “I might reach out to the company and see if I can get the unedited ones, because honestly, they’ve brought me so much joy and laughter over the last day,” she said.

Preserve, where he is the official mascot for the Clark County Desert Conservation Program. Every year, he marks the beginning of spring by making his way out of his burrow when his internal clock and the longer daylight hours tell him to do so. This year, Max peered out on March 26 at 12:21 p.m. Of course, Max’s interpretation of “spring” is hyper-local: It was 93 degrees in Las Vegas on March 26.

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At least this wannabe traveler didn’t need help with his luggage. On March 29, an unidentified man scaled the barbedwire fence at Midway Airport in Chicago and approached a private jet that had been cleared for takeoff, CBS News reported. As he tried to stall the plane, he removed his shirt, shoes, jacket and pants. Police said he appeared to be intoxicated. He jumped up on a wing of the plane; the pilot, in contact with air traffic control, said, “He’s right here at the front of the jet. He’s trying to get in. Our door is open here.” Chicago police apprehended him and took him to a local hospital for a mental evaluation.

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Step aside, Punxsutawney Phil. Mojave Max, a 33-year-old desert tortoise, sees your Least mature criminal predictions of spring and calls them with a In Warren, Ohio, police responded to dramatic yearly emergence from his burrow robbery call with a twist straight out of elein Las Vegas, Nevada. According to KSNV- mentary school. As a 22-year-old man walked TV, Max lives at the Las Vegas Springs along a road late on March 27, a man wear-

my mum because I was worried about it,” she said. After she messaged him to break it off, she returned home from work to find “something wrong” in her apartment. “He’d pulled my shoes out of the little cloakroom and poured beans and spaghetti in there.

There were condiments splattered all over the walls and cooking sauce poured all over my vacuum cleaner,” she said. Cobbold had cut the cords to all her brand-new electrical appliances. Damage was estimated at about The continuing crisis Christopher Whetstone, 41, was arrest- $2,000; police arrested him a few days later ed March 29 after authorities carrying out and he was fined, given community service a search warrant at his home in Temecula, and a restraining order.

California, found two rocket launchers and a practice grenade in a trash can, National Unclear on the concept Public Radio reported. He was charged with The owner of a tree-removal service in grand theft, although it’s unclear whether the Dearborn, Michigan, has been arrested after charges are related to the discarded heavy several warnings about dumping debris in artillery items. Riverside County Sheriff’s Detroit city limits, Fox2-TV reported. Police Department Sgt. Edward Soto said narcotics said Mahmoud Saad already had more than and a bazooka also were found in the home, $14,000 in fines before his arrest on March which is adjacent to a middle school.

25, which he had paid. “Vehicles that have been registered to this person we have caught eight different times on our dumping camerSweet (or savory?) revenge When Alisha Moy, 20, and Jordan Cob- as,” said Officer Jeremy Woods. “Every time bold, 21, broke it off after just a few weeks we talk to him, he acts like he’s remorseful of dating, Moy was ready to move on. But and then he does it again.” Cmdr. Eric DeckCobbold, apparently, was not, Metro News er called it a “slap in the face.” Saad was reported on March 31. A couple of weeks held on a misdemeanor charge, which may after they met, Cobbold suggested he take result in more fines and having to pay for a key to her flat in Suffolk, England, which cleanup at multiple locations.

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