Scary Fun - The Hippo - 10/20/22

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10 Time for costumes, snack-sized chocolate bars and screenings of Rocky Horror Picture Show

We’ve got all the Halloween events, from the trunk-or-treats for the kids to the parties and costume contests for adults. Plus, reporter Katelyn Sahagian tries her hand at dishing out scares at a haunted attraction. Find two weekends of Halloween events in our guide to the spookiest season.

Also on the cover: We are also at the start of craft fair season. In the Arts section this week, find the details about this weekend’s Great New England Fall Fine Craft and Artisan Show (on page 20) as well as a quick rundown of other area craft fairs (on page 21). Taste the competing chilis at the Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook-Off in Goffstown on Saturday (page 32). And if you’re looking for some music, we can help you plan your weekend with the Music This Week listing, which starts on page 43.

FAll hArvests!

Check out the annual Great New Hampshire Harvest Tour, featured on pages 26 and 27 of this week’s paper.

InsIde thIs week news & notes

4 news In brIeF

6 sports

8 QuAlIty oF lIFe Index

9 thIs week the Arts

20 GreAt new enGlAnd FAll FIne crAFt And ArtIsAn show

Arts roundup

InsIde/outsIde

24 GArdenInG Guy

Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

kIddIe pool

Family fun events this weekend.

treAsure hunt

There’s gold in your attic.

28 cAr tAlk

Automotive advice.

30 on the job

What it’s like to be a... Food

32 GreAt bowls oF FIre chIlI cook-oFF Fody’s Fall Festival; In the Kitchen; Weekly Dish; Try This at Home; Wine.

pop culture

38 revIews CDs, books, film and more. Amy Diaz gets in the Halloween spirit with Halloween Ends and a pack of mini reviews of Halloween-y streaming films.

42 bAnds, clubs, nIGhtlIFe Nite Roundup, concert & comedy listings and more.

comedy thIs week

Where to find laughs.

musIc thIs week

Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

concerts Big ticket shows.

46 trIvIA nIGhts

Find some friendly competition.

& ends

rock ‘n’ roll crossword

ken ken, word roundup

crossword, sudoku

sIGns oF lIFe, 7 lIttle words

news oF the weIrd

Biofabrication celebrated

The Manchester NextGen Resiliency Council will hold a Build Back Better Community Celebration at Arms Park in Man chester on Friday, Oct. 21, from noon to 2 p.m., to celebrate the group’s reception of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant to support its Southern New Hampshire BioFabrication Cluster proposal. According to a press release, the Council — a partnership between the City of Manchester, Advanced Regen erative Manufacturing Institute, the University of New Hamp shire Manchester, Southern New Hampshire University, South ern New Hampshire Planning Commission, Manchester Transit Authority and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport — was selected from more than 500 applicants and 60 finalists to receive the award, which amounts to near ly $44 million in federal funds from the Economic Development Administration. The propos al aims to make Manchester the epicenter of the biofabrication industry, which would create an estimated 7,000 direct jobs and approximately 37,250 total jobs across southern New Hampshire over the next seven years, includ ing a significant number of jobs for non-degreed, biofabrication and quality technicians. The cel ebration is free and open to the public, and Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig will be in attendance, according to her public schedule.

Adult drug court

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, joined by Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess, Chief Justice Tina

Nadeau, Justice Jacalyn Colburn and representatives from the New England Association of Recov ery Court Professionals and the Drug Court Steering Commit tee, attended the Hillsborough County South Adult Drug Court Graduation Ceremony on Oct. 13, honoring 11 graduates who com pleted the program. According to a press release, the program — established in 2014 as a mul tidisciplinary effort between the criminal justice system, local police departments and Greater Nashua Mental Health — pro vides intensive treatment and community-based supervision to individuals in the justice sys tem who are dealing with severe substance use disorder and are deemed to be at high risk of engaging in repeat criminal activ ity, aiming to reduce recidivism and promote long-term recovery. “Today, we see how our com munities have turned a corner through the remarkable progress reflected in the success of today’s graduates,” Shaheen said in the release. “Drug courts like the one here in Nashua are saving lives by focusing on treatment, recovery and rehabilitation. I’m optimis tic that this approach will help end the substance use disorder crisis and move our communi ties toward a brighter, safer and healthier future for New Hamp shire families.”

EV charging

The first of multiple grant contracts to establish public ly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure to pro mote and enable electric vehicle travel to and within New Hamp shire will come before the

Executive Council next week. According to a press release, the contracts total approximate ly $4.6 million in grant awards, with funds from a 2017 Volk swagen legal settlement, which have been held in an Environ mental Mitigation Trust reserved for environmental mitigation projects. The first contract will establish electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the Errol Gen eral Store in Errol, serving the New Hampshire Route 16 cor ridor. “In developing our state’s plan for the use of these trust funds, I authorized the maximum allowed funding to be utilized to jump-start the installation of pub lic charging sites statewide and help create a robust, cost-effec tive access to this clean energy source,” Gov. Chris Sununu said in the release. “Almost every vehicle manufacturer today offers EV options, and it is important for New Hampshire to be a leader in supporting these vehicles while providing economic stimulus to our businesses through these public-private partnerships.” The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has pro posed electric vehicle charging infrastructure at 35 locations across 25 New Hampshire towns and cities. Contracts for addition al charging sites will come before the Executive Council over the coming months, according to the release.

Violence prevention

The Department of Justice has awarded $88,528 in grants to the Project Safe Neighbor hoods Program in the District of New Hampshire to support community efforts to address

The City of manchester Fire Department celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Station 9 at 575 Calef Road on Oct. 17. The 60-plus-year-old station as it currently stands has been officially closed, according to a press release, and will be replaced with an updated, modernized station that can better meet the city’s needs. In the interim, Station 9 personnel will be housed at Station 7, at 679 Somerville St.

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who serves as co-chair of the Senate Navy Caucus, was awarded the John Paul Jones Award for Leadership in Military or Civic Affairs at the New Hampshire Navy Ball hosted by the U.S. Navy League and the Navy veterans-focused nonprofit Swim With A Mission at the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel in new castle on Oct. 13.

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The Greater Nashua Area CROP Hunger Walk will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30, beginning and ending at Temple Beth Abraham, located at 4 Raymond St. in nash ua. Now in its 38th year, the walk has raised more than $1 million to fight hunger and poverty locally and around the world and to pro vide refugee and disaster relief, according to a press release. Reg istration is open the day of the event from noon to 1 p.m. Open ing ceremonies start at 1 p.m., fol lowed by the walk, stepping off at 1:30 p.m. Visit events.crophunger walk.org/2022/event/nashuanh.

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gun crime and violence. According to a press release, Project Safe Neighborhoods is an evidence-based, community-ori ented response to gun crime that is a key component of the Justice Department’s Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Violent Crime drawn up in May 2021. Its tenants include fostering trust and legitimacy in communities, supporting community-based violence prevention organiza tions and prioritizing strategic enforcement policies, with a mis sion focused more on reducing

the amount of violent crime that occurs than on increasing the number of arrests and prosecu tions for violent crime. “Today’s grant award will hopefully be a step toward preventing violence from occurring in the future,” U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young said in the release. “It is only by a dedicated and sustained collabo ration between law enforcement and community partners that we can truly address gun violence that strikes every corner of our communities.”

SPORTS

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The sports week that was Do Pats Have A QB Controversy?

The results have been happily surprising for the Patriots after rook ie Bailey Zappe stepped into what looked like a dire situation after their first- and second-string quarterbacks went down in consecutive quar ters. Now that they are back to .500 from a 1-3 start, things are looking brighter.

Now the question is, have they played so well with Zappe because he’s played bet ter than Mac Jones did in his three starts, or because the offense finally worked out the kinks that drew dire warnings from early in the pre-season?

So I’ll need to assess whether he’ll be the same destructive defensive force again before I’ll join the crowd.

Second is how the team adjusts to untested 34-year-old head coach Joe Mazzulla in the wake of the Ime Udoka mess. You may recall that before they became spring darlings last year they were an incredibly frustrating bunch until Udoka finally got through in early Janu ary. That led to getting Marcus Smart to play like a real point guard instead of chucking up every three in sight. Ditto for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who helped turn the sea son around by making them harder to defend by taking to the basket as the first option. The question is, was that a learned behavior or did it happen because a forceful coach stayed on their backs to make them change?

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By way of comparison: In Mac’s first three games as a rookie, the Pats were 1-2 as he threw two TD passes and three interceptions and averaged 243 passing yards as the Pats scored 57 points; Zappe has two wins and a loss in OT to Green Bay when he’s thrown four TD passes and one pick and averaged 199 yards per game as they scored 90 points, with the D chipping in 14 of them. Mac’s first 300yard passing game came in Week 7; Zappe got his Sunday. All of which Coach B will have to mull in the immediate future. The one thing that is certain is that after what he’s seen of his rookie so far there is no need to rush Mac back until he’s fully healthy.

Roberts Leads Dodgers Off Early Post-Sea son Cliff, Again

Our day was made Saturday when foolish decisions made by the biggest robot manag er of them all, Dave Roberts, brought down the Dodgers again in the postseason, this time by yanking starter Tyler Anderson with a 3-0 lead in their win-or-go-home Game 4 vs. San Diego, even though he’d only thrown 86 pitches and was cruising along with a two-hit shutout after five innings. In comes their bull pen and, as John Madden would say, BOOM, an immediate five-run explosion as Roberts once again let down his team with robot man aging to turn an in-control 3-0 lead into a 5-3 loss, removing L.A. from the playoffs early for the ninth time in 10 years. Moral of the story: Managers need to act in the moment and not let stat geek law of averages dictate every move because they’re just averages.

How You’ll Know If Celtics Are In Trou ble Without Ime

The first sign will be their shot selection. If it was learned, good things will happen. If not it likely means the stars aren’t listening to their coach and that will lead to frustration in the cheap seats again.

The Bogaerts Dilemma

Since he’s looked up to as the face of the franchise, re-signing Xander Bogaerts if he opts out of his contract seems like an easy choice. But for the Red Sox brass it’s actually more like playing chess than checkers.

First there is the fact that he knows Texas gave a lesser and far less durable Corey Sea ger $330 million guaranteed over 10 years last winter. So the market is set, making the Sox’ decision how many years do they want to give a 31-year-old shortstop? Complicating that decision is the fact that their minor-league shortstop Marcelo Mayer is among the top prospects in all of baseball, which puts him two years away at most. Do they want to give a long-term deal to a guy who will likely change positions in two years? And if so, where does he go? Third base or maybe a late-career move to center field like Robin Yount made to pave the way for a shortstop no one remembers today? Or if he goes to third, what happens to Raffy Devers, who’ll be up for an expensive long-term deal next year?

If Devers goes to first (where he should play), what about the highly thought of Triston Casas, who’s been ticketed as the first base man of the future for two years? Do they then trade him?

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The Celtics opened their season on Tues day as one of the favorites to go to the NBA Finals. But I’m not sure. First there is the obvi ous issue of Robert Williams being out until perhaps sometime in December. You may recall after he had surgery last March I said in no way should they rush him back before he’s fully healthy for short-term gain, because his game is his legs and they were risking that. Now after missing several playoff games due to knee soreness he’s had a second operation.

The decision is, are they a team that wants to compete now or one aiming for the future? So the options are (a) build around Mayer and Casas, then keep Bogey for veteran leader ship and trade Devers now for help elsewhere; (b) let Bogey walk, sign the younger Devers and move Trevor Story short-term; (c) go big payroll, keep the stars, move Devers to first and trade Casas, or (d) keep all four — move Bogey to center in 2023 and trade Story to free up payroll.

I say D. Which would you do?

Email Dave Long at dlong@hippopress. com.

quAliT y Of lifE iNdEx 100 years of diner eats

The Red Arrow Diner celebrated 100 years of serving eats in the Queen City with a party on Lowell Street on Oct. 15 with well-wishers including local politicians and other notables (a Fisher Cats mascot was spotted). The diner started in its 61 Lowell St. location in Manchester as a lunch cart in 1922, according to the history recounted in the Sept. 29 issue of the Hippo (find it at hippopress.com).

QOL score: +1

Comments: Here’s to the next 100 years of Moe’s Specialty Omelettes and Dinah Fingers.

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New Hampshire public health officials are expecting a surge in Covid cases this winter, partially due to low public awareness of and interest in the updated booster vaccine, NHPR reported. Approximately half of New Hampshire residents who are eligible for the first booster have gotten it, and about 35 percent of those eligible for the second booster, which has been available in New Hampshire for a month, have gotten it, according to data released by the CDC.

QOL score: -2

Comment: Find a vaccination site near you at vaccines.nh.gov, which also lists dates for upcoming mobile clinics and maps with vaccination sites for kids ages 5 to 11 and kids ages 5 and under.

Sports for all

Special Olympics athletes and volunteers participated in the first-ever Disability Justice Parade and Celebration, which was held at Arms Park in Manchester on Oct. 13. According to a press release, the event was designed to “celebrate and elevate the values of inclusion, equity and jus tice for people with disabilities.”

QOL score: +1

Comment: Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig proclaimed the day “Dis ability Justice Day” in the city.

QOL score: 83

Net change: 0

QOL this week: 83

What’s affecting your Quality of Life here in New Hampshire? Let us know at news@hippopress.com.

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This Week

Saturday, Oct. 22

Manchester native and Central High School grad uate Adam Sandler returns to the Queen City for a show tonght at the SNHU Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester; 644-5000, www.snhuare na.com) at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sandler’s Manchester appearance is part of a fall tour, according to the arena website where,

Thursday, Oct. 20

Gather at the Concord High School auditorium (170 War ren St.) to hear the Marine Band National Concert Tour, a free concert being offered tonight at 7:30 p.m. The band, which accord ing to its website is America’s oldest continually active profes sional musical organization, will play traditional band repertoire and marches as well as instrumen tal solos. Up to four tickets for this

on Tuesday, Oct. 18, avail able tickets started at $75 plus fees.

event can be reserved at marine band.ticketleap.com/concordnh22.

Thursday, Oct. 20

The Dropkick Murphys are playing the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com) tonight at 7:15 p.m. Tickets begin at $39.50 plus fees.

Saturday, Oct. 22

Join Woodman Museum for

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voices from the cemetery today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pine Hill Cemetery (131 Central Ave., Dover). The event is a guided tour of the cemetery that will introduce local historical figures, like the first Dover woman to climb Mt. Washington. The event costs $20 for adults and $10 for children. Purchase tickets at woodmanmu seum.org.

Saturday, Oct. 22

The Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St., Manchester) is hosting the New Hampshire Folk and Fid dle Fest tonight at 7:30 p.m. The music will feature folk and fid dlers playing all different regional types of music. The featured art ists of the night are The Spain Brothers, The Hanneke Cassel Band, and Green Heron. Tickets cost $29. Visit sforce.co/3BTa1Zc to buy tickets.

Sunday, Oct. 23

Learn about the Celtic holi day that came before Halloween

at Celebrate Samhain today at Doubletree Hilton in Nashua (2 Somerset Parkway) beginning at 10 a.m. The festival will have authors of popular wicca and pagan books speaking, divina tion readings, live music, vendors selling witchy goods, and more. Tickets are $10 and can be bought at celebratesamhain.com.

Wednesday, Oct. 26

The lecture “Turkey, the Cradle of Civilization” is happening today at the Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St.) at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature Mar

lin Darrah, who is known as the world’s most traveled filmmaker, and show the 8,000 years of Turk ish history, art, architecture and archeology. Darrah will be taking questions after the lecture. This event is free to attend.

Save the date! Saturday, Oct. 29

The New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival is back in Laconia to spread fall festivities beginning at 9 a.m. with the 5K/10K at Opechee Park. The day will feature events ranging from a craft and artisan show, Hanover Street hap penings with axe throwing, pumpkin bowling, face painting and more, as well as historic train rides and showings of Hallow een movies. The jack-o’-lantern lighting starts at 4:45 p.m. Visit nhpumpkinfestival.com for a full list and itinerary of events.

Scary fun

halloween events for everyone from the littlest triCkor-treaters to the oldest roCky horror fans

A tale of two haunts

To scare or to be scared — that is the question

By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com

Nothing is more in line with spooky sea son fun than a haunted house.

That being said, I’m a huge chicken. I usually opt to read the synopsis of horror movies on websites, and my hands shake so badly playing the Resident Evil video games that I’m forced to take turns with someone else. I can’t even watch American Horror Story with the lights out.

While I’ve always known how much I hate getting scared, I recently learned how much I adore being the one that gets to do the scaring.

Earlier this year, I was invited to Spooky World presents Nightmare New England by the haunt’s owner, Michael Accomando, to get dressed up in costume and scare people. I decided to take him up on his offer. So, if anyone was at Spooky World on Monday, Oct. 10, and saw a clown with white hair roaming the midway, that was me.

There was something about getting into costume and scaring people that was extremely tempting. Accomando said that he himself doesn’t dress up that often — not unless his son wants to — but it doesn’t change the fact that he adores hearing the stories the actors tell about their recent “spook” victories.

“A look … is sometimes enough to freak people out,” Accomando said, adding that spooking people is therapeutic. “You take … all your aggression out on everyone else and they’re paying you to do that.”

Accomando said he knew he wanted to bring a haunted attraction to Mel’s Funway Park in Litchfield as soon as he purchased it in 2007. He wanted something seasonal to keep people coming back for more fun, as opposed to just hosting a summertime crowd.

He said that something about the land

and layout of Mel’s was begging for some scary fun times. The woods and land stretch on far enough that Accomando thought it made sense to have some indoors and out

side scares. In 2008, he saved a well-loved Massachusetts haunt that was closing for good and moved it across the border to New Hampshire, turning it into what is now

Haunted houses, outdoor trails and more

The Dark Woods at Trombly Gardens

150 N. River Road, Milford, 465-DARK (3275), thedarkwoodsnh.com

Hours: Friday, Oct. 21, Saturday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 29, and Sunday, Oct. 30; the gate opens at 6:30 p.m. and the last ticket is sold at 10:30 p.m. A walkthrough without actors, called a “trauma-free experience,” is also available on Sun day, Oct. 23, with ticket times at 7 and 8 p.m.

Cost: $23 for the traditional scares, $13 for the trauma-free experience

Fright Kingdom

12 Simon St., Nashua, 809-1173, frightkingdom. com

Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; 7 to 10 p.m. or 7 to 10:30 p.m., depending on the day of the week; see website for details. Haunts are available through Saturday, Nov. 5.

Cost: $29 for a traditional haumt and in-the-dark haunt, $10 for hardly haunted

Haunted Overload

DeMerritt Hill Farm, 20 Orchard Way, Lee, 868-2111, hauntedoverload.com

Hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, now through Oct. 30, as well as on Monday, Oct. 31; most haunts start at 6:30 or 7 p.m. and last through 8 or 9 p.m., depending on the day of the week.

Cost: Main event tickets are $31, “Fright Night Lite” tickets are $17.50, Blackout Night tickets on Halloween are $20, and tickets for a day walk are $11

The Salisbury Woods

19 Franklin Road, Salisbury, 4962334, app.hauntpay.com/events/ salisbury-woods

Hours: Fridays and Saturdays throughout October; opens at 7 p.m.

Cost: $15

Spooky World.

At first, Accomando said, he thought it would be easy to do a haunt. He thought it

Screeemfest

85 N. Policy St., Salem, 893-3506, canobie. com/screeemfest

Hours: Fridays 9 to 11 p.m., Saturdays 3 to 11 p.m., and Sundays 1 to 9 p.m.

Cost: Date-specific tickets range from $32 to $59 for adults, and from $32 to $35 for visitors under 4 feet tall and for seniors ages 60 and over. There are also add-ons available to pur chase, like a “screeem express haunt line cut pass” for $25 or a “Monster B’Gone” light-up necklace that tells actors to avoid the wearer.

Spooky World Presents Nightmare New England

454 Charles Bancroft Hwy., Litchfield, 4247999, nightmarenewengland.com

Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 7 to 11 p.m., and Sundays, 6:30 to 10 p.m.

Cost: $49.51 general admission and $74.53 VIP admission

Enter if you dare...

Photo by Katelyn Sahagian.

Hippo reporter Katelyn Sahagian in costume. Courtesy photo.

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little spookies

Events for kids that are more treat than trick

Compiled by Angie Sykeny asykeny@hippopress.com

The next two weekends are packed with hap penings particularly geared toward kids.

• Derry’s Downtown Trick or Treat event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 22, beginning with a costume parade and contest at Hood Park (4 Rollins St.) at 11:30 a.m., followed by trick-or-treating at downtown businesses from noon to 3 p.m. Visit derrynh.org/parks-recre ation or call 432-6136.

• Kids age 12 and under are invited to the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Nav igator Road, Londonderry) on Saturday, Oct. 22, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., when they can meet the ghosts of aviation past, enjoy Hal loween treats and receive their “Broomstick Pilot License ” The experience is free with admission to the museum; admission costs $10 for visitors age 13 and up. Visit aviationmuse umofnh.org or call 669-4820.

• Franklin’s Halloween Extravaganza is on Saturday, Oct. 22, starting with a party at Bessie Rowell Community Center (12 Rowell Drive) from 2 to 3 p.m., followed by a costume parade heading into downtown at 3 p.m. and a trunk-or-treat at Marceau Park on Central Street from 3:15 to 5 p.m. Visit franklinnh.org.

• The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill (174 Joppa Hill Road, Bedford) is having a family trick or treat on Saturday, Oct. 22, from noon to 4 p.m. Families are invited to wear their costumes and hunt for treats around the farm. The cost is $15 per family, and registration is required. Visit theeducationalfarm.org.

• Visit the Chester Public Library (3 Chester St.) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. for a Hal loween costume party with music, games and sugar cookie decorating. Visit chesterlibrary. com or call 887-3404.

• Island Pond Baptist Church (26 N. Salem Road, Hampstead) will host a Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. in its parking lot, where there will be candy, games, costumes, animal balloons, a bouncy house slide and food trucks. Admission is free. Visit islandpondbc.com or call 329-5959.

• Sanbornton will have a Halloween costume party for kids in grades 4 and under on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Sanbornton Central School gym (16 Hunkins Pond Road).

There will be food, games, crafts and surprises. The town will also have a trunk or treat in the school’s parking lot on Sunday, Oct. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m. Park at the Sanbornton Public Library (27 Meeting House Hill Road) and enjoy a spooky story walk and decorated path that leads to the event. Visit sanborntonnh.org.

• Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Can dia) will offer its Children’s Trick-or-Treat experience on Saturdays, Oct. 22 and Oct. 29, and Sundays, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30, with start times available on the hour between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (a 3 p.m. start time is also avail

able on Saturday, Oct. 22 only). In addition to trick-or-treating, families can meet a friendly witch, see wildlife exhibits and barnyard ani mals, take a horse-drawn wagon ride, decorate pumpkins, ride a pony and watch a juggling show. Tickets cost $22 per person — admis sion is free for children under age 2 — and must be purchased online in advance. Visit vis itthefarm.com.

• Children ages 3 through 6 are invited for some pumpkin fun in Merrimack, including a pumpkin science program on Monday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. and a pumpkin decorating and crafting program on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. Both events will take place at the Function Hall (116 Naticook Road) and each costs $15. Regis ter online at merrimack.recdesk.com.

• The Brickyard Scare in Epping’s Brick yard Square takes place on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities for kids of all ages. Visit brickyardsquarenh.com.

• Salem’s annual town Halloween event and costume contest is on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ingram Senior Center parking lot (1 Sally Sweet’s Way). Resident families with children ages 12 and under are invited to enjoy a trunk-or-treat, a haunted forest, pizza, games, music and dance performances, in addition to the cos tume contest. RSVP to dcole@salemnh.gov by Monday, Oct. 24.

• Join the Nesmith Library (8 Fellows Road, Windham) for a Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 28, at 10:30 a.m. Kids of all ages and their caregivers are invited for a morning of stories, singing and dancing, a costume parade and trick-or-treating around the library. Admission is free, and there’s no registration required. Vis it nesmithlibrary.org or call 432-7154.

• Milford’s Trick or Treat on the Oval returns to the Oval Gazebo area on Friday, Oct. 28, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Downtown businesses and nonprofits will hand out candy to trick-ortreaters as supplies last. Visit milfordrec.com.

• The Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester) will host a kids’ Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 28, featuring a storytime and interactive sing-along with illustrator Julieann Hartley at 5:30 p.m., followed by a book signing, cos

A sample official license to fly a broomstick. Broomstick Pilot Licenses will be awarded on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Aviation Museum of New Hamp shire in Londonderry. Courtesy photo.

Halloween treats for everyone

Events for the spooky-season fan in all of us

Compiled by Amy Diaz adiaz@hippopress.com

You don’t have to be a trick-or-treater to get excited about Halloween. Here are events for Halloween lovers of a variety of ages.

• Join To Share Brewing Co. (720 Union St., Manchester) for Pints and Pumpkins on Sunday, Oct. 23, from 1 to 3 p.m., featuring pumpkin painting with all the necessary sup plies (and a pint of beer) for $12 per person. Visit tosharebrewing.com.

• The Concord Public Library (45 Green St. in Concord; concordpubliclibrary.net) is holding a Halloween Photo Scavenger Hunt through out the month. Pick up a scorecard at the library and return the completed form for a sweet reward between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, according to the website.

• J&F Farms (124 Chester Road in Derry; jandffarmsnh.com) has a Halloween-themed

corn maze through October. The maze is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $8 per person.

• Allenstown is holding its Halloween Light ing Contest now. Go to.allenstownnh.gov for a list of participating homes. Between now and Thursday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. vote on the web site for the best decorations. At the Halloween Lighting awards ceremony on the Town Hall lawn on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m., a first, sec ond and third place winner will be announced, according to the website.

• Root Up & More (Concord, rootupconcord. com) is holding Ghost Tour Stories in down town Concord on Friday, Oct. 21; Saturday, Oct. 22, and Saturday, Oct. 29, with short tours at 6 p.m. (30 minutes) and hour-long tours at 8 p.m. The cost is $10 per person for the short tours, $20 for the long tours; see forms.gle/9SssGtux dpAkCSpD7 to RSVP.

• Before there was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s

Phantom of the Opera there was Lon Chaney’s take on the classic horror character. Chaney starred in the 1925 silent big screen adapta tion of The Phantom of the Opera, which will screen Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Der ry Public Library (64 East Broadway in Derry; 432-6140) featuring live musical accompani ment by Jeff Rapsis. The event is free and open to the public.

• Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road, Manchester; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, chunkys.com) will hold a “props allowed” screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R, 1975) on Friday, Oct. 21, at 9 p.m. at Chunky’s in Manchester, Nashua

and Pelham. Costumes are encouraged. Tick ets are $10.

• As advertised, the Pumpkin Smash at the Portsmouth Farmers Market (City Hall, 1 Junkins Ave. in Portsmouth) will offer you the opportunity to smash a pumpkin from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 22, to raise money for the Portsmouth Halloween Parade. Pick your pumpkin to smash and use available mallets and other implements, according to portsmouthhal loweenparade.org.

• Get Halloween Photos with your dogs on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon at Trom bly Gardens (150 N. River Road in Milford; tromblygardens.net). The event is held by Sato

tume parade and prizes starting at 6:15 p.m. Visit bookerymht.com.

• The Spooktacular Downtown Manches ter Fall Festival takes place on Friday, Oct. 28, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Families can enjoy trick-or-treating at downtown businesses, a photo booth, games and activities, pumpkin carving, a coloring contest, a decoration sta tion for a lighted display and more. Costumes are encouraged. Visit manchesternh.gov.

• Hudson’s Best Trunk or Treat will take place Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hudson Mall (77 Derry Road in Hud son) with a costume contest, raffles, a haunted house and more, according to hudsonnhsbest. com, where you reserve a timeslot in advance.

• The New Hampshire Fisher Cats will host a Trick-or-Treat at the Ballpark event at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (1 Line Drive, Manchester) on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 1:30

Neighborhood trick-or-treat times

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Antrim: 6 to 7 p.m. (Trunk or Treat in the parking lot of the James A. Tuttle Library, 45 Main St.)

Friday, Oct. 28

Milford: 3 to 4:30 p.m. (Trick or Treat on the Milford Oval)

Saturday, Oct. 29

Brookline: 2:30 to 4 p.m. (Trunk or Treat in the parking lot of Richard Maghakian Mid dle School, 22 Milford St.)

Canterbury: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (Trick or Treat in the town cen ter, Hackleboro Road)

Greenland: 4 to 6 p.m.

to 3:30 p.m. All festivities are free and include a kids’ dance party, a costume contest and more. Visit nhfishercats.com or call 641-2005.

• Exeter’s annual Halloween parade and costume contest will take place at Swasey Parkway (316 Water St., Exeter) on Saturday, Oct. 29, with costume judging at 10:30 a.m. and the parade at 11 a.m., followed by trickor-treating downtown. Visit exeternh.gov.

• Raymond’s Trunk or Treat returns to the Raymond Shopping Center (15 Freetown Road) on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Vehicles will be adorned with Hallow een decorations and stations filled with candy to trick-or-treat. Visit raymondareanews.com.

• Join the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) for its annual Not So Spooky Halloween Spec tacular on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. The event features a cos tume parade, science experiments, take-home crafts, photos with props and a pumpkin scav

Washington: noon to 3 p.m. (Trunk or Treat on town com mon, Halfmoon Pond Road)

Sunday, Oct. 30

Barrington: 5 to 7 p.m.

Boscawen: 5 to 8 p.m.

Bow: 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Bow Parks & Recreation Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot of Bow High School, 55 Fal con Way)

Dover: 5 to 8 p.m.

Durham: 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Fremont: 5 to 8 p.m.

Hampton Falls: 5 to 7 p.m.

Kensington: 5 to 7 p.m. Lee: 5 to 7 p.m.

New Castle: 5 to 7 p.m.

New London: 5 to 8 p.m.

Newmarket: 5 to 7 p.m. Portsmouth: 4 to 7 p.m. Rochester: 4 to 7 p.m. Rollinsford: 5 to 7 p.m. Rye: 5 to 7 p.m.

Seabrook: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Somersworth: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Strafford: 5 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 31

Amherst: 6 to 8 p.m.

Atkinson: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bedford: 6 to 8 p.m.

Belmont: 5 to 8 p.m.

Bennington: 5 to 7 p.m.

Brentwood: 6 to 8 p.m.

Candia: 5 to 8 p.m.

enger hunt. All activities are included with the cost of admission to the museum, which is $12.50 for adults and children over age 1 and $10.50 for seniors age 65 and up. Register in advance online at childrens-museum.org.

• Bow will have a trunk or treat in the Bow High School parking lot (55 Falcon Way) on Sunday, Oct. 30, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Vis it bownh.gov.

• Merrimack Public Library (470 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack) hosts a trunk or treat in the parking lot on Sunday, Oct. 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be decorated vehi cles with candy, crafts, stickers and more for trick-or-treaters. Park at the Town Hall across the street. Visit merrimacklibrary.org.

• Local children’s musicians Mr. Aaron will host his annual Halloween Bash at the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 11 a.m. The event features Halloween arts and crafts, a costume con test with prizes and a special spooky musical

Chester: 6 to 8 p.m. Concord: 5 to 8 p.m. Danville: 6 to 8 p.m. Deerfield: 4 to 7 p.m. (on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m., the town Parks & Rec depart ment will host a tailgate trick-or-treat at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, 34 Stage Road)

Deering: 5 to 8 p.m.

Derry: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Dunbarton: 4 to 7 p.m.

Epping: 5 to 7 p.m.

Epsom: 5 to 8 p.m.

Exeter: 4 to 7 p.m.

Franklin: 4 to 7 p.m. Gilmanton: 5 to 8 p.m. Goffstown: 6 to 8 p.m.

performance by the Mr. Aaron Band. Gener al admission tickets cost $10 per person. Visit ccanh.com/show/mr-aarons-halloween-bash.

• The Palace Teen Apprentice Company presents Zombie Prom: Atomic Edition on Wednesday, Nov. 2, and Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester). Tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for children. Visit palacetheatre.org.

Hampstead: 6 to 8 p.m.

Henniker: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hill: 6 to 8 p.m.

Hillsborough: 5 to 8 p.m.

Hollis: 6 to 8 p.m.

Hooksett: 6 to 8 p.m.

Hopkinton: 5 to 7 p.m.

Jaffrey: 6 to 8 p.m. Kingston: 5 to 8 p.m.

Litchfield: 6 to 8 p.m.

Londonderry: 6 to 8 p.m.

Manchester: 6 to 8 p.m.

Merrimack: 6 to 8 p.m.

Mont Vernon: 6 to 8 p.m.

Moultonborough: 5 to 8 p.m.

Nashua: 6 to 8 p.m.

Newport: 5 to 8 p.m.

Northwood: 5 to 7 p.m.

Nottingham: 5 to 7 p.m. Pelham: 5 to 8 p.m.

Pembroke: 5 to 7 p.m. Pittsfield: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Plaistow: 5 to 7 p.m.

Raymond: 5 to 7 p.m. Rindge: 5 to 8 p.m.

Rumney: 5 to 7 p.m. Salem: 6 to 8 p.m.

Salisbury: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sandown: 6 to 8 p.m. Stratham: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Sunapee: 5 to 7 p.m. Warner: 5 to 8 p.m. Weare: 6 to 8 p.m. Wilton: 6 to 8 p.m. Windham: 5 to 8 p.m. Wolfeboro: 5 to 7 p.m.

The Phantom of the Opera

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Heart Rescue of Milford, which is suggesting a minimum donation of $10, according to the res cue group’s Facebook page.

• The Harvest Festival at Applecrest Farm (133 Exeter Road, Hampton Falls) is going on every Saturday and Sunday in October, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with pick-your-own oppor tunities, a corn maze, live music, tractor rides, barnyard animals and more. Admission is free. On Sunday, Oct. 23, to see the Great Pumpkin Carve, where a master carver will take on an 800-pound jack-o’-lantern. The musical lineup for the upcoming weekends is Unsung Heroes on Saturday, Oct. 22; Bolt Hill Band on Sunday, Oct. 23, and Taylor River Band on Saturday, Oct. 29, according to applecrest.com.

• Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. is Flashlight Night Maze at the corn maze at Coppal House Farm (118 N. River Road in Lee; nhcornmaze.com). The cost is $12 for ages 5+ (buy tickets online). Daytime hours for the maze are Monday, Thursday and Fridays from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for daytime costs $9 for 13+, $7 for kids ages 5 to 12 and seniors, mil itary and college students (kids ages 4 and under get in for free).

• The Deerfield Police Department will hold its 6th Annual Haunted Stables event — “a night of terror and fright” according to the Department’s Facebook post — on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 7 to 10 p.m. Free to all town res idents, the event takes place at the horse barns, Gate B at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, the post said. Food will be available for purchase at the event.

• O’neil Cinemas at Brickyard Square (24 Calef Hwy. in Epping; 679-3529, oneilcinemas. com) has some spooky films on the schedule. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (R, 1992) will show on Sunday, Oct. 23, and Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, get a double feature with Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Phantom of the Opera (1943), which starts at 1 p.m.

• Director Jordan Peele’s Get Out (R, 2017) will finish up Red River Theatres’ (11 S. Main St. in Concord; 224-4600, redriver theatres.org) October Scary Film series on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. A discussion will follow the film.

• The Cat and the Canary (1927), a silent horror film presented with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, will screen on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester; pal acetheatre.org). Tickets cost $10.

• Author Alice Hoffman will head to the Music Hall Lounge (131 Congress St. in Ports mouth; themusichall.org) on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. to discuss her work including The Book of Magic, which is now in paperback and is the final installment in the Practical Magic Series. Tickets cost $35 and include a book.

• The Witch of Weston Tower will haunt McIntyre Ski Area (50 Chalet Court in Manches

ter; mcintyreskiarea.com, 622-6159) Thursday, Oct. 27 through Sunday, Oct. 30, according to a press release. Take a scenic chairlift ride to the summit of McIntyre Ski Area and travel the treacherous trail to the Witch of Weston Tower to see “the most spooktacular views of Man chester,” the release said. On Saturday, the event will include a Trunk-Or-Treat, costume contest and more, the release said. The cost is $20 for ages 13 and up for lift ride and the witch ($10 for ages 6 to 12 and free for kids 5 and under), the release said. Bring money for food trucks, face and pumpkin painting, live music and more.

• Manchester will hold its Spooktacular Downtown Manchester Fall Festival from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, with downtown trick-or-treating, a photo booth, kids’ games and activities, limited pumpkins available for carv ing and more. See manchesternh.gov.

• Intown Concord will cap off a month of Hal loween-themed events with its Halloween Howl on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Concord. The evening will feature community trick-or-treating along Main Street with a “Not so Scary” dance party with Nazzy, costume contests, games and fami ly activities as well as a Trunk or Treat on North Main Street, according to intownconcord.org. There will also be a carved pumpkin contest at the Concord Co-op (drop off pumpkins Oct. 24 through Oct. 28, when pumpkins will be on display and people can vote), the website said.

• Park Theatre (19 Main St. in Jaffrey; theparktheatre.org) has some spooky films on the schedule. On Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. catch the 1959 film House on Haunted Hill, starring Vin cent Price. On Saturday, Oct. 29, at 2 p.m., Jeff Rapsis will play the organ to accompany a screening of Nosferatu (1922), the silent horror film from direc tor F.W. Murnau starring Max Schreck. At 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 29, catch the 1988 horror come dy from director Tim Burton Beetlejuice (PG), which starts Winona Ryder, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin and of course Michael Keaton. George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead will screen at 8:15 p.m. on Oct. 29. On Sunday, Oct. 30, the theater will screen director Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) at 7 p.m.

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R, 1975)

treats

The Book of Magic

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

will screen at the Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St. in Concord; 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) on Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9:30 p.m. Costumes are encouraged at this 18+ event but props will be provided by the theater only. Tickets cost $20.

• Goffstown Ace Hardware (5 Depot St. in Goffstown) will hold its Spooktacular Dog Costume Contest on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with treats, toys and photo ops for dogs, according to a post on the store’s Face book page.

• Exeter will hold its Halloween Parade & Costume Contest followed by a downtown trick-or-treat on Saturday, Oct. 29, according to exeternh.gov. The costume contest in Swasey Parkway will be at 10:30 a.m., followed by the parade at 11 a.m. Downtown trick-or-treating will run from noon to 3 p.m., the website said.

• Hocus Pocus on Hanover will take place at the Spotlight Room (96 Hanover St. in Man chester) on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $5 online, $6 at the door. Described as a “spiritual fair featuring read ers, healers, artists and metaphysical goods,” the event is presented by Soul and Shadow Emporium (22 Hanover St. in Manchester). See shadowandsoulemporium.com.

• The Wilton Main Street Association will hold its The Haunting of Wilton on Saturday, Oct. 29, with scary stories at the Wilton Library at 11 a.m., a costume parade down Main Street at noon, trick-or-treating with downtown mer chants from 1 to 2 p.m., a murder mystery clue game with downtown merchants from 2 to 3 p.m. and a costume dance in Main Street park with a DJ, according to the schedule at visit wilton.com. Get the spooky weekend going with the haunted trail behind the Wilton police department, running Thursday, Oct. 27, and Fri day, Oct. 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission costs $5.

• The Bizarre Bazaar at Prayers of Nature Studio (33 Howard St. in Wilton) will run Sat urday, Oct. 29, from noon to 7 p.m. and will feature a “bootique” filled with art, gemstones, decor, artisan jewelry and apparel, according to a press release. The day will also feature divina tion readers and Laurie from the Eclectic Green Witchery. See prayersofnature.com.

• Merrimack will hold its 30th annual Halloween Party in Wasserman Park on Saturday, Oct. 29, from noon to 3 p.m. The event will include games, crafts, face painting, food for

sale, a scavenger hunt, a costume contest and more, according to merrimackparksandrec.org.

• The Dover Zombie Walk & Evening Mov ie will be held Saturday, Oct. 29. The Zombie Walk will start at 2 p.m. and head down Central Avenue from the Dover Chamber of Commerce parking lot to the Rotary Arts Pavilion, accord ing to Dover Main Street’s Facebook page. Wear zombie outfits or other Halloween costumes. Participants get a grab bag of goodies and the day will include games and a costume contest, the post said. The Woodman Institute Museum will also have a Victorian exhibit about mourn ing, according to the post.

At 7:30 p.m. at the pavilion stage, Ghost busters (PG, 1984) will screen; bring lawn chairs and blankets, the post said.

• Beaver Brook Association (Maple Hill Farm, 117 Ridge Road in Hollis; beaverbrook.org) will hold its Enchanted Forest Family Halloween Event on Saturday, Oct. 29, with arrival times starting at 4 p.m. Tickets cost $12. The event will feature “stars, stories, songs and s’mores,” according to the website, which bills the event as “non-spooky fun” with a wildflower trail fea turing pumpkins, learning about New England wildlife and more.

• Nashua will hold its Halloween Boo Bash on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Bandshell in Greeley Park. The evening will feature a haunted house, hay ride, bonfire and, at 6 p.m., a silly scary movie, according to the Nashua Parks and Recreation Department. See nashuanh.gov.

• The Concord Parks & Recreation Depart ment will hold an adult Halloween Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Citywide Community Center. The cost to register is $50 per team of six players who must be dressed in themed or matching Hallow een costumes, according to concordparksandrec. com where you can register.

• The Amherst Orthodontics Trick or Trot 3K will be held on Sunday, Oct. 30, in Arms Park in Manchester. A kids’ Halloween Festival starts at 9:30 a.m. and Stonyfield Lil’ Pumpkin Fun Runs start at 10:30 a.m. The 3K begins at 11 a.m. Registration costs $25 in advance, $30 on race day for adults; $20 in advance, $25 on race day for ages 12 to 20; $15 in advance and on race day for kids ages 9 to 11 and $10 for kids 8 and under in the Lil Pumpkin Runs, according to mil lenniumrunning.com.

• See Rocky Horror Show Live at the Sea coast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St. in Portsmouth; seacoastrep.org) on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 30 (the show begins at 11:59 p.m.) and at 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, after the Hal loween Parade. This is an encore performance of the theater’s summer production of Rocky Hor ror. Tickets cost $27 to $54. See the website for rules about what not to bring.

• Portsmouth Halloween Parade steps off on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. with community members who want to march in cos tume gathering at Peirce Island by Prescott Park (no sign-up is required), according to ports mouthhalloweenparade.org, where you can find the rules of what to wear if you want to be in the parade and the route if you’d like to go watch.

Max Schreck stars in Nosferatu

Courtesy photo.

Eat, drink and be scary

Costume parties, drink specials and more grown-up Halloween fun

By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com

No kids? No problem — local restaurants, bars, breweries and other venues have you covered this Halloween season with costume contests, dance parties, comedy shows and oth er 21+ events. Know of a party not listed here? Let us know at music@hippopress.com.

• From Thursday, Oct. 27, through Sunday, Oct. 30, To Share Brewing Co. (720 Union St., Manchester) will host beer and Hallow een candy pairings while supplies last. Visit tosharebrewing.com.

• The fifth annual Boos and Booze event will kick off at Bonfire Country Bar (950 Elm St., Manchester) on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 5:45 p.m. Costumes are encouraged during this run or walk cemetery tour from Bonfire to Valley Street Cemetery. The cost is $10 per person, and attendees 21 and up will receive a ticket for one complimentary brew. Visit bonfiremanch.com.

• Enjoy an Undead Beat Night at Portsmouth Book & Bar (40 Pleasant St.) on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. In addition to an open mic of “poetic ramblings,” according to the Ports mouth Halloween Parade’s website, there will be raffle prizes, beverages, special costumes and more. Visit portsmouthhalloweenparade. org.

• Join LaBelle Winery Derry (14 Route 111) for an adults-only Spooktacular Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 28 — the festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. and go until 11 p.m. inside the Vine yard Ballroom, featuring a local DJ, appetizers, snacks and desserts included for late-night munching. Costumes are encouraged (although not required), with prizes being awarded for the best Halloween costume. The bar will also be open all night, featuring themed cocktails avail able for purchase, as well as wine, beer and mixed drinks. Tickets are $35 per person (18+ attendees only). Visit labellewinery.com.

• Eleganza Dance Co. will hold the second annual Halloween Spooktacular at XO Bis tro (827 Elm St., Manchester) on Friday, Oct. 28, from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Drinks and food will be available for purchase, and there will be a photo booth set up for pictures. Costumes are encouraged, with a contest and the chance to win prizes. Salsa lessons, dancing and music will be featured, courtesy of DJ Jersey. The cov er charge is $15. Visit eleganzadance.com.

• Diz’s Cafe (860 Elm St., Manchester) will host its annual Nightmare on Elm Street crawl on Friday, Oct. 28, beginning at 5 p.m. with food and drink specials, prizes, a zombie parade downtown and more. Visit dizscafe.com.

• Join Angel City Music Hall (179 Elm St., Manchester) for a Halloween show with Cat 5 on Friday, Oct. 28, at 9 p.m., followed by its second annual Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., featuring a performance by

DJ Sam Smoove. Visit angelcitymusichall.com.

• Greg & The Morning Buzz presents a Brews & Boos Halloween party at The Hill Bar & Grille (50 Chalet Way, Manchester) on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 8 to 11 p.m. Cos tumes are encouraged at this 21+ event, which will also feature specialty appetizers and brews. Tickets are $25 per person, granting you entry into a costume contest. Visit mcintyreskiarea. com.

• An Interactive Nightlife Halloween Par ty will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord), from 8 p.m. to midnight. The night will include a costume contest, aerialist, drag performers, karaoke with DJ George Cox, burlesque per formances and more, according to the website. Tickets are $39.75 general admission, $68.75 for VIP in advance; $50 general admission and $90 VIP at the door, plus fees. Visit ccanh.com.

• The Shaskeen Pub and Restaurant (909 Elm St., Manchester) holds its 16th annual Hallow een Bash on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., featuring a night of costumes, drinks, dancing and live music from DJ Myth. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Visit theshaskeenpub.com.

• Join The Farm Bar & Grille (1181 Elm St., Manchester) for its annual Get Haunted Costume Party on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m., featuring costume contests, giveaways, live entertainment and half price drink specials. Vis it farmbargrille.com.

• Join Chunky’s Cinema Pub in Manchester (707 Huse Road) for its annual live “Ghoul ing” Pianos event on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m. A special Halloween edition of Dueling Pianos, the event features the professional piano players positioned on stage in front of the the ater and decked out in costume. Tickets are $20 per person. Visit chunkys.com.

• See a live witches dance on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. outside The Hop Knot (1000 Elm St., Manchester) which will also offer drink spe cials. Visit hocuspocusonhanover.com.

• Pipe Dream Brewing (49 Harvey Road, Londonderry) will hold a Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 10 p.m., featuring a live performance from DJ Ache, as well as a full food menu and more than 28 taps of beer available. Costumes are encouraged. Visit pipe dreambrewingnh.com.

Bill Simas. Courtesy photo.

• Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road, Brookline) is hosting a Spooktacular Hallow een Comedy Show on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., to be held outside, with headlin er comedian Bill Simas and a few other guest comedians. The wine bar will be open with more than 15 wines to choose from, and char cuterie boards and wine cream ice cream will be available for purchase. Tickets are $5 per person (event will be held rain or shine). Visit averillhousevineyard.com.

• Join The Chop Shop Pub (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook) for a Halloween Bash on Sat urday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., featuring costumed contests, cash prizes, spooky drink specials and a live performance by Casual Gravity. Tickets are $25. Visit chopshoppub.com.

• Fody’s Tavern in Derry (187½ Rockingham Road) has a Halloween party on the schedule for Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., featuring music by Brian House. Visit fodystavern.com.

• Saddle Up Saloon (92 Route 125, Kings ton) will hold a Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., featuring costume contests, spooky drink specials, giveaways and a live performance from Bite the Bullet. Visit saddle upsaloonnh.com.

• Enjoy a Halloween party and costume at Area 23 (254 N. State St., Concord) on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 8 to 11 p.m., with music from the Dalton Gang. Visit thearea23.com.

• Tandy’s Pub & Grille (1 Eagle Square, Con cord) will hold its 13th annual Halloween Bash on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9 p.m., with cash prizes awarded to the three best costumes, along with Jack Daniel’s and Deep Eddy drink specials, and music from DJ Lance. Visit tandyspub.com.

• Makris Lobster & Steak House (354 Sheep Davis Road, Concord) is planning a Lobster Mash Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 7 to 11 p.m., featuring a costume contest with first, second and third place winners, a 50/50 raffle benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foun dation, a Sam Adams Oktoberfest stein hoisting competition, giveaways, food and drink spe cials, live music and more. Visit eatalobster.

• Red’s Kitchen + Tavern (530 Lafayette Road, Seabrook) will hold a Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, featuring a spooky night of live music, food and drink specials, dancing and prizes awarded for the best costumes. Visit redskitchenandtavern.com.

• Join The Wild Rover Pub (21 Kosciuszko St., Manchester) for its annual Halloween cos tume party on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best cos

tumes. Visit wildroverpub.com.

• Don’t miss the annual Halloween Mon ster Bash happening at Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester) on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best costumes, and there will also be live performances from Mugsy and D-Comp. Tickets are $25 per person. See “2022 Halloween Monster Bash” on Eventbrite to pur chase them.

• Block Party Social (51 Zapora Drive, Hook sett) is holding a Sam Adams Halloween Bash on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., featuring an adult costume contest with prizes awarded for the best costumes, along with sampling, drink specials, prizes and giveaways. Visit blockpar tysocial.com.

• Wally’s (144 Ashworth Ave., Hampton) hosts its 13th annual Halloween Bash on Sat urday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m., featuring national recording and touring act Prospect Hill. Prizes will be awarded for the best costume. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Visit wallysnh.com.

• Join Feathered Friend Brewing Co. (231 S. Main St., Concord) for a Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 29, which will include live music with Andrew North & The Rangers from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit featheredfriendbrewing.com.

• It will be time for Halloween Scaryoke at AJ’s Sports Bar & Grill (11 Tracy Lane, Hud son) on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for the best and scariest costumes, and there will be Ice Pik vodka and Rocky Peak whiskey tastings. Visit ajs-sportsbar.com.

• Join 603 Bar & Grill (1087 Elm St., Man chester) for a Hip-Hop Halloween Bash on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m., which will include a full lineup of live local hip-hop performanc es, along with prizes awarded for the best costumes. Tickets are $10 in advance online and $15 at the door. See “Hip Hop Halloween Bash” on Eventbrite or visit 603barandgrill. com.

• Catch a special Halloween drag brunch and costume contest at The Big House Night club (322 Lakeside Ave., Laconia) on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 9:30 a.m. Tickets start at $40 gener al admission and are available at the door or via Eventbrite. Visit bighousenightclub.com.

• There will be a Halloween brewery crawl in Derry on Sunday, Oct. 30, kicking off at Daydreaming Brewing Co. (1½ E. Broadway) at noon before going to Kelsen Brewing Co., From the Barrel Brewing Co. and Rockingham Brewing Co. Costumes are encouraged. Visit daydreaming.beer.

Casual Gravity. Courtesy photo.

AudioJam. Courtesy photo.

was just throwing up a few buildings, put ting together a light show and hiring some actors. Now he knows better.

Accomando said that he and Chase DeNamur, Spooky World’s director of opera tions, will spend all year long coming up with new ideas, visiting haunted attractions across the country and going to national trade expos, like TransWorld’s Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis.

“The next [haunt] we go to will be the day after the show ends,” DeNamur said. “The planning never stops.”

While walking through haunts, Accoman do said, the team will see what they might want to change or expand on.

Layering, or putting many elements in a scene, is something Accomando said he is always thinking about. Whether this means adding a new animatronic doing something an actor can’t — like bashing their head into a wall over and over again — or getting a new prop or adding a gross smell, Acco mando said that new layers are implemented every year.

This year the hayride received a lot of attention, DeNamur said. He said that new lights and screens were added to parts of the haunt to further achieve a larger-than-life experience.

In addition to the layering and the props, there are professional makeup artists and cos tume designers making sure that everyone looks terrifying. The three artists dress peo ple up for the hayride, getting about a dozen actors ready in an hour — they do every thing from muscle structures to spider faces, creepy clowns and “cannibal” hunters.

After the attraction opened, it took no time at all for me to be taken over to the costume designers and put in a costume by one of the crew members. I was dressed up in a rain bow-striped onesie and matching ruff that I wore over my jeans and shirt.

Brittany Champagne, a longtime scarer at Spooky World, painted my face with a white base, red and orange diamonds over my eyes, a green nose and an eerie blue smile.

The makeup went on cold and wet, but very quickly. When it dried it felt like regular face paint, slightly sticky and tight on my skin.

A white wig and small “blood”-covered horn completed my ensemble. While the wig itched and fell in my eyes and my fingers and toes burned due to the cold weather, the night was ripe for us to get scaring. Champagne told me performers end up walking so much that the night air soon no longer even feels cold to them anymore.

Champagne and Jillian Labonte, anoth er long-time Spooky World scarer dressed as a bloodthirsty escaped prisoner, showed me around the midway, the area outside the haunts where experienced actors get to improvise and sneak up on customers when they think they are safe.

This whole feeling is a stark change from the Friday before, when I was a guest at Fright Kingdom in Nashua.

The anticipation walking up to Fright Kingdom was like nothing else. Whereas at Spooky World, it was still Mel’s Funway Park on the outside, Fright Kingdom was a short walk through an empty parking lot, where an 18-wheeler was parked at a load ing dock. Once I rounded that corner, I saw a giant, shadowy clown towering over the rest of the guests.

Fright Kingdom owner and founder Tim Dunne greeted me outside by the loading truck bed, smiling widely as he watched peo ple get scared by his creation.

“It’s about the art of horror, Halloween and all things creepy,” Dunne said. “It’s a celebra tion of all of that.”

Dunne, who grew up in Florida, was orig inally drawn to The Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World whenever he would take trips there. To this day, after making many different haunts, he said his favorite is still Bloodmare Manor, the Victorian haunted house that this year is filled with “cannibals” looking for their next meal.

While Dunne had high hopes that I would walk through the whole interior, the sec ond he said he was going to leave me to do the amusement alone — immediately after an actor scared me, I might add — I lost my cool. I promised that I would come back next year with my sister (who loves scary things) and maybe a group of people to push me through.

Being scared isn’t my thing, but scaring others seems to be right up my alley.

Haunts

An actor gets green as their makeup artist transforms them into a zombie. Photo by Katelyn Sahagian.

More than crafts

Great New England Fine Craft and Artisan Show is back for the seventh year

By Katelyn Sahagian ksahagian@hippopress.com

For the seventh year, the Great New England Fall Fine Craft and Artisan Show will bring juried and expert artisans and craft ers to sell their creations. The event returns to the Hampshire Dome in Milford over two days on Saturday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 23.

While there are plenty of craft fairs to attend in New Hampshire, Jody Donohue, the creator and organizer, prefers to call what she does a show. She said that while craft and artisan fairs are a lot of fun, she tries to ele vate what happens to a higher level.

“The booths are just beautiful to look at,” Donohue said. The sellers decorate them, and she’ll provide linen tablecloths and other

Great New England fall fine Craft and Artisan Show

Where: Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Road, Milford

When: Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Price: $5 for entry, children 14 and young er are free Visit: gnecraftartisanshows.com

Art Opening

• “THE WOODS WRAP AROUND YOU” Creative Ven tures Gallery (411 Nashua St., Mil ford, creativeventuresfineart.com) will have an exhibition, “The Woods Wrap Around You,” on display during October, featuring hand-colored monoprints by Loretta CR Hubley.

• “FROM THE HIPPIE TRAIL TO THE SILK ROAD” exhibit from Two Villages Art Society (846 Main St., Contoocook) will run Oct. 21 through Nov. 12. This is an exhibi tion by Kathleen Dustin that includes her original artwork, inspired by and juxtaposed with jewelry and textiles

presentation assistance. “We keep it profes sional because that’s more of a reflection of the products offered.”

When the event was started seven years ago, the Hampshire Dome had asked Donohue to run a small fair selling different products like Tupperware or Avon, and she reached out to a few crafters to see if there was any inter est. Not long after, she was officially running events for the Hampshire Dome.

Donohue said that the running joke from everyone was that she would fill the 94,000-square-foot sports arena to the brim with crafters.

Though she doesn’t do that, Donohue said that between the 14 events she now runs, she’s received thousands of requests from crafters and artisans to be included in the show. The first year was a little different.

from around the world that Dustin has collected during her travels. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29, from noon to 2 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Visit twovillagesart.org or call 413210-4372.

Exhibits

• “STORIED IN CLAY” The New Hampshire Potters Guild presents its biennial exhibition “Storied in Clay” at the exhibition gallery at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen head quarters (49 S. Main St., Concord) through Oct. 27. Visit nhpottersguild. org.

• “STILL: THE ART OF STILL LIFE,” a contemporary art exhibit at Twiggs Gallery (254 King St. in Boscawen; twiggsgallery.wordpress. com, 975-0015), will feature work by artists Caleb Brown, Shela Cun ningham, Bess French, Marcia Wood Mertinooke, Barbara Morse, Shawne Randlett and Marlene Zychowski and will run through Saturday, Oct. 29.

• “INNER PEACE” an exhibit of watercolor paintings by Sylvia Bro fus, Carolyn Sherman, Eve Kjellberg, Patricia Robinson, Claudia Tufo, Sofia Eastley and Fred Brewster, runs at the Epsom Public Library (1606 Dover Road in Epsom; espomlibrary. com, 736-9920) through Wednesday,

Global artistry, personal connections

Two Villages Art Society (846 Main St. in Contoocook, twovillagesart.org) will open its new exhibit “From the Hippie trail to the Silk road” on Friday, Oct. 21. The show celebrates artist-maker Kathleen Dustin and “juxtaposes her own bold work with objects she collected while living, studying and traveling in the Middle East,” according to a press release. The gallery is free and open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, from noon to 2 p.m. there will be an artist’s reception with light refreshments, music by Gary Hodges and a short gallery talk at 2 p.m.

“I hit pavement and went to 16 craft fairs,” Donohue said. “I interviewed all the artisans and ran my first fair as this fall show. It’s been taking off since then.”

This year the fair will have 150 vendors spaced out across the Hampshire Dome. Within that selection of artisans will be a wide range of handmade goods. Some of the items are juried, meaning that they are submitted to see if they meet quality standards, while oth ers are from longtime sellers at the show. In the past there have even been high school stu dents selling things they excel at making.

Donohue said the main reason she likes to be selective about who sells at her show is that she doesn’t want to flood the market. While she’ll have eight or nine artisans selling simi lar products, everything will be unique.

Some of the wares being sold include hand

Nov. 12. The theme of the exhib it reflects how the members of this group find peace by placing their focus on lines, shapes, colors, atmo sphere and dark and light values, and how experimenting in the elements of painting helps to open their eyes, minds and hearts to inner harmo ny, according to a press release The exhibit is open for viewing Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• “NATURE’S BEAUTY” The Manchester Artists Association pres ents “Nature’s Beauty,” an exhibit celebrating art and nature at the NH Audubon Massabesic Center (26 Audubon Way in Auburn, 668-2045; nhaudubon.org). The exhibit will be on display at the center (which is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) through Wednesday, Nov 30. A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit the Audubon.

• “MEMOIRS OF A GHOST GIRLHOOD: A BLACK GIRL’S WINDOW” In the exhibit on dis play at the Currier Museum of Art (50 Ash St. in Manchester; 669-6144, currier.org), “artist Alexandria Smith has created an immersive multime dia environment using wallpaper, paintings on wood, found objects and sculpture. It will be accompanied by an original site-specific composition, //windowed// by Liz Gre,” according to the website. Museum admission

made truffles, old-fashioned wooden toys carved from different wood, lanterns with stained glass panes, wines with edible shim mers, and nature-inspired watercolors.

While people shop, they’ll be treated to live music from the stage at the center of the dome. There will be craft cocktails and wine and beer at a bar for shoppers of age to sip on while they browse, and food trucks out side selling meals beyond the specialty foods at the different stalls.

Donohue said that, to her, the effort she puts into making this show is worth it when she sees people happy after selling out of their items.

“These people work so hard to create those products,” Donohue said. “I’m so proud of them and I just love doing what I love doing.”

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.

• “THE PEOPLE’S SCULPTOR: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ROGERS” Exhibit cele brates the art of American sculptor John Rogers, who came to Man chester in 1850, and explores the influence that Manchester had on Rogers’ life and work. Presented by the Manchester Historic Association. On view now through September. Millyard Museum (200 Bedford St., Manchester). Gallery hours are Tues day through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors age 62 and up and col lege students, $4 for youth ages 12 through 18, and is free for kids under age 12. Call 622-7531 or visit man chesterhistoric.org/millyard-museum.

• ART ON MAIN The City of Con cord and the Greater Concord Cham ber of Commerce present a yearround outdoor public art exhibition in Concord’s downtown featuring works by professional sculptors. All sculptures will be for sale. Visit con cordnhchamber.com/creativeconcord, call 224-2508 or email tsink@con cordnhchamber.com.

Workshops and classes

• STONE WALLS Canterbury Shak er Village’s popular two-day Stone Wall Workshops returns on Saturday, Oct. 29, and Sunday, Oct. 30. Led by master stone artisan and mason Kevin Fife, this hands-on workshop intro duces participants to the engineering and aesthetics of the Shakers’ stone wall-building skills through the resto ration of a wall section at the Village. Tuition for returning participants is $150; for new participants it’s $250. For more information and to register, visit shakers.org.

Theater Shows

• THE GOVERNMENT INSPEC TOR The Hatbox Theatre (Steeple gate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Con cord, hatboxnh.com) will present The Government Inspector, presented by Phylloxera Productions, through Oct. 23. Showtimes are on Friday and Sat urday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., and tickets cost $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors.

• DISNEY’S THE ARISTOCRATS KIDS The Peacock Players (14 Court St., Nashua, peacockplayers.org) youth theater company presents Dis ney’s The Aristocrats Kids through Oct. 23. Showtimes are on Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.

• TITANIC THE MUSICAL The

Photos courtesy of the Great New England Fall Fine Craft and Artisan Show.

ARTS

• Craft fair season: Sure, we’re in the thick of Halloween, but craft fair season, that stretch of events featuring hand made artisan and craft items, many with a holiday theme, has already start ed. This weekend, head to First Congregational Church (508 Union St. in Manchester; 625-5093, fccmanchesternh.org) for their Holly Berry Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will feature hand-crafted gift items, jewelry, a silent auc tion table, attic treasures and baked goods as well as children’s games, crafts and a lunch counter, according to a press release.

St. Paul’s Epsicopal Church (21 Centre St. in Concord; stpaulsconcord.org) will hold a Har vest Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair will feature knit and sew items, crafts, Christmas ornaments and holiday deco rations, toys, garden items and plants, books, jewelry, Christmas wreaths, antiques and col lectibles as well as baked goods, raffle baskets and more, according to the church’s website.

The Hudson Lions Club will sponsor a Psy chic & Craft Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hudson Community Center (12 Lions Ave. in Hudson), according to a post at the Hudson Chamber of Commerce website.

Liberty Hill Farm (49 Liberty Hill Road in Bedford) has a Fall Craft Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 9 a.m. The event will feature craft and food vendors and an alpaca meet and greet, according to the farm’s Facebook page.

The Somersworth Festival Association is holding a Harvest Craft Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Somer sworth High School (11 Memorial Drive). The

Manchester Community Theatre Players present Titanic the Musi cal at the Manchester Community Theatre Players Theatre, located at the North End Montessori School (698 Beech St., Manchester). Showtimes are on Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 pm., and Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and available at manchestercommunitytheatre. com.

• GREASE The Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, pal acetheatre.org, 668-5588) pres ents Grease Oct. 21 through Nov. 12. Showtimes are on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., with

day will feature 150 crafters as well as food, according to the group’s Facebook page.

Caya Reiki & Healing (33 N. Main St. in Concord; caya-healing.square.site, 401-4363) is holding a Psychic and Craft Fair on Satur day, Oct. 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Weirs Beach Community Center (25 Lucerne Ave. in Laconia), according to their Facebook page. The event will feature more than 30 vendors, psychic readers, indoor and outdoor exhibits, door prizes and more, the post said.

Merrimack Senior Citi zen Club is holding a Fall Fair on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at John O’Leary Adult Com munity Center (4 Church St. in Merrimack). The fair will feature craft items as well as a bake sale, raffles and more, according to merrimacknh.gov.

Have an upcoming craft, holiday or artisan fair? Let me know all the details, including special offerings or events, admission costs and any other important information, by email ing adiaz@hippopress.com

• Art, naturally: LaBelle Winery’s Der ry Location (14 Route 111) is exhibiting the works of three New Hampshire Art Association artists through Jan. 22 in their show “Natural ly Curious,” according to a press release. The artists are Cheryl Frez Bencivenga, a paint er from the Monadnock region who works with acrylic paints; Howard Muscott, a pho tographer focusing on nature, landscapes and wildlife, and Linn Stilwell, a painter from the Lakes Region, the release said. See the exhibit daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Go to labellewin ery.com or call 672-9898.

• Symphony season: The Portsmouth Sym phony Orchestra opens its mainstage season with a performance on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. featuring pieces by Gustav Mahler and George Walker at the Music Hall in Ports mouth, according to a press release. The event includes a free pre-concert talk with Music Director John Page at 1:45 p.m. Tickets to the concert itself cost $35 to $25 for adults, $30 for seniors and $20 for students, the release said. See portsmouthsymphony.org.

one Thursday-at-7:30 p.m. show for each production ( Nov. 10 for Grease). Tickets cost $25 to $46.

• SHREK THE MUSICAL The Epping Community Theater will present Shrek the Musical Oct. 21 through Oct. 30 at the Epping Playhouse (38c Ladd’s Lane, Epping). Visit eppingtheater.org.

• ROSENCRANTZ AND GUIL DENSTERN ARE DEAD The Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord, hat boxnh.com) and Lend Me a The atre present Rosencrantz and Guil denstern Are Dead Nov. 4 through Nov. 20. Showtimes are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m., and tickets cost

$22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors.

• SWEENEY TODD The Actors ingers present the musical thriller Sweeney Todd at the Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua) Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6. Ticket sales are TBA. Visit actorsingers.org.

• THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

The Riverbend Youth Company presents The Drowsy Chaperone at the Amato Center for the Per forming Arts (56 Mont Vernon St., Milford) on Friday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m. Ticket sales are TBA. Visit svbgc.org/amato-center.

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Garlic: a virtually work-free crop Plant now for tasty treats later

By Henry Homeyer listings@hippopress.com

Back in the 1980s the Dartmouth Film Department showed a film by Les Blank called Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers. It was shown in “Smell-oRama.” Cooking garlic smells were mysteriously introduced to the air system, filling the 900-seat auditorium with the delicious odor of roasted garlic. I attended, and loved it all. Just for the record, my one mother was better than garlic — but I love garlic, too, and plant plenty of it.

One of my favorite fall appetizers is to take whole heads of garlic and roast them in ovensafe ramekins or small dishes at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or so. I peel off the outer layers of the head of garlic, cut off the tips of the head and drizzle it with olive oil. When done the cloves of garlic are soft and easily squeezed out of their skins after cooling. I like to serve this on crackers or a baguette spread with goat cheese.

In order to have enough garlic for treats like the one described above I plant a lot of garlic each October. Usually I plant about 50 cloves, but I have planted up to 100 — always enough to eat daily and some to share. It really is a virtually

work-free, pest-free crop. All you need is “seed” garlic sold for planting, or failing that, some organic garlic purchased at your local farm ers market or food coop. Grocery store garlic is often treated with chemicals so it won’t sprout.

In addition to seed garlic you need a sunny place with decent soil, or even crummy soil you can improve with compost. To plant 50 cloves of garlic the space you need is minimal: a spot per haps 4 feet long and about 3 feet wide. You could even find the space in a flower bed for a few, or on the front lawn around the light pole.

I plant garlic in a wide raised bed. I loosen the soil with a garden fork or my CobraHead weeder down to a depth of 6 inches. Then I add some good-quality compost, either homemade or purchased, and stir it in. I make furrows 8 inches apart and add some organic fertilizer like Pro-Gro into the furrow. I work it in with my sin gle-tined CobraHead weeder. Or you can sneak cloves into a flower bed individually using a hand trowel.

Each clove needs to be planted the way it grew — the fat part down, the pointy end up. I plant cloves about 3 inches deep and a hand’s width apart in the row. After pushing the clove into the loose soil I pat it down and when all are planted I cover the bed with about a foot of loose hay or straw. This will keep the garlic warm longer in

the fall, allowing it to establish a good root sys tem before the ground freezes.

Next spring the shoots will push right through the hay, but most weeds will not. If we have a warm fall, you might even see green shoots pushing through the hay now. Don’t worry. That won’t be a problem, come spring.

There are two kinds of garlic; hard-neck and soft-neck. Here in New England we do best growing hard-neck garlic. It has a stiff stem in the middle of each head where the scape grew last summer, while soft neck garlic does not.

Just as there are sweet onions and pun gent onions that make you cry when you chop them, not all garlic tastes the same. If you are ordering garlic from a seed company, read the descriptions carefully. Be sure you are ordering hard-neck garlic. They should tell you about the flavor of each, and I recommend getting three different kinds for your first trial. Since seed gar lic is relatively expensive, you will want to save some garlic each year for planting the next year.

If you use a lot of garlic in your recipes, pay attention to how many cloves are in each head. It is less work to peel one big clove than three small ones. I grow mainly large heads, and I often have to cut one clove into two or three pieces to fit it into my garlic press. The product description should tell you not only the size of the bulb but

also the number of cloves per head.

You can store garlic best in a cool, dry place. Ideally 50 degrees with moderate humidity. You can freeze it in a zipper bag or jar for a year or more. Don’t store garlic at room temperature in oil, as it can produce deadly botulism.

Garlic plants are handsome, especially in July, when they send up tall flower scapes that twist and turn in great shapes. Think creatively and you can find a space to plant some. I often cut the scapes and use them in flower arrangements, and they are also good sliced and sautéed in a stir-fry.

In a recent article about putting the garden to bed, I failed to mention that it is a good plan to leave some flowers standing. Why? Because some beneficial insects lay eggs in or on the stalks to overwinter. Birds will also eat the seeds of things like black-eyed susans and coneflow ers. So you have an excuse now not to clean up the gardens completely. You can finish in the spring.

Henry is a lifetime organic gardener and the author of four gardening books. Reach him at henry.homeyer@comcast.net.

A garlic bed ready for planting. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

Family fun for whenever Bookstore craft

• Head to Bookery (844 Elm St., Man chester) for a fun and exciting story and craft time called Renaissance Kids on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 10 a.m. The story will teach kids about fun and interesting chemical reactions, and the craft will have kids seeing some of those reactions with their own eyes. While the event is free to attend, it does require registration. Vis it bookerymht.com for more information and to register.

Cooking outside

• Parents and kids can learn all about the delicious herbal remedy called fire cider at the Kid’s Fire Cider Course on Satur day, Oct. 22, at noon at the Plaistow Town Forest (Main Street). In addition to learn ing about the nutritious tonic, kids will have the ability to control how spicy the fire cider gets and get to gather wild herbs for their concoctions. This event is recom mended for kids ages 5 to 14. Parents will need to bring a knife and a cutting board, and everything else is provided. Tickets cost $35 and can be bought on the allev ents website.

Museum fun

• Join the Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury) to expe rience how people lived in the village in the Let There Be Light: Natural Illumi nation event on Friday, Oct. 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is removing the special protective UV filters that cov

iNSidE/OuTSidE TREASURE HUNT

Dear Donna,

Do you know anything about values on Beanie Babies? I have several older ones. My daughter informed me they could be valuable. Thanks for your help.

Susan

Dear Susan,

I get lots of inquiries on this subject. I don’t know much about Beanie Babies, other than that my girls had them as well. They really don’t go into the antiques market. They do, how ever, have quite a collectible market.

What I can say to you, Susan, is research them. I think online would be fastest, but be very care ful. Even though ones like your bear can all look the same, they are not! Also it seems like the high er values are for the ones that are unplayed with, with original tags, or made with errors.

er the windows of the buildings so guests can experience the historic sights the same way that members of the Shakers did. Tickets for this event are $100 per person and can be bought at shakers.org.

Showtime!

• Travel down the rabbit hole with the students at the Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts in their performance of Wonderland running Friday, Oct. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Majestic Theatre (880 Page St., Manchester). Shows begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The show is a retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass , where Alice meets old familiar characters and a host of new ones. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors 65 and above, and $10 for youth 17 and under. Tickets can be bought at the door or at majestictheatre.net.

• Epping Community Theatre is doing Shrek the Musical from Friday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 23, and Friday, Oct. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 30, with 7 p.m. shows and 2 p.m. matinees. The musical follows an ogre named Shrek and how he is hired to save a cursed princess with the help of his loyal steed, a donkey named Donkey.

Tickets cost $20 for adults, $17 for seniors and $15 for children. More information is available at eppingtheater.org.

I was amazed at some of the values I found out there!

Crazy money for something mass-produced. So as I said, Susan, take time and look at each one. You might have yourself a treasure!

Donna

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

Wonderland at the Majestic Academy of Dramatic Arts. Courtesy photo.

Why don’t all cars have transmissions?

Dear Car Talk:

Why do elec tric-powered cars not have transmissions?

motor can simply spin slowly when the car is moving slowly and spin faster as the car speeds up.

And, while you might be able to add a little bit of efficiency, or excess speed, to an electric car by employing a transmission, think about the downsides.

By Ray Magliozzi

I understand that electric motors have full torque from the first spin, thus do not need a low gear, but don’t they waste battery when spinning at a very high RPM while being driven fast on level inter states? — Joseph

The vast majority of electric cars don’t have transmissions, because they don’t need them, Joseph.

The reason gas-powered cars have trans missions is because they have very little torque (“twisting power”) at low speeds.

So, from a dead stop, a gasoline engine needs a transmission’s low gear to multiply the engine’s power by four or five times to get the vehicle moving.

But, by the time a gas-powered car is at highway speed, there’s almost no transmis sion involved, and the ratio between engine speed and wheel speed is close to 1:1 sometimes even less.

Electric motors don’t need to have their power multiplied. You get full torque at very slow motor speeds. So, the electric

First of all, transmissions are expensive, so if you’re only getting a marginal bene fit, do you want to pay thousands more for your car?

Second, transmissions are heavy. So, they add weight, which reduces range and efficiency.

Technology may come along that chang es the equation at some point. But right now, with the exception of an EV supercar like the Porsche Taycan, which uses a two-speed transmission to achieve high er speeds, and typically sells for about $200,000, you really don’t see transmis sions on electric cars, for pretty good reasons.

Dear Car Talk:

I have a 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan, and that’s a great vehicle for me. It has a rear backup camera with a display on the dash, auto headlights and windshield wip ers, and blind spot detectors in the side mirrors.

A number of years ago, the blind spot detector went out. The dealer said it was a wiring problem and wanted $800 to fix it, which was too much for me at the time. Several years later, an indepen dent mechanic told me the wires were too corroded to bother with and said to just leave it.

Fast forward to recent events. I had my windshield replaced recently, and, since then, there has been a gradual cascade of issues, all electrical in nature. First, my automatic headlights do not come on when it’s raining as they should, only when it is dark will they light up. My automatic wipers do not come on when it rains anymore either. Lastly, my rear camera is off altogether.

The people who replaced the wind shield said they did nothing to account for these things. Now, it seems that I might be on the hook for lot more than the original $800. Did something go wrong in the windshield install? If it is, in fact, the same wiring issues, am I looking at a hefty bill? Any suggestions please? Thanks. — Candace

Wait. You said this was a great vehicle?

I think the rain-related issues (auto wipers and headlights that come on in

the rain) are related to the windshield replacement.

Both of those items rely on a rain sen sor that’s housed around the rearview mirror.

They had to remove that mirror in order to replace your windshield, and I’m guessing they broke or disconnected the sensor.

So, you should go back to them and tell them that your rain sensor hasn’t worked since the windshield replacement and ask them to fix or replace it.

Now, did you replace the windshield because it was leaking? If so, that could explain corroded wires.

You’ll need an updated estimate to replace that wiring and get your other systems running again.

But, before you ask your mechanic to do that, check the limit on your home equity line, and make sure he’s had a recent tetanus booster.

If the work costs too much, and you just want a backup camera again, con sider buying a wireless backup camera online and having your mechanic install it. That’ll probably run you about $200. Good luck, Candace.

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chris

Chris Cote is the owner and operator of C & W Doors, an exterior and garage door repair, maintenance and installation service based in Warner.

Explain your job and what it entails.

I do installs in the morning and service later in the day, while also juggling sales. … For a typi cal install, first, I usually remove the old door and existing tracks and springs. It only takes 10 to 15 minutes to remove the old door. Then I prep the new panels with the hinges and rollers, and then I set my tracks to about a half inch of spac ing from the side of the end hinge to the side of the roller, so that when the door starts rolling with the electric operator, it stays in a nice straight line and there’s no bouncing or clunking. Once the tracks are set and the door is stacked off, I move to the torsion spring assembly, which is

the assembly that lifts the door. The tor sion spring is calibrated for the height and weight of the door. … Then I go back to hang the horizontal track with the half-inch spacing again so that no roll ers can ever fall out onto you or your car.

How long have you had this job?

I’ve been installing garage doors for 13 years now, and I started my own busi ness doing so in June 2022.

What led you to this career field and your current job?

I was working second shift at a build ing supplier, and my wife told me she was pregnant, so I had to find a regu lar day job.

What kind of education or training did you need?

I got onsite training for 30 days, then was thrown to the wolves.

What is your typical at-work uniform or attire?

Casual attire, with safety boots.

How has your job changed over the course of the pandemic?

The garage door business took a 300-percent increase in the first six months of the pandemic. Once the dust settled, companies saw how people were still able to afford new garage doors, so now a lot of companies [charge] a 100to 200-percent increase just [because they can].

What do you wish other people knew about your job?

It’s physically demanding and [requires] long days. We door guys are always saying, ‘It should have been done last week.’

What was the first job you ever had?

I worked at a dairy farm as a farmhand. That’s where I learned my mechanical skills and how to use heavy equipment.

What is the best piece of work-related advice you have ever received?

Owning a small business is like a wheelbarrow — you get out of it what you put into it. — Angie Sykeny

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Favorite book: White Fang by Jack London

Favorite movie: The Other Guys

Favorite music: ’90s rock

Favorite food: Lasagna

Favorite thing about NH: Fishing and hunting seasons

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• Come, we fly! Have you seen Dis ney’s Hocus Pocus 2 yet? Decorated candy apples featured on screen in the film were made right here in New Hamp shire, at Nelson’s Candy & Music in Wilton — that’s according to owner Nancy Feraco, who told the Hippo she received a special phone order nearly a year ago for a large quantity of them. “We didn’t know it at the time, but they were for the filming of Hocus Pocus 2 in Rhode Island,” Feraco said in an email, adding that the apples were prepared for use in the film by Nelson’s confection er Maria Marini. Feraco even recently brought her whole Nelson’s candymak ing crew together at the nearby Copper Kettle eatery on Main Street for din ner and a special screening of the film. Leading up to its release, Feraco said she had been “dying to tell people” of Hocus Pocus 2 ’s connection to the Gran ite State. “We have been keeping quiet about it as we didn’t know if those shots were edited out or not … [but] we nev er guessed it was part of the plot,” she said. The film was released Sept. 30 and is available to stream now on Disney+. Visit nelsonscandymusic.com.

• Brews and tunes: Join Twin Barns Brewing Co. (194 Daniel Webster Hwy., Meredith) for a harvest festival on Sat urday, Oct. 22, kicking off at 10 a.m. with a full schedule of live local music acts all day. Also included will be several local food trucks, a cornhole tournament with prizes, and specialty brews — Twin Barns even just held a release party last week for a seasonal Pumpkin Fest ale, declared the official beer of the upcom ing New Hampshire Pumpkin Fest in Laconia on Oct. 29, according to the brewery’s Facebook page. Tickets to the harvest festival are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Funds are being raised for student music education, with event proceeds benefiting the New Hamp shire Department of Education’s Modern Band Initiative. Visit givebutter.com/ harvest-fest-22.

• OakCraft Pizza coming to Salem: Nashua’s OakCraft Pizza will soon open a second location inside the Tuscan Village development in Salem, accord ing to recent announcements made on the company’s website and social media pages. Construction on the new space is underway and regular updates will be made on its progress, the posts read.

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May the best chilis win

Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook-off returns

By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com

If you think you make the best bowl of chili around, here’s your chance to show it off — the Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cookoff, returning to Goffstown Ace Hardware on Saturday, Oct. 22, is a friendly com petition and fundraiser that will feature a variety of homemade chilis available to taste from local community members and restaurateurs.

Chili entrants are welcome to bring a slow cooker of their best batches by 10:30 a.m., with sampling beginning at 11 a.m. No pre-registration is required for entrants, nor for tasters who just want to come and vote. Prizes in the form of Goff stown Ace Hardware gift cards — $100 for first place, $75 for second place and $50 for third place — will be awarded to the

Great Bowls of fire Chili Cook-off

When: Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Goffstown Ace Hardware, 5 Depot St., Goffstown

Cost: Free to enter in your chili or attend as a taster; no pre-registration required Visit: goffstownhardware.com

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Local farmers markets

• Concord Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, on Capitol Street in Concord, adjacent to the State House lawn, through Oct. 29. Visit concordfarm ersmarket.com.

• Contoocook Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to noon, behind the Contoocook Train Depot

winners.

“We started doing it … just sort of casu ally, and now people are really excited about it, and so we keep doing it in Octo ber,” said event coordinator Pat Barss of Goffstown Ace Hardware, who her self took home second place in last year’s cook-off, her first year participating as an entrant.

The cook-off was introduced in 2018 as one of several fundraising events sponsor ing Goffstown Ace Hardware owner Karen Henderson’s annual running of the Boston Marathon. While they did have to skip a year in 2020 due to the pandemic, Barss said they experienced a great turnout at last year’s cook-off, with around 15 chilis for attendees to sample.

“There are chili competitions all over … and I guess the word gets out,” she said.

But part of the draw of this cook-off is

Entrants are asked to bring their chilis to Goff stown Ace Hardware by 10:30 a.m. First, second and third place prizes — Goffstown Ace Hard ware gift cards of $100, $75 and $50 — will be awarded. Proceeds from gathered donations will benefit Boston Children’s Hospital.

(896 Main St., Contoocook) through October. Find them on Facebook @contoocook farmersmarket.

• Exeter Farmers Market is Thursdays, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., at Swasey Parkway in Exeter, now through Oct. 27. Visit seacoasteatlocal.com.

• Nashua Farmers Market is Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at City Hall Plaza (229 Main St., Nashua), now through mid-October. Find them on Facebook @nashua

farmersmarket.

• 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 Face book @newipswichfarmers market.

• Pelham Farmers Market is Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the First Congrega tional Church of Pelham (3 Main St.). The final date of the season is Oct. 22. Find

that you’ll never know what’s in store to taste until the day of. In the past, Barss said the event has been known to feature all varieties of chili, from traditional beef chili to some white chilis, vegan or veg etarian chilis and even a venison chili. While any individual can enter, the cookoff in the past has garnered participation from local agencies like the Goffstown Fire Department, as well as The Vil lage Trestle and some other restaurants in the area. All of the slow cookers are placed under tented tables out in front of the store. Each entrant is assigned a num ber that’s displayed in front of the chilis, enabling attendees to blind taste each one and vote for their favorite. Some people, Barss said, have even turned the cook-off into their own lunch outing.

“We have little sampling cups … and once it’s gone, it’s gone,” she said. “If most people are there to sample early, then … some of the [slow cookers] are cleaned right out.”

Vote counting will take place at the conclusion of the cook-off around 1 p.m. Donations will also be accepted during the event, with proceeds benefiting Boston Children’s Hospital.

them on Facebook @pel hamnhfarmersmarket.

• Peterborough Farmers Market is Wednesdays, from 3 to 6 p.m., on the lawn of the Peterborough Community Center (25 Elm St.). Begin ning Oct. 26, the market will move indoors. Find them on Facebook @peterboroughn hfarmersmarket.

• Portsmouth Farmers Mar ket is Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot of Portsmouth City Hall (1

Junkins Ave.), now through Nov. 5. Visit seacoasteatlo cal.com.

• Salem Farmers Market is Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Tuscan Village (10 Via Toscana, Salem). Visit salemnhfarmersmarket.org.

• Wolfeboro Area Farm ers Market is Thursdays, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., at 10 Trotting Track Road in Wolfeboro, through October. Visit wolfeborofarmersmar ket.com.

Scenes from the Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cook-off. Courtesy photos.

Raise a glass to fall Fody’s Tavern introduces fall festival in Derry

By Matt Ingersoll mingersoll@hippopress.com

When Fody’s Tavern acquired a 40-by-60-foot tent in January 2020 for its inaugural winter festival in Derry, co-own er Maria Foden could not have imagined just how critical that investment would be.

“I mean, we’ve probably used that thing a thousand times now,” Foden said. “It was just good fortune … because when everybody else was shut down because of Covid and we were trying to scramble to get outdoor seating ready and everything, we already had the tent. So we were very lucky, because we were able to have so many seats outside early on.”

After skipping a year in 2021 due to pandemic concerns, the winter festival returned for a second year the following January. Now, a new similar event is build ing on its success — the first Fody’s Fall Festival is happening on Saturday, Oct. 22, and will include all kinds of local ly sourced food and beer samples, Foden said, along with live music, a stein hoisting competition, children’s games, giveaways and more.

“We’re essentially mirroring our win ter festival, so it’s going to be literally 10 hours of just fun entertainment, [with] great music and food, all outdoors,” she said. “We’ll have all sorts of fall goodies … for people to buy, and samples, too.”

From noon to 4 p.m., the festival will be open to attendees of all ages, with pony rides, face-painting and other activ ities and games available for the younger crowd. Then, beginning at 4 p.m., the event will transition into a 21+ outing. In addi tion to beers from several local breweries — Rockingham Brewing Co. of Derry; and Long Blue Cat Brewing Co. and Pipe Dream Brewing, both of Londonderry, to name a few — the Boston-based Ghost Tequila, a chief sponsor of the festival, will offer samples of its own.

Food samples will be provided by some local vendors as well. Fabrizia Spirits of Salem, for instance, will have some of their own limoncello-infused desserts in

addition to some of their liqueurs, while Theresa Zwart of 603 Charcuterie is pro viding several types of locally made cheeses and other products commonly found at her wildly popular charcuterie classes. Additionally, Foden said that the tavern will likely offer a special menu of seasonal options.

“We’ll probably just do easy things that, when people are out there enjoying them selves, they can just grab a snack,” she said. “The whole restaurant will be open for full dinner and lunch service as well, so if people want to go in and sit down and get a meal during the festival, they can.”

A full schedule of live local music is also planned, with each act broken out into two- to three-hour performing increments. From 6 to 8 p.m., there will be a stein hoisting competition, a tradition at many Oktoberfest celebrations that originated in Germany and is now a competitive sport.

Participants are given a stein filled to the top with beer that they must hold by the handle out in front of their bodies with one hand for as long as possible. The person who can hold it for the longest time with out breaking form or spilling their stein is declared the winner.

Once night falls, Foden said, attendees can gather around a fire pit, and there will also be a special LED light dance show.

fody’s fall festival

When: Saturday, Oct. 22, noon to 10 p.m. (kids’ activities will be available from noon to 4 p.m.; after 4 p.m., the event is 21+ only)

Where: Fody’s Tavern, 187½ Rocking ham Road, Derry

Cost: $10 general admission; additional charges apply for food, drinks and pony rides

More info: Visit fodystavern.com or see “Fody’s Fall Festival” on Eventbrite to purchase tickets

Event is held outdoors, so be sure to dress appropriately. A potential rain date is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29.

A stein hoisting competition will take place at Fody’s Tavern’s inaugural fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 22. Courtesy photo.

Kitchen

WiTH DaNiLO aND aMaNDa POrTiLLO

Danilo Portillo and his wife, Amanda, of Plaistow are the owners of Rico’s Burritos (ricosbur ritosfoodtruck.com, and on Facebook and Instagram @ricosburritosfoodtruck), a food truck specializing in street tacos, burritos, burrito bowls and other authentic Mexican options with a Central American twist. The truck launched this past June, but both Danilo and Aman da Portillo have worked in the restaurant industry since they were teenagers. They met at a local Mexican restaurant just over a decade ago and, according to Amanda Portillo, had talked about launching a food truck for a few years before jumping in. Rico’s Burritos gets its name both in inspiration from the couple’s son, Ricardo, and for the Spanish word meaning “tasty” or “delicious.” The truck has a regular presence at venues across northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, including at Griffin Park (101 Range Road, Windham) and Peters’ Farm (3 Cross St., Salem). The Portillos will also be at Plaistow’s annual Pumpkin Lighting Festival on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 2 to 6 p.m. on the Town Green.

What is your must-have kitchen item?

Danilo: A knife … because I cut everything — the meat, the parsley, the lettuce, the onions and cilantro.

Amanda: He mostly works on the flat top and I help put together all the burritos and bowls and everything, so I guess a must-have for me would be a pen to take down the orders. If I didn’t have a pen, that would be really bad.

What would you have for your last meal?

Danilo: A sushi boat … loaded with every thing, pretty much.

Amanda: I think I would have to go with chicken tikka masala.

What is your favorite local restaurant?

Amanda: I guess I’m just going to roll right with my chicken tikka masala and go with Kashmir [Indian Cuisine in Salem], because that’s where I’d get it.

Shrimp ceviche

Danilo: The Common Man. I do love the fresh bread that they have with butter, and the steak is good, with baked potatoes and veggies.

What celebrity would you like to see order ing from your food truck?

Danilo: John Cena.

Amanda: I’m going to go with Adam San dler, just because he’s a New Hampshire native and he’s always been one of my favorite actors. … I wouldn’t be super intimidated with him because he seems like he’s just so low-key.

What is your favorite thing on your menu?

Amanda: I’m definitely going with the pork carnitas street tacos. … It’s [on] our grilled corn tortillas, with melted cheese, diced onion, fresh cilantro and our house sauce. They’re so good.

Danilo: I like the California burrito that we

From the kitchen of Danilo and Amanda Portillo of Rico’s Burritos

½ teaspoon onion powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Boil the shrimp for three minutes and season with salt. Place in an ice bath for about five min utes. Dice up all of the vegetables and place in a large mixing bowl. Squeeze in the juice from all five of the limes. Add the ketchup, Clamato juice, Tapatio hot sauce, garlic powder and onion pow der. Cut each shrimp into three pieces and add to the bowl. Mix everything together and chill for 30 minutes or more. Enjoy with fresh tortilla chips.

Danilo Portillo (left) and his wife, Amanda, of Rico’s Burritos. Courtesy photo.

Try This aT home

Simple sausage rolls

If you still are thinking about sausage-based appetiz ers after last week’s cheesy sausage balls recipe, you are in luck! This week I have another bite-sized, sau sage-centric treat.

This recipe requires only six ingredients and is really easy to make.

Let’s talk about those ingredients. I personally prefer hot sausage for its fla vor. If you like sweet sausage better, it’s a fine substitute. Also, if you can’t find bulk sausage, buy links and remove it from the casings. For the bread crumbs, you need to use regular dried or panko. The dry element allows them to absorb moisture from the sausage when it cooks. Finally, you can use dairy or non-dairy milk, but you do not want to use vanilla-flavored.

I highly recommend mixing the filling by

Simple sausage rolls

Makes 24

½ pound bulk hot sausage

1 egg

¼ cup finely diced yellow onion

½ cup dried bread crumbs

1 sheet puff pastry, defrosted Milk

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix sausage, egg, onion and bread crumbs, using hands to combine well.

On a floured surface, roll out puff pastry to a

hand, so that the ingredients are well incorporated. That said, your hands are going to be messy afterward. Be sure to have hot water and soap ready!

For serving, I enjoyed these rolls as is. They are full of fla vor. However, I know many people enjoy dipping. You could serve these with any one of the following: marina ra, honey mustard, barbecue sauce, and maybe even pesto.

Another delicious snack recipe is at your disposal. Time to start building your week end snack menu!

Michele Pesula Kuegler has been think ing 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.

12x10-inch rectangle.

Cut into three 12x3⅓-inch rectangles.

Divide filling into thirds; place in middle of pastry strips.

Close pastry, pressing seams together on side and ends.

With seam side down, cut each section into 8 pieces.

Place on a parchment paper-covered baking sheet.

Brush with milk.

Bake for 20 minutes or until sausage is cooked and pastry is golden brown.

Weekly dish Continued from page 32

OakCraft Pizza owner and Hollis native

Rick Carvalho opened the fast-casual eat ery in Nashua’s Amherst Street Village Center in September 2021, specializ ing in made-to-order wood-fired pizzas cooked in an imported Italian oven. The restaurant offers completely customizable

did as a special [with] mango pico [de gallo], avocado, cheese, rice and beans.

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

Amanda: I feel like food trucks are trend ing in New Hampshire, more than they were before. When we first started talking about it a couple of years ago, there weren’t even half as many food trucks around, I feel like, as there

options on an assembly line before your pie reaches the end, along with addition al items like cheesy garlic bread, salads, meatballs with red sauce, and hand-filled whoopie pies. Visit oakcraftpizza.com or follow them on Facebook and Instagram @oakcraftpizza for updates.

are now.

What is your favorite thing to cook at home?

Danilo: I like when we do baked haddock with fresh salad, and some veggies and some rice.

Amanda: I’m going to go with a steak din ner with salad and broccoli, and rice pilaf as well.

— Matt Ingersoll

Simple sausage rolls. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.

Wine

What to pair with osso buco

A robust red for a robust dinner

By Fred Matuszewski food@hippopress.com

Over the weekend, we were invited to dinner at a friends’ house. I asked what we could bring, and the response was: the wine! I then asked what was being served. Beef osso buco, made with local ly grown organic beef, was the response. Immediately, like a Pavlovian dog, my mouth started to water.

Osso buco, translated as “hole-in-thebone” from Italian, is a slow-cooked shank crosscut of meat. It originated in northern Italy and traditionally was made with veal, but beef and lamb are also popular. The recipe includes a mire poix of onions, carrots and celery, that fundamental base for all stews and brais ing. There are numerous recipes for osso buco, some calling for tomato paste, others not, but a traditional addition is gremolata, a mixture of parsley, orange peel and garlic, as a side or included in the final steps of the hour-long slow cooking of the dish. The singular appeal to this dish is the intense flavor and richness imparted by the marrow found within the bone. Osso buco is typically served on a bed of mashed potatoes or polenta.

“How wonderful does all this sound?” I thought to myself.

Following a couple of days of rain, the skies have cleared to a deep blue, a beau tiful backdrop to the incredible colors of fall we are blessed with every year. With warm days and cool nights, we begin to enjoy the late growing season of our gardens turned into hearty fare. And so the question arises: What kind of wine do we begin to roll out, to pair with this shift in menu?

The wine should be able to stand up to the richness of the food that is slow ly simmered in thick sauces. This is the time we set aside the cabernet sauvi gnons and even the lighter sangioveses and opt for wines with “tooth.” A malbec or a grenache and syrah will pair nice ly. Among my favorites are the wines of the south of France, the wines of the Rhone River Valley. The wine I brought to this dinner was a bottle of Domaine de la Charbonniere Vacqueyras that for the moment isn’t available in New Hampshire. Fear not, though, as New Hampshire has several wines from the Vacqueyras appellation that are superb.

One wine worth recognition is Les Seigneurs de Montrevel Vacqueyras (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets, priced at $29.99 and reduced to $24.99). I found this to be an equal to the bottle brought to the dinner. It is a blend of 60 percent grenache, 30 percent syrah and 10 percent mourve dre. The color is a deep red. To the nose, there is an abundance of black cherry, wild berry, plum. This follows through to the tongue with subtle textures of dark chocolate and oak, from the time spent in barrique. This wine needs decanting.

The Vacqueyras appellation is in the southern Rhone wine region. It is pri marily a red wine region, with some white and rosé wines being produced. It lies alongside the Gigondas and Cha teauneaf-du-Pape appellations, who both grow the same varietals but are more prestigious. The Vacqueyras wines are more approachable, frequently offered at half the price of the others. Slight differ ences in terroir, their soils and exposure to sun and winds add complexity to those finer wines. However, the wines of the Vacqueyras should not be dismissed and offer one the invitation to try a wine that would otherwise be dismissed because of price.

Enjoy these beautiful fall days with a hearty slow-cooked meal, joined by a bottle of wine that will stand up to the robust flavors of this simmering delight. Enjoy the fruits of your harvest with a bottle of wine from the Rhone River Val ley that seems to be made to fit exactly with that wonderful meal.

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

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Peel Dream Magazine, Pad (Slumberland records)

With its Postal Service-vs.-the very worst parts of Spoon-sound ing tunes, this dude’s first album, 2020’s Agitprop Alterna, should have sunk straight to the bottom of the ocean, never to be heard again, but lest we forget, people have absolutely dreadful taste these days, so here he is again — and by “he,” I’m referring to Joseph Stevens, the driving force behind this project, which, as of this album, has turned toward a more cleanly engineered pop direction. Anything’s better than the stuff on Agitprop, up to and including the Belle & Sebastian stylings of the tune “Pictionary,” which is what you’d hear if Donovan were still around and big into twee. But it’s not all that, ahem, good: The title track is pointless and awkwardly confident, dragging a really horrible-sounding keyboard and a flute into the mix, but that’s this guy’s jam. Boy, he loves him some Stereo lab, you can tell, but the funniest part is that he fancies this thing as a concept album in the vein of Nilsson’s The Point. Pfft, he wishes. He’ll be at Lilypad in Boston on Nov. 1. D — Eric W. Saeger

Ben Harper, Bloodline Maintenance (Chrysalis records)

Yeah, I missed the first waltz with this LP, Harper’s 15th over all, when it streeted in July, but the 140-gram vinyl pressing just came out as of this writ ing, so, you know, sue me. The three-time Grammy Award win ner’s forte is an oddball mixture of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock, if this is all news to you, although his attendance at a Bob Marley show when Harper was 9 years old was his real “OK, this is what I need to do with my life” moment. Can’t tell that right off the bat from this one, though; it launches with a nicely done 2-minute Bone Thugs-begging vocal harmony routine in opening song “Below Sea Level,” and then it’s on to some Jamie Liddell-ish asphalt-soul in “We Need To Talk About It.” “Where Did We Go Wrong” is pure Fifth Dimension ’70s-pop straight out of Burt Sugarman’s Midnight Special TV show; “More Than Love” works an Otis Redding vibe. Still no reggae by that point, but the Leadbelly/Led Zeppelin mud-folk of “Knew The Day Was Comin’” makes up for that. Solid, lots of knuckleballs. A — Eric W. Saeger

PLaYLiST

A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases

• Well, will you look at that, the next Friday for new album releases is this coming one, Oct. 21, and guess what day that is. No, seriously, you’ll die: It’s my birthday, guys, which will be celebrated by welcoming the new ly crowned King Charles of England and Wales and Wolveringhampshire or whatever to our home, for tea and crumpets and a masked ball! Either that or a Netflix monster movie and takeout from Panda Express, I haven’t decid ed, but either way I won’t have to do anything on my wife’s “honey do” list that day; in fact, maybe if the King gets here on time for once I’ll borrow one of his jingle-hatted knave-clowns to fix the stairway banister and have him stop every once in a while to juggle some flaming aerosol cans or whatever those guys do for their royal paychecks. But whatever, it’s my birthday, so hopefully there will be a good album or two out of this week’s dump, and we will talk about it here. OK, let’s look at the list — yikes, I suppose I should mention Midnights, the upcoming new album from glorified Kellie Pick ler wannabe Taylor Swift, in case there are any 11-year-old girls reading this week’s column, even though it’s written by an “icky boy.” So the title track from this new Tay-Tay album is a sleepy ballad that sounds a little like Kellie Pickler doing a cover of the old Kiss song “Beth.” It’s an OK song, which leads me to believe she didn’t actually write it, and the video shows her dancing and doing other stuff when she was like 16 it looks like, before she started dating Jake Gyllenhal and whoever. OK, I’m feeling a little quea sy, may I be excused now?

• Boy, I can’t wait to open my next birthday present, an advance preview of Direction Of The Heart, the new LP from ’80s synthpop pioneers Simple Minds, who are still led by singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, just like when they started in 1977, formaldehyde does have its uses, doesn’t it gang? I’m sure you’ve heard their biggest (and I believe only) hit single, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” if you were ever trapped at your aunt’s house and there were a John Hughes movie marathon, because that was the closing song from The Breakfast Club, the movie where rich high school girl Molly Ringwald had her Pikachu backpack stolen by a thug (played by some actor, Judd something, who cares) and in return she gave him a cubic zirconia ear-stud if he promised never to talk to her in the school halls ever again. But I digress, we’ve got Simple Minds here, folks, or at least I do, and I can’t wait to hear this band’s version of “Vision Thing,” because — wait, this isn’t a cover version of the old Sisters Of Mercy tune, it’s a new song, and it sounds totally ’80s, believe it or not. It’s not very interesting but your aunt won’t care, let’s move on to my next “present.”

• You know what’s the best birthday song is that Stevie Wonder tune, “Hap py Birthday to Ya!” I love that one, but you know what’s probably not going to be a great song to commemorate my birthday is “Yellow,” from Tegan and Sara’s upcoming new album, Crybaby! Why do I assume that? Because I’ve never really liked any song I’ve ever heard by Tegan and Sara, but for argument’s sake, let’s say I go listen to it now and I like it. OK, that’s what I’m doing right now, and it’s cutely annoying, awkwardly ’90s-chick-poppy, sort of pretty but nothing I’d ever want to hear again. OK, one left to go and I’m going to spend the rest of my birthday chugging Jagermeister.

• Lastly, it’s North Carolina-based indie rockers Archers of Loaf, with their latest full-length, Reason In Decline! The single, “In the Surface Noise,” is kind of early U2-ish but the singer sounds like he has adenoids, he should probably consult a physician about that. — Eric W. Saeger

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Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine, 384 pages)

You know when a book’s protagonist is really hard to like but, for reasons that you can’t quite understand, you root for her anyway? That is Carrie Soto.

When we meet Carrie, she’s 37 and has been retired from professional tennis for six years. After watching Nic ki Chan match her Grand Slam record, she decides to come out of retirement and win back her spot at the top of the tennis world.

Taylor Jenkins Reid has created a character in Carrie who is so real, I keep expecting her to show up in daily sports headlines. But her name appears in fictional media stories time and again, as Jenkins Reid uses sports commentary and news articles to help shed light on what the world thinks of Carrie. And the world sees her exactly as she is: supremely talented but ruth less. In fact, she was given the nickname of “the Battle-Axe” when she was in her prime.

We see some of that ruthlessness during a press conference that takes place during her first event back, the Australian Open. One of the reporters asks if there’s truth to her come back being a stunt. Carrie responds, “I’ve proven so far that my game is outstanding. So everyone can whine and moan all they want about me being here, but I’ve earned the right.”

Books author events

• RICHARD LEDERER will discuss and sign his books about language including Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay, at Toadstool Bookshop (12 Depot Square in Peterborough, toadbooks.com, 924-3543) on Friday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m.

• MIKE PRIDE will discuss his new book No Place for a Woman: Harriet Dame’s Civil War, a history of Harriet Dame, a Concord Civil War nurse, at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsons bookstore.com) on Tuesday, Oct.

25, 6:30 p.m.

Another reporter asks about her upcoming match, to which she replies, “I’m gonna crush Carla Perez and anyone else I play on my way to the final. I’m going to hold their beating hearts in my hand.”

That’s Carrie, inside and out. She’s as abrasive inter nally as she is externally; it’s not just a show for the media. She’s hard on everyone else, and she’s equally hard on her self. We see this in the thoughts that permeate her mind during her games, including during a tight match against Natasha Antonovich, one of her more formidable rivals.

“I do not look at my father. I do not want to see the worry in his eyes. I tell myself: Do not let her win this set. You are either a champion or a ****up. There is no in-between.”

Rarely, we see Carrie’s vulnerability. She puts a hard wall up against Bowe Huntley, a fellow tennis pro with whom she’d gotten too close to in the past. She has the chance to train with him again, and she imagines a scenario in which she does let him back into her life.

“He’ll say something wonderful at some point, and I’ll start to believe he means it, despite all evidence to the contrary. And then I’ll start to like him or love him or feel some thing that I swear I’ve never felt before. And then one day, when I’m in too deep, he’ll stop liking or loving me, for one reason or another. And I’ll be left with a hole in my heart.”

• JOHN BANVILLE will dis cuss his new novel, The Singu larities, during a virtual Zoom event through Gibson’s Book store (gibsonsbookstore.com) on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. Registration required; pricing varies with book purchase.

• ERNEST THOMPSON, the writer of On Golden Pond, will discuss his new novel, The Book of Maps, at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 2240562, gibsonsbookstore.com) on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m.

• KIM VARNEY CHANDLER will discuss her new book, Cov ered Bridges of New Hampshire, at Toadstool Bookshop (12 Depot Square in Peterborough, toad

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books.com, 924-3543) Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m.

• JOSH FUNK & KARI

ALLEN Children’s authors Josh Funk and Kari Allen present their newest books, The Great Caper Caper: Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast Book No. 5 and Maddie and Mabel Take the Lead, respectively, at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Con cord, 224-0562, gibsonsbook store.com) on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m.

Book events

• PORTRAITS OF SACRIFICE & BRAVERY The Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester, 836-6600, bookerymht.com) presents Por traits of Sacrifice and Bravery:

Also softening the storyline is Carrie’s rela tionship with her dad and coach, Javier, a former pro himself. Their relationship, at first, seems all business; when Carrie trains with him as a child, Javi is demanding and has what some might see as unrealistically high expec tations. But as the story goes on, we see how deeply he loves her and just wants her to be happy. And Carrie’s feelings for him change, seeming to soften over the years. She had fired him as her coach during her pre-retirement career, but she agrees to work with him for her comeback. Javi becomes a likable character, an endearing foil to Carrie’s hard-headedness.

Carrie Soto is Back is very much about ten nis, but don’t let that stop you from picking it up, even if you care nothing about sports in general or tennis in particular. I’ve never played tennis, never watched more than a few minutes of tennis, and never really cared to. But Carrie is tennis, and who she is is expressed through her intense tennis practices, tennis games and tennis relationships.

It helps that Jenkins Reid has done her homework. According to an Aug. 29 inter view on The Cut, Reid has played tennis for fun, but “I don’t think I’ve ever won a game, let alone a set or a match. … I had to learn it all for this book, and I’m very insecure about it. Did I learn it right? I don’t know, guys. I’m an imposter. I’m trying really hard. I’m trying to learn as much as I can so that I can give you a good time.”

Jenkins Reid has done just that. Carrie Soto is Back is a good time, not in spite of Carrie’s brashness — or the intense focus on tennis — but because of it. A- — Meghan Siegler

The Lives of Our Vet erans, featuring sto ries and signings from veterans, on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m.

• CAT KID COMIC CLUB: COLLABO

RATIONS CELE

BRATION Toadstool Bookshop (Somerset Plaza, 375 Amherst St. in Nashua; 673-1734, toad books.com) will hold a party to celebrate the release of Dav Pilkey’s newest Cat Kid Comic Club book (Nov. 29) on Sat urday, Dec. 3, from 1 to 4 p.m.

The afternoon will feature games, puzzles, goodies, raffles and more, according to the website.

The book is available for preor der now.

History, stories & lectures

• THESE ARE THEIR STO

Law & Order Pod cast, which is “part interview show, part true crime” and “part comedy,” according to the venue’s website. Special guests are reg ularly invited on the show to talk about all kinds of ripped-fromthe-headlines episodes from the Law & Order franchise. Tickets are on sale now at $25 per person, plus fees.

Poetry

• SLAM FREE OR DIE, an ongoing poetry open mic and slam series, takes place every Thursday night at Stark Brew ing Co. (50 N. Commercial St., Manchester). Follow them on Facebook @slamfreeordie for updates on upcoming events and appearances.

christine lenihan, tarot and palm reader as well as a reiki master teacher and sound healer, will discuss the history of tarot cards and do demonstrations of tarot card reading at Toadstool Bookshop (375 Amherst St. in Nashua; toadbooks.com, 673-1734) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m, according to a press release.

RIES True crime writers and pop culture podcasters Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie will host a live event at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com) on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.

Flynn and Lavoie are the co-hosts of …These Are Their Stories: The

Writer events

• TENACITY PLYS and JULES PERLARSKI host a craft class on nonlinear storytell ing for all at the Bookery (844 Elm St., Manchester, 836-6600, bookerymht.com) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m.

Halloween Ends (R)

The infectious nature of violence is the real boogeyman in Halloween Ends, the allegedly final installment in the Laurie Strode/Michael Myers rebooted-ish Halloween series.

This movie is also about the awesome recent career of Jamie Lee Curtis. She served up Laurie in the last movie, 2021’s Hallow een Kills, largely from a hospital bed, which feels like a pretty rad way to collect your franchise check. Since restarting the Hallow een franchise with Halloween in 2018, where she got to play a gun-toting revenge-seeking prepper, she’s been in Knives Out and played Deidre Beaubeidre in Everything Every where All At Once. Curtis is, at 63, living the life and even though these Halloween mov ies aren’t setting the world on fire for me they have, in total, given me a new appreciation for Curtis for being able to get fun work in movies past the age when Hollywood usual ly allows women to have that. (Also, for what it’s worth, they’ve made some good money at the box office.) “Good on ya, Jamie Lee Cur tis” might actually be my strongest takeaway

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• Halloween (R, 2018) is available for rent or purchase.

• Knives Out (R, 2019) is available for rent or purchase.

• Halloween Kills (R, 2021) is available for purchase and, though its initial release was on Peacock, it is now available for streaming on HBO Max (where you can pick between the the atrical version and an extended cut).

• Everything Everywhere All At Once (R, 2022) is available for rent or purchase.

• Halloween Ends (R, 2022) will run on paid Pea cock tiers for 60 days, according to Wikipedia.

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Hocus Pocus 2 (PG)

Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy.

And rounding out the trio of Sanderson Sis ters is Sarah Jessica Parker, reminding us that she is actually a very skilled comedian (watch the trailer; the moment where Midler tells her and Najimy to “spread out” is just all around excellent work by Parker).

The witches of the 1993 movie return in this tale that is maybe better than the original? I only recently saw Hocus Pocus so I have no “but my childhood!” allegiance to that mov ie. Here, we see more of the sisters’ backstory, back before they are hanged by the late 1600 citizens of Salem, Mass. A young Winifred (Taylor Henderson, later Midler) refuses to be married off and fights to keep her young sisters, Mary (Nina Kitchen, later Najimy) and Sarah (Juju Journey Brener, later Parker), from being adopted away. The three run into a powerful witch (Hannah Waddingham) in the woods who introduces them to Book, the sentient spell book, and their own powers.

from this trilogy as a whole.

We’ve had a little time jump since Hal loween Kills, which I guess took place in 2018 (the same in-universe night, I think, as 2018’s Halloween). It’s now four years lat er. Laurie Strode (Curtis) is still dealing with the death of her daughter (Judy Greer) at the hands of Myers at the end of the last mov ie. She lives with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) still in the same death-town of Haddonfield, Illinois, but now in a prop er house in a regular neighborhood. She’s decorating for Halloween, writing about sur viving all the Michael Myers violence and even awkwardly flirting with Frank (Will Patton), longtime friend and police offi cer. But even in happy moments she finds herself buried in the grief of the Myers kill ings. People blame her for all the death and destruction and she feels that the evil and

violence of those actions have spread, not just to the Halloween Kills vigilante mob but to crimes perpetrated through the town over the last four years. One of the most grue some, which we see in the movie’s opening scenes, happens in 2019 and features col lege-ish-aged Corey (Rohan Campbell), called in to babysit for a boy when his par ents go to a Halloween party. The kid tries to scare Corey by locking him in the attic, but what happens next leaves Corey pegged as a new town boogeyman.

In the present day, Laurie sees Corey get ting picked on by some high school kids and feels sorry for him. She takes him to the hos pital to be treated by Allyson, who takes an instant liking to Corey. It is once again Hal loween time and the tentative new couple goes to a party, where there are masks and angry townsfolk and instances of casual vio

lence. Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney as “The Shape”), not seen since 2018, lurks in the corners but does he see in Corey prey or something else?

Look, I’m not going to pretend that this movie is super deep. It is still mostly stab bing and screaming and masked figures doing a power walk after running-in-terror victims. But there’s some “what is the nature of evil” and “how does hate spread” mus ings, often delivered by Curtis, between all of that, which gives the movie at least the veneer of thoughtfulness. We also get foun tains of stage blood and some pretty gleeful squish noises, so I don’t feel fans of the sea sonal classics will be disappointed. I did also appreciate the overall lo-fi quality of the movie, with its out-of-time setting (from clothes to hair to the fact that the whole town is glued to the rock radio station, there is still a general late-1970s/early 1980s vibe) and its quip-free, linear-plot-development no-nonsense approach to the story. There is almost something wistful about the whole endeavor, like you can feel a bittersweetly smiling Curtis saying “aw, I’m going to miss all this knife-welding.”

Halloween Ends ultimately feels like it’s delivering vibes more than a scary story, but if you’re in the mood for Halloween-season fare, I feel like you could do worse. C+

Rated R for bloody horror violence and gore, language throughout and some sexual refer ences, according to the MPA on filmratings. com. Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Paul Brad Logan & Chris Berni er & Danny McBride & David Gordon Green, Halloween Ends (sure it does) is an hour and 51 minutes long and is distributed by Univer sal Studios in theaters and via Peacock.

the moments examining sisterhood. With the campy fun from the witchy trio and the sweet friendship of the modern trio (including Lil ia Buckingham as Cassie, a girl with whom Becca and Izzy have had a falling out), Hocus Pocus 2 is simply charming. B Available on Disney+.

In the present, Salem, Mass., is again pre paring for Halloween with the old Sanderson house now a museum/witchy store run by Gilbert (Sam Richardson), a man who saw the witches during their outing in 1993. He doesn’t know about their children-eating, pow er-grabby tendencies so he tricks teens Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) into lighting the black flame candle and bring ing the Sandersons back. He also doesn’t know that Becca may have more in common with the Sandersons than even she knows and that the Sandersons aren’t going to be any nicer to someone just because he facilitated their return.

I found everything about Hocus Pocus 2 to be rather delightful, from the obligato ry musical numbers to the broad jokiness to

My Best friend’s Exorcism (R) Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller.

A high school girl is possessed by a demon but, like, literally in this cute little throw back based on a Quirk Books novel by Grady Hendrix.

Back in the mythical world of the 1980s, Abby (Fisher) and Gretchen (Miller) are best friends and hang in a foursome with Marga ret (Rachel Ogechi Kanu) and Glee (Cathy Ang). There is all the usual bestie drama (the girls don’t like Margaret’s boyfriend, Glee has a semi-secret romantic crush on Margaret, extra-tight Abby and Gretchen are facing sep aration as Gretchen’s parents are moving) and individual girl drama (Abby is embarrassed by her acne, Margaret worries she’s fat). But then on a night away at Maragaret’s parents’ cabin,

Abby and Gretchen go exploring in the woods around the rumored site of a Satanic ritual. A fright in an old cabin leads the girls to get sep arated and Something happens to Gretchen. Abby worries at first that her friend is suffering from PTSD after a sexual assault and attempts to get her friend some help. But adults are The Worst, followed closely by other teens, and Abby only manages to get herself ostracized while Gretchen seems to go increasingly mad. And then, suddenly, she looks fine — well, fine with a little extra evil twinkle in her eye. These, Christian bodybuilder Christan (Chris topher Lowell) tells Abby, are all the standard signs that Gretchen has been possessed by a demon.

Though it gives off Jennifer’s Body vibes, My Best Friend’s Exorcism isn’t quite in that movie’s league (if you’re looking to add that 2009 movie to your Spooktober viewing, it’s currently streaming via quite a few services like Roku, Prime Video and Paramount+). But I found it entertaining and it had some nice little moments of girl world drama (the occasional ly very supportive nature of girl friendships, the way ostracizing one girl can strike like light ning). While Miller’s character doesn’t get

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much room to grow beyond a collection of demony behaviors, Fisher gets to fill in Abby a little. And the movie has some fun with its throwbackness. B Available on Prime Video.

The Curse of Bridge Hollow (TV-14)

Marlon Wayans, Priah Ferguson. Plus Kelly Royland, Rob Riggle, Nia Var dalos, John Michael Higgins, Lauren Lapkas and Helen Slayton-Hughes.

This family (young teens and up, proba bly) fun Halloween action movie features at its heart the relationship between young teen Syd ney (Ferguson) and her not-ready-to-let-go dad Howard (Wayans). The family — including mom Emily (Royland) — moves from Brook lyn to a big house in the safe, quaint town of Bridge Hollow. What the family doesn’t know is that their house is haunted by a former medium and the town is wild about Halloween, which is Howard’s least favorite holiday. A science teacher, Howard likes factual practical things, not costumes and ghostly decorations. But then Sydney discovers an old chest in the attic and lights the jack-o’-lantern she found inside, not realizing it is connected to the legend of Stin gy Jack, a one-time resident of Bridge Hollow who came back from the dead to seek revenge on the residents.

By lighting the jack-o’-lantern, Sydney unleashes Jack’s magic, which makes all Hal loween decorations come to life, forming an army of skeletons, evil clowns and pointy-hatwearing witches.

The Curse of Bridge Hollow is more funny than scary (it has some imagery that’s probably a bit much for younger kids but it isn’t gory)

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Movie screenings, movie-themed happenings and virtual events Venues

Chunky’s Cinema Pub 707 Huse Road, Manchester; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, chunkys.com

O’neil Cinemas at Brickyard Square 24 Calef Hwy., Epping 679-3529, oneilcinemas.com

Park Theatre

19 Main St., Jaffrey theparktheatre.org

Red River Theatres

11 S. Main St., Concord 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org

Films

• The Woman King (PG-13, 2022) will screen at Red River Theatres in Concord on Thurs day, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m.

• Triangle of Sadness (R, 2022) will screen at Red River Theatres in Concord on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 21, through

and its humor is very much in the family sit com vein. And that’s fine; this movie is cute and everybody in it seems to be aware that they are in a cute Halloween movie. Everyone is hav ing a decent time, delivering exactly the tone and energy level the movie needs. This isn’t Oscar-seeking cinema but for what it is — fam ily entertainment that is probably inoffensive to most of the family — it is well-made. B Avail able on Netflix.

The Munsters (PG)

Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips.

Some sloppy body-parts-procurement leads to a mad scientist’s creation having not the brain of a recently deceased genius but that of a hacky comedian — and thus is Herman Munster (Phil lips) alive, it’s alive! He tells his jokes as part of an act with his punk band, which is how he attracts the attention of Lily (Zombie), just a vampire girl in Transylvania looking for love.

This Rob Zombie-directed sort-of prequel to the 1960s monsters-in-suburbia-show The Munsters gets the tone of that original show (as I vaguely remember it from long-ago afterschool reruns). There is a charming goofiness to this movie, goofiness and a kind of props-onwires lo-fi handmade quality to all parts of this tale about how the Munsters get to Mockingbird Lane that I really enjoyed. Well, really enjoyed in very small doses. It took me something like two weeks of watching the movie in bite-sized chunks to finally get to the end. The OG look and feel comes with some seriously OG pacing. Do you have some, I don’t know, Halloween gift wrapping or witch’s broom-making to do? Maybe this candy-colored treat could be on in the background. C+ Available on Netflix.

Sunday, Oct. 23, at 12:30, 3:45 & 7 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 27, at 3:30 & 6:45 p.m.

• The Good House (R, 2022) will screen at Park Theatre in Jaffrey on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.

• The Phantom of the Opera (1925), a silent film starring Lon Chaney, will screen Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway) featur ing live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. The event is free.

• See How They Run (PG-13, 2022) will screen at Red River Theatres in Concord on Friday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 23, at 4 & 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m.

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R, 1975) a screening with props allowed on Friday, Oct. 21, at 9 p.m. at Chunky’s in Manchester, Nashua and Pelham. Costumes are encouraged. Tick ets cost $10.

• O’neil Cinemas at Brickyard Square will screen Bram Stoker’s Dracula (R, 1992) will show on Sunday, Oct. 23, and Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, get a double feature with Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and Phantom of

the Opera (1943), which starts at 1 p.m.

• The Greatest Beer Run Ever (R, 2022) will screen at Park Theatre in Jaffrey on Friday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. (plus 2 p.m. on Satur day, Oct. 22); Tuesday, Oct. 25, through Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.

• Get Out (R, 2017) will screen at Red River Theatres in Con cord on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. as part of the theater’s Octo ber-long Scary Film series. A dis cussion follows the film.

• The Cat and the Canary (1927), a silent horror film presented with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis, will screen on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at Rex Theatre in Manchester. Tick ets cost $10.

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• Channeling Woody: For their first acoustic album and tour, Dropkick Mur phys take on the music of Woody Guthrie. This Machine Still Kills Fascists (a nod to the slogan Guthrie wrote on his guitar) con tains 10 songs that still resonate almost 80 years later. “He went against the grain, he fought the good fight,” Dropkicks founder Ken Casey said of the folk singer. “One man and a guitar — it’s powerful stuff.” Thurs day, Oct. 20, 7:15 p.m., Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, $48.25 to $90.25 at ccanh.com.

• Fauxhemian rhapsody: The monthlong Rocktober Festival continues with Kings of Queen, a SoCal-based tribute act featuring Emo Alaeddin in the role of Fred die Mercury. Along with doppelgangers — the final weekend has Kiss-alikes Rock & Roll Over — the Halloween ScrEEEmfest has the uber-bizarre Twisted Sideshow, full of stunts with chainsaws, drills, anvils and swords. Friday, Oct. 21, through Sunday, Oct. 23, various times, Canobie Lake Park, 85 N. Policy St., Salem, passes $48 to $59 (online only) at canobie.com.

• Rootsy revue: Acoustic musical excellence is in the spotlight at the New Hampshire Folk & Fiddle Festival, includ ing Manchester natives The Spain Brothers doing original, traditional and contempo rary songs. Boston-based Hanneke Cassel Band draws from Scotland, Cape Breton and Americana. Rounding out the bill is Green Heron, the region’s own Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and married couple Scott and Betsy Heron. Saturday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Man chester, $29 at palacetheatre.org.

• Women power: Founded by singer-gui tarist Celia Woodsmith and fiddler Kimber Ludiker, Della Mae quickly rose to promi nence for its powerful musicianship, rounded out by Avril Smith on guitar, bass player Vick ie Vaughn and Maddie Witler on mandolin. In 2014 the group won a Grammy for their sec ond album, This World Oft Can Be, and they continue to make advocacy and mentorship a focus of their work. Sunday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m., Colonial Theatre, 609 Main St., Laconia, $24 to $35 at coloniallaconia.com.

• Rock reunion: Fitting for Halloween, horror punk stalwarts Blitzkid will finally reunite for a month-long farewell run origi nally slated for 2020; the Escape The Grave tour kicks off in Manchester. Led by singer Argyle Goolsby and the equally aptly named TB Monstrosity on guitar and vocals, they’re a staple of the haunted season; HuffPo’s Zach ary Ehren wrote of “the continuous terror they bring to mothers.” Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Jewel Music Venue, 61 Canal St., Man chester, $17 and up at eventbrite.com.

NiTE Master of ceremonies

Chris Trapper has his own show to do

By Michael Witthaus mwitthaus@hippopress.com

From late spring to summer’s end, Chris Trap per was on the road, supporting headliners. He opened for a tour starring Sammy Hagar and George Thorogood, did a run with Pat Bena tar and her husband guitarist, Neil Giraldo, and played some dates with John Hiatt. Each night was an introduction of sorts, though Trapper has been making music going back to his days with Boston buzz band The Push Stars in the 1990s.

“I just described myself as the appetizer for a very rocking main meal,” Trapper said in a recent phone interview, noting he did but four songs to precede Hagar and Thorogood. He’ll have more room to stretch out when he does an evening solo at the Music Hall Lounge in Ports mouth, on Oct. 22. “It’s going to feel great to play a full set again.”

Not that Trapper minds his role as a palate cleanser. Delivered in a husky sweet voice, his songs have an easy familiarity. He’s wry with the raucous “Keg on My Coffin,” and emotive on “Under Blue Stars,” which leads off Cold Water Waltz, his most recent album. Perhaps his best-known song, the soaring “This Time” was sung by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the 2007 film August Rush.

He spent much of 2019 opening for Rob Thomas, who co-wrote a song on the new album.

“The one thing Rob said about me repeatedly was ‘You’re a very good master of ceremonies’ … I have some ability to get the crowd’s atten tion; even if they don’t know me, I can always

Chris Trapper

When: Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Where: The Music Hall Lounge, 131 Con gress St., Portsmouth More: $22 and $32 at themusichall.org

try a few things.”

A mid-summer house concert in upstate New York, during a break in shed touring, put it in per spective for Trapper.

“Songwriting at its core has always been about finding commonality among us,” he said. Playing on a backyard stage, he watched an approaching storm. “There was lightning in the distance, kind of coming closer, but it wasn’t raining yet. I had a literal lightning bolt moment — that it was my job to make people feel less alone.”

Trapper is aware of the thin line between art and selling. “You can start to feel a little bit stuck in the vanity of it all,” he said. “But I started to feel like there is a sense of purpose to this [and] that process makes me feel less alone also. When you’re writing or singing a song, you’re trying to find those things that connect us. It doesn’t have to be too complicated. I think I’ve become a decent support act because even people who don’t know me will walk away feeling that they do.”

For the past few years, Trapper has booked space on a cruise ship, “trying to build a lit tle culture around my music and community…. I do a few concerts, a Q&A session, a meetand-greet, we have dinner every night, and also there’s a lot of after-hours disco dancing — my dance moves definitely look problem atic,” he said. “A lot of people on the cruise were the base of my favorite people who I see on tour, so it ended up being a total lovefest.” Though he wouldn’t mind a big hit or two, Trap per is content.

“I have always wanted to have kind of a John Prine career, where you have to play a couple of songs that people need to hear, then basically play whatever you felt like playing,” he said. “People would love it because the quality of material was always good. That’s been my goal. … I always

cOMeDY tHIS WeeK anD beYOnD Venues

Averill House Vineyard 21 Averill Road, Brookline 371-2296, averillhousevine yard.com

Capitol Center for the Arts — Chubb Theatre 44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com

Chunky’s 707 Huse Road, Manchester; 151 Coliseum Ave., Nashua; 150 Bridge St., Pelham, chunkys.com

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom. com

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

McCue’s Comedy Club at the Roundabout Diner 580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Portsmouth mccuescomedyclub.com

The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org

Pasta Loft 241 Union Square, Milford pastaloft.com

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

Ruby Room Comedy 909 Elm St., Manchester 491-0720, rubyroomcomedy. com

Thirsty Moose Tap House 21 Congress St., Portsmouth 427-8645, thirstymoosetap house.com

Tupelo Music Hall

10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall. com Events

• Corey Rodrigues Rex, Fri day, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.

• Steve Sweeney Tupelo, Fri day, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.

• Juston McKinney: Paren tally Challenged Rex, Satur day, Oct. 22, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

have a few things that I definitely have to play, and the rest of the stuff is pretty variable.”

For his upcoming show, “I basically do every thing, early Push Stars, some of my solo stuff and some off the new album,” he continued. Last year saw a Push Stars holiday record with all but two originals, When Christmas Comes Home. Trapper enjoyed the effort. “I stretched my songwriting muscles for that. Writing orig inal Christmas songs is not the easiest thing to do … there’s only about five or six themes you can latch onto, and they’ve all been done a bil lion times.”

On Cold Water Waltz’s tongue-in-cheek “Out of the Limelight,” he hints at the promise of his early Push Stars days as he sings about an Austin band on their comeback tour.

“With my band it was funny, because we had some of the struggles that I joke about in that song, like the lead singer being a mess,” he said. “I of course I was in certain ways, but I stayed stable enough to stay in the business.”

Next February Trapper will be back in the area, opening for ex-Great Big Sea singer Allen Doyle in Concord. “I actually wrote about seven Great Big Sea songs, so Alan sings some of my stuff on his tour, and we always get up and col laborate for a couple of songs,” he said. “We’re old friends at this point.”

• Fortune Feimster Casino Ballroom, Saturday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.

• Jody Sloane Headliners, Sat urday, Oct. 22, 8:30 p.m.

• Geoffrey Asmus Shaskeen Pub, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

• Amy Tee Thirsty Moose Taphouse, Thursday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

• Marc Riley Thirsty Moose Taphouse, Thursday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

• Robert Dubac Rex, Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.

• Randy Rainbow Chubb The atre, Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.

• Joe Matarese McCue’s, Fri day, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

• Tim McKeever Chunky’s Nashua, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m.

• Bill Simas Averill House,

Saturday, Oct. 29, 5 p.m.

• Vir Das The Music Hall, Sat urday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

• Brian Beaudoin Headliners, Saturday, Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.

• Lenny Clarke Pasta Loft, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9 p.m.

• My Name Is Not Mom Music Hall, Thursday, Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m.

• Paul D’Angelo Rex, Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m.

Chris Trapper.

Corey Rodrigues.

alton Foster’s Tavern 403 Main St. 875-1234

alton Bay

Dockside Restaurant 6 East Side Drive 855-2222

auburn Auburn Pitts 167 Rockingham Road 622-6564

Bedford Copper Door 15 Leavy Dr. 488-2677

Murphy’s Taproom & Carriage House 393 Route 101 488-5875

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

Brookline

The Alamo Texas Barbecue & Tequila Bar 99 Route 13 721-5000

Chichester

Flannel Tavern 345 Suncook Valley Road 406-1196

Concord Area 23 State Street 881-9060

Concord Craft Brewing 117 Storrs St. 856-7625

Hermanos Cocina Mexicana 11 Hills Ave. 224-5669

Penuche’s Ale House 16 Bicentennial Square 228-9833

Tandy’s Pub & Grille 1 Eagle Square 856-7614

Thursday, Oct. 20

auburn

Auburn Pitts: live music, 7 p.m.

Bedford Copper Door: Dave Z, 7 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: open mic night, 5 p.m.

Concord

Area 23: NHMC Artist Showcase, 7 p.m.

Hermanos: Craig Fahey, 6:30 p.m.

Derry

Fody’s: music bingo, 8 p.m.

Epping

Telly’s: Lewis Goodwin, 7 p.m.

Exeter

Sawbelly: Max Sullivan, 5 p.m.

Sea Dog: Chad Verbeck, 6 p.m.

Gilford

Uno Pizzeria 15 Fort Eddy Road 226-8667

Contoocook

Gould Hill Farm & Contoocook Cider Co. 656 Gould Hill Road 746-3811

Deerfield

The Lazy Lion 4 North Road 463-7374

Derry

Fody’s Tavern 187 Rockingham Road, 404-6946

Halcyon 11 Central St. 432-9704

Dover Cara Irish Pub & Restaurant 11 Fourth St. 343-4390

Epping

Telly’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 235 Calef Hwy. 679-8225

Epsom Hill Top Pizzeria 1724 Dover Road 736-0027

Exeter

Sawbelly Brewing 156 Epping Road 583-5080

Sea Dog Brewing Co. 5 Water St. 793-5116

Gilford Patrick’s 18 Weirs Road 293-0841

Goffstown Village Trestle 25 Main St. 497-8230

Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar 73 Ocean Blvd. 926-5050

Tower Hill: karaoke w/ Luke Sky rocker, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s 32 Depot Square 601-2319

CR’s The Restaurant 287 Exeter Road 929-7972

The Goat 20 L St. 601-6928

L Street Tavern 603 17 L St. 967-4777

Shane’s Texas Pit 61 High St. 601-7091

Smuttynose Brewing 105 Towle Farm Road

Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave. 926-6954

Whym Craft Pub & Brewery 853 Lafayette Road 601-2801

Hudson The Bar 2B Burnham Road

Lynn’s 102 Tavern 76 Derry Road 943-7832

Jaffrey Park Theatre 19 Main St. 532-9300

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon 92 Route 125 369-6962

Laconia Belknap Mill 25 Beacon St. E., No. 1 524-8813

Fratello’s 799 Union Ave. 528-2022

Tower Hill Tavern 264 Lakeside Ave. 366-9100

Londonderry

Coach Stop Restaurant & Tavern 176 Mammoth Road 437-2022

Stumble Inn 20 Rockingham Road 432-3210

Manchester Angel City Music Hall 179 Elm St. 931-3654

Backyard Brewery 1211 S. Mammoth Road 623-3545

CJ’s 782 S. Willow St. 627-8600

City Hall Pub 8 Hanover St. 232-3751

Currier Museum of Art 150 Ash St. 669-6144

Davignon 218 Wilson St. 623-8239

Derryfield Country Club 625 Mammoth Road 623-2880

Elm House of Pizza 102 Elm St. 232-5522

The Foundry 50 Commercial St. 836-1925

Fratello’s 155 Dow St. 624-2022

The Goat 50 Old Granite St.

Great North Aleworks 1050 Holt Ave. 858-5789

The Hill Bar & Grille McIntyre Ski Area 50 Chalet Ct. 622-6159

KC’s Rib Shack 837 Second St. 627-RIBS

Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St. 644-3535

Salona Bar & Grill 128 Maple St. 624-4020

Shaskeen Pub 909 Elm St. 625-0246

Shorty’s Mexican Roadhouse 1050 Bicentennial Drive 625-1730

South Side Tavern 1279 S. Willow St. 935-9947

Stark Brewing Co. 500 Commercial St. 625-4444

Strange Brew 88 Market St. 666-4292

Patrick’s Pub: live music, 6 p.m.

Goffstown

Village Trestle: Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m. Hampton

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Ross McGinnes, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: Joanie Cicatelli Duo, 6 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

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

Kingston

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

Laconia

Fratello’s: Eric Grant, 7 p.m.

Londonderry

Stumble Inn: 603 Duo, 7 p.m.

Manchester Angel City: open mic, 8 p.m. City Hall: Steve Prisby, 7 p.m.

Currier: Kemp Harris and Adam O. duo, 5 p.m.

Elm House: Jodee Frawlee, 6 p.m.

Foundry: Paul Driscoll, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Doug Thompson, 5:30 p.m. Murphy’s: live music, 5:30 p.m.

Meredith Giuseppe’s: Joel Cage, 6 p.m.

Merrimack

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

Milford

Pasta Loft: Dueling Pianos, 8 p.m.

FUnny FortUne

Comedian Fortune Feimster has written for shows like The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls and Workaholics and has appeared on Conan and Late Night with Seth Meyers. She touches down at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach; 929-4100; casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $27 to $48, plus fees.

Nashua

Fody’s: DJ Rich Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

San Francisco Kitchen: live music, 6:30 p.m.

Newmarket

Stone Church: Clandestine, 9 p.m.

Salem

Copper Door: Chad Lamarsh, 7 p.m.

Strafford

Independence Inn: Ryan William son, 6 p.m.

friday, Oct. 21 auburn

Auburn Pitts: live music, 7 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Travis Rollo, 5 p.m.

Concord

Penuche’s: The Special Guests, 7 p.m.

Deerfield

Lazy Lion: live music, 6 p.m.

Derry

Fody’s: After Image, 9 p.m.

Halcyon Club: Jennifer Mitchell, 8 p.m.

Epping

Telly’s: The Dirt Duo, 8 p.m.

Exeter

Sea Dog: Elijah Clark, 6 p.m.

Goffstown

Village Trestle: Chris Powers, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Bob Tirelli, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

Wally’s: Clownshoe, 9 p.m.

Whym: Ralph Allen, 6:30 p.m.

Hudson

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

Jaffrey

Park Theatre: Tom Hsu, 5:30 p.m.; Studio Two, 8 p.m.

Kingston

Saddle Up Saloon: Taylor Hughes, 8 p.m.

Laconia

Fratello’s: Paul Warnick, 6 p.m.

Tower Hill: karaoke, 8:30 p.m.

Music, live and in person

These listings for live music are compiled from press releases, restaurants’ websites and social media and art ists’ 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.

Londonderry

Coach Stop: Dave Z, 6 p.m. Stumble Inn: Hell on Heels, 8 p.m.

Manchester

Angel City: Edgewize w/ Day To Attend, 9 p.m.

Backyard Brewery: Josh Foster, 6 p.m.

BluAqua Restobar: Justin Jordan, 9 p.m.

Derryfield: Neon Rodeo, 8 p.m. Fratello’s: Paul Lussier, 6 p.m.

Foundry: Ryan Williamson, 6 p.m.

The Goat: InsideOut, 9 p.m.

The Hill: Austin McCarthy, 5:30 p.m. Murphy’s: live music, 5:30 p.m. Shaskeen: Clutch, Kings and Liars, Inverter, 7 p.m.

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

Strange Brew: Frankkie Boy & the Blue Express, 9 p.m.

Meredith

Twin Barns: Tom Boisse, 6 p.m.

Merrimack

Homestead: Clint Lapointe, 6 p.m.

Milford

Pasta Loft: The Milk Crates, 8:30 p.m. Riley’s: Blue Monkey Band, 8 p.m. Stonecutters Pub: DJ Dave O kara oke, 9 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: Pop Rox, 10 p.m.

Millyard: Corey Zwart, 6 p.m. San Francisco Kitchen: Kimayo, 6:30 p.m.

Clerk of the Superior Court *** Electronically Filed *** M. Menard, Deputy 3/27/2022 6:02:19 PM Filing ID 14100172

Legal Notice

CANIZALES LAW, PLLC Carrie Canizales / 030129 4802 E. Ray Road, Suite 23-510 Phoenix, AZ 85044

(P): 602-503-3722

(F): 480-212-5478

carrie.lawyer@gmail.com

Attorney for Petitioner

No. JS520337 NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: BRANDON PERRY, Father:

1. Petitioner, BONNIE M. KEAY through undersigned counsel, CARRIE CANIZALES, has filed with this Court a petition for Termination of Parental Rights pursuant to A.R.S. § 8-533.

2. The Court has set a Continued Initial Severance Hearing on November 21, 2022 at 9:00a.m., before the Honorable Keelan Bodow, at the Maricopa County Superior Court, via TEAMS. All parties should appear via Court Connect with TEAMS. All parties and participants are encouraged to participate via the TEAMS application or website on their computer or phone: Online via Microsoft Teams at: www.tinyurl.com/jbazmc-JUJ16, (This is the Court’s preferred method of participation) type the above link into the browser of your computer/device to join. You can also dial in using your phone: + 1 (917) 781-4590 Access Code: 625 331 19#

Please Note: Long distance fees may apply if dialing by phone. For privacy purposes, you can block your phone number by dialing *67. juvenile Court Southeast facility, 1810 S. Lewis Street, Mesa, Arizona 85210. Telephone (602) 372-5375, for allegations in the Severance Petition. The Severance hearing will be conducted via TEAMS application. To call in dial (917) 781-4590 and use code 62533119.

3. You have the right to appear as a party in this proceeding. If you appear at the initial hearing and contest the allegations,

No. JS520337 PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP

Petitioner, BONNIE M. KEAY through undersigned counsel, CARRIE CANIZALES, respectfully requests that the Court, under A.R.S. § 8-533, terminate the parent child relationship between BRITTANY ALEXANDRIA SARAH NASSAR, and the children, LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY and CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR, BRANDON MICHAEL PERRY and the child LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY and DAVID MICHAEL UNDERWOOD and CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR.

Petitioner alleges:

1. The Court has exclusive original jurisdiction over this Motion for Termination of Parent-Child under A.R.S. § 8-202(B) and venue is appropriate in Maricopa County under A.R.S. § 8-206.

2. Petitioner has a legitimate interest in the welfare of the children, as she is the guardian.

3. LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY is a female child born on January 27, 2012, in Manchester, New Hampshire. She currently resided in Maricopa County, Arizona. The child is not an Indian Child as defined in 25 U.S.C. §§ 1903(4)

4. CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR is a male child born on February 2, 2010, in Manchester, New Hampshire. He currently resides in Maricopa County, Arizona. The child is not an Indian Child as defined in 25 U.S.C. §§ 1903(4)

5. BRITTANY ALEXANDRIA SARAH NASSAR whose date of birth is June 14, 1993, is the mother of LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY and CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR. Her last known address is 155B Highland St., Manchester, NH 03055.

6. DAVID MICHAEL UNDERWOOD, whose date of birth is June 1, 1982 is the father of CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR. Paternity has been established. Father is on the birth certificate.

7. BRANDON MICHAEL PERRY, whose date of birth is July 24, 1992, is the father of LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY. Paternity has been established. Father is on the birth certificate.

8. Petitioner alleges the following ground(s) for termination of the parent child relationship.

A. The Mother, BRITTANY ALEXANDRIA SARAH NASSAR, has abandoned the child and failed to maintain a normal parental relationship with the child without just cause by failing to provide reasonable support, failing to maintain regular contact, and/or failing to provide normal supervision. A.R.S. 8-531(1), -533(B)(1).

B. Mother is unable or unwilling to provide the children LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY and CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR with adequate

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA

In re the Matter of:

LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY d.o.b. 01/27/2012

CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR d.o.b 02/02/2010

Person under(s) 18 years of age.

the court will schedule a pretrial conference and termination adjudication hearing.

4. You are advised that your failure to appear in court at the hearing without good cause shown, may result in a finding that you have waived your legal rights and have admitted the allegations in the Petition. In addition, if you fail to appear, without good cause, the hearing may go forward in your absence and may result in a finding terminating your parental rights based upon the record and he evidence presented in court. A failure to appear without good cause shown may result in a finding that you have waived your right to a trial.

5. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Notice of Initial Hearing and Severance Petition by submitting a written request to: Maricopa County Superior Court, Juvenile Court Southeast Facility, 1810 S. Lewis Street, Mesa, Arizona 85210, Telephone (602) 372-5375. Requests for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities must be made to the court by parties at least three working days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding and can be made by calling (602) 5062544.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: This 4th day of October 2022

supervision, food, clothing, shelter, or medical care.

C. The father, DAVID MICHAEL UNDERWOOD, has neglected the child, CHASE MICHAEL NASSAR or failed to protect the child from neglect, so as to cause an unreasonable risk of harm to the child’s health and/or welfare. A.R.S. 8-201(24), -533(B)(2).

The father, has abandoned the child and failed to maintain a normal parental relationship with the child without just cause by failing to provide reasonable support, failing to maintain regular contact, and/or failing to provide normal supervision.

A.R.S. 8-531(1), -533(B)(1). Furthermore, father is a registered sex offender and poses an immediate danger to child.

D. The father, BRANDON MICHAEL PERRY, has abandoned the child and failed to maintain a normal parental relationship with the child without just cause by failing to provide reasonable support, failing to maintain regular contact, and/or failing to provide normal supervision. A.R.S. 8-531(1), -533(B)(1). has neglected the child, LILLIAN PATRICIA PERRY, or failed to protect the child from neglect, so as to cause an unreasonable risk of harm to the child’s health and/or welfare.

9. Petitioner further alleges that under A.R.S. § 8-533(B) a termination of the parent child relationship would be in the children’s best interests because it would benefit the child by furthering the plan of adoption which would provide child permanency and stability.

10.The children’s current placement is the least restrictive placement available consistent with the children’s needs.

WHEREFORE, based on upon the foregoing allegations, the Petitioner/Guardian ad Litem respectfully requests the following:

1. Grant temporary legal custody of the child to Great Aunt, Bonnie M. Keay, whose date of birth is August 16, 1967 who resides at 4642 E Sierrita Road, San Tan, Arizona.

2. Assign this matter to the Southeast Juvenile Facility in Mesa.

3. Assign counsel for children in the severance matter.

4. Assign counsel for mother and fathers.

5. Set an initial severance hearing

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 25th day of March 2022

Carrie Canizales, Attorney for Petitioner

To Share Brewing 720 Union St. 836-6947

Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St. 669-7722

Meredith Giuseppe’s 312 Daniel Webster Hwy. 279-3313

Twin Barns Brewing 194 Daniel Webster Hwy. 279-0876

Merrimack Homestead 641 Daniel Webster Hwy. 429-2022

Milford Hampshire Dome 34 Emerson Road 673-7123

The Pasta Loft 241 Union Square 672-2270

Riley’s Place 29 Mont Vernon St. 380-3480

New Boston Molly’s: Peter Pappas, 7 p.m.

Newmarket

Stonecutters Pub 63 Union Square 213-5979

Nashua Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St. 577-9015

Liquid Therapy 14 Court St. 402-9391

Millyard Brewery 25 E. Otterson St. 722-0104

Raga 138 Main St. 459-8566

San Francisco Kitchen 133 Main St. 886-8833

Shorty’s Mexican Roadhouse 48 Gusabel Ave. 882-4070

New Boston Molly’s Tavern & Restaurant 35 Mont Vernon Road 487-1362

Newmarket Stone Church 5 Granite St. 659-7700

Northfield Boonedoxz Pub 95 Park St. 717-8267

Penacook

American Legion Post 31 11 Charles St. 753-9372 Portsmouth The Gas Light 64 Market St. 430-9122

The Goat 142 Congress St. 590-4628

Mojo’s West End Tavern 95 Brewery Lane 436-6656

Thirsty Moose Taphouse 21 Congress St. 427-8645

rochester Governor’s Inn 78 Wakefield St. 332-0107

Mitchell Hill: Henry Goodwin, 6 p.m.

Salem

Luna Bistro: Phil Jacques, 6 p.m. Smuttynose: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Stone Church: Strange Machines w/ special guests The Hot Chocheys, 9 p.m.

Northfield

Boonedoxz: karaoke night, 7 p.m.

Penacook

American Legion Post 31: JMitch Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Amanda Dane Band, 7 p.m.; Jeff Mrozek, 9:30 p.m.

Mojo’s West End Tavern: Austin McCarthy, 8 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: Sweet & Co., 9 p.m.

rochester

Governor’s Inn: Sibling Rivalry, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22 alton Bay

Dockside: Mike Laughlin, 8 p.m.

alton

Foster’s Tavern: Sammy B, 7 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Brian Weeks, 5 p.m.

Bow Chen Yang Li: Lucas Gallo, 7 p.m.

Concord

Hermanos: John Franzosa, 6:30 p.m.

Contoocook

Contoocook Cider Co.: Alex Cohen. p.m.

Mitchell Hill BBQ Grill & Brew 50 N. Main St. 332-2537

Porter’s Pub 19 Hanson St. 330-1964 Salem Copper Door 41 S. Broadway 458-2033

Luna Bistro 254 N. Broadway 458-2162

Smuttynose 11 Via Toscana

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers & Wings 5 Provident Way 760-2581

Red’s Kitchen + Tavern 530 Lafayette Road 760-0030

Strafford Independence Inn 6 Drake Hill Road 718-3334

Deerfield

Lazy Lion: live music, 7 p.m.

Derry

Fody’s: October Fest live music, noon

Epping

Telly’s: 603 Duo, 8 p.m.

Epsom

Hill Top Pizza: JMitch Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Exeter

Sawbelly: Soulcolour, 5 p.m.

Sea Dog: Ralph Allen, 6 p.m.

Goffstown

Village Trestle: J. Michael Graham, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 8 p.m.

L Street: Up-Beat w/J-Dubz, 9 p.m. Smuttynose: Justin Jordan, 1 p.m.;

oey carroll

Joey carroll got his start in comedy on a dare when one of his friends put him up to appearing at an open mic. Twenty years later, he’s touring internationally and appearing on regional TV. Don’t miss him at McCue’s (580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Portsmouth; mccuescomedyclub.com) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.

Rhythm Method, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Jonny Friday Band, 9 p.m.

Whym: Matt Luneau, 6 p.m.

Hudson

The Bar: live music, 8:30 p.m.

Lynn’s 102: Occam’s Razor, 8 p.m.

Jaffrey

Park Theatre: Bernie & Louise Wat son, 5:30 p.m.

Kingston

Saddle Up Saloon: Acoustically Speaking, 8 p.m.

Laconia

Tower Hill: line dancing, 7 p.m.; karaoke, 9 p.m.

Londonderry

Coach Stop: Sean Coleman, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: The Slakas, 8 p.m.

Manchester

Angel City: Stone Temple Posers, 9 p.m.

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

Davignon Club: Jennifer Mitchell Band, 8 p.m.

Derryfield: Mo Bounce, 8 p.m.

Fratello’s: Justin Jordan, 6 p.m.

Foundry: Ariel Strasser, 6 p.m.

Great North Aleworks: Max Sulli van, 4 p.m.

The Hill: Casey Roop, 5:30 p.m.

Murphy’s: live music, 9:30 p.m.

Strange Brew: Off the Map, 9 p.m.

To Share: Paul Nelson, 4 p.m.

Wild Rover: KOHA, 5 p.m.

Meredith

Giuseppe’s: Andre Balazs, 5:45 p.m.

Twin Barns: Jim Tyrrell, 3 p.m.

Merrimack

Homestead: Dave Zangri, 6 p.m.

Milford

Pasta Loft: Neon Rodeo, 8:30 p.m.

Riley’s Place: Caylin Costello, 8 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: Granite Street Rhythm, 10 p.m.

Liquid Therapy: Lukie’s Fortune, 6 p.m.

Millyard: Glass Onion, 4 p.m.

New Boston

Molly’s: Acoustic BS, 7 p.m.

Newmarket

Stone Church: The Ammonium Maze Ensemble, 8 p.m.

Northfield

Boonedoxz Pub: live music, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light Pub: Rebecca Turmel, 2 p.m.; Stone Free, 7 p.m.; Doug Mitch ell, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m. Thirsty Moose: Pop Disaster, 9 p.m.

rochester

Governor’s Inn: Echo Brook, 7 p.m.

Mitchell Hill: Bobby Freedom, 6 p.m.

Salem

Luna Bistro: Sam Hammerman, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 23

alton Bay

Dockside: Jeff Lines, 4 p.m.

Bedford

Copper Door: Steve Prisby, 11 a.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Mike Freestone, 4 p.m.

Concord

Concord Craft Brewing: Sam Ham merman, 2 p.m.

Contoocook

Contoocook Cider Co.: Mikey G, 1 p.m.

Hampton

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Rico Barr Trio, 11 a.m.

L Street: Up-Beat w/J-Dubz, 9 p.m.

Smuttynose: The Drift, 2 p.m.

Wally’s: Vajra w/ Carpathia & Mound, 7 p.m.

Hudson

The Bar: live music, 2 p.m. Lynn’s 102: Better Left Acoustic, 4 p.m.

Laconia

Belknap Mill: open mic, 2 p.m. Tower Hill: karaoke w/ DJ Tim, 8 p.m.

Manchester

Foundry: David Newsam, 10 a.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 10 a.m. Murphy’s: live music, 5:30 p.m.

Strange Brew: One Big Soul Jam, 7 p.m.

Milford

Hampshire Dome: Justin Jordan, 10 a.m.

Northfield

Boonedoxz Pub: open mic, 4 p.m.

Portsmouth

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Salem

Copper Door: Steve Aubert, 11 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 24 Bedford

Murphy’s: live music, 5:30 p.m.

Gilford

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

Hudson

The Bar: karaoke with Phil

Londonderry

Stumble Inn: Lisa Guyer, 7 p.m.

Manchester

Fratello’s: Phil Jacques, 5:30 p.m.

The Goat: David Campbell, 8 p.m.

Murphy’s: live music, 5:30

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

Merrimack

Homestead: Chris Cavanaugh, 5:30 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: karaoke night, 9:30 p.m.

Portsmouth

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Concord

Hermanos: Paul Bourgelais, 6:30 p.m.

Tandy’s: open mic, 8 p.m.

Manchester

Fratello’s: Dave Zangri, 5:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 8 p.m.

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

Murphy’s: live music, 5:30 p.m.

Strange Brew: David Rousseau, 8 p.m.

Merrimack

Homestead: Pete Peterson, 5:30 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: musical bingo, 8 p.m.

Raga: karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

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Legal Notice

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Judicial Branch NH CIRCUIT COURT

Family Division - Derry 10 Courthouse Lane, Derry, NH 03038

CITATION BY PUBLICATIONTermination of Parental Rights

TO: ALEXANDRA MCOSKER Derry, NH formerly of and now parts unknown

Case Number: 622-2022-TR-00004 622-2022-TR-00005

Preliminary Hearing: A petition to terminate parental rights over your minor child(ren) has been filed in this Court. You are hearby cited to appear at a Court to show cause why the same should not be granted.

Date: November 28, 2022 Time:11:00 AM

Time Allotted: 30 Minutes 10 Courthouse lane Derry NH 03038

A written appearance must be filed with this Court on or before the date of the hearing, or the respondent may personally appear on the date of hearing or be defaulted.

CAUTION: You should respond immediately to this notice to prepare for trial and because important hearings will take place prior to trial. If you fail to appear personally or in writing, you will waive your right to a hearing and your parental rights may be terminated at the above hearing.

IMPORTANT RIGHTS OF PARENTS: THIS PETITION IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS OVER YOUR CHILD(REN) SHALL BE TERMINATED. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE TERMINATION SHALL DIVEST YOU OF ALL LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE LOSS OF ALL RIGHTS TO CUSTODY, VISITATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CHILD(REN). IF TERMINATION IS GRANTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE NO NOTICE OF FUTURE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING YOUR CHILD(REN).

You are hereby notified that you have a right to be represented by an attorney. You also have the right to oppose the proceedings, to attend the hearing and to present evidence. If you desire an attorney, you may notify this Court within ten (10) days of receiving this notice and upon a finding of indigency, the Court will appoint an attorney without cost to you. If you enter an appearance, notice of any future hearings regarding this child(ren) will be by first class mail to you, your attorney and all other interested parties not less than ten (10) days prior to any scheduled hearing. Additional information may be obtained from the Family Division Court identified in the heading of this Order of Notice.

If you will need an interpreter or other accommodations for this hearing, please contact the court immediately. Please be advised (and/or advise clients, witnesses, and others) that it is a Class B felony to carry a firearm or other deadly weapon as defined in RSA 625:11, V in a courtroom or area used by a court.

September 27, 2022

(585) C: CASA; Glenn Burns; Randi Bouchard, ESQ; Darin Hood-Tucker, ESQ; Division for Children Youth & Families

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Venues

Bank of NH Stage

16 S. Main St., Concord

225-1111, banknhstage.com

Outdoor venue: Fletcher-Murphy Park (28 Fayette St. in Concord)

Capitol Center for the Arts

— Chubb Theatre

44 S. Main St., Concord 225-1111, ccanh.com

The Flying Monkey

39 Main St., Plymouth 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com

Jewel Music Venue

61 Canal St., Manchester 819-9336, jewelmusicvenue.com

Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club

135 Congress St., Portsmouth 888-603-JAZZ, jimmysoncon gress.com

LaBelle Winery

345 Route 101, Amherst 672-9898, labellewinery.com

LaBelle Winery Derry

14 Route 111, Derry 672-9898, labellewinery.com

Millyard Brewery

125 E. Otterson St., Nashua 722-0104, millyardbrewery.com

The Music Hall

28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org

The Music Hall Lounge

131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org

Palace Theatre

80 Hanover St., Manchester 668-5588, palacetheatre.org

Park Theatre

19 Main St., Jaffrey 532-9300, theparktheatre.org

Press Room

77 Daniel St., Portsmouth 431-5186, pressroomnh.com

Rex Theatre

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

Rochester Opera House

31 Wakefield St., Rochester 335-1992, rochesteroperahouse.com

Stone Church

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

3S Artspace

319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 766-3330, 3sarts.org

Tupelo Music Hall

10 A St., Derry 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

The Word Barn

66 Newfields Road, Exeter 244-0202, thewordbarn.com

Shows

• Ghost Light Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m., Bank of NH Stage

• Batushka/Hate/Hideous Divini

ty Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m., Jewel

• Dropkick Murphys/Jaime Wyatt/Jesse Ahern Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Chubb Theatre

• Jon McLaughlin/Kris Allen Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Jim my’s

• Michael Schenker Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey

• Altan Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., Rex Theatre

• No Shoes Nation (Kenny Chesney tribute) Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., LaBelle Winery

Amherst

• Diaspora Radio: Evil Empire (Rage Against the Machine trib ute) Thursday, Oct. 20, 9 p.m., Press Room

• Clandestine Thursday, Oct. 20, 9 p.m., Stone Church

• Tom Hsu Friday, Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m., Park Theatre

• Corey Zwart Friday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m., Millyard

• Morgan James Friday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Silver Springs (Fleetwood Mac tribute) Friday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m., Dana Center

• Josh Turner Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., Chubb Theatre

• The Garcia Project (Grateful Dead tribute) Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House

• Willy Porter & Tom Pirozzoli Friday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., The Music Hall Lounge

• Studio Two (Beatles tribute) Fri day, Oct. 21, 8 p.m., Park Theatre

• Strange Machines WSG/The Hot Chocheys Friday, Oct. 21, 10 p.m., Stone Church

• DJ Chad Banks Friday, Oct. 21, 10 p.m., Press Room

• Beatles Tribute Band Saturday, Oct. 22, 4 p.m., Millyard

• The Unforgettable Fire (U2 tribute) Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Ammonium Maze Ensemble Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m., Stone Church

• Chris Trapper Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Blk Jcks Saturday, Oct. 22, 10 p.m., Press Room

• Crush (Dave Matthews Band tribute) Sunday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m., Press Room

• Anthony Gomes Sunday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Liza of Planet Parlor/Kate

Possi/Ella Beth Vose Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Stone Church

• The Mavericks Tuesday, Oct. 25, and Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m., The Music Hall

• Blitzkid Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Jewel

• ACCEPT Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Titus Andronicus Wednesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Cindy Blackman Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Ronan Tynan Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., Palace

• Introduction: The Chicago Experience (Chicago tribute) Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., LaBelle Winery Derry

• Evil Woman (ELO tribute) Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., Fly ing Monkey

• The Wildmans/Honeysuckle Friday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Being Petty (Tom Petty tribute) Friday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m., Bank of NH Stage

• Hey Blondie/Pretendica (Blondie and Pretenders tributes) Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., Press Room

• Ellis Paul Friday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., The Music Hall Lounge

• Tessa Souter Friday, Oct. 28,

lost in the MaZe

Ammonium Maze ensemble brings the music of legendary Seacoast band Percy Hill to life for a new audience. After opening for Dave Matthews Band this summer, they come to the Stone Church (5 Granite St., Newmarket; 659-7700; stonechurchrocks.com) on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25, plus fees.

7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Jonny Friday Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m., Saddle Up Saloon

• Midnight BBQ Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Frank Sinatra tribute Friday, Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m., Chunky’s Man chester

• Dueling Pianos Friday, Oct. 28, 9 p.m., Chunky’s Nashua

• Stone Dead (Grateful Dead trib ute) Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m., Stone Church

• Jeff Lorber Fusion Saturday,

Trivia Events

• Schitt’s Creek trivia night 21+ on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys.com). Reserve a seat with a $5 food voucher.

• Horror Bad Guys trivia night 21+ on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys.com). Reserve a seat with a $5 food voucher.

Weekly

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

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

• Thursday trivia at Station 101 (193 Union Sq., Milford, 2495416) at 6:30 p.m.

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

• Thursday trivia with Game Time Trivia at Hart’s Turkey Farm (223 Daniel Webster Hwy., Mer edith, 279-6212, hartsturkeyfarm. com) from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

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

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

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

• Friday Team Trivia at Cheers

Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• River Sister Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Bite the Bullet Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Saddle Up Saloon

• We Were Promised Jetpacks Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace

• The British Invasion Years (British Invasion tribute) Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Wizzardess/EZ Cheef Saturday, Oct. 29, 9 p.m., Press Room

• Dueling Pianos Saturday, Oct.

29, 9 p.m., Chunky’s Manchester

• Mr. Aaron’s Halloween Bash Sunday, Oct. 30, 11 a.m., Bank of NH Stage, Concord

• Fire & Grace Sunday, Oct. 30, 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., Park Theatre

• Pete Bernhard/The Huntress & Holder of Hands Sunday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Acoustic Alchemy Sunday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Doctor Gasp and the Eeeks Monday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m., Press Room

(17 Depot St., Concord, 2280180, cheersnh.com) from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the lounge.

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

• Monday trivia at Crow’s Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 817-6670, crowsnestnh.com) at 8 p.m.

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

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

• Tuesday trivia at Fody’s (187 Rockingham Road, Derry, 4046946, fodystavern.com) at 7 p.m.

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

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

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

• Wednesday trivia at Commu nity Oven (845 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 601-6311, thecommuni tyoven.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., Pitts field; 435-0005, mainstreetgril landbar.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 Triv ia in the World at Revolution Taproom and Grill (61 N. Main St., Rochester, 244-3042, revolu tiontaproomandgrill.com/upcom ing-events/) at 6:30 p.m.

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

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

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

• Wednesday trivia at The Bar (2b Burnham Road, Hudson, 9435250) at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at Fody’s (9 Clinton St., Nashua, fodystavern. com) at 8 p.m.

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

• Wednesday trivia at the Park Theatre (19 Main St., Jaffrey; 5329300, theparktheatre.org) at 8 p.m.

no shoes, no probleM

Whether you missed Kenny Chesney this summer or you want to relive the evening, you’ll want to check out no Shoes nation, who bring the thrill and excitement of a Kenny Chesney show to the LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst; 6729898, labellewinery.com) on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35, plus fees.

Schitt’s Creek

Concerts

The Unforgettable Fire

SUDOKU

By MATT JONES

and Round”-— this counts double.

R&R

Jonesin’ answer

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SIGNS OF LIFE

All quotes are from Jesse Tyler Ferguson, born Oct. 22, 1975, in Food Between Friends, by Fer guson and Julie Tanous.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) My birthday always comes during the Albuquerque Interna tional Balloon Festival, an incredible nine-day event when hundreds of hot-air balloons take to the skies in a breathtaking display of grandeur. Enjoy the festivities!

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) What’s great about this dish [slow-roasted char] is that you only have to do just enough: you bring togeth er the creamy leeks on the stovetop, add the fish, pop in in the oven, and walk away. We also rec ommend going back for it eventually to eat it. Just enough is great!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) I’ve always thought shepherd’s pie was such a strange name because I considered shepherds as sort of babysitters of livestock. So it threw me that their pies were filled with ground lamb or beef. … Here, we have a shepherd’s pie for a shepherd who babysits root vegetables and mushrooms.

There are all kinds of shepherds.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) To me, waf fles have always been about what you put on top of them, and as much as I adore this buckwheat version, I didn’t want it to miss out on the topping party. Are the waffles about the syrup, or is the syrup about the waffles?

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) I always assumed that as I became an adult I would grow to love anchovies — the way I grew to love gorgonzola cheese and bedtime. You might, you might not.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20)

If you can’t picture what a ruta baga looks like, that’s because it is usually hidden away in a corner of the produce section so as to not scare the people reaching for golden beets or tricolored heirloom carrots. But like most mysterious and misunderstood things, rutaba gas have a lot to offer if you just give them a chance. Don’t hide your rutabagas.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) I’m going to pause here

and let you in on a little secret I have learned about cookbook writing. One of the formulas … is to write about what the common perception of a dish is and then follow it up with what you have done to make it more interesting. There is such a thing as too interesting.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I’ve always had a complicated relationship with pie crust. Pie crust has a complicated relationship with everyone.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) The beauty of the sopaipilla is that it is so easy to transform from a side of bread into the foundation for a full-on meal. Make sure you have good foundations.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Pickled chil es and sweet peaches work in harmony with the marinade here. Sometimes you just need a good marinade.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) These waffles car ry a secret super power: cottage cheese. Cottage cheese shouldn’t be a secret.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) The first Brussels sprouts that I truly loved was at David Chang’s Momofuku. They were deep-fried and covered in fish sauce, which took the sprouts in a completely different direction, one that almost made it taste like a french fry. Was it really the Brussels sprouts you loved?

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for the man who has everything

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus took the opportunity of a meet ing at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Oct. 7 to present Russian Pres ident Vladimir Putin with a birthday gift, the Associated Press reported. Putin turned 70 years old that day, so natural ly, Lukashenko presented him with a gift certificate for a Belarusian tractor. (Trac tors are a source of pride in that country’s industry.) Lukashenko told reporters that he uses a similar model in his own gar den; Putin, however, did not comment on the gift. Instead, he addressed issues such as conflict between ex-Soviet nations, fighting terrorism and illegal drugs. — Associated Press, Oct. 7

The continuing crisis

Electric cars, trips to space, Twitter — it’s never enough for serial entrepreneur Elon Musk. Now, Reuters reported, the joke’s on buyers who snapped up 10,000 bottles of Musk’s new perfume, Burnt Hair, in just a few hours — at $100 a pop. “With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable — why did I even fight it for so long!?” Musk wondered on Twitter. The perfume is described on The Boring Company’s web site as “the essence of repugnant desire.” “Just like leaning over a candle at the din

ner table, but without all the hard work,” it boasts. The scent won’t start shipping until September 2023, so you can cross it off your Christmas list for this year. — Reu ters, Oct. 12

Awesome!

Ray Ruschel may not be the fastest or strongest defensive lineman on the North Dakota State College of Science foot ball team, but he brings his best game and more to the team, the Associated Press reported. Ruschel, 49, works as a nightshift mechanic at a sugar beet factory. He decided to enroll at the college to study business management, and he learned he was eligible to try out for the football team — reviving his high school career of more than 30 years earlier. Ruschel’s coach gives him high marks: “He’s just a really likable guy with an ambition not to leave any stone unturned,” said Eric Issendorf, who’s one year younger than Ruschel. With about a dozen plays per game, Rus chel has helped his team secure a 4-1 record for the season, and they’re hoping for a national championship. — Associat ed Press, Oct. 6

Armed and clumsy

On Oct. 6, Burlington, North Carolina, police responded to a call around 7 a.m., the News & Record reported. A homeowner told

them that as he walked from his car to his front door, an armed man approached him and tried to force his way inside the house. The two struggled, and a gunshot grazed the victim’s chest, but he wasn’t seriously injured. The victim was able to slam the door on the suspect — or, more precisely, on the suspect’s hand. As investigators processed the scene, they found a glove with a severed finger inside, which they used to identify Vernon Forest Wilson, 67, according to offi cials. He was booked on multiple charges in Alamance County and held on $250,000 bond. — News & Record, Oct. 6

Ewwwww

On Sept. 13, ophthalmologist Kateri na Kurteeva, who practices in Newport Beach, California, shared with her Insta gram followers a troubling video, Oddity Central reported. Dr. Kurteeva document ed the removal of “forgotten” contact lenses from an elderly patient’s eye — 23 of them, to be exact. Some of them were so old they had turned green. “They were essentially glued together after sitting under the eyelid for a month,” she wrote. “Don’t sleep in your contact lenses!” she warned. — Oddity Central, Sept. 13

l east competent criminal

In Seminole, Florida, 56-year-old Paul James Sinclair summoned his inner 8-year-

old on Oct. 10 as he attempted a bank robbery. Sinclair, according to The Smok ing Gun, entered a Chase branch with his hand under his shirt making “the shape of a gun with his finger,” arrest records said. He advised teller Desiree Stefanik not to “push any buttons” as he waited for her to hand over the loot. Sinclair got away with only $120 and was arrested shortly after the incident. — The Smoking Gun, Oct. 10

The passing parade

The South China Morning Post reported on Oct. 7 that a new health fad is trending among elderly Chinese: crocodile crawl ing. Hundreds of people in eastern China, who call themselves the Crocodile Group, dress in matching uniforms and chant rhythmic slogans while they crawl, sin gle-file, on their hands and feet around a jogging track. Aficionados say the exer cise helps with back pain. “I previously had problems with a herniated disc,” said Li Wei, the group’s coach. “After doing this for eight months, I don’t feel any pain anymore.” One doctor explained that the movement is similar to pushups, except you’re moving forward. — South China Morning Post, Oct. 7

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