Meet our raptors — The Hippo — 08/24/23

Change in Leadership for nH

Gov. Sununu made national headlines recently when he announced he would not seek reelection for a fifth term as governor of New Hampshire. He noted, correctly in my opinion, that public service should never be a career.

This creates an opportunity for new leadership in our great state. It will be an interesting 18 months as the candidates line up to garner our votes. To date, former state Senate President Chuck Morse and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte have both formally announced their candidacies on the Republican side, with Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington running on the Democratic side.

There will be ongoing debate, as there has been for the last seven years, as to how effective Sununu has been as our governor. While he is a Republican, he is a moderate Republican. Fiscally conservative, he has supported lower tax rates for businesses, insisted on balanced budgets, and pushed for a first in the nation paid family leave program. He also supported looser gun laws and a voucher-based school choice program. However, he has demonstrated the ability to find the middle ground on issues such as abortion. While he describes himself as pro-choice, he supported a budget bill banning abortions after 24 weeks. Neither side was happy with the compromise. Sununu disagrees with Republican leaders on parental rights. In a decidedly purple state, this middle ground is the key to success.

Sununu has been vocal with his opinions on the upcoming 2024 presidential election and who he does not want to get the Republican nomination. He is doing everything in his power to make sure Trump is not the nominee. Extremism on either side won’t win. Running on a platform of retribution and old grudges is not a method of solving problems at a national level or a state level. Sununu has demonstrated a proven model of success in New Hampshire. Candidates running for governor would do well to study this model in our independent state.

Robin Milnes is a small-business owner and advocate with more than 30 years of experience in real estate acquisitions, property management, sales, leasing, budgeting, fiscal oversight, human resources and administration. She can be reached at rmilnes@inex.com.

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10 It’s a lovely time of year for bird watching — particularly for watching raptors, such as owls, hawks and falcons. Mya Blanchard talks to local experts about some of the birds of prey you may spot and what they look like. Photo at right is of a Peregrine falcon, photo by Al Hospers.

Photo of bald eagles on the cover is by Joe Grande.

Also on the coveR Mya Blanchard catches up with chef Keith Sarasin about his book Mastering Fermentation. John Fladd gives you an easy but impressive flourless chocolate cake. Michael Witthaus talks to Liam Spain about the NH Irish Festival.

inside this week

news & notes

4 news in bRief

6 Q&A

7 spoRts

8 QuAlity of life index

9 this week

the ARts

15 evil deAd

16 ARts Roundup

inside/outside

18 GARdeninG Guy

Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

18 tReAsuRe hunt

There’s gold in your attic.

19 kiddie pool

Family fun events this weekend.

20 cAR tAlk

Automotive advice.

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22 on the job

What it’s like to be a...

food

24 weekly speciAls Keith Sarasin’s new cookbook; In the Kitchen; John Fladd bakes a flourless cake; Weekly Dish.

pop cultuRe

28 Reviews CDs, books and more. Amy Diaz thinks Blue Beetle may be the best DC property of the year, not that that’s saying much.

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31 bAnds, clubs, niGhtlife

Nite Roundup, concert & comedy listings and more.

32 Music this week

Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

36 coMedy this week

Where to find laughs

36 tRiviA niGhts

Find some friendly competition.

38 conceRts

Big ticket shows.

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39 jonesin’ cRosswoRd

39 ken ken, woRd Roundup

40 Rock n’ Roll cRosswoRd

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42 news of the weiRd

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elder abuse

Attorney General John M. Formella has introduced new resources aimed at addressing elder abuse and financial exploitation in New Hampshire. According to a press release, these resources include the addition of three new roles to the Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Unit: a prosecutor, a law enforcement investigator and an investigative paralegal. This Unit, which already had seen a 71 percent surge in referrals over the past five years, is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes against residents age 60 and above. They also inform the public about the significance of reporting abuse and exploitation. Notably, New Hampshire has the second-oldest population in the U.S., leading to increased vulnerabilities. With the augmented resources, the Unit plans to intensify investigations and prosecutions while also expanding their educational outreach. Their presentations cover topics ranging from protective measures against scams to the legal obligations of financial institutions in preventing financial exploitation.

walking benefits

A study from the University of New Hampshire reveals that pregnant women living in walkable communities, marked by sidewalks, parks and walking paths, tend to have better health outcomes for themselves and their babies. Published in the Economics and Human Biology journal, the research indicates that such

mothers are more active and have fewer complications like premature births, gestational diabetes, and hypertension. In a press release, Karen Conway, professor at UNH’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, emphasizes the connection between walkable communities and the overall health of both mother and child. The research used data from various agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and found notable improvements in health with increased walkability, including a 27 percent reduction in gestational diabetes. Conway also hinted at other benefits, such as increased community interactions, which contribute to better overall health. This research falls under health economics, aiming to influence policies for improved community health.

Breastfeeding support

For World

Breastfeeding

Month 2023, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is hosting community events across the state to celebrate and support

breastfeeding families. According to a press release, the celebrations began with a walk and gathering on the New Hampshire Statehouse lawn in Concord on Aug. 1. Various local and national entities, including the US Department of Agriculture and the DHHS Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, supported the event. This year’s theme emphasizes the importance of breastfeeding-friendly environments, especially for working parents. Events continued in cities like Somersworth and Portsmouth, making it a statewide observance. Breastfeeding in public places is protected by New Hampshire state law, and various resources to support families are available at dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/ childcare-parenting-childbirth/ breastfeeding-promotion-support.

telemonitoring

Granite VNA, the leading nonprofit provider of home health care and hospice services in New Hampshire, has launched a telemonitoring program to support individuals with chronic illnesses, such as COPD, CHF and hypertension. According to a press release,

Discover what lies beneath Squam Lake during a snorkeling adventure with the Lakes Region Conservation Corps on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. According to a press release, this experience includes a boat ride, snorkeling and insights into Squam Lakes Association’s conservation initiatives. It’s open to ages 12 and up; children must be accompanied by an adult. Participants can bring snorkeling gear, but equipment is available for borrowing. Registration ends at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 25. Attendees should meet at SLA headquarters in holderness. To register, visit squamlakes.org or call 968-7336.

With a $4 million donation from alumnus Anthony DiLorenzo ’87, owner of Key Auto Group, the University of New Hampshire is progressing with its UNH Hockey Renovation Project. According to a press release, this donation will help enhance the Whittemore Center at the newly named Key Auto Group Complex, which also encompasses the Hamel Recreation Center on the durham campus. The combined state and private funding will upgrade facilities, supporting several UNH teams and improving the student-athlete experience.

nashua Garden Club will host a “Seed Saving” program on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church (121 Manchester St., Nashua), according to a press release. Led by Donna Lussier, a University of NH Extension Master Gardener, attendees will learn about harvesting techniques and storage preparation. A members-only meeting will follow. For information, email nashuagardenclub@gmail.com.

this service is aimed at individuals undergoing skilled nursing care or home therapy from the agency. For participation, patients should have internet access and will be trained on using telemonitoring tools like tablets, pulse oximeters, blood pressure cuffs, and scales, all provided at no charge. Suzanne Olszak, RN, with more than three decades in home health care, oversees the telemonitoring initiative. She educates patients on technology use, the significance of daily health monitoring, and dietary and medicinal guide-

lines. Utilizing Bluetooth, she can view patients’ vital signs, offering immediate feedback and contacting the medical team if required. The program encourages patients to routinely check their vitals and understand their health better. With a daily participation of up to 50 patients, the aim is a 60-day program span, and each participant receives an informational packet. For more on Granite VNA, visit granitevna.org.

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Attendees of the World Breastfeeding Week celebration and walk on the NH Statehouse steps on Aug. 1.

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welcome to the libraries

University libraries lend to all state residents

University libraries have traditionally been reserved for students and faculty. However, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has expanded access to its resources, now allowing the broader community to utilize its collections. We spoke with Tara Lynn Fulton, Dean of the UNH Library, to delve into the reasons behind this decision, the response from the community and the implications for academic libraries in the future. New Hampshire residents (18 years old and older) can obtain library cards from USNH campuses with valid identification and proof of residency. Visit library.unh.edu.

Why did you decide to start offering free borrowing to New Hampshire residents?

First, to offer some broader context: We have public libraries in communities across the state. ... If someone requires more in-depth research that their local library can’t fulfill, these libraries offer interlibrary loans. We’ve always participated in this, lending materials. Each of our libraries also traditionally had a small regional group that could obtain library cards. This isn’t a new initiative; most people have relied on their public libraries. But for individuals like writers or high school students involved in advanced research, it’s been a beneficial service. Our primary mission is to serve the campus: our students and faculty. Historically, this meant physical collections like print books, DVDs, and other materials. As the digital era has progressed, more of our collections have transitioned to e-books and digital media. During the Covid era, with a shift to remote learning, our faculty leaned heavily into these electronic resources, and the need for physical materials lessened. This made me wonder: Why not open up our resources more widely? I brought this up with other library directors from the University System of New Hampshire, and they were all on board. Hence, the initiative evolved.

Have you seen an uptick in borrowers?

Several people got cards as soon as the news spread. It’s not a vast number, but for those who wanted it, it’s been valuable. I’ve seen a few people walking around in the library. One individual mentioned how they appreciated the chance to check out materials and were also grateful to know they’re welcome in our building. This offering has reinforced to the community that our facilities are open and available for their use.

What distinguishes your library’s mate-

rials from those in a typical town library?

Our library’s core focus is to serve the university by providing materials that support higher education. While town libraries offer a general assortment of classic literature and popular reads, our collection delves deeper, especially into areas like English literature and American literature. The depth varies based on campus programs; for instance, the Durham campus emphasizes science, so we have a substantial array of historical physics materials. We have extensive collections, including non-circulating special ones, such as an in-depth history of New Hampshire, invaluable for researchers or authors seeking historical accuracy. Campuses like Keene and Plymouth, historically centered on teacher education, provide resources beneficial for educators, such as specialized teaching methods for specific grades.

Is there a plan to digitize the special collections, extending their accessibility?

We’re taking progressive steps to digitize, ensuring we adhere to copyright constraints. A notable accomplishment from the past year is digitizing New Hampshire’s town reports in their entirety, which has been well-received. Most of our digitized collections can be browsed on our website.

Do you think other universities might adopt a similar approach, opening their libraries to local residents?

This might differ from state to state. New Hampshire’s tight-knit nature promotes a strong bond between universities and communities. Our effort seems like a logical progression in this partnership. While I’m unaware of similar endeavors in other states, the global trend moving away from print materials might inspire similar initiatives. We’d be delighted to be trailblazers in this movement. —

Angie Sykeny

UNH system libraries are located in Manchester, Durham, Keene and Plymouth. Courtesy graphic.

The money raised by this event will support the agency’s commitment to “promote healing and wholeness of mind, body, and spirit.”

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LONGSHOTS the week that was

The Big Story: This weekend brings the return of Mookie Betts to Fenway Park for what should be a warm welcome back. There will also be a barrage of “how could they have let him go?” stories, all of which will hit home because he was that good.

Sports 101: With Aaron Rodgers taking a jet to New York, the Packers won’t have a Hall of Famer over center for the first time since Brett Favre took over in 1992. So who shared the QBs before “Fav-RA”?

Thumbs Up – David Krejci: To the retiring Krejci for the great moments he helped provide in his 16 years as a Boston Bruin.

News Item – Missed Opportunity: If the Red Sox are eliminated from wild card contention they can lay the blame on their record against the have-nots. Most notably when they came away from last week’s 10-game stretch with bottom-dwellers KC, Detroit and Washington with just four wins, which followed getting blown out by Toronto at home in three straight losses. That adds to 4-9 in the most crucial and schedule-ly favorable stretch of the season.

Then came a sweep of the last-place Yankees for the oh so consistent Sox.

All of which left them exactly where they were before the salivating 16-game stretch started — 3.5 back of Toronto.

News Item – J.D. Martinez vs. Justin Turner: The Sox and Dodgers essentially traded DH’s last winter when Martinez and Turner signed with each other’s former team as free agents. With L.A. here this weekend let’s compare to see who got the better end of the deal. JD’s numbers are first, JT’s second. At-Bats: 390 – 430 Runs: 49 – 72. Home Runs: 25 – 20. RBI: 78 – 79.

Total Bases: 192 – 210. BA: .256 – .288. Contract in Millions: $10.0 for Martinez; $8.3 for Turner. Verdict: With his defensive versatility added to his slight statistical edge and smaller contract, Turner was the better signing. It’s also a big win for the Sox 2023 DH over 2022, when Martinez earned $19.5 m for lesser stats than Turner already had on Aug. 20.

News Item – All-Time Winning Percentage Battle: Dodgers hurler Clayton Kershaw comes into this series having the highest winning percentage in baseball history for guys with 200+ wins. He’s now at .696 (208-91) to clubhouse leader Whitey Ford’s .690 (236-106).

… Of the Week Awards: Player of the Week: That would be Seat-

tle CF Julio Rodriguez, who raised his batting average from .256 to .278 in just four games thanks to getting 17 hits (in 21 AB’s). That’s a new record for hits over four games, while getting at least four hits in four straight games also ties a record set in 1927 by some guy named Milt Stock

Question of the Week: In case you missed it, the Dodgers finally retired Fernando Valenzuela’s number two weeks ago. But given the insane furor he caused as a Dodgers rookie and that he last pitched for them in 1990, it’s fair to ask, what in the name of Gil Hodges took them so long?

Random Thoughts:

Let the record show that on his very first play of his 2023 season, penalty-plagued Trent Brown in 2022 was flagged for, yup, a false start.

Who’s this Luis Urías guy? If a guy had hit grand slams in back-to-back Red Sox wins over the Yanks 10 years ago, as he did on Friday and Saturday, they’d be building a statue of him outside Fenway right now.

I’d rather have gotten Dalvin Cook (for the same money, no less). But Ezekiel Elliott is a good pick-up for the Pats. In part because he’s a better receiver than most think he is.

A Little History: The all-time winning percentage leader with 100+ wins is Yankees hurler Spud Chandler. He went 109-43 (.717) after amazingly only making it to the majors for the first time at 29 in 1937. He lasted 10 years until 1947 when an injured arm ended his career.

Sports 101 Answer: Two QB’s to precede Favre in 1991 were ex-Ohio State star and one time Bears first-round pick Mike Tomczak, who had seven starts, and onetime Packers pied piper Don Majkowski, who had eight.

Final Thought: One last thing about Mookie. He returns while having one of his finest seasons; with his 32 homers already he’ll blow by last year’s career best 35, while also having a chance to do a lead-off hitter rarity: knock in 100 runs from the top of the order. All while flirting with hitting .300 (.296) and being on pace to score 130 runs. And if you want to feel even worse, he’s showing off the kind of versatility the Red Sox sorely could have used during this injury-racked season by playing 57 of his 85 games at shortstop (17) and second base (41). My advice: Don’t think of the whatifs. Just enjoy and appreciate a reunion with an old friend who did a lot of good while here.

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fan gear

Looking for something to wear to one of the remaining New Hampshire Fisher Cats home games this season? (They are slated to have begun a six-day run of games against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Aug. 22. The regular season of home games then wraps up with six games against the Somerset Patriots Sept. 12 through Sept. 17.) While searching for some game information, QOL came across the Fisher Cats’ “Manchester Chicken Tenders” gear page, part of an annual one-night team re-brand to celebrate Manchester’s status as the birthplace of that most perfect of foods. (This year’s happened in July, but the merch lives on.)

QOL score: +1, like, just for continuing to exist in the world

Comments: QOL will direct any QOL-gift-givers to fishercats. milbstore.com/collections/manchester-chicken-tenders. For game tickets and info, see milb.com/new-hampshire.

H’s got the teachers...

The U.S. is facing a significant teacher shortage as the demand for educators continues to surge, but according to the “Teacher Shortage in the U.S. 2023” study by Scholaroo, New Hampshire stands out positively. This report underscores the variations in teacher availability across the nation by comparing the number of teachers in public schools per state against student enrollment figures. New Hampshire ranks as the state with the second smallest teacher shortage, boasting a ratio in public schools of 96.65 teachers per 1,000 students.

QOL score: +1

Comment: Vermont ranks first with a ratio in public schools of 97.6 teachers per 1,000 students.

and relatively few disasters!

In a recent report by WalletHub on “States Most Impacted by Natural Disasters,” New Hampshire ranks relatively low in terms of natural disaster impact. The state is ranked 46th for the number of climate disasters causing more than $1 billion in damage since 1980 and 44th for the loss amount per capita from these disasters. The evaluation considered all 50 states based on two key metrics: the number of climate disasters since 1980 causing over $1 billion in damage and the per capita loss amount from these disasters. These metrics were graded on a 100-point scale, with higher scores indicating greater vulnerability.

QOL score: +1

Comment: This suggests that New Hampshire has a relatively lower impact from these high-cost natural disasters compared to other states.

QOL score: 83

Net change: +3

QOL this week: 86

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This Week

saturday, aug. 26

Big EvEnts August 24 And BEyond

tonight at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m., at Bank of New Hampshire Stage (16 S. Main St. in Concord; ccanh.com). Tickets cost $30.75. Need more competition? Check out the listing of area trivia nights on page 38.

saturday, aug. 26

Monday, aug. 28

friday, aug. 25

Chunky’s Cinema Pub (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys.com, 206-3888) will hold a family-friendly game of Theater Candy Bingo tonight at 6:15 p.m. Reserve a seat for $10, which includes one bingo card

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friday, aug. 25

Or play the R-Rated game show Feud Gone Wild, a Family Feud-style game with opportunities for teams and individuals,

The Four Horsemen, billed as the “ultimate Metallica tribute band,” will perform tonight at the Tupelo Music Hall (10 A St. in Derry; 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com) at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35. Find more concerts this weekend and beyond in our Concert listings on page 38.

sunday, aug. 27

The silent film The Divine Lady (1929) will screen today at Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Main Street in Wilton; 654-3456, find them on Facebook) at 2 p.m. featuring live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis.

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Catch a screening of the 2009 movie Coraline (PG) featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the making of this stop-motion animated film based on a Neil Gaiman novella tonight at 7 p.m. at AMC Classic Londonderry, Regal Concord, Cinemark Rockingham Park in Salem or Regal Fox Run in Newington. The movies will also screen at the Regals in Concord and Newington and Cinemark in Salem on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. See fathomevents. com for tickets to those shows.

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Cinemas at Brickyard Square in Epping will also screen the movie today at 7 p.m.; see oneilcinemas.com.

save the date: for Comics! Granite State Comicon, the celebration of all things comics and pop culture, will take place Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept. 17, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown in Manchester. Ticket options include a $110 VIP three-day pass (which includes early entry, a limited-edition print and a goodie bag), a $55 three-day pass, a $40 pass for Saturday and Sunday, and day passes ($10 for Friday, $25 for Saturday, $20 for Sunday). Kids 8 and under get in free with adult admission, according to granitecon.com, where you can purchase tickets and find a schedule of the weekend’s events.

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Raptors

By Mya Blanchard mblanchard@hippopress.com

With fall around the corner, we will soon see the days get shorter, the temperatures cooler, and many hawks in the sky.

According to Chris Martin, wildlife and conservation biologist at the New Hampshire Audubon, September through November is the time frame in which hawks migrate to their wintering locations, making fall an ideal time for hawk watching.

Not all hawks migrate. What classifies these species of birds as what we call birds of prey is their feet, which actually makes “raptor” the more accurate term.

“Some people refer to them as birds of prey … but that is sort of an artificial category,” Martin said. “The fact is almost all birds are carnivorous [to] some degree. … What separates these birds of prey is the fact that they have feet that are adapted to grasp living food items. … ‘Raptorial’ refers to that

Hawk watches

Visit hawkcount.org for information.

• Alton Bay Hawk Watch

Alton

Fall: Sept. 10 to Oct. 15

• Carter Hill Observatory

Concord

Fall: Sept. 1 to Nov. 15

• Grant’s Hill

Gilmanton

• Little Blue Job Mountain Strafford, Farmington

sort of style of foot that includes long claws and strong grasping feet.”

In New Hampshire, seven common categories of raptors are owls, accipiters, buteos, eagles, falcons, harriers and ospreys. Each is broken down further into different species as the result of evolution and natural selection, Martin says.

“The differences are based on their evolution and how they specialize,” he said. “Each group specializes in how they hunt, where they hunt, what they hunt for, and then they have specialties in the kind of habitat they put their nests in. The idea is [they] don’t want to compete with other types of birds of prey if [they] can create a specialty that works for [them].”

Common nH raptor species Osprey

According to Martin, the driving factor for raptors to migrate is the availability of

food.

Ospreys are the perfect example of how important this can be, as they rely almost exclusively on fish. With lakes being covered in ice here in New Hampshire during the winter, ospreys migrate to South America and the tropics in the fall. In the spring they return, except for the young ospreys, who, interestingly, don’t return until the following spring when they are 2 years old. While it is not clear why ospreys do this, Martin says it could be to hone their fish-catching skills.

“It’s certainly an odd strategy, but it seems to work,” Martin said.

The fishing strategy that ospreys use is unlike that of any other raptor, according to Martin.

flight, they glide on bowed wings that form an “M” shape.

Returning to the north in the spring can be a gamble for osprey.

“[They] push the limits when they come back at the end of March,” Martin said. “Oftentimes the water around their nest site where they spend the spring and summer is still frozen when they get back [and] they have to resort to nearby flowing water and rivers. … That can be a challenge because it can be cloudy or muddy in the spring and they can’t see the fish that they’re trying to hunt.”

• Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory

Peterborough

Fall: Sept. 1 to Nov. 20

• Pitcher Mountain Stoddard

Spring: March 1 to June 1

Fall: Aug. 20 to Nov. 30

• Peter Wood Hill

Deering

Spring: March 15 to April 30

Fall: Sept. 1 to Oct. 30

“They evolved this style of diving into water and catching fish,” he said. “Other birds of prey use [their] feet to fish [but] in a different way than this. Osprey will fly over still water, like a lake, and see a fish near the surface and drop in on it from 50 feet above it. They go in feet first and grasp it as they hit the water, oftentimes [disappearing] into the water before [rising] back to the surface and [flying] off with a fish.”

According to hawkwatch.org, ospreys’ feet are specialized for grasping, with all four of their talons curved more than that of other raptors. They also have spicules, or small spines, on the bottom of their feet and the ability to rotate their outer toe backward to hold slippery objects and carry fish. They have black feathers on their topside, a white head with a black eye-line, and when in

Many raptors are in a hurry to return and reclaim their breeding sites before they are taken over by another bird. Ospreys sometimes use dead trees that are exposed in marshes, a niche that most other birds of prey don’t occupy. They can also be found using transmission lines, telephone poles and electrical poles. In fact, Martin adds, it’s possible a quarter of our osprey population uses cell towers for their nests.

“They’re pretty adaptable to all sorts of environments,” he said.

Barred owl

At night, while other raptors are resting at their roosts, owls are active and on the hunt for voles, shrews, mice and other prey. These nocturnal birds have a series of adaptations that make them deft for nighttime hunting. According to Martin, in addition to their ability to see well in the dark, they rely on their hearing and are able to detect prey rustling and moving through blades of grass.

Bald eagle.

Photo by Joe Grande.

“Their ears are not uniformly placed on either side [of their head],” he said. “One is higher and the other is lower on the side of the skull and that helps them differentiate where a sound is coming from. I think a barred owl could probably locate prey and go after it … even if it was blind.”

The shape of their face also enables them to effectively locate sound.

“‘Facial disk’ is the term that we use for it,” Martin said. “[They have a] flattened face that puts their eyes forward and the face actually focuses sound and delivers it to the ears, so it helps with the process of pinpointing where a rustling sound is coming from.”

Of all the owls we have in New Hampshire, like the barn owl, which doesn’t currently breed in the state, and the snowy owl, which only resides here in the winter, barred owls are the most common.

“Barred owls are medium-sized forest owls that are very vocal and have a call that is easily recognized [that] sounds like ‘who cooks for you?’” Martin said. “It’s one that you often might find in a forested backyard or park and they often vocalize during the day as well. They are the owls in the state that you’re most likely to encounter just in your everyday activities.”

Although they don’t live in wetlands — they nest in cavities in large trees in forests — barred owls are often associated with wetlands, as much of what they eat is located on the forested edge and in grass along the edge of a marsh, like salamanders and leopard frogs. They also hunt on roadside edges, particularly in areas where there are ditches that can collect water, as much of their prey is associated with water. This, however, poses a great risk.

“A lot of times they’re so focused on hunting that when they make a dive at sort of a 45-degree angle from their perch to the ground to grab [their prey], if that dive includes going over a roadside, they often

get hit by vehicles,” Martin said. “One of our key wildlife rehabilitators in Henniker … at Wings of Dawn receives many injured barred owls that [are] injured on one side of their head because of impact with a vehicle. That’s a very common injury.”

Peregrine falcon

Among the fastest of all raptors are falcons. With their speed and long, pointed wings, they have adapted to dive and chase their prey down in midair. Three well-known falcons in New Hampshire are kestrels, merlins and, perhaps the most famous, the peregrine falcon. Although their plumage varies, adult peregrines tend to be white below and bluish gray above while juveniles start out with a buff color on their underside and brown to a slate-like color above, according to hawkwatch.org.

“That’s the one that’s been subject to a lot of restoration efforts nationwide in the 1980s through early 2000s, and we’ve pret ty much recovered them from a point where they were almost extinct in the U.S.,” Martin said. “They’re still on our New Hampshire state threatened list, but their population has been growing gradually.”

Peregrines take advantage of vertical landscape features for their nests, wheth er natural like cliffs, or manmade structures such as buildings and bridges. From their perch they have an optimal view to look for prey, which consists mostly of other birds such as starlings, blue jays, robins and oth er medium-sized birds, or birds as big as pigeons, mourning doves and occasional ly a small duck, according to Martin. While birds of prey will take what’s abundant in their environment, he says the size of the prey is a factor.

“There’s a limit to the size of the food item that they can bring back,” he said. “[A] pigeon is probably the biggest, bulkiest thing that they will eat regularly, and that’s a real

Osprey. Photo by MaryFran Loggans.

challenge for a male peregrine because they are the smaller of the two sexes and they do most of the hunting. A pigeon is a big item for them. It probably weighs close to the same amount as a male peregrine.”

In addition to other birds, young peregrines will train for hunting by catching dragonflies and bats.

Something that helps peregrine falcons hunt is their ability to sense weakness or vulnerability in other birds, Martin says. For example, if a bird is fatigued from migrating and struggling to find a place to land, peregrines can pick up on that and home in on that bird as a target.

“[It’s] just remarkable that they can recognize something that is out of its element and utilize that as a food source,” Martin said.

Broad-winged hawk

If you’ve seen a hawk soaring in circles in the open over a field, or dropping down onto a highway median, it was likely a buteo. Their long, broad wings make wide open spaces suitable for these birds to hunt, as they are well-adapted to using thermal lifts to bring them up high where they can scan for food, according to Martin.

“They’ll fly in circles over a field or a forest and look for an item that’s vulnerable and then dive on that,” he said. “Or in some cases they’ll perch on phone poles or wires and drop down on a mammal they see in the grass.”

New Hampshire buteo species include red-shouldered hawks, broad-winged hawks and rough-legged hawks, the last of which are only here during the winter months. While the red-tailed hawk is most commonly seen, the broad-winged hawk is likely the most numerous, nesting in tree canopies in the forest and feeding on prey like squirrels and mice.

According to hawkwatch.org, broadwinged hawks are small buteos with a compact body, bulky chest, a large head and about a 35-inch wingspan.

“[Broad-winged hawks] are very abundant in the state as a breeder, and are famous in the fall for kettling, a whole bunch of them getting together in a group and … migrating south,” Martin said. “Thousands of broad-winged hawks will travel all the way down to the tropics and into northern South America in September mostly, and so hawk watches where you can see these birds kettling and migrating are actually very popular in the eastern U.S.”

Sharp-shinned hawk

While buteos have long wings that enable them to soar through the open sky, accipiters have short wings that allow them to navigate between trees and around obstacles to go after prey, which in most cases are other birds, according to Martin.

“You might encounter an accipiter when you’re hiking in the woods,” he said. “It might come right down the path at you because it’s flying through that gap in the forest. It’s not trying to attack you necessarily, but it’s using those narrow lanes to maneuver and oftentimes surprise its prey.”

The most common accipiter, and the smallest hawk in North America, according to hawkwatch.org, is the sharp-shinned hawk.

“They’re only slightly bigger than blue jays, so that’s a bird most people would recognize … although they’re a little tough to see because the forest canopy hides them much of the time,” Martin said.

In flight, these birds appear stocky with short, rounded wings and a long, slender tail, as reported by hawkwatch.org, which describes them as adeptly maneuverable and buoyant. From below, adults are barred white and rufous, with upper parts being a grayish blue with a blackish head. Their eyes start out yellow as juveniles, eventually turning orange, then dark red as they age.

Bald eagle

While famous for their bright white head, yellow beak, blackish-colored body and expansive wingspan — eagles are the largest of all raptors — bald eagles do not look this way until they are fully mature. As juveniles they appear brown overall with a dark bill and eyes and a black tail with some white mottling, according to hawkwatch.org.

The bald eagle population in New Hampshire has drastically increased in the last 30 years, according to Martin, thanks to efforts to give them better conditions.

“Near a river or a lake you have a really good chance of seeing a bald eagle,” he said. “[People] would not have said the same thing back in the 1960s, ’70s or ’80s,

so that’s a really obvious change.”

The slope of the population continues to climb, doubling every six or seven years.

“I’m waiting for it to curve and flatten off,” Martin said. “I assume we’re going to reach a carrying capacity at some point soon, but the charts aren’t showing it yet.”

While not exclusively fish eaters, bald eagles are rather aquatic-focused and build their nests near large lakes and rivers. Rather opportunistic hunters, they’ll eat a variety of prey such as muskrats, herons, duck and turtles and will even scavenge on roadkill and carrion when turkey vultures aren’t around to do so in the winter.

“They’re very adapted to cold weather,” Martin said. “Once an eagle pair establishes a territory for breeding, almost all of them will be on that territory within 5 miles of the nest site year-round through the coldest part of our winter season. They’ll do nest maintenance … and defend their territory from rivals that might want to move in and take over the site.”

Northern harrier

The only type of harrier in North America, appropriately named the northern harrier, is among the rarest raptors in the state.

“In New Hampshire currently their populations are listed endangered,” Martin said. “We probably only have 10 to 20 pairs of

them anywhere in the state.”

What sets these birds apart from other raptors is that while most nest on cliffs, trees or other elevated areas, harriers nest on the ground. The breeding population is concentrated up north in Coos County, where there tend to be more hayfields, swamps and shrubby areas.

“They go to great lengths to hide where they nest by landing away from the nest and walking through the grass and shrubs to get to it, as opposed to landing right on the nest, which can pinpoint where it is to anything that might be watching,” Martin said.

They build their nests in high, dry spots of wetlands in areas with shrubs and vegetation. This serves as a platform for their nest and keeps their eggs out of the water. This also means that they are surrounded by water on all sides like a moat, which adds another layer of protection. Like owls, harriers rely a great deal on their hearing, and they even have the facial disk that is characteristic of owls. Adult male harriers have a white underside and gray upper side with black wingtips and yellow eyes, according to hawkwatch.org. Below, adult females are a buff color with streaks of brown and dark brown above. Their eyes start out a dark brown but change to yellow over about three years. Juvenile harriers resemble adult females but have distinct rufous underparts.

In the wetlands they feed on frogs and small wetland birds, but they also travel upland to grassy areas and hayfields where they will follow farmers who are tending to their fields to find other prey.

Martin says, “Harriers will follow these mowers because … they’re oftentimes displacing mice and voles that nest in the grass … [and] creating grasshopper and white footed moth mortality. That makes those things just available … for the picking, for the harriers to grab and then take back to their young.”

Migration and hawk watching

With September through October being migration season for raptors, the fall (and the spring, when they return) is the perfect time

Peregrine falcon. Photo by Al Hospers.

Peregrine falcon. Photo by Al Hospers.

Sharp-shinned hawk. Photo by Robert Reynalds.

for hawk watching.

Phil Brown, bird conservation director and land specialist for the Harris Center for Conservation Education, says the ideal places to spot hawks are along ridge lines with a clear opening to the north, and coastlines, as some species, like ospreys and eagles, will follow the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers, hunting fish along the way.

According to Brown, broad-winged hawks make up the majority of the birds counted during the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory hawk watch at Miller State Park in Peterborough.

“We count about 15 different species of raptors that migrate throughout the fall,” Brown said. “We see hawks that [nest] in New Hampshire and surrounding New England, also species that are coming from farther north that are passing through. … The very common species, the broadwinged hawk … makes up about 75 percent of our annual count.”

The Harris Center is a regional land trust and environmental education organization in Hancock. One of its main missions is land protection, and in its 50-plus years it has helped protect 26,000 acres of land. The Center also focuses on the conservation of species in need and educates the public on these topics. The Harris Center has taken sole responsibility for the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory, which was founded by NH Audubon in 2005. Every day from Sept. 1 through Nov. 20, staff or volunteers count and document raptors during fall migration while also engaging with the public.

“It’s a perfect combination of education and research,” Brown said. “It’s a great way to engage with thousands of visitors every year. I think last year we had over 6,000 visitors, which was about average.”

Second to the broad-winged hawk is the sharp-shinned hawk, with smaller numbers of other raptors like bald eagles, osprey, peregrine falcons and red-tailed hawks.

“Sometimes … we have really excellent days where there are 4,000 to 5,000 hawks seen in one day from the observatory from one point, so that tends to really be something that surprises folks,” Brown said.

As far as what kind of bird you will see on a given day, this varies depending on the point in the season, as they don’t all migrate at the same time. They each respond to different triggers in the environment, whether that be availability of their food source, change in daylight length, thermal formations or the presence of ice or snow, according to Brown.

“As a result, you never know what you’re going to see at the hawk watch from day to day,” he said. “We have a good idea of who’s coming next and generally what numbers, but we get surprised up there every day to some degree.”

According to the observatory, some birds, like the red-shouldered hawk, pass through at a fairly steady rate throughout most of the migration season. The data for broadwinged hawks, however, is heavily skewed.

“[Broad-winged hawks] all fly together within a two-week period typically,” Brown said. “It’s thought to be more of a social gathering of convenience. They all have to get to where they’re going in the same conditions, so they travel on particular weather days that are advantageous to their migration, and that tends to bring them together in the same places at the same time.”

Transmitters affixed to some of these birds have located raptors traveling as far as South America, with broad-winged hawks being located in Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia, according to Brown. He adds that others, like the bald eagle and peregrine falcon, have less of a journey, traveling a short way south of the state border.

Population and conservation

According to Brown, hawk populations are still in their recovery phase.

Northern harrier, Salisbury MA. Photo by Jack Dorsey.

When populations were dangerously low in the 1960s, with some breeding species completely gone from the state, efforts were taken across the nation to recover them, Martin said.

“The two species that we’ve focused on the most in the last couple decades have been the bald eagles and the peregrine falcons, and both have seen great recovery,” said Sandi Houghton, wildlife diversity biologist with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

According to Martin, in the 1960s all breeding peregrines and bald eagles in New Hampshire were gone. The culprit was DDT, an insecticide heavily used in the ’50s and ’60s that worked its way up the food chain to top-level predators like raptors, preventing them from breeding successfully. The chemical caused the shells of their eggs to be brittle and thin, which caused them to break during incubation and hindered the shells’ ability to preserve moisture and regulate gas exchange from inside and outside the egg.

“The problem was the adults didn’t die from it, so for years both eagles and peregrines were trying to breed and failing, but for all intents and purposes you’d look at them and you’d see healthy birds,” Martin said. “So the problem snuck up on us when all of a sudden those older adults started to die [and] there were no young birds to replace them. The population just plummeted.”

NH Audubon has worked with other organizations like New Hampshire Fish and Game, The Peregrine Fund and White Mountain National Forest Fund to restore the peregrine falcon population since the early 1980s. This included steps involving the land, the health of the birds and the behavior of people.

“For peregrines, the biggest problem at the beginning was they were all gone,” Martin said. “So there was an effort to return them to the state by releasing young ones that had been raised in captivity [through] a process called hacking.”

He said that two release sites were established in northern New Hampshire, as well as others in surrounding states. Audubon, along with New Hampshire Fish and Game, started asking and training volunteers to look and listen for the presence of peregrines, as well as checking cliffs for nests. In the ’80s, occupied cliffs began being documented. Signs would eventually be put up asking people to not climb in these areas. The Peregrine Fund also collected unhatched eggs to check for high levels of chemicals and the thickness of the shells. Rock climbers were enlisted to put identification bands on peregrine chicks for the purpose of documenting where they would eventually go and where they would nest.

NH Audubon provides a livestream video of a peregrine falcon nest at the Brady Sullivan Tower on Elm Street in Manchester. Martin says an adult pair lives there year-round and fledged four young this past June, marking the 23rd consecutive year the peregrines on Elm Street have produced offspring.

While peregrines are still listed as threatened in New Hampshire, according to Houghton, there have been promising signs of recovery.

“We’ve gone from seven pairs in 1990 to almost 30 pairs currently,” Martin said. “That’s been 30 years, so the population has been growing very gradually.”

Martin says similar efforts were taken to recover the bald eagle population, which has gone from zero documented pairs in the ’60s to 10 sites nests around 2000 and now 100 territorial pairs in the state.

“In 2017 we were able to delist them from our threatened and endangered species list due to their recovery, and since then we’ve continued to see exponential growth,” Houghton said. “They’re in many ways a conservation success story that serves as a model for other species.”

Broad-winged Hawk released by Phil Brown. Photo by Ben Conant.

a campy, gory good time

Actorsingers present Evil Dead The Musical HD

By Mya Blanchard mblanchard@hippopress.com

While rehearsing the second act of Evil Dead The Musical HD, director Matty Gregg told the Actorsingers cast to “suspend all disbelief,” a phrase that is at the essence of this show.

The Nashua-based theater company’s production will run from Thursday, Aug. 24, to Sunday, Sept. 3, at Janice B. Streeter Theater in Nashua.

Sam Raimi’s 1980s horror cult classic film The Evil Dead was adapted into a musical in 2000 that combined the plot of the three Evil Dead movies, following five college kids at a cabin in the woods. Gregg reimagined the musical in 2016,

actorsingers present Evil Dead

The Musical HD

When: Thursday, Aug. 24, at 8 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 27, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 3, at 6 p.m.

Where: Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua

Cost: Tickets range from $25 to $30 More info: Visit actorsingers.org

Opening

art

• “BIENNIAL ONE” will be on display at the New Hampshire Art Association’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) from Aug.

creating an HD version.

“I started working on a different production of it,” Gregg said. “There’s some limitations of things you can do as a stage musical, so I tried basically to bring a lot of the movie side of things back to the musical.”

This resulted in the creation of a virtual set modeled after the cabin from the movie with a screen on the floor and wall that allows the set to digitally rotate. Gregg debuted this version while living in San Jose, where the production gained a following and he realized the show appealed to a variety of audiences. It also garnered the attention of George Reinblatt, the writer of the musical, and Bruce Campbell, who played the lead, Ash Williams, in the film version, both of whom Gregg would collaborate with and create the splatter zone.

“We have a splatter zone where we invest a lot of money in the ability to deliver blood to the audience,” Gregg said. “If somebody gets killed on stage the blood can splatter all over the audience at the same time … in the first two or three rows.”

Playing these iconic characters comes with challenges and pressure to live up to the role while still making the part one’s own.

31 through Oct. 1. The exhibit invites artists to showcase their best work that takes creative risks and explores abstract expression, contemporary environmental and social justice issues and new media, with no

specific theme. The gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Visit nhartassociation.org or call 431-4230.

Monster Hunt

Studio 550 Community Art Center (550 Elm St. in Manchester; 550arts.com, 232-5597) will hold its 11th annual Monster Hunt in downtown Manchester on Saturday, Aug. 26, starting at 11 a.m. Studio 550 makes and hides 100 monster medallions in the downtown with each monster finder asked to keep only one to spread the monster-finding fun to as many people as possible, the release said. Bring the medallion to Studio 550 to trade in for a red clay monster. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Studio 550 will also host several low-cost hands-on activities, the release said. There will also be a kids-only hunt at DoubleTree Hotel at 10:30 a.m. for kids 5 and under with 25 monsters available and monster stickers for all kids who search, the release said. See 550arts.com/about/monsterhunt. As part of the festivities the Manchester City Library Bookmobile will be at City Hall Plaza and Dancing Lion Chocolate and Queen City Cupcakes, both on Elm Street, will have Monster Huntinspired treats on offer, according to the website. Courtesy photo.

“With such a cult following, there are lines that must be to the T because everybody’s going to come in and they’re going to remember from the movie,” said Phil Laks, who plays the role of Scotty.

Ryan Gibeau who plays Ash, adds, “There’s a lot of things that are already part of the character that Bruce Campbell developed and so there’s this duty to almost bring the original energy of the show that a lot of people are expecting,” he said. “I found places where there’s a lot of creative freedom for me, and so I’ve just tried to figure out what I think is going to be a fun audience experience.”

Performing the HD version also comes

Events

• BIG INK WEEKEND at the gallery at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St. in Portsmouth; 3sarts.org, 766-3330) will feature “the Big Tuna” — a giant mobile printmaking press — that local artists will use to create large-scale relief prints, according to a press release. The printing, which the public can watch, will run Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, Aug. 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Artists printing at 3S Artspace include Michelle Stevens, Leslie Evans, Poppy Lord, Denise Manseau, Lisa Schwarz, Le Huong Huynh, Heather Hughes, Sarah Robbitts-Terry, Jennifer Benn, Lauren Audet, Christie Norton, Emily Noelle Lambert, Ronald Pacacha, Mary Mead, Jessica McKeon, Eric MacDonald, Alison Freidlin, Ashley Doke and William Wright, the release said.

• FIBER ARTS Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway in Derry; 432-6140, derrypl. org) will hold a knitting/crochet meet-up every other Tuesday — Tuesday, Aug. 29, this month

with challenges of its own, like having to work with the screens and follow the cabin while it is rotating, according to Christine Armenion, who plays Ash’s younger sister, Cheryl. Despite having just a six-week rehearsal period, Gregg said the process has been great.

“The actors are wonderful,” he said. “They’re very talented.”

Gregg describes the show as “a really fun, irreverent, campy, gory good time.”

“One of the main messages of this show in general is just to forget about all the stuff that’s happening in your life outside and just come have a really fun time,” he said.

— from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Bring a project to work on and talk with other crafters. Register online.

• ART ’ROUND TOWN GALLERY WALK The Portsmouth downtown area hosts the Art ’Round Town gallery walk on the first Friday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m. (14 Market Square). Explore the art scene in this creative historical community by visiting different art galleries downtown. Visit artroundtown.org.

• CONCORD ARTS MARKET, an outdoor artisan and fine art market, will run one Saturday a month from June through October, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Rollins Park (33 Bow St., Concord). Market dates are Sept. 16 and Oct. 21. Visit concordartsmarket.net.

• DRAWING NIGHT Two Villages Art Society’s gallery (846 Main St. in Contoocook; twovillagesart.org) offers a series of free monthly drawing nights. Hosted by local artists Ty Meier and Jo Gubman, the events allow artists to work alongside peers and receive feedback if desired, according to the website. Bring

your own art supplies. Upcoming dates are Thursdays Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 17 and Dec. 21. Register online.

Exhibits

• “OCEAN GEMS,” a show featuring works by Sandra Kavanaugh, is on display at Sullivan Framing and Fine Art Gallery (15 N. Amherst Road in Bedford; sullivanframing.com). The gallery is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The exhibit will run through Saturday, Aug. 26.

• “ THE COMPLEXITIES OF PRESENTATION” Kimball Jenkins (266 N. Main St. in Concord; kimballjenkins.com, 225-3932) has partnered with the Greater Manchester Chamber (54 Hanover St. in Manchester; manchester-chamber. org) to present the show “The Complexities of Presentation” at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Boardroom at the Chamber offices, running through the end of August, according to a press release. The show will feature the works of artists Sylvan

Cast of Evil Dead the Musical HD. Courtesy photo.

The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities

• Learn from the best: Master Potter David MacDonald will visit Studio 550 Community Art Center (550 Elm St. Manchester; 232-5597, 550arts.com) on Saturday, Sept. 16, and Sunday, Sept. 17, to demonstrate his works, according to a press release. All skill level of pottery artists are welcome, the release said. The cost is $135 for the two-day workshop (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday). Saturday will feature demonstrations and conversation and Sunday will feature demos, the release said. Register online. See davidmacdonaldpottery.com for more on the artist.

• Art show: See the pastels of Peggy Van Valkenburgh in the exhibit “Go, See, Paint the World” at the Peterborough

Dustin and Leaf Comstock, the release said. The gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• “IN FULL BLOOM: FLORAL STILL LIFE & GARDEN PAINTINGS FROM THE 19th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT” is on display at the New Hampshire Antique Co-op (323 Elm St. in Milford; nhantiquecoop.com, 673-8499) through Thursday, Aug. 31. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• “OSHIBANA — THE BOTANICAL COLLECTION

The Art Center (Suite 1177, 1 Washington St. in Dover; theartcenterdover.com) features the exhibit “Oshibana — The Botanical Collection” featuring the artwork of Roberta Garrison in the Jim Reagan Gallery through Aug. 31, according to a press release. Oshibana is an art form originating in 16th-centu-

Town Library Community Art Gallery (2 Concord St. in Peterborough; peterboroughtownlibrary.org, 924-8040) through Friday, Sept. 29. She will also offer an artist talk on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The library is open Mondays through Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;

ry Japan involving “arranging pressed flowers and botanical elements into stunning works of art,” the release said. Garrison’s work focuses on the beauty of local birds, the release said.

• “CREME DE LA CREME”

The Art Center and NH Art Association present their “Creme de la Creme” members exhibition at The Art Center (Suite 1177, 1 Washington St. in Dover; theartcenterdover.com) through the end of August, according to a press release.

• “NEST” exhibition at Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen), on view through Sept.

1. Juried by Pam Tarbell, this showcase features the works of New Hampshire artists exploring the literal and metaphorical dimensions of the concept of “NEST.” The gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Call 975-

0015 or visit twiggsgallery.org.

• “SALON DE CINQ, SO LONG” a show paying tribute to a 20-year gathering of a group of artists, is at Two Villages Art Society (846 Main St. in Hopkinton; twovillagesart. org) through Saturday, Sept. 2.

“Salon de Cinq was started by Pat Palson, a nationally famous weaver and fashion designer. Joining in the exhibit are her husband, realist painter Eric Palson; polymer clay artist Kathleen Dustin; textile artist Annie Frye; wood turner Steven Frye; and potter Nancy Brown. The original members all lived in Hopkinton and met in Palson’s studio,” according to a press release. The gallery is open Thursdays through Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.

• “CHEF’S KISS” Kimball Jenkins (266 N. Main St. in Concord; kimballjenkins.com, 2253932) will present a multi-artist summer show that will run from

Poetry & Pie

Twiggs Gallery (254 King St. in Boscawen; 975-0015, twiggsgallery.org) will host its annual poetry reading and open mic, Poetry & Pie, on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. This year’s theme is “NEST,” which is also the gallery’s current exhibit. The Percheron Poets will participate and an open mic portion offers poets an opportunity to read a poem on the theme, according to a press release. After the poetry, stay for pie. Courtesy photo.

Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Season of performances: Stockbridge Theatre (Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St. in Derry; stockbridgetheatre. com) has tickets on sale now for its 20232024 season, as well as season tickets and

through Tuesday, Sept. 12, with gallery hours Monday through Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• “REFLECTIONS” Concord-based painter Pamela R. Tarbell will have her works exhibited in the show “Reflections,” which also features the works of sculptors Andy Moerlein and John Weidman and runs at the Jaffrey Civic Center (40 Main St. in Jaffrey; jaffreyciviccenter.com) through Saturday, Sept. 23. See pamtarbell.com for more on the artist.

• THE LIVING FOREST: UÝRA is on display at Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 6696144) through Sunday, Sept. 24.

“ The exhibition features a comprehensive selection of photographs and videos encompassing Uýra’s entire artistic trajectory, with work from many of their past performances and recent appearances,” according to the website. The Currier is open Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (with Art After Work, when admission is free, between 5 to 8 p.m.), and Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• “GO, SEE, PAINT THE WORLD” See the pastels of Peggy Van Valkenburgh in the exhibit “Go, See, Paint the World” at the Peterborough Town Library Community Art Gallery (2 Concord St. in Peterborough; peterboroughtownli-

multi-show tickets. The first few performances on the schedule include Jukebox Saturday Night, with music celebrating the swing era, on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m.; Yesterday and Today: Interactive Beatles Experience on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m.; The Hitmen of Country on Friday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., and Versa Style Dance, a fusion of hip-hop, Afro-Latin, krump, salsa, merengue and cumiba performed to remixes of hip-hop, classical and electronic music, according to the website, on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. See the website for the complete schedule.

• Author talk: The New Hampshire Humanities 2023 Annual Celebration of the Humanities on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. will feature author Jodi Picoult in conversation with Alexandria Peary, the New Hampshire Poet Laureate, at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester). The public reception begins at 5 p.m. with appetizers and a cash bar and the program starts at 6:15 p.m. Tickets cost $35 through $50. See nhhumanities.org/ celebrate or call 224-4071.

brary.org, 924-8040) through Friday, Sept. 29. She will also offer an artist talk on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The library is open Mondays through Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• “DISTANT CONVERSATIONS: ELLA WALKER & BETTY WOODMAN” is open now at the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St. in Manchester; currier.org, 669-6144) and is slated to be the first in a series of “Distant Conversations” exhibits. The exhibits will explore “intergenerational dialogues and artistic conversations between practitioners who have not necessarily met in real life but whose work similarly resonates despite their differences,” according to the Currier’s website. The exhibit will be on display through Sunday, Oct. 22. The Currier is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (as well as from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays as part of Art After Work, when admission is free) and admission costs $20 for adults, $15 for 65+, $15 for students, $5 for ages 13 to 17 and children 12 and under get in free.

• “OBSERVATIONS: A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION”

is showcasing the work of the photographers Ron St. Jean, Manuel Ricardo Perez and Guy Freeman in the Jim Reagan Gallery, at the Art Center (1 Wash-

ington St., Suite 1177, in Dover; theartcenterdover.com). The center is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and by appointment, the release said.

• NANCY JOSEPHSON has an exhibit featuring mixed media sculptures on display at the Mariposa Museum (26 Main St. in Peterborough; mariposamuseum.org) through October.

• “WHERE PAINTERLY ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY CONVERGE” at Bar Harbor Bank and Trust (321 Main St. in New London) features 15 paintings and one sculpture displayed with photographs used as reference images, according to a press release. The exhibit will hang at Bar Harbor Bank for three months and will feature the works of 12 painters and four photographers, the release said.

Call for art

• MANCHESTER CITY EMPLOYEE & FAMILY ART SHOW presented by the Manchester Arts Commission is bringing back the City Employee and Family Art Show in the first-floor “Art on the Wall at City Hall” gallery to run Monday, Oct. 2, through Thursday, Nov. 30, according to a press release. An opening reception will be held at City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 10, when prizes will be awarded in several categories, the release said. Participants must be an employee,

David MacDonald with bowls. Courtesy photo.

retiree, volunteer, elected official or immediate family member of that group of the City of Manchester or the Manchester School District, the release said. Register by Thursday, Aug. 31, at nationalartsprogram.org/ venues/manchester/manchester-nh-registration.

Workshops and classes

• SCREEN PRINTING Learn about screen printing from Dover artist William Mitchell at the League of NH Craftsmen

Meredith Fine Craft Gallery (279 Daniel Webster Hwy. in Meredith; nhcrafts.org, 2797920) on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuition costs $110 with a materials fee of $10. Call or go online to register.

theater Shows

• HAIR is being performed at Seacoast Rep (125 Bow St., Portsmouth, seacoastrep.org) through Sunday, Aug. 27. The theater will have performances Thursday through Sunday, with curtain times at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35.

• FINDING NEMO JR. The 2023 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Series at The Palace (80 Hanover St., Manchester, palacetheatre.org) will feature Finding Nemo Jr. through Aug. 25. Children’s Series productions have shows Tuesday through Thursday at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and Friday at 10 a.m.Tickets cost $10.

• MASKED For three days only, Hatbox Theatre (270 Loudon Road, Concord, hatboxnh.com) will be showing performances of Masked. The show will run Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. Ticket prices begin at $16.

• WINNIE THE POOH JR. performed by The Palace Youth Theatre at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, palacetheatre.org) on Aug. 26 at

noon. Tickets for the show start at $12.

• THE BIG WHITE HOUSE ON MAIN STREET Tickets for Amato Center for the Performing Arts’ (56 Mont Vernon St. in Milford, amatocenter.org/riverbend-youth-company) October production of The Big White House on Main Street are also on sale now. The original stage play by Ellen Cunis and Toby Tarnow (who also directs) is set in Woburn, Mass., about an Italian family in the early 20th century, according to thebigwhitehouseonmainstreet.com, where you can find more about the production and the authors. The show will be on stage Thursday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets cost $15, $12 for seniors, students and Woburn residents.

Auditions

• TEEN THEATER COMPANIES The Palace Youth Theatre will hold auditions for the fall 2023 semester of Palace Teen Company and the Palace Teen Apprentice Company on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. (arrive 15 to 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork), according to a press release. The companies are for performers ages 12 to 18 who want a more intensive theater experience and not all who audition will be accepted, the release said. Bring a headshot and resume; prepare 16 to 32 bars of a song of your choice, and wear or bring clothes you can move in when taught a dance combination, the release said. Auditions will be held at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester). Sign up by emailing the name and age of the student to MeganQuinn@ PalaceTheatre.org.

Classical

Includes classical, folk, heritage, pops, American songbook and other musical events.

Masked

• NEW HAMPSHIRE IRISH

FESTIVAL will run Friday, Aug. 25, and Saturday, Aug. 26, with shows at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St. in Manchester) and the Rex Theatre (23 Amherst St. in Manchester) as well as outside, according to palacetheatre.org. Shows take place at the Palace at 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday and at the Rex at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 and 5 p.m. on Aug. 26. Tickets cost $49 (for each location and day). Seamus Kennedy, Reverie Road and The Spain Brothers are slated to play the Rex; Ronan Tynan, Screaming Orphans (pictured) and Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones are scheduled to play the Palace. The outdoor lineup: on Aug. 25 Speed the Plough at 5 p.m., Pat Kelleher at 6:15 p.m. and Marty Quirk at 7:30 p.m.; on Aug. 26 Pat Kelleher at noon, Christine Morrison’s Academy of Celtic Dance at 2 p.m., Matt and Shannon Heaton at 3:15 p.m. and Boston’s Erin Og at 4:30 p.m., according to the website.

• WINDHAM CONCERT

BAND On Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:30 p.m. the Windham Concert Band will perform at LaBelle Winery in Derry (14 Route 111, Derry). The afternoon will include free appetizers and a cash bar; tickets cost $20 per person, according to the press release. Call 425-3284 or email info@windhamcommunitybands.org.

• UKULELE PICNIC The Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group will hold its 8th annual ukulele picnic, SNHUFest, on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rotary Arts Pavilion Stage at Henry Law Park in Dover. The festival, which is free, features a full day of ukulele performances as well as food, vendors, raffles and more, according to a press release. See facebook. com/SNHUG.

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Creative Ambitions Performance Studio will present Masked, an original dramady by New Hampshire resident Glynn Cosker, Friday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Aug. 27, at the Hatbox Theatre (Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road in Concord; hatboxnh.com, 715-2315). The show takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets cost $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors. See capsnh.com for more on the play and the performing arts company.

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Big plants, tall plants

Give a flat garden some height with these perennials

By Henry Homeyer listings@hippopress.com

If Jack, of Beanstalk fame, were to visit my garden, I think he would be impressed. I’m not sure how tall his beanstalk grew, but I got out my 10-foot tripod Hasegawa pruning ladder and took a picture of a flower blossom while standing on the top step. The flower, a black-eyed susan, stood 111 inches tall on a thick stem that has withstood the wind and rains of recent weeks without any staking. It is truly a Goliath.

But this is no ordinary black-eyed susan. Its Latin name, Rudbeckia maxima, gives you a clue about its inclinations. It wants to be bigger and better than any other in the same genus, or family group. Its common name is large coneflower, which is appropriate as the flower does have a large black cone surrounded by yellow petals. I’ve read that it commonly grows 6 to 8 feet tall, but this year it has exceeded that and may still be growing. The leaves are few but large and blue-green in color. Quite interesting. The leaves are mostly clustered toward the bottom of the stalk.

Large coneflower is not commonly sold in nurseries. But if you find one — or better yet, three — plant it where it can strut its stuff. It does well in full sun and average, moist soil. Perhaps because my soil is above average (it is rich, black and fluffy), my plants are taller than average. A few words of warning: Rudbeckia maxima hates to be moved and can take a couple of years to recover from transplanting, or at least mine did.

Another tall, lanky plant I love is a

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Hello, Donna, Can you help me identify this piece of iron? It looks to be all there but I can’t figure it out. Thinking maybe to hold a lamp?

Thanks ahead for any help.

Skip

Dear Skip, You are right, it is all there, but it wasn’t meant for a lamp. It’s a Victorian gutter holder.

How beautiful it must have been to see several of these in a row holding up a rain gutter. Built to last and have beauty to them too.

The value for one might be minimal.

meadow rue called Thalictrum rochebrunianum ‘Lavender Mist.’ My go-to flower book is Manual of Herbaceous Ornamental Plants by Steven M. Still. This is an 800-page text that tells me most everything I need to know about any flower I want to grow: where a plant will grow best, zone hardiness, flower description, how best utilized, related species and much more. Still’s book says ‘Lavender Mist’ commonly grows 4 to 6 feet tall with delicate lavender sepals, no petals, and “primrose-yellow stamens.’ Like the Rudbeckia mentioned above, mine gets tall, often 8 feet or perhaps more, and has large parts of the stem bare of leaves. The finely cut leaves are on a few side branches along the tall stem. This one does need staking sometimes to keep it erect in rainstorms. It is a splendid cut flower, very dramatic in a tall vase. ‘Lavender Mist’ does well in part shade and rich soil. Half a day of sun is fine.

Some years ago at a garden-design competition in the Loire Valley of France I happened upon a Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) called ‘Fascination.’

It is a tall plant, 6 to 7 feet tall for me. The flowers are lilac-rose-colored spikes and quite striking. But no one had them for sale in the States until I finally found one for sale at a mom-and-pop roadside corn and tomato stand that also sold marigolds and geraniums. Huh. How did it get there? I don’t know, but I bought it and still have it 20 years later.

‘Fascination’ flops in rainy weather and needs to be surrounded by three strong stakes and a barrier of string. But if I remember to cut back the stems by half in mid to late June, it does not flop and produces many more flower spikes. Instead of one per stem, it produces six or so smaller ones, and a bit later in the summer. Mine is blooming now.

I’ve come to love the common white Culver’s root even better than ‘Fascination.’ It only gets to be 4 feet or so tall but needs no staking. Bees and wasps love it, too.

The value for a dozen or so would be in the $200+ range. If you own a Victorian home today a priceless find.

Thanks, Skip, for sharing.

Donna Welch has spent more than 35 years in the antiques and collectibles field, appraising and instructing. Her new location is an Antique Art Studio located in Dunbarton, NH where she is still 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.

While visiting a farmer in Ohio I spotted a fascinating big plant called teasel, growing in his corn field. I was told that teasel (Dipsacus spp.) was a horrible weed, and that I was crazy to collect seed from it (though I did anyway). It is biennial with a spiny stalk and leaves and sculptural blossoms that are not like any other I have seen. Hard to describe; see the photo with this article.

Each spring I pull out all but two or three first-year teasel plants so they do not take over my garden. I have three this year, and one is easily 8 feet tall. The flowers are fabulous in an arrangement and can be used dry all winter. Outdoors the stems stand up in wind, snow and ice and are endlessly fascinating to me.

Another favorite tall native plant of mine is called snakeroot, bugbane or black cohosh. Its scientific genus used to be Cimicifuga, but now it has been changed to Actaea. I grow two species, Actaea rac-

emosa and A. ramosa. They bloom starting in August and are a great treat for pollinators, especially bees of all sizes and types. They bloom in alphabetical order, A. racemose first, then A. ramosa. They can have a very strong scent, which I like as much as the bees do.

Snakeroot is a native woodland plant but will do well in full sun or part shade so long as there is plenty of moisture. There are also named cultivars such as ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ that have leaves that are deep purple to almost black and are very striking in the garden. This spring I had ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ growing next to a Rodgersia with big almost orange leaves, and the combination was breathtaking. Later those orange-tinted leaves turn green.

If you garden on a flat area, think about growing some tall perennial plants to give your garden a more interesting look. And mix in some shrubs or small trees to give you height in winter. But that’s an article for another day.

You may email Henry at henry. homeyer@comcast.net. He is a garden consultant and the author of four gardening books. He lives in Cornish, N.H.

Native Culvers root is delicate looking, but strong. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

Teasel is a weed loved by bees. The flowers and stems are very prickly, so wear gloves when picking them. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

Meadow rue ‘Lavender mist’. Photo by Henry Homeyer.

Birds!

• If this week’s cover story has you inspired to do a little birding, check out the Birding Walk at the New Hampshire Audubon’s Massabesic Center (26 Audubon Way in Auburn; nhaudubon. org, 668-2045) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 a.m. All ages and skill levels are welcome, according to the website. Register in advance; admission costs $10.

a uthor storytime

• Genie Ware, author of the book That Blankie, will be at Bookery Manchester (844 Elm St. in Manchester; bookerymht. com) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 11:30 a.m. for a storytime and craft. Admission is free but register for a spot, online.

Movie time

• Chunky’s Cinema Pubs in Manchester (707 Huse Road, chunkys.com) and Nashua (151 Coliseum Ave.) will screen the early summer Pixar release Elemental (PG, 2023) on Thursday, Aug. 24. The movie screens at 11:45 a.m. in Manchester and 4 p.m. in Nashua.

• See Minions: The Rise of Gru (PG, 2022) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Wasserman Park (116 Naticook Road in Merrimack). The event, which is part of the town’s Movies in the Park series, is free. See merrimackparksandrec.org, which also has a link to the movie’s trailer.

• Movie Night Mondays on the Beach wraps up at Hampton Beach with 2021’s Sing 2 (PG) on Monday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free; bring blanks and chairs.

• It’s the penultimate week of Concord Regal’s (282 Loudon Road in Concord; regmovies.com) Summer Movie Express Series, which runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the afternoon. On Tuesday, Aug. 29, and Wednesday, Aug. 30, the movies start at 1:30 p.m. and are Trolls World Tour (PG, 2020) and Despicable Me (PG, 2010). The series wraps up Sept. 5 and Sept. 6 with Despicable Me 3 (PG, 2017) and Spirit: Untamed (PG, 2021)

Palace shows

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• The New Hampshire Fisher Cats continue a six-game run at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in downtown Manchester against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The games Thursday, Aug. 24, through Saturday, Aug. 26, are at 7:05 p.m. and the Sunday, Aug. 27, game starts at 1:35 p.m. Thursday and Saturday night’s games will feature post-game fireworks. On Friday, the first 1,000 fans get a free hat. Sunday’s game features a free pencil pouch giveaway. Before Sunday’s game, the park will also host a Princess Brunch at 10 a.m. (the cost is $26 per person). See milb.com/new-hampshire.

• The 2023 Bank of New Hampshire Children’s Summer Series wraps up at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, palacetheatre.org) with a production of Finding Nemo Jr., which has show times at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24, and 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25. Tickets cost $10.

• The final production by the kid performers at the Palace Youth Theatre summer camp will also take place this weekend. Winnie the Pooh Jr. will be performed at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, palacetheatre. org) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at noon. Tickets for the show start at $12.

Family fun for whenever

That Blankie by Genie Ware.

Minions: The Rise of Gru

good riddance to the ex and his unreasonable aC complaint

Dear Car Talk:

By Ray Magliozzi

Back when I was married, my ex-husband got upset when I turned on the car’s air conditioner while he was accelerating onto a freeway.

He said it was putting too much stress on the engine, and I should wait until he made it to “cruising” speed before turning the AC on.

I was wondering if he was correct about this. Anything you can advise is appreciated. Best regards — Carla

Still holding a grudge, eh?

Well, the bad news is he was getting upset at you all those years for no good reason, Carla.

The good news is he’s somebody else’s problem now, so who cares, right?

The air conditioner does use a good amount of power — and that power does come from the engine. But the engine manages demands for power quite well on its own.

So, when the throttle is wide open, or nearly wide open (when you’re accel-

erating hard), the engine automatically shuts off non-critical accessories like the air conditioner until you return to normal driving. Then, when there’s plenty of power to spare, it allows the air conditioner to come back on.

It happens in the background, so you probably never notice it. Obviously, your ex didn’t. But if you have the air conditioner on, and you suddenly floor the gas pedal to pass a Pete’s Pierogies delivery truck, your air conditioner’s compressor will actually drop out during that hard acceleration and then kick back in a moment later.

And it does so whether there’s an ex-husband in the driver’s seat getting upset or not. So, there’s no reason for you to ever think about this issue again as long as you live, Carla. Erase it from your mind. But if you do want to do a good deed, cut out this newspaper column and mail it anonymously to your ex’s next wife.

Dear Car Talk:

I have a 2015 Dodge Durango with a 3.6L V6 engine. The SUV has 75,000

miles on it, and I plan to keep it for a long time.

I was told the oil cooler was starting to leak a little and will probably need replacement. I have heard that this is an issue with this engine since the cooler housing is plastic.

My question is: If I have to replace the oil cooler, should I replace it with the OEM plastic oil cooler or an aftermarket all-aluminum oil cooler? The price is roughly the same. Thanks. — Scott

I’d probably opt for the aluminum one, Scott. This oil cooler is probably the first place we’d look if you drove in with an oil leak and had one of these engines. It is pretty common.

The oil cooler sits on top of the engine, in between the two banks of “V”-shaped cylinders. It takes in both engine oil and coolant and uses the coolant, in an adjacent channel, to drain heat from the oil, then circulates the oil back to the engine and the coolant back to the radiator.

The oil cooler is actually part plastic and part metal. And it can leak for one of two reasons. Either the housing itself can fail (i.e., crack) or the seals

can fail. There are small O-rings, where the cooler’s oil channels mate up with the engine, and those often fail and let oil leak out.

It’d be nice to know which of those is causing your leak, Scott. Because if it’s just the seals, that means the plastic didn’t fail. And we never want to cast aspersions on innocent plastic.

But once you’ve done the labor to remove the thing and inspect it, you might as well just replace the whole unit. And if I was replacing my oil cooler and had the option of plastic or aluminum, I’d probably get the aluminum one. Keep in mind, your Dodge dealer will probably not install an aftermarket part for you. So, you’ll have to go to Dodo’s Dodge Depository and Dance Studio and ask an independent mechanic to put it in for you.

You won’t get the benefit of the dealer’s experience in doing thousands of these repairs. But you’ll probably get a longer-lasting part and will definitely get a cleaner driveway.

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Explain your job and what it entails.

Take Two Visions LLC is a 360 video booth company that offers booth rentals to anyone hosting weddings, birthdays, large parties, corporate events and more. With our booth rentals, you receive a large platform that fits up to six people, fun props, customized extras and two lovely attendants for a hands-free experience. We take care of the setting up and taking down of the equipment as well as making sure the videos are looking great

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How long have you had this job?

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What was the first job you ever had?

The first job Ivelis had was at Texas Roadhouse. Jeimy’s first job was at Kohl’s and this is actually Rose’s first job, technically; she’s still too young to work but this is definitely a start.

What’s the best piece of work-related advice you’ve ever received?

The best advice we’ve received is someone telling us that our minds will determine our success. A positive mind is what enables you to have anything you want in life. —Angie Sykeny

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Favorite movie: Charlotte’s Web

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Favorite thing about NH: We love all of the beauty this state has. We love going to visit the Kancamagus Highway and going to the White Mountains for vacations.

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News from the local food scene

By Mya Blanchard mblanchard@hippopress.com

• Gate City Brewfest: Gate City Brewfest is this Saturday, Aug. 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. (entry for VIP is at noon) at Holman Stadium (67 Amherst St., Nashua). Over 100 brews and vendors will be in attendance, such as 603 brewery, Citizen Cider, Canteen Spirits, Seacoast Pretzel Company and the Rotary Club of Nashua. There will be live music by Bradley Copper Kettle & Friends, Phall Roots and Frank Viele in addition to bounce houses, games and other activities. Tickets range from $15 to $70 and can be purchased at nashuapal.com or via eventbrite. See gatecitybrewfestnh.com for details including information about parking and shuttle buses.

• Stretch and Sip: Stop by Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road, Brookline) from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 26 for yoga and wine tasting. A tasting of four samples of wine will follow an hour-long yoga class led by Happy Body Yoga instructor Leah. Tickets are $30 per person and an additional charcuterie board is available for $20. Tickets can be purchased online at exploretock.com.

• Bottle Your Own Experience Sundays: Tour the vineyard, winery and wine cellar, learn about the history of Brookline’s Ice District and enjoy four wine flights and a charcuterie board at Averill House Vineyard (21 Averill Road) in Brookline on Sunday, Aug. 27. The vintner will choose a wine for you to bottle (one bottle is included and additional bottles can be purchased) and you’ll take home an Averill House Vineyard Wine glass. The first session will be held at noon and the second session will be at 2 p.m. Attendees are advised to arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time. Tickets are $59 and can be purchased at exploretock.com.

• Bottle signing with celebrity chef Robert Irvine: Sign up now to reserve your spot for a meet and greet and bottle signing and tasting with celebrity chef Robert Irvine at the NH Liquor & Wine Outlet in Bedford (9 Leavy Drive) on Monday, Aug. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. held by the NH Liquor & Wine Outlet and Stone Fence Beverage. Customers who purchase a bottle of Irvine’s Vod-

fOOd focus on fermentation

Chef Sarasin’s new cookbook features fun flavors

By Mya Blanchard mblanchard@hippopress.com

According to local chef Keith Sarasin, humanity wouldn’t be where it is today if it weren’t for fermentation.

In his latest cookbook, Mastering Fermentation, which will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 26, Sarasin aims to show readers the beauty of fermentation while walking them through the process.

“This was a topic the publisher approached me with … and I asked them to focus on certain techniques,” Sarasin said. “I think if we said to anyone off the street [to] name a fermented dish, people might say kimchi or sauerkraut, but I wanted to move beyond just those things and really talk about why fermentation is such a backbone of culture and food.”

Sarasin says his passion for cooking comes from his mom. Growing up in Nashua with just his mother, he wanted to find ways that he could help. He started washing dishes at various restaurants and establishments, working his way up to an executive chef position. He also started working with local farms and in 2012 established the Farmers Dinner, which hosts dinners on various farms all throughout the region. Over time, Sarasin developed a passion for Indian food and culture, an area he now specializes in.

“I was a really picky eater when I was coming up working in kitchens and I think I had a lot of misconceptions about Indian cuisine like many people might,” he said. “One day I walked into a spice shop in Nashua called Food & Fashion of India and there was this lovely little lady in the back … and she kind of took me under her wing. After a lot of coaxing she helped me understand that there was so much more to Indian food than naan and chicken tikka masala. She really gave me my passion for the cuisine and helped me understand it, and subsequently she ended up becoming like a mother to me.”

For the past 16 years Sarasin has dedicated his studies to the cuisine and culture of the Indian subcontinent. He runs a pop-up series called Aatma — the name translates to “soul” — working with farms to bring this food to a new audience.

In Mastering Fermentation Sarasin, whose previous books include Meat: The Ultimate Cookbook and Wild Game Cooking, continues to expose people to new things. He feels there is a lot of confusion surrounding fermentation, a process he says has been used since 6000 BC to make alcohol and preserve food.

“I think a lot of time people think if you leave food out it spoils. I think we’re all taught that. But leaving food out can also lead to fermentation, which is so beautiful,” he said. “Fermentation involves really allowing naturally present or added microorganisms like bacteria, yeast, fungi and those enzymes to work their magic in the absence of oxygen. This leads to the killing of any pathogenic bacteria and creates an environment where beneficial bacteria can thrive.”

There are three types of fermentation to produce fermented foods at home, according to Sarasin: lactic acid fermentation to make things like pickles, yogurt and sourdough; alcohol fermentation to make beer and other alcoholic beverages; and ace-

Lacto-Fermented Carrots

tic fermentation to produce vinegar and kombucha, among other things. In his book he gives a recipe for yogurt and whey fermented berries.

“I think people will realize this is a book to help you safely understand how to leave food out and turn it into a beautiful, fermented food,” Sarasin said. “Another thing I think people are going to realize very quickly and be surprised with is the amount of food that you can ferment to create wonderful healthy flavors really quickly.”

From Keith Sarasin. Serving size: Makes about 1 quart of lacto-fermented carrots (4-6 servings) Active time: 20 minutes Total time: 3-4 weeks

Traditional methods of preserving food and improving its nutritional content include lacto-fermentation. It entails using helpful bacteria called lactobacilli to transform the food’s carbohydrates into lactic acid. The food is preserved during this process, and the environment is made hostile to dangerous microorganisms. In addition to improving the food’s vitamin and enzyme content, lacto-fermentation also makes it more nutrient-dense and digestible.

Vegetables, dairy products and grains are among the foods that are frequently lacto-fermented. Foods that have undergone lacto-fermentation include sourdough bread, pickles, kimchi and sauerkraut.

Ingredients

4 cups grated carrots

2 Tablespoons fine sea salt

1 quart-sized jar with a tight-fitting lid

Directions:

In a large bowl, mix the grated carrots with the salt. Using your hands, massage the salt into the carrots for about 5 minutes, until the carrots start to release their liquid. Transfer the carrots to the jar and press them down firmly. The liquid should cover the carrots. If necessary, you can add a little water to cover the carrots.

Mastering Fermentation by Keith Sarasin (208 pages, Cider Hill Press) will be released Tuesday, Sept. 26.

Carrots that have been lacto-fermented are ... a delicious complement to salads, sandwiches and other foods and have a somewhat sour, crunchy texture. The following is a straightforward recipe for lacto-fermented carrots.

Close the lid tightly and place the jar in a cool, dark place for 3-4 weeks. Check the jar every few days to make sure the carrots are fermenting properly and to release any excess gas.

After 3-4 weeks, the lacto-fermented carrots should be ready. They will have a slightly sour, crunchy texture and a slightly cloudy appearance. If the carrots are not sour enough, you can leave them to ferment for a few more weeks.

Keith Sarasin, author of Mastering Fermentation. Courtesy photo.

kitchen

WiTH AmANdA BAril

Amanda Baril is the owner of NH Doughnut Co., a small family-run doughnut shop with locations in Concord and Bedford. The company, which Baril started in 2018, serves yeast and cake doughnuts made fresh each morning. While the menu rotates monthly, the doughnuts come in a wide variety of flavors like guava cheesecake, blueberry lemonade and honey dipped glazed. They also offer other baked goods like French crullers, with flavors like key lime pie and toasted coconut, apple fritters, as well as vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options. You can find them at the Concord farmers market on Saturday mornings.

What is your must-have kitchen item? Scissors. I like to keep at least six hanging around since they seem to disappear.

What would you have for your last meal?

Mashed potatoes. Last meal, every meal, give me all the potatoes.

What is your favorite local eatery?

This is a toss-up between Cotton and Mangia Italian Restaurant.

Edible cookie dough

From the kitchen of NH Doughnut Co.

6 cups brown sugar

8 cups heat-treated flour

32 ounces butter

4 cups mini chocolate chips

4 teaspoons salt

1 cup milk

8 teaspoons vanilla

What is your favorite thing on your menu?

Definitely the French crullers.

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

I know I am biased, but doughnuts are hot right now. They are popping up everywhere, including restaurant dessert menus and pairing events.

What is your favorite thing to cook at home?

Shepherd’s pie.

In a stand mixer, combine brown sugar and softened butter, and beat until fluffy. Add milk and flour (alternating) until combined. Add vanilla, salt and mini chocolate chips. Refrigerate and enjoy!

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ka ($15.99 to $21.99) or Gin ($19.99 to $25.99) during this time frame will be able to participate. Reserve your spot online via eventbrite.

• Save the date: Glendi, the 44th annual celebration of Greek food and culture at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (650 Hanover St. in Manchester; stgeorgenh.org/activities/glendi, 622-9113), will take place Friday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept. 17. Admission is free but bring money for the dinner or gyros and coffee, pastries and other Greek eats. The festival

is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

• Get a taste: The 18th annual Taste of New Hampshire will take place Tuesday, Oct. 3, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center (2 Institute Dr. in Concord). Tickets cost $40. The event features sweet and savory eats from area restaurants as well as live music and a silent auction — all to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Central New Hampshire. See tasteofnh.com.

Amanda Baril, owner of NH Doughnut Co. Courtesy photo.

John Fladd cooks

flourless Chocolate Cake

A lot of people seem to be deeply suspicious of my cooking.

I like to cook interesting — and yes, sometimes experimental — dishes. When I try to share them with others, my friends and coworkers suddenly surprise me with previously unknown lactose or gluten intolerances. Worst of all is when I try to give food as a gift:

“Here. Please accept this token of our friendship that I baked especially for you. It was hard work, but I wanted you to have it, because I like you so much.”

“No thanks, I’m good.”

If this has happened to you, try this.

flourless Chocolate Cake

2 sticks (200 grams) salted butter

8 ounces (230 grams) extremely good dark chocolate. Chocolate chips would work for this, but it will be better with your favorite eating chocolate. Because this is a dense, decadent cake, if you have a hidden stash of Very Dark Chocolate hidden somewhere, that would be a good choice for this.

1¼ cups (250 grams) brown sugar

1½ cups (125 grams) unsweetened cocoa. If you have Dutch process cocoa, that would be even better; it is less acidic.

2 teaspoons (10 grams) vanilla paste –a tablespoon of good vanilla extract will work for this, too.

¼ teaspoon (0.5 grams) kosher salt

6 whole eggs

Heat your oven to 350º (175º C)

Butter a 9-inch spring-form pan, and cover the bottom with parchment paper. (Easy “cheat” method for cutting a round of parchment paper to size: Fold a square of parchment paper into quarters, then in half, diagonally, to make a triangle. Fold the triangle in half, to make a sharper angle. Keep doing this until you can’t fold the paper anymore. Measure out half the diameter of your pan from the tip — in this case, four and a half inches — then cut across the triangle. Unfold the sharp end, and it will be an almost perfect circle the exact size of your pan. Actually, it will be a pentacontagon — a 50-sided polygon — or something, but close enough to a circle for our purposes.)

Over low heat, brown the butter in a small saucepan until it is the color of a tweed coat and smells nutty. Set it aside. Break your chocolate up into small

pieces, and place it in a plastic or glass mixing bowl. Melt it in your microwave, stirring it every 20 seconds.

Whisk the brown butter into the melted chocolate. Normally, adding a liquid to melted chocolate will make it seize up, but browning the butter has not only added flavor to it but also cooked off its water content.

Whisk in the brown sugar and vanilla, then the eggs, one at a time.

Sift the cocoa powder into the mixture, and whisk to combine. Cocoa powder, like cinnamon and some other dry ingredients, is hydrophobic, which means that it doesn’t like to mix with wet ingredients. Even though there isn’t any water in your mixture anymore, there was a small amount in the eggs. You will have to force the issue with your whisk.

Bake for 40 minutes, remove from the oven, and let it cool for at least half an hour before unmolding it. Your house will smell amazing.

Serve with a truly injudicious amount of whipped cream.

This is a very, very dense and decadent chocolate cake. It is earthy with cocoa flavor, but the brown butter and brown sugar give it a subtle butterscotch background. A small slice at a time will be perfect. For what it’s worth, anyone who normally gets out of trying your cooking by suddenly claiming to have a gluten intolerance will have to find another excuse. For anyone who actually has a gluten sensitivity, this will be a special treat.

Another up-side of this cake is that because it is not very sweet, you might be able to avoid having to share this with young children. Your husband or girlfriend is another matter.

Photo by John Fladd.

POP C u Lture

Mariion Christiian, “Still Water” / “The Weight of Things” (eMg records)

You’d file this new EP somewhere between Above & Beyond and Tiesto, and yes, it’s that good. Christian is known as a veteran producer who has a way with melodies that “articulate emotions in a way that words simply cannot,” which was evident on his 2022 “Bleu EP,” but it does come into sharper focus on this new release, where you’re never quite sure where the beat’s going to shift to next, but it’s singularly pleasant. The Los Angeles-based producer is big on brevity at this point, obviously; he’s more into afterparty vibe as opposed to club bangers and such.

“Still Water” has a 1980s feel to it, but it’s steeped in the sort of bright, sparkly stuff you may have raved to back in the day; “The Weight of Things” is more on the Aphex Twin/Orbital side, soaring with soprano samples and a shuffling rhythm that’s pretty irresistible really. He’s been known to doof around with sub-tribal stuff reminiscent of Tangerine Dream; it’ll be interesting to see what he does next.

A+

—Eric W. Saeger

will Butler + sister squares, Will Butler + Sister Squares (Merge records)

This Butler isn’t the one who basically ruined Arcade Fire by getting in very hot water by racking up some sexual harassment charges. That’s Win, not Will; Will is Win’s younger brother, who’s teamed up here with Sister Squares, a group of four peeps with backgrounds in classical music, Broadway (Sara Dobbs had a run as Anybodys in West Side Story), choreography and such, and one of them is Will’s wife. This album opens with a mopey intro, then launches into “Stop Talking,” which could pass for an unreleased, too electro-sounding single by the Tubes (please tell me someone out there remembers those guys).

“Willows” is jangly cowboy-hat indie, tuneful in its way; “Me And My Friends” has some goth-stompiness to it; “Arrow Of Time” is a campy nod to Flaming Lips, and so on and so forth. This really isn’t bad at all, and seeing that Arcade Fire is sinking fast, with bands dropping out of their tours, it’s a smart move on Butler’s part, not for nothin’.

A- —Eric W. Saeger

PlAYliST

A seriously abridged compendium of recent and future CD releases

• On to the new CD releases for Aug. 25, folks, up and at ’em, let’s do this, don’t give me that face, and now for a special message. If you’re a Facebook Friend of mine, you know that I’m trying to get on Fritz Wetherbee’s show on WMUR TV’s New Hampshire Chronicle, a show in which Fritz, between costume changes to adjust the color and raw awesomeness of his bow tie du jour, talks to you, the audience who’s sitting there eating leftover KFC, about how this or that super-small town in our beloved Granite State was once visited by Gen. George Washington, whoever that is, and someone who was probably French once invented a device to milk goats or whatnot and got rich, which led to his being tried and hung as a warlock. Anyway, I expect I’ll get a message from Fritz any day now, begging me to come on, and I want to be musically prepared with the right tunes for my visit, so that he won’t freak out that I don’t only listen to scratchy 1920s Ray Noble records and kick me off his show! No, I seriously do want to be the next Fritz; if Fritz ever decides he has had it, I would be glad to take over his show.

In the meantime I’m trying to find some music to talk about in this week’s column, some dulcet tunes that’ll prove to Fritz that I should be the new Fritz, on TV, talking about goat witches and etc., so hey, everyone, remember to help spread the hashtag #MakeSaegerTheNewFritz whenever you post to your favorite social media hellscape.

OK, I did take a gander at the new releases coming out on the 25th, and there was nothing about driving around with Petunia in a Model T, but wouldn’t you know it, there’s a new album coming out that day from old-time American bluegrass/stringband throwbacks Old Crow Medicine Show! Titled Jubilee, it features the song “Miles Away,” a folksy bluegrass-gasm that perfectly fits all the song’s video’s scenery of random wooden bridges in places that remind me of Spofford Lake, N.H., which would be a great place for Fritz and me to visit when we shoot our first episode of the show, driving around in an original vintage Stanley Steamer, just waving at the locals who’ve never seen an automobile before. Remember to use that hashtag, folks, let’s make this happen, I’m 100 percent serious about this.

• Let’s see, what else have we here — blah blah blah, whatever — OK, wait, Fritz will dig this, I’m sure he used to get crazy to Alice Cooper albums on eight-track back in the days, when he was in college with all the wacky weed and such, and look, gang, Alice has a new album coming out right now, called Road! The first single is titled “I’m Alice,” and it sounds a little like “Elected,” but then again, what Alice Cooper song doesn’t? There’s some fiddle in there too, and if I’m chosen to become the new Fritz, it will be the theme song for my New Hampshire Chronicle segments, the first of which will cover my investigation of the town of Stewartstown, N.H., which is so close to Canada that you can practically taste the maple-flavored poutine!

• Fritz would probably like North Carolina band Hiss Golden Messenger, because it too is indie-folk and country. The quintet’s new LP, Jump For Joy, wields the single “Shinbone,” a mellow, woozy track that sounds like a drunk Tom Petty.

• Lastly, it’s B-52s singer Cindy Wilson, with an album called Realms. The single, “Midnight,” is Berlin-ish ’80s-krautrock-dance. It’s OK, and don’t forget the hashtag #MakeSaegerTheNewFritz, folks! —Eric W. Saeger

MUSIC, BOOKS, MOVIES AND MORE

Patchett

The celebrated novelist Ann Patchett says that Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has been a “comfort, guide and inspiration” throughout her life, and that in her new novel, Tom Lake, she’s trying to draw attention to the play and to all of Wilder’s work.

In doing so she’s drawing attention to New Hampshire, since the Pulitzer Prize-winning play is set in a fictional town in the Granite State. And for someone who grew up in the South, Patchett has a surprisingly good grasp of New England, where parts of this novel take place.

At one point the narrator is asked to swim as part of a movie audition. “Right away I wondered how cold the water was because that’s the first thing a person from New Hampshire thinks about when someone starts talking about swimming,” she says. New Hampshire is omnipresent in Tom Lake, which toggles between the decadesold memories of the narrator, Lara Kenison, and her life in the early days of Covid-19, as she shelters with her husband and adult daughters on the family’s farm in northern Michigan.

As a teenager, Lara — then Laura — was cast as Emily in a community theater production of Our Town; she aced her audition because every other aspiring Emily was trying too hard, because being in a production of Our Town is apparently like the Holy Grail for thespians in this state.

“Citizens of New Hampshire could not get enough of Our Town,” Lara says. “We felt about the play the way other Americans felt about the Constitution or the ‘Star-Spangled Banner.’ It spoke to us, made us feel special and seen.”

The audition was eye-opening for Lara, who watched as adults desperate for a role bumbled their way through auditions.

(“Many of the Georges … read their lines as if they were trying out for Peter Pan. The older they were, the more they leapt in a

Book

Author events

• JANE HEALEY will be at the Bookery (844 Elm St. in Manchester; bookerymht.com) on Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. to discuss her new novel, Goodnight From Paris. The event is free; register online.

• PAMELA PETRO celebrates the U.S. launch of her book The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence—A Memoir, on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. at MainStreet BookEnds (16 E. Main St., Warner, 4562700, mainstreetbookends.com). She will be joined in conversation with Warner’s David Elliott, New York Times bestselling author of Bull

scene that did not call for leaping.”)

By the time her name was called, Laura, who had never been a “theater girl,” had decided to drop the “u” in her name for a spelling she thought more worldly.

Lara’s acting career was brief but dazzling and included another stint as Emily at a summer stock production of Our Town at the titular Tom Lake in Michigan, where she was paired with a soon-to-be-famous actor named Peter Duke. The two had a brief love affair, after which they went down markedly different paths — just how different their paths were is not revealed until the story’s end.

Even after he was no longer physically present in Lara’s life, Duke played a starring role in Lara’s family life. Her husband knew just enough about the story to tell their daughters that their mother once dated the famous man they’d just seen in a movie, which set off an emotional explosion in the house. From there Duke grew larger in the girls’ imaginations, to the point where one of them became convinced, at age 14, that Duke was her father. “Thanks to his ubiquitous presence in the world, the man I’d spent a summer with took up residence in our home, and still I thought of him remarkably little,” Lara reflects.

All that changes in the spring of 2020, when the adult daughters — Emily, Maisie and Nell — come home for Covid and their mother finally relents and starts telling the story of her acting career, tantalizing details revealed in short installments.

The daughters learn how that first unplanned audition came about and how, a couple of years later, Lara played Emily again at a University of New Hampshire production. (“In any given year more girls

• MARCELO GLEISER, a physicist and professor at Dartmouth College, will discuss his new book The Dawn of a Mindful Universe at Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com) on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m.

• DEBORAH and RALPH BLUMENTHAL will discuss their illustrated book UFOhs!: Mysteries in the Sky at Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter, 778-9731, waterstreetbooks. com) on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 2 p.m., during the Exeter UFO Festival.

• JILLY GAGNON brings her new thriller, Scenes of the Crime, to Gibson’s Bookstore (45 S. Main St., Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.

who had once played Emily attended the University of New Hampshire than any other university in the country…,” Patchett writes.)

Through the stories, the girls follow their mother to L.A. for a screen test at the behest of a director who’d been at the UNH performance. They hear about her two seasons of “unremarkable” television and her Red Lobster commercial. And ultimately they arrive at Tom Lake, where young Lara fell for a man who would one day have Tom Cruise-level fame while she slipped into domestic obscurity.

“You should have been famous. I think that’s what kills me,” Nell says to her mother at one point, to which Lara, reclining in grass and sunlight with her smart, accomplished daughters, says, “Look at this! Look at the three of you. You think my life would have been better spent making commercials for lobster rolls?”

But the stories that Lara reluctantly tells her family, while true, are incomplete.

“Secrets are at times a necessary tool for peace,” she says at one point. While her girls may not hear the whole story, the readers will.

Patchett dwells in that rarefied world of publishing in which everything she writes sells, and sells well, whether fiction or essay. (It’s also the level at which Meryl Streep voices the audio book.) Though Patchett has been married twice, she famously made the decision not to have children in order to concentrate on writing, believing that she wouldn’t have enough energy to put into both. A lot of energy went into Tom Lake; it is a warm and deeply thoughtful novel that exhibits Patchett’s copious talents in the highbrow genre called literary fiction. B+

—Jennifer Graham

com) on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m., to discuss with Hank Phillippi Ryan (author of The House Guest).

• CYNTHIA NEALE, a local author, will read from and sign copies of her new book Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters, on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Manchester (1741 S. Willow St., 668-5557).

• PAUL AUGUST, a local author, will talk about his novel The Canaries on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. at Balin Books (375 Amherst St., Nashua, 4177981, balinbooks.com).

History, stories & lectures

• STARK DECENCY: NH’S WWII

GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR

CAMP presented by Allen Koop at Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown, 497-2102) on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m. See nhhumanities.org.

• 12,000 YEARS AGO IN THE GRANITE STATE presented by Robert Goodby at Abbot Library (11 Soonipi Circle, Sunapee, 763-5513) on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. See nhhumanities.org.

• JENNIE POWERS: THE WOMAN WHO DARES presented by Jennifer Carroll, hosted by the Woman’s Service Club of Windham, at the Presbyterian Church (1 Church St., Windham) on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 12:30 p.m. See nhhumanities.org or call 434-4775.

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Blue Beetle (Pg-13)

A recent college grad accidentally forms a symbiotic relationship with superpower-bestowing alien tech in Blue Beetle, a dC Comics movie that isn’t, story-wise at least, necessarily a piece of any particular dC franchise but probably will get absorbed in the new dCU if it does OK, box-officeally speaking.

I mention this because if you didn’t watch The Flash or can’t remember the whole deal with Black Adam, that’s fine, none of that business is part of this movie.

Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña, bringing his floppy-haired goofballness from Cobra Kai) is a recent college graduate who gets several bites into his celebratory taco homecoming dinner before his sister Milagro (Belissa Escobedo) lays out an assortment of the family’s difficulties: they’ve lost the family business (an auto body shop), dad Alberto (Damian Alcazar) has had a heart attack and the family house — where mom Rocio (Elpidia Carrillo), Nana (Adriana Barraza) and Uncle Rudy (George Lopez) also live — is being sold out from under them. Some of this misfortune seems to be due to the gentrification spearheaded by the Kords, a wealthy family in Palmera City (kind of a Miami-ish/ Los Angeles-y city of gleaming futuristic buildings and neighborhoods of Mexican Americans who are being shoved around by banks and developers).

As it turns out, pricing people out of their communities is only one of many crummy

film

• Oppenheimer (R, 2023) will screen at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org) on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 3 p.m.

• Barbie (PG-13, 2023) will screen at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org)

Thursday, Aug. 24, at 4:15 & 7 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Aug.

things Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon) is up to. She’s building a militarized force of augmented humans with a bit of tech that can snap in to soldiers’ spines and gear them up with weaponry and armor. She’s also digging up alien tech, the Scarab, a blue-beetle-ylooking device that can bond with humans, to make those devices even more powerful. Her niece, Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), disagrees with this direction of the company and wants the family business to focus less on weaponry, like her father wanted before he disappeared. When she spots the Scarab in Kord labs, she hides it in a takeout box and tries to rush it out of the building. On the way, she runs in to Jaime, who came looking for her after she offered to get him a job (to replace the house-cleaning job he lost by standing up for Jenny to her aunt Victoria). She gives him the box and tells him to rush out. At the urging of his curious family, he opens the box. Several members of the family handle the blue beetle but it’s Jaime that the Scarab chooses to bond with.

That bonding leads to Jaime being covered in armor, shot into space, accidentally slicing a bus in half and slamming back down to Earth, creating a second hole in the roof of the family house.

Before Jaime gets to the “great power, great responsibility” portion of superhero-power-acquirement, Victoria and a bunch of henchmen — led by Scarab-bonding-hopeful Carapax (Raoul Max Trujillo) — show up at the family home to attempt to get the Scarab back.

Jaime’s battles are, sure, against racism —

27, at 1:30, 4:15 & 7 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 28, through Thursday, Aug. 31, at 4:15 & 7 p.m.

• Golda (PG-13, 2023) will screen at Red River Theatres (11 S. Main St., Concord, 224-4600, redrivertheatres.org)

Thursday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, Aug. 27, at 1:15, 4 & 6:45 p.m.;

Monday, Aug. 28, at 4 & 6:45 p.m.; Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Agu. 30, 4 &

6:45 p.m.; Thursday, Aug. 31, at 4 & 6:45 p.m.

• Movies in the Park in Merrimack Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022, PG) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022, PG) on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to Merrimack residents and non-residents. Screenings are held in Wasserman Park (116 Naticook

he’s told that delivery people use the back when he shows up at Kord headquarters for a job interview, Victoria rather snootily tells him to “ándale” when she fires him and refers to her head scientist as “Dr. Sanchez” (Harvey Guillen) despite his regular reminders that that’s not his name. But the battle Jaime fights is largely one to protect his family — who in turn aid him when he has to face off against Victoria, who has no problem killing him to get the Scarab back. The movie maybe has some wider “the community” ideas but those never really get fleshed out. Nor exactly do the personalities of his family — beyond Rudy’s role as comic relief and Nana’s surprise experience with anti-imperialist revolution. Jaime’s sister Milagro feels like she should be a bigger character than she is; she’s sort of positioned as his closest confidant within the family but the movie’s use of her just sort of peters out.

There are other elements of Blue Beetle that just feel messy — half finished or thrown in without a lot of thought. Jenny’s whole

Road, Merrimack). In the event of inclement weather, a decision will generally be posted to Merrimack Parks & Recreation’s website or Facebook by 1 p.m. as to whether or not it will be postponed. Visit merrimackparksandrec.org.

• The Divine Lady (1929) a silent film presented with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis will screen on Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. at Wilton Town Hall The-

back story — her missing father who was himself a sort of secret-identity superhero — and her relationship with Jaime feels like a bunch of tasks (love interest, sequel setup, narrative shortcut to getting superhero tech to regular people) just shoved into a character who doesn’t really have a lot going on separate from Jaime’s storyline. Something about Sarandon’s portrayal of the villain feels not quite there — like the movie couldn’t decide if she was a cackling fairy tale witch or a more banal hyper-capitalist. The actress herself seems confused and I found a lot of her performance to just feel flat.

Also, it feels like an already overused dig to say that a movie’s dialogue sounds like it was written by A.I. — but wow did this movie’s dialogue feel like what would happen if you smooshed every superhero cliché and dialogue tic into a Blue Beetle mold. The trailer seemed to suggest that this movie came with some sharper humor and less plasticine human interaction, but I think this was largely just because it was giving us George Lopez’s best lines.

Blue Beetle ultimately felt like it had some good ideas and some nice framework for character relationships set up by Jaime’s family but it just wasn’t sure what to focus on. C+

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, language and some suggestive references, according to the MPA on filmratings. com. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto with a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, Blue Beetle is two hours and seven minutes long and is distributed in theaters by Warner Bros.

atre (40 Main St., Wilton, wiltontownhalltheatre.com, 654-3456)

• Summer Movie Express Series, a schedule of family-friendly movies, will screen at Regal Cinemas in Concord on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for $2 per ticket.

Trolls World Tour and Despicable Me on Aug. 29 and Aug. 30 at 1:30 p.m..

• My Best Girl (1927) a silent film presented with live musical

accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis will screen on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey (39 Main St., Plymouth, 536-2551, flyingmonkeynh.com).

• Nashua’s SummerFun “Pic in the Park” at the Bandshell at Greeley Park (100 Concord St. in Nashua) On Friday, Sept. 8, it’s National Treasure.

Blue Beetle.

By Michael Witthaus mwitthaus@hippopress.com

• Bringing it back: Among a multitude of tribute acts, The Frank White Experience is one of a few delving into hip-hop. Using the music of Notorious B.I.G. as a starting point, the seven-piece band, led by Skribe Da Godruns, moves through a deep catalog of ’90s favorites. Launched in 2017, their blend of showmanship and homage has led one critic to call them the Dark Star Orchestra of hip-hop and R&B. Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m., Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. See frankwhiteexp.com.

• Shimmer and pop: In the early 2000s, the members of The New Norde were part of Seacoast band The Minus Scale, with a love for lustrous pop songs. Now a trio, they formed in 2019 and spent lockdown woodshedding for their 2022 debut Whatever’s Clever. Friday, Aug. 25, 5 p.m., Vernon Family Farm, 301 Piscassic Road, Newfields, tickets at vernonkitchen.com.

• Red hot blues: An outdoor afternoon concert has Boston’s Delta Generators, a rootsy band led by ex-Radio Kings singer and harmonica player Brian Templeton. For this show, guitarist Kid Ramos joins them; he’s performed with a bevy of big acts, including Roomful of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Ramos and Templeton are both in the all-star blues band The Proven Ones. Saturday, Aug. 26, 1 p.m., Kennedy Farm, 176 Kennedy Hill Road, Goffstown. More at deltagenerators.com.

• Sturm und drang: Marking 50 years since Metallica debuted with Kill ’Em All, The Four Horsemen deliver a note-perfect arena-level sonic assault. The band’s vocalist and guitar player Sean Perry called seeing the group during its 1991 Black Album tour an experience that changed him forever and is now focused on being “the only album-quality Metallica tribute band on the planet.” Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 pm., Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A St., Derry, $35 and up at tupelohall.com.

• Decade double shot: A brief foray into the Great American Songbook now a memory, Rod Stewart is sticking to his bread and butter on his current tour, which includes fellow ’70s hitmakers Cheap Trick. He usually opens with Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” but then settles into the songs that made his reputation, like “Maggie May,” “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” and “Stay With Me.” Monday, Aug. 28, 7:30 p.m., Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford, $49.50 and up at livenation. com.

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NH Irish Festival an indoor/outdoor bash

By Michael Witthaus mwitthaus@hippopress.com

According to the New England Historical Society, more than one in five of New Hampshire’s residents claim Irish ancestry. The lure of factory jobs led a wave of immigration from Ireland to Manchester in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Emerald Isle’s cultural presence has grown steadily since, particularly when it comes to music.

Thus, the upcoming New Hampshire Irish Festival won’t be a one-night affair in a single venue. Rather, it will stretch across two days in downtown Manchester, with shows at both the spacious Palace Theatre and the more intimate Rex. An outdoor stage will offer free live music prior to both shows.

Liam Spain is a musician who’s performed traditional Irish and folk music for decades with his brother Mickey. The two are close to completing a new album they’ll release next year. He also works for the Palace, and CEO Peter Ramsey asked him to pull together a list of artists for an event similar in spirit to last year’s Jazz Festival there.

Spain leaned into the task and was elated when all his first-call performers said yes. Ronan Tynan will headline two nights at the Palace, along with Screaming Orphans and Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfe Tones.

At the Rex, it’s two shows from Reverie Road, a supergroup with members of Solas and Gaelic Storm, along with Belfast native Seamus Kennedy, and the Spain Brothers.

in 1965. “This new band of his has amazing musicians,” he said. “It does some of the Wolfe Tones stuff; it’s still very much folk but very melodic — there’s a lot of mixture in the music.”

It represents the whole gamut of Irish music ... There’s Ronan, a traditional tenor. Then you have the folk and ballad stuff with Seamus, the tunes with Reverie Road, and with Screaming Orphans you get the Irish pop and rock.

“It represents the whole gamut of Irish music,” Spain said in a recent phone interview. “There’s Ronan, a traditional tenor. Then you have the folk and ballad stuff with Seamus, the tunes with Reverie Road, and with Screaming Orphans you get the Irish pop and rock. It covers all the bases.”

Spain is also very keen on Derek Warfield’s latest project, which draws its name from the trad group he cofounded

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Screaming Orphans are the four Diver sisters, Joan, Angela, Gràinne and Marie Thérèse, who hail from Bundoran in Ireland’s County Donegal. Along with releasing a dozen albums — their latest, Taproom, made the Billboard World Music Top 10 — they’re also known for backing Sinead O’Connor on a couple of tours. They’ve also recorded with Peter Gabriel, and sang with Joni Mitchell when she contributed to a Chieftains album.

Outdoor activities begin at 5 p.m. on Friday with Speed the Plough, followed by Pat Kelleher (appearing both days), with local favorite Marty Quirk doing the final pre-concert set. Saturday kicks off at noon with Kelleher, followed by Christine Morrison’s Academy of Celtic Dance. Husband-and-wife duo Matt and Shannon Heaton and Erin Og, both Boston-based trad acts, close out the free music.

The Spain Brothers perform infrequently, now that Mickey Spain lives in North Carolina. “We do our playing and touring strategically whenever he comes up,” Liam said. Along with the festival, they’re in New York and have a couple of other regional shows.

Beyond that, in November the two will bring fans along for a nine-day trek through Ireland run by Brack Tours. It stops in Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin; they’ll play at least four shows. The trip includes a tour of the Smithwick’s brewery and stops at historical spots like Rock of Cashel, Bunratty Castle, Glengowla Mines and Athlone & Sean’s Bar, Ireland’s oldest pub.

Spain is excited about the cultural exchange happening in his hometown. “It’s going to be a great weekend of music,” he said, adding that Hanover Street will be closed for outdoor activities. “Our plan is to have the Palace bar, as well as a food truck or two. So it’s going to have a little street fair element as well.”

new Hampshire irish festival

When: Friday, Aug. 25, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m.

Where: Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., and Rex Theatre, 23 Amherst St., Manchester

Tickets: $49 at palacetheatre.org

Free outdoor performances start at 5 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday

Screaming Orphans. Courtesy photo.

Alton Bay

Dockside Restaurant

6 East Side Drive, 8552222

Foster’s Tavern

403 Main St., 875-1234

Auburn Auburn Pitts 167 Rockingham Road, 622-6564

Bedford Copper Door 15 Leavy Dr., 488-2677

Murphy’s Carriage House

393 Route 101, 4885875

Pressed Cafe 216 S. River Road, 606-2746

T-Bones 169 S. River Road, 623-7699

Boscawen

Avaloch Farm

16 Hardy Ln., 7962270

thursday, aug. 24

Auburn

Bow Chen Yang Li 520 S. Bow St., 2288508

Bristol

The Purple Pit Coffee Lounge

28 Central Square, 7447800

Brookline

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

Averill House Winery 21 Averill Road, 3712296

Canterbury Canterbury Farmers Market

9 Center Road

Canterbury Shaker Village 288 Shaker Road, 7839511

Concord Area 23 State Street, 881-9060

Cheers 17 Depot St., 228-0180

Courtyard by Marriott Concord 70 Constitution Ave.

Hermanos Cocina Mexicana 11 Hills Ave., 224-5669

Lithermans 126 Hall St., Unit B

Tandy’s Pub & Grille 1 Eagle Square, 8567614

T-Bones 404 S. Main St., 7151999

Uno Pizzeria 15 Fort Eddy Road, 226-8667

Contoocook

Contoocook Farmers Market

896 Main St., 746-3018

Gould Hill Farm & Contoocook Cider Co.

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

656 Gould Hill Road, 746-3811

deerfield The Lazy Lion 4 North Road, 4637374 derry Amphora 55 Crystal Ave., 5370111

Fody’s Tavern 187 Rockingham Road, 404-6946

Hare of the Dawg

3 E. Broadway, 5523883

LaBelle Winery 14 Route 111, 6729898

dover

Cara Irish Pub & Restaurant

11 Fourth St., 343-4390

Epping Railpenny Tavern

8 Exeter Road, 7342609

Goffstown

Telly’s Restaurant & Pizzeria

235 Calef Hwy., 6798225

Epsom Hill Top Pizzeria 1724 Dover Road, 7360027

Exeter

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

Shooters Pub

6 Columbus Ave., 7723856

Farmington Hawg’s Pen 1114 Route 11, 7553301

Francestown Old Meetinghouse

1 New Boston Road, 731-5119

Gilford Beans and Greens 245 Intervale Road, 293-2853

DJ Jason, 7 p.m.

Patrick’s 18 Weirs Road, 2930841

Goffstown Stonebridge Country Club

181 Gorham Pond Road, 497-8633

Village Trestle 25 Main St., 497-8230

Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar 73 Ocean Blvd., 9265050

Bogie’s 32 Depot Square, 6012319

CR’s The Restaurant 287 Exeter Road, 9297972

The Goat 20 L St., 601-6928

Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage Events are on southern stage

londonderry

L Street Tavern 603 17 L St., 967-4777

Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Blvd., 9260324

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

Hillsboro Main Street Grill and Bar 126 W. Main St., 2904887

Hudson The Bar 2B Burnham Road

Luk’s Bar & Grill 142 Lowell Road, 8899900

Lynn’s 102 Tavern 76 Derry Road, 9437832

T-Bones 77 Lowell Road, 8826677

7 p.m.

Jaffrey Park Theatre 19 Main St., 532-9300

Kensington The Farm at Eastman’s Corner 224 Amesbury Road, 347-1909

Kingston Saddle Up Saloon 92 Route 125, 3696962

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

Bernini Pizzeria and Wine Bar 1135 Union Ave., 5278028

Cactus Jack’s 1182 Union Ave., 5287800

Fratello’s 799 Union Ave., 5282022

Naswa Resort 1086 Weirs Blvd., 3664341

T-Bones 1182 Union Ave., 5287800

Tower Hill Tavern

Currier: TBD, 5 p.m

Auburn Pitts: Nicole Knox

Murphy, 6 p.m.

Bedford

Copper Door: Justin Jordan, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: Casey Roop, 5:30 p.m.

Pressed Cafe: Jordan Quinn, 6 p.m.

T-Bones: Jess Olson, 6 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: open mic with Travis Rollo, 6 p.m.

Concord

Area 23: karaoke, 6 p.m.

Cheers: Doug Thompson, 6 p.m.

Eagle Square: Club Soda, 7 p.m.

Lithermans: Mikey G, 5;30 p.m.

T-Bones: Chris Taylor, 6 p.m.

Contoocook

Railroad Museum: April Cushman, 6 p.m.

derry

Fody’s: music bingo, 8 p.m.

LaBelle: Crush, 7:15 p.m.

Epping

Railpenny: Dave Gerard, 6 p.m.

Telly’s: Mark & Jay Duo, 7 p.m.

Epsom Hill Top: music bingo w/ Jennifer Mitchell, 7 p.m.

Farmington

Hawg’s Pen: open mic, 7 p.m.

Music, live and in person

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

Village Trestle: Tom Boisse, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Greg DeCoteau, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Taylor Hughes, 8 p.m.

L Street: Chris Powers, 2:30 p.m.; Keith Crocker, 7 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe, 1 p.m.; Lewis Goodwin, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Nashville Line Dance, 6 p.m.; Angela West and Showdown, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: D-Comp, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Russ Six, 3 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Hopkinton

Railroad Museum: April Cushman, 6 p.m.

Hudson

Luk’s: Jimmy D, 7 p.m.

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

T-Bones: Johnny Angel, 6 p.m.

Kingston

Saddle Up Saloon: karaoke w/

laconia

Fratello’s: Ramez Mataz, 6 p.m.

Naswa: MacKenzie Lee; 5:30 p.m.

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

Stumble Inn: Another Shot Duo, 7 p.m.

manchester

Cactus Jack’s: Lou Antonucci, 6 p.m.

City Hall Pub: John Chouinard,

Goat: Cox Karaoke, 8 p.m.

KC’s Rib Shack: Phil Jacques, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: Pete Massa, 5:30 p.m.

Shaskeen: The Frank White Experience, 8 p.m.

Haos & kindness 2023 sky sHow

See Recycled Percussion and what’s billed as “the largest fireworks display in New Hampshire” on Saturday, Aug. 26, in Arms Park in downtown Manchester. The music starts at noon with a performance lineup that include Grenon, Runnin’ Down a Dream (1:50 p.m.), Fighting Friday (3:15 p.m.), Mullet (5 p.m.), MJ Live (6:45 p.m.) and, at 8:30 p.m., Recycled Percussion, according to chaosandkindness. store/pages/sky-show. Fireworks are scheduled to start at 9:15 p.m. On the website, you can find the map showing the stage and the free admission area. A ticketed area offers access to a viewing area closer to the stage as well as other VIP amenities; the ticketed levels are divided into Gold Level ($125 per person), Silver Level ($75 per person) and Bronze Level ($50 per person).

nite MUSIC THIS WEEK

264 Lakeside Ave., 366-9100

The Wreck Yard 322 Lakeside Ave.

litchfield

Day of the Dead Mexican Taqueria

Mel’s Funway Park 454 Charles Bancroft Highway, 377-7664

londonderry

Coach Stop Restaurant & Tavern 176 Mammoth Road, 437-2022

Stumble Inn 20 Rockingham Road, 432-3210

manchester Backyard Brewery 1211 S. Mammoth Road, 623-3545

Bonfire 950 Elm St., 663-7678

CJ’s 782 S. Willow St., 6278600

City Hall Pub 8 Hanover St., 2323751

Currier Museum of

Art 150 Ash St., 669-6144

Derryfield Country Club 625 Mammoth Road, 623-2880

Firefly 21 Concord St., 9359740

The Foundry 50 Commercial St., 836-1925

Fratello’s 155 Dow St., 624-2022

The Goat 50 Old Granite St.

The Hill Bar & Grille McIntyre Ski Area 50 Chalet Ct., 6226159

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

Olympus Pizza 506 Valley St., 6445559

Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St., 644-3535

Penuche’s Music Hall 1087 Elm St., 932-2868

Strange Brew: Jam Tomorrow, 8 p.m.

To Share: Ernesto Burden, 6:30 p.m.

mason

The Range: Tim and Lou, 5 p.m.

meredith

Giuseppe’s: The Sweetbloods, 6 p.m.

merrimack

Homestead: Jamie Martin, 6 p.m.

Tortilla Flat: Travis Rollo, 6 p.m.

Pizza Man 850 E. Industrial Park Drive, 623-5550

Salona Bar & Grill 128 Maple St., 6244020

Shaskeen Pub 909 Elm St., 625-0246

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

Stark Brewing Co. 500 Commercial St., 625-4444

Stark Park Bandstand River Road

Strange Brew 88 Market St., 666-

4292

To Share Brewing 720 Union St., 8366947

Wild Rover 21 Kosciuszko St., 6697722

mason

The Range 96 Old Turnpike Road, 878-1324

milford

Pasta Loft: musical bingo, 6:30 p.m.

Riley’s Place: open mic, 7 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: DJ Rich Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Pressed Café: Jordan Quinn, 6 p.m.

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

Shorty’s: Kieran McNally, 6 p.m.

Northwood

Northwoods Brewing Co.: Joel Cage, 6 p.m.

meredith Giuseppe’s 312 Daniel Webster Hwy., 279-3313

Lakeview Tavern 7 Main St., 677-7099

Twin Barns Brewing 194 Daniel Webster Hwy., 279-0876

merrimack

Homestead

641 Daniel Webster Hwy., 429-2022

Tomahawk Tavern

454 Daniel Webster Hwy., 365-4960

Tortilla Flat

595 Daniel Webster Hwy., 424-4479

milford

The Pasta Loft 241 Union Square, 672-2270

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

Stonecutters Pub 63 Union Square, 2135979

moultonborough

Pittsfield

Over the Moon: open mic, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Peter Pappas, 2 p.m.; Erika Van Pelt Duo, 7 p.m. The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Salem

Copper Door: Chris Lester, 6 p.m.

T-Bones: Chris Gardner, 6 p.m.

Tuscan: Bella Perrotta, 6 p.m.

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers: Jennifer

adrienne MaCk-daVis

Adrienne Mack-Davis fuses her classically trained vocals to infectiously melodic R&B pop songs that express a hard-won sense of optimism. This up-and-coming talent makes an appearance at 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3330, 3sarts.org) on Friday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m. Admission is paywhat-you-can starting at $12.

Buckey’s 240 Governor Wentworth Hwy., 476-5485

Nashua

Casey Magee’s Irish Pub

8 Temple St., 484-7400

Fody’s Tavern 9 Clinton St., 577-9015

Millyard Brewery

125 E. Otterson St., 722-0104

Pressed Cafe 108 Spit Brook Road, 718-1250

San Francisco Kitchen 133 Main St., 886-8833

Shorty’s Mexican Roadhouse 48 Gusabel Ave., 8824070

Sky Meadow Country Club

6 Mountain Laurels Dr., 888-9000

Stella Blu

70 E. Pearl St., 5785557

New Boston Molly’s Tavern &

Mitchell, 6 p.m.

Restaurant 35 Mont Vernon Road, 487-1362

Northfield Boonedoxz Pub 95 Park St., 717-8267

Northwood Northwoods Brewing Co.

1334 First NH Tpk., 942-6400

Penacook American Legion Post 31 11 Charles St., 7539372

Pittsfield Over the Moon 1253 Upper City Road, 216-2162

Portsmouth Cisco Brewers 35 Corporate Dr., 3807575

The Gas Light 64 Market St., 4309122

The Goat 142 Congress St., 5904628

Mojo’s West End Tavern

Red’s: Relative Soul, 8 p.m.

Somersworth

Earth Eagle: open mic w/Dave Ogden, 6 p.m.

Tilton

Pour Decisions: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Windham

Common Man: Malcolm Salls, 6 p.m.

friday, aug. 25

Alton Bay Dockside: music bingo, 7 p.m.

95 Brewery Lane, 4366656

Press Room 77 Daniel St., 431-5186

rochester Porter’s 19 Hanson St., 3301964

Salem Copper Door 41 S. Broadway, 4582033

Luna Bistro 254 N. Broadway, 4582162

T-Bones 311 South Broadway, 893-3444

Tuscan Village 9 Via Toscana, 2129650

Salisbury Black Bear Vineyard & Winery 289 New Road, 6482811

Seabrook Backyard Burgers & Wings 5 Provident Way, 7602581

Foster’s Tavern: Ryan Williamson, 7 p.m.

Bedford

Murphy’s: Doug Thompson, 6 p.m.

Boscawen

Avaloch Farm: Neha, Momenta String Quartet, Gold and Glitter Baroque Ensemble, Ashni Dave, Arun Ramamurthy Trio, 7:30 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Joe Birch, 6 p.m.

Beach Deck Bar & Grill

207 Ocean Blvd., 8141562

Chop Shop Pub 920 Lafayette Road, 760-7706

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

Somersworth Earth Eagle North 350 Route 108, 8415421

Strafford Independence Inn 6 Drake Hill Road, 718-3334

Tilton Pour Decisions 500 Laconia Road, 527-8066

Windham Common Man 88 Range Road, 8980088

Old School Bar & Grill 49 Range Road, 4586051

Concord Area 23: Final Friday Jam

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

Contoocook

Contoocook Cider Co.: Ken Budka, 5 p.m.

deerfield

Lazy Lion: Nicole Knox Murphy, 6 p.m.

Epping

Railpenny: Vital Tones, 6 p.m.

Telly’s: Brian Johnson, 8 p.m.

VoLutionary HiP-HoP

Fans of good vibes and conscious rhymes will want to check out Fee the Evolutionist, the Nashua-based emcee who’s worked with Ski Beats and Ed OG and appeared on New Hampshire Chronicle. He returns to the Press Room (77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186, pressroomnh.com) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $12 plus fees.

Exeter

Shooters: Feverslip, 6 p.m.

Gilford

Beans & Greens: Dave Talmage, 6 p.m.

Patrick’s Pub: Sunshine Street, 6 p.m.

Goffstown

Village Trestle: Charlie Chronopoulos, 6 p.m.

Hampton

CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

L Street: Justin Federico, 2:30 p.m.; Craig Lagrassa, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Dave Clark, 1 p.m.; Ray Zerkle, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Hampton Beach

vocal talent competition juniors, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Small Town Stranded, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 3 p.m.

Whym: live music, 6:30 p.m.

Hillsboro

Main Street: Arthur James, 6 p.m.

Hudson

Luk’s: Mike Gallant, 7 p.m.

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

Jaffrey

Park Theatre: Ben Cosgrove, 7 p.m.

laconia

Fratello’s: Paul Warnick, 6 p.m.

Naswa: DJ Terry, 5 p.m.

Tower Hill: Roxanne & the Voodoo Rockers, 8 p.m.

The Wreck Yard: live music, 8 p.m.

litchfield

Day of the Dead Taqueria: karaoke with DJ Brian, 7 p.m.

londonderry

Coach Stop: Paul Lussier, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: American Ride, 8 p.m.

manchester

Backyard Brewery: The Lone Wolf Project, 6 p.m.

Bonfire: Phil Maurice, 7 p.m.

Derryfield: J-Lo Duo, 6 p.m.;

EGB, 8 p.m.

Firefly: KOHA, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Sam Hammerman, 6 p.m.

The Foundry: Tom Boisse, 6 p.m.

The Hill: Sean Coleman, 5:30 p.m.

KC’s Rib Shack: Chris Lester, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: Johnny Angel, 5:30

p.m.; Mostly 90’s, 9:30 p.m.

Pizza Man: NKM, 6 p.m.

Olympus Pizza: Peter Pappas, 7 p.m.

Shaskeen: Quiet Scars, Lobotomobile, Vale End, 9 p.m.

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

Strange Brew: Ken Clark, 9 p.m.

meredith

Twin Barns: Pete Peterson, 6 p.m.

merrimack

Homestead: Chris Taylor, 6 p.m.

Tomahawk: live music, 5 p.m.

Tortilla Flat: live music, 8 p.m.

milford

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

moultonborough

Buckey’s: Carolyn Ramsay

Band, 6:30 p.m.

Nashua

Sky Meadow: Joe Mack, 4 p.m.

New Boston

Molly’s: Robert & Rich Duo, 6:30 p.m.

Northfield

Boonedoxz Pub: karaoke night, 7 p.m

Northwood

Northwoods Brewing Co.: Paul Driscoll, 6 p.m.

Penacook

American Legion Post 31: Jennifer Mitchell, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Paul Warnick, 2 p.m.; Max Sullivan Group, 7 p.m.; Matt Langley, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

Mojo’s: live music, 7 p.m

Salem

Luna Bistro: Chad LaMarsh, 7 p.m.

Tuscan: Silver Springs, 7 p.m.

Seabrook

Chop Shop: DoubleShot, 6:30 p.m.

Red’s: DNA Acoustic, 9 p.m.

Somersworth

Earth Eagle: live music, 6 p.m.

Strafford

Independence Inn: Andrea Paquin, 6:30 p.m.

Tilton

Pour Decisions: Ian Archibold, 6 p.m.

saturday, aug. 26

Alton Bay

Foster’s Tavern: Karen Grenier, 7 p.m.

Bedford

Murphy’s: Liz Ridgely, 6 p.m.

Bow Chen Yang Li: Ryan Willamson, 7 p.m.

Bristol

Purple Pit: Ken Clark Organ Trio, 7 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Clint Lapointe, 6 p.m.

Averill House: Jae Mannion, 1:30 p.m.

Concord

Area 23: Acoustic circle with Mark Short, 2 p.m.; SuperBug, 8 p.m.

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

oMedy at tHe Park

Jimmy tingle’s regional fame has led him to one of the most exclusive gigs a comedian can get: a speaking gig at the commencement for the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. This is a fitting career highlight for Tingle, who is perhaps best known for his contributions to 60 Minutes II. He makes a special appearance at the Park Theatre (19 Main St., Jaffrey, 5329300, theparktheatre.org) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 plus fees.

Contoocook

Cider Co.: Joey Clark & The Big Hearts, 4:30 p.m.

Contoocook Farmers Market: Garrett Smith, 9 a.m.

Epping

Telly’s: Chuck & John Duo, 8 p.m.

Exeter

Shooters: The Groove Cats, 6 p.m.

Gilford

Beans and Greens: Jim Tyrrell, 5 p.m.

Patrick’s Pub: Noah Smith, 6 p.m.

Goffstown

Stonebridge: Acoustically Speaking, 7 p.m. Village Trestle: Dan Carter, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: MB Padfield, 1 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: Jake Bartolin, 3:30 p.m.; Chris Powers, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Jodee Frawlee, 1 p.m.; Ralph Allen, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Hampton Beach vocal talent competition, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: Russ Six, 3 p.m.

Whym: Chris Cavanaugh, 6:30 p.m.

Hillsboro

Main Street: Chris Torrey, 6 p.m.

Hudson

Luk’s Bar: Casey Roop, 7 p.m. Lynn’s 102: Off the Record, 8:30 p.m.

Jaffrey

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

Kensington

The Farm at Eastman’s Corner: Red Tail Hawk, 2 p.m.

laconia

Fratello’s: Doug Thompson, 6 p.m.

Mt Washington Cruise: Sum X

4, 7 p.m.

Naswa: DJ Terry, 3 p.m.; Marlena Phillips, 5:30 p.m.

Tower Hill: line dancing, 7 p.m.; Chase Campbell Band, 8 p.m.

The Wreck Yard: Roxanne & The Voodoo Rockers, 6 p.m.

londonderry

Coach Stop: Dave Clark, 6 p.m.

Stumble Inn: East Coast Cowboys, 8 p.m.

manchester

Backyard Brewery: Tyler

Levs, 6 p.m.

Bonfire: Phil Maurice, 7 p.m.

Derryfield: Cucchi Cru Duo, 6 p.m.; Lisa Love Experience, 8 p.m.

Firefly: Dani Sven, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Sean Coleman, 6 p.m.

Foundry: Sam Hammerman, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Musical Brunch with Brooks Hubbard, 10 a.m.

The Hill: Lou Antonucci, 5:30 p.m.

KC’s: Jordan Quinn, 6 p.m.

Murphy’s: Jae Mannion, 5:30 p.m.; Dis n Dat, 9:30 p.m.

Shaskeen: Wired for Sound, 9 p.m.

Strange Brew: Swamptones, 9 p.m.

Wild Rover: Scotty Cloutier, 5 p.m.

meredith

Giuseppe’s: Andre Balazs, 5:45 p.m.

Lakeview Tavern: live music, 6 p.m.

Twin Barns: Kimayo, 3 p.m.

merrimack

Homestead: Paul Gormley, 6 p.m.

milford

Pasta Loft: The Slakas, 8:30 p.m.

Nashua

Casey Magee’s: Glitter & Guitars, 8 p.m.

Millyard: Bacchus, 4 p.m.

New Boston

Molly’s: The Incidentals, 7 p.m.

Pittsfield

Over the Moon: David Leathers, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light Pub: Freddie Catalfo, 2 p.m.; Mica’s Groove Train, 7 p.m.; Jeff Mrozek, 7:30 p.m.; Jeff Mrozek, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

raymond

Pine Acres: live music, 7 p.m.

Salem

Luna Bistro: Chris Taylor, 7 p.m.

Tuscan: Italian Music Festival, 7 p.m.

Salisbury

Black Bear: Chris Perkins, 2 p.m.

Seabrook

Red’s: Jumpstreet, 9 p.m.

Tilton

Pour Decisions: karaoke, 7:30 p.m.

sunday, aug. 27

Bedford

Copper Door: Lilly Innella, 11 a.m.

Murphy’s: Sean Coleman, 4 p.m.

Brookline

Alamo: Austin McCarthy, 4 p.m.

Averill House: DJ Dee Kimble & The Dawn, 1:30 p.m.

Canterbury Shaker Village: Dudley Laufman & The Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra, 4 p.m.

Concord

Cheers: Rebecca Turmel, 5 p.m.

Contoocook

Cider Co.: Paul Driscoll, 3 p.m.

aCe FreHLey

Ace Frehley, the original KISS guitarist, will perform Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. at the Nashua Center for the Arts (201 Main St. in Nashua; nashuacenterforthearts.com, 800657-8774). The band Kore Rozzik opens. Tickets start at $49.

Epping

Railpenny: SuperDry, noon

Francestown

Old Meeting House: North River, 4 p.m.

Goffstown

Village Trestle: Bob Pratte

acoustic session, 3:30 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Fear Nuttin Band, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Justin Jordan, 1 p.m.

L Street: Keith Crocker, 3:30 p.m.; Johnny Angel, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Paul Lussier, 1 p.m.;

Matt Luneau, 8:30 p.m

Sea Shell: Hampton Beach

vocal talent competition, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Jordan & Clint, 1 p.m.

Wally’s: MB Padfield, 2 p.m.

Hudson

The Bar: live music, 2 p.m.

Lynn’s 102: Carter on Guitar, 4 p.m.

Kensington

The Farm at Eastman’s Cor-

ner: Mike Gruen Trio, 2 p.m.

laconia

Belknap Mill: open mic, 2 p.m.

Bernini: Don Severance, 5 p.m.

Fratello’s: John Chouinard, 6 p.m.

Naswa: Signs of Life, 4 p.m.

T-Bones: Henry Laliberte, 4 p.m.

londonderry

Stumble Inn: Joanie Cicatelli

Duo, 4 p.m.

manchester

Derryfield: Chuck Alaimo Duo, 5 p.m.

Executive Health Club: Jessica Olson, 1 p.m.

Firefly: Chuck Alaimo, 11 a.m.

Foundry: Brad Myrick, 10 a.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 10 a.m.

KC’s: Jeff Mrozek, 3 p.m.

Murphy’s: Tim Kierstead, 3 p.m.

Stark Park: Compaq Big Band, 2 p.m.

Strange Brew: Faith Ann, 3 p.m.; One Big Soul Jam, 7 p.m.

mason

The Range: Tony Soul Project, 4 p.m.

milford

Riley’s Place: open mic w/ Blues Jam, 1 p.m.

Nashua

Penuche’s: Jae Mannion, 4 p.m. Stella Blu: Tom Rousseau, 3 p.m.

New Boston Molly’s: Matt Bergeron, 1 p.m.

Northfield

Boonedoxz Pub: open mic, 4 p.m.

Portsmouth

Cisco: Troll Tribe, noon

Gas Light: Jonny Friday, 2 p.m.; Radio Daze, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Salem

Copper Door: Nate Comp, 11 a.m.

Luna Bistro: Steve Aubert, 4

p.m.

Tuscan: Birch Swart Band, 2 p.m.; Dave Clark Jr., 6 p.m.

Seabrook

Beach Deck: Jennifer Mitchell, 4 p.m.

Red’s: Lauren Mahoney, 8 p.m.

Windham

Old School: Eric Grant Duo, 2 p.m.

Monday, aug. 28

Bedford

Murphy’s: Jordan Quinn, 5:30 p.m.

dover

Cara Irish Pub: open mic, 8 p.m.

Gilford

Patrick’s Pub: open mic w/ John McArthur, 6 p.m.

Hampton

The Goat: Caylin Costello, 9 p.m.

L Street: Carl Chloros, 2:30 p.m.; Dave Clark, 7 p.m.

Sea Shell: Rico Barr Band, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: Brooks Hubbard, 2 p.m.

Hudson

The Bar: karaoke with Phil, 7:30 p.m.

Jaffrey

Park Theatre: open mic, 6:30 p.m.

laconia

Fratello’s: Ralph Allen, 6 p.m.

londonderry

Stumble Inn: Lisa Guyer, 7 p.m.

manchester

Fratello’s: Phil Jacques, 6 p.m.

The Goat: David Campbell, 9 p.m.

Murphy’s: Jonny Friday, 5:30 p.m.

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

merrimack

Homestead: Clint Lapointe, 5:30 p.m.

Nashua

Fody’s: karaoke night, 9:30 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Mitch Alden, 2 p.m.; Tim Theriault, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Good Thomas’s musical bingo, 7 p.m.; Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

anViLLe oLd HoMe days

Catch live music on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kenneth Day Memorial Field (167 Main St. in Danville) as part of Danville old Home Days. The lineup includes Bella Perrotta (pictured), Just Alright, James

“Jim” Gulla, Stagecraft, Chilly Mac & Cheese, Kidzrock, a musical theater group, Double or Nothing, Post Ghost, Shiba, Vocce, Too Much Caffeine and more, according to a post on the Danville Police Department’s Facebook page. The day will include a flea market, fair food and more, the post said.

Seabrook

Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

tuesday, aug. 29

Bedford

Murphy’s: Jodee Frawlee, 5:30 p.m.

Concord

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

Tandy’s: open mic, 8 p.m.

Hampstead

Meetinghouse Park: Studio Two, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

L Street: Chris Michaels, 2:30 p.m.; Chris Powers, 7 p.m.

Sea Shell: 12/OC, 7 p.m.

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m

Wally’s: Mike Forgette, 3 p.m.; music bingo, 7 p.m.

Henniker

Henniker Commons: Nick’s Other Band, 6:30 p.m.

laconia

Fratello’s: Matt Langley, 6 p.m.

londonderry

Stumble Inn: Charlie Chronopolous, 6 p.m.

manchester

Fratello’s: Clint Lapointe, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Mokey Knife Fight Lite, 9 p.m.

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

Murphy’s: Jordan Quinn, 5:30 p.m.

Strange Brew: David Rousseau, 8 p.m.

merrimack

Homestead: Jeff Mrozek, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Earth Eagle: open mic, 6 p.m.

Gas Light: Lewis Goodwin, 2

p.m.; Paul Warnick, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 8 p.m.

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers: music bingo with Jennifer Mitchell, 7 p.m.

Red’s: Code 2, 8 p.m.

wednesday, aug. 30

Bedford

Murphy’s: Tim Kierstead, 5:30 p.m.

Canterbury

Farmers Market: Doug Farrell, 4 p.m.

Concord

Courtyard Marriott: Brad Myrick, 5 p.m.

Hermanos: Brian Booth, 6:30 p.m.

Tandy’s: karaoke, 8 p.m.

Uno Pizzeria: Justin Cohn, 6 p.m.

derry

Amphora: Ted Solovicos, 6 p.m.

Fody’s: karaoke, 7 p.m.

Hare of the Dawg: Jae Mannion, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Justin Jordan

L Street: Dave Clark, 2:30 p.m.; Carl Chloros, 7 p.m.

Sea Shell: Redemption, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: Jonny Friday Duo, 3 p.m.; live band karaoke, 8 p.m.

Hudson

Lynn’s 102: Huck, 7 p.m.

Kingston

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

laconia

Fratello’s: Rebecca Turmel, 6 p.m.

Naswa: Ted Solovicos, 4 p.m.

londonderry

Stumble Inn: Chad LaMarsh, 6 p.m.

manchester

Derryfield: Ralph Allen, 6 p.m.

Fratello’s: Dave Zangri, 6 p.m.

The Goat: line dancing, 7 p.m.; Mike Forgette, 10 p.m.

Murphy’s: Chris Powers, 5:30 p.m.

Stark Brewing: Cox karaoke, 8 p.m.

Strange Brew: open mic w/ Will Bemiss, 8 p.m

meredith

Giuseppe’s: Jeff Lines, 5:45 p.m.

merrimack

Homestead: Caylin Costello, 6 p.m.

milford

Stonecutters Pub: open mic, 8 p.m.

Nashua

Pressed Café: live music, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Halley Neal, 2 p.m.; Clint Lapointe, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m. Press Room: open mic, 5:30 p.m.

rochester

Porter’s: live music, 6:30 p.m.

Seabrook

Chop Shop: DJ Manny awesome DJ event, 7:30 p.m.

Red’s: Lee Biddle, 8 p.m.

ryan MontBLeau

It’s been a long road for Ryan Montbleau. The singer-songwriter has strummed his way from Boston-area open mic nights to sold-out tours and collaborations with artists like Martin Sexton. The tour to support his 13th album, Wood, Fire, Water, and Air, brings him to the Flying Monkey (39 Main St., Plymouth, 5362551, flyingmonkeynh.com) on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $29 to $75, plus fees.

trivia Events

• Seinfeld trivia 21+ trivia night Thursday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m. at Chunky’s in Manchester (707 Huse Road in Manchester; chunkys.com). Reserve a seat with a $5 food voucher.

• Arrested Development trivia 21+ trivia night Thursday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. at Chunky’s in Manchester (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, 3322537, mitchellhillbbq.com) at 6 p.m.

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

• Thursday trivia at Day of the Dead Taqueria (454 Charles Bancroft Hwy. in Litchfield, 377-7664) at 6:30 p.m. with DJ Brian.

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

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

• Thursday trivia at Yankee Lanes (216 Maple St., Manchester, 625-9656, yankeelanesentertainment.com) at 7 p.m.

• Thursday Opinionation by Sporcle trivia at Uno Pizzeria & Grill (15 Fort Eddy Road in Concord; 226-8667) at 7 p.m.

• Thursday Kings trivia at Game Changer Sports Bar (4

COMEDY THIS WEEK anD bEYOnD

Venues

Alpine Grove

19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, alpinegrove.com

Amherst Country Club

72 Ponemah Road, Amherst, playamherst.com, 673-9908

Atkinson Country Club

85 Country Club Drive, Atkinson, atkinsonresort.com, 3628700

Averill House Winery

21 Averill Road, Brookline, 371-2296, averillhousevineyard. com

Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

72 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford, 293-4700, banknhpavilion.com

Bank of NH Stage in Concord 16 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, banknhstage.com

Bear’s Pine Woods Campground

65 Barrett Place, Moultonborough, 253-6251, bearspinewoodscampground.com

Capitol Center for the Arts — Chubb Theatre

44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, ccanh.com

Castle in the Clouds

455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough, 476-5900

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

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 (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, Portsmouth, gibbsgaragebar. com) from 8 to 10 p.m.

• Monday Trivia at the Tavern

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

• Tuesday trivia at Reed’s North (2 E. Main St. in Warner, 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, thecommunityoven.com) at 6 p.m.

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

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

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

• Wednesday The Greatest Trivia in the World at Revolution Taproom and Grill (61 N. Main St., Rochester, 244-3042, revolutiontaproomandgrill.com/ upcoming-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, millyardbrewery.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, 943-5250) at 7 p.m.

• Wednesday trivia at City Hall Pub (8 Hanover St.; Manchester, 232-3751, snhhg.com) at 7 p.m.

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

• Wednesday trivia at the Park Theatre (19 Main St., Jaffrey; 532-9300, theparktheatre.org) at 8 p.m.

Colonial Theatre 609 Main St., Laconia, 800-6578774, coloniallaconia.com

The Flying Monkey 39 Main St., Plymouth, 5362551, flyingmonkeynh.com

Franklin Opera House 316 Central St., Franklin, 9341901, franklinoperahouse.org

Fulchino Vineyard 187 Pine Hill Road, Hollis, 4385984, fulchinovineyard.com

Great Waters 54 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 5697710, greatwaters.org

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

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

Hatbox Theatre

Steeplegate Mall, 270 Loudon Road, Concord, 715-2315, hatboxnh.com

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

Kathleen Irish Pub 90 Lake St., Bristol, 744-6336, kathleensirishpub.com

LaBelle Winery 345 Route 101, Amherst, 6729898, labellewinery.com

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

Lakeport Opera House 781 Union Ave., Laconia, 5197506, lakeportopera.com

Martha’s Exchange Restaurant & Brewery 185 Main St., Nashua, 8838781, marthas-exchange.com

Murphy’s Taproom 494 Elm St., Manchester, scampscomedy.com/shows

The Music Hall

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

The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org

Nashua Center for the Arts

201 Main St., Nashua, 800-6578774, nashuacenterforthearts. com

Palace Theatre

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

Park Theatre

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

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

Rochester Opera House

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

Ruby Room Comedy

Shaskeen, 909 Elm St., Manchester, 491-0720, rubyroomcomedy.com

Stone Church 5 Granite St., Newmarket, 6597700, stonechurchrocks.com

The Strand 20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899, thestranddover.com

Tupelo Music Hall 10 A St., Derry, 437-5100, tupelomusichall.com

The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter, 244-0202, thewordbarn.com

Events

• Kelly MacFarland & Carolyn Plummer LaBelle Amherst, Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

• Tupelo Night of Comedy with Tony V, Sean Sullivan, Dave Decker Tupelo, Friday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m.

• Ben Pratt (comedy illusionist/family-friendly magic) Chunky’s Nashua, Saturday, Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m.

• Jimmy Tingle Park Theatre, Saturday, Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m.

• Jimmy Dunn Bank of NH Stage Concord, Saturday, Aug.

26, 8 p.m.

• Jen Kober Music Hall Lounge, Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m.

• Steve Bjork Headliners, Saturday, Aug. 26, 8:30 p.m.

• Philip Anthony Chunky’s Manchester, Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8:30 p.m.

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• Pete Andrews and Cottage Comedy Kathleen’s Irish Pub, Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m.

• Josh Day/Kathe Farris Word Barn, Thursday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

• Tony Deyo Rex, Friday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.

• Tony V & Friends Rex, Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m.

• Demetri Martin Chubb Theatre, Saturday, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.

• Lenny Clarke Park Theatre, Saturday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.

• Colin & Brad: Scared Scriptless Rex, Sunday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m.

• Pinky Patel Music Hall, Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

• Bob Marley Flying Monkey, Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

• Jonathan Van Ness Chubb

Theatre, Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

• Lenny Clarke LaBelle Amherst, Thursday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m.

• Brian Glowacki & Friends Rex, Friday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m.

• Henry Rollins Bank of NH Stage, Friday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m.

• Harrison Stebbins Averill House, Saturday, Sept. 23, 5:30 p.m.

• Nurse Blake Chubb Theatre, Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.

• Mother of a Comedy Show Colonial Laconia, Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.

• Paula Poundstone Tupelo, Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 p.m.

• Robert Dubac Rex, Friday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.

• Bassem Youssef Music Hall Lounge Friday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m., and 9 p.m.

• Bill Burr SNHU Arena, Saturday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.

• Greg Fitzsimmons Chunky’s Manchester, Friday, Oct. 6, at 8:30 p.m.

• Michael Carbonaro Music Hall Lounge, Friday, Oct. 6, 7

dunn dunn dunn

If you saw the CBS sitcom The McCarthys, you probably laughed at Jimmy Dunn, who starred as the hapless patriarch Sean McCarthy. He drops in to the Bank of NH Stage (16 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, banknhstage.com) on Saturday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30.75 plus fees.

Seinfeld.

Concerts

Venues

Alpine Grove

19 S. Depot Road, Hollis, alpinegrove.com

Averill House Vineyard

21 Averill Road, Brookline, 3712296, averillhousevineyard.com

Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

72 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford, 293-4700, banknhpavilion.com

Bank of NH Stage in Concord

16 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111, 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

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

Castle in the Clouds

455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough, 476-5900

Cisco Brewers

35 Corporate Dr., Portsmouth, ciscobrewersportsmouth.com

Colonial Theatre 609 Main St., Laconia, 800-6578774, coloniallaconia.com

Crows’ Feat Farm

178 Drinkwater Road, Kensington, crowsfeatfarm.org

Dana Center Saint Anselm College, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, anselm.edu

The Flying Monkey 39 Main St., Plymouth, 5362551, flyingmonkeynh.com

Franklin Opera House

316 Central St., Franklin, 9341901, franklinoperahouse.org

Fulchino Vineyard 187 Pine Hill Road, Hollis, 4385984, fulchinovineyard.com

Great Waters 54 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, 5697710, greatwaters.org

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

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

Headliners headlinerscomedyclub.com

Jewel Music Venue 61 Canal St., Manchester, 8199336, jewelmusicvenue.com

Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club 135 Congress St., Portsmouth, 888-603-JAZZ, jimmysoncongress.com

Kooks Cafe & Beach Bar 1191 Ocean Blvd., Rye, 3800552, kooksnh.com

LaBelle Winery 345 Route 101, Amherst, 6729898, labellewinery.com

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

Lakeport Opera House

781 Union Ave., Laconia, 5197506, lakeportopera.com

The Majestic Theatre

880 Page St., Manchester, 6697469, majestictheatre.net

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

The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org

Nashua Center for the Arts

201 Main St., Nashua, 800-6578774, nashuacenterforthearts. com

Palace Theatre

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

Park Theatre

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

Pasta Loft

241 Union Square, Milford, pastaloft.com/live-music

Press Room

77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 4315186, pressroomnh.com

The Range

96 Old Turnpike Road, Mason, 878-1324, therangemason.com

Rex Theatre

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

Rochester Opera House

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

The Spotlight Room

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

SNHU Arena

555 Elm St., Manchester, 6445000, www.snhuarena.com

Stone Church

5 Granite St., Newmarket, 6597700, stonechurchrocks.com

The Strand 20 Third St., Dover, 343-1899, thestranddover.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, 2440202, thewordbarn.com

Shows

• Slightly Stoopid Thursday,

ConCerts at tHe range

The Range (96 Old Turnpike Road in Mason; therangemason.com) has two concerts on the schedule for this weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 26, at 5 p.m., Roc the Range will feature Roots of Creation (pictured), Joe

Tickets cost $35 in advance.

Aug. 24, 5:30 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion

• Brooke Annibale Thursday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Ace Frehley Thursday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall

• Ryan Montbleau Band Thursday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey

• The Joshua Tree One (U2 tribute) Thursday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• The Empire Trio Thursday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Great Waters

• Tyler Hubbard Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Crush (Dave Matthews Band tribute) Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m., LaBelle Derry

• Diaspora Radio: Masterpiece (Big Thief tribute) Thursday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m., Press Room

• Smashing Pumpkins Friday, Aug. 25, 5:30 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion

• JP Soars & the Red Hots Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Adrienne Mack-Davis Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Ripe/Coyote Island Friday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m., Cisco Brewing

• Ben Cosgrove Friday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m., Park Theatre

• NH Irish Festival Friday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m., Rex and Palace Theatres

• Gabby Barrett Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Bourbon & Blues Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m., Lakeport Opera House

• Rose Alley: A Celebration of the Music of Jerry Garcia Friday, Aug. 25, 8 p.m., Stone Church

• Jae Mannion Saturday, Aug. 26, 1:30 p.m., Averill House

• Cash Is King (Johnny Cash/ Elvis tribute) Saturday, Aug. 26, 4 and 8:30 p.m., Lakeport Opera House

• Roots of Creation Saturday, Aug. 26, 5 p.m., The Grange

• NH Irish Festival Saturday, Aug. 26, 5 p.m., Rex

• NH Irish Festival Saturday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m., Palace

• An Evening with Nat Zegree

Thursday, Aug. 26, 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Hank Williams Jr. Saturday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford

• The Four Horsemen (Metallica tribute) Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m. Tupelo

• Ace Frehley Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m., Nashua Center for the Arts

• Get The Led Out (Led Zeppelin tribute) Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Josh Ritter Saturday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Fee the Evolutionist Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 p.m., Press Room

• A Conversation with Randy Travis Sunday, August 27, 7 p.m., Colonial

• Adam Ezra Group Sunday, Aug. 27, 12 p.m., The Grange

• DJ Dee Kimble & The Dawn Sunday, Aug. 27, 1:30 p.m., Averill House

• Bondra & Morris Sunday, Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• WASP Sunday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Rod Stewart Monday, Aug. 28, 5:30 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford

• Cecile McLoran Salvant & Sullivan Fortner Tuesday, Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• ZZ Top Tuesday, Aug. 29, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Dumpstaphunk Wednesday, Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Wreckless Strangers Wednesday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m., Press Room

• The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow Thursday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Fleetwood Macked Thursday, Aug. 31, 7:15 p.m., LaBelle Derry

• Seth Glier Thursday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Rigometrics/Dave Gutter/ The Button Men Thursday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m., Press Room

• Joss Stone Thursday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Robert Cray Band Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• One Night of Queen Friday, Sept. 1, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Zac Brown Band Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3, 5 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford

• NIN Ensemble/Prince Bowie Saturday, Sept. 2, 6 p.m., The Grange

• Kassi Valazza Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Quiet Riot Saturday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• The Brit Pack (British Invasion tribute) Saturday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m., Lakeport Opera House

• Gimme Gimme Disco Saturday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Sway Wild Sunday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• The Righteous Babes Sunday, Sept. 3, 8 p.m., Music Hall

• Lucy Wainwright Roche & Suzzy Roche Wednesday, Sept. 6, and Thursday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Joe Louis Walker Wednesday, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Noah Kahan Thursday, Sept. 7, and Friday, Sept. 8, 6 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford

• Jamie Lee Thurston/Shana

Stack Band Thursday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m., Bank of NH Stage

• Ruthie Foster Thursday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• John Pousette Dart Trio

Thursday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., Rex

• Damien Jurado Thursday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., Press Room

• George Thorogood and the Destroyers Thursday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• The Bacon Brothers Thursday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Moondance (Van Morrison tribute) Thursday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., LaBelle Derry

• Phil Vassar Thursday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., Nashua Center for the Arts

• Pantera Friday, Sept. 8, 5:30 p.m., Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford

• Grateful Dub (Grateful Dead reggae tribute) Friday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m., Cisco Brewing

• Damien Jurado w/Lilly Miller Friday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• The Soul Rebels Friday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Phil Vassar Friday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m., Flying Monkey

• The Wailers Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., The Range

• Blue Skies on Mars/Lovesick Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Full Moon Fever Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House

• Journeyman (Eric Clapton tribute) Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., Bank of NH Stage

• Sarah Evans Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., Tupelo

• Let’s Sing Taylor (Taylor Swift tribute) Friday, Sept. 8. 8 p.m., Music Hall

• Guy Davis Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Watkins Glen Revisited Saturday, Sept. 9, 5 p.m., The Range

Crush (Dave Matthews Band tribute)

Samba, Ries Brothers, Caylin Costello and Green Lion Crew.

On Sunday, Aug. 27, catch the Adam Ezra roup. Gates open at noon; tickets cost $24 in advance.

twisting apart”— yes, i accept cookies.

67. Automated prefix

68. Pool room tool

69. “August: ___ County” (2013 film)

70. Hit the water

71. Any of about 8 characters in the “Barbie” movie

down

1. Utah city named for a Biblical kingdom

2. Sugar source

3. Nevertheless

4. Space bar neighbor

5. ___ Grande

6. Flightless birds

7. In a sense

8. “Well, golly!”

9. U.K. fliers

10. Beginning on

11. Blanketlike shawl

12. React to citrus fruit, maybe

16. Jury members

19. Wane

21. Enthusiastic group

25. Filmed material

26. Reason to get a shot

Across

1. Late Beastie Boys rapper

4. “Iliad” warrior god

8. Comprehend

13. Doofus

14. Prom ride

15. Lessen

17. Picnic invader

18. Brilliant feat

20. 2023 Ali Wong show

22. Dish from a crockpot

23. Pretend 24. Riff’s partner?

27. Pine (for)

29. Part of mph

30. Breakfast cereal

33. Workers on sets, ships, or construction sites

35. Place to see animals in southern Australia

37. Food fight noise

38. “Ode ___ Nightingale”

39. Bond backed by the govt.

43. Golden Globe winner for “Lady Bird”

46. User of recycled material?

49. Qatar, for one

50. Stayed in first

51. Squeaked (out)

53. Makes the decision

54. Tough task

56. General ___ chicken

58. :// preceder

61. “No way!”

65. Outrage

66. Clean out, as a river channel

28. Heady activity?

30. MLB execs

31. Workout unit

32. Pretension

34. Head toward a pole, maybe

36. Usually partnered conjunction

40. Like corn dogs

41. Ink

42. Ethyl ending

44. Acorn source

45. Like some broody teens

46. Reason for sandbags

47. Brad of “Sleepers”

48. Elicits

52. Action takers

55. Airline freebie

57. Winter blanket?

59. “Right you are!”

60. Ball-___ hammer

62. Australian boot brand

63. “Madama Butterfly” sash

64. Cruise of the “Mission: Impossible” series

©

2023 Matt Jones

Last Week’s Answers:

● Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

● The numbers within the heavily

1-12-23

outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

rOCk and rOLL CrOsswOrds BY TODD SANTOS

there was a band playing in my head

It’s a summer re-run! Enjoy this puzzle from 2011.

Across

1. Counting Crows “And __ begins to change her mind”

5. Bob Dylan ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna __’

9. ‘New Frontier’ Donald

14. Might need one from the folks

15. Neil Young-penned song about Midwest university

16. Young MC ‘Bust __ __’

17. Symphonic 70s rockers named

after Camelot lady?

18. Fiddler hangs there

19. 70s ‘Have You Seen Her’ soul band Chi-__

20. Billy Bragg & Wilco classic

23. Manager might know them

24. Stones ‘Get __ Ya-Yas Out!’

25. CCR ‘Long As ___’

34. ‘Angel’ McLachlan

35. ‘Live Taste’ Gallagher

36. Led Zep ‘Hats Off To (__) Harper’

37. Dire Straits ‘Brothers’ were in them

38. Meat on sex & rock sandwich

40. Neil Young has a ‘Cinnamon’

one

41. Used ‘Sad Days __’

42. Kind of note

43. ‘Kids In America’ Kim

44. Neil Young conquistador classic

48. __ Maria

49. Paul Simon partner Garfunkel

50. ‘Don’t Look Back’ Boston jam

59. Some rockers get pushed over them

60. ‘Spinning On An __’Paul McCartney

61. John Williams music follows this Harrison Ford character (abbr)

62. Clapton ‘Unplugged’ instrumental

63. See 15 Across

64. Musical Fox show

65. First albums?

66. Like bad boy image

67. What Plant and Krauss were ‘Raising’

r&r answer from pg 44 of 8/17

down

1. Baldwin in musical South Pacific

2. Reaganomics song about singer Hendryx?

3. Squeeze ‘Another __ In My Heart’

4. Neil Young “__ __ felt like getting high”

5. Stryper ‘All __ __’

6. What America rode through the desert

7. Mumford & Sons ‘Little __ Man’

8. Not high fidelity (hyph)

9. “So let us not talk __ now, the hour is getting late”

10. ‘Nothing Ever Happens’ Del __

11. Christie McVie ‘__ __ Hold On Me’

12. Rob Thomas ‘__ The Same’

13. Judas Priest ‘Loch __’

21. What bassist Mike Gordon fries?

22. The Soloist was based on this Nathaniel

25. ‘Black Moses’ Hayes

26. Men At Work ‘Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive’ album

27. Mosh pit need, perhaps

28. Damian Marley sidekick

29. Neil Young ‘__ Be Known’

30. Noise rockers Boss __

31. Sunset Strip rocker hang Rainbow Bar & __

32. 90s jam band tour

33. ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ Bonnie

38. Shenandoah ‘Two __ Roses’

39. Devildriver ‘Head On To Heartache (Let Them __)’

40. Band Of Horses ‘Wicked __’

42. Edits

43. Lyrical keenness

45. Replacements ‘__ Show’

46. Green room activity

47. Offspring ‘__, Are You Doing Okay?’

50. Outdoor concert with many bands (abbr)

51. Sedgwick on Dramarama’s ‘Cinema Verite’ cover

52. UK band The Lovely __

53. Pete Drake ‘For Pete’s __’

54. Cut a member

55. London band Marseille __

56. Missing Persons ‘Walking In __’

57. Neil Young ‘Blue __’

58. Circa Survive ‘__ In The Wool’

© 2011 Todd Santos

Todd’s new book Rock and Roll Crosswords Vol. 1 is available now on Amazon.

nite SUDOKU

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

Puzzle B

Puzzle C

Puzzle a

signs Of Life

All quotes are from The Joy and Light Bus Company, by Alexander McCall Smith, born Aug. 24, 1948.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) She was not planning to do yoga herself ... there were limits to what she could fit into her life. Some things had to be ... imagined rather than experienced. Imagine.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) She loved her van…. A new van might be bright and shiny; it might have more buttons and switches, it might even have something called climate control, but did any of these things make it better in any real sense? Bright and shiny isn’t everything.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) How could everyone set up a bus company? Who would travel on the buses if everyone had their own bus company? Before you start a business you need to do market research.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) It was hard to think of any situation in which tea was not helpful. Maybe try a nice oolong.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) ‘There is nothing wrong with this bus,’ he said. ‘Or there won’t be, once we have fixed all the things that …’ He floundered, before continuing, ‘ … all the things that are wrong with it.’ So there’s a little work to do.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 –Feb. 18) Perhaps they had so many possessions that all those rooms would be needed for cupboards in which to store all the things they owned. A whole room just for cords and cables.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) There might be more modern men who would enjoy the variety that Food Adventures of the World promised, but she was not married to one of them. Make-ahead meals are the way to go.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) It was one of those decisions you make when you are

driving, when … you suddenly decide that you will go in another direction altogether in order to do something you had not planned to do but that now seems the right thing to do. Dunks run?

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) This was … not quite bush but not yet urban. Studded with acacia trees, it was criss-crossed with paths of the sort that seem to go nowhere. Nowhere is somewhere.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) If two heads were better than one, then three heads would be even better. Back-to-school shopping can be hard for everyone.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) If her father had ever written a book, it would have been called The Great Cattle of the World ... there would have been no shortage of people who would love to read just such a book, because people loved their cattle and knew that cattle had their life stories, just as we did. Moo.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) These were rocks on which people would sit and talk... These were not rocks to be taken lightly. Respect the rocks.

Last Week’s Answers:

sudoku answers from pg 44 of 8/17

Puzzle a

Puzzle B

Puzzle C

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americans abroad

• Sigh. Security guards at the Eiffel Tower in Paris discovered two American tourists sleeping near the top of the structure on Aug. 14 as they prepared to open to visitors, Yahoo! News reported. Paris prosecutors said the two dodged security the night before and “appear to have got stuck because of how drunk they were.”

Firefighters were dispatched to collect the men, who were questioned by police; Eiffel Tower management company Sete said it would file a criminal complaint, although the pair didn’t “pose any apparent threat.”

• In more news from Paris, an “experienced climber” got to the top of the Eiffel Tower early on Aug. 17 and parachuted off before guards could stop him, The Guardian reported. The unnamed man landed safely after the leap from about 1,100 feet and was promptly arrested for endangering the lives of others. “This kind of irresponsible action puts people working at or near the tower in danger,” scolded Sete, the tower’s management company.

the tech revolution

The California Public Utilities Commission voted in early August to allow Cruise and Waymo to offer paid driverless rides to customers during the day, The

New York Times reported. On Aug. 15, as Paul Harvey, 74, looked on, a Cruise vehicle in San Francisco drove into a city paving project and became stuck in wet concrete. “I thought it was funny,” Harvey said. “It illustrated how creepy and weird the whole thing is to me.” Rachel Gordon with the San Francisco Department of Public Works noted that no one was hurt, but added, “That portion of the road has to be repaved at Cruise’s expense.” Paul Leonardi, a professor of technology management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, chalked up the experience to a teaching moment: “It needs to experience a diverse set of use cases so it can learn, and driving into wet concrete is one of those use cases.”

Clothing Optional

At Stoke Fruit Farm on Hayling Island in England, the sunflowers have been in full bloom for several weeks. The colorful fields offer a perfect background for photo shoots, but, the BBC reported, the farm has seen an “increase of reports of naked photography taking place” since July 28. “People are having fun and taking pictures for their Instagram but we just ask that they keep their clothes on,” said Sam Wilson, who runs the site. In an

Aug. 11 Facebook post, the attraction cautioned that “this must not happen during our public sessions please.” One commenter said her son “got a right eyeful” after stumbling across a woman wearing just a thong. “Should have seen his face!”

it’s (not) a Mystery

When the European Space Agency shared a composite photo taken by the James Webb Telescope in late July, highlighting two actively forming stars, another shape in the photo caught the attention of Earth-bound gazers: an orange formation in the shape of a question mark. Kai Noeske, ESA communication program officer, explained to NPR what scientists think the shape is: “a group or a chance alignment of two or three galaxies. The upper part of the question mark looks like a distorted spiral galaxy, maybe merging with a second galaxy.” Galaxy mergers result in “all kinds of beautiful shapes and structures,” said Macarena Garcia Marin, a Webb project scientist. They are “a normal phase in the life and evolution of galaxies.”

sightseeing

At a sunset “furmeet” on Aug. 12 in Huntington Beach, California, one furry took offense when a man in street clothes

started filming the spectacle on his phone, the Toronto Sun reported. Someone in a black wolf costume asked the filmer to stop, then amplified his message with a megaphone: “Leave or we will make you leave.” When the filmer didn’t budge, the wolf hit him over the head with the megaphone. Others jumped into the brawl, which was finally broken up by California State Parks officers.

questionable Judgment

An unnamed man called his dangerous stunt “a joke” after being arrested in Ostrobothnia, Finland, Sky News reported on Aug. 9. The man allegedly stored 26 pounds of dynamite in his friend’s two cars before calling the owner and telling him. The owner wasn’t laughing: He alerted police, who evacuated nearby buildings. “In addition to the dynamite, detonators were also confiscated from the cars,” said Tony Rauma, detective chief inspector with the Ostrobothnia Police. The jokester told police he did not intend to blow up the cars, and links to terrorism have been ruled out.

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