The Sweetest Cone-undrum - Seacoast Scene - 07/06/23

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4 Ice cream people & places

11 NH does the Big Read food

16 Eateries and ideas for foodies pop culture

19 Books, art, theater and classical Nite life

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Sweetest

There are more ways to enjoy ice cream than in a cup or cone. Across the Seacoast, ice cream shops are experimenting with variations on the frozen treat, like coating cones in chocolate, jimmies and candies; dipping the ice cream in chocolate or cherry flavorings; piling scoops on top of fried dough and more. These businesses pride themselves on their creativity and keep their customers excited to come back for more.

Susie’s Sweets in Hampton is an ice cream shop recently opened by local restaurateur Shane Pine. Susie’s offers ice cream in many different forms, including ice cream sandwiches, decorated cones, and mini ice cream cupcakes and cakes.

“I think the biggest surprising thing is you walk in thinking you want something and you end up getting something else,” Pine said.

One of those things that many customers can’t resist is the shop’s ice cream sandwiches, made with the shop’s homemade cookies and the customer’s choice of ice cream.

Additionally, Susie’s offers ice cream from a number of creameries throughout

But patrons get more than just ice cream when they go to Susie’s; they also get an experience.

“We have the old ice cream sundae glasses, so if you’re nostalgic and oldschool and want to sit down and have a metal spoon tinkling on your glass while you eat a sundae we have that kind of environment,” Pine said.

For Pine, ice cream isn’t just a business; it’s personal. He opened Susie’s Sweets in honor of his mother, Susan, who had a love for ice cream.

“My mom’s passion was ice cream,” he said. “She loved ice cream, she loved sweets and she loved going down to the beach and getting ice cream in the summer.”

A town over in Seabrook is Dunlap’s Ice Cream. Opened 19 years ago by Lori Dunlap, the shop started out by selling ice cream in its simplest form, but now it offers an array of frosty treats. Some of Dunlap’s biggest sellers include ice cream with a chocolate, cherry or butterscotch dip that hardens on top of the ice cream like a shell, and its dipped waffle cones.

“We make our dipped waffle cones dipped in chocolate and we roll them

and sometimes we do Fruity Pebbles,’’ Dunlap said. “It depends on the season. Like, for the Fourth of July, we’ll probably do something red, white and blue.”

Another one of Dunlap’s claims to fame is its fried dough, which customers can get with the traditional sugar-and-cinnamon coating or in more unique flavors like Bavarian cream and chocolate, peanut butter and jelly, honey nut and Nutella. Customers can craft their own fried dough sundae with their choice of ice cream — the homemade

black raspberry and coffee soft serve are always popular picks — or choose from one of Dunlap’s specialty sundaes, such as s’mores, Reese’s Pieces, strawberry shortcake and warm brownie biscuit. Hodgies Too in Salisbury, Mass., is an old-fashioned ice cream stand opened in 1992 by the Hodge family and now owned by Derek Dore. The seasonal stand offers a variety of homemade flavors served in cups, cones, sundaes and frappes. Vanilla is the most popular flavor, ordered most for sundaes, but coffee cookies and cream, black raspberry and peanut butter cups are also in

Photo courtesy of Dunlap’s Ice Cream in Seabrook.

A myriad of ways to enjoy frozen treats

high demand. There are also specialty sundaes, like peanut butter lover, chocolate lover, brownie sundae, banana royal, strawberry shortcake, s’mores, Hawaiian (shaved coconut, almonds, pineapple ice cream and whipped cream), banana split and upside-down banana split.

“Our most popular specialty sundae is our peanut butter lover sundae; that’s made with our peanut butter cup ice cream, which is chocolate peanut butter swirl, and then we top it with peanut butter sauce, hot fudge, Reese’s peanut butter cups and Reese’s pieces and whipped cream,” Dore said. “It’s a good one if you like peanut butter and you like chocolate.”

For those who want a regular ice cream, Hodgies has four types of cones,

including sugar cones, plain cones, waffle cones and gluten-free sugar cones.

One thing that Hodgies is known for, Dore said, is its large portions.

“Our kiddie size is three big-sized softball scoops … and the customers are happy with the amount that they get for the money that they spend,” he said.

Up in Portsmouth, Kilwins, run by franchise owner Janette Desmond, serves frozen delights year-round. The shop offers 32 homemade ice cream flavors, including customer favorites like toasted coconut, sea salt caramel and cappuccino chocolate chip, that can be made into a shake or served in a cone or a cup.

Kilwins is perhaps best-known for its waffle cones, which are made in-house with homemade batter, and its variation on the waffle cone called a “waffle roll,” which is like a flat waffle cone that is rolled and dipped into the ice cream.

“We make them in the front of the store so that the aroma goes outside and there will be people walking down the sidewalk who are wondering where the smell is coming from because it smells so good,” Desmond said.

The shop also offers six ice cream cake options including five-chocolate, sea salt caramel, toasted coconut, grasshopper, cookies and cake and signature turtle. The cakes come in two different sizes and can be personalized with chocolate writing.

For Desmond, who opened the franchise in 2012, ice cream is about making people smile.

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Photo courtesy of Hodgies Too in Salisbury, Mass.

Photo courtesy of Kilwins in Portsmouth.

“I wanted to be really immersed in the community and have a place where I could go to work every day and engage with a bunch of different people where everyone was happy and having a good time,” she said.

Ice cream close to the beach

• Annabelle’s Natural Ice Cream (49 Ceres St., Portsmouth, 436-3400, annabellesicecream.com)

• Aloha Ice Cream (69 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 926-5030, hamptonbeach. org)

• Buc’s Mini Golf and Ice Cream (55 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 601-2033)

• Casino Ice Cream (Route 1A, Hampton, 926-4541, hamptonbeachcasinonh.com)

• Dolce Freddo Gelato (38 Market Square, Newburyport, Mass., 975-4621002, dfgelato.com)

• Dunlap’s Ice cream (418 Route 286, Seabrook, 474-7272, facebook. com/scoopinsmiles)

• Harbor Creamery (39 Pleasant St., Newburyport, Mass., 978-255-2440, harborcreamery.com)

• Hodgies Too of Newburyport (251 Low St., Newburyport, Mass., 978-2552163, hodgiestooicecream.com)

• Hodgies Too of Salisbury (136 Rabbit Road, Salisbury, Mass., 978-4630214, hodgiestooicecream.com)

• Joe’s Playland (15 Broadway, Salisbury, Mass., 978-465-8311, joesplayland.com)

• Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge and Ice Cream Shoppe (20 Congress St., Portsmouth, 319-8842, kilwins.com/ portsmouth)

• Kook’s Cafe and Beach Bar (1191 Ocean Blvd., Rye, 380-0552, kooksnh. com)

• Izzy’s Frozen Yogurt and Ice Cream (33 Bow St., Portsmouth, 4311053, izzysfrozenyogurtandicecreamnh. com)

• Lago’s Ice Cream (71 Lafayette Road, Rye, 964-9880, lagosicecream. com)

• Newbury Golf Center & Ice Cream (131 Scotland Road, Newbury, Mass., 978-255-1721, newburygolfcenter.com)

• Red Rover Creamery (150 State St., Portsmouth, 427-8172, redrovercreamery.com)

• Sandpiper Country Store (2281 Ocean Blvd., Rye, 319-8207)

• Sea Ketch (127 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 926-0324, seaketch.com)

• Sea Spray Yogurt and Gelato (83 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 601-7079)

• Simply Sweet (12-16 Inn St., Newburyport, Mass., 978-462-3226)

• Stillwell’s Ice cream (356 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-6990, stillwellsicecream.com)

• Susie’s Sweets (845 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 601-6256, susies-sweets-nh. com)

• Sweet Hannahs (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 601-6665, sweethannahs. com)

• The Beach Plum (16 Ocean Blvd., North Hampton, 679-3200, thebeachplum.net)

• The Cottage Creamery (14 Plum Island Turnpike B, Newbury, Mass., 255-1008)

• The Ice House (112 Wentworth Road, Rye, 431-3086, theicehouserestaurant.com)

• Twin Lantern Dairy Bar (239 Amesbury Road, Kensington, 394-702)

• Willey’s Scoops and Sweets (4 Broadway Salisbury, Mass., 978-4655541, willeysscoopsandsweets.com)

• Yummy Yogurt (215 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 926-9202)

Photo courtesy of Dunlap’s Ice Cream in Seabrook.

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Who has the best ice cream?

“Hodgies Too. I usually get black raspberry in a dish with chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream. Their ice cream is homemade and it just tastes better.”

— nicK of stratHaM

What flavor sells the most at your ice cream counter?

“Cookies and cream seems to be the favorite among adults. Kids go more for fun flavors like Superman; it’s a fruity blend of strawberry and banana with swirls of blue moon.”

— cHase of WicHita, Kansas

Vanilla or chocolate soft serve?

“It’s funny — I’m a real chocolate person, but when it comes to soft-serve ice cream, I prefer vanilla with rainbow sprinkles.”

Do you like your ice cream smooth or with additions like nuts, chocolate chips, cookies, etc.?

“I’m originally from Massachusetts so I like to buy Brigham’s French vanilla and add shredded coconut and chopped walnuts to it. Brigham’s has always been my favorite ice cream.”

— Gail of HaMpsteaD

Do you prefer plain, sugar or waffle cones?

“Definitely waffle cones. I’ve tried sugar cones and I like waffle cones better, especially dipped in chocolate.”

— Berenice of DoMinican repuBlic

If you were to order a sundae, what would you want on it?

“I’d choose vanilla ice cream with only peanut butter sauce, covered with Reese’s peanut butter cups. I like to keep it simple.”

— finola of soutHBorouGH, Mass.

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everybody read

NH Humanities picks a Big Read book

New Hampshire Humanities has been awarded a Big Read grant, joining 62 organizations nationwide. In collaboration with various partners, including local libraries and community organizations, NHH will engage readers all over the state in a shared reading experience of The Bear by New Hampshire author Andrew Krivak. Mary Nolin, the program manager, talked about Big Read and shared insights on the grant application, the book selection process and the diverse range of events and activities planned for the community.

What is the Big Read program, and how did New Hampshire get a grant for it?

The Big Read is a program initiated by the National Endowment for the Arts … to foster community engagement through literature. … I personally applied for and managed the grant on behalf of New Hampshire Humanities. Although the entire staff assisted me, I took the lead in writing the application, researching the book, coordinating with our partners and planning associated events.

What motivated New Hampshire Humanities and yourself to get involved in this program?

As the manager of literacy and literature-based initiatives at New Hampshire Humanities, I’ve seen the power literature has to bring people together. Regardless of their backgrounds or political beliefs, when people walk into a book session they all have something in common, which is that book. I love that literature can unite us in that way, especially in a time when we are often divided on many things, so that’s why I applied for the grant.

Tell us about the chosen book, The Bear.

The Bear is a story about the last two people on Earth, a father and a daughter. Though it takes place in the future, it takes us back to a simpler time when people were living in harmony with nature. The father teaches the daughter many things for survival and knowledge that she’s going to need for a future when she’s ultimately on her own. The book has powerful themes about what is the responsibility of older generations to pass on knowledge to younger generations.

Why was this book chosen?

The National Endowment for the Arts provides a list of 15 books that we can choose from. Starting in October of last year, I began narrowing down the options. I read several of the books, and I presented them to our staff and partners. It made the most sense to choose The Bear by Andrew Krivak. The author has a home in Jaffrey, so we were happy to be able to lift up a local New Hampshire author, and the [setting of the] story is based on the area near his home, which is in the shadow of Mount Monadnock. It felt like a book that resonated well with our state.

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Additionally, we are currently running an initiative called “Becoming New Hampshire,” which explores how stories from the past can help us navigate the present and future. The Bear , which looks at what our future could possibly look like, seemed like a natural fit.

What events and activities are planned for people to engage with the book?

We have partnered with 50 libraries across the state; it was important to us that people in every county have opportunities for participation. The libraries are really the backbone of the project. Each library will host a book discussion and at least one free community program. … New Hampshire Humanities provides copies of the book to these libraries and offers trained facilitators to lead the discussions. … The community events organized by the

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Author events

• ANDRE DUBUS III will discuss his new novel, Such Kindness, in conversation with Elizabeth Strout, at The Music Hall Lounge (131 Congress St., Portsmouth; 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Saturday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $47 and include a signed book.

• PAUL TREMBLAY & JOE HILL, bestselling horror authors, will be in conversation at Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter, 778-9731, waterstreetbooks. com) on Saturday, July 15, at 6 p.m.

• COLSON WHITEHEAD will discuss his latest novel, Crook Manifesto, at The

libraries are diverse, ranging from guided nature walks and photography classes to community painting and hands-on demonstrations with indigenous tools. … We’re kicking off with a public event on Sept. 6 at Great North Aleworks where two actors will perform a scene from the book, and the brewery will unveil its new imperial Black Bear stout. … New Hampshire Humanities is hosting two online lectures on the book’s themes. … We have a poet, Mitch Goldberg, discussing the connection between poets and the night sky in The Bear . We’re also hosting a free planetarium show at the Christa McAuliffe Discovery Center mimicking how the girl in the book experiences the night sky. … On Oct. 14, the author Andrew Krivak will have a public question-and-answer session in Concord.

— Angie Sykeny

Music Hall Historic Theater (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth; 436-2400, themusichall. org) on Thursday, July 20, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 plus fees and the required purchase of a $30 book voucher per one or two tickets.

• SY MONTGOMERY & MATT PATTERSON will talk about their new nonfiction picture book, The Book of Turtles, at Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter, 778-9731, waterstreetbooks. com) on Saturday, July 22, at 11 a.m.

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• CHUCK COLLINS will discuss his new novel, Altar to an Erupting Sun, at Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter, 7789731, waterstreetbooks. com) on Tuesday, July 25, at 7 p.m.

• RICHARD RUSSO will discuss his novel Somebody’s Fool at The Music Hall Lounge (131 Congress St., Portsmouth; 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $46 and include a signed book.

New c astle calling

Discover the scenic and historic delights of New Hampshire’s oldest island town

By Curt Mackail

Well worth a summer visit, historic New Castle sits at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean downstream from Portsmouth. It’s New Hampshire’s oldest, smallest, easternmost town and its only town composed entirely of islands. It’s also a beautiful unique Seacoast community with plenty to do and see.

Settled in 1623, the village perches on less than a square mile of outcrop, home to some 1,000 residents. The oldest New Castle houses, some dating to the 1600s, are densely packed in the central historic district, giving the town a cozy, pleasant feel. You’ll find a trove of fascinating sites reflecting the island’s past as a haven for fishermen, artists, tavern keepers and sailors.

To get there overland travel NH Route 1B. The two-lane road forms a loop from Rye to the south and Portsmouth to the north with New Castle as its midpoint. Along the byway you’ll have plenty of scenic water and marsh views, may spot an ocean-going tanker guided by tugboats in or out of port, and can soak up the refreshing salt air.

One celebrated landmark on the route is the grand Wentworth-By-the-Sea

Hotel, a 150-year-old remnant of the Gilded Age restored to magnificence. It offers fine dining and lavish accommodations, or you can have a drink and lighter fare on its ample deck overlooking a marina packed with luxury yachts.

Nearby, The Ice House clam shack-style restaurant and ice cream stand is very popular. BG’s Boathouse, just west on the loop road in Rye, is also a seafood favorite for locals and visitors alike.

In New Castle you may enjoy simple sightseeing by car or foot along the village’s narrow lanes. Or you might enjoy lounging seaside at Great Island Common, 301 Wentworth Road, a 32-acre park with lots of green lawn, walking trails, a swimming beach and a fishing pier. Ocean views here are terrific. It’s open 9 a.m to 9 p.m. every day yearround; admission to the town-owned park for non-residents is $15 per vehicle through September. Seniors’ and veterans’ admission is $7 per carload. Off-season admission is free. For information about the park, call the town hall at 603-431-6710 or visit newcastlenh. org.

active fun is easy to come by

For those who seek active adventure, paddleboarding, kayaking, bicycling and fishing are some of the popular pursuits.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reports the best fishing spot is Great Island Common from the concrete jetty and rocks at the far end of the park. The department says you’ll catch a wide variety including pollock, striped bass and mackerel.

Bicycles, paddleboards and kayaks may be rented in nearby Portsmouth from several companies. Rental fees and package deals for watercraft vary in price, averaging about $50 for two hours without add-ons. Most watercraft rental

companies offer delivery to New Castle as well as lessons, and some provide guided tours on the water.

One Portsmouth bike renter, Port City Bike Tours, offers an easy excursion with their tour guide, exploring New Castle and quiet parts of Portsmouth. A two-hour tour including a bicycle costs $50.

Rich in history

New Castle sits on what was first called Great Island. Originally a Portsmouth parish, the town was incorporated in 1693, gaining its modern name based on a British earthen fortification known as The Castle. Soon after, the British replaced the aging earth-walled bastion with a stout brick blockhouse, naming it Fort William and Mary to honor their new monarchs.

In December 1774, on the eve of the American Revolution, the fort was raided by a band of colonists in a surprise attack. Overcoming a scant British squad of five, the hundred or more looters took some 100 barrels of gunpowder and other munitions. The powder made its way six months later to sustain 1,200 colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

After the British abandoned Fort William and Mary during the war, it became our Fort Constitution. Remains of the fortification are today a state park within the grounds of a Coast Guard Guard station. The park is currently closed while repairs are underway. Some of the site is viewable, however, from an abutting parking area at 25 Wentworth Road. You’ll see docked Coast Guard vessels large and small, lots of river traffic on the wide Piscataqua, and a bit of the

New Castle is an excellent paddleboard destination for the experienced and beginners too. You need just a board, a paddle and some muscle. Portsmouth paddleboard companies provide rentals, delivery, and optional lessons. Courtesy of Portsmouth Paddle Co.

At the mouth of the wide Piscataqua River, New Castle offers unparalleled views of the sea and plenty of salt air. Here, Fort Constitution and its lighthouse juts into the Atlantic. Courtesy of visitnewengland.com.

historic fort’s skyline and lighthouse. Public bathrooms are available from the parking area.

a place for “pests”

Several uninhabited islands surround New Castle. They’re open to the public who can get there by water. One wooded 10-acre outcrop just west of the town’s Great Island, Pest Island, has a tale to tell. In the late 1700s it held a

“pest house” where those newly inoculated against smallpox were confined. Smallpox was one of the most devastating and deadly diseases known to humanity before a vaccine was developed in 1796, according to the World Health Organization. Prior to the vaccine, the only defense was inoculation with a tiny amount of live smallpox virus collected from an infected person. The newly inoculated became sick and

remained contagious for weeks.

A Boston smallpox epidemic in 1794 especially threatened Portsmouth because the two cities’ commercial trade was continual. So Portsmouth mandated inoculations for inbound Boston travelers at a makeshift hospital on Shapleigh Island, within a mile of New Castle. After inoculation, patients were ferried to a new quarantine house on Pest Island. Those who recovered

from the treatment gained immunity and were released. Others not so fortunate were buried.

Today, the pest house is long gone but Pest Island is available for day trips and overnight stays. There’s no permission needed, no supervision nor camping facilities on the island, and you’ll be on your own. You must get there over water, bring your own supplies, and pack out everything you bring in.

a walk through history

Perhaps the best way to explore New Castle history is with a walking tour of the village led by New Castle Historical Society docents. Their mile-long leisurely tour lasts about 90 minutes. Sites of the original taverns and inns, village shops, fish-drying locations and places of notable events and people are included. Tours start at the village gazebo, next to the Congregational Church, 65 Main St., and conclude at the history museum to explore on your own. Tours are Saturday mornings at 11 a.m., scheduled for Saturdays, July 15, July 29, Aug. 12, Aug. 19 and Sept. 2. Cost is $10 per person. Exact cash payable at the start of the tour is required. For information, visit newcastlenhhistoricalsociety.org.

The grand hotel Wentworth By the Sea is a foremost local landmark just southwest of New Castle on Route 1B. Courtesy of wikipedia.org.

Try This aT home

Mushrooms filled with cheese, spinach and garlic

Stuffed mushrooms are a popular appetizer. They are easy to make at home and can be filled with so many different ingredients. For today’s recipe, I wanted to make an appetizer that leaned toward healthy. Goat cheese is the optimal choice for this. It’s lower in calories than many cheeses and also provides a creamy note.

This recipe has two rounds of baking. The initial round completes two important tasks. First, it helps to soften the mushrooms without drying out the filling. Second, it allows the mushrooms to release some of their liquids, so that you don’t have a watery mess for your final product. Don’t skip this first bake!

The ingredients in this recipe are straightforward: white mushrooms, frozen spinach, garlic cloves and goat cheese. Could you make them fancier and use porcini or cremini mushrooms? Sure, although baking times might vary. Depending on your garlic preferences, you could reduce the amount to one clove, and you definitely could increase it to three.

Once you have decided on your formula for these stuffed mushrooms (and bought the ingredients), you are only about 25 minutes away from a healthy, delicious snack!

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

Mushrooms filled with cheese, spinach and garlic

Makes 16

12 ounces white mushrooms

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1½ cups frozen spinach, thawed and drained

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 ounces goat cheese, softened

Pinch of kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove stems from mushrooms, and set aside for use in a bit.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Place mushroom caps on tray, stem side down.

Brush tops of mushrooms with olive oil. Bake for 8 minutes.

While mushrooms roast, finely chop mushroom stems.

In a nonstick pan over medium heat, add 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil.

When heated, add chopped stems, and sauté for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and sauté for one more minute, stirring frequently

Remove mushrooms from the oven. Reduce oven to 375 degrees.

Combine spinach, chopped mushrooms, garlic, goat cheese, salt and pepper in a small bowl, and stir well.

Throw away foil, and line tray with a new sheet of foil.

Coat with nonstick spray.

Fill mushroom caps with spinach mixture. Place filled caps on the prepared sheet, and bake for 8 minutes.

Serve.

Mushrooms filled with cheese, spinach and garlic. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.

oUT For a BiTe

at lucKy’s restaurant

Open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Lucky’s Restaurant is the newest onsite eatery of The Brook (319 New Zealand Road, Seabrook, 474-3065, livefreeandplay.com), the 70-acre charitable gambling casino and entertainment complex that opened at the site of the former Seabrook Greyhound Park on Route 107 a few years ago. In 2019, the facility was purchased by the Mesquite, Nevada,-based and 100 percent employee-owned Eureka Casino Resort — it’s led by Greg Lee and Andre Carrier, both of whom happen to have New Hampshire ties. “Lucky’s … is really designed to give you the comfort foods that you love, and then provide a new twist on some of them to challenge you just a little bit,” Carrier said of the 85-seat restaurant, which opened in May following a few other neighboring concepts on the property, such as the tailgate menu of Victory’s Kitchen and the casual quick-service offerings of Charlie’s. “As much as I like to give people the steak tips or the mac and cheese that they love and are comfortable with, I love to give it to them … in a way that’s not too far outside of their comfort zone, but just different enough.” Lucky’s opens daily at 8 a.m. and boasts a diverse menu of breakfast items available all day, in addition to burgers, sandwiches, plated steak and seafood entrees. There is also a full bar, as well as different daily “early bird specials” featuring full meals served at a discounted price from 3 to 5 p.m. The Scene recently caught up with Carrier to talk about Lucky’s, which is open to the general public as well as casino gamblers, about some of his favorite menu items and what diners can expect when they visit.

How long has Lucky’s Restaurant been around?

Interestingly, we had the opportunity to open the Saturday of the Kentucky Derby [May 6]. We kind of did an intro, a debut, on Kentucky Derby Saturday, and then we opened for good the following Thursday.

What makes Lucky’s Restaurant unique?

I think our restaurants are about visiting more than once. It’s about developing a sense of place and relationships, so things get very easy for you there. I think it’s about ritual, [and] having a food server or servers that you know and like. … When you need an event in your life, we’re there for you, and that’s what I hope Lucky’s is — that kind of relationship that you know will stand the test of time.

What is your favorite thing on your menu?

I’ve been working on my own menus probably since I was 14 years old. And so when you’re building a new menu and you’re try-

ing to find the personality of the restaurant through the food, you try some things. … There was one sandwich that we were trying, and the first time we made it, we tasted it, looked at one another and went, ‘That’s not it.’ Then one person said, ‘Yeah, but what if we did this,’ and so we tried that, tasted it and said ‘That’s better, but it’s not it.’ … Then another person said, ‘What if we did this and this,’ and we made it again, we ate it … and we all looked at each other and said, ‘That’s the best thing on the menu,’ and that’s the Pot O’ Gold Reuben. … We toss the pastrami in Irish gold barbecue sauce, and then we make an apple slaw [with] a flavor profile that complements that sandwich. Those things combined, as well as how you toast the bread — I mean, you’ve just got to try it for yourself.

What is one thing that everyone should try?

If you’re someone that steps up to a menu and asks what is interesting and different

about what they do here, then I’d say the burger. … We do a smash burger patty [and] we also source and season and our own bacon. … The other thing I’d say is breakfast all day. If you want to eat breakfast at 6 o’clock at night, this is the spot to come to.

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

I am of a mindset where details matter. I really think that to do these things well, you have to be into the details, you have to listen to your people about what’s going well [and] what’s not going well, and you have to listen to your customer about what they like [and] what they don’t like. … You almost have to be able to feel what you want your customer to feel while they’re there. … And you get a lot of it wrong early on, so you’ve got to be able to hang in there, listen, not take things personally and react quickly to the changes that are necessary.

What celebrity would you like to see eating at Lucky’s Restaurant?

That’s a good one. … You know what, I’m going to geek out and just be a total New England childhood fan guy. …

[Former Boston Red Sox] captain Jason Varitek. If I can sit down over some steak tips and eggs with the Captain, I would probably cry after it happened, to be honest. That’s probably the way it would go down — I’d shake his hand firmly, say thank you for coming in, and then walk away and cry like a child, after I got my selfie.

What is your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast?

Having spent my adult life predominantly in Las Vegas … nothing looks, feels and smells like New England. … There is a convenience and a comfort there that is offered in very few places in the world. Don’t ever take it for granted!

Photos courtesy of Lucky's Restaurant, at The Brook in Seabrook.

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Wes Anderson puts a diorama in a music box, festoons it with vintage curios and surrounds it with a model train set in Asteroid City, maybe the most “Wes Anderson movie about Wes Anderson vibes” ever? But I feel like I think that at every Wes Anderson movie lately so who knows.

A 1950s black and white television narrator (Bryan Cranston) introduces us to the stage play and its playwright (Edward Norton) that are the origins of the teleplay that becomes the full Santa Fe sunset color palette of a live-action, er, situation we’re watching in this movie, which is written and directed by Anderson (who has a screenplay credit and shares the “story by” credit with Roman Coppola). Sometimes we’re watching the playwright, sometimes we’re with the actors performing the play but mostly we’re in Asteroid City, the name of the play and the name of its setting. Asteroid City is a small clump of buildings in the southwestern desert. A diner, a bus stop, a gas station and motor inn make up the bulk of the town — as well as a complex astronomical government facility built near the site of an ancient crater caused by an asteroid (which is also still there and available for close-up viewing during the posted hours).

In the 1950s, Auggie Steenbeck (Jason Schwartzmann), his teenage son Woodrow (Jake Ryan) and his three young daughters — Andromeda (Ella Faris), Pandora (Gracie Faris) and Cassiopeia (Willan Faris) — have come to Asteroid City for Woodrow to accept an award for his science project. But their car has a rather spectacular breakdown causing the family to be stuck there, which leads Auggie to call his father-in-law, Stanley (Tom Hanks), to come and get the girls. Stanley agrees to do so if Auggie will finally, three weeks after the fact, explain to the children that their mother, Stanley’s daughter, has died.

Also arriving for the young scientist event are movie star Midge Campbell (Scarlett Johansson) and her teen daughter Dinah (Grace Edwards) as well as other teen inventors, a bus full of school children and their teacher and a group of singing cowboys who miss their connecting bus. Wes Anderson regulars

Tilda Swinton as a scientist and Jeffery Wright as a military general are also in Asteroid City as well as the likes of Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Steve Park, Matt Dillion, Steve Carell

and Seu Jorge. Most of the assembled show up for the science awards ceremony as well as the nighttime viewing of an astronomical event but then find themselves quarantined by the government when an alien shows up to borrow the city’s asteroid. (The alien is, uhm, quite the thing — from the actor, who I won’t spoil, who plays the alien to its odd The Fantastic Mr. Fox appearance. I’m not sure how I feel about it or a very puppety roadrunner who occasionally wanders through Asteroid City but these are capital C Choices and, I guess, if you’re already doing all of this odd business, might as well really go for it with the alien.)

But maybe more than any of this, the movie is about the vibe — the particular rosey gold of the desert sun, the arts-and-craft-y quality of the distant mushroom cloud from regularly detonated atom bomb tests, the bright pastels of the landscape, the sign on the diner advertising 50-cent ham plates. The dollhouse-like motor inn cabins, the symmetrical quality to even asymmetrically arranged shots, the scenes of Scarlett Johansson as a 1950s actress that almost look like movie stills. There’s grief and optimism and sadness and shy bits of romance packed around the rotary phones and film cameras and Pontiacs. It’s all just sort of lovely to be in even if I also felt like I wasn’t watching a story so much as being told about a story. Like a particularly lovely macaron, it’s surprising at times that all this prettiness is a very fragile confection made of quite a bit of air. B

Rated PG-13 on appeal for brief graphic nudity, smoking and some suggestive material, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed by Wes Anderson with a screenplay by Wes Anderson, Asteroid City is an hour and

45 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Focus Features.

No Hard Feelings (R)

You ask “what would it look like if a 1980s sex comedy was also really bleak” and I answer No Hard Feelings, an alleged comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Maddie Barker (Lawrence) is just barely getting by in Montauk, one of those fancy Long Island places where the real estate market is set by the millionaires and billionaires who summer there while the principal employment for the actual locals is tourism-based.

Maddie is behind in paying the taxes on the house her mother left her and doesn’t know how she’ll catch up once her car — which she uses for her second job as an Uber driver — is repo-ed. Tips from her bartending job aren’t enough to pay all the bills, so Maddie desperately scans the used car listings for anything that will keep her earning. What she finds is an odd listing for a Buick. The “price” of the car is to date Percy Becker (Andrew Barth Feldman), a Princeton-bound 19-yearold. Percy’s extremely wealthy parents, Allison (Laura Benanti) and Laird (Matthew Broderick), are worried that their sheltered, quiet, loner son will sink in school if he doesn’t arrive with some life experience. They tell Maddie they will give her the Buick if she befriends and “dates” (in all aspects of the word) Percy to help get him out of his shell.

Maddie dives into the assignment, showing up at Percy’s volunteer job at the local animal shelter to try to sexytalk him into going back to her house. He mistakes it for a stranger-danger kidnapping and maces her. She manages to get him to ask her on a date where he,

unlike her usual hookups, is more interested in getting to know her than rushing into bed. Despite their age difference — Maddie is 32 to Percy’s 19 — Percy warms to the idea of a real relationship with Maddie. And though she hates the rich Montauk crowd and finds Percy’s helplessness aggravating, Maddie starts to feel some kind of genuine friendship for him as well.

No Hard Feelings feels like it could have been a spiritual descendant to your Can’t Buy Me Love -type 1980s capitalism-based rom-com. And for a while I thought maybe I could just go with it sort of like I would with an Overboard , where an on-the-page icky premise can lean into zaniness or a fairy tale-like quality. But this movie is oddly jarring, frequently juxtaposing the “wacky antics” of this kind of comedy with the actual grim reality of a kid whose parents feel they need to/have the right to buy him a girlfriend or of a woman who feels she has to hang on to the family house at all costs. Jennifer Lawrence doing some fairly solid physical comedy melts into a scene where an emotionally traumatized Percy (his high school years were rough, we’re told) seems clinically depressed. “Ha ha yikes” is the frequent mood of this movie.

The movie also gives us quite a bit of the real hopelessness of Montauk economics, not just Maddie’s struggles to stay solvent in a town being taken over by the ultra-rich but her pregnant friend Sara (Natalie Morales) and Sara’s husband Jim (Scott MacArthur) trying to figure out how to get by once their baby comes. She’s a teacher who waitresses in the summer, he owns a business involving some kind of boating-related tourism, and yet they can’t afford to move out of his parents’ house. Their scenes with Maddie provide lightness — and often then go grim.

If this movie has a bright spot — not something I’d go so far as to call a saving grace but a bright spot — it’s that it serves as a reminder that Lawrence is good at broad comedy. This is not a movie I’d put on her highlights reel but maybe this forgettable misfire will get her a stronger comedy that can take advantage of her skills. C-

Rated R for sexual content, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use, according to filmratings.com. Directed by Gene Stupnitsky with a screenplay by Gene Stupnitsky & John Phillips, No Hard Feelings is an hour and 43 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Columbia Pictures.

Asteroid City.

How to Survive History, by Cody Cassidy (Penguin, 224 pages)

Until this week I never knew there was a category on Amazon called “humor history,” but I’m here for it. So is Cody Cassidy, who created for himself a cheeky publishing niche by imagining the improbable and then figuring out (with the help of experts) the answer to the question “What if…?”.

He did that first in 2017’s And Then You’re Dead, in which he wondered what would really happen if you, say, got swallowed by a whale, got caught in a stampede, went over Niagara Falls in a barrel or had sundry other unpleasant adventures. Now he’s back with How to Survive History, in which he offers (hopefully not useful) advice on how we can survive extinction-level events such as asteroids or volcano explosions should some time-traveling event send us back to one. It’s fanciful, of course, and a tad silly, but Cassidy comes to the task with a surprising gravitas and the right mix of “yes, this is kind of crazy” but also “this is serious stuff, pay attention.”

The serious stuff is the history behind the events, which include the strike of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, the sinking of the Titanic and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Most of us learned in childhood about the asteroid that hit Earth some 66 million years ago, and we may have even retained some specifics about the planet-altering event, such as the size of the rock, believed to be between 8 and 9 miles wide.

But reading Cassidy’s description of what happened in the aftermath was the first time I understood the scope of the destruction and the chain of events it triggered. “If this asteroid hit in the same spot today, the blast wave would kill you in Texas, deafen you in New York and blow out your window panes in Buenos Aires,” he writes.

And there were so many ways that it could have killed you, had humans been around then, from the skyscraper-high tsunamis, to raining debris the size of school buses, to the fires caused by thermal radiation, to raging snowstorms in which 10 feet of snow fell each day. Unless you were a turtle or other aquatic creature that could take relative shelter under water, it seems impossible to survive this sort of destruction, but in talking to experts Cassidy comes up with a plan — it just involves getting to Madagascar or Indonesia.

Similarly, Cassidy has suggestions on how we can survive the sack of Rome, a voyage with the pirate Blackbeard, the stranding of the Donner party on their doomed trek to California, and the devastating San Francisco earthquake in 1906. In these and other catastrophes, he colorfully provides the history while breezily inserting the reader into the event. An

example from his chapter on Titanic: “you’re a frugal time traveler, so you elect to travel third class … That buys you a bunk on F deck, six levels below the top. It’s about the size of a prison cell, only it’s occupied by four people rather than just two. But who cares! All you do is sleep in it anyway, and this ship offers world-class amenities to its third-class passengers, who in this era would typically have to stuff themselves into one large, poorly ventilated and inadequately converted cargo hold.”

Cassidy’s survival plan when the ship hits the iceberg (with only enough lifeboats for a third of its passengers) involves calmly dressing in finery (to make it seem that you are a first-class passenger), using ladders that you’re not supposed to access, and going to the starboard side instead of port. Stay out of the water if you can — it’s 27 degrees Fahrenheit — but if you have to enter it, slip in rather than jumping, to give your body time to absorb the shock. Then swim hard for 10 to 15 minutes to build body heat. That could buy you time for passengers on a lifeboat to take pity and pull you in.

Yes, we’ve all seen the movie, but Cassidy gives us a wholly different experience with fascinating detail that James Cameron didn’t provide.

When he takes us to the port of Pompeii, 6 miles from Mount Vesuvius, he describes our plight as challenging but not hopeless. The Pompeiians who survived were the ones who took off immediately instead of taking shelter as the ash fell. The volcano erupted on Aug. 24, but it wasn’t until the next day that the entire village was wiped out, meaning that many people went to sleep that night thinking wrongly that they had survived. Where to go? Cassidy says there were two options: running north toward Naples or south toward Stabiae — fast. Both routes presented danger, but none that involved being consumed by a river of lava.

Will any of this information help you navigate life in the 21st century? Probably not. But is it more useful than anything you will find in the typical summer beach read? Absolutely.

That’s why anything by Cassidy is the perfect book for summer. It’s airy enough to not feel dreadfully important (you don’t have to retain information about how to survive the fall of Constantinople) but engaging enough that you will constantly want to quote from the book to people sitting beside you at the lake or beach. Plus, How to Survive History solves a problem of beach reads that has always irritated me — most often they’re romance novels written for women, a la Elin Hilderbrand.

It’s paperback and won’t be shortlisted for any elite prize, but Cassidy owns “humor history” and it’s top-notch for the genre. A

—Jennifer Graham

Jill Piscitello discusses her new novel, A Sour Note

Author Jill Piscitello talks about her new mystery novel set in Hampton Beach, A Sour Note

What is A Sour Note about?

A Sour Note features Maeve Cleary, an unemployed event coordinator, coming to terms with the public end to her engagement with a famous morning news host. Thanks to a social media darling’s corpse turning up behind her mother’s music school, Maeve’s plan to recover in the privacy of her childhood home is upended. As suspicion surrounds her and a few friends, media interest peaks again. While following a trail of clues, she fends off help from a clairvoyant cousin, butts heads with a no-nonsense detective and toys with the idea of allowing a bit of romance back into her life.

What inspired you to set this story in Hampton Beach?

My family has visited Hampton for decades. The Natural Resources Defense Council included Hampton Beach on its list of safest and cleanest beaches in the country several times, and the April 2023 issue of Country Living named it one of the eight “classic beach boardwalks.” ... I was walking along a stretch of ocean when the idea for A Sour Note first arose. What better place for a mystery than a beach setting offering more than a scenic view? Sure, the beach is beautiful. However, it’s the people, food and entertainment that create a buzzing hive of activity to fill pages with.

How did you incorporate the unique atmosphere of Hampton Beach into the story? How did you strike a balance between the light, summery setting and the tension and suspense required for a mystery?

Hampton Beach is unique because it offers something for everyone. Arcades and a stretch of playground entertain children for hours, adults have endless choices for food, and live music plays every night. The sun, sand and sights set a carefree background in stark contrast to Maeve’s dangerous search for a murderer.

How did you blend the book’s magical elements with the grounded reality of the murder investigation?

A large percentage of people believe in some aspect of psychic ability. Many

claim to experience premo nition or déjà vu. Maeve wavers between skepticism of her cousin Calista’s clair voyance and entertaining the idea she might have a gift. Though I enjoy reading paranormal cozies, I want ed a story that people could relate to. Doesn’t everyone know someone who claims to ‘have a feeling?’

What motivated you to venture into the mystery genre? How did you approach writing a mystery compared to your previ ous works?

My previous books fell within the sweet holiday romance genre. I love watching couples find their way to happily ever after and am a huge fan of the Hallmark Channel. ... I plan to revisit the romance genre as an author, but in my heart, I’ve always wanted to write mysteries. I’m not sure who is more responsible for this aspiration — my mother for introducing me at 12 years old to Mary Higgins Clark, or the author herself for sucking me into each and every word of the books that kept me reading late into the night. Writing the first draft required a significant amount of planning and research. In romance novels, shifting back and forth between the two main characters is easier than balancing a larger cast of voices demanding to tell their own stories.

What do you hope readers will take away from A Sour Note in terms of entertainment and emotional resonance?

I’m hoping readers enjoy an intriguing tale filled with unexpected twists, friendship, strength, love and likable characters they look forward to revisiting time after time.

Can you give us a glimpse into what readers can expect in the next two books of the series?

The second book will be set during the fall after most of the tourist crowd has left for the season. Calista will have a much larger role in the story. The third mystery is still in the outlining stage, but we will see Maeve’s mother pursuing a romantic relationship while her daughter solves another case.

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Exeter

Swasey Parkway: Windham Swing Band, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Daylan Welch, 7 p.m.; Collie Buddz, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Ross McGinnes, 6 p.m.

L Street: live music, 4:30 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Paul Lussier, 1 p.m.; Lewis Goodwin, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Nashville Line Dance, 6 p.m.; King Kountry, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Rob & Jody, 6:30 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers: Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m.

friday, July 7

exeter

Sea Dog: live music, 5 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Pop Disaster, 8 p.m.; Sheldon Benton, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Bob Tirelli, 6 p.m.

L Street: live music, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Kieran McNally, 1 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: The Reminisants, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Dapper Gents, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 3 p.m.; Eric Grant Band, 9 p.m.

Whym: Mark Lapointe, 6:30 p.m.

Newmarket

Stone Church: live music, 8 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Pete Peterson, 2 p.m.; Sumx4 Band, 7 p.m.; KOHA, 9:30 p.m.

CR’s

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

Mojo’s: live music, 7 p.m

Seabrook

Chop Shop: live music, 6:30 p.m.

saturday, July 8

Exeter

Shooters: Tin Palace, 6 p.m.

Hampton Bernie’s: Mike Forgette, 1 p.m.;

MB Padfield, 1 p.m.; Fighting

Friday, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Mason Brothers, 1 p.m.

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

Jodee Frawlee, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Dave Macklin Band, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Tim Theriault Band, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Francoix Simard, 2 p.m.; Fast Times, 9 p.m.

Whym: Liz Ridgely, 6 p.m.

Newmarket

Stone Church: Randy Ross, 8 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light Pub: Paul Warnick, 2 p.m.; Whatsername, 7 p.m.; Jeff

Mrozek, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Summer in the Street: Jeff Warner & Friends, 5:30 p.m.

Salisbury

Black Bear: Johnny Friday, 2 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: live music

Red’s: live music, 8 p.m.

sunday, July 9

Hampton Bernie’s: Alex Anthony, 1 p.m.; Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.; Kash’d Out, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music

Sea Ketch: Dave Clark, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: Scott Brown and The Diplomats, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: MB Padfield, 2 p.m.

Whym: live music, 1 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Ralph Allen, 2 p.m.; Rock Spring, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Beach Deck: Joey Canzano, 4 p.m.

Monday, July 10

Hampton

Bernie’s: Pat Dowling, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music, 4 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Kieran McNally, 1 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Doug Mitchell, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: 13 Black, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: TJ Swan, 2 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Sean Coleman, 7:30 p.m.

Seabrook

Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

tuesday, July 11

Hampton

Bernie’s: Sheldon Benton, noon

L Street: live music, 4 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Craig LaGassa, 1 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: Kevin White (Garth Brooks tribute), 7 p.m.

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m

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

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Gas Light: Johnny Angel, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

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

Red’s: country night, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 12

Hampton

Bernie’s: Luffkid Trio, 7 p.m.; Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music, 4:30 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Karen Grenier, 1 p.m.

Sea Ketch: KOHA, 8:30 p.m.

Sea Shell: April Cushman, 7 p.m.

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

Portsmouth Gas Light: Clint Lapointe, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Press Room: open mic, 5:30 p.m.

Seabrook

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

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Exeter

Swasey Parkway: Marcy Drive Band, 6 p.m.

Hampton Bernie’s: Adam Luffkin, 7 p.m.; King Kyote, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

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CR’s: Rico barr Duo, 6 p.m.

L Street: live music, 4:30 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: Nashville Line

Dance, 6 p.m.; Alec MacGillivray, 7 p.m.; Chris Janson, 7:30 p.m.

Smuttynose: Johnny Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Sheldon Benton, 2 p.m.; Reverend Horton Heat, 7 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: Survive The Sun/Martial Law/ Set The Bar Low/ Alchemy/ TFR, 8 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Dana Brearley Duo, 7 p.m. The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers: Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m.

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Exeter

Sea Dog: live music, 5 p.m. Shooters: Tim Theriault, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Sheldon Benton, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Greg DeCoteau, 6 p.m.

L Street: live music, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Kieran McNally, 1 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: Groove Alliance, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: Mica’s Groove Train, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 3 p.m.; Scott Brown & The Diplomats, 9 p.m.

Whym: Mark Lapointe, 6:30 p.m.

Newmarket Stone Church: The Rockingham Groove w Leo Ganley, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Johnny Friday, 2 p.m.; Dave Ayotte, 7 p.m.; Krystian Beal, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m. Mojo’s: live music, 7 p.m

Seabrook

Chop Shop: live music, 6:30 p.m.

saturday, July 15

Exeter

Shooters: Todd Hearon & Friends, 6 p.m.

Swasey Parkway: Chad Verbeck, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: MB Padfield, 1 p.m.; Pop Daddy, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: live music, 1 p.m.

Sea Shell: The Midtown Horns, 7 p.m.

Smuttynose: live music

Wally’s: Russ Six, 3 p.m. Whym: live music, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light Pub: Dave Clark, 2 p.m.; Radio Daze, 7 p.m.; Matt Langley, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: live music, 9 p.m. Summer in the Street: Eleanor Ivy, 5:30 p.m.

Seabrook

Chop Shop: live music

Red’s: live music, 8 p.m.

c oncerts

Venues

3S Artspace

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

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

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

Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues Club

135 Congress St., Portsmouth, 888-603-JAZZ, jimmysoncongress.com

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

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

Press Room

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

The Strand 20 Third St., Dover, 3431899, thestranddover.com

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

Shows

• Sugaray Rayford Thursday, July 6, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Rumours—A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Thursday, July

6, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall

• Trevor Hall & the Great In-Between Thursday, July 6, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Julie Rhodes Friday, July

7, 7 p.m., 3S Artspace

• Damn Tall Buildings Friday, July 7, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Kirk Whalum Friday, July 7, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Victor Wainwright & The Train Saturday, July 8, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Club d’Elf Saturday, July 8, 8 p.m., Stone Church

• Gimme Gimme Disco Saturday, July 8, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Pat Travers Band Saturday, July 8, 8 p.m., Rochester

Opera House

• Mimi Fox Sunday, July 9, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Bob James Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Stillhouse Junkies Wednesday, July 12, at 7 p.m., Word

Barn

• The Joanna Connor Band

Wednesday, July 12, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Blind Adam and the Federal League Wednesday, July 12, 8 p.m., Press Room

• Straight No Chaser—The Yacht Rock Tour Wednesday, July 12, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall

• The Fabulous Thunderbirds Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., Music Hall

Lounge

• Bettye Lavette Thursday, July 13, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• Marvel Prone/Summer Cult Thursday, July 13, 8 p.m., Music Hall

• Survive the Sun Thursday, July 13, 8 p.m., Stone Church

• Halley Neal/Pretty Saro

Friday, July 14, 7 p.m., 3S

Artspace

• Billy Keane & the Waking Dream Friday, July 14, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• The Rockingham Groove

Friday, July 14, 8 p.m., Stone Church

• Dreams To Stage Finale

Friday, July 14, 8 p.m., Strand

• The HillBenders Friday, July 14, 8 p.m., Rochester

Opera House

• Chris Botti Thursday, July 15, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall

• Mat Kearney Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall

• The Bulkheads/The Lonely Ghosts/June Sexton Saturday, July 15, 8 p.m., The Strand

• Reed Foehl Sunday, July 16, 7 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Joe Lovano Quartet Sunday, July 16, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• John R. Miller Sunday, July 16, 8 p.m., Press Room

• Jill Sobule Monday, July 17, 7 p.m., Music Hall Lounge

• Q-Tip Bandits Tuesday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

• George Porter Jr. & Runnin Pardners Thursday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

c omedy

Venues

Casino Ballroom

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

The Community Oven

845 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 601-6311, thecommunityoven.com

The Music Hall Lounge

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

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

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

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

Events

• Take Me To Church with Stephen Francescone Stone Church, Thursday, July 6, 7:30 p.m.

• Kathleen Madigan Casino Ballroom, Saturday, July 22, 8 p.m.

• Gabe Mollica Music Hall Lounge, Saturday, July 22, 8:30 p.m.

• Robert Kelly Music Hall Lounge, Thursday, July 27, 8:30 p.m.

• Jimmy Tingle Music Hall Lounge, Saturday, July 29, 6 & 8:30 p.m.

• Tom Papa Casino Ballroom, Friday, Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m.

• Cindy Foster Press Room, Saturday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m.

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

• Pinky Patel Music Hall, Thursday, Sept. 21, 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.

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

• Howie Mandel Music Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Jess Harwood, lead singer of Rumours- A Fleetwood Mac Tribute. Photo courtesy of rumoursoffleetwoodmac.com

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stantly makes adjustments to the fuel and air inputs to keep pollution low.

Since your computer is collecting all of this information anyway, when you go in for an emissions test, the mechanic simply plugs his scan tool into a port on your car and asks for the data.

Get a small box of pastries to go, drive right back to the inspection shop, give the pastries to the mechanic and ask for another test. With 80-100 miles driven on the same tank of gas over a short period of time, you should pass with flying colors, Srikant. The pastries are just an insurance policy.

recommended an oil additive that supposedly reduced the oil consumption. So, I suppose something like that could be going on. But if that’s the issue, they should be explicit about it. And I’ve heard nothing about any such Toyota directives for late-model Tundras.

By Ray Magliozzi

Dear Car Talk: I recently took my 2015 Honda Civic in for an emissions inspection so that I could renew my registration. The car has 34,000 miles on it. The mechanic says “You have not driven the car much. Go drive it more and come back for re-test.” What kind of nonsense is this? During the pandemic, my wife drove that car probably a mile or two a week, and she continues to log no more than two miles per week. Is there a law that people like us, who don’t drive much, cannot register a car? – Srikant

No, there’s no law against not driving much, Srikant. In fact, they should give out medals for it.

Here’s what’s going on. Emissions and smog tests these days are performed by the car’s own computer. Your car’s computer is constantly analyzing your exhaust. Kind of like my wife analyzes my exhaust – then flees the room.

Anyway, the computer analyzes the stuff in your tailpipe to see how well your engine is burning its fuel. With that information, it con-

The computer then reports how much carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, unburned fuel and nitrous oxides your engine is producing. But before it will even issue the report, the computer performs a “readiness test.” The readiness test is all about your fuel system pressure.

Unless the computer can verify that your fuel system is able to reach full pressure and stay there for a sufficient number of miles, it won’t allow the mechanic to even run the test. And that’s what happened to you, Srikant. While you can fail the readiness test because of an actual leak (or a loose gas cap), it’s more often caused by not enough driving. That’s what your mechanic thinks it is, and he’s probably right.

So, here’s the solution: Fill up the tank, and make sure the gas cap is properly secured. Then pick a nice restaurant about 40 or 50 miles from home. Take your wife there and have a wonderful lunch.

And if it works, call the restaurant and make another reservation for the same day next year.

Dear Car Talk:

I went to my Toyota dealership to get my 2021 Tundra’s oil changed. They use synthetic oil. The cost for an oil change and tire rotation was $195. Over $60 of that was for “oil conditioner” and “gas conditioner.” Synthetic oil is expensive enough – do I really need oil conditioner? I’ve been a long-time customer. This time, I’m feeling a little duped. They didn’t use “oil conditioner” during the free maintenance period, by the way. – Nelson

I’ve heard that oil conditioner makes your oil easier to comb, style and blow dry, Nelson. These sound like profit conditioners to me. I’d ask what purpose these additives serve. I’d be curious to hear the dealer’s answer.

Many years ago, Subaru was having a problem with oil burning. And as a solution, Subaru

The gas conditioner is even more questionable. Eons ago, people used to add gas line anti-freeze to their fuel tanks. It was essentially alcohol, and any water in the system would bind to the alcohol and then get expelled during combustion. But the need for that was eliminated decades ago when alcohol was added to gasoline itself.

“Gas conditioner” could also be some kind of fuel system cleaner. You don’t need that either, because there are very good detergents in gasolines already.

Then there’s gasoline stabilizer, designed mostly for lawnmowers and snowblowers that sit for much of a year without running. Stabilizer helps prevent old, inactive gasoline from degrading and leaving varnish deposits. But you haven’t said anything about letting your Tundra sit for 10 months at a time, Nelson.

So, I’d ask the dealer to explain exactly what these conditioners are, what they do and why they’re necessary. And when he can’t, or can’t do it convincingly, decline them both.

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All quotes are from Playing With Myself, by Randy Rainbow, born July 6, 1981.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) I didn’t know what to do with all my emotions. I lit a Bath & Body Works candle and recited the haftarah from my bar mitzvah. Take it one emotion at a time.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) For some reason, though, when it came time to audition for school plays, I was able to put my insecurities and timidity on hold, get in there, and get the job done. Do the job, get a promotion.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) I moved on to a new pair of friends: pizza bagels and potato chips.

Are you ready for the next thing?

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Other than my weekend getaways to the Hollybrook Retirement Community … I did not have much of a social life. Socialize.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) It was more than childish enthusiasm; it was a focused and driven passion. I had that in me, too. It just hadn’t occurred to me until now to express it through interior design! Interior design, crayons, souffles — express your passion.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) After a month of ballroom bingo, Mermaid Lounging, and countless bottles of shampoo, Frank and I both decided we’d had enough. Enough is enough.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) I still wasn’t wearing pants when I attended the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in September of 2021. … Because of my rehearsal schedule, I couldn’t fly out to L.A. for the ceremony, so I opted to attend virtually from home, via Zoom. Pants may not be necessary.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Oh, I also wrote a book! (I guess you already figured that out by now.) Celebrate an accomplishment.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) My face was glued to my Game Boy and the cassette tape of The Little Mermaid soundtrack was now roughly in its twenty-fourth rotation on the car stereo. Enjoy some fresh entertainment.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) Regardless of my tantruming and waterworks, a few weeks later I was saying goodbye to everyone and everything I knew, rolling up my Patrick Swayze poster, and on the road heading for the Sunshine State. Bring sunscreen.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) I was inspired by Josh [Gad], even back then. Before long, my bedroom was also decorated like the Magic Kingdom. Get inspired, spruce things up.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) My first three periods on Spirit Day went off without a hitch. I was rocking my new look and feeling surprisingly full of myself…. it did feel nice to participate, and I loved the idea that Jason and I were in this together. Who’s got spirit? You do!

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Weird science

KTVX-TV reported on June 21 that snow in the mountains of Utah is turning pink, red and orange -- what scientists call “watermelon snow.” Experts said the colored snow results from blooming green algae, which is found in mountain ranges. “The snow algae produce a pigment that basically darkens their cells,” said Scott Hotaling, an assistant professor at Utah State University’s department of watershed sciences. Basically, the algae turn colors to protect themselves. One young visitor said the snow turned his shoes orange. “I thought that was pretty cool,” he said.

you had one job

The town of Stuart, Iowa, needed a new water tower to handle its growing population, according to KCRG-TV. But when residents saw the name painted on one side, they cringed. Rather than STUART, the tower was painted with START. Mayor Dick Cook called the social media attention about the misspelling “hilarious,” and the tower has been repainted.

s udoku

Maybe the dingo did eat your baby ...

On K’gari beach (formerly Fraser Island) in Australia, a 10-year-old boy was bitten and dragged under the water by a dingo on June 16, The Guardian reported. Not two weeks earlier, another dingo was euthanized after biting multiple tourists, including a French woman who was bitten on her posterior as she sunbathed. In the most recent event, the boy’s older sister rescued him, and he was treated for puncture wounds to his shoulder and arms. “These animals are capable of inflicting serious harm ... some are quite brazen and are not fleeing when yelled at or when someone brandishes a stick,” said ranger Danielle Mansfield. “Children and teenagers must be within arm’s reach of an adult at all times.”

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“The Price Is Right” contestant Henry Choi went home with more than a trip to Hawaii on the episode that aired on June 16, the Los Angeles Times reported. Choi threw his

arms up and pumped his fists as he was called onstage, then leaped into the air and pounded his chest. Afterward, he could be seen holding his right arm and stretching it out. Later in the show, host Drew Carey explained that Choi had dislocated his shoulder, and Choi’s wife, Alice, was allowed to spin the wheel for him during the Showcase Showdown. When he won, he meekly lifted his uninjured left arm, but Alice jumped up and waved her arms. “Don’t hurt yourself,” warned Carey.

two paws up, way up

Theatergoers in Thailand have a new pet-friendly place to bring their furry friends. Yahoo News reported that the country’s largest movie theater chain, Major Cineplex Group, started offering weekend showtimes for patrons who want to bring Fluffy or Fido with them. Of course, there’s a catch: Pets must weigh under 11 pounds and either wear a diaper or be kept in a carrier. Visitors turned out in droves for a pets-welcome showing of “The Little Mermaid,” cosplaying their creature companions as Sebastian the crab and

Ariel the mermaid. Not everyone’s a fan, however; as one former resident said, “It’s so ridiculous dogs are not allowed in (most Bangkok) parks but they can go to a movie or cafe. What comes next, you bring your dog or cat to a massage parlor?”

I hope someone gets my ...

Almost exactly 34 years after it was thrown into the sea in Newfoundland, a message in a bottle was recovered in Quebec. “I was so excited. I mean, what I’m looking for all the time is a note in a bottle,” Trudy Shattler told Saltwire of her discovery. After some social media sleuthing, she learned that the bottle belonged to one Gilbert Hamlyn, who was known for writing messages on cigarette packs, stuffing them in bottles, and setting them to sea. Sadly, Mr. Hamlyn passed away two years ago, but his son, Rick, was all too happy to hear of the bottle’s recovery, and intends to place it at his father’s grave.

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Answers will appear in next week’s paper.

Puzzle a from 6/29

Puzzle b from 6/29

Puzzle b

Puzzle a

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MATT JONES

“another steak out”— they all make the cut.

Across

1. Haydn’s nickname

5. The Big ___ (“Chantilly Lace” singer)

11. Drain of energy

14. River that passes by Essen, Germany

15. European country, to its residents

16. Boxing victory, for short

17. Nucleus locale

18. Aggressive handshaker’s quality

20. Isle of ___ (Irish Sea land)

21. Nuts

22. 15-Across’s capital, to us

23. Frankincense, e.g.

25. Amorphous (or creepy U.K. TV character Mr. ___... yeah, go look it up)

27. ___ Bell (Anne Bronte pseudonym)

28. Protagonist in “Racing Stripes,”

e.g.

31. Nondiscrimination hiring letters

32. Sudden good fortune, for example

35. Prefix with “allergenic”

36. A complete buzzkill

37. “Buyer beware” phrase

41. Shade enhanced by a diet of shrimp

44. Musical tool

47. “All good, thanks”

48. 1980s TV character Brewster

49. Home of the world’s tallest building for about six years

51. Like Rembrandt

52. “Alice’s Restaurant” singer Guthrie

53. Popupbreakfast food?

56. Director Ang

58. Betty White’s character on “The Gold-

en Girls”

61. Indian restaurant basketful

62. “Another Green World” composer Brian

63. School poster paper

64. Celtic great Larry

65. Tax form ID

66. “Why am I included in this?”

67. A&E component

Down

1. Baby buggy, to Brits

2. Absolute sovereignty

3. Espionage device, pre-digital era

4. Triceps spot

5. Yellowstone grazers

6. Palindromic name

7. Gearshift position

8. Bit of strategy

9. One at Oktoberfest

10. Dryer at a car wash, sometimes

11. Flash light?

12. “Kimberly ___” (2023 Best Musical Tony winner)

13. Olive’s guy

19. Miracle-___ (plant food brand)

21. Charles, now

24. “___ Flubber” (movie sequel)

25. Carried along, colloquially

26. Fond du ___, Wisconsin

27. Koln complaint

28. Goes fast

29. ___ Trinket (Elizabeth Banks, in “The Hunger Games”)

30. Straightforward

33. As a friend, in Paris

34. Completely broken

38. Author Upton

39. German Y.A. fantasy series adapted into a 2008 movie

40. Blue, in jigsaw puzzles, often

42. Two Truths and a ___ (icebreaker game)

43. Orchestral work

44. Disconcerting looks

45. Producer Spelling and others

46. Subject of the article “How

Tom Hanks Made Us Cry Over a Volleyball”

50. “The Raven” author

51. Ram maker

53. City northeast of Reno

54. Chutzpah

55. Eat away (at)

57. Remnants

59. On the double

60. “Boo-___!”

61. Hawks’ and Bucks’ org.

@2023 Matt Jones

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I’ll give you an answer in the morning

Across

1. Meat Loaf “I’ll never __ you and that’s a fact”

6. Arctic Monkeys ‘__ Wanna Know’

9. James and Morrison

13. U2 ‘__ Will Send His Angels’

14. They are put in mags for upcoming tour buzz

15. ‘90 Alice In Chains EP ‘__ Young’

16. Singular Dropkick Murphys song?

17. ‘13 Stone Sour hit ‘Do __ Favor’

18. JT Hodges ‘Give __ More Night’

19. Bob Seger jam covered by Thin

Lizzy

21. George Harrison ‘__ Pity?’

23. ‘Time Ago’ band Black __

24. Canine fan Jimmy Buffett: “You’re better off with __”

25. Treasured album

28. Scarlett Johansson sidekick Pete

30. Kenny Rogers “There’ll __ enough for counting, when the dealing’s done”

35. “Let me sleep __, I’ll give you an answer in the morning”

37. Leo and Nugent

39. Donnas wear it ‘Dirty’

40. Acting sing/songer Lovato

41. UB40 “__ am baby,

come and take me”

43. Pepsi drink a sober star may have

44. Dressing room rule: “Don’t make __!”

46. ‘One Thing Leads To Another’ band

47. Kate Bush is ‘Running Up’ it

48. Savatage’s 2001 ‘Poets And __’

50. Boy band ‘N __

52. Repeated word in Black Eyed Peas song about rapper Kim?

53. Mark Lanegan song about a coffee shop?

55. Solos make you ooh and this

57. Energize, as a performance

61. Like wordy content of a song

65. Guns N’ Roses ‘End Of Days’ soundtrack song ‘Oh __’

66. Jeff Lynne ‘Showdown’ band (abbr)

68. ‘Washington Square Serenade’ Steve

69. ‘96 Asia album played in a large venue?

70. 80s rapper/Ace Ventura actor Tone

71. ‘10 Gorillaz single almost called “Style”?

72. Meat Loaf ‘__ Dry Eye In The House’

73. Aerosmith ‘Sick __ Dog’

74. Modest Mouse spilled on the rug and has ‘Novocaine’ one now

Down

1. Rollins Band “Cause I’m a __!”

2. Explaining Atlas Genius song?

3. They can grow w/fame

4. Relating to music using conventional keys

5. Beck ‘The New Pollution’ album

6. Concert broad or this

7. Dedicated lines

8. Joe Jackson “__ baby, baby can’t you see?”

9. ‘Do You Want To Touch Me’ Joan

10. Bryan Adams “Everything __ do it for you”

11. Like new condition

12. Steve Winwood “While you __ __ chance, take it”

15. Hall & Oates see a ‘__ Bull’ fly away

20. Shakey Graves “You and __ __ know that the house is haunted”

22. Lisa Marie Presley song

24. Papa Roach will lift up on ‘Face Everything __’

25. Alice In Chains self-titled album song for the Lord

26. Blink-182 ‘What’s My Age Again?’ album ‘__ Of The State’

27. What Ashlee Simpson did on SNL

29. ‘Come Back Brighter’ UK band

31. Guitar expert you take on tour

32. AC/DC “I wanna cover you __”

33. Fakers __ Vanilli

34. Metallica ‘Whiplash’ album ‘Kill __’

36. ‘The White Albun’ Aussies (abbr)

38. Like Shakira, for one

42. The Offspring ‘__ On The Hombre’

45. Cuban ‘If You Go’ Jon

49. ‘Because You’re Mine’ __ King Cole

51. Misfits classic ‘Last __’

54. Meat Loaf “I __ storm coming in”

56. Widely-covered songwriter John

57. Chicago told us to check the “male” box with ‘I’m __’

58. ‘Eli & The Thirteenth Confession’ Laura

59. ‘What Do __?’ asks Buzzcocks

60. Seal digs the ‘__ Lisa’ painting

61. Ricky Martin ‘Livin La Vida __’

62. Lyle Lovett handed us a tissue and sang ‘Don’t __ Tear’

63. Mariah Carey ‘__ Want For Christmas Is You’

64. ‘Come Around Sundown’ Kings Of

67. Counting Crows ‘__ Angeles’

© 2023 Todd Santos

Todd’s new book Rock and Roll Crosswords Vol. 1 is available now on Amazon.