Kids Guide to Summer — Seacoast Scene — 06/15/23

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june 15 - 21, 2023

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Contributors

Betty gagne, curt Mackail, Matt Ingersoll, jennifer graham, amy Diaz, john Fladd

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4 Kids guide to summer people & places

8 Kittery Block Party food

12 Eateries and ideas for foodies pop culture

15 Film and book reviews Nite life

20 Live music beach bum fuN

24 Puzzles, horoscopes and crazy news

Gear up for fun, learning and unforgettable experiences on the Seacoast with our Kids Guide to Summer. From festivals and outdoor adventures to live entertainment and museum visits, there’s something for kids of all ages and their families.

Fairs & festivals

• The Somersworth International Children’s Festival is back for its 41st year. Enjoy live music, food, wildlife encounters, a petting zoo, vendors and more on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street and at Noble Pines Park in Somersworth. A trolley will transport attendees to and from the two locations. A pre-festival celebration will take place at Somersworth High School (11 Memorial Drive, Somersworth) on Friday, June 16, at 6 p.m. with fireworks to end the night. Visit nhfestivals.org.

• Returning to the grounds of the American Independence Museum (1 Governors Lane, Exeter) for its 33rd year is the American Independence Festival on Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Be transported back in time with a live reading of the Declaration of Independence, and enjoy historical reenactments and colonial arti-

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san demonstrations as well as colonial games, music and dances. Visit independencemuseum.org.

• After a successful inaugural year, the Stratham 4-H Summerfest returns on Saturday, July 15, at the Stratham Hill Park Fairgrounds (270 Portsmouth Ave., Stratham). The work of 4-H volunteers and members will be on display in the 4-H building, show rings and livestock barns from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibits include shows and displays on gardening, cooking, environmental stewardship, hiking and much more. Visit extension.unh.edu/event/2023/07/ stratham-4-h-summerfest.

• The Exeter UFO Festival returns to downtown Exeter on Saturday, Sept. 2, and Sunday, Sept. 3 — the event commemorates the anniversary of the “Exeter Incident” (an alleged UFO sighting on Sept. 3, 1965) with in-depth talks and presentations from experts on UFOs, along with a variety of “intergalactic” children’s games and food, all to benefit the Exeter Area Kiwanis Club. See exeterkiwanis.com/exeter-ufo-festival.

• Celebrate at the 34th annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival at Hampton Beach on Friday, Sept. 8, from noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 9

p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Experience more than 50 local food vendors, 70 local artisans and two stages of entertainment from artists like The Great Escape and Freight Train. Visit seafoodfestivalnh.com.

Film

• Regal Cinemas (45 Gosling Road, Newington ) is holding its Summer Movie Express series, featuring discounted movie screenings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for $2 per ticket, now through Sept. 6. Next up are Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022, PG) on Tuesday, June 20, and The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004, PG) on Wednesday, June 21. See regmovies.com for the full schedule.

• Mondays and Wednesdays in July and August, O’neil Cinemas (24 Calef Hwy., Epping, 679-3529, oneilcinemas.com) hosts its annual summer kids series, featuring a schedule of children’s and family-friendly films for $3 per ticket. The screenings begin Monday, July 3, and Wednesday, July 5, with Minions: Rise of Gru and continue weekly through the week of Aug. 14. The theater will be offering an $8 popcorn-and-drink combo as well.

O’neil also holds regular sensory-friendly screenings, when the house lights are higher and there are no loud noises, according to the website, where you can find the full schedule of upcoming screenings. Movies in June include Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (PG, 2023) on Saturday, June 10, at 10 a.m. and the new Pixar film Elemental (PG, 2023) on Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m.

• Movie Night Mondays on Hampton Beach (next to the playground) return on July 10 at dusk (approximately 8:25 p.m. for the first movie and then a few minutes earlier for each subsequent film). The films run weekly through Aug. 28, and admission is free. Bringing chairs or blankets are welcome. The lineup of family-friendly films kicks off with Hotel Transylvania: Transformia (2022, PG) on July 10. See hamptonbeach.org for the full schedule and the approximate dusk times; rain dates are on Tuesdays for all films.

Live entertainment

• The Disney musical Newsies at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth, seacoastrep.org) premiered last month and continues through

Saturday, July 8. Shows run Thursday through Sunday, with showtimes at 2 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. that vary every day. Tickets start at $35.

• Hampton Beach’s nightly Sea Shell Stage series continues with a performance by Angela West and Showdown on Thursday, June 15 — unless otherwise noted on the online schedule, all shows are held from 7 to 8 p.m. and from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. and are weather dependent. Visit hamptonbeach.org to view the full schedule.

• The Prescott Park Arts Festival’s annual outdoor production at Prescott Park in Portsmouth is Little Shop of Horrors and it starts Friday, June 23. Shows will run most Thursdays through Sundays at 7 p.m. through Sunday, Aug. 13. See prescottpark.org for information on reserving a blanket or table for a performance.

• Pro Portsmouth’s Summer in the Street festival returns on Saturday, July 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and continues weekly through Saturday, July 29. All performances take place on Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, weather permitting. Visit portsmouthnh400.org.

• Camp Encore presents Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids and The Artistocats Kids at the Prescott Park Arts Festival (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) on Saturday, July 8, and Sunday, July 9, at 11 a.m. Other scheduled performances include Meredith Willson’s The Music Man Jr. on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23, at 11 a.m.; and Into the Woods Jr. on Saturday, Aug. 5, and Sunday, Aug. 6, at 1 p.m. See prescottpark. org.

• Disney cover band The Little Mermen has a scheduled show on Sunday,

Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Sea Shell Stage on Hampton Beach. Admission is free. See thelittlemermen.com.

Museums

• The American Independence Museum (1 Governors Lane, Exeter, 772-2622, independencemuseum.org) is a place for people of all ages to learn about America’s revolutionary history. It provides access to historic buildings and interactive, historically accurate depictions of what life was like during the American Revolution. Museum tours are offered Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, students, educators and first responders, and $4 for children ages 6 to 18. Tickets are free for children under age 6 and for active or retired military veterans.

• The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover, 742-2002, childrens-museum.org) is a family museum featuring unique interactive exhibits with a focus on art, science and culture. Summer hours are Tuesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to noon, with an additional session from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Masks are required on Tuesday and Sunday, but optional Wednesday through Saturday. Tickets are available for either the morning (9 a.m. to noon) or afternoon (1 to 4 p.m.) sessions and cost $12.50 for adults and children over age 1 and $10.50 for seniors over age 65. Participants must register online.

• Learn about New Hampshire marine life and science with live animals, handson exhibits and educational programs at the Seacoast Science Center (Odiorne Point State Park, 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye,

Seacoast Science Center. Courtesy photo.

436-8043, seacoastsciencecenter.org). Summer hours are Wednesday through Monday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission costs $12 for ages 12 and up, $8 for ages 3 to 11, and $10 for seniors age 65 and up. Children under age 3 are free. The Center recommends that attendees book ahead, since availability may be limited.

• Strawbery Banke Museum (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, 433-1100, strawberybanke.org) is an outdoor museum preserving more than 300 years of the history of New Hampshire’s oldest neighborhood to be settled by Europeans. Visitors can tour historic buildings preserved on their original foundations, meet costumed roleplayers, see traditional craft demonstrations and more. For June and September, the museum is open weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In July and August it’s open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission costs $23 for adults, $21 for seniors ages 65 and up and $10 for children ages 5 to 17. Children under age 5 are free. Family and group rates are also available.

Outdoor fun

• View sand sculptures crafted on Hampton Beach at the 23rd annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Classic, happening Thursday, June 15, through Saturday, June 17, at Hampton Beach (180 Ocean Blvd.). The event

includes award ceremonies and prizes for the greatest sand sculptures built. The competition is by invitation only, but the sculptures will be illuminated for viewing at night until June 26. Visit hamptonbeach.org.

• Race dad during the 14th annual Father’s Day 5K on Sunday, June 18, at 9 a.m. Runners will begin at Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Dover (23 Members Way). People of all ages and abilities can participate and registration fees go to residents among health and family support services within the community. Registration costs are $25 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. If participants sign up by June 1, they will receive a tank for the race. Visit runsignup.com.

• A family-friendly event featuring local food, drinks and entertainment, Farm-a-Q returns to Tuckaway Farm (36 Captain Smith Emerson Road, Lee) on Sunday, June 25, from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person, $15 for adult drink bracelets, $25 for students and seniors and free for kids under the age of 5. Proceeds support the Heritage Harvest Project, whose mission is to promote regional heritage foods and agricultural diversity among farmers, chefs and local communities. See “Farm-a-Q” on Eventbrite to purchase tickets.

• It’s NASCAR Weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1122 Route 106, Loudon) from Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16 — weekend happenings include Friday Night Dirt Duels on Friday; a doubleheader on Saturday featuring the Ambetter Health 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race, followed by the Mohegan Sun 100 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race, and the Crayon 301 race on Sunday. Tickets vary in price, depending on the race. See nhms.com.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Courtesy photo.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Courtesy photo.

Block ‘n’ roll

Kittery’s homegrown summer festival returns

By Curt Mackail

Twenty years ago Kittery’s scant downtown was not somewhere people went to have fun. That has changed.

Kittery Foreside — the locally preferred modern term for downtown — today offers plenty of fun. Diverse dining, drinking, artisanal, boutique and cultural hotspots draw people in numbers. “It’s the hippest place to dine, shop and party north of Boston and south of Portland,” said the travel section of the Washington Post.

One bellwether of Kittery’s transformation from drab to delightful is the Kittery Block Party. This annual event marks its 10th anniversary Saturday, June 17.

The KBP is one of the Seacoast’s largest homegrown summer festivals. Not the least of its appeal is its charitable mission. Last year the KBP raised more than $20,000 for grants to local community service organizations.

It’s not just for local residents. “Blockheads” come from near and far in the thousands.

“The emphasis is on food, craft, and artists,” said Ned Savoie, one of the volunteer directors of the event. “We’ve always been a loose group of volunteers. Often, volunteers bring their individual talents and interests that steer the block party in new directions. The town helps with organization and acts as the fiscal agent.”

Entertainment happens continuously on two stages. A petting zoo, a children’s area and local organizations’ open houses add to the party.

Some 140 booths appear this year in the party zone centered around Wallingford Square, the hub of Kittery Foreside. Community service organizations and civic groups, food purveyors, artists and craftspeople, retailers, local farmers, nonprofits, educational and health institutions, and public interest advo-

The streets of Kittery Foreside will be lined with some 140 booths featuring food, art, crafts, community organizations and retailers. In past years the KBP has attracted up to 5,000 attendees for the free festivities. Photo courtesy of kitteryblockparty.org.

Bicycles and bicycling are big at the KBP too. Plenty of reserved bike parking is found in designated corrals. Seacoast E-Bikes and Seacoast Area Bike Riders promote biking to the event. Bike inspections by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and bike decorating happen in the Kids Cove area.

Another popular attraction geared for youngsters is the U.S. Navy’s SeaPerch educational program where kids can operate remote underwater robotic vehicles.

How the KBP came to be Ironically, what led to the flowering of the Foreside district and the KBP was first seen as a big problem for Kittery. The 90-year-old Memorial Bridge, directly connecting downtown Kittery and downtown Portsmouth, was deemed structurally unsound. Temporary closures for repairs in 2009 led to permanent closure in 2011. The bridge was demolished and replaced, a two-year $82 million project.

“The first long-term closing of the Memorial Bridge kind of freaked everyone out,” Savoie said. “There was talk of getting rid of the bridge altogether and just using the other two bridges. That kicked off a campaign to save the Memorial Bridge. And that energized the block party to create something great on

“Here’s what happened while the bridge was closed,” said Amy Dutton, owner of a Kittery architectural design firm, on her website. “Portsmouth built hotels and Kittery built Kittery. Locals and Mainers alike stayed on the Maine side of the Piscataqua River and supported local restaurants and businesses. Other individuals like us invested their money into dreams, which built a community. The result is a little area called Kittery Foreside.”

Kathy Gunst, a James Beard Award-winning food journalist and author of 16 cookbooks, put it this way: “To many

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old-timers, the town center is virtually unrecognizable. When I moved to the area nearly 30 years ago, Kittery Foreside was a gritty neighborhood that catered to shipyard workers and commercial fishermen. Today, it invites comparisons to Brooklyn.”

Whether you think of it as a little slice of Brooklyn, a hip place to party, or a remarkable transformation of a once-languid Seacoast town, the Kittery Block Party condenses the appeal of one of New England’s most popular little neighborhoods into a single day of fun.

When: Saturday, June 17, gates open at 10 a.m., rain or shine.

Directions: Follow Route 236 to the Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road and board the free shuttle bus. Shuttle parking lots and pickup locations also include R. W. Traip Academy, 12 Williams Ave.; Post Office Square, 10 Shapleigh Road; York Hospital in Kittery, 35 Walker St.

Parking: Accessible parking on Jones Street between Government Street and Walker Street. Limited open parking in other marked areas. Organizers recommend biking in or riding the shuttle.

Cost: Free admission

More information: Visit kitteryblockparty.org.

Live music on the Main Stage

10 a.m. — Break 343. Classic rock youth band.

11:15 a.m. — Old Hat String Band.

12:30 p.m. — The Kittery Dance Hall Presents African Drum & Dance (Part 1)

1 p.m. — Truffle. A Seacoast favorite playing original and cover tunes.

2 p.m. — The Kittery Dance Hall Presents African Drum and Dance (Part 2)

2:45 p.m. — Bucket List. Kittery-based jazz fusion sextet.

Featured performers: Timber Tina and the Great Maine Lumberjack Show. At 10:45 a.m., and 12:45 and 2:45 p.m., on the corner of Government and Walker Streets. Tina Scheer and her “World Champion Lumberjills,” a traveling troupe from Ellsworth, Maine, perform amazing lumberjack skills.

For animal lovers and kids: Meet a bunch at the Pony X-Press tent and petting zoo, in the children’s area on Wentworth Street. In addition to educational exhibits and exotic animals you’ll be able to get up close and personal with miniature goats, a petite pony, a diminutive donkey, alpacas, miniature cows, and bunnies. Across the street from the petting zoo is Kids’ Cove with bounce houses and booths geared for children.

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What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever visited?

“Ireland. I went in 2011. We started in Dublin and moved around the country. The Giant’s Causeway was what really took my breath away.”

What is your chosen non-alcoholic beverage?

“Ice cold ginger ale. I always have it in the fridge. It must be ice cold, and I drink it through a straw. I used to make floats with ginger ale and ice cream when I was a kid.”

Would you rather receive a plant or flowers?

“I love my houseplants, and I have a lovely flower garden filled with annuals and perennials, but I enjoy receiving flowers or even a single flower. It’s the thought that counts.”

What is your favorite vacation spot?

“Anywhere overseas or out of the country. I went to Norway a few years ago to see the northern lights. It was in the dead of winter and freezing cold, and it was amazing and wonderful.”

What do you enjoy eating for breakfast?

“ Coffee first. I usually order pancakes with syrup and peanut butter. I love smooth peanut butter on everything.”

What’s the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to you?

“The birth of my first child. Kristopher was born on Aug. 2, 1988, a month early at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. He’s now a lieutenant with the Fitchburg fire department.”

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A brunch-focused concept inspired by flavors from all around the world, Gallivant Global Eatery (442 Central Ave., Dover, 343-4731, gallivanteatery.com) is the brainchild of restaurant industry veteran and Portsmouth native Kristen French, whose goal was to create a lineup of unique yet approachable offerings. “Gallivant means to wander or travel about in search of entertainment and pleasure,” French said. “That’s what we hope that our menu reflects. We call it a traveler-inspired menu.” Gallivant Global Eatery opened its doors earlier this year in the heart of downtown Dover and is now open six days a week for breakfast and lunch, as well as a Happy Hour on Fridays. In addition to a full bar with a menu of brunch-themed cocktails, the restaurant sports an open kitchen setting. “Something that was really important to me was breaking down that stereotype of the quote-unquote toxic kitchen environment, and so I quite literally took down that wall between the back of the house and the front of the house,” French said. The Scene recently caught up with French to ask her some fun questions, including what she’d be most likely to hand you to try during your first visit to Gallivant Global Eatery.

How long has Gallivant Global Eatery been around?

We [have been] open for four months officially, so we’re still new, but we’re really excited. … When I was thinking of what kind of food I wanted to serve, I thought of the meal that makes me the most happy, and it’s brunch. Brunch tends to be that celebration meal.

What makes Gallivant Global Eatery unique?

I would say the No. 1 thing that sets us apart is that we have a very collaborative restaurant environment, as opposed to that back of the house, front of the house divide. … The second thing is definitely our menu. … I didn’t want to do a specific ethnic restaurant — that wasn’t my goal. But I’ve had the opportunity to experience a lot while traveling, and coming back home and craving and thinking about those flavors. … We don’t have the typical bacon and eggs, corned beef

hash kind of menu. It’s a pretty amazing and interesting menu that we plan to change quarterly to stay fresh and current.

What’s your favorite thing on your menu?

I think my favorite main [dish] … is our plantain and carnitas hash. It’s a mix of green savory and sweet plantains that are both sauteed on the grill with some crispy pork carnitas, [and] it’s topped with some lime crema and a Sunny Side Up egg. … I think probably my other favorite thing would be our Spanish benedict, which is consistently our top seller pretty much every day. It’s olive bread with a homemade olive tapenade, a lemon hollandaise and then it has a poached egg and crispy Serrano ham. The flavor combination there is just really spectacular.

What’s something everyone should try?

I have two that I would say — one of them is our boba mimosa. Most people have had bubble tea, but this is a little bit different, where

it’s prosecco and instead of the typical orange juice it has the popping juice-filled boba pearls. That provides the juice for the mimosa, so it comes with a big straw and as you sip it those pearls burst in your mouth. I would say that that’s definitely unique for sure and, if you’re in the mood for a brunch cocktail, is a definite must-try. … For a food item, I would say it would be something on our menu called North Shore shrimp and grits. The shrimp themselves are modeled after the Hawaiian North Shore Oahu shrimp and grits, which is a lemon garlic shrimp. [It’s] served over a light lemon grit and comes with a grilled lemon on the side, and actually has some crispy Spam bits on the top.

What celebrity would you like to see eating at Gallivant Global Eatery?

A bunch of my girlfriends and I went to Nashville for my 40th birthday, and we actually went to Maneet Chauhan’s restaurant. … I actually met her, and I think that dining experience just set it over the top for me, like, I’m

going to take this sort of ethnic fusion concept and bring it back to the Seacoast area. … Never mind watching her on Food Network, but she just seems so lovely and kind and inspirational to me that I think she’s the one that I would want to invite to sit down and share a meal with.

What’s an essential skill to running a restaurant?

It’s definitely being willing to learn, being humble and being willing to pivot. … My staff is amazing. They bring so many ideas and creative influences to me as a restaurant owner.

What’s your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast?

My favorite thing is that I can have so many different experiences within an hour. I can drive an hour and be in some amazing mountains. I can even drive 15 minutes and see gorgeous beaches. That, for me, is the selling point to living and settling here.

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Drinks with John FlaDD

cucumber fizz

On a good day, a cucumber is 96 percent water. That hydrocentic (a word I just made up and am very pleased with) nature of a cucumber lends itself really well to cocktails. If you can extract the water? It’s bonded with cucumber flavor. That makes for a very good syrup. If you chop a cucumber up and soak it in alcohol, the volatile enzymes that give the cucumber its flavor are happy to jump ship and bond with the alcohol instead of the water. The more finely you chop it, the more surface area you provide for this reaction to play out. Let’s do this.

cucumber syrup

(Trust me; it’s delicious.) Wash an English cucumber — one of the long, plastic-wrapped, ridgey ones — and chop it into medium (1/2-inch) dice. You don’t have to peel it or even remove the stem.

Put the cucumber pieces into a bowl, and put the bowl in your freezer. You can use any kind of container you like, but an opentop bowl will make your freezer smell like cucumbers. Which is nice.

Inside the cells of the cucumber, ice crystals will start to form. It will probably take an hour or two for the cucumber chunks to freeze up completely.

Using a kitchen scale, weigh the cucumber pieces in a small saucepan, and add an equal amount of sugar by weight. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, a typical English cucumber will probably give you around three cups of diced up chunks. This will probably weigh around the same as 1¾ cups of white sugar. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally. The first time you do this, you will be shocked at how much liquid comes out of the cucumbers. (It’s around 96 percent water, remember?)

At some point, crush the soggy cucumber pieces with a potato masher to coax even more liquid out.

Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir it for a few seconds, to make sure that all the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and let it sit for half an hour or so, then, using a fine-meshed strainer and a funnel, pour it into an empty bottle. In my experience, it will last about a month in your refrigerator. You will probably end up with about two cups of syrup.

cucumber gin

(This is even more straight forward.) Wash, but don’t peel, some cucumbers.

Put the cucumbers and an equal amount of gin, by weight (see above) in your blender. Because your goal is to over whelm the gin with cucumber flavor, you can get away with using a fairly non-fancy gin (I like Gordon’s). Blend at the lowest speed for about a min ute. The goal here is to chop the cucumbers up pretty fine ly, to give them more surface area exposed to the alcohol. You’re not actually trying to puree it or anything.

At this point, you will have a bright green mixture that looks like hot dog relish. Pour it into a wide-mouthed jar, label it, and store it somewhere cool and dark for seven days, shaking it two or three times per day.

Strain and bottle it. If you let it set for another day or so, some of the tiny cucumber particles will sink to the bottom of the bottle, and you can strain it again with a coffee filter to make it prettier. Either way, it will be delicious.

cucumber fizz (Finally!)

2 ounces cucumber gin (see above)

½ ounces cucumber syrup (see above)

3 to 5 mint leaves

5 ounces plain seltzer

lemon wedge for garnish

Muddle the mint at the bottom of a tall glass. Add ice.

Add the syrup, the gin, and then the seltzer. Squeeze the lemon wedge, then drop it into the pool. Stir.

Cucumber and mint are a classic combination. Gin loves being carbonated. The lemon gives a hint of acid that keeps the cucumber from tasting flat. This is light and fizzy and reminds you that, against all expectations, a cucumber is a fruit. It is the cocktail friend you never knew you wanted to be friends with.

I like to think that it is happy to make the sacrifice for you.

John Fladd is a veteran Hippo writer, a father, writer and cocktail enthusiast, living in New Hampshire.

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Spider-Man: across the Spider-verse (pg)

re-enter the comic-bookily animated world of Miles Morales, a Spider-Man but not the only Spider-Man, in Spider-Man: across the Spider-verse, a beautiful and fun new adventure.

Miles (voice of Shameik Moore) is doing a shaky job at balancing his life as a promising student at a smart-kid school who is carrying his parents’ — Rio (voice of Luna Lauren Velez) and Jefferson (voice of Brian Tyree Henry) — big expectations for his future and his job as a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. This is perhaps why he’s a little too flip and dismissive when battling the “villain of the week” The Spot (voice of Jason Schwartzman), whom he ditches to rush to a parent-principal conference. The Spot was himself messing with multi-verses; one experiment brought a certain radioactive spider to the Miles Morales world. But then he was blown up in an explosion I sort of remember from the first movie and now he is partly made of wormhole. We first meet him trying to use his wormholes to break into an ATM at a bodega. But then he realizes he can wormhole into himself and then travel through various universes — such as a universe entirely of Lego, for example, or one where New York City is called Mumbattan and is a massive, Mumbai-like megalopolis (with its own Spider-Man, one Pavitr Prabhakar voiced by Karan Soni).

This multi-verse-hopping and the associated destruction bring the attention of an elite group of Spider-persons who go around fixing multiverse breaches. One of these Spiders is the Spider-Woman Gwen Stacy, known as Wanda (voice of Hailee Steinfeld) when Miles first met her in the last movie. He is delighted to see her and when he learns that her visit to his universe was part of a mission, he decides to follow her into the multiverse. Thus does he meet other Spiders she works with: Jessica Drew (voice of Issa Rae), a motorcycle-riding bad-ass Spider-Woman who kicks bad-guy butt while being pregnant; Miguel O’Hara (voice of Oscar Isaac), the very intense leader of the Spider team; Hobie (voice of Daniel Kaluuya), a supercool Sex-Pistols-y British punk Spider-Man whose friendship with Wanda makes Miles all jelly, and returning Spider-Man Peter B. Parker (voice of Jake Johnson), who I thought of as the schlubby Spider-Man in the first movie and who now wears a BabyBjorn-type pouch to carry around his Spider-powers-having toddler Mayday.

At first, Miles is eager to be a part of this supercool team of Spider people. But then he starts to become uneasy with their philosophy of putting adherence to canon and the events that make a Spider-Man who they are in all timelines — the death of an uncle, the crushing of a police captain — even over the life of, say, Miles’ dad, a police officer on the brink of promotion to captain.

It’s a nice bit of business, toying with the whole “canon” thing. Do all Spider-Man stories need an Uncle Ben-type to die after telling that universe’s Spidey that with great power comes great responsibility? Can Miles make his own choices, be both the city’s Spider-Man and a loving son? This movie seems to be folding in some “thinking about fans thinking about franchises” in its story of a teenager finding his way. And it folds in cinematic Spiders-Man past, from a little nod to the tangential Venoms to a nice cameo from an iteration of the last live-action Spider-Man. It ‘s a lot, but it all works and comes together to make something that feels like a fun recognition of all the ways we’ve seen Spider-Man over the last two-plus decades while also being its own thing.

Of course, all of this, good though it is, is very secondary to this movie’s visuals, which are absolutely beautiful and would, if this movie did nothing else right (and it does lots of things right), make this movie a “year’s best” contender on their own. This movie looks great. It does such awesome things with illustration style and color and little touches with the build of this character or the style of that one to convey who they are. It also uses these visuals to augment the emotions in a very comic book/graphic novel way, playing with color when, for example, Wanda tries to talk to her police captain dad (voice by Shea Whigham) to show them either far apart or coming together. Or play-

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

ing with scale or with the size of the characters in the frame. It’s such a joy to look at and it gives the movie a liveliness that makes it feel shorter than its over two-hour runtime.

I’ll spoil this much about how Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ends — it doesn’t. We get the words “to be continued” on the screen and while that sort of thing normally drives me nuts (focus on the movie we’re currently watching, not the sequel! — is my usual anguished cry) I don’t think it gets in the way of enjoyment of this movie. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is so enjoyable that I don’t mind having sat through a 140-minute Part 1 and am excited for March 2024 when, Wikipedia says, I’ll get to see Part 2. A

Rated PG for sequences of animated action violence, some language and thematic elements, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. I would definitely let a tween kid watch it but might hold off for younger elementary kids. Common Sense Media, which tends to be a decent judge, pegs it at 9+. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson with a screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Dave Callaham, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is two hours and 20 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Sony Animated Pictures.

you hurt My feelings (r)

Julia l ouis- d reyfus accidentally glimpses behind the veil of niceties that keeps marriage and society functional in you h urt My feelings, a smart if meandering comedy written and directed by n icole h olofcener.

Beth (Louis-Dreyfus) is a moderately successful writer whose memoir did OK but whose latest book is not getting the interest she’d hoped for from her publisher. What do they know, your book is great, her husband, Don (Tobias Menzies), assures Beth, always responding to her request to read drafts by telling her how much he likes it. But then, while Beith is shopping with her sister Sarah (Michaela Watkins), Beth and Sarah overhear Don telling Sarah’s husband, Mark (Arian Moayed), how much he doesn’t like the book. Sarah is devastated — that her husband would lie to her, that he would dislike this book that she considers such a part of herself.

She doesn’t tell Don right away that she knows his true feelings, and thus he is bewildered with her anger at him. Of course all around this one untruth are a swarm of other things people say out of kindness and encouragement: Beth

telling her college writing students that their pieces and ideas are good and interesting; Sarah always telling Mark what a great actor he is; Beth telling Don that he doesn’t look tired (Don is a therapist and one couple basically tells him he looks too tired for them to expect much out of him that day); both Beth and Don encouraging their definitely bright and talented son Eliot (Owen Teague), definitely too bright and talented to be working at a pot shop in Brooklyn, a-hem, they nudgingly say to him.

Even Beth seems to realize both that her hurt is real and that there really isn’t anything else Don could have said to her. They are a solid couple who love each other and love their son, who loves them back, even if all three of them annoy the poo out of each other at times. All four members of the central two couples dramatically state a desire to pitch their chosen career, which feels like a very normal reaction to having just enough success to feel like you should have more success and a general exhaustion with whatever the difficulties of said career are (other people, usually). There are few real problems here, just little pinpricks of annoyance at life, conveyed in familiar ways.

You Hurt My Feelings does feel longer than its 93 minutes but it is also at its best when giving its attention to one moment, one conversation and all the layers of things happening within it. This movie is very good at letting you see everyone’s discomfort and feel all the adjustments they’re making in the moment to try to keep on trucking through the conversation or the situation. This movie isn’t particularly buoyant but it is light and it never takes itself too seriously or tips into mockery of its characters.

Louis-Dreyfus is, naturally, the standout here. She just radiates genuine good-hearted imperfection. Like, yes she is this un-self-aware but also she’s not terrible. And, sure, she is the beautiful actress we’ve seen on TV for decades but she’s also able to access the goofy awkwardness of a real human. She helps make this solid if not brilliant movie enjoyably watchable. B

Rated R for language and for, like, who under the age of “I pay for my own health insurance” is watching this film?, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (see also 2013’s Enough Said and 1996’s Walking and Talking), You Hurt My Feelings is an hour and 33 minutes long and distributed in theaters by A24.

thursday, June 15

friday, June 16

Hampton

Bernie’s: Adam Luffkin, 8 p.m.; Granite Lion, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Greg DeCoteau, 6 p.m.

L Street: Carl Chloros, 4:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Russ Six, 3 p.m.; Zoso - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience, 7 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

The Goat: Dapper Gents Duo, 7 p.m.; Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Backyard Burgers: Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m.

Exeter

Sea Dog: Chad Verbeck, 6 p.m.

Shooters: Chris Bartell & Joe Leweck, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Pulse, 8 p.m.; Riff Johnson, 8 p.m.; Jamie Csin, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: John Irish, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

L Street: Craig Lagrassa, 8 p.m.

Smuttynose: Jamsterdam, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 3 p.m.; Completely Unchained, 7 p.m.

Whym: Andrew Kavanagh, 6:30 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Pete Peterson, 2 p.m.; Samx4 Band, 7 p.m.; Jamie Hughes, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

Mojo’s: live music, 7 p.m

Saturday, June 17

Exeter

Sea Dog: Alan Roux, 6 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: 7 Day Weekend, 8 p.m.; Chris Toler, 8 p.m.; MB Padfield, 1 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: Johnny Angel, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe, 1 p.m.

Smuttynose: ODB Project, 1 p.m.; Jim Devlin Band, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Russ Six, 3 p.m.; Pop Disaster, 9 p.m.

Whym: Peter Pappas, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light Pub: Paul Warnick, 2 p.m.; Whiskey 6, 7 p.m.; Tim Theriault, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Red’s: Max Sullivan, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 18

Hampton Beach Deck: Acoustic Tandem, 4

Bernie’s: Darren Bessette, 1 p.m.; Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.; Soul Rebel, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: Dave Clark, 3:30 p.m.; Keith Crocker, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Ray Zer, 8:30 p.m.

Wally’s: MB Padfield, 2 p.m.; Rob Benton, 9 p.m.

Whym: Max Sullivan, 1 p.m

Portsmouth Gas Light: Sam Hammerman, 2 p.m.; Rhythm Method Band, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Monday, June 19

Portsmouth Gas Light: Mitch Alden, 7:30

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

Seabrook

Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

tuesday, June 20

Hampton

Bernie’s: Mike Francis, 7 p.m.; Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

L Street: Chris Michaels, 4 p.m.

Sea Shell Stage: Leaving Eden, 7 p.m.

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

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

Portsmouth Gas Light: Sean Coleman, 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, June 21

Hampton

Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m

Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

L Street: Carl Chloros, 4:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Jonny Friday Duo, 3 p.m.; Lynch Mob, 7 p.m.

Portsmouth

Gas Light: Pete Peterson, 7;30 p.m

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

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

Seabrook

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

Hampton

Bernie’s: Dylan Welch, 7 p.m.; GZA, 7:30 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

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

Smuttynose: Common Ground, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Liz Bills Mosaic Mirrors, 7 p.m.

Hampton

Bernie’s: Pat Dowling, 7 p.m.; Jimmy MacWilliams, 7 p.m.

L Street: Keith Crocker, 4 p.m.

Wally’s: Brooks Hubbard, 2 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

The Goat: Dave Ayotte Duo, 7 p.m.; Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

car shop’s transparency raises more questions than answers

By Ray Magliozzi

Dear Car Talk: Am I a chump? I went for my oil change and free inspection at my Honda place. My friendly service advisor came over to review the inspection results.

I could see through the window into the shop area that my Civic was in pieces from the “inspection,” and my wheels were lying on the shop floor. My advisor recommended a tire rotation, and I agreed to pay for it. Then I started thinking — the wheels were already off the car. Were they not going to put them back on? Should I really have paid for something they were going to do anyway — put my tires back on the car? Is there more to it than that?

— Craig

I’d say your Honda service guy is the chump for letting you see the car with its wheels off before selling you a tire rotation.

I think this is a legitimate charge but a case of poor timing. If you’d agreed to a tire rotation up front, then saw them inspecting the brakes for free while the wheels were off, would you have complained? Of course not.

Here’s what happened in your case. The “free

inspection” isn’t a wholly humanitarian gesture. It’s designed to let them see if there are other services you need. The inspection may turn up an oil leak, worn out brake pads, bald tires, etc. Which they then can offer to fix for you. So, your inspection turned up nothing. That’s good. It also suggests these guys are honest. All they found is that your tires were due to be rotated.

Now, having already pulled the wheels off to check your brakes, if you were the mechanic, would you put the wheels back on and then ask if the customer wanted his tires rotated? No. You’d say, why don’t I wait and see if he wants a tire rotation before I put the wheels back on. So, he asked the service advisor, and the service advisor got your approval.

Now, I can see why that would annoy you. And to be honest, in our shop, if we had your wheels off for some other reason, we’d rotate the tires for free because it’s no big deal. But shops aren’t obligated to provide services for free. They’re entitled to charge you fairly for their service and expertise.

Dear Car Talk:

My mom loves your column in the newspaper and reads it all the time! You answered a question from a reader who wanted the most

comfortable possible seat for his wife without spending a fortune, and you suggested buying a used luxury car. The day my mom read that article, we went and found a certified pre-owned, 2020 Mercedes Benz E300 at our local dealer. The car has 36,000 miles and has a factory/dealer warranty until November 2025 for free. I bought an extended warranty for two more years until November 2027 for $3,245. I also bought prepaid service for the 40,000, 50,000 and 60,000 services (or next three years, whatever comes first) at a cost of $2,150. I was told the 50,000 and 60,000 services are more costly including spark plug replacement. We are low mileage drivers so I will be lucky if we reach between 50,000 and 60,000 miles by 2026. I wanted to know if the extended warranty and prepaid services are good investments or not for a car of this age and miles as I can cancel both and get my money back. —

Andrew

They’re great investments for your mom. She won’t have to spend anything for the next three years. It’s safe to say you’ve been written back into the will, my friend.

Start with the pre-paid service; that’s easier to evaluate. Your dealer has pre-set prices for these services. Ask to see the regular prices for

each service as if you drove in off the street. Then compare the two.

My primary concern about the prepaid service is that your mom doesn’t drive a lot. Of those services, the 60,000-mile service is the most expensive. And that’s the one you’re least likely to be able to claim. So, consider going a la carte on the services unless there’s no time limit on cashing them in.

The warranties are always more of a toss-up and depend as much on your own psychology as they do on the car. If you’re the kind of person who will be stressed about a potential costly repair surprise, a warranty buys you a certain peace of mind, and that has value. You just want to be sure it’s a good warranty. If what you bought is an extension of your factory warranty, then you should be in good shape. If it’s a third-party warranty, you’ll want to find out more about what it covers.

Unless you love to read fine print, you might stop in and talk to the service manager at the dealership. Ask him what kinds of things this warranty covers, in his experience.

If it’s a solid warranty, I think you’ve done a wonderful thing for your mom and bought her a nice car and freedom from worries.

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sU d O k U

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.

Beach BUM FUn HoRoSCoPES

All quotes are from So Excellent A Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles, by Archie Carr, born June 16, 1909.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Everybody ought to see a turtle nesting. It is an impressive thing to see…. But without bothering the turtle.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) The feeding habits of little turtles kept in tanks may help one to visualize their habits during their early life in the sea. The smallness and weakness of their jaws must keep them in places where bitesized, or biteable, food is available. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) However phlegmatic you might consider the inhabitants of the Buzzards Bay shores to be, it was not thinkable that they would have let ridleys dig their beaches for centuries and never have said a word about it. Even quiet people have something to say.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Let me suppose that I have been able to locate and enlist the help of a sailor, a sooty tern, and a gravid green turtle, all three with a burning urge to get out to Isla Meta. Everyone can be helpful in some way.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Our first efforts to maintain radio contact with a turtle in the water failed completely. So did all later efforts. Redirect efforts where needed.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) The dramatically distinctive leatherback ought to be easily recognized … but even it has been confused with the loggerhead. Know your turtles.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) But a thousand-mile voyage against a current in the open sea is bound to require more navigation than just knowing which way east is. Although that’s a good start.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) If any other theory seemed less wild I would quickly clutch it; but none does. Any theory will do to start.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) The problem is not just to explain the scheduled seasonal arrival of turtles … but also to account for their coming there in such intemperate and seemingly disadvantageous numbers. Everyone has their reasons.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) … contrast the green turtle with a plover, say, which flies like the wind and would despair if any object were hung about her neck. A turtle is not a plover.

Aries (March 21 – April 19) The ideal way to maintain contact with island-seeking turtles cruising in the open sea would be by satellite. Stay in touch!

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) The most important difference between the celestial navigation of the sailor and that of the turtle and the tern is not in their instruments. It is in their state of mind. Turtle power!

Puzzle a from 6/08

Puzzle B from 6/08

Least competent criminal

A phone repair store in Miami Gardens, Florida, was the target of a robbery in the early hours of June 3, NBC6-TV reported. The suspect, 33-year-old Claude Vincent Griffin, employed a brilliant disguise: He wore an ill-fitting cardboard box over his head as he smashed the glass countertop and reached into a case, grabbing 19 iPhones and $8,000 in cash. Naturally, it’s hard to see through cardboard, so Griffin at one point removed the box and revealed himself to a surveillance camera. The store’s owner, Jeremias Berganza, did some sleuthing around the area after the robber left the store and found him at a nearby liquor store, drinking with friends. Griffin was charged with grand theft, burglary, cocaine possession and resisting an officer.

t his is not how we sonic

As the debate about appropriate hot dog condiments (Relish? Mustard? Ketchup?) rages on, a worker at an Espanola, New Mexico, Sonic threw a new hat into the ring when he customized a patron’s order a bit more than she liked

Beach BUM FUn JoNESIN’ CRoSSWoRDS

Across

1. Pulitzer-winning rapper

Kendrick

6. Over again

10. “Butter” group

13. Awestruck

14. Narcotic-yielding leaf

15. Navy, e.g.

16. Desert of Israel

17. Daybreak, in poetry

18. Teensy bit

19. <---

22. Like some verbs (abbr.)

23. Gradually lessen

on May 30. Fox News reported that as the woman bit into her hot dog, she encountered a plastic bag with a white powdery substance inside. She contacted police, who tested the powder and found it to be cocaine. It seems that as Jeffrey David Salazar, 54, was preparing her order, he allegedly dropped his stash; video surveillance showed that Salazar began to frantically search the area “as if he had lost something.” He admitted to police that he had bought the coke from someone in the restaurant parking lot.

i t’s good to have a hobby

Rocketry enthusiasts gathered near Alamosa, Colorado, over the Memorial Day weekend to ... enthuse about rockets, but one person’s rocket got away from them in a most inconvenient location: a hotel room at the Comfort Inn, according to the Alamosa News. “There was a malfunction with the motherboard in the rocket which caused the motor to catch on fire,” explained Alamosa Fire Department Deputy Chief Paul Duarte. The resulting explosion caused “enough

MATT

24. <---

32. Loser to Bjorn in the 1976 Wimbledon final

33. “Didn’t think I had it ___”

34. Angiogram image

36. Dallas basketball player, for short

37. Mythological Theban with a chemical element named after her

39. Exclude

40. Rhode Island-based auto insurance company

43. Crust deposits 44. River deposit 45. <--48. Massachusetts Cape

Greek

pressure in the room to dislodge the drywall and panels in the ceiling to fall.” The 4-foot-8-inch rocket had to be disarmed by firefighters to mitigate any further risk. Duarte didn’t believe the guest was injured in the incident. Hotel clerks didn’t expect any charges to be filed.

c heesy

If you happen to be traveling along Twentynine Palms Highway in California before June 11, make sure you make a pit stop at the “biggest, cheesiest roadside attraction to ever grace America’s beloved highways and byways.” KTLATV reported that a niche pop-up store was created by the makers of Cheez-It crackers for just one week -- but what a week! Visitors can fuel up with the “world’s first and only Cheez-It Pump” that pumps bags of the treats into your vehicle, or find rare flavors and other memorabilia. You’d have to be crackers not to go!

Sources according to uexpress.com. From the editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication. See uexpress.com/contact.

6/08

59. Jacob’s biblical twin

60. Wilson who says “Wow”

61. Gut trouble

62. Flippant

63. Format for old ringtones

64. Internet company with an exclamation point

65. Collector’s objective

66. “Mr. Roboto” group

67. Angioplasty device

Down

1. “Video Games” singer ___ Del Rey

2. Like some whiskey

3. D&D spellcaster

4. Simian

5. Echo effect

6. Pinnacle

7. First-time gamer

8. Hosiery hue

9. Poster heading

10. Amorphous amount

11. “Coppelia”

costume

12. Sewn line

15. Guggenheim Museum’s Spanish location

20. Empty fully

21. “Four Leaf Clover” singer-songwriter Moore

24. “Letters from Iwo ___”

25. Car rental company

26. Courteous

27. Writers Guild of America, for example

28. Atlanta university

29. Rise up

30. “Sex and the City” role

31. In any way

35. Pot starter

38. Serpentine symbols

41. “12 for 1” Columbia House deal, essentially

42. Admit freely

44. React harshly toward, like a dog

46. Everyday expressions

47. Tech bros?

50. Asks for table scraps

51. Spot in the ocean

52. Cafe au ___

53. Knucklehead

54. Actress/inventor Lamarr

55. Alternative to DOS or Windows

56. Dull pain

57. Inert element used in lights

58. Moderate horse gait

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