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Off season underway Welcome to our first off-season edition of the Seacoast Scene!

We’re featuring all kinds of upcoming events, including community activities, outdoor fun, nightlife Larry Marsolais and more.

We have two days coming up that are worth mentioning here, for very different reasons. The first is Halloween, which takes place on Thursday, Oct. 31.

(Check out our cover story for all kinds of fun Halloween-related events going on in our area!) It has become a holiday that’s all about costumes, haunted houses, carving pumpkins and trick-ortreating. Please remember to keep your

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The next important day of note that’s coming up is Veterans Day, which is observed on Nov. 11 each year. It is a celebration to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. Let’s all of us reach out and thank at least one veteran for their service on this day.

As always feel free to call me anytime at 603-935-5096 to discuss local issues or to place an ad. Our next issue comes out on Nov. 14.

Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.

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Head to the Salisbury Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to watch a documentary screening of Apollo 11 from 6 to 8 p.m., in celebration of Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary.

Get an inside look at NASA’s most celebrated mission — the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.

WWII songs and stories

The Hampton Falls Free Library hosts singers and storytellers Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz for a program honoring WWII veterans and their generation on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Curt and Jenn pay tribute to veterans of all wars through stories and Curt’s original songs.

The program is free and open to the public.

Visit hamptonfallslibrary.org or call the library at 926-3682.

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The Somersworth Festival Association will be sponsoring the 26th Harvest Craft Fair at Somersworth High School Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring over 150 of the best crafters in New England. Call 692-5869 or go to nhfestivals.org.

Head to First Church Congregational in Rochester for its Winter Faire on Saturday, Nov. 3 from 3 to 7 p.m. (beef stew supper served 4:30-6:30 p.m.), Saturday, Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (blueberry pancake breakfast 8 a.m. to noon and McChurchs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (winning raffle tickets drawn at 1 p.m.). Bring food or personal care item for free raffle ticket. Visit first-ucc.net.

Visit Amesbury for its 24th annual Village of Church Fairs, on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Seven churches, all within walking distance, will host fairs featuring handmade crafts, baked goods, candy, raffles and a variety of food. Maps and menus will be available at every church. For more information call fair chair Linda Reiber at 978-388-0683.

Then, on Saturday, Nov. 9, ​St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newburyport is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its Fall Fair and Silent Auction from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spend the day shopping for clothes, crafts, baked goods, jewelry and more, or bid on unique items at the Silent Auction. Enjoy breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and take a break from your shopping spree for lunch, served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Join the Hampton Historical Society History Book Group on Sunday, Nov. 3, to delve into the 19th Amendment by discussing The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss. In it, Weiss details the great fight to win the vote for American women. The meeting will be at 4 p.m. at the Tuck Museum of Hampton History in Hampton. Barbara Tosiano will lead the discussion and is making banana pudding, a quintessential southern dessert, to serve at the meeting. All are welcome to attend.

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When: Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Where: Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth Website: strawberybanke.org Admission: $8; children 1 and younger free; members half price.

Photo courtesy of the Children’s Musuem of NH.

Halloween is just about here, and there are all kinds of ways to celebrate, from trick-ortreating to dressing up for a costume parade.

Here is a rundown of what is happening this Halloween season in and around the Seacoast.

Haunted Overload

When: Oct. 24-Oct. 27, Oct. 31 is Fright Night Lite, Nov. 1 is Glow Stick Night, Nov. 2 is Black Out Night.

Where: DeMeritt Hill Farm, 66 Lee Road, Lee Website: hauntedoverload.com Admission: Varying charges that range from $6 to $26 per person.

The authentic farm location provides the perfect backdrop for a Halloween event that features hundreds of lighted pumpkins and movie-quality sets with some monsters as tall as 34 feet.

Night Terrors Haunted Woods Walk and Zombie Zip Tours

When: Oct. 25, Oct. 26 and Oct. 30, 7 to 10 p.m. (zip tours end at 9 p.m.)

Where: Take Flight Aerial Adventure Park, 506 Route 1, Kittery Website: takeflightadv.com Admission: $8 suggested minimum donation for haunted walk, $35 for zip tours Although smaller this year due to Creative Director Steve Workman’s battle with chronic Lyme disease, this event will still provide plenty of excitement, as you stroll through the woods.

It is the hope of Workman that proceeds will cover this season’s operating expenses to fully incorporate Night Terrors as a nonprofit, and cover some or all moving and start-up expenses at a new location.

If you are looking for a high-flying Halloween adventure, this is your best bet, as you can fly through the night sky on six zip lines with zombie zip guides. Fly over Night Terrors Haunted Woods Walk to get a bird’s eye view of the ghouls and ghosts below.

Reservations and sneakers required, while guests must be between 50 and 250 pounds.

Three climbing elements are included in the zombie zip tour, which lasts roughly 30 minutes. Zombie Zip Tours are by reservation only.

Held at Strawbery Banke Museum, Ghosts on the Banke is a family-friendly Halloween event at which Special Events Manager Amy Warnock said they open at night for trick-ortreating through the neighborhood.

“There are games and activities, interactions with costumed role players, and most importantly tons of candy,” she said. “It is a totally different experience than a normal day at the museum.”

Noting the event has been held for more than 15 years, Warnock said this year they will add “a spooky story program to the mix.”

“We’ll have a costumed role player telling ghost stories for all ages throughout the night,” she said. “You can grab a seat on a hay bale and listen to some spooky tales while munching on witch’s warts or gooey eyeballs.”

Warnock said her hope is that the event gets people to want to come back.

“I am often surprised at how many people living in the area have no idea what is here,” she said. “If visitors are coming for the first time, I’d like them to get a sense of how much we actually do here above and beyond these fun events.”

Highlights from this event include: Trick-or-Treat Safely: Jack-o’-lanterns light your way as you step over the threshold of time and meet the “Ghosts on the Banke.” Discover pirate treasure, visit with the wacky witch, look into the future with guidance from the gypsy fortune teller and more.

Catch a Ghostly Tale: Community members bring history back to life with spooky plays, skits, and interactive improvisation throughout the evening.

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“We also feature face-painting in our Muse Studio,” said CMNH Education Director Xanthi Gray. “You can also participate in our costume parade at 11 a.m. and in our pumpkin scavenger hunt to receive an extra special prize at the end of your visit.”

This event happens the same day as the Downtown Dover Trick-or-Treat event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. CMNH participates in the town’s Photo courtesy of Port City Makerspace. trick-or-treating by handing out non-candy treats in the museum’s entryway. Museum 7 5 p.m. or until they are gone.

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109, Corinne’s School of Dance, and Dance N Motion 2. Enjoy their choreographed Downtown Trick-or-Treating When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. performance as they make their way from Where: Downtown Dover. Check in at the Rochester Common to the Union Street parking lot. The teen and adult public is welcome to Dover Main Street table in the Cocheco Mill participate in the parade by dressing in zombie Courtyard.

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When: Friday, Oct. 25, 7 to 9 p.m.

Where: Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover Website: childrens-museum.org Admission: Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. You must have a valid ID. At Night at the BooZeum, sponsored by Centrus Digital, the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire creates a night of “BOOzy fun” for adults 21+ with specialty drinks, costumes, spooky science and more. Adults are also encouraged to wear costumes, although it is not a requirement.

“Halloween is a great excuse for everyone, grown-ups included, to get a little silly, and what better place to do that than a children’s museum?” said Neva Cole, CMNH communications director.

Noting this is their third year hosting this event, Cole said it is one of CMNH’s favorites.

“The whole museum gets a spooky makeover,” she said. “We lead everyone in some ridiculous games like a spooky version of musical chairs, which is just musical chairs set to Halloween theme music. People get super-competitive. We’ve moved the event to a Friday night, so it makes for a fun start to the weekend.”

In addition, the event features a cash bar, refreshments and a chance to eat a doughnut off a string and make a creepy craft.

More than 60 downtown businesses and 1,000 trick-or-treaters will participate in Downtown Trick or Treating, hosted by Dover Main Street.

“For three hours our downtown is completely overtaken by trick-or-treaters of all ages,” said Erin Tellez, board chair of Dover Main Street. “It is a really neat experience to see our downtown come together and share this experience with the public. The smiles are endless.”

As for what you can expect at this popular annual event, Tellez said she always looks forward to the group and family-themed costumes.

“Last year we had a brother and sister dressed up as scissors and Elmer’s glue,” she said. “It’s just always so fun to see what people come up with. The creativity is never-ending.”

At 12:15 p.m., the event will feature a costume contest with the following categories: adult best dressed, teen best Halloween spirit, child best dressed, and family themed costumes.

For Tellez, the deeper mission behind Downtown Trick-or-Treating is to entice people to explore Dover itself.

“There is something for everyone in downtown Dover,” she said. “We have wonderful retail shops, fantastic restaurants, popular museums, a vibrant art community and more. We truly are a destination for all ages.”

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While the parade starts at 10:30 a.m., costume judging begins at 10 a.m with many prizes awarded to children in different age groups for best costumes. Children will also be able to go trick-or-treating in the stores from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Ghosts of Folsom Tavern and Winter Street Cemetery Tour

When: Sunday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Where: Throwback Brewery, 7 Hobbs Road, North Hampton Website: throwbackbrewery.com Admission: Free This is an all-ages party, with a kids’ costume contest, plus a new costume contest for dogs (including a dog-and-owner category), raffles and more. For adults there will be candy and beer pairings.

Portsmouth Halloween Parade

When: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m.

Where: Downtown Portsmouth Website: portsmouthhalloweenparade.org Admission: Free

When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Folsom Tavern, 164 Water St., For Jonathan Day, who said this is his seventh Exeter parade and third as a “coven member of which Website: independencemuseum.org there are seven,” the Portsmouth Halloween Admission: $5-$13, children under 6 free Parade is “the best thing about Portsmouth.”

“There is nothing like it anywhere else,” The tour will begin at Folsom Tavern, where said Day, who cited his favorite part about the Colonel and Mrs. Folsom will introduce guests parade is its “all-inclusivity.” to their 1775 home and business and Elizabeth “Anyone can join the parade as long as they Ewer, a 19th-century spiritualist who lived in follow the rules,” he said. the tavern.

The biggest challenge in helping to organize Afterward, guests will walk or drive the parade — he said he cannot refer to himself to Winter Street Cemetery, at which time as organizer, because chaos cannot be organized they will meet their colonial tour guide and — is helping people understand that the City of learn about the Folsoms’ final resting place Portsmouth does not subsidize it. and many of Exeter’s famous/infamous “This is not a taxpayer-funded event,” he revolutionary residents. Cemetery tours will said. “We fundraise one month out of the year last approximately 45 minutes and guests to pay for police detail, insurance and permits. attending the later two tours are encouraged to It is truly a grassroots event.” bring flashlights.

The parade is also supported by a number of Among Exeter’s earliest settlers, the events held throughout Portsmouth.

Folsoms arrived with the Gilman family, to “We wouldn’t be able to do what we do whom they were related. The history of both without the generosity of local businesses that families, including Exeter and its role in the host events and donate raffle items,” said Day. Revolutionary War, features prominently in “I love that we have such a wide variety of the exhibits and collection at the American events. …There is something for everyone, just Independence Museum. like the parade is for everyone.”

Rockin’ Halloween Dance Party + Costume Contest When: Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.

Where: Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury Website: blueoceanhall.com Admission: $25, over 21 only

The following events are just a few that are held to support the Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

Silent Film Night When: Thursday, Oct. 24, 7 to 9 p.m.

Where: The Music Hall Historic Theater, 28 At this event you will enter through the Chestnut St., Portsmouth Cost: $15 eerie-eyed, gauze-wrapped doors to find carved pumpkins, ghosts, witch hat luminaries, Drawing inspiration from the 1920s, 11 floating candles, giant spiders, smoking

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Costume Paddle When: Sunday, Oct. 27, 10:30 a.m. to noon Where: Peirce Island, Portsmouth Website: eventbrite.com (search for ‘Portsmouth Halloween Costume Paddle Contest) Cost: $10 Hosted by Seacoast Paddleboard Club, the third annual Seacoast Costume Parade & Contest takes place at Peirce Island.

Referring to the Portsmouth Halloween Parade as one of the best Halloween parades in the country, Seacoast Paddleboard Club owner Chris Carragher said their event is a short paddle around Round Island.

“Our goal is to get as many people participating as possible,” he said. “It is not strenuous at all. Anyone can do it fairly easily; there is a learning curve, [but it is] a short one.”

Carragher said he has seen everything from crazy clowns to Vikings to a motorcycle with a sidecar.

“A friend of ours turns his paddleboard into a giant dragon,” he added. “We have had Shrek, too.”

There are also prizes for best costumes in many categories.

“These are legit prizes,” said Carragher.

“With the prizes, we try to get people amped to come back next year. They are all donations from popular companies.”

Registration for this event is $10 and all proceeds directly support the Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

Scary-Oke When: Monday, Oct. 28, 10 p.m.

Where: The Press Room, 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth Website: pressroomnh.com Admission: Free Held for the first time, Scary-Oke builds off the already wildly successful Monday Night Karaoke that takes place at The Press Room.

“This is no ordinary karaoke night, though,” said Max Gorannson, marketing coordinator at The Press Room, who said Agatha Crusty will host the event. “Agatha will be joined by the Grand Marshal of the [Portsmouth Halloween Parade], Bunny Wonderland.”

Throughout the night, he said, the pair will don a few “famous horror lady duo” costumes as well as offer up some other surprise tricks and treats.

At the event, The Press Room will sell Portsmouth Halloween Parade merchandise and raffle tickets for “some sweet prizes.”

“The proceeds of all that, along with a

portion of bar sales, will be going toward making sure this year’s parade is bigger and better than ever,” said Gorannson.

He said supporting the parade is “a civic duty.”

“This is Portsmouth’s Mardi Gras after all,” he said.

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Costume-Building Night When: Friday, Oct. 25, 5-8 p.m.

Where: 68 Morning St., Portsmouth Website: portcitymakerspace.com Admission: Free In October, Port City Makerspace has been hosting free costume-building nights every Friday at which time participants can use the Flex Space and Electronics Lab to work on a costume.

“At our first costume build night, there was one group building a large Mind Flayer puppet costume using PVC, paper for stuffing, and plastic bags,” said Alex Nunn, general manager at Port City Makerspace. “Another person was making a costume for a character at Haunted Overload and made his own straightjacket and got assistance distressing the fabric to look burned.”

For those who have not heard about Port City Makerspace, Nunn said they are a space that is open to all.

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What makes this race so special?

This event is a great way to bring the community together to raise funds for Exeter Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care and the Beyond the Rainbow Fund.

This fund provides financial assistance and other support to local cancer patients. We encourage participants to form teams and fundraise for a good cause and even come in costume.

What are you hoping to raise at the race this year? $50,000 plus.

What is the most challenging part about coordinating the race?

The race happens rain or shine. Last year, a Nor’Easter came into town the day before. Luckily, we only had to deal with a little drizzle on race day.

You always need to be ready with your back-up plan.

Do you also work at Exeter Hospital?

I am only contracted with the hospital to help with the race. My husband started out as a pediatrician with Core Physicians 12 years ago. He has transitioned to Population Health within Exeter Hospital. I’m thankful for the opportunity to be a part of such a positive event in our community that is supporting an amazing organization.

For people who just love a good road race, what are some aspects of the race that you think people should know about? Any great race gifts?

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There will be prizes for top runners in each age group as well as for best costume. Last year’s winners came as bowls of cereal. We also have a Creepy Crawler Fun Run for kids 10 and under, which will be hosted by Great Bay Kids’ Company.

Anything else to add about the race?

We are so grateful for our sponsors for helping us make this a successful event year after year and for all of the volunteers that assist in the event as well.

When not planning and organizing the race, what are your hobbies? What do you do for fun?

We love living along the Seacoast.

We spend a lot of our time at the beach in the summer or skiing in the winter.

We enjoy camping and will soon be adding a puppy into our family.

Are you from the Seacoast originally?

I grew up in Salem, New Hampshire.

I moved to Exeter a few years after meeting my now husband, and this is where we will raise our family. We love the close proximity to the ocean.

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The Beyond the Rainbow Fund provides over $70,000 per year to patients and their families to help pay rent, mortgages, utilities, transportation costs and other basic needs that patients and their families have while they are fighting their cancer battles.

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When it first began, the Twilight Book Club — formed at the suggestion of an eager patron — was a way for a few interested adults to connect with one another and indulge a love of literature through nighttime meetings that fit easily into their busy work schedules. Now, 10 years later, the Lane Library’s popular club is still going strong.

Darrell Eifert, Lane Library’s head of public services, credits the group’s ability to continually keep discussions intellectual and free-wheeling as to what keeps so many members coming back.

“I think that our long-time participants enjoy that we discuss various aspects of the book itself, rather than something as simple as ‘I like it because …’ or ‘I didn’t like it because …’,” he said. “Somewhere in the back of our monthly discussions is always the intriguing question, ‘What makes a book discussable?’ Where does this book touch the lives of readers and engage with questions that matter?”

Recent club selections include Jo Nesbo’s Norwegian noir version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Graeme Simsion’s comedic novel The Rosie Effect, and most recently, Robert Dugoni’s The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, a novel about a man born with ocular albinism. What made this read particularly interesting, Eifert said, was Dugoni’s use of his usual “thriller novel” format to tell a story with more depth.

Depth is something the club strives for when choosing each month’s book, Eifert said, because contemplating meaningful questions brought up by a novel is an essential part of reading. Providing a space for attendees to discuss details and messages of the books they read at length with others is part of what makes the club so valuable.

“One of the more challenging questions we face as readers is how to talk in a meaningful fashion to others about the books we read,” Eifert said. “Not to say that we are always deadly serious. Often times books are a delightful escape from the worries of daily life, and we have a lot of fun talking about these as well.”

The group typically draws between six and 10 attendees at any given meeting.

Outside commitments mean numbers tend to vary from month to month, but the Twilight Book Club makes a point of finishing every book they start. Every six months, the group’s members browse a selection of titles collected by Eifert from nearby libraries and choose the club’s upcoming reads based on the novels’ connections or similarities to previous books the group has read and enjoyed.

Virgil Wander is the club’s November book.

When asked what he enjoys about the Twilight Book Club, Eifert said he appreciates literature’s ability to connect readers to the world around them and make them think.

“C. S. Lewis once described the effect of a good book as being able to re-arrange one’s mental furniture, and when that happens we often want to ask others, ‘Did that happen to you too? Did you see what I saw?’

Virginia Woolf remarked that ‘Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.’ This group has a great time poking around in some of those corners,” he said.

Eifert had a few suggestions for anyone trying to decide whether joining a book club is right for them: “Ask yourself these questions. Have you ever read a book that struck you as more than just an entertaining read? Would you like to talk about those kinds of books with others who feel the same way?”

If the answers to those questions are yes, Eifert said it’s worth checking out the Twilight Book Club.

On the list for November is Virgil Wander

by Minnesota writer Leif Enger (Peace Like a River), and in December the club will discuss the mystery Stay Hidden by Maine author Paul Doiron, featuring his protagonist Mike Bowditch, a game warden.

The Twilight Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Dearborn-Redden Room at the Lane Library. The club is free to join and open to all Hampton residents. Each month’s book selections are provided by inter-library loans from nearby libraries.

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Matt Mayberry was a regular customer at Jetpack Comics & Games when he proposed the idea for a new comic convention to the shop one day. He wanted to create a comic con where people, even people who aren’t familiar with the comic scene and nerd culture, could be themselves without judgment.

“I wanted this to be a place where you can bring out your full inner geek and have fun, and if there’s something you don’t know about, you can come in and ask, or try it for the first time,” he said. “I wanted to create the ultimate no-judgment zone.”

Jetpack agreed to help make Mayberry’s idea a reality.

“They have gone above and beyond,” Mayberry said of the shop. “I cannot say enough about how much they have helped.”

The comic con, called Nerdfest NH, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27, in Barrington. Attendees can enjoy a weekend of celebrity guests, tabletop and video gaming, cosplay, vendors and more.

There will be two television celebrities: Dot Jones, who played Coach Beiste on Glee, and Daniel Newman, best known for his role as Daniel on The Walking Dead. There will also be several cosplay celebrities, including Khepera Cosplay, who will host Nerdfest’s cosplay contest.

“People from all around the state will come dressed as Wonder Woman to Thor to everything in between,” Mayberry said.

A juried panel of award-winning cosplayers will look at each cosplayer’s craftsmanship, unique style, technique, authenticity and intention, as well as how well they can play the part of their character. There will be cash and gift prizes for the best cosplayers.

For people looking to get rid of some old comics and other nerdy stuff, there will be a Nerdfest Yard Sale.

“This is for regular people — not vendors

who have a brick-and-mortar store or an eBay store — who have stuff within the nerd realm, like a collection of 600 comics or 400 DVDs or a bunch of memorabilia or figurines, so that they can make some money,” Mayberry said.

Emily Drouin, local comic book artist and creator of the kids’ sci-fi action-adventure comic EPLIS, and creator and organizer of Kids Con New England, the first and largest kid-focused comic convention in New England, held every June, will run a kids’ corner at the event with all kinds of nerdy fun for kids.

For fantasy and tabletop gamers, there will be a Magic the Gathering tournament, two Dungeons and Dragons games — one for beginners and one for advanced players — and a beginner’s Pokemon trading card game.

For video gamers, there will be Fortnite and Super Smash Bros. tournaments throughout the weekend.

Around 70 vendors as well as comic artists will be onsite selling “everything from cards and games to figurines, comics, books and lots of artwork,” Mayberry said.

Outside, there will also be a number of food truck vendors selling empanadas, grilled cheese, cupcakes and more.

“Basically, I put in everything that I want to see when I go to an event,” Mayberry said.

“If you can’t find something that you like there, you’re doing something wrong.”

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Your engine won’t care if it turns off — but you might Dear Car Talk: We have a 2017 Ford F-150. It has a gas-saving feature that turns the engine off when we stop at a traffic light for more than a couple seconds.

By Ray Magliozzi My husband turns the switch for this feature to “off” every time he starts the truck. He thinks it’s hard on the engine to stop and start over and over.

If that’s true, why is it offered as a feature? I agree that what he thinks makes sense, but I’m confused as to why it came with the truck then (I always leave the feature on, mostly because I forget about it until I stop).

What is the answer? I enjoy your column very much.

Thank you. — Cathy

The reason almost all new cars come with automatic stop-start systems is because they save fuel and cut down on pollution.

They’re especially useful in cities, where cars spend an inordinate amount of time sitting still, like 4,000-pound mobile air conditioners. But even in suburban and

rural areas, there’s no good reason to waste fuel and pollute the air while you sit, doing nothing, for 60 or 90 seconds at a traffic light.

The reason they offer an “off” switch for this feature is because, depending on how well it’s executed, the stopping and starting of the car can be annoying to the driver. We drove a Chevy Traverse where the stopstart system was practically undetectable.

The next week, we drove a Subaru Forester in which it drove us bonkers and made the whole car shudder every time it restarted.

To answer your husband’s concern, the engine really couldn’t care less how many times you start and stop it. In fact, the less it runs, the longer it lasts. So arguably, you’re prolonging the life of the engine by allowing it to shut off regularly.

There was some concern that these systems might lead to early failure of starter motors. In reality, we just haven’t seen those problems yet. It’s possible they’ll develop in the coming years. And, in fact, if your husband is really convinced they will, he might want to put your IRA in starter-motor futures. But, given the big picture, and the positive effect these things have on the air we breathe, my advice to your husband would be to use the system,

unless it drives him crazy.

Of course, he won’t take my advice, so that’ll be my advice to you, Cathy.

We’ll make you a bumper sticker. “Save the planet: Don’t turn off the stop-start feature.”

Dear Car Talk: I’m in the market for a new (to me) truck. I’m looking for a 2015-2017 Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra 1500.

Is there a way that I can tell the bed size, engine, etc., from the VIN? — Bill

Yes. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), usually seen from outside the car just inside the windshield, is a code that provides access to a wealth of information.

You can read some of the information yourself. For instance, the first few digits tell you the country the car was manufactured in and which company sold it. The rest, unfortunately, is in code that is created by each manufacturer.

That’s the information you want. And what you really want is called a “build sheet.”

By entering the VIN, a dealer can get a build sheet, which is a printout of how the car is equipped. That includes engine

size, transmission, bed size, interior specifications and even factory options.

If you have a friendly dealer nearby (perhaps they’ll be interested in servicing your new truck and be willing to help you out now?), they can put a VIN in their computer and print you out a build sheet in a few seconds.

There’s some information on the web that can help you decode your specific VIN. If you’re willing to do some research, you may be able to tease out the information you want on your own.

But most of the online services that will decode your VIN for you will charge you something for it. And not all of them will even offer you a build sheet.

CarFax is the most famous of the companies that uses VINs to provide potential buyers with reports about the history of the car’s title. That’s not a bad idea when you’re buying a used car, but the sample reports we’ve seen from CarFax don’t provide a lot of build data. What you want will come most readily from a dealer, Bill.

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AT JONNY BOSTON’S INTERNATIONAL “Fast food cooked slow” is the slogan of Jonny Boston’s International (170 Main St., Newmarket, 292-6682, ilovejbi.com), an eatery offering street and comfort items inspired by flavors all over the world. But this isn’t a conventional fast food restaurant — there are no fryolators, which means you won’t find items like french fries or fried chicken. Instead, slow-cooked meats like pulled pork, chicken and beef brisket lay the foundation of many of its menu staples, which include sandwiches, tacos, burritos, burgers, bowls and salads, and there is a ton of room for fusion and experimentation. In fact, some of the best entrees that are now on the regular menu debuted as specials that were originally conceived with input from customers, according to chef and owner Jon Kiper. Jonny Boston’s International will usually run between six and 10 specials throughout the week for a burger, a wrap, a bowl or a panini, Kiper said, in addition to its regular menu.

For drinks, there is an offering of craft cocktails and a rotating list of more than a dozen beers, many of which are New England-sourced. You can also order catering platters of sandwiches, burritos and sliders, mixing and matching your favorites from the regular menu and including sides and salads. The Scene recently spoke with Kiper about the unique concept of his restaurant and some of his personal favorite dishes that he’s cooked up over the years.

How long has Jonny Boston’s International been around?

We’ve been around since February of 2015, so almost five years. The first menu was fairly small, but we began to expand a lot over the years. It started out as mainly international street food, but it sort of turned into a largely fusion menu. So now we basically just do whatever tastes good.

What makes Jonny Boston’s International unique?

We use the freshest ingredients we can, and there are really not any rules with our menu, which is pretty cool. We’re not really going for authenticity with any kind of cuisine. It’s more about going for a version of a certain item that maybe you’ve heard about but that is

different in our own way. So for our Reuben, for example, we use kimchi instead of sauerkraut and pulled pork instead of corned beef. We do things like a bowl with pork and sweet potato, and a burger with pulled pork, fried egg, cheddar cheese and Sriracha that I call the Big Kahuna.

What is your personal favorite dish?

I really love our Cuban sandwich. It’s [served] on a really nice ciabatta bread, and it’s got pulled pork and ham. Then, instead of yellow mustard, we use a Dijon aioli. I also really like the Randy Burger, which is named after Randy from the show Trailer Park Boys. It has local beef, American cheese, pickles and ketchup, all on a toasted bun. I probably eat it once a week, at least.

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Jonny Boston’s International in Newmarket. Courtesy photos.

You can get Cape Cod potato chips, pickled items that we have actually come from people vegetables, rice or salad as sides. that told me about them or make requests. I think chefs or restaurant owners can get What’s a dish that everyone should try? too into doing something a certain way and When we first opened, our bánh mì was then it doesn’t end up working out for them. probably the most popular thing. We serve it So I do like listening to customers making on a ciabatta with chicken, pickled vegetables, suggestions for the menu. Sometimes I’ll run cucumber, basil herb mayonnaise and it as a special and end up putting it on the Sriracha. Besides that, I would say the biggest menu if it takes off. sellers are our taco bowls. They are great because while they are a lot of food, you can What is your favorite part about being on eat it and not feel so weighed down afterward. the Seacoast?

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10. People can bid on restaurant gift cards such as Copper Door and Tucker’s, tickets to upcoming shows, gym memberships, and admission tickets to Water Country, Hilltop Fun Center and more. There will also be some silent auction items up for bid at the actual event.

“With the support of our sponsors D.F. Richard and Smuttynose Brewing, the online auction, and all the restaurants, we’re able to raise enough money to provide free access to the museum for roughly 1,000 individuals,” Cole said.

Besides the pizza, families can visit the exhibits on the first and second floors.

While taste-testing the pizza takes up most of the time, kids can play and get an idea of the museum for future visits. Cole said that while the second floor exhibits are open, they ask that no food goes up there during the event.

She advises everyone that the only thing they need to bring is their appetite.

“Every year we welcome over 350 hungry people to the museum for PizzaFest. It’s been a community favorite from the beginning and we want everyone involved to have a great time,” said Cole.

There are still a few spots open for pizzerias interested in PizzaFest. You can sign up to participate by emailing carolyn@childrens-museum.org or calling 742-2002.

Tickets for PizzaFest are on sale now at the museum or online for $10 per adult ($12 at the door) and $7 for kids age 3 through 10 ($9 at the door). Kids under 3 are admitted free.

— Danielle Roberts

Families can snack on slices of pizza and raise money at the 11th Annual PizzaFest fundraiser for the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover.

From 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov 2, attendees can try different kinds of pizza from local restaurants and vote on their favorites.

“The museum started PizzaFest back in 2009. We had moved to Dover from Portsmouth the previous year and wanted to start a new fundraiser to connect with the community and also invite everyone inside the museum rather than just families. We also wanted to get to know the businesses,” said Neva Cole, communications director for the museum. “Since everyone loves pizza, it seemed like a good fit.”

Six to eight restaurants usually participate in PizzaFest every year, Cole said. La Festa, Kendall Pond and Papa Jay’s — all out of Dover — as well as Strafford House of Pizza were signed up for this year as of press time.

Each restaurant donates approximately 20 pizzas for that Saturday night. Cole said that even though not all local pizza places can join the festivities, they are always invited.

“We have a few that come every year and are fan favorites. The restaurants get pretty competitive with the ‘out of the box’ creative topping pizzas,” said Cole. “We’ve had some bizarresounding flavors like breakfast pizza or Thanksgiving pizza, but they’ve all been delicious.”

PizzaFest is one of the museum’s annual fundraisers, and it has made an enormous impact on helping the museum find affordable ways for families to visit the museum. A new component of the event is an online auction, starting the day of PizzaFest and running until Nov. Courtesy photo.

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Warm barbecue salad Next week is the beginning of eating season. No, it’s not an officially recognized period of time, but I think it’s one we can agree on. First, there’s Halloween.

Whether there are children in your home or not, there’s a good chance you’ll have several bags of candy to hand out to trick or treaters. Most likely you’ll be nibbling on that candy in the weeks following. Then we head into Thanksgiving. That holiday is all about the meal and the leftovers from it.

Third, the month of December is filled with holiday gatherings, Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations, and then New Year’s Eve. Basically, you’ll be eating indulgent food quite frequently between Oct. 31 and Dec. 31. While that’s fun, it also feels good to eat healthy once in a while. This week’s recipe is here to help with that.

Allow me to introduce the warm barbecue salad. Yes, it’s purple, which is a different food color, but don’t let that bother you. It’s filled with veggies and tofu, making it a very healthy meal.

For those of you who are unsure of or dislike tofu, fear not. The tofu is easily replaced with chicken breast.

Warm barbecue Salad. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.

In addition to being a delicious and healthy meal, it’s also the perfect salad for late fall, as it’s served warm. When you want a warming dish that’s also good for you, this is the entree for you.

Then you’ll be ready for the next round of indulgent, seasonal eating!

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

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NH Brewers Association to host NH Craft Brew Conference During the upcoming New Hampshire Craft Brew Conference, Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing Co. are going to take the stage together for essentially a fireside chat to discuss the evolution of the craft beer industry over the past 20 years. If you’re someone who cares about craft beer — whether you work in the industry or just happen to enjoy fresh suds — that’s just pretty cool. What have these two guys not seen in the last two decades? The two pioneers have been dry-hopping and aging and experimenting with brews well before it became “a thing.” And it’s particularly cool the New Hampshire Brewers Association was able to bring these two industry pioneers to New Hampshire, which can fly under the radar as a craft beer destination in the region.

“For this conference, we really tried to bring in panelists from outside of the state and New England to get an outsider’s perspective,” said CJ White, executive director, New Hampshire Brewers Association.

The conference, “brings together individuals seeking to learn, develop and explore their passion for craft beer,” on Friday, Nov. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Backyard Brewery and Kitchen & Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1211 South Mammoth Road in Manchester.

Tickets cost $150.

The conference will feature three tracks centered on the technical aspects of brewing, business operations, and sales and marketing, with topics including safety operations, distribution, draught line maintenance, lager fermentation, canning line QC, hop contracts, sensory and off flavors, integrated marketing, financials, hospitality in the tasting room, staff training and development and craft brewery startup, sustainability, and management.

“It’s just molded to be a fit for those who want to learn more,” White said. “It supports the independent craft brewers in this state and it presents a unique opportunity for brewers and beyond to learn from each other, and ample opportunities to network with everyone and to gain perspectives on all facets of the industry.”

Since its inception three years ago, White said she has seen the event grow and evolve considerably, both in terms of overall attendance and also by drawing in more vendors from out of state — a sign New Hampshire’s status in the beer world is becoming more prominent.

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Grossman, who founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in 1980, is the keynote speaker but a variety of industry leaders are taking part this year, with panelists from Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, 7 Monks Taproom in Traverse City, Michigan, Zero Gravity Craft Brewing in Vermont and Night Shift Brewing in Everett, Massachusetts, among many, many others.

“There’s just a surge of people who want to pursue a career in the industry … and this provides the chance to see all the different avenues,” White said. “It doesn’t have to be specific to brewing.”

So, if you want a career in beer or if you have ever had the slightest inkling of giving home brewing a try or if you just want to learn more about beer because it’s cool, well, this conference seems like the place to start.

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Colin’s Carrot Cake Brown by Throwback Brewery (North Hampton) I have the softest spot for brown ales and this one is brewed with carrots, spices and lactose. This sounds absolutely delicious and it at least sounds like a perfect choice for a crisp, fall day. I can’t wait to try it.

Pumpkin Spice Cannoli by Shebeen Brewing Co. Brewery (Wolcott, Conn.): This is a mouthful of flavors, as per the name. It was quite spicy and quite cannoli-y. I kept expecting this to be a heavy brew but it’s actually surprisingly light.

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You don’t read Gladwell for the plot twists. Instead you read this author in order to have your mind blown away. Gladwell wrote such eye-opening books as Blink, What the Dog Saw and The Outliers.

He takes a concept that we all accept as routine and then turns it on its head so that we cannot unsee it from his newly proposed perspective.

He’s done it again in his newest book, Talking to Strangers, where he presents interesting and enlightening facts in the context of vignettes about human behavior as it relates to communication. Gladwell is a word nerd; he can take a story and weave facts and alluring bits so seamlessly that you don’t even realize what you have learned until after you have finished. He is the most brilliant of teachers, sneaky with his lessons, while being trusted because of his command of the subject.

Gladwell loves spies and he loves spy novels. It makes perfect sense that he would use his knowledge about spy behavior as a way to teach us that even tiny actions can have big consequences.

In a series of essays, he takes on certain situations from history and gives us plenty of examples of how spies work while communicating under people like Fidel Castro and Hitler. He then moves his behavioral examinations to regular people in extraordinary events. He writes of the depressed poet Sylvia Plath and of Brock Turner, the college swimmer accused of raping a young woman, and he even presents the Sandusky child sex case. He looks at the actions of each of the players in these stories as well as how those around them acted.

What you end up getting is a complex study and fascinating story of human behavior — when behaviors and assumptions work to help someone move forward and when they act as a blockade to progress.

Another name for this book could have been “At First Glance.” Gladwell explains why a meek-acting person is not perceived as a threat, while someone who behaves oddly often is, regardless of their character. It’s in the use of those impressions and behaviors that, Gladwell says, we can adapt our responses to certain situations and learn to act with control.

The reason for the book, Gladwell contends in the Introduction, was that he

had long been moved and intrigued by the Sandra Bland story. Bland was a young African American woman who was pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. Behavior of both Bland and the police officer escalated — communications ended. Bland was taken to the police station and put in a holding cell. She eventually committed suicide.

Gladwell contends that if both parties had been able to read the signals and hear the language both verbal and non-verbal from the other side, this event might have turned out different. He writes, “In all of these cases, the parties involved relied on a set of strategies to translate one another’s words and intentions. And in each case, something went very wrong. In Talking to Strangers, I want to understand those strategies — analyze them, critique them, figure out where they came from, find out how to fix them.”

In Talking to Strangers Gladwell focuses primarily on the areas of sexual assault and racial discrimination, believing that in today’s world that’s where the most conflict and misunderstanding take place. He writes that times have changed, we no longer live in villages or even in extended family households. While our independence has made us very mobile and free, it has also taken away our ability to learn group communication skills — not just words but actions and even micro-movements. Gladwell contends that we have become “talking to strangers” illiterate.

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From naming his band after one of the more obscure Shakespearean plays to writing an unsequenced rock opera about manic depression, Patrick Stickles isn’t an average punk rock frontman. All the elements are there, however, on An Obelisk, the new Titus Andronicus album released in June.

Clocking in at under 40 minutes, it brims with fury — but that doesn’t mean the singer doesn’t still have a few tricks up his sleeve.

First off, Stickles said in a recent phone interview, the voice of seething songs like “I Blame Society” and “Tumult Around the World” isn’t him — though it is someone very similar. Named Troubleman, he’s a main character whose rage is often misguided.

“He is forced to recognize that even though he’s essentially kind of powerless, he’s somewhat complicit,” he said. “Not completely culpable as much as some of these billionaires [but] you’re not allowed in my book to point the finger at another if you’re not also willing to think critically about yourself and your own choices and your position in the larger system, however small.”

Though cerebral, the new record punches hard, echoing The Clash and Black Flag and other classics of the genre, but Stickles asserts that doesn’t make it more or less punk than, say, last year’s acoustic-leaning album, A Productive Cough.

“We should make a distinction between the ideology of punk and the series of a set of signifiers which we recognize as punk rock music,” he said. “Ideologically speaking, punk really means nothing but freedom; it’s just answering to your own internal authority and rejecting external authority from the systems which surround us. ... All these decisions are made in accordance with my internal compass.

I do what I want; that’s why I’m a punk. Feel me?”

They recruited a big name to produce the new record.

“Bob Mould is the man, I love that guy,” said Stickles. “He’s a sweet affable dude with an easy smile and infectious laugh; he knows a

thing or two about rock obviously. He’s been cranking out great records for 40 years. That’s what I am trying do, basically, so why not study at the feet of this great man? It was dope and he made us sound good and he didn’t try to mess with it. He just wanted to present the thing that we do with a lot of class, and he did.

I’m super grateful and going to cherish these memories forever.”

Recording was done at Electrical Audio.

Stickles described the facility as “a gorgeous world-class super-fancy state-of-the-art facility made with money that didn’t come from a bunch of ... compromises, and you gotta love that. I met a bunch of the other staff members and they were super cool, walking around in jumpsuits looking like Ghostbusters. Bunch of major records made there, mojo dripping off the walls.”

The luxurious creative environment and high-end knob-twirling was likely a onetime happening.

“Probably won’t go back there anytime soon unless my record turns out to be a huge lucrative hit way after the fact, which I doubt,” Stickles said. “But [it] is another memory that I’m going to cherish until the dementia sets in.”

Titus Andronicus is now in the midst of an extensive tour to promote An Obelisk.

“The whole point of the album is it’s fun to rock out,” Stickles said. “Hitting the stage and going off like a bomb, I love that. ... But I don’t want knuckleheads turning the dance floor into some kind of island frat party; I don’t dig that. So I do a long speech to start off about respecting personal space and not pushing and shoving, then I do an acoustic song that’s slow and quiet and that’s how I let them know. ... Act accordingly and don’t punch your neighbor.”

— Michael Witthaus Titus Andronicus When: Friday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.

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On Saturday, Oct. 26, guests can expect a spooky, fun night of drinks, dancing and Halloween-themed decor as part of the Salisbury Beach Partnership’s Halloween by the Sea event at the Blue Ocean Music Hall in Salisbury.

Kathy Aiello, director of the Atlantic Hospitality Group and general manager of Blue Ocean Music Hall, believes the party will be one to remember.

“It’s going to be one of the most fun Halloween parties on the Seacoast. We’re doing a lot of fun decor and fun treats, and there’ll be a lot of fun things happening in the room. It’s a great opportunity for people to get dressed up, dance, have a good time and have the possibility of leaving the venue that night with some great prizes,” she said.

The event is meant to give adults a chance to get into the Halloween spirit with a number of enchanting activities.

Once they arrive inside the music hall, guests can sip a welcome cocktail from a cauldron (included with the price of the ticket), dance to live music by the popular New England band WildFire, take costume photos in front of a haunting backdrop, and pay a visit to a fortune teller at her gypsy-themed booth.

Snacks will also be provided, including more massive cauldrons that hold three different types of popcorn.

Guests will also have the chance to participate in the costume parade and compete for $1,000 in cash prizes.

Costume contest prizes include $75 gift cards for Scariest Costume and Prettiest Costume, $250 for best Duo or Group Costume, $250 for Most Creative Costume, and the big jackpot: $500 for Best Overall Costume.

According to Aiello, part of what makes the night so magical is the venue it’s held at.

The music hall, first opened in 2009, overlooks the ocean and is heralded as one of “best live music venues on Boston’s North Shore,” according to its website.

“Blue Ocean Music Hall is a cool venue. It’s intimate with a great sound system and a great lighting system. We have the opportunity to do effects in the music hall that you just wouldn’t get at other places,” Aiello said. “It’s a beautiful venue. There is no seat that’s more than 50 feet from the stage, and we have two full bars and tableside service.

You’re coming out for an experience.”

This is the first year the Salisbury Beach Partnership is hosting this event, and Aiello hopes to make it a yearly tradition.

She said coming up with the idea to host a Halloween bash as a way of fundraising was easy.

“Who doesn’t love Halloween?” she said. “Halloween these days is just kind of over the top in terms of costumes and parties, so we decided to take a band that’s really popular and has a great following and put them in the music hall that we’ve decked out for this Halloween party.”

Proceeds from ticket sales help support the nonprofit Salisbury Beach Partnership and the free events, including concerts, fireworks and festivals, that happen all summer long at Salisbury Beach.

“We feel as though we’ve created the value and an experience for Halloween, and at the same time we’re able to raise money for a good cause,” Aiello said.

Reserved seating and general admission is $25, day-of admission is $28. Tickets can be purchased online at blueoceanhall.com. The event begins at 8 p.m. and is for ages 21 and over.

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BEACH BUM FUN JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS BY MATT JONES

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29 Follow to the letter 30 Green, frowning symbol of poison prevention 31 “About the author” info 32 Unidentified slime threatening animals in captivity?

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60 Opposite of WSW 61 Passed easily 62 Supreme Court justice since 2010 Down 1 Rapper ___ Dogg 2 Ilhan of the “Squad” 3 Moreno of “One Day at a Time” 4 Kitchen pest 5 Commotion 6 “Buon ___!”

7 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author Umberto 8 Agent 9 ___ Peacock (Clue suspect) 10 Fake wood in a fireplace 11 Hire on 12 Quetzalcoatl worshiper 15 Nike competitor

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BEACH BUM FUN HOROSCOPES

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• Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): No man is an island, although if it were true, then in your case it would be Gilligan’s Island.

• Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will soon discover that you have had many lives before your present one, and that none of them were great either.

• Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Remember, no man is a failure who has friends. Too bad all your friends are in jail.

• Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are a giver, rather than a taker. Unfortunately, what you give is headaches.

• Aries (March 21-April 19): A big surprise awaits you. Unfortunately, it’s at the bottom of your soup.

• Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will forsake your search for life’s meaning and instead search for a good parking space.

• Taurus (April 20-May 20): The more things change, the more things stay the same. Especially your horoscope.

• Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today you realize that your life is not as bad as it seems. In fact, it’s a whole lot worse.

• Gemini (May 21-June 20): A mind is a terrible thing to waste. But I can see you regard your body as an entirely different issue.

• Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will discover that others have taken a special interest in you. Unfortunately, it will come in the form of identity theft.

• Cancer (June 21-July 22): Today it’s raining men, which is great news for your wife.

• Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You know, you’re spending way too much time on this astrology stuff. Have you ever considered owning a ferret?

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BEACH BUM FUN ROCKANDROLLCROSSWORDS.com BY TODD SANTOS

TAKEN BY, TAKEN BY THE SKY Across

1. Dylan & Seger 5. Yngwie Malmsteen ‘Rising ___’ 10. Jazz is played in this western state, perhaps 14. Albums want to turn __ __ profit (1,3) 15. Don Henley ‘__ __ Not Go Quietly’ (1,4)

16. Brewer & Shipley ‘One __ Over The Line’ 17. Group that awards certifications (abbr) 18. Soprano Fleming 19. Barenaked Ladies song named after city west of Tulsa?

20. Fleetwood Mac ‘Murrow __ His Grave’ (7,4,2)

23. Photog’s “eye” 24. Producer/artist Brian that worked w/ David Bowie 25. INXS & Jimmy Barnes were ‘__ Down The Law’ 28. “Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes __” 30. Sisters With Voices R&B band (abbr) 33. Bad band had audience __ __ (2,3) 34. Def Leppard producer Robert __ Lange 35. ‘Schizophonic’ Halliwell 36. A very wet Revis sang this song when they got inside, perhaps (6,2,3,4) 39. Parts of a show are also called this 40. ‘What Have I Done’ Ternheim 41. Not the chorus 42. Pharmacists leader Ted 43. He gets chased to John Williams music in the Temple Of Doom movie (for short)

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44. Immortal album sees these monsters in a ‘Blizzard’ 45. Iconic lyricist David 46. Napalm Death ‘Atheist __’ 47. Ned’s __ __ (6,7) 53. ‘God’ Amos 54. Joe Diffie ‘Tougher Than __’ 55. Fleetwood Mac “Why __ __ all wrong?” (2,2) 57. Rapper Flo Rida ‘Wild __’ 58. Awards show mike holder 59. Do this to get best seats on floor 60. An unsure Chevelle will ‘Wonder What’s __’ 61. UK’s Lightning __ 62. Circa Survive ‘__ In The Wool’

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1. What thirsty band hits after show 2. U2 “You say you’ll give me a highway with no one __ __” (2,2) 3. ‘1917 Revolution’ Brit 4. Elbow song about small birds from Asia, Europe and Africa?

5. Lifehouse put the criminal out on the ‘__ Squad’ 6. Country bumpkin Buck 7. Beyonce ‘Single Ladies (Put A __ On It)’ 8. Letters To __ ‘Here & Now’ 9. Like ‘Hour’ Fates Warning will sing about before midnight 10. Nirvana ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ album ‘In __’ 11. Our beloved ‘Mickey’ one-hitter, __ Basil 12. Like bands in same vein 13. ‘Only In Amerika’ (__) PE 21. ‘Buffalo Stance’ Cherry

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

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Near closing time Oct. 13 in a pub in Ruinerwold, Netherlands, a “completely confused” and “unkempt” 25-year-old man appeared with a strange story to tell. Pub owner Chris Westerbeek told Dutch media the young man ordered five beers and “said he was the oldest (of six siblings) and wanted to end the way they were living,” according to The New York Times. The man had walked to the pub from a farm outside town, where police found five adult siblings, the youngest of whom was 18, had been living in a secret basement, accessed by a hidden door behind a cupboard, for nine years. They were apparently “waiting for the end of time,” police said, and the younger siblings were unaware there were other humans outside the basement. The family, including the father, who also lived on the farm, survived on a large garden and a few animals. NL Times reported police arrested a 58-year-old Austrian man, believed to a tenant of the farm and identified only as Josef B., initially for refusing to cooperate with the investigation and later charged him with holding the family against their will; it was unclear where the mother is. At press time, the story was still unfolding.

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Halloween came a little early to Nick Lestina’s home in Bagley, Iowa. The Lestinas have lived next door to Dahl’s Custom Meat Locker for 10 years without incident, but early in October, they discovered almost five inches of animal blood, fat and bones had flooded their basement. Lestina said it would have risen higher if not for his sump pump.

He approached the meat locker next door for help, but, he told WHO TV, “They say it’s not their fault and told me ‘good luck.’”

Lestina reached out to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which investigated and found that the business had slaughtered hogs and cattle on Oct. 3 and flushed fluids down the floor drain, which is probably connected with the Lestinas’ drain. The family of seven has had to move out of the home while trying to resolve the cleanup issue. “No one wants to see that, smell that,” Lestina said. “I wouldn’t want that for anybody.”

Awesome!

While patrolling a Bath and Body Works store in Waukesha, Wisconsin, an unnamed security guard let the boredom get to him.

Around 2 a.m. on Oct. 11, he slipped his handcuffs on — then realized he’d left the keys at home. Forced to call police, who responded and freed him from his restraints, the bored guard then hid the cuffs from himself so he wouldn’t be tempted to put them on again. According to WDJT, he told police it wasn’t the first time he had handcuffed himself without having the keys.

Locksmiths at the Timpson shop in Edinburgh, Scotland, drew a crowd and withstood some ribbing after they locked themselves out of their store on Oct. 14, according to the Scottish Sun. Fortunately, one of the locksmiths had a toolbox with him, and he was able to legally break back into the shop.

It was W.C. Fields who said, “Never work with animals or children.” Russian President Vladimir Putin was reminded of that warning on Oct. 14 as he visited King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The Daily Mail reported that Putin brought along a gyrfalcon named Alpha for the king, and as everyone admired the bird during the ceremonial exchange of gifts, it chose that moment to take aim on the plush royal carpet and, shall we say, leave its mark. Hunting with birds of prey is one of the favorite pastimes of Saudi royalty, and the birds are highly prized.

Open your wallet: If you have enough scratch, you can buy a customized pair of Nike Air Max 97s dubbed “Jesus Shoes” from a Brooklyn, New York, company called MSCHF. Introduced online Oct. 8, the shoes have 60ccs of holy water from the Jordan River injected into the soles “so you can literally walk on water,” noted Cosmopolitan, a crucifix in the laces, red insoles harkening to Vatican traditions, and a Matthew 14:25 inscription. They are also scented with frankincense and sport a godly white and light blue colorway. The Jesus Shoes originally sold for $1,425, but are now fetching anywhere from $2,000 to upwards of $11,000.

Sweet revenge

21st-century religion

Ironies

During the summer of 2018, someone robbed 61-year-old Akio Hatori of Tokyo, Japan, of his bicycle saddle. He was so angered by the theft, he told police, that he decided to become a serial thief himself — until he was caught on surveillance video on Aug. 29 and later arrested. Police searching his home said they found 159 bicycle seats.

“I started stealing out of revenge,” Hatori told police, according to Kyoto News. “I wanted others to know the feeling.”

Hoping to attract tech-savvy young Catholics to traditional rituals, the Vatican has released the eRosary, a wearable device connected to an app available for $110, reported engadget. Worn as a bracelet, the device is activated by making the sign of the cross and features 10 beads and a data-storing “smart cross,” which will help the devout pray a standard rosary, a contemplative rosary or a thematic rosary and keeps track of each rosary prayed. The

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app also downloads health information from first-degree assault and disorderly conduct. the bracelet.

Police report

In Eldorado Hills, California, homeowner Matthew Eschrich woke up late on Oct. 12, saw a sensor light on next to his garage and went downstairs to investigate. When he heard rumbling, he realized there was an intruder and called 911. Just then, his sisterin-law, who also lives in the home, called to say she had just pulled into the garage and saw a man running away, “wearing just a bra and panties,” KXTV reported. The intruder was later identified as Shaun McGuire, a 37-year-old transient, who was taken into custody and charged with burglary, indecent exposure and trespassing.

Anna Lindo, 34, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, was arraigned in Hartford Superior Court on Oct. 15 on charges that she bit off her ex-partner’s finger and then bragged about it on Facebook, posting a video of the severed finger. Her victim told police that on Oct. 13, he had been trying to ward her off as she attacked him with a brick when she took a bite from his right middle finger. Lindo’s mother found the finger after police had taken her into custody, but it was too late to reattach it, reported the Connecticut Post. Lindo was charged with

Bright idea

Springfield, Missouri, authorities have come up with a clever campaign to curb pet waste in the downtown area, the Associated Press reported. Piles of dog poop are being tagged with recycled paper flags sporting messages such as: “Is this your turd? ‘Cuz that’s absurd,” and “This is a nudge to pick up the fudge.” The city noted it spends $7,500 a year to pick up 25 pounds of waste per week from downtown parks and parking lots.

Least competent driver

In downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Oct. 8, an unnamed elderly driver managed to flip her Honda Accord and injure herself, her passenger and several pedestrians while trying to ... parallel park. According to CTV News, as she tried to back into a parking spot, the driver accelerated, jumping the curb and slamming into an immigration office before coming to rest on the sidewalk. Vancouver Police Sgt. Aaron Roed called the incident “a strange accident” and wished all the injured “a speedy recovery.”

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