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Musicians who keep coming back to the

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By Michael Witthaus

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On every highway, from I-95 to Route 66, there’s a car towing a trailer full of dreams, a van packed with guitars, amps, an electric keyboard and a suitcase stuffed with notebooks. Every musician with a shred of ambition hears the call to Mecca.

Not all have the gumption to take flight.

Those who do usually find a way to hold on to their hometown. More often than not, a round trip is a necessity. Landing in a new place means finding gigs, not always an easy task.

“This city ain’t your throne, like it was back home,” singer-songwriter Amanda McCarthy wrote about the challenge. She considers herself fortunate to quit a day job after less than a year in Nashville to play music full time, but her calendar still includes several months in New Hampshire.

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“The reason I come back? One answer is the fans, really,” he said. “As long as I can do it, and as long as they want me to do it, I will.”

In 2002, guitarist Brad Myrick left his home in Hopkinton on a whim to try his luck in Los Angeles. The connections he made in L.A. led him to Italy, where he began a collaboration with Italian musician Nicola Cipriani that led him around the world.

A decade later, however, he returned to the Granite State, where he currently runs Lakes Region recording studio The Greenhouse and leads NH Music Collective, which fosters talent and books shows throughout the region.

“It’s beautiful when I can incorporate what I’ve learned in other music scenes into the great scene we have here,” Myrick said in 2014. Eight years later, he feels validated.

The need to go through a crucible like L.A. isn’t hard to understand, but there’s no reason it can’t also be done here.

“We have the technology to make New Hampshire the next Seattle,” he said. “The people with something to say are going to find a way, and most take off for that reason.

I just want that opportunity to be bigger here, and that’s a big part of why I stick around.”

MB Padfield: California dreaming

When MB Padfield moved to Southern California, she didn’t receive a golden reception.

“I got broken into, and all of my songwriting notebooks were stolen,” the New Hampshire native recalled recently. “On impact, that was brutal; but since then things have been really great.”

Driven to perform from an early age — she enrolled at Berklee at 16 — Padfield traveled between coasts a lot before packing a U-Haul in early 2018. At home she gigged constantly, but playing covers wore on her.

Padfield’s songs were getting played on the radio when she was 16. Her first single, “Silly Boy,” featured Greg Hawkes of the Cars on ukulele. Her anti-bullying original “You Can’t Break Me Down” showed a maturity beyond her years. A next stop at the world’s entertainment hub was a natural choice.

“New England has really amazing players as far as musicians, and the talent there

is top-notch, but there’s a mindset in Los Angeles that you want to push yourself to do more,” she said. “I don’t think moving away is for everybody, but I do think if you feel a call of an artistic vision that you don’t seem to be surrounded by currently, then it might be an option.”

For Padfield, the level of talent in L.A. is the opposite of intimidating.

“There are people that exude creativity; it’s so inspiring and motivating to be around. … That’s honestly my favorite part,” she said. “I’m not looking to be a big fish in a little pond. I want to be able to play shows and make music … representative of the person I am, [and not] a different mindset of, ‘Oh, I gotta be the best in the room.’

If you’re the best in the room, you aren’t in the right room.”

She’s currently at work on a new EP called Surface and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to cover distribution costs.

“It’s sonically very modern; I guess you would call it in the indie pop genre,” she said. “I wrote all the songs myself, and I’ve been working with an amazing team out here that’s kind of helping me bring those

Senie Hunt. Courtesy photo.

songs to life.”

Padfield heads back to New England in the summer and around the winter holidays to play shows but doesn’t plan on being bicoastal forever.

“Three or four months out of the year until I’m able to be full-time in Los Angeles,” she said, adding that returning to SoCal can be jarring. “There is a switch that has to be flipped, and it’s so hard sometimes.”

For Padfield’s long-term goals, her new home is an ideal fit.

“New England has such an amazing strong backbone, of cover gigs and working-class musicians,” she said, “but in Los Angeles there’s something to be said for creativity and innovation, and propelling culture. It just feels like you’re part of something bigger.”

Senie Hunt: Dividing the time

Senie Hunt first left his New Hampshire home for another Tennessee music mecca, Memphis. After a few months there he returned, following a breakup with his girlfriend. Heading south was always part of his long-term plan, and Hunt made the move to Nashville in April of last year.

“I wanted to be in a place that was more diverse both in terms of music and in terms of culture and race,” Hunt, who is Black, said in a recent phone interview.

His new home offered the bonus of being “the least furthest away, so I’m still able to visit with my family and friends, and also stay down here.”

Hunt is an acoustic guitarist with a unique percussive sound produced by tapping the body of his instrument as he plays it. The urge to move was spurred by a need for both “a change of scenery” and

Brooks Hubbard. Photo by Brett Berwager Photography.

a change from what had become a limiting gig schedule.

“I didn’t want to end up playing the same places to the same people all the time; I wanted to branch off,” he said.

Nashville had “hundreds of places either doing live shows or open mics, showcases, recording, all of that … built into one city block. At almost every show I played, I’d meet an entirely new audience.”

Another factor that helped was having a musical style that diverged from the sound the city was primarily known for.

“Despite Nashville being a very heavy country scene, it’s starting to evolve because a younger generation is coming in,” he said. “Right now is the perfect time if you stand out in a different style. … People just create music here.”

Along with success that finds him able to book shows months in advance in his new home, Hunt stays connected to his old digs, regularly returning for area gigs.

Camaraderie with the local scene was vital when his car caught fire on a recent tour, resulting in a total loss of Hunt’s vehicle and much of his equipment.

Area musicians quickly organized a benefit for him at Area 23 in Concord, a place Hunt played frequently when he lived there.

“A lot of my friends decided they wanted to pitch in and help me kind of get back on my feet and get back on tour regularly,” he said. At the show, Hunt played a Zoom set for the crowd there. “It was nice, even just briefly, to share a few songs with the folks up north.”

Resupplied with assistance from his pals, Hunt is back and will be around until the end of May. Fans can see a new side of him with the plugged-in Senie Hunt Project.

“I have always loved blues and elec-

tric, and since it is very different from my normal stuff I decided to make a new band to not throw too many people off,” he said, noting he’d begun on electric guitar in grade school. “I really only switched back to acoustic when I transferred colleges and needed to find a solo alternative, which then brought me back to my percussive guitar playing, which filled the void of not having a band around.”

Brooks Hubbard: Back home again

From the moment he left New England, Brooks Hubbard knew he’d be back. In fact, that was his goal.

In early 2015 Hubbard set out for Los Angeles to grow his music career, but a stop to visit a friend in Nashville changed his mind.

“It offers the same opportunities and cuts out all the Hollywood stuff that I don’t need,” Hubbard said in early March.

“Nashville welcomes you with open arms, whereas L.A. or New York seem to be closed off. … You have to work the networks to get on stage.”

Hubbard managed to leverage the West Coast connections he did have. A drummer he knew who had played with Robert Cray had introduced him to Jackson Browne’s guitarist Val McCallum during a visit there the previous year. In summer 2015, the two played together in White River Junction, Vermont, at a release party for Hubbard’s album Start of Me. McCallum agreed to do the show via text, based on a misunderstanding that turned out well.

“He thought it was a bar gig, but it was actually a ticketed show, and I was playing all original music,” Hubbard said. “He didn’t know any of my songs, but he’s one

of those players that can play anything — he has a great ear.”

After the show, McCallum was insistent that they should “do something together,” Hubbard said. “That was where the seed was planted to make a record, which we eventually got to do in 2017.”

As Hubbard had made the move right after earning his bachelor’s, he approached his new home as a learning experience.

“The first couple of years I was there was just an extension of school,” he said.

“This is what I really want to do, and this is where I need to learn what people do in this industry do to make a living.”

He found that opportunity did not equate to success.

“I always say it’s the home of the greatest and the worst musicians in the world,” he said. “If you want to be one of those great artists or performers, you gotta put in the work. It’s really tough to make a buck in town there, because there’s just so many people that are doing the same thing.”

Hubbard uses the past tense because he recently re-settled in Etna, the New Hampshire town where he grew up and began playing music, inspired by his father, also a musician. He’s now married to the girlfriend he decamped with to Music City seven years ago; they welcomed their first child in April.

The move back came a bit sooner than expected, but the timing turned out for the best.

“It was something that my wife and I had always talked about eventually doing, but the pandemic for sure sped up that plan,” Hubbard said. “Doing livestreaming and even co-writing through Zoom made me realize that you don’t have to physically be in some of those places. If you go there and make the corrections and then keep those connections, it doesn’t really matter where you base yourself.”

See the musicians MB Padfield performs at Bernie’s Beach Bar (73 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 9265050, berniesnh.com) on Monday, May 30, at 7 p.m., and every Saturday afternoon from June until Labor Day. The Senie Hunt Project, with special guest Andrew North, performs at The Stone Church Music Club (5 Granite St., Newmarket, 659-7700, stonechurchrocks.com) on Saturday, May 21, at 6 p.m.

Brooks Hubbard performs at The Goat (20 L St., Hampton, 601-6928, goatnh. com/hampton) on Saturdays, May 14 and May 21, at 9 p.m., and at Bernie’s Beach Bar (73 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 9265050, berniesnh.com) on Wednesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. seacoast scene | MAY 5 - 11, 2022 | Page 5

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People and Places

Connected cause

A look at a New Hampshire effort to help Ukraine Following “An Evening for Ukraine: Art Exhibition & Conversation,” an event she organized that was held on April 11 in Bedford, Ukrainian-American artist Katya Roberts talked about her ongoing efforts in New Hampshire to raise awareness and funds to help people affected by the war in Ukraine.

What’s your personal connection to Ukraine?

I was born and raised in Kyiv, which is the capital of Ukraine. My family immigrated to San Francisco, California, when I was 12.

What was going through your mind during the invasion of Ukraine in Katya Roberts.

February?

When I went to bed the night of Feb. 23, knowing armed forces from Russia were … beginning to cross over [into Ukraine] and bombings were starting to happen, I was just devastated. I cried myself to sleep. I fully expected I’d check the news in the morning and it’d say Ukraine is back to what it used to be, when it was part of the U.S.S.R. and under Russia’s control.

I thought, ‘This is it. I’ll never be able to go back to my home country. I’ll never be able to take my kids there.’ I grieved. It’s hard to explain the feeling your homeland is as good as gone … but it’s been amazing and miraculous to see how Ukrainians have defended their homeland and are fighting for the future of their children. … I’ve gone from feeling absolute despair to feeling really proud of the Ukrainian people.

What are your main efforts?

The realization there could be no Ukraine one day terrified me, and I thought, ‘No. That’s not an option. I can’t stand still.

We have to do something.’ First, I wanted to get information out there so people know what’s actually happening. … I can speak and understand Ukrainian and Russian. …

There’s an online message board internal to Ukraine … and I’m translating and sharing that information … and stories from the ground on social media. … Secondly, I wanted that information to empower people here in the U.S. who want to help … so I’ve been sharing specific things people can do … like reaching out to our government representatives, voicing what the Ukrainians are dealing with, what they’re asking for and what we want to be done. The third thing I’m doing is helping raise funds for refugees. … I’ve been in contact with Inna Sovsun … who’s a Ukrainian parliament member in Kyiv … [to find out] how we can donate so [funds go] directly to people who are actually on the ground.

What’s next for you?

Combining art with a call to action is going to continue being my formula going forward. I have something in the works [to take place] probably in June.

Another thing I’m working on is the idea of an ‘adopt-a-family.’ My family members in Ukraine have identified families whose stories they know intimately who are struggling. Their homes are gone, and even if they returned to the areas they came from, there’s nothing there; they have to start over. Some have family members who passed away due to war or illness because they were no longer able to receive [medical] treatment. Financial hardship is a story we’re hearing over and over; someone’s line of work is no longer viable, or they’re living in another country now that has a much higher cost of living, and they can’t find a job. … I want to take [donated funds] and send them over for [struggling families] to access directly so they can pay for food and lodging. … I’m testing this on a small scale with trusted individuals in my life … and I’ve found someone in my neighborhood … who’s also interested in doing this, so I’m going to partner with them … and pull our efforts together with other people who are thinking along the same lines so we can do this on a larger scale.

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How can people join your efforts?

I’ve created a website … which I’ll be constantly updating with my current efforts and ways people can contribute. In the coming days, for example, there’ll be information on there about how to contact members of Congress, along with some sample letters. … It’ll be a great resource for people. … I’m going to limit it, though, and keep it really simple. I want to make things as easy as possible for busy people who mean well and want to help. … There’s so much being thrown at us all the time, and it’s overwhelming. Part of my work is sorting through everything and taking out a few things to bring to people’s attention. I think that’s more effective than trying to include everything. — Angie Sykeny To follow Katya Roberts and her local efforts to help Ukraine, visit katyaroberts.com/ukraine.

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Car talk

Visits to three repair shops yield three different options Dear Car Talk: I took my 2017 Nissan Murano Platinum to the dealership for my 30,000-mile service. The front brake pads were OK, but they said my rear

By Ray Magliozzi pads were down to 3 millimeters and needed to be replaced.

They suggested replacing those rear pads and resurfacing the rear rotors at a total cost of $330.

I then took my car to a couple of independent repair shops for second and third opinions. The second shop said I only need brake pads on the back, and that the rotors were not that bad. Besides, they said, rotors can’t be resurfaced on newer Nissan models. His quote was $220.

The third shop told me he didn’t want to just replace the pads without new rotors.

He said the old rotors would make the new pads squeal because they were glazed. He also said you can’t resurface the rotors, so they need to be replaced. His price is $380.

So, who is yanking my chain? Is the dealer correct that you can resurface the rotors on newer Nissans, or do the independents know something the dealer doesn’t? — Al

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Technically, any rotor can be removed and resurfaced, Al. The question is whether it makes any sense to do it. We haven’t resurfaced a rotor in 10 years. It’s just not worth it anymore.

Rotors are fairly inexpensive, and for the $50 difference in price, you can have new rotors rather than thinner, resurfaced rotors.

If it were my car, I’d go to guy No. 3 and just do everything at once and be done with it. But based on the number of opinions you sought out, Al, including mine, I’m guessing you’re of a frugal nature. In which case, you can certainly use guy No. 2, and just do the rear pads.

If he’s checked the rear rotors and is sure they’ve got some life left, and they’re not warped, he can deglaze them for you with a sanding disc when he changes the pads. In fact, that may be all the dealer intended to do.

Your mechanic should make sure he uses all the correct hardware and puts the anti-squeal paste on the back of the pads when he installs them. And you may be fine.

And the worst thing that will happen? Your rear brakes may make some noise. If they do, and it bothers you enough, you can always go back and have the guy put in new rear rotors then.

You’ll have to pay for the labor again, which I know is going to frost you, Al. So if you get to that point, there’s always ear plugs. Good luck.

Dear Car Talk: Dear Car Talk: Our 15-year-old grandson is 6 feet 5 I read your column every week. Having inches and growing. He will be driving next been in pest control for 32 years, I’d like year and is trying to find a car that will to comment on your article about rodents “fit” him. Any suggestions? — Sharon chewing on Toyota engine parts.

Having originated from Asia, rats Something with a sunroof? have an instinct based on the bamboo Off the top of my head — no pun intend- they chewed there, because they often ed — the vehicles we’ve driven recently found water or insects inside. Because of with the most headroom have been pickup this, they have an instinct to chew round trucks, which are built with room for cow- things. It’s quite common, from wires to boy hats. hoses. I’ve seen the damage they can do.

The Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport also My advice: Try not to store your vehicle had good headroom, as did — surprisingly outside. Make sure your garage door and — the Subaru Forester, and the Nissan Leaf. any other entrances to your garage have You might Google “best vehicles for tall less than a 1/4-inch gap to the ground. people” to get some more ideas for your And last, but most importantly, try not shopping list, Sharon. Look for at least 40 to store things on the floor of the garage inches of headroom. against the walls. Keep things at least 9 If possible, look for a power seat with inches off the ground — on shelves if posheight adjustment. That way, he can low- sible. That’s their main hideout, and if er it all the way down and make room for they’re exposed, they won’t want to hang his bouffant. around. — Dave Depending on how Junior’s parts fit together, leg room could be equally, if not Thanks, Dave. I’m not up on my ancient more, important. So, look for 40-plus inch- rat history. But I am going right out to the es of front leg room, too. garage now to move my emergency supAnd when you’re done solving this prob- ply of cheddar cheese off the floor. lem for him, Sharon, your next letter should be to “Door Talk.”

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FOOD

Meals for mom

Where to go for Mother’s Day eats Treat Mom to a brunch, lunch or dinner at one of these restaurants serving up specials for Mother’s Day. • Atlantic Grill (5 Pioneer Road, Rye, 433-3000, theatlanticgrill.com) will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, serving its full menu in addition to Mother’s Day specials, like lemon blueberry pancakes, ricotta doughnuts with raspberry and chocolate dipping sauces, avocado toast, grilled boneless pork chops and roasted halibut. Reservations are highly recommended.

• CR’s The Restaurant (287 Exeter Road, Hampton, 929-7972, crstherestaurant.com) will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, serving various Mother’s Day specials.

• Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Cafe (150 Congress St., Portsmouth, 766-3474, jumpinjays.com) will serve a special Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring items like poached eggs Benedict, bananas Foster Belgian waffles, whipped avocado toasts and Florentine omelets, as well as a raw seafood bar and various brunch cocktails. They’ll also be open for dinner from 5 to 8 p.m.

• Roundabout Diner & Lounge (580 Portsmouth Traffic Circle, Portsmouth, 431-1440, roundaboutdiner.com) will serve a special Mother’s Day brunch buffet on Sunday, May 8, with seatings offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The buffet will feature a prime rib carving station, Belgian waffles, cinnamon bun French toast, roasted pork loin, baked haddock and more. The cost for the meal is $29.95 for adults and $15.95 for kids.

All mothers will also receive a complimentary mimosa.

• SALT Kitchen & Bar (Wentworth by the Sea, 588 Wentworth Road, New Castle, 373-6566, saltkitchenandbar. com) will serve a special Mother’s Day brunch buffet in its ballroom on Sunday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a New England raw bar, a deluxe chilled salad buffet, a farm fresh egg and omelet station, a Belgian waffle station, an artisan cheese display, a prime rib carving station and more. The cost is $89.95 per person and $26.95 for kids under 12. The restaurant will also serve a Mother’s Day dinner from 1 to 9 p.m., offering various plated

specials, like grilled filet of beef, panseared Scottish salmon, Bell & Evans chicken piccata and pasta ravioli with local mushrooms and sauteed spring greens in a house pomodoro sauce. The cost for the dinner is $69.95 per person and $26.95 for kids under 12.

• Tucker’s (238 Indian Brook Road, Dover, 413-5470, tuckersnh.com) will be open during its normal business hours for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 8, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., serving its full breakfast menu in addition to its lunch menu beginning at 11 a.m. Seating will be first come, first served (no call-aheads).

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Food

at Whoa Nellie Food Truck Childhood friends Kim Goddard and Nadia Wajda worked together at Betty’s Kitchen in North Hampton while in junior high school. Goddard would eventually purchase the restaurant, while Wajda, who went on to work in the medical field, worked with Goddard on the restaurant’s food truck on the weekends. The truck is contracted to serve lunch Monday through Friday at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and when Wajda learned that they were looking to add a second truck, she decided to jump into the business. Whoa Nellie Food Truck (whoanelliefoodtruck. com), which launched earlier this year, is Betty’s Kitchen’s new “sidekick.” Wajda, with the help of her daughter Victoria and two other employees, serves up a menu of comfort eats that includes burgers, wraps, sandwiches, fried foods and more. The truck’s whereabouts are posted regularly on social media. In addition to being at the Shipyard, Whoa Nellie makes a monthly appearance at Exeter Hospital and has some public and private events lined up, including the Party on Park fundraising event, happening Saturday, June 4, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Centre School in Hampton (53 Winnacunnet Road). The Scene recently chatted with Wajda about some of her picks for must-try items from the food truck.

How long has the Whoa Nellie Food Truck been around?

[Since] February of this year. … Before that, I’d say from October to January was basically spent finding the truck, establishing the menu and getting all the paperwork and everything to make it official.

What is your personal favorite menu item?

Our grilled Cajun chicken sandwich. I make the marinade for the chicken, and it’s a Cajun marinade. It’s done on the grill with melted American cheese, and then we serve it on a fresh bulkie [roll] with shredded lettuce, freshly sliced tomato, and I make a What makes the Whoa Nellie Food Cajun aioli that goes on it. It’s super good.

It’s just the right amount of spice without it Truck unique?

I think just that it’s two best friends and being like a Buffalo type of sauce. a daughter running it. That makes it pretty unique. … I also love our name, and I have What is something that everyone to say that our truck looks pretty cool. I should try? designed the wrap to kind of resemble the I’d say the most unique item on our menu Seacoast, but also to make the truck look is … the pizza fried dough. We make the fried a little girly. dough crust in the frialator, and then we top it

Photos courtesy of Whoa Nellie Food Truck.

What is an essential skill to running with our pizza marinara [and] fresh shredded mozzarella cheese, and we melt that on the a food truck?

I believe that it’s customer retention, [so] grill. Then we slice it, so the dough is fluffy inside, yet super crispy on the outside. It’s making them happy and serving them a great product. … If the food makes you feel good really good. It’s actually too good. and the staff makes you smile, then that’s What celebrity would you like to see what makes someone keep coming back. ordering from your truck?

What is your favorite thing about I have a specialty sandwich that I named the “Parm-o-nator,” and I make the guys at being on the Seacoast?

I grew up in Rye, two minutes from the the Shipyard order it in an Arnold [Schwarzenegger] voice at the window … so it beach, so I don’t think I’d ever be able to would be pretty cool if Arnie showed up be away from the beach. I love water, I love and asked for the “Parm-o-nator.” … It’s a the four seasons, and this is also where my wrap with marinara sauce, shredded moz- family is, so I can’t imagine being anyzarella cheese, crispy chicken tenders and where else. It’s truly home.

— Matt Ingersoll mozzarella sticks.

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food

Authentic

Mexican Food

Try this at home

But don’t worry, it’s the same delicious Blackberry Cello made by hand right here in Meredith using a generations-old secret family recipe, with 3/4 LB of anti-oxidant rich blackberries in every bottle. It’s just dressed a bit more formally.

Chocolate-covered cherry biscotti Mother’s Day is only a few days away.

Let me offer some advice. Don’t order an overpriced bouquet of flowers. Skip the candy store and its box of chocolates.

Instead, make her a homemade gift, like these biscotti made from the heart, and delicious!

Biscotti may be the perfect baked good to give as a gift. You can make them in advance, and they won’t lose any of their texture or flavor. They’re meant to be crunchy. Plus, they will keep well once delivered, so the recipient can savor them as slowly as she wants.

If you decide to make these, there are two ingredient notes. First, you must use dried cherries. Fresh cherries are way too juicy to be part of a cookie that is meant to be crisp. Second, I recommend using milk chocolate chips because I prefer a sweeter chocolate. However, you definitely could switch to semisweet or dark chocolate, if the recipient prefers.

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Chocolate-covered cherry biscotti. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler

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Using a butcher’s knife, cut the loaves into diagonal slices, ½ inch thick.

Place slices on the baking sheet with the cut ⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened sides down. Bake for 8 to 9 minutes.

1¼ cups granulated sugar Turn over slices, and bake for 8 to 9 min2 eggs utes more.

1 teaspoon vanilla extract Remove biscotti from oven and allow to 2 cups all-purpose flour cool completely on a baking rack.

1 teaspoon baking powder Combine chocolate and shortening in a ¼ teaspoon salt small microwave-safe bowl.

1 cup chopped dried cherries Microwave for 30 seconds, then stir. ½ cup milk chocolate chips Continue heating chocolate in 15-second 1 teaspoon shortening increments, stirring in between, until chocolate glaze is smooth.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using a spoon, spread a layer of glaze on Beat butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand the top of each biscotti. mixer on speed 2 for 2 minutes.

Return to parchment paper-lined tray.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating until Refrigerate for 15 minutes to set glaze. incorporated.

Add vanilla extract, beating until smooth.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.

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Stir cherries into dough.

Divide dough in half.

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The event, which began in 2002, has handed out millions of copies of specially published comics to people looking to find new stories or rediscover old favorites. Each shop has individual policies regarding how many releases one may take, and which books are available.

The day is intended to commemorate each shop and celebrate small businesses and their love for the art of comic books. FCBD is a day of appreciation for not only paperback comics, but graphic novels, figurines and other related collectibles.

Double Midnight Comics, with stores in both Concord and Manchester, is hosting a couple of well-recognized guests to help celebrate this day and intrigue enthusiasts statewide. Its Manchester store will celebrate 20 years in business this July; the Concord store opened eight years ago, relocating from Main Street to Loudon Road this past October. “[For] our Manchester store, we bill it as a big … extravaganza,” store owner Chris Proulx said. “We had people, pre-Covid, who would line up on Wednesday. There’s people [who] will camp out for a few days ahead of time. … It almost turns into a block party in our parking lot.”

Proulx has high hopes that this FCBD will enter back into the realm of normalcy, as the pandemic forced its cancellation in 2020 and rescheduling to the summer last year. Unfortunately, this led to a much smaller turnout compared to previous years. Proulx said that the Concord location will be for customers looking to simply stop by and look around at their own pace.

It is more of an ideal location for younger kids in need of more of a relaxed browsing scene. Proulx looks forward to the release of The Electric Black, which was produced

by New Englanders Joseph Schmalke and Rich Woodall, both of whom will appear at the Manchester store that day.

Jetpack Comics & Games in Rochester is another local shop anticipating a substantial turnout for FCBD this year. Store manager Rich Brunelle described the event as a citywide attraction, saying that

they look to help promote other small businesses by hiding comics at various locations.

“We have a ton of businesses around town that are involved in it as well,” Brunelle said. “We basically treat it like a scavenger hunt, where you can go to each one of the businesses, and at each one they give you more free comics.”

Brunelle said those who take part in the scavenger hunt and pick up a comic from each business are eligible for special prizes once the search is complete.

In addition to this daylong scavenger hunt, there is a cosplay contest, a mini convention hall at Governor’s Inn, food trucks and more. A couple of guests include legends Steve Lavigne and Jim Lawson, best-known for their work in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics.

Brunelle added that this particular location once held the largest FCBD in the country.

After battling some hardships FCBD is back, and fans statewide should plan on attending fun events with no limitations on any of the festivities planned throughout the day.

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Film reviews by amy diaz

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (R)

Nicolas Cage is Nicolas Cage in the delightfully Cage-ian blend of action, comedy and absurdity that is The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

Nicolas Cage, or at least a Nicolas Cage, is an actor, beloved for The Rock and Con Air and what have you, but now looking for his way back to movie stardom, not that he ever went anywhere (as he’s always quick to clarify). His struggles between wanting Serious Actor Roles and wanting to be a Freakin’ Movie Star, as personified by Nicky, a smooth-of-skin, smooth-of-brain younger Cage-ier version of himself that older Nick sometimes talks to, have him all twisted up in existential angst knots. Also, the extremely large hotel bill he’s accumulated since his separation from wife Olivia (Sharon Horgan) makes the need to keep working not just an artistic one but a serious financial one.

When he doesn’t get a much-longed-for part, he unravels, embarrassing his teenage daughter Addy (Lily Sheen) at her birthday party and finding himself locked out of his hotel room. Reluctantly, he agrees to do the job brought to him by his agent Richard (Neil Patrick Harris), to be essentially birthday party entertainment for rich Spanish guy Javi (Pedro Pascal) at his mansion in Mallorca.

Javi is a Nick Cage superfan — and, Cage is relieved to learn, Javi’s secret isn’t that he wants Cage to do anything weird but that he wants him to read (and maybe star in?) the screenplay Javi wrote.

Cage finds himself having fun hanging out with Javi — but then the visit takes a very Nicholas Cage movie turn.

Javi had been under surveillance by some U.S. government intelligence agents looking to bring down not just Javi but also a secretive high-level mob figure.

When it’s Cage and not the mafioso who comes out of Javi’s private plane, CIA agents Vivian (Tiffany Haddish) and Martin (Ike Barinholtz) decide to follow Cage

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and eventually ask him to help them spy on Javi. They believe that Javi is actually an international criminal himself and is behind the recent kidnapping of a Catalonian politician’s daughter. Thus begins the, like, triple meta swirl of Nicolas Cage’s Nicolas Cage performance performance as the movie’s Cage is trying to figure out his career, his family and what to make of this odd new friendship with Javi while he also engages in spycraft.

I don’t know if Nicolas Cage here is actually the most game actor ever but he is super game in how inside the whole Nicolas Cage late-career icon status thing he is willing to go. It’s delightful to see someone have so much goofy fun with his own persona. At several points, “Nicolas Cage” and Javi are basically playing Nicolas Cage movie, the way kids back in the day might “play Star Wars,” and both actors are able to do this with an earnest wholeheartedness without winking at the screen. It’s giddy without being too silly, it’s fun without making fun.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent both is the unapologetic actor vehicle that it appears to be and is so much more charming and joyful than that. ARated R for language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and violence, according to the MPA on filmratings.com.

Directed by Tom Gormican and written

by Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is an hour and 47 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Lionsgate.

The Bad Guys (PG)

An Ocean’s 11-like team of animals with reputations for trouble consider leaving behind their lives of crime in The Bad Guys, a cute if chatty animated heist movie based on the children’s books.

Wolf (voice of Sam Rockwell) and Snake (voice of Marc Maron) are very much the George Clooney and Brad Pitt of this crew; we first meet them relaxedly exchanging patter in a diner — where scared patrons are plastered against the wall — before heading out to rob a nearby bank. They’re joined by their crew — Shark (voice of Craig Robinson), Tarantula (voice of Awkwafina) and Piranha (voice of Anthony Ramos) — and execute a pretty good getaway. But later, the fox governor Diane Foxington (voice of Zazie Beetz) pooh-poohs the crew’s abilities and hypes the upcoming Good Samaritan Golden Dolphin award.

Wolf takes this as a personal challenge and decides the crew should steal the Golden Dolphin, which they do — almost. They’re caught and on their way

to jail when Professor Marmalade (voice of Richard Ayoade), a guinea pig who is the winner of the Good Samaritan award, offers to make it his mission to rehabilitate the animals. Wolf decides that “turning good” makes the perfect cover for a future con, and Snake, who is particularly partial to guinea pig as a cuisine, and the crew go along. But Wolf also finds himself occasionally feeling good when he’s told that he has done good. If he and his crew of scary animals really do walk the straight and narrow, will they be able to get others to see beyond the stereotype?

The movie has a bouncy Ocean’s-forkids vibe, with jokiness that, at least for kids who can appreciate talkier humor, keeps the story feeling upbeat even when characters are in conflict. Sure, if you’re looking for some “good for you” elements, the movie lightly touches on the idea of caring for others and not judging people by their appearance, but to me these elements all felt thinner than the movie seemed to think they were. B Rated PG for action and rude humor, according to the MPA on filmratings.com.

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Book review

The Homewreckers, by Mary Kay Andrews (St. Martin’s Press, 437 pages) Mary Kay Andrews is, by many accounts, “queen of the beach read,” although Elin Hilderbrand would probably like a word about that. So would Emily Henry, the Ohio author who published a book called Beach Read in 2020.

It’s a little early for beach reading in New England, but Andrews’ latest, The Homewreckers, is a doorstop of a novel at 437 pages, so if you start now, you might finish by Labor Day. Hard-working readers can get through it quicker, but not without pain.

It’s not that Andrews isn’t an expert wordsmith; she’s written 30 books in 30 years and so has well more than 10,000 hours invested in her craft. It’s just that the story isn’t interesting enough to hold our attention for that long. As either Blaise Pascal or Mark Twain said (depending on which book of quotations you consult), they would have written shorter if they’d had more time. Andrews must have written The Homewreckers very quickly.

The premise is decent enough: A Hollywood producer visiting the charming Deep South town of Savannah, Georgia, encounters Hattie Kavanaugh, a young woman who works with her father-in-law restoring homes. In a bit of slapstick comedy that serves little purpose other than setting up a scene for a TV movie, the producer literally falls through a rotting kitchen floor on top of her.

Although Hattie is a widow who’s still not fully recovered from her husband’s death in an accident, she operates in the high rungs of Maslow’s tiers of selfactualization and is not impressed by the credentials of the man who fell on her while she was crawling around under the house inspecting its plumbing. She merely observes to her friend and co-contractor that Mo Lopez appears to have all his teeth before shooing him away.

Mo, however, has not only teeth but vision. He works for a TV network that specializes in home fix-up reality shows; his most recent was Killer Garages and he needs a new show. He sees past Hattie’s grungy work boots and dirty coveralls and sees a TV star. Also, in case we need to know on page 17 where this is going, he sees “hazel eyes and full lips,” someone who “had that fresh-faced girl-next-doorthing going on, her hair in a careless pony tail. Slender, but curvy in the right places.”

He — and I quote — “couldn’t manage to get Hannie Kavanaugh off his mind.”

At this point, you might be tempted to toss The Homewreckers and look for a

mountain read instead, but give the queen of beach reads her due. There are challenges to be overcome here, not least of which is that Hattie Kavanaugh has no interest in being a star of a reality show. She does need money, however, and it doesn’t take long for Mo to convince Hattie to be part of a show called “Saving Savannah” — pitched to her as a sort of love letter to her work.

The show would follow her as she takes a deteriorating home with good bones and loves it back to life. Hattie thinks hopefully that something like this might inspire other people to do the same.

In her first reel of video, she says, with sweet sincerity, “I’m Hattie Kavanagh. And I’m saving Savannah. One old house at a time.”

Problem is, the cynical executive back in L.A. doesn’t see anyone watching that sappy drivel. So she renames the show and revamps the concept. “Homewreckers” will be “the space where a dating show meets a flip show.” She sends in a sexy, big-city designer to “help” Hattie, in hopes that there will be real-life sizzle between them, to add to the drama.

Hattie, of course, doesn’t know this.

Mo, who knows it, doesn’t like it. But Hattie has signed the contract, and off to the races they go.

This seems enough drama for a beach read, but there’s also a murder mystery entwined, which is kind of distasteful, given the lighthearted fare that surrounds it. “Love, murder and faulty wiring” is the tagline on the cover.

Three of these things are not like the others.

“Let’s throw in the murder of a 25-year-old mother” to add complexity to a beach read is a painful stretch.

Ultimately, the problem with The Homewreckers is not the bloated verbiage, or the predictable ending, or the never-ending yapping about Savannah, but that I didn’t care about the characters to hang with them as long as was required of me. This was surprising because Hattie is not a one-dimensional character; she is still mourning her husband and has a fraught relationship with her felonious dad; there are layers to this story, and genuine humor. Hattie’s father-in-law is named Tug and has a penchant for exclaiming “Jesus, Mary and Fred.” And Andrews can throw out some good lines as when she has Mo tell Hattie she smells like rainbows and joint compound.

Granted, I’m a person who thinks a beach read is a magazine — something easy to hold and easy to discard when it gets wet and smells like beer. So maybe you’ll love it. But more likely, Elin Hilderbrand has nothing to fear. B- — Jennifer Graham

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Laugh along with Bob Marley Bob Marley is a tonic for our troubled times — the comedian, not the reggae music legend, who had his own ways to soothe the masses.

The Maine funny man focuses on life’s everyday absurdities, carefully avoiding politics.

“I don’t dip my foot in it; I just talk about myself and my family,” he said in a recent phone interview. “I always tell [the audience], ‘There’s no way you leave here and not feel better about your family.’”

To illustrate his point, Marley recounted how his sister showed up at a past family gathering limping in a leg brace.

“I go, ‘Do you got polio?’ and she’s like, ‘No, I don’t got polio, you loser. I fell in Shaw’s parking lot.’”

When his Aunt Teresa urges her to sue, Marley asks how she fell. Hearing her answer, he opined, “I’m no Matlock, but I’m pretty sure you can’t sue Shaw’s for tripping over your own shoelace.”

Not giving up, Aunt Teresa suggests the Sokolove Law firm, but she mispronounces the name in a very NSFW way that ends with the words “him” and “off.”

“I’m like, ‘OK, let me get a pen, because that’s going in,’” Marley said. “It’s like a plethora.”

Marley keeps his material fresher than a Whole Foods salad bar. Potential future topics may include his mother’s outsized response to

Elvis Presley’s passing after she learned about it in Lum’s Restaurant while the family dined.

“She’s crying and my father’s kind of putting her in her place, going, ‘We’re in Lum’s for chrissake’ — like it was Tavern on the Green,” he said.

Short, portly and full of opinions, Cousin Wayne is another fan favorite.

“My act is like an ongoing sitcom,” Marley said.

His relative, he said, is “that guy that you don’t really want around, but he’s always around … very critical of others, and of all the sports teams.”

“At Christmas, we told him to come at 3 in the afternoon, and he showed up at 8 in the morning,” Marley continued. “I’m like, ‘A little bit early, aren’t we, Wayne?’ He goes, ‘Oh, jeez! OK, Timex.’”

After two challenging years, Marley is relishing the return of big crowds and a packed schedule. He has five shows at Blue Ocean Music Hall coming up and is already booked for another run there in July.

“We got as much as we can cram in there,” he said. “It’s coming back full force.”

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A lifetime ago, Marley left New England to chase fame in L.A. Fortunately for hometown fans, it didn’t pan out, even if he did land a role in the 1999 film Boondock Saints. Eventually, he returned and became a fixture on the regional comedy scene. Among the fond memories of Marley’s West Coast time is a friendship forged with comic Bob Saget, who died in January.

“He was just the best guy,” Marley said, recalling how Saget would take him with other comics to velvet rope joints like Skybar on the Sunset Strip, “which is like, no way; you’re not getting in unless you’re Joaquin Phoenix, but he says we’re going out … the line’s a hundred people long, and we just walk in with him. No one’s paying; he’s buying everything. He was always like that.”

After also mourning the recent passing of comedy legend Gilbert Gottfried and of comics — and personal friends of Marley’s — Louie Anderson and Norm MacDonald, the conversation turned to the positive news that, in August, Bill Burr would become the first standup to headline a show at Fenway Park.

“He’s the best guy for the job,” Marley said.

“Bill Burr is one of these comedians that every other comedian roots for, for a bunch of reasons.

He’s hilarious, he’s just a wicked nice guy, and he’s super helpful to all these comedians … just a good dude.”

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Saturday, May 7

Hampton Bogies: live music, 7 p.m.

L Street: live music, 6:30 p.m.; karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Smuttynose: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m.; Joanie Cicatelli Duo, 5:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Kentucky Derby, 5 p.m.: Rosie, 9 p.m.

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

Portsmouth Gas Light Pub: Amanda Dane Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

The Press Room: Will Evans, 8 p.m.

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It’s good news for everyone in the industry, he continued. “Anytime a comedian does really, really well, I applaud,” he said. “It instills confidence in the business. … People look at it and go, ‘Oh, wow, standup comedy really sells, so maybe we should book more comedians.’ It only helps the other guys.”

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Hampton L Street: karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

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Hampton Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

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Gemini (May 21 – June 20) The squirrel declared, ‘I’m here to plant trees. Trees are where I sleep.’ Don’t forget to make your bed.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) ‘I can’t find any grubs!’ a voice cried. It was the saddest ground beetle he had ever seen. You can help cheer up a friend.

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) ‘Why are you talking to a fox?!’ cried a squirrel. Carl was startled. You may meet an inquisitive squirrel.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) But the birds had flown off … the bear trundled away … soon there was nobody left to talk to. You can use some “me” time to read a book or do the laundry.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) ‘Why do I do what I do?’ asked Carl. ‘Who do I do it for?’ ‘For whom,’ replied the fox.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Clover blossomed once again, and the rabbit came back with her kits. Spring is still in the air.

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The passing parade

On April 25, the Oklahoma Election Board ruled that state Rep. Sean Roberts, who is running for labor commissioner, cannot be listed on the ballot as “The Patriot,” as he had hoped to be, KFORTV reported. “I’m not surprised they ruled I had to change my name,” Roberts said. “Back in my area, in the grassroots, I’m generally known as The Patriot.” He claimed between 200 and 600 people know him by that name. Roberts’ opponent and current labor commissioner Leslie Osborn said Roberts has appeared on seven previous ballots as Kevin Sean Roberts or Sean Roberts, and that he is not generally known as The Patriot. Roberts is considering appealing the decision.

Crash collector

Everyone needs a hobby. Christina Warren is a busy software developer, but in her free time, she collects the swag of epic corporate failure: from Enron to Fyre Festival to her latest acquisition, a PopSocket branded with the CNN+ logo.

NPR reported that Warren isn’t interested in milquetoast meltdowns. She wants stuff from the companies that made a big splash and then sank to the bottom of the barrel. “I’m looking at the ones that were flying high, too close to the sun,” she said, which “makes it funnier to be out someplace wearing a shirt from one of those things.” But she doesn’t want to

spend more than $75 on any one item.

She avoids counterfeit merchandise, and said her “white whale, the thing I haven’t been able to obtain yet, is something officially from Theranos. I would even take a pen, you know, like a ballpoint pen.”

Squirrel!

A 78-year-old man in Slidell, Louisiana, was unable to get a good grip on a squirrel that was attacking him on April 26, possibly because the squirrel was “eating his hand,” according to Slidell police. KATC-TV News reported that the man was trying to choke the squirrel, who inflicted “significant injuries” on the victim. (He is expected to make a full recovery.) Police said the man was walking around outside when the varmint came at him from the direction of the roof without any provocation. In a prescient pre-scold, police said while the story might sound funny, the incident was serious. So stop laughing.

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pany,” he said. He noted that everything is easier now, with mobile phones and internet connections, but he no longer travels like he used to. “You have to like to work.

You can’t just do any job to say that you are working,” Orthmann advised.

repairing shattered windows, instead covering them with plastic. “When it hits, it sounds like a gunshot,” Athina said. “We’re always on edge,” Erik added. A Plymouth County Superior Court jury sympathized and awarded them $4.93 million. The club is now launching an appeal and has worked with the Bright idea Deborah Hodge, 49, of the Sid- course’s architect to find solutions for cup area of London, has been forced the errant projectiles. to rehome three pets because previous landlords wouldn’t allow them, but she Crime report couldn’t bear the thought of being sepaWith the help of a fine feathered rated from her current cat, India, Metro friend, investigators in Buncombe CounNews reported. So Hodge came up with ty, North Carolina, are finally wrapping a plan: She would marry India, making it a cold (duck) case from 2020, WLOSmore difficult for a landlord to separate TV reported. Nellie Sullivan, a woman them. India wore gold lame and Hodge in her 90s, was determined to be missing donned a tuxedo for the big event, where in 2020, but her body was never located. a friend presided over the wedding vows Nevertheless, her granddaughter, Angela in a London park. “We cannot be separat- Wamsley, 46, and Wamsley’s boyfriend, ed under any circumstances, as she is as Mark Barnes, 50, were arrested in Decemimportant to me as the children,” Hodge ber 2020 on multiple charges, including concealing a death. On April 14, a couple said. “I refuse to be parted with her.” out walking their pet duck discovered a container after the duck wandered under Fore!

Erik and Athina Tenczar bought their a trailer where Wamsley and Barnes once home abutting the Indian Pond Country lived. Sullivan’s remains were inside. “If Club golf course in Kingston, Massachu- I could give that duck a medal, I would,” setts, for the beautiful views. However, said Sgt. Mark Walker. He said Wamsley they ended up suing the club over the and Barnes continued to collect Sul600+ golf balls that have left dents and livan’s Social Security and retirement shattered windows in their home over benefits and fill her prescriptions after five years, NBC News reported. The her demise.

In January 1938, Walter Orthmann started work in the shipping department at Industrias Renaux S.A., a textile company in Brusque, Brazil, at the age of 15. Eighty-four years later, he still works there, now as a sales manager, Oddity Central reported. Orthmann turned 100 years old on April 19, but he has no plans to retire: “I like working here at the com- couple said they’ve long since stopped

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