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Art

• The New Hampshire Art Association presents “New Faces,” a college art exhibition, at NHAA’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) now through May 29.

Visit nhartassociation.org.

• The New Hampshire Art Association presents its “Body of Work II” show at NHAA’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) now through May 29. Visit nhartassociation.org.

• The New Hampshire Art Association presents “Life Re-Imagined,” an exhibition of graphite drawings by Barbara Morse, at NHAA’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) now through May 29.

Visit nhartassociation.org.

• The New Hampshire Art Association presents “Garden Blossoms,” an exhibition of work by photographer Renee Giffroy, at The Art Center (1 Washington St., Dover) now through June 30. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, June 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. Visit nhartassociation.org.

• The New Hampshire Art Association presents “Call and Response,” a collaborative exhibition by photographer Claudia Rippee and painter Angelique Luro, at NHAA’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery (136 State St., Portsmouth) June 2 through June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit nhartassociation.org.

• The Hampton Falls Liberty Craft Festival takes place on Saturday, July 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, July 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hampton Falls town common (4 Lincoln Ave.). More than 75 juried artisans will feature their work. Visit castleberryfairs.com.

Fairs & festivals

• Catch the annual NH Maker Fest at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) on Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event showcases a variety of vendors from engineers and scientists to artists, chefs and more. Admission is on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a suggested donation of $5 per person. Visit childrens-museum. org.

• Market Square Day, returning to downtown Portsmouth on Saturday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., features dozens of local craft and artisan vendors, along with two live performance stages, a 10K road race and more. Visit proportsmouth.org.

• Don’t miss the 22nd annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Classic, happening Thursday, June 16, through Saturday, June 18. There will be multiple award ceremonies, with prizes for the best sand sculptures, along with a fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. The sculptures will then be lighted for nightly viewing through June 26. Visit hamptonbeach.org.

• The 40th annual Somersworth International Children’s Festival will be held on Main Street and Noble Pines Park in Somersworth

Several anniversary screenings are on the schedule at Regal Fox Run in Newington.

Smokey and the Bandit (PG, 1977) will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a screening on Sunday, May 29. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Judy Garland’s birth with screenings of The Wizard of Oz (1939) on Sunday, June 5. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a screening on Sunday, June 12. The Fifth Element (PG-13, 1997) celebrates its 25th with a screening on Sunday, June 26, and Wednesday, June 29. See Liza Minelli in Cabaret (PG, 1972), celebrating its 50th, on Sunday, July 17. Finish out the summer by yelling “Khaaaaan!” at Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (PG, 1982) celebrating its 40th with screenings Sunday, Sept. 4; Monday, Sept. 5, and Thursday, Sept. 8.

• The Prescott Park Arts Festival has nine movies on the schedule for screening in Prescott Park in Portsmouth. On Friday, June 10, catch Soul (PG, 2020) at 8:30 p.m., screened in collaboration with the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. A $5 per person donation is suggested to make a reservation (with other options for a table or blanket).

The Monday Night Movie Series kicks off on Monday, June 27, at 8:30 p.m. with a screening of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13, 2012). The rest of the lineup includes Encanto (PG, 2021) on Monday, July 11, at 8:30 p.m.; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (PG, 1980) on Monday, July 18, at 8:30 p.m.; Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13, 2012) on Monday, July 25, at 8:30 p.m.; Clue (PG, 1985) on Monday, Aug. 1, at 8:30 p.m.; Grease: Sing-Along (1978) on Monday Aug. 8, at 8:30 p.m.; Hook (PG, 1991) on Monday, Aug. 22, at 8:30 p.m., and The Wizard of Oz (1939) on Monday, Aug. 29, at 8:30 p.m.

• If you spend a summer Monday at the beach, finish your day at the coast with Movie Night Mondays on Hampton Beach (next to the playground) starting July 11 at dusk (approximately 8:22 p.m. for that first movie and then a few minutes earlier for each subsequent film).

The films run weekly through Aug. 29, admission is free, bring a chair or blanket. The lineup of family-friendly films kicks off with Paw Patrol (G, 2021) on July 11. See hamptonbeach.

Film org for the full schedule and the approximate • Get a mix of current films and broadcasts dusk times; rain days are Tuesdays. of theatrical productions at The Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, theFood musichall.org). The current schedule includes • Farm-a-Q: A Juneteenth Celebration screenings of Memoria (PG, 2022) on Thurs- returns to Tuckaway Farm (36 Captain Smith day, May 26, at 7 p.m.; The Outfit (R, 2022) on Emerson Road, Lee) on Sunday, June 19, from Friday, May 27, at 7 p.m.; Marvelous and the noon to 5 p.m. The event is a collaboration Black Hole (2021) on Saturday, May 28, at 3 celebration with the Portsmouth Black Herip.m., and the 2020 documentary A Race to Alas- tage Trail, Indonesian Community Connect, ka on Saturday, May 28, at 7 p.m. Upcoming the Cowasuck Band of the Penacook Abenaki theater includes Kinky Boots on Wednesday, People and other local community groups, and June 1, at 7 p.m. and Henry V (featuring Kit features foraging walks, craft brews, barbecue “Jon Snow” Harrington in the lead role) on options and more. The cost is $35 per person, Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m. $25 for students and seniors and free for kids • Fathom Events (fathomevents.com) has a under 5. Find Tuckaway Farm on Facebook @ packed schedule during the summer months. tuckawayfarmnh.

on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Enjoy live music, food, local vendors, rides, wildlife encounters and a variety of other children’s activities, including — new this year — a Touch-A-Truck area. A pre-festival celebration night is taking place the night before, on Friday, June 17, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Somersworth High School (11 Memorial Drive) and will include a fireworks display. Visit nhfestivals.org.

• TEAM Exeter’s Arts & Music Festival dates continue on the third Saturday of each month, now through September: June 18, July 16, Aug. 20 and Sept. 17. There will be live music, artisan vendors, dance performances, cultural exhibits, children’s activities and more.

There is a suggested donation of $10 per person and $20 per family. Visit teamexeter.com.

• Save the date for the 32nd annual American Independence Festival, happening at the American Independence Museum (1 Governors Lane, Exeter) on Saturday, July 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features several historical reenactments, colonial artisan demonstrations and children’s activities. Visit independencemuseum.org.

• In lieu of this year’s Stratham Fair, which has been canceled, a new one-day community event known as the Stratham 4H Summerfest will be held on Saturday, July 16. The singleday family experience will showcase several 4H programs and livestock, along with a limited menu of food offerings. Email strathamfairinfo@gmail.com.

• Catch the 15th annual Hampton Beach Children’s Festival, happening during the week of Monday, Aug. 15, through Friday, Aug. 19, during which there will be magic shows, a costume parade, dancing, storytellers, balloons, ice cream and more. All activities are free and open to the public. Visit hamptonbeach.org.

• The Exeter UFO Festival will return to downtown Exeter on Saturday, Sept. 3, and Sunday, Sept. 4 — the event commemorates the anniversary of the Exeter Incident (an alleged UFO sighting on Sept. 3, 1965) by featuring a wide variety of educational lectures on the subject, plus intergalactic children’s games and food, all to benefit the Exeter Area Kiwanis Club. Visit exeterufofestival.org.

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• Don’t miss the third annual Kingston Brewfest, happening on Saturday, June 25, from 2 to 6 p.m. at 148 Main St. in Kingston.

The event will feature pours from more than 30 local breweries, as well as food trucks, live music, games and more. Tickets are $40 per person, or $7 for designated drivers. Visit kingstonbrewfest.com.

• The Spicy Shark presents the inaugural New England Hot Sauce Fest, a new event coming to Smuttynose Brewing Co. (105 Towle Farm Road, Hampton) on Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature more than 20 local hot sauce companies selling and offering samples of all of their spicy products, along with hot pepper eating contests, a hot wing contest, food trucks, bounce houses, music and more. General admission tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation and the Seacoast Science Center. Visit newenglandhotsaucefest.com.

• Food Truck Festivals of America will present the eighth annual Portsmouth Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at Cisco Brewers (35 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth) on Sunday, Aug. 21, with general admission from noon to 5 p.m. and VIP admission beginning at 11 a.m. General admission is $5 in advance and $10 at the door, with VIP admission $25 (in advance online only). Visit showpass.com/portsmouth.

Nature

• Saturday, June 4, is New Hampshire Fish and Game’s Free Fishing Day, when state residents and nonresidents are allowed to fish any inland water or saltwater in New Hampshire without a fishing license. Visit wildlife. state.nh.us.

• Join the Seacoast Science Center (570 Ocean Blvd., Rye) for World Ocean Day on Sunday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature hands-on games, educational activities, naturalist-led tide pooling sessions, food trucks, a beach clean-up, a lifesize inflatable whale and more. Visit seacoastsciencecenter.org for the full schedule.

Music

• Ripe plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, May 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $29.50.

• Darci Lynne performs at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Sunday, May 29, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $29.50 to $55.

• Alex Cuba comes to the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Sunday, May 29, 6 and 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

• Lee Brice performs at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) Thursday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $61 to $89.

Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, July 2, at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $25.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents The Brothers Comatose on Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• Garbage rocks Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Wednesday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $39.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Fruition on Friday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth).

General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• The Fab Four Ultimate Tribute plays the music of the Beatles at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Friday, July 8, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $19 to $40.

• Get The Led Out pays tribute to the music of Led Zeppelin at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $31.

• Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo come to Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Tuesday, July 12, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $35 to $197.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Watchhouse on Wednesday, July 13, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark. org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Dustbowl Revival on Sunday, July 17, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark. org.

• Liz Frame & the Kickers come to the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 4362400, themusichall.org) on Friday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents John Moreland with The Dead Tongues on Wednesday, July 20, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth).

General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Deer Tick on Thursday, July 21, at 7 p.m., at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark. org.

• Dark Desert Eagles pay tribute to the music of the Eagles at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Friday, July

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• Cold Engines plays the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Friday, June 3, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

• Bonny Light Horseman comes to the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 4362400, themusichall.org) on Thursday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30 to $35.

• Blues legend Buddy Guy will be at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom. com) on Thursday, June 9, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $29 to $95.

• Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will be at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Friday, June 10, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $65.

• Heather Maloney performs at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Friday, June 10, at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

• Voyage – The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band will be at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, June 11, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $19 to $35 • River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Josh Ritter on Thursday, June 16, at 7 p.m., at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10. Reserved seats are sold out. Visit prescottpark.org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents The Dip with Lady Wray on Wednesday, June 22, at 7 p.m., at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• The Happy Together Tour, which includes The Turtles, Chuck Negron, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Vogues and The Cowsills, comes to Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Sunday, June 26, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $144.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Katie Pruitt on Wednesday, June 29, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark. org.

• Dark Star Orchestra pays tribute to the Grateful Dead at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Thursday, June 30, and Friday, July 1, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35.

• Erick Baker performs at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Saturday, July 2, with shows at 6 and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

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• Little River Band plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, July 23, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $59.

• KC and the Sunshine Band performs at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $45 to $69.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Sierra Hull and Kitchen Dwellers on Wednesday, July 27, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65.

Visit prescottpark.org.

• Hanson performs at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, July 30, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $39.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Spencer and the Walrus on Sunday, July 31, at 7 p.m., at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• Collective Soul and Switchfoot come to Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Sunday, July 31, at 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $49 to $224.

• Brit Floyd pays tribute to the music of Pink Floyd at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $49.

• See JJ Grey & Mofro at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Friday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30.

• See “Songwriters in the Round,” featuring Dan Blakeslee, Kate Redgate and Chad Verbeck, at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $50 for a table for up to two people, $100 for a table for up to four people and $150 for a table for up to six people.

Free summer concert series: Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage Series What: Local musicians and bands across a variety of different genres Where: Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach When: Shows daily starting on June 15 and through Sept. 5 Visit: hamptonbeach.org Pro Portsmouth’s Summer in the Street What: Musicians and dance companies entertain people in the center of the city Where: Pleasant Street, Portsmouth When: Tuesdays from 5 to 9:30 p.m. throughout July Visit: proportsmouth.org

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Miko Marks with Dwayne Haggins on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• Joe Bonamassa plays the blues at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom. com) on Thursday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $79 to $775.

• Chris Lane plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Sunday, Aug. 14, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Shovels & Rope on Monday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m., at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• Whitesnake plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $64 to $197.

• See “A Night of Sinatra,” featuring Rich DiMare, at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Thursday, Aug. 18, with shows at 6 and 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $60 for a table for up to two people, $120 for a table for up to four people and $180 for a table for up to six people.

• Kip Moore plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Thursday, Aug. 18, and Friday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Americana Fest with Alejandro Escovedo and Pokey LaFarge on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents The War & Treaty on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents The 39th annual Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival, featuring six jazz bands, on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 12:30 to 8 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). General admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• One Night of Queen, performed by Gary Mullen and The Works, will be at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom. com) on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $19 to $35.

• Daughtry rocks Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $40 to $347.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Indigo Girls on Thursday, Sept. 1, at

7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Admission costs $10. Reserved seats are sold out. Visit prescottpark.org.

• They Might Be Giants rocks the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400, themusichall.org) on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $30 to $50.

• Extreme plays Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom (169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, 929-4100, casinoballroom.com) on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $28.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Wild Rivers on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

• River House Restaurant Concert Series presents Allen Stone on Monday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth). Admission costs $10, and reserved seats start at $65. Visit prescottpark.org.

Sports

• F45 Training in Portsmouth will host a free outdoor bootcamp at Prescott Park (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) on Saturday, June 4, at 9 a.m. Visit f45training.com.

• The next events in the New Hampshire Golf Association’s Stroke Play Series are scheduled for Monday, June 6, at Rochester Country Club (94 Church St., Rochester); Wednesday, July 20, at The Oaks Golf Links (100 Hideaway Place, Somersworth); and Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Intervale Country Club (1491 Front St., Manchester). The cost is $70 per golfer per individual 18-hole tournament.

Visit nhgolfassociation.org.

• AmpSurf New England will hold a learn to surf clinic for those living with disabilities, as well as veterans and first responders, at Sawyers Beach in Rye on Saturday, June 11, from 7 a.m. to noon. The cost is $50 per surfer to participate. Visit ampsurf.org.

• The 78th annual New Hampshire Soap Box Derby race will be held on Sunday, June 12, at 120 Broadway in Dover — checkins begin at 7:45 a.m., with side-by-side competitions kicking off at 9:30 a.m. The Derby creates an opportunity for kids ages 7 and older to create a gravity-powered car and race it down a track in hopes of making the All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship, hosted in Akron, Ohio. Visit soapboxderby.org/newhampshire.

Theater

•​The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents Once on Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 27, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 28, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, June 5, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

•​The Garrison Players Arts Center (449 Roberts Road, Rollinsford) presents Once Upon a Mattress on Friday, May 27, and Saturday, May 28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for students.

Visit garrisonplayers.org.

•​ Bitter Pill presents Children of the Grim at Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) now through June 5, with showtimes on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $28 for adults and $25 for seniors age 65 and up and students. Visit playersring.org or call 436-8123.

•​ Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents Our Town on Sunday, May 29, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 3, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, June 4, at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets cost $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

•​ The Garrison Players Arts Center (449 Roberts Road, Rollinsford) presents “Showstoppers: A Celebration,” an evening of songs from Tony Award-winning musicals, on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for students. Visit garrisonplayers.org.

•​ Seven Stages Shakespeare Company performs William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Players’ Ring Theatre (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) from June 10 through June 19, with showtimes Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m., and an additional show on Saturday, June 11, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $22 for seniors age 65 and up and students. Visit playersring.org or call 436-8123.

•​ Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents Anything Goes from June 16 through July 23, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org.

• Footloose will be at the Prescott Park Arts Festival (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) from June 24 through Aug. 14, with showtimes on most Thursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m., and most Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with some matinee showtimes TBA. General admission costs $5, and reserved seating tickets cost $55 to $150. Visit prescottpark.org or call 436-2848.

• Camp ENCORE presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. at the Prescott Park Arts Festival (105 Marcy St., Portsmouth) on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10, at 10 a.m. Reserved seating tickets cost $40. Visit prescottpark.org.

•​ Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents Rent from July 28 through Sept. 10, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (no show on Thursday, Sept. 1), Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

•​ Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) presents The Rocky Horror Show Live from Aug. 12 through Aug. 27, with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at midnight.

Tickets cost $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org.

•​ Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) teen company presents Les Miserables from Aug. 25 through Sept. 4, with showtimes on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for students and $30 for adults. Visit seacoastrep.org.

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We talked to people on the beach and asked them some tough questions...

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If you could be any age, which age would you choose, and why?

Do you prefer chicken or beef, and why?

“Definitely 50. At this age, I’m comfortable.”

“Chicken, for sure. I never ate a lot of red meat growing up.”

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OLIVIA FROM PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Would you rather walk or ride a bike?

What is your all-time favorite movie?

“I love to walk so I can see it all and learn the grounds.”

“Airplane. Ridiculous situations. It’s an oldschool type of humor.”

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If you could have any vehicle in the world, which one would you get?

“A Ford F-150, my current truck.”

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What is your favorite dog breed?

“Australian Shepherd. I have one, and they are really smart.”

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Smart cars for absent-minded owners Dear Car Talk: I am a dinosaur when it comes to new technology.

I parked my wife’s new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid in our garage.

Not hearing the engine,

By Ray Magliozzi I went in the house. But the ignition was still on. Fortunately, my wife needed the car 15 minutes later, and there were no fumes in the garage.

Would the electric motor have just died if she had not used the car so soon after I left it on?

— Xavier No. This is a pretty common problem, Xavier. We’ve done that ourselves at the garage.

We’ll have a hybrid in for an oil change, and one of the mechanics will put it up on the lift and drain out the oil.

Then, all off a sudden, the engine will start up. Usually, the guy’s eyeballs will pop out of his head, like in an old Saturday-morning cartoon. Then, he’ll climb up the lift like a guy who’s escaping from prison, in order to shut off the ignition.

Fortunately, in your case, Xavier, the car would have turned itself off. If a Toyota hybrid is stopped and the transmission is in park, the car will shut itself off after about an hour — figuring another numbskull did what you did, Xavier. It’s also smart enough to know that if someone taps the brake, there’s a human in the car, so it’ll reset the timer.

Now, depending on the condition of the battery (whether it needs charging), the powertrain management software may turn on the gasoline engine from time to time to charge the battery.

So, if your garage is attached to your house, keep in mind that it may produce some exhaust fumes. But given the number of minutes it’ll be running, and that cars these days produce so little carbon monoxide from their tailpipes now, I don’t think you’d be in any danger.

Fortunately, Toyota had you (and me) in mind when they created this feature, Xavier.

engine compartment. Also, my headlights I was looking forward to sitting in front and map lights flicker. Could it be a belt of the fire with a cocktail and reading my or alternator? owner’s manual when I discovered that — Clark Ford doesn’t provide a hard copy manual anymore, and it’s only available on Yes. And by the time you read this, the beautiful, enormous screen on my Clark, you may have already been dashboard. towed in for a new alternator.

So now I have to sit in my pickup and My guess is your alternator is fail- read the manual online! Not a fan! What ing. You probably have a diode or two if my battery goes dead, and I need the in the alternator’s rectifier that are on manual? Is there any way to get a good their way out. old-fashioned hard copy owner’s manual?

Your lights are flickering because — John the alternator isn’t producing a steady stream of electricity. But don’t worry I think I remember Emily Dickenson about the flickering lights. As soon as writing about sitting by the fire with a the alternator dies, the flickering will good owner’s manual. stop, too.

Would you settle for an iPad, John?

Unfortunately, once the alternator You can find your owner’s manual at dies, your battery will discharge and www.ford.com/support/owner-manuthe car won’t run. A shop with the right als/. You can download it, and if you equipment ought to be able to test your really want to, you can then print it out. alternator and confirm that its output is You can even have it leather bound if low. If so, replace it. you want.

You can also bookmark it, so you Dear Car Talk: can always get it on your phone in an Dear Car Talk: I just bought a 2022 Ford F-150 emergency.

I have a 2008 Honda Civic. Recent- Hybrid. I love it, but since I’m replacly when idling, I’ve noticed a chattering ing a 2011 F-150, the new technology is Visit Cartalk.com. noise coming from the left side of the daunting.

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at Carriage Towne Bar & Grille There’s something to be said about tried-and-true classic American fare served in a friendly neighborhood atmosphere, and for nearly two decades Carriage Towne Bar & Grille (53 Church St., Kingston, 642-4481, carriagetownebarandgrille.com) has been doing just that. The eatery has grown considerably over the years, both by virtue of its dining area size and in the scale of its menu.

Today, you’ll find everything from appetizers, burgers, subs and sandwiches to pizzas, calzones, pastas and plated entrees like steak tips and risottos. Fresh baked and fried seafood dishes are also among the restaurant’s many staples, as well as prime rib dinners, served every Friday and Saturday night. Carriage Towne also features a full bar with 20 brews on tap and five flat-screen televisions, as well as a private dining area available for events of up to 30 people, known as the “Carriage Room.” The Scene recently caught up with Maria Collie, Carriage Towne’s general manager, to talk about some of her picks for must-try dishes and what diners can expect when they visit.

How long has Carriage Towne Bar & Grille been around?

Since 2004. We expanded in 2015; we’re located in a plaza, and we actually took over the store space next to us, so that greatly increased our seating and doubled the bar [seating].

What is something that everyone should try?

I would definitely say to start with the honey Buffalo tenders. That’s something that has been on the menu since we opened. … We have them as an appetizer, and we have it on a pizza and in the macaroni and cheese, as well, so it’s definitely featured all throughout the menu. … For vegetarian

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What makes Carriage Towne Bar & items, we have a vegetable risotto dish with asparagus, artichoke hearts, mush- Grille unique?

We’ve kind of got it all. … It’s a rooms and spinach in a light cheese sauce, and that’s a really good, filling large menu, and everything is [served] in large portions, too. There’s definitely dish. something for everybody here.

What is an essential skill to managWhat celebrity would you like to ing a restaurant?

Working with different people who have seen eating at Carriage Towne have different personalities, I would Bar & Grille?

I would have to say Frank Sinatra. say it’s just knowing and understanding that everyone has different viewpoints. You can find posters of him, along with … Then, on the other side, it’s knowing other famous musicians of his time your clientele, knowing what they like period, scattered around the restaurant. and what they want when they come in As one of the owner’s favorite musihere. It’s a nice small-town community cians, he would bring a good vibe into feel here, where everybody knows each the restaurant, and it would be an honor to chat with and serve him. other.

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What is your personal favorite thing on the menu?

Right now, I’d say it’s our Cowboy burger. It’s an 8-ounce burger that’s topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, barbecue sauce and fried onion strings.

It’s one of our newer menu items.

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What to pair with cooking and eating outdoors Memorial Day weekend! Seems like just yesterday we were still blowing snow, but now the heat is upon us. Temperatures and the pollen count are rising, but after our long, cold winters it is time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. What better way to do that than to barbeque our favorites: beef, pork, chicken, fish, vegetables and, yes, fruit! Everything tastes better when cooked and eaten outdoors! And we welcome the opportunity to try out new marinades, toppings, recipes.

While your food is on the grill, you need something to “wet your whistle.” I suggest something light and summery. Our first wine fits that description perfectly. The 2020 Ruffino Lumina Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie, available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets, originally priced at $11.99 and reduced to $8.99, is a medium-bodied, lively and elegant Italian white wine.

Made from grapes harvested in the vineyards of Delle Venezie, northeastern Italy, this wine offers delicious flavors of crisp golden apple, citrus and pear. Ruffino’s status was well-established when its Chianti won awards in the fourth quarter of the 19th century. This wine carries on that reputation by Ruffino’s sourcing premium grapes,

combined with traditional wine-making processes of fermentation in temperaturecontrolled stainless steel tanks. Chilled, this wine can be sipped alone or paired with light fare such as prosciutto, cheese, a bruschetta or a light salad.

Our next wine, the 2021 Joel Gott California Sauvignon Blanc, available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets, originally $13.99 and reduced to $10.99, is the perfect complement to grilled shrimp, scallops, swordfish, or marinated and grilled chicken and vegetables. The wine has a bright straw color. Citric notes greet the nose, along with other fruit — melons and peaches. On the palate, bright tropical notes appear with strong acidity, followed by a crisp finish of sweet red grapefruit. The 100 percent sauvignon blanc grapes come from Sonoma and Lake counties to Monterey and Santa Barbara. Why the diverse vineyard locations? According to the Joel Gott website, Sonoma vineyards offer flavor and complexity, Lake vineyard offer citric notes, and Monterey tropical notes. Santa Barbara grapes offer minerality, and this blending of grapes across hundreds of miles produces a balanced, food-friendly wine.

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er than white, a bottle of Beaujolais, made from the gamay grape, is the wine to pair with grilled chicken, hamburgers, grilled pork, sausage, salmon or tuna. The 2018 Robert Debuissson Beaujolais-Villages, available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets, originally $16.99 and reduced to $8.99, is a wine that can work with a wide variety of entrees. In the glass the color is a deep cherry red with slight purple tints. To the nose the wine is fresh with strawberries and cherries. The fruit persists on the tongue with a lightness that allows it to pair well with rich, oily fish such as salmon and tuna or grilled chicken and still be bold enough to be paired to hamburgers. This is a fruity wine with light tannins and a soft texture that is somewhat lower in alcoholic content than more robust reds.

For steak-lovers there is no better match than a wine from Bordeaux. The 2016 Château La Gorre Cru Bourgeois from Medoc, originally priced at $49.99 and reduced to $23.99, is a superb blend of 60 percent merlot, 35 percent cabernet sauvignon and 5 percent petit verdot. The color is ruby red; there is rich, deep blackberry, plum and cherries on the nose with more fruit, leather, and spice on the tongue. The

right amount of tannins from aging on oak makes this a balanced bottle of wine, but these tannins dictate the bottle should be decanted a couple of hours in advance to allow it to open. This is a great wine to be drunk now or cellared to be enjoyed with that steak in a couple of years.

Warming weather begs us to get out and barbecue. Plan your meal, pick your entrée, and pair some great wine to be quaffed while cooking, along with more wine to pair with what is being served. Enjoy.

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Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG)

The Crawley family (hanging on to their country house and British nobility trappings in interwar Yorkshire) deal, as ever, with the encroachment of modernity, family secrets with inheritance-related implications, potential health crises and some rather meekly drawn romantic entanglements in Downton Abbey: A New Era, a theatrically released sequel that has the feel of a double episode of the TV series.

Can you just show up at Downton Abbey having never before visited with Lord Grantham, a.k.a. Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), and his American wife, Cora (Elizabeth McGovern), and their politely sniping daughters, Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Edith (Laura Carmichael)?

Maybe. There isn’t so much context needed here that you won’t get the “this moment is sad” or “this moment is shocking” melodrama that drives the story. But I think you might be a bit lost in all the below-stairs characters and random children and spouses, both seen and unseen.

The movie starts with the marriage of Tom Branson (Allen Leech) to Lucy (Tuppence Middleton), secret daughter of Maud (Imelda Staunton), who was some kind of fancy Crawley cousin we met in the last movie. (If there was a title card to tell us when we are, I missed it but Wikipedia says the year is 1928.) Tom, widower of a third Crawley daughter, learns shortly after the wedding that Sybbie (Fifi Hart), his daughter from that first marriage, has been designated as the inheritor of a villa in the south of France. Violet (Maggie Smith), Robert’s mother and the matriarch whose cutting world view has run the family until recently, has herself recently inherited the villa from a man she knew years ago (exactly when she knew him and what “knew” means becomes a bit of intrigue).

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mysterious French man has the family in a tizzy. The man’s son, Montmirail (Jonathan Zaccai), invites Robert and Tom to France to check out the property and solidify Sybbie’s inheritance position. Ultimately, Robert brings a whole posse: Cora, Tom, Lucy, Maud, for no particular reason Edith and her husband Bertie (Harry Hadden-Paton), lady’s maid Miss Baxter (Raquel Cassidy), valet Mr. Bates (Brendan Coyle) and, mostly to get him out of the hair of the Downton people, butler emeritus Mr. Carson (Jim Carter).

Their absence from Downton corresponds with the arrival of a movie crew that has offered a roof-fixing amount of money to shoot on location. Mary accepted the offer and stayed to oversee the situation. She strikes up a friendship with director Jack Barber (Hugh Dancy), who is making a silent film with stars Myrna Dalgleish (Laura Haddock) and Guy Dexter (Dominic West) just at the moment when talkies are starting to crush the silent films at the box office.

This is particularly worrisome for Myrna, who has the look of glamor and refinement but the voice of her more humble background. Goings on with this group include

Downton staff Daisy (Sophie McShera) and Anna (Joanne Froggatt) being starstruck (and then disenchanted with the real-life star), Jack and Mary’s friendship (with “maybe more” flickerings as Mary deals with the disappointment of an absent husband — I guess Matthew Goode could not fit even a last-minute appearance in his schedule for this go-around), Guy Dexter’s wooing of current Downton butler Thomas Barrow (Robert James-Collier), and Mr. Molesley’s (Kevin Doyle) unexpected prowess as a screenwriter.

Looking back at this description, I can see how I’ve just listed a lot of “who cares” if you’ve never watched the TV show. Thinking “ha, good for you Molesley” or “is Thomas going to find happiness?” is probably the principal source of enjoyment for this movie. Yes, fitting in all of these little bits of story for supporting characters does at times feel scattershot, and many stories don’t seem to get the development they’d deserve. (In particular, the Thomas Barrow/Guy Dexter maybe-romance feels a little underbaked, perhaps the result of not wanting to entirely write Thomas out of any future stories?) But to some extent what we’re

watching is a season run at triple speed, not necessarily a stand-alone story.

The movie does manage to craft a few quiet moments between two characters with emotional history. We get nice conversations between Violet and Isobel (Penelope Wilton), between Mary and Mr. Carson, between Robert and Cora. These moments are only meaningful if you have the context of the series to draw from, but for fans they offer a nice little treat.

This latest Downton has a lot in common with your standard Marvel movie, with its bits of fan service and Easter eggs of past plot lines. And like a middleof-the-road Marvel entry, it does what it needs to do without necessarily doing anything new or different or exciting. Want to cheer for some favorite characters and triumphs big and small? Downton Abbey: A New Era fills the bill just fine. B Rated PG for suggestive references, language and thematic elements (though this movie is way tamer than even the series ever was), according to the MPA on filmratings. com. Directed by Simon Curtis with a screenplay by Julian Fellows, Downton Abbey: A New Era is two hours and four minutes long and distributed by Focus Features.

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Kingdom of Bones,

by James Rollins (William Morrow, 435 pages) Jim Czajkowski — you might know him by his pen name, James Rollins — writes about viruses with such authority you might think he has a secret medical degree.

That’s almost right.

He was a veterinarian in California before his side gig as a novelist became so successful that he couldn’t do both anymore. He told a veterinary trade publication that at one point he was working 15 hours a day at his veterinary practice while writing a novel a year in between appointments.

Now he’s written 23 novels by himself and co-authored five others. His latest is Kingdom of Bones, the 16th in what is known as his “Sigma Force” series, named for the covert team of highly trained specialists — Rollins has called them “scientists with guns” — called in to save the world from various perils.

(Think the Avengers, without the otherworldliness, and with a military war dog.)

The story involves a mysterious malady that emerges in Africa and threatens the human race, which Rollins is somewhat apologetic about, given the ongoing pandemic. He writes in an author’s note that he pitched the book before Covid-19 and had reservations about going forward with the project, saying “it felt insensitive to tackle such a subject at this moment, to seek to entertain with ‘plague fiction’ when the world was suffering.”

He worried needlessly; the book never once feels exploitative, and in fact is at its most interesting when Rollins expounds on topics with relevance to Covid, such as the fact that “Each hour, some thirty-three million viral particles cascade onto every square meter of this planet.” And the fact that some scientists believe that “ancient viral invasions” may comprise up to 80 percent of the human genome. (I could have done without this knowledge; it is far better to think we are made of stardust than viral mutations.)

This is the sort of information that Rollins scatters throughout the story, making Kingdom of Bones a thriller that is deeply intelligent.

It begins in the Congo, where a cadre of large, angry winged ants are floating in floodwater and making their way onto land, where they are attacking humans in a refugee camp with unusual ferocity. While some people who are bitten appear unaffected, others fall into a catatonic state. Before all of the people can be evacuated, the camp is also overrun by a band of aggressive baboons, creatures that had previously been

shy around humans but suddenly seemed set on destroying them.

As if this isn’t chaos enough, a band of militants bursts onto the scene and abducts the handful of people that they don’t kill, including a mother and her now catatonic baby, who had been bitten by the ants. All this sets up the bat signal to flash for the Sigma Force and Commander Gray Pierce to step in and try to figure out why animals are suddenly becoming more bloodthirsty and cunning — even moths are turning deadly. As one young doctor says, “It’s as if all of Nature is about to turn against us.”

As the team tries to discover what is infecting the animals, they encounter killer bats, jackals, aardwolves (an animal that looks like a striped hyena and eats insects), and even hippopotamuses that seem to have been weaponized. This leads to snappy dialogue like “We’re about to play the worst game of Hungry Hungry Hippos,” but fortunately, that sort of banter is limited, as is the side story about a sinister mining executive who may or may not have a hand in what’s going on.

Rollins’ prose is generally sophisticated, certainly for the genre, although I confess there came a point where I started rolling my eyes every time a character’s eyes or face “shone.” But that’s more a problem of the editors, not the writer.

I should note that while many of the Sigma Force characters were featured in previous books, Kingdom of Bones works as a stand-alone novel; you don’t have to know the history of the force (I didn’t) although Rollins says the characters evolve throughout the series. I also suspect the book would be easier to digest knowing some backstories. Although the plot is easy enough to follow, the characters are many and complex.

Although the book is somewhat moralistic (ye climate deniers, stay away), and wanders slightly into The Overstory territory toward the end, it doesn’t feel preachy. It’s a solid summer read that raises interesting questions about whether the world at some point will rear back and retaliate for the damage we’ve done to it.

(And here I’m not talking about climate but pesticides and exposed power lines.)

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Fathers Day Weekend Craft Festival

June 18 & 19 | Deerfield Fairgrounds, Route 43, Deerfield

Hampton Falls Liberty Craft Festival

July 2 & 3 | Hampton Falls Town Common, Route 1, Hampton Falls

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July 16 & 17 | Community House & Waterfront Park, Alton Bay

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October 1 & 2 | Mill Falls Marketplace, Route 3, Meredith

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Endurance athlete Cameron Hanes is probably the opposite of what we think of when we hear the word “bookish.”

His passion is bowhunting in Alaska and to be prepared for it he runs ultramarathons (200-plus miles) in the mountains. According to his publisher, his goal is to become the “ultimate predator.” In the zombie apocalypse, you want to be on this guy’s team.

Somehow, however, he found time to sit down and type things, resulting in a book, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast and Keep Hammering (St. Martin’s Press, 336 pages), that’s selling well this month.

If you like to be outside in ways that are a little less extreme, check out Outdoor Kids in an Inside World (Random House, 208 pages)

by Steven Rinella.

That’s not to say that Rinella isn’t a man of extremes; he is also the author of 2020’s The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival (Random House, 464 pages) and host of a Netflix show called MeatEater. But his new book encourages families to get “radically engaged with nature.” I’m not a big fan of hunting, but the opening pages, wherein he describes butchering a deer his 10-year-old had shot, and then feeding the fat to the birds, was rather riveting.

Also out this month to help us channel our inner woodsman, there’s The Rugged Life: The Modern Guide to Self-Reliance (Rodale, 272 pages) by Clint Emerson, a retired Navy SEAL who reminds us of another Emerson (Ralph Waldo) and his call for a “greater self-reliance.”

Got to confess, the title of The Rugged Life is not nearly as compelling as that of Emerson’s first book, 2015’s 100 Deadly Skills. But he promises to teach three essential skills: how to build, how to farm and how to hunt. Pretty good for 272 pages.

And if you’re not too tired after all that, check out The Workout Bucket List (Running Press, 400 pages), Greg Pesto’s compilation of more than 300 “life-changing races, epic challenges and incredible hikes, bikes, lifts and runs” to do before you die.

And yes, some are in New Hampshire: he recommends various Pinkham Notch hikes and a climb up Mount Washington.

If you haven’t already figured this out yet, one of these titles might make an excellent Father’s Day gift. Not that women won’t enjoy them, too.

— Jennifer Graham

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The Seacoast Repertory Theatre (125 Bow St., Portsmouth) has two upcoming productions.

The first is Once, with showtimes on Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, May 27, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 28, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, June 5, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The Academy Award-, Grammy-, Olivier- and Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of Guy, a singer-songwriter who fixes vacuums in a Dublin shop with his father by day and plays music at local pubs and on the streets by night.

Just when he is about to give up on his dream, he meets Girl, a Czech immigrant, who inspires him to rediscover his love of music. The next production is Our Town, with showtimes on Sunday, May 29, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 3, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, June 4, at 2 and 8 p.m.

The 1938 play by Thornton Wilder tells of love, life and death in the fictional small New Hampshire town of Grover’s Corners. Tickets for both shows range from $32 to $52. Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

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There is no shortage of tributes dedicated to artists who found fame in the 1990s.

Sublime has Badfish, Pearl Jam gets love from Yellow Ledbetter, there’s Garth Live, Stone Temple Posers, and the list goes on.

North Shore-based Neon 90’s chose to skip the one-act focus and dive in to everything.

“We figured let’s take on the entire decade, and smash as many songs as we can into a set,” said John Goodhue, who sings and plays lead guitar with the band.

Thus, on any given night, the four-piece band — front man Goodhue, Michael Parsons playing bass, drummer Steve Russo and Guy Cloutman on lead guitar — will move from Foo Fighters’ “Learn To Fly” to Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5” and toss in “Semi-Charmed Life” from Third Eye Blind for spice. Their showstopper is “Man, I Feel Like A Woman” — yes, an all-male band covers Shania Twain.

“It always kills, every single time,” Goodhue said.

Along with crowd-pleasers are songs that appeal to their musicianship.

“We love playing ‘Possum Kingdom’

by The Toadies; it’s fun, and kind of challenging too.”

Neon 90’s began when Goodhue returned home to New England after several years in California, where he led a similar tribute act.

“It was really successful, and I decided to start my own version of it out here because it did so well there,” he said.

“So I reached out to people that I’d played with over the years.”

Initially, the group donned flannel shirts and leaned into the Nirvana vibe, but they switched to big sunglasses and jean jackets, which became a quick hit.

“The best part is a lot of people show up to the shows dressed in similar garb,” Goodhue said.

One reason for the move was they didn’t much like grunge. Beyond that was a realization that there was a lot more to mine than “Lithium” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

“The Top 40 was spread so far off in different genres; you had major pop and country songs, grunge came into the mix and even hip-hop,” Goodhue said, adding, “It’s my favorite decade. … You saw so much different kinds of music really hit the spotlight.”

A May 28 date at Newburyport Brewing Co. is their first at the venue. Though the bulk of their appearances happen around their home base at places like Gloucester’s Minglewood Harborside and further out in western Massachusetts, they enjoy coming to the Seacoast and would like to do it more.

Neon 90’s.

“We used to play The Grog in Newburyport a lot, but when the pandemic hit, they stopped doing it; we had a blast playing there,” Goodhue said. “Other than that, we haven’t really hit the Seacoast area that much, so we’re kind of excited to get up near the border. We’re just trying to spread out and play, reach as many new fans as we can.”

As for many bands, Covid-19 disrupted everything and left lingering effects.

“We were on a really good rhythm before the pandemic — every venue was every other month,” Goodhue said.

“There were regular gigs and we were in casinos too, which was huge. Then we lost contacts with everybody, and had to start all over, which was a pain.”

Still they eschewed socially distanced shows and parking lot concerts, and did return to gigging in the summer of 2021. When it finally happened, they delivered a full-throttle party full of Smashmouth, Ricky Martin, Seven Mary Three and a few gender-benders like Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch” and “Wannabe” from the Spice Girls.

Better that than rush things and be stifled on stage, Goodhue declared.

“To be honest with you, we had no problem waiting it out,” he said. “I don’t want to play to people with masks and I don’t want to wear one when I’m trying to sing a song. It’s just not worth it for us. We want people to have a good time and not be bothered by anything.

So, yeah, I’m glad that’s not a thing anymore.”

— Michael Witthaus Neon 90’s When: Saturday, May 28, 8 p.m.

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Hampton Bogie’s: Matt Luneau & Michael Troy, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Ross McGinnes, 6 p.m.

Shane’s: Megan Woods, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: Mica Peterson Duo, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Life of Agony, 8 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Dana Brearly, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Press Room: Iceage w/ WIKI, 8:30 p.m.

Seabrook Backyard Burgers: Jennifer Mitchell, 6 p.m Red’s: live music, 7 p.m.

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

Wally’s Pub 144 Ashworth Ave., 926-6954

The Gas Light 64 Market St., 430-9122

Logan’s Run 816 Lafayette Road 926-4343

WHYM 853 Lafayette Road, 601-2801

Gibb’s Garage Bar 3612 Lafayette Road

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Shane’s BBQ 61 High St., 601-7091 Smuttynose Brewing 105 Towle Farm Road

Friday, May 27

Hampton Bernie’s: Pop Disaster, 8 p.m.; Mike Forgette, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: Redemption, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Clandestine, 6 p.m.

The Goat: Alex Anthony, 8 p.m.

Shane’s: Jake Bartolin, 6 p.m.

Whym: Lou Antonucci, 6:30 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Radio Daze, 7 p.m.; Austin McCarthy, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Chris Toler, 9 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: Groovin You, 9 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: LITD, 9 p.m.

Red’s: live music, 7 p.m.

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Saturday, May 28

Hampton Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 8 p.m.; 7 Day Weekend, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: Redemption, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Jonny Friday, 9 p.m.

Great North Ale: Paul Nelson, 4 p.m.

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

Sea Ketch: Pete Peterson, 1p.m.; Mike Mazola, 9 p.m.

Shane’s: Pete Peterson, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: live music, 6 p.m.

Whym: Sean McCarthy, 6:30 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Ralph Allen, 2 p.m.; Sean Coleman, 9 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: Fast Times, 6 p.m.

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Sunday, May 29

Hampton Bernie’s: Zach Deputy, 8 p.m.

Charlie’s Tap House: Paul Lussier, 4:30 p.m.

CR’s: Rico Barr, 4 p.m.

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

Sea Ketch: Matt Luneau, 8:30 p.m.

Shane’s: Lexi Jordan, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: Rob & Jody, 1 p.m.; Reggae Night, 5:30 p.m.

Wally’s: Stone Temple Posers, 5:30 p.m.

Whym: Phil Jacques, 1 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Matt Langley, 2 p.m.; Rhythm Method, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

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Monday, May 30

Hampton Bernie’s: Pat Dowling, 7 p.m.; MB Padfield, 7 p.m.

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

Portsmouth Gas Light: Jodee Frawlee, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: musical bingo, 7 p.m.; Alex Anthony, 9 p.m.

Press Room: NNAMDI, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31

Hampton Bernie’s: Chris Fritz Grice, 7 p.m.; Chris Toler, 7 p.m.

The Goat: David Campbell, 7 p.m.

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

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: musical bingo, 7 p.m.

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Portsmouth The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

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

Red’s: country night, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1

Hampton Bernie’s: LuffKid Trio, 7 p.m.; Brooks Hubbard, 7 p.m.

Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.

L Street: Karaoke with DJ Jeff, 9 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Ryan Williamson, 7:30 p.m.

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Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) ‘You’re Sure, she cooks and cleans and does the only seven,’ Mrs. Kerner said. ‘Seven- laundry. But I provide the commentary.’ year-olds don’t know the first thing about There’s always a give and take. chickens.’ ‘I know they lay eggs,’ Sam Aries (March 21 – April 19) ‘How said, holding up one finger. You do know many chickens are there on our street?’ the first thing.

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Dev is a 6-month-old kitten who was transferred to the New Hampshire SPCA from an overcrowded shelter in Georgia.

Dev has had a lot of changes in his short life and he is quite shy. He spends most of his time hiding, so he has been overlooked by potential adopters. He is looking for a patient home, one that will allow him time to adjust to his new surroundings.

Dev has lived with other cats successfully and may do best with a buddy.

Do you have the love and understanding this little guy needs to feel secure? Adopting a shy cat can be very rewarding. Once they feel safe, they bond strongly, and the love they have to give is truly special. Give shy a try.

Like all the animals available for adoption at the New Hampshire SPCA, Dev is neutered, microchipped and up to date on all of his shots.

The New Hampshire SPCA is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for in-person adoptions and is

conducting adoptions by appointment Friday through Monday. You can inquire in person during open hours or by sending an email to info@nhspca.org.

Other ways to help the animals Join thousands of animal lovers and their dogs at Stratham Hill Park on Sunday, June 5, for Paws Walk, the biggest animal welfare event on the Seacoast. Visit nhspca.org for more information.

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For Alexander Leszczynski, 22, of North Redington Beach, Florida, it wasn’t enough to be charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa claimed Leszczynski might face up to 30 years in prison for allegedly making up charitable entities to receive Payroll Protection Plan loans totaling almost $200,000 and trying to deposit fake checks to the tune of $2.7 million, among other schemes. But wait, there’s more! “When he discovered that the money had been frozen, he attempted to have it released by producing a fabricated pardon purportedly signed by former President Donald Trump,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. One of Leszczynski’s fake charities was trying to seize control of two properties that belonged to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, according to a Daily Beast story from 2021. Leszczynski is being held without bail at the Pinellas County Jail.

Skills

Ayumi Takada, 37, of Tokyo, has been compared to Elastigirl from “The Incredibles” because of her incredibly elastic earlobes. Oddity Central reports

that Ayumi can stretch her earlobes up to 4.5 centimeters, or about 1 1/2 inches — enough to, say, wrap them around a selfie stick, a calligraphy brush or the shaft of an umbrella. It’s practically like having another hand. “People always ask me if it’s painful,” she said.

“But there’s no pain at all when pulling them or holding an item. The earlobe naturally bounces right back into place straight away.”

vania, was inside her home when she was struck by lightning, WTAE-TV reported. At least four other homes in the area were also hit during the storm.

“All of a sudden I feel like a shock in my pinkie, and then it goes up my body and out through my leg,” Scaramuzzo said about the strike. Paramedics checked her blood pressure and took an EKG, but, shockingly, she didn’t go to the hospital.

News you can use

‘I’ll have a beer’

office vehicle as she tried to evade a traffic stop. Next, she allegedly drove up to 100 mph, hitting another patrol car and a civilian truck, injuring people inside, and motioned to officers that she had a gun. But the real coup de grace came when officers finally caught up to her and she threw a fake snake at them, according to the report. Laprade was booked and held on $90,000 bond.

Bond. High bond.

Irvine, California, police were tipped off on May 17 by neighbors to a suspicious vehicle belonging to Yasmine Kambour, 37, and Chris Huynh, 44, of Garden Grove. The 2008 MercedesBenz C300 looked innocent enough, but, as NBC4-TV reported, it had some unusual features that James Bond might have appreciated. “The suspect vehicle was something out of a 007 movie,” police posted on Instagram. “Officers discovered a device that would flip the vehicle’s license plate with the push of a button and an elaborate gas siphoning device that transferred fuel directly into the vehicle’s gas tank.” They also found burglary tools, evidence of ID theft and stolen property. The pair were arrested Police report Dawn LaShawn Laprade, 54, REAL- on multiple charges and held for bail.

Shocking LY wanted to get away from cops on Low bail.

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16, 15-year-old Giana Scaramuzzo of ClickOrlando.com reported. Laprade North Huntingdon Township, Pennsyl- allegedly intentionally hit a sheriff’s Students at Johns Hopkins University are putting their expensive education to good use. Whiting School of Engineering students have invented Tastee Tape for their school’s Engineering Design Day, United Press International reported. The chemical and biomolecular engineering students hope their invention will help themselves and others make their favorite foods less messy by taping burritos, tacos and other dishes closed, keeping the fillings inside. “All its ingredients are safe to consume, are food-grade, and are common food and dietary additives,” said team member Tyler Guarino. They are in the process of obtaining a patent.

Olaf Brewing in Finland is launching a new brew to celebrate the country’s likely acceptance to NATO, the Associated Press reported. The “OTAN” lager’s blue label, with its cartoon medieval knight and NATO’s compass symbol, uses a play on the French abbreviation for the multinational organization, OTAN. In Finnish, “Otan olutta” means “I’ll have a beer.” CEO Petteri Vanttinen said the new lager has “a taste of security, with a hint of freedom.” Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia, the longest of any European Union member.

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