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Your guide to pizza on the boardwalk and beyond

Half BBQ Chicken and half Buffalo Chicken pizza from Pizza Etc. Photo by Lucas Henry.

For veggie lovers …

The Veggie pizza at Cristy’s Pizza isn’t your typical one that’s just loaded with tons of veggies. With just a hint of cooked spinach, a thin slice of provolone cheese over tangy sauce and a soft chewy crust, this pizza is a hidden gem for herbivores.

— Christina Briggs

For picky eaters …

Meatlova’s Pizza from Britt’s Pizzeria and Pub. Photo by Christina Briggs.

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Zesto’s menu is simple and straightforward, with tasty options for those with classic tastes. It’s hard to go wrong with their Cheese pizza, which is available by the slice for beachgoers on the go. Try it with a side of their popular Greek salad.

— Lucas Henry

For people who like it spicy …

Big Steve’s has been in the business of dishing out pizza since the 1980s in Salisbury, Massachusetts. It came to Hampton in the early 1990s.

“We’ve been here ever since,” said Chantelle Hashem, a manager at Big Steve’s.

“Our dough is made here on site, fresh daily. We make our own dough and use our own sauce recipe as well. We’re just food connoisseurs and a family-run business.”

They use a rich flour called “four times the measure,” and temperature-grade cook their pizza dough based on the weather.

“If it’s cool at 60 degrees out in the spring, we’ll make the dough a little bit warmer,” Hashem said, “but when it gets hot, we make the dough cooler, which sets us apart for a perfect dough every time.”

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Most nights, their most popular pizza is their Spicy Buffalo Chicken or BBQ pizza, but they also offer traditional cheese pizza by the slice. Their Italian sausages, packed with flavor and spice, are a hit.

“It’s the best Italian sausage on the boardwalk,” a customer recently told the Scene as they picked up their order.

“My family comes here every year.”

Big Steve’s also offers chicken tenders and fresh-cut french fries for kids.

— Lucas Henry

For adventurous eaters …

Community Oven’s Big Oven pizza is decked with dill pickles, seasoned ground beef, crunchy bacon, crispy sliced lettuce, and a drizzle of Thousand Island dressing.

“The pizza is like a McDonald’s Big Mac on pizza dough,” employee Jade said.

The restaurant has outdoor seating as well as a spacious indoor dining area with cool vibes if you’re looking to get out of the sun for a bit.

— Christina Briggs

For meat lovers …

Britt’s Pizzeria and Pub has a bountiful Meatlova’s pizza. Topped with bacon, sausage, hamburger and mozzarella cheese, its grease- and garlic-filled flavor is sure to satisfy even the most meat-crazy palates.

“Our six ingredients used to make the thin crust people like [are] flour, yeast, salt, sugar, oil and water,” owner Brittany Ward said.

Make it a place to sit and enjoy a cold beer, good company and good pizza.

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For kids …

La Spiagga Mama Mia offers fresh pizza by the slice, made to order just how you like it, an employee said, so long as they’re not too busy. Get it with thick or thin crust, cheesy or topped only with veggies — whatever your taste buds desire. Located right on the boardwalk, it’s a great place to stop by for a quick bite with the family before continuing on down the strip. The menu also includes their popular fried bananas; dipped in a sweet flour mixture, fried in oil and then battered in butter and sugar, they’re a tasty treat for a day by the beach.

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Pineapple Pizza from Tripolis. Photo by Christina Briggs.

For pineapple-onpizza people …

walk. While they can’t share trade secrets, they are happy to make a custom pizza when the foot traffic is light. Their chicken tenders and french fries are also a popular choice. Pair your meal with an ice cold blue raspberry slushie, and you’ve got all your boardwalk staples.

— Lucas Henry

Tripolis’ one-of-a-kind Pineapple Pizza is a sweet and savory treat that’s sure to please. It’s made with a sweetened red sauce, fresh-cut pineapple and mozzarella cheese put on top of a thin square crust with just the right amount of crunch.

“Everything you see here is made fresh For barbecue fans … daily,” employee Rodrigo said.

The South Western from Sal’s Pizza Don’t leave without trying at least one of their chocolate cream-filled cannolis features a unique combination of shaved steak, peppers, onions, smoky barbecue with chocolate chips on top. sauce, cheddar, mozzarella and orega— Christina Briggs no. If you love barbecue, then give this cheesy-smoky combo a shot. Pizza Etc., For extra hungry Big Steve’s and La Spiagga also offer beachgoers … barbecue pizza on the beach. Employees The Super Deluxe pizza at Pizza Etc. at each establishment told the Scene that has enough packed on top of it to satisfy barbecue pizza was, across the board, one even the hungriest beachgoers. It comes of their most popular and best-selling pizloaded with pepperoni, sausage, hamburg- zas. One employee at Pizza Etc. said that er, ham, red onions, fresh mushrooms, while the condiments and barbecue flavor black olives and green peppers. Look for don’t change very much between pizit across from the Seashell Stage, operat- zas, the type of dough, sauce and cheese ing out of a small storefront painted sky mixture can make a big difference in the blue. The line of customers stretches off taste. Have fun experimenting with the the porch on busy nights. According to fluffy, crunchy and chewy varieties of one employee, their pizza’s dough is a this familiar flavor of pizza offered on the closely guarded secret, and it’s much the boardwalk. same for other pizza places on the board— Lucas Henry Where to find pizza close to the beach

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•12 Ocean Grill 12 Ocean Blvd., Seabrook 760-2182, oceangrill.com • Big Steve’s Italian Sausage 193 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, @bigsteve’s_italiansausage on Instagram • Britt’s Pizzeria and Pub 888 Lafayette Road, Hampton 926-9300, brittsnh.com • Community Oven 845 Lafayette Rd., Hampton 601-6311, thecommunityoven.com • Cristaldi’s Pizza 443 Route 286, Seabrook 474-5744 • Cristy’s Pizza 1 Riverview Terrace, Hampton, 929-4496

• La Spiaggia Mama Mia 119 Ocean Blvd., Hampton 265-0485, laspiaggiahampton.com • Pizza Etc. 117 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 758-7499 • Sal’s Pizza 189 Ocean Blvd., Hampton 255-3860, sals.com • Tasty Pizza 71 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, 601-6843 • Tripolis 418 Route-286, Seabrook 474-7764, tripolipizza.com • Wally’s 114 Ashworth Ave., Hampton 926-6954, wallysnh.com • Zesto’s Pizza 21 High St., Hampton 929-7200, zestospizza.com

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Reported by Betty Gagne

What is your favorite beach pizza? What do you like about it?

What sets it apart from the rest?

“I love Cristy’s pizza. I usually get it without cheese.

The sweet sauce is what I like the most. I have [to do] a delivery here in Hampton Beach, and whenever I’m here or in Salisbury, I always stop and get a Cristy’s pizza. I just put it on the grill to reheat it, and I’m good to go.”

Scott of Wolfeboro

“We like Sal’s Pizza. The crust is perfect — not too thick or too thin. It’s just right. It also has a good cheese-to-sauce ratio. Always love Sal’s pizza.”

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“I don’t really have a favorite ‘beach’ pizza, but I love pepperoni, and my pizza has to have a lot of pepperoni and a ton of cheese. My girls don’t like pepperoni. They just like plain cheese.”

Wilfredy and Kairie of Holyoke, MASS

“The pizza here at Big Steve’s is great. I don’t really

care for the sweet sauce of the typical beach pizza.

I just enjoy regular, basic pizza. I also like a ‘fluffy’ crust — not crispy, but soft.”

Mike of hampstead

“This $5 large pizza from Wally’s was delicious, and the price is right. I got mushroom and peppers on it — my favorite toppings. I’ll be telling my friends back home about it so they can visit Wally’s when they come to Hampton Beach.”

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“We’re here at the beach for the day and just happened to try Sal’s Pizza. It’s very good, and Mia really liked it. I’m finishing her slice right now.”

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Events to check out June 23, 2022, and beyond The Beach and Brew Fest will be happening at Hampton Beach State Park (Route 1A, Hampton) on Saturday, June 25. More than 20 breweries will be there, as well as food trucks and fun activities. VIP admission will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m., with general admission from 2:30 to 4 p.m. VIP tickets are $45, general admission tickets are $35 and non-drinking tickets are $15.

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dry finish, luring you on to sip more and more while you prepare your sofrito.

For those who want something “light and bright” I suggest two whites. The Duquesa de Valladoid Rueda (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $16.99, reduced to $14.99) has a pale straw color, with slight green hues. On the nose there are herbal aromas with hints of citrus flowers and minerality. Fresh and crisp on the palate, it features the acidity characteristic of the verdejo grape. It is akin to sauvignon blanc, but better. The other comes in a very colorful bottle: The Bodegas Langa Pi (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $21.99) comes from Aragón. This wine is made from garnacha blanc grapes, a new varietal to me! It has notes of citrus, pear and honey. It is exceedingly dry with intense flavor and a long finish.

Rounding out our wine pairings are two reds. Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $19.99, reduced to $17.99) is made from 100 percent garnacha grapes. It has an intense red color, with a slight purple rim. To the nose the fruit is ripe, with slight floral notes. To the tongue blackberry and plum predominate. Marques de Murrieta Reserva 2015 Rioja (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $31.99, reduced to $28.99) is a blend of 80 percent tempranillo, 12 percent graciano, 6 percent mazuello and 2 percent garnacha.

This is a truly elegant wine, aged for 18 months in oak, obtaining high marks from Wine Spectator and Robert Parker. These reds are light and will not overpower the seafood and poultry in the paella but will work well with the minerality of the saffron.

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My wife and I gather monthly for “wine dinners” with friends. As one would expect, the recurring event has a history that evolved over time. It began well before the pandemic hit when Tek Nique held monthly dinners, pairing selected wines with a five-course dinner. It was a great opportunity to learn about a line of wines and how the chef interpreted the wines, pairing them with exquisite American gourmet cuisine. The restaurant closed and the pandemic turned the world on end, but the camaraderie of the group remained strong. During the pandemic, there were any number of Zoom sessions with wine distributors selecting wines the group tasted and then critiqued over the joint Zoom meeting. During the months with fair weather, we gathered for “patio parties” with themes selected by the hosts. This month, we will host the group.

We will serve La Paella.

Paella is one of the first things that comes to mind in Spanish cuisine. Its origins lie along the Mediterranean coast in Valencia and Catalonia. Paella is all about the rice — it must be a short-grain rice, high in starch.

The best rice to use is bomba if you can find it; I use arborio, a close second. Next in importance is the pan. Paella must be cooked over high heat, uncovered, in a shallow pan.

The ingredients in a paella can be a multitude, but the key ingredient is the sofrito, a sauté of vegetables, including onion, garlic, sometimes peppers, but always tomatoes.

Olive oil, pimentón, and that element that defines paella, saffron! Beyond that, paella can be vegetarian, Valenciana (seafood and beans instead of rice), or my favorite, a mixed poultry and seafood paella.

What kind of wine do you pair with such rich and varied flavors, with the minerality that saffron imparts? First, I am a strong believer in cooking with wine, and it need not necessarily be added to the food! There are many wonderful cavas produced in northern Spain.

Segura Viudas Cava Brut (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets for $14.99, reduced to $12.99) has a wonderful light, almost transparent color of straw. The vineyard has made history for 800 years and is one of the most awarded brands in wine and cava tasting, nationally and internationally. Made from 50 percent macabeo, 30 percent xarel-lo and 20 percent parellacia grapes, the wine has an elegant and persistent nose of tiny bubbles, delivering an aroma of dried white peaches, citrus, a bit of honey, and floral notes. It has a long,

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FOOD

Building bridges for local food Meet the group behind Seacoast farmers markets Shawn Menard, executive director of Sea- Greenhouses and Exeter High School to help coast Eat Local (seacoasteatlocal.org), offers a local farmers get through the off-season. Our look at Seacoast Eat Local’s farmers markets. staff have various backgrounds and ... training. We also attend conferences and training How was Seacoast Eat Local formed? regularly to stay on the cutting edge of the It started in 2006 as a grassroots movement of field and grow our professional abilities. people challenging each other to eat more locally grown food during the winter. We started the What’s the difference between Seacoast Eat Winter Farmers Market program at Wentworth Local and the Seacoast Growers Association?

We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which means we’re tax exempt and can collect tax-deductSeacoast Eat Local farmers markets ible donations, receive grants, and other things.

• The Dovers Farmers Market takes place Seacoast Growers Association was a not-forevery Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., profit membership association and wasn’t able June 25 through Sept. 24, at Green Park, 15 to get donations and grants the same way we Main St. in Dover. were. They relied on volunteer work from their • The Portsmouth Farmers Market takes membership — farmers — to plan the markets, place every Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon, which is an incredibly difficult thing to do. now through Nov. 5, at City Hall, 1 Junkins SEL has a dedicated team ... handle all aspects Ave. in Portsmouth. of planning and operating the farmers markets.

• The Exeter Farmers Market takes place By having full-time paid staff, we’re able to let every Thursday, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., now farmers do what they do best: grow food. through Oct. 27, at Swasey Parkway, along the Squamscott River in Exeter.

• The Durham Farmers Market takes place every Monday, from 2:30 to 6 p.m., now through Oct. 3, at 66 Main St. in Durham.

Note: There are no markets on July 4 or Sept. 5.

Where does the funding come from in order to keep Seacoast Eat Local thriving?

Diverse revenue that comes from a variety of sources: corporate foundations; individual [and] family donors; public, local, state

and federal grants; fees of service, such as vendor stall fees; product sales; [and] events such as educational workshops.

Has there been an increase of SNAP recipients this year or has it stayed the same?

Overall, SNAP usage — dollars and matching incentives — has gone up significantly in the past few years. We haven’t seen a tremendous increase in the number of households participating recently, but we’re working on a collaborative statewide outreach project to educate more SNAP recipients about how to stretch their budget at farmers markets. There’s also the Seacoast Area Mobile Market — SAMM — which started before the pandemic, but Covid allowed us to do a variety of things with the programs, such as make donations of farm-fresh food to food pantries, along with designing educational programming for schools.

How does Seacoast Eat Local ensure vendors are bringing in farm-produced products rather than products from local supermarkets?

There are vendor policies in place to prevent this from happening, and we don’t permit the reselling of any kind at farmers markets. They must make their own prod-

Shawn Menard. Photo by Christina Briggs.

ucts. We have management software that allows vendors to create a list of products they intend to sell. Each product is approved through the platform, and our market manager monitors products being sold at each market.

Do you think Seacoast Eat Local has achieved a diverse community of farms and reaching consumers in the Seacoast area?

Yes. If you went back in time and told the founders what the organization would be like in 2022, they would be shocked and delighted. To think that a group of volunteers tabling at community events could turn into a leading organization in the local food systems in 15 years is a pretty impressive accomplishment. It just goes to show what you can do with the right mindset and a good group of people.

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Lightyear (PG)

Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear is stuck on a vine-and-bug-filled planet but he still seeks to go “to infinity and beyond” in Lightyear, Pixar’s thought experiment about the origins of Buzz Lightyear.

Not the Toy Story Tim Allen-voiced toy Buzz Lightyear who was beloved by human child Andy and became best friends with fellow toy Woody. This is the character that toy was based on, as a title card explains, and we are watching the movie that Andy watched. So we in the audience are — in the Toy Story universe? It’s a concept that sort of pulls you through the looking glass if you think about it too hard.

Here, Buzz and fellow Space Ranger Alisha Hawthorne are crew members aboard a giant spaceship that is, I think, searching for life throughout the galaxy. He decides to investigate a promising-looking Goldilocks zone-type planet but this peaceful-seeming world is full of giant attack bugs and aggressive vines that try to pull people and the ship under the dirt. Buzz and Alisha, who along with a rookie have gone exploring on the planet, barely make it back to the ship. When they take off, the pull of the vines makes the launch trajectory less than perfect, but Buzz is determined to clear a large mountain that the ship is suddenly heading right for. And he almost does.

The crystal fuel cell that allows the ship to take off and to reach hyperspace traveling speeds breaks in the attempt to launch. Alisha tells her friend that they’ll wake up the scientists and other crew members in cryosleep and use the planet’s resources to regroup. After about a year, it seems that they have. Buzz boards a jet-ish spaceship to test a new fuel cell and slingshots around the planet’s nearby sun. But the fuel cell doesn’t quite make it up to speed and he returns to the planet to find that while he has only aged a few minutes the people back on the ground have aged four years.

Buzz is shocked — one crew member suddenly has a large beard, Alisha is engaged. But Buzz is determined to keep working on the fuel cell to try to fix the situation that he feels deeply responsible for. So he goes up again comes back to learn that Alisha and her now-wife are expecting a baby, and then after a few more missions sees them celebrating their son’s graduation, then their celebrating their own multi-decade anniversary with their grown son and his partner looking on. Then one time Buzz comes back to find not Alisha but a recorded message she has left for him.

Through the decades that only read as days or maybe weeks to Buzz, his constant non-aging companion is Sox , a robot cat from Alisha. During one of Buzz’s brief stays, Sox asks what he can do to help Buzz out and Buzz offhandedly says Sox could figure out the whole fuel cell recreation conundrum. It’s a big job, but Sox does have a lot of alone time in Buzz’s seldom-visited apartment.

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Lightyear.

include a great many people who are probably a generation or two removed from wherever home was — the people on the planet seem to have largely lost interest in the fuel cell problem and are more focused on making life better there. Buzz takes one more desperate mission to prove that he can get the ship going again, but finds himself returning to a society facing threats from a mysterious ship and a bunch of robots called Zurg. Fighting the Zurg is a young woman with a familiar last name: Izzy Hawthorne, the now twentysomething granddaughter of Buzz’s old friend Alisha.

Sox, the movie’s standout supporting character, helps to amp up the kid-friendly silliness of the movie, which features a lot of adults talking. I’ve felt that some recent Pixar movies feel so invested in adulty-seeming characters and their adult, midlife problems about career fulfillment or being an empty-nester that I didn’t see the kid appeal of the story. Here, while there is a lot about Buzz learning to face up to a mistake and move on from it and learning to be part of a team, I feel like the movie approaches these rather complex concepts in kid-accessible ways.

How do you deal with a mistake that you made without letting that mistake consume you? How do you live life from where you are now and move forward? I found myself being impressed with how the movie delivered these concepts in a way that I think kids will get, emotionally, even if it’s not something they could express in words.

Lightyear is, of course, beautiful to look at. It has a few truly lovely moments in space and in the sky. In particular, there is a shot with clouds that was stunning in the same way that the rendering of water in the short Piper was, where I may have actually said “wow” out loud.

Lightyear doesn’t grab you by the heart like recent Pixar offerings Turning Red or Luca.

While there’s nothing too frightening for younger kids, I did wonder if there was enough silliness or bounciness for kids younger than, say, 7 or 8. It’s a nice movie, in the kindness sense, without being particularly delightful, and it’s a fun movie while still having moments that feel, if not sluggish exactly, just not as peppy as they could be.

Lightyear is not the most memorable Pixar offering but a perfectly acceptable option for families looking for entertainment and air conditioning. B Rated PG for action/peril, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Directed by Angus MacLane with a screenplay by Angus MacLane (based on characters by Pete Docter & Andrew Stanton & Joe Ranft), Lightyear is an hour and 40 minutes long and distributed by Walt Disney Studios in theaters.

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Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday, 386 pages) There are a lot of things to appreciate about this debut novel from Bonnie Garmus: The story is original, the writing is engaging and the cast of characters is mainly quirky and fun. Well, except for most of the men. And therein lies one of the problems with this book.

Lessons in Chemistry is fiercely devoted to the idea that women in 1960s California were treated entirely unfairly and had no opportunities for careers outside of the home, and that men were generally awful humans who had zero respect for women and were successful only because they were born male.

The book centers on chemist Elizabeth Zott, who works with an otherwise all-male team at Hastings Research Institute, where she doesn’t feel her work is respected. Prior to that job, Elizabeth was trying to get her Ph.D. but was sexually assaulted and kicked out of the program after defending herself with what must have been a pretty sharp pencil. So she has a particularly strong point of view about the male species and equality. Fair.

“Elizabeth Zott held grudges … mainly reserved for a patriarchal society founded on the idea that women were less. Less capable. Less intelligent. Less inventive. A society that believed men went to work and did impor-

tant things … and women stayed at home and raised children.”

But then she meets Calvin Evans, a renowned scientist who appreciates Elizabeth’s intelligence and passion for the sciences. His character is reminiscent of The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper, with his academic genius far superior to his emotional intelligence and ability to understand human behavior and societal norms. But he is a champion of Elizabeth almost from the start, despite her oft-exaggerated views on life. “‘You’re saying,’ he said slowly, ‘that more women actually want to be in science.’

She widened her eyes. ‘Of course we do.

In science, in medicine, in business, in music, in math. Pick an area.’ And then she paused, because the truth was, she’d only known a handful of women who’d wanted to be in science or any other area for that matter. Most of the women she’d met in college claimed they were only there to get their MRS. It was disconcerting, as if they’d all drunk something that had rendered them temporarily insane.

‘But instead,’ she continued, ‘women are at home, making babies and cleaning rugs. It’s legalized slavery.’”

Not to be too dramatic or anything.

Elizabeth has self-righteous tendencies and can be annoying at times. There are some contradictions in the book too; Elizabeth spends

so much time talking about how she deserves equality, yet she ends her cooking show, Supper at Six, with “Children, set the table. Your mother needs a moment to herself.” So fathers can’t be home cooking? If the point here is equality, shouldn’t it work both ways?

Still, Elizabeth as host of the show is one of the author’s more clever moves; Elizabeth takes the job begrudgingly when life seems to leave no other option, and she uses it as a forum to bolster the spirits and promote the intelligence of the housewives who are watching. She uses scientific formulas in her recipes and encourages women to do more and be more. The problem is, she isn’t likable (in my opinion — as of this writing, the book has a 4.4-star review on Goodreads, so I’m not necessarily in the majority here). I had a hard time believing that anyone would watch her show; she comes across as smart, yes, but not personable. She speaks like the scientist she is, and it’s not relatable dialogue. No one who is not a scientist — man or woman — would know what she’s talking about most of the time, and it’s not like Google existed back then to figure it out.

The book’s other “lesson in chemistry” — the chemistry between Elizabeth and Calvin — is short-lived. Their relationship was the highlight of the story to me, but it ends abruptly, and the plot disappointingly transitions to its heavy-hitting feminist focus. Calvin’s character becomes less about his impact on Elizabeth’s life and more about a convoluted subplot regarding his

family history, an adoption mystery and the funding of scientists.

There are some fascinating characters, like Elizabeth and Calvin’s daughter Mad, and Mad’s babysitter Harriet, both of whom add depth and refreshingly different points of view to the book. And then there’s Six-Thirty, Elizabeth and Calvin’s dog, who learns to understand hundreds of words that Elizabeth teaches him. I appreciate the purpose of that message — anyone, and any dog, can do anything! — in the context of this book, and it’s mostly delivered well, through the eyes of other characters, like Elizabeth (who thinks it just makes sense that a dog could learn any words) or Harriet (who thinks Elizabeth is strange). But there are a few random, abrupt moments in the book where we’re seeing things from Six-Thirty’s point of view, and I found it a bit off-putting. His perspective didn’t seem to add anything to the story and, to me, it just slowed down the flow.

Ultimately, I enjoyed the first half of the book. The second half was missing, well, chemistry. Elizabeth is a better character alongside Calvin, which is likely the opposite of what Garmus was aiming for, her message seemingly being that women don’t need men. That message might have gone over better if Elizabeth were the least bit happy and hadn’t been described in the first few pages of the book as “permanently depressed” and “ashamed” of her job as a TV host — it’s hard to cheer for a bitter “hero.” C+ — Meghan Siegler

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Meet country line dancing instructor Michelle Jackson-White Michelle Jackson-White gives country line dancing lessons at the Hampton Beach Seashell Stage every Thursday evening from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by live country music.

leaves a void. I get attached to my dancing friends, and when someone leaves it can be painful. The good news is they sometimes return. Marriage, divorces, kids, school — life happens, and sometimes things change that bring a member back.

When did you start country line dancing?

When I was 27 years old, my mom was into country line Michelle Jackson-White.

How do you persuade shy dancing. She used to go with Courtesy photo. people to dance? her friends to a little place in When trying to encourage Methuen, Massachusetts, called the White people to try dancing, I tell them it’s only a Buffalo Saloon. Mom always asked me to dance. If you can count to 8 and walk, then join her and her friends at the dances, and I you can do it. If you mess up, just keep smilreally had no interest. I didn’t even like coun- ing, and no one will notice your feet. I enjoy try music. But Mom encouraged me to try it, teaching new dancers easy steps so they feel and I have to say, I was hooked after that very good. Teaching the beginner two-step seems first time. I enjoyed it so much, soon I was to work well; that’s a country partner leadgoing dancing three times a week. and-follow dance.

How did you end up becoming an instructor?

It happened purely by accident. A local high school distributed a flier offering some adult education courses, and one of them was country line dancing. Although the other courses that were listed had the name of the instructor, the line dancing one said ‘TBA.’ When I called to enroll in the class, the woman was so happy, she took my name and info and said she’d have someone get back to me.

When they called me back, they took my information and started talking about salary.

They thought I was calling to apply for the job as the instructor. I was hired at that high school, and that’s how it started for me.

You live in Nashville now. Was it line dancing that took you there?

Well, not really. It may seem that way, but Nashville is a music town, not a dance town.

I had established a pretty big following in New England doing line dancing and ended up opening a local restaurant and bar called Saddle Up Saloon in Kingston, New Hampshire. I not only gave line dancing classes, I also DJ’d there. My husband is a country musician who also performs Garth Brooks tribute concerts. His job offered him a position in Nashville, and that’s how I ended up there. But it was painful leaving New England. I had started a huge dance community and made many friends through it. I was very established here and had to start over from scratch in Nashville.

What’s the most challenging part of the job?

I would say it’s when a person leaves the group for whatever reason. People’s lives change; sometimes those changes take them away from the dance lessons and it

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What’s the most rewarding thing about teaching country line dancing?

I have to say the friendships and the relationships I’ve developed through the job.

It’s a warm dance family, a wonderful community. … I’ve traveled the world giving dance lessons — Florida, California, even Japan. I’ve taught dance on cruise ships. In Nashville, I teach dance classes at the Nashville Palace, which is located right across from the Grand Ole Opry. … It took time to reestablish myself in Nashville, but I’ve built up a dance group there; coming back to Hampton Beach gives me a chance to see my New England family of dancers.

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North Beach Bar: Amante, 8 p.m.

Shane’s: Frank Duo, 6 p.m.

Wally’s: Chris Toler, 4 p.m.; Diezel, 9 p.m.

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Portsmouth Gas Light: Liz Ridgely, 2 p.m.; Amanda Dane Band, 7 p.m.; Sean Coleman, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: The Mockingbirds, 9 p.m.

Seabrook Chop Shop: One Track Mind, 8 p.m.

Red’s: The Mystic, 7 p.m.

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Hampton Bernie’s: Sophisatafunk & Lee Ross, 8 p.m.

Charlie’s Tap House: live music, 4:30 p.m.

CR’s: Rico Bar Duo, 4 p.m.

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

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

The Goat: MB Padfield, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Mason Brothers, 1 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clinte Lapointe, 1 p.m.

Shane’s: Ryan Flynn, 6 p.m.

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

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

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

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Wednesday, June 29

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.

McGuirk’s: Doug Mitchell, 1 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m

Wally’s: Jonny Friday Duo, 4 p.m.; live band karaoke, 8 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Chris Powers, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Seabrook Red’s: Francoix Simard, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 30

Hampton Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.; Steel Pulse, 8 p.m.

CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

The Goat: MB Padfield, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Chris Cyrus, 1 p.m.; Super Frog, 7:30 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Alex Roy, 1 p.m.

Shane’s: Taylor Marie, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: The Drift, 6 p.m.

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Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

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Say it, don’t spray it

There’s a big difference between paying one’s respects and spraying one’s disrespect, and Laurie Lynn Hinds, 51, of Quitman, Texas, knows better than anyone. KLTV-7 reports that Hinds was arrested on June 5 and charged with statejail abuse of corpse for a November 2021 incident in which Hinds walked into a Tyler, Texas, funeral home, made her way directly to an open casket and spit on the corpse inside. A witness to the incident said Hinds was angry with the family of the deceased. Abuse of a corpse is a statejail felony in Texas, punishable by six months to two years in a state jail and up to $10,000 in fines.

Lost and found

Daniel Hughes was kayaking recently in the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, when a bright yellow object tangled in debris on the riverbank caught his eye, KDKA-TV reported. Upon closer inspection, Hughes discovered that the object was a helmet — specifically a firefighter helmet with markings identifying it as property of the Franklin Park Fire Department in Pennsylvania, some 422 miles away. The helmet had an ID card still attached, and when Hughes shared photos to the Franklin Park FD Facebook page, Chief Bill Chicots got in touch and shared the whole story. “The helmet belonged to Dave Vodarick, he’s been

a member of our fire department since 1974; he lost the helmet during a water rescue in October 2019,” Chicots said.

The rushing water failed to sweep Vodarick away three years ago, but it succeeded in ripping off his helmet, and efforts to find it had come up empty. The well-traveled helmet is set to return to Franklin Park, where it will be displayed in the fire department’s trophy case.

Better late than never

It’s not unheard of for a library to receive a late book return in the mail, but the package the Tooting Library in London received from Canada recently won’t be forgotten anytime soon. CBC News reported that the package contained a copy of the book A Confederate General From Big Sur by Richard Brautigan, a book that had last been checked out in 1974 — making it approximately 48 years and 107 days overdue. Efforts to track down and thank the borrower were successful, and Tony Spence, 72, a retired judge living in British Columbia, will be spared the late fees — not only the $7,618.10 that would be charged if the fines weren’t capped, but also the $10.50 maximum fine. “We’re pleased to have the book back in a condition good enough to return to the shelves, if we wanted, and under the circumstances we’re waiving the fines,” a statement from the library said. “We thank Mr. Spence for returning it and hope he enjoyed it.”

Let me off here

A bus driver from Boston learned the hard way that in areas where cannabis is legal, it pays to read every label. As AP News reported, on March 13, police found Jinhuan Chen, a 10-year veteran driver for Go Go Sun Tour with an exemplary record, unconscious at the wheel of a bus pulled over on the side of Interstate 95 in Stratford, Connecticut. Chen, who, according to his manager, “doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, but he has a sweet tooth and likes candy,” had been transporting 38 passengers and munching on a package of gummy candies when he blacked out. Turns out the gummies were Smokies Edibles Cannabis Infused Fruit Chews, and toxicology reports revealed a high level of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, in Chen’s bloodstream. “This would never have happened a couple of years ago,” Go Go Sun Tour manager Victor Chen said, “but now there’s marijuana everywhere here.” Jinhuan Chen will face 38 counts of reckless endangerment at his court date in August.

Public notice

The Carter County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee has requested the public’s help in finding the owner of a pig at large — and when we say “at large,” we mean large. The animal weighs an estimated 300 pounds, and it has helped itself to homeowners’ plants and destroyed property

during its wandering, reported WJHL-TV. “We have nowhere to put a 300-pound pig ... safely,” said Shannon Posada, director of the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter. “We have no way of transportation for that large of an animal.” Posada said local farmers may be called upon to help if the owner isn’t found.

One person’s trash

The ’80s ruled recently in a batch of auctions that may send folks into their attics on the hunt for forgotten treasure. The Houston Chronicle reported that a shrinkwrapped, near-mint condition 1986 Back to the Future VHS tape sold for an astounding $75,000 in a Heritage Auction on June 9, the highest price ever fetched at auction for a sealed and graded VHS cassette.

It didn’t hurt that the item came from the personal collection of actor Tom Wilson, who portrayed Biff Tannen in the movie trilogy, and that Wilson added a handwritten note and offered to sign the container for the winner. Wilson also sold sealed and graded VHS copies of Back to the Future II ($16,250), Back to the Future III ($13,750) and a ’90s-era Back to the Future Trilogy boxed set ($10,000). Other highlights of the ’80s-era VHS auctions included copies of blockbusters The Goonies ($50,000), Jaws ($32,500), Ghostbusters ($23,750) and Top Gun ($17,500) Visit newsoftheweird.com.

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