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food 11 Greek Food Festival

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Pet of the Week

Meet

Chopan

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Chopan is a gorgeous 15.1-hand thoroughbred gelding who is waiting to meet his forever person. He is eye-catching and very sweet.

The information we received upon his intake was that Chopan had a brief racing career followed by a “tremendous amount” of training after his retirement from the track. He has been on vacation from any serious work for the better part of 10 years, through no fault of his own.

We have started him back under the saddle with ease. He is a pleasure to ride, with his beautiful floaty gaits and his sound walk, trot and canter. We have ridden him out of the ring and around the property, which he enjoyed. He could be your next trail partner.

This fella will steal your heart with his little nickers when he sees you approaching. Despite his impressive stature, he is a lovebug.

He is up to date on all his vaccines, and he is also microchipped. He is not on any medication or special diets.

This gelding is too good to overlook. If you are interested in learning more about Chopan or any of our farm animals, please email info@nhspca.org, visit nhspca.org or call 772-2921, ext. 110.

The Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment Friday through Monday.

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Mix locally distilled liquor into a refreshing summer cocktail

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By Lucas Henry Beer made by local breweries is easy to find on tap at Seacoast bars, but ask a bar owner about their offerings for locally distilled liquors and the question becomes more difficult. There are a handful of reasons that homebrew distilling hasn’t sprung up in the same way that microbreweries have, but look for the right brands and it’s easy to find nationally renowned flavors bottled and sold from right in the Northeast.

Every bottle has its own story. How it

was made, the lives behind the process and the craft behind the flavor is what causes communities to form around these local brands.

The stories for many of these brands involve one person: Ronald Vars. As the principal of Plaice Cove Spirits in Dover, he’s responsible for handling many of New Hampshire’s most popular liquors. Plaice Cove’s relationships with distributors bring local distillers’ brands to the market and helps them clear state and federal regulations while also helping them with branding. With three chemists, a lab, in-

house graphic designers and a marketing team, they can move a brand from concept to reality in short order.

“We take your ideas and bottle them,” Vars said. “There’s nothing that comes out of our shop I wouldn’t put up against any national brand.”

He pointed to Ice Pik Vodka, a product that’s ranked nationally and distilled right in North Hampton. In terms of price, Vars said the vodka punches way above its class, offering great value in the vodka market.

As a clear liquor, vodka lends itself well Whiskey Highball Courtesy of Ronald Vars, Plaice Cove Spirits • 2 ounces of Republic of Indian Stream whiskey • 4 ounces of club soda Add whiskey into a highball glass with ice and top with club soda.

Manhattan Courtesy of Andy Day, Doire Distillery • 2 ounces Joe Whiskey • 1 ounce sweet vermouth

Doire Distillery Joe Whiskey. Courtesy photo.

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Stir to combine in a mixing glass and then serve in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

to many different fruit and herbal flavors, making flavored vodkas a growing trend among vodka distillers like Ice Pik, which is in the process of launching its own grapefruit-flavored vodka.

Wicked Mint Liqueur, another New Hampshire-based brand working with Plaice Cove Spirits, sells small handmade batches of mint-flavored liqueur, made with American corn and blended with cane sugar, with no added preservatives. Their goal, the company states, is to keep their product “simple, delicious, clean and local.”

The liqueur is a tasty, versatile option for desserts and cocktails. Krissy Karrasch, a spokesperson for the brand, recommended combining it with ginger ale in a drink they call the Wicked Highball. Minty, refreshing and a little sweet, it’s a good summer drink.

For cocktail makers who are looking for a drink that’s different from anything else on the shelves, one Seacoast distillery in particular can offer that experience.

Talisman Spirits, based in North Hampton, is a brand with a story almost as unique as the spirits it sells. George Heilshorn, the owner, worked in the beer industry for several years, where he made a name for himself by brewing with unusual ingredients, such as foraged herbs and other non-traditional materials. Vars saw what Heilshorn was up to and offered his company’s resources to see what he would come up with.

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Seacoast Scene contributor Christina Briggs definitely got a strong kick to it, so if stopped by Sonny’s Tavern in Dover to try you need to spice up your night, this is out some of their most popular cocktails. a good one to start with.

If a bittersweet cocktail is what If you’re looking for some delicious you’re looking for, try the Psychediland intriguing cocktails, Sonny’s Tav- lic, made with gin, purple carrot shrub, ern has plenty of options. lemon, ginger and bubbles.

The general manager, Tyler LesNext on the list of recommendations sard, was busy on a Thursday evening was the Coffee Talk. For the coffee lovas the place was packed and staff ers of the world, this vodka martini is bustled between tables, carrying all made with espresso rum, coconut fatwashed vodka, cold-brew coffee, amaro, manner of fresh drinks.

Though Sonny’s doesn’t stock local averna, and a neat coffee smoke bubble. brands of liquor, Lessard explained, they For those wanting to feel like do make their own syrups and cocktails. they’re on a tropical island, the Mai “Our Darryl Strawberry is pretty Tai will do the trick, with a silky milk popular with habanero in it,” he said. foam and a slice of lime on top. This “I’d also recommend our gin-infused smooth cocktail is made with a house ‘Psychedillic’ drink.” rum blend, orgeat and lime.

After one sip of Darryl StrawberAs for their non-alcoholic mocktail ry, your senses are quickly awakened. selections, the Mr. Pineapples mockThe drink is made with pineapple tail, made with pineapple, passion fruit habanero tequila, triple sec, straw- and lemon, looks as good as it tastes berry, lemon, lime and habanero. It’s and is the perfect summer quencher.

“I think he was curious to see what I would wind up doing,” Heilshorn said.

Instead of doing a normal mash and fermenting with corn or grain, he started distilling with beer. With his connections from the brewing world, he put out the word for any excess beer that other businesses couldn’t use. The process of double-distilling beer extracted the alcohol and allowed him to use it as a base for Talisman’s Spirit’s signature Monsieur Jean Vert Absinthe.

It takes two distilling cycles, and each cycle takes seven to eight hours. Originally made out of a 90-gallon copper pot still, what comes out is 150 proof, or nearly 75 percent alcohol by volume. Heilshorn recommends drinking it in the traditional French method for absinthe, which is done with one part absinthe to four or five parts ice water, in order to adjust the strength and flavor.

Beyond that, he said, absinthe can be mixed in a drink invented by Ernest Hemingway. Often called Death in the Afternoon, or Hemingway Champagne, it’s a cocktail made of one part absinthe to two or three parts Champagne. Absinthe can be heavy stuff, Heilshorn said, so he recommends that adventurous drinkers who are new to the drink take it slow.

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Limoncello Whiskey Cooler Courtesy of the Republic of Indian Stream • 2 ounces of Republic of Indian Stream Border whiskey • 1 ounce Fabrizia Lemoncello • ½ ounce fresh lemon juice Shake with ice, then pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon or other fruit.

Wicked Blue Stingah Courtesy of Way Wicked Spirits • 2 ounces Ice Pik Blueberry Vodka • ½ ounce Wicked Mint Combine and shake over ice before straining into a martini glass.

For something that’s a bit smoother right out of the bottle, Doire Distillery in Derry has an interesting lemon-based liquor that’s sweet and packed with lemons.

Andy Day and his partner Alana Day joined the craft alcohol scene when they purchased the Drinkery in Londonderry in 2011. Since then, they’ve been in a state of evolution when it comes to clear spir-

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Way Wicked Spirits Wicked Mint Liqueur. Courtesy photo.

Tailsman Spirits Monsieur Jean Vert Absinthe. Courtesy photo.

its, eventually opening the Doire Distillery in 2018. They use a cane sugar base, since it’s easy to acquire and easy to work with, which gives them a neutral, lightly sweet distilled product they can use as a canvas for liquors like gin and vodka.

They’re about to release a lemon-infused, canse-based liquor. Per batch, it includes 140 lemons.

“Almost right off the still it’s the perfect lemon drop,” Andy Day said. “Just add a little bit of sugar and it’s super lemon in your face.”

Death in the Afternoon, or Hemingway Champagne Courtesy of George Heilshorn, Talisman Spirits • 1½ ounces Monsieur Jean Vert absinthe • 4½ ounces dry, chilled Champagne

If you’re not in the mood for a lemon drop, they recommend a Manhattan made from their Joe Whiskey. Because 100-percent rye whiskies involve ingredients that can gum up distilling equipment, they came up with Joe Whiskey, which has the same flavor profile as a 100-percent rye whiskey but is easier to produce, less hard on their equipment and half the price. The Days call it the perfect whiskey for “your average Joe.” In the world of distilling liquor, whiskey is a world unto itself, which is easy to understand after talking to a person like James Saunders.

Saunders spent upward of 10 years as a whiskey enthusiast. He’s tasted most of the whiskey products that are on shelves today and many that are no longer produced.

Pour the Champagne slowly on top of the absinthe and enjoy.

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Absinthe - French Method

• 1 ounce New England Barrel Co. Small Batch Select Bourbon • 1 ounce Aperol • 1 ounce Amaro Nonino Quintessentia • 1 ounce lemon juice

Courtesy of George Heilshorn, Talisman Spirits • 1 ounce Monsieur Jean Vert absinthe • 5 ounces ice water Traditionally absinthe drinks made using this method involve dripping the ice water over a sugar cube and into the glass.

Courtesy of James Saunders, New England Barrel Co.

Add bourbon, Aperol, amaro and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake until cold before straining into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.

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From whiskey released during Prohibition and used as medicine, to American bourbon and rye from the 1800s, to modern-day blends from the top shelf, he’s had a lot of practice to develop his palate. He would often field calls from his buddies and give advice on what whiskey they should buy.

“One of the things that absolutely drove me crazy in the bourbon space was that you saw all these ultra-premium prices on not so great quality bottles,” Saunders said.

So, having picked a bunch of single barrels of whiskey for groups, charities, liquor stores, bars and restaurants, he knew how to find good barrels, and his knowledge of whiskey also included the economics of the industry.

“I just wanted to do something for the community,” he said.

Saunders left his job in cybersecurity and went into business mixing barrels for his company New England Barrel Co., based in Dover. It took months of labor and tasting notes before his first product was ready, but Saunders refused to ship anything that wasn’t up to his high standards.

If he ever doubted his own palate, he would recruit his buddies to taste-test the products over Zoom calls. Finally, in 2021, he released his first product: a Kentucky bourbon called the Small Batch Select. Most of the batches clock in at a hefty 118 proof, or about 59 percent alcohol. The drink quickly became a smash hit. In just their first calendar year of business, they’ve won accolades and awards that cement their place as con-

Wicked Highball Courtesy of Krissy Karrasch, Way Wicked Spirits • 1½ ounces Wicked Mint Liqueur • 5 to 6 ounces ginger ale Serve with ice.

tenders against national brands. Saunders created not only an award-winning product but also a community of whiskey enthusiasts who share his passion for the craft, who started to emerge through Facebook, wanting in on the mysterious world of small-batch whiskey. A group of friends pooling their funds could share around different bottles and mixes, making it more affordable than purchasing entire bottles just to get a taste.

Local distillers are about more than just crafting high-quality spirits, Saunders explained. While talking with the Scene, Saunders held a bottle that had a batch number on it written in his wife’s handwriting. The label depicted a lighthouse, which he said represented New England, while the five birds around it represented his wife and kids. The bottle itself was a product of his community-focused business and years spent perfecting his craft.

For people who want to dive into the world of locally distilled liquor, Saunders recommends starting the same way he did a decade ago: by finding a drink they like and mixing themselves a cocktail.

Local distilleries and locally distilled liquor Doire Distillery

(1 1/2 E. Broadway, Derry, 965-3454, cask.life/doire-distilling) offers locally made rum, gin, vodka, moonshine and whiskey on a scenic campus. See their website to book tours and tastings.

Island District Co.

Rocky Peak Spirits

(119 Broadway, Dover; bottled at Plaice Cove Spirits in Dover, rockypeakspirits.com, facebook @rockypeakspirits) is unique for its smooth cinnamon whiskey, which combines cinnamon, vanilla and whiskey in smallbatch craft bottles.

(105 Towle Farm Road, Hampton, islanddistrictcompany.com, hello@islandSmoky Quartz Distillery districtcompany.com) sells canned sparkling (894 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, cocktails made from simple, natural ingredi- 474-4229, smokyquartzdistillery.com) ents combined with either vodka or tequila. distills vodka, gin, moonshine and bourbon using locally sourced products. Their “grain to grass” philosophy New England Barrel Co. (119 Broadway, Dover; bottled at Plaice extends to using organic, certified Cove Spirits, newenglandbarrelco.com, sales@ grinds and grade-A molasses for their newenglandbarrelco.com, facebook @neb- products. co20) produces craft whiskey called their Small Batch Select. They have both bourbon and rye.

Talisman Spirits (135 Lafayette Road, North Hampton, talismanspirits.com, 475-6090, stringth@ Republic of Indian Stream (119 Broadway, Dover; bottled at Plaice comcast.net) is known for their smallCove Spirits, tepublicofindianstream.com, face- batch, handcrafted Monsieur Jean Vert book @borderwhiskey) is owned by a couple of absinthe, which is double-distilled from New Englanders and is known for its flagship beer. They also offer other products disproduct, Border Whiskey. They’re also work- tilled from non-traditional materials, like foraged herbs. ing on a limited-edition “frontier cut.”

Doire Distillery Worthy Gin. Courtesy photo.

Tamworth Distilling

(15 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth, 323-7196, tamworthdistilling.com) is a historic New England distillery that sells bourbon, rye, cider rye, corn and applejack whiskey. They also offer vodka and gin in addition to their Crab Trapper whiskey, which became famous after they distilled it using green crabs caught from the coast of Seabrook as a major ingredient.

Way Wicked Spirits

(119 Broadway, Dover; bottled at Plaice Cove Spirits in Dover; waywickedspirits.com, 935-5099, admin@stonefencebev.com) is as New England as it gets. Their flagship product, Way Wicked Mint liqueur, is made from simple, organic ingredients.

They plan on releasing a chocolate liqueur, among other products, sometime in the near future.

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People and Places

More to the story

Museum adds to its view of history The American Independence Museum in Exeter was recently awarded a grant to increase its exhibition space to share a more comprehensive history of the founding of America. Jennifer Carr, the museum’s curator and collections manager and acting executive director, discussed what that will look like and the importance of inclusive storytelling in American history.

What will the grant be used for?

The Samuel P. Hunt Foundation has generously awarded us $21,250 to enhance our archival and exhibit infrastructure … [with new] archival museum cases, as well as some smaller-ticket items that will help us to tell stories about inclusive history. For the past couple years, the museum has been taking a look at how we interpret the founding of the American nation, and we’ve seen that we tell the story from really one perspective, which is the military perspective. That left a lot of people out of the equation. We’ve been doing research on local and state history and looking at our collections to see how we can bring more inclusive history into what we do with the museum. We’ve discovered that we have a collection of more than 3,000 items, and there are different stories we can tell with those items than what we’ve been telling. There are many different ways for historians to interpret the same item. … With the grant, we’ve been able to purchase five new cases, as well as labels which are ADAcompliant. With that, we can bring more of our collections out of storage and put that research to use, sharing those incredible stories with our guests.

an interesting LGBTQ history related to General von Steuben, so we’re able to bring that book out and talk not only about military strategy but also about the contributions of the LGBTQ community to the founding of our nation. We also have indigenous artifacts uncovered during the 2019 archeological dig at the Ladd-Gilman House … so we’re able to tell the pre-contact history of indigenous peoples right in our own backyard.

When will these updates be ready to view?

The company that manufactures these museum cases actually has a pretty long lead time at this point, so we won’t be able to get them out on exhibit until next season.

In the meantime, we’re going to continue working on research to dive deeper into our collections and see how many more stories from different perspectives we can uncover to prepare for getting those museum cases in place to share with our guests in 2023.

American Independence Museum. Courtesy photo.

everyone who has gone underrepresented in this nation. We feel it’s important to tell a balanced story of the founding of the nation, not just from the military perspective, not just the grand stories of the founding fathers, but of everything the people of this nation went through to gain independence. … Independence wasn’t won only on the battlefield; it was about boycotts women were engaged in to fight the taxes Britain was levying on the colonies; it was about the enslaved people who left their families to go off to fight in a war they believed would lead to freedom for them, only to come home and remain enslaved. There are a lot of stories, good and bad, that led to the founding of this nation.

Who does this historical research, and what does that process look like?

It’s primarily me. Before I began serving as acting executive director, I was primarily focused on curatorial work. I was taking the lead on all the research and interpretation.

What are some of the stories you plan on We also had a couple fantastic volunteers Has there been an interest from the telling with the expanded exhibit space? who helped us with research and going to We’re looking to expand to as many differ- the historical societies and digging through public in learning about these stories?

Yes. I’ve personally led some tours ent underrepresented groups as we can. We’ve deeds and archives. It’s been a team effort. over the past couple years that includbeen working with Black history, women’s history, indigenous history, and we even have What led the museum to pursue these ed these new stories we’ve uncovered, and I’ve heard people making comments one story that covers LGBTQ history. We updates? have a military order book written by General It’s something happening industry-wide. like, ‘Wow, I had no idea that happened von Steuben, who helped General Washing- I think America has realized so much of its here. I’m glad you’re telling these stoton whip the Continental Army into shape and history has gone untold. There’s a reckon- ries, because it’s something I didn’t hear start winning battles, and it turns out there’s ing right now with that. We’re looking at in school.” That has been great to hear.

Jennifer Carr. Courtesy photo.

Overwhelmingly, the feedback has been positive. I think people enjoy hearing stories that are different from what they learned in school. We’ve all heard the story of the Boston Tea Party; it’s a great story, but it’s nothing new. I think people are interested in hearing new things and learning on a deeper level.

— Angie Sykeny

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Pass the pastichio

Greek Food Festival returns to Newburyport The Greek Food Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Newburyport, Mass., returns Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31, for a weekend of Greek food, live music and dancing.

According to the church’s website, visitors will be able to purchase any number of classic Greek fare, including gyros, pastichio, kabobs, moussaka, keftethes, spinach pie, stuffed grape leaves and the popular lamb shanks. On Friday, fish plaki will also be offered. For dessert the festival will offer an assortment of Greek pastries, including baklava, galaktoboureko, loukoumades and more. The food is all homemade by parishioners and community members.

Greek Food Festival Where: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 7 Harris St., Newburyport, Mass.

When: Friday, July 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, July 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free admission More info: annunciation.ma.goarch.org

Live music will be provided by OPA entertainment on Friday and Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., and this year Greek vendors will be selling artisanal goods in the foyer of the church.

The Greek Food Festival has long been a mainstay in Newburyport, having been produced by the church for over 100 years. It also has become an unofficial part of Newburyport’s Yankee Homecoming Week, a week-long festival starting on Saturday, July 30, which includes a whole host of activities for visitors and community members alike.

For newcomers to Greek food offerings, here’s a quick look at some classic dishes that will be offered at the festival.

• Moussaka is a dish with minced meat, spiced potatoes, and Greek aubergine, usually topped with a bechamel sauce and baked.

• Keftethes, also known as Greek meatballs, are often fried balls of pork or beef with a blend of spices, and often include bread, onions, mint leaves and parsley.

• Gyros, one of the most popular Greek dishes, are made from meat cooked on a

Greek Food Festival. Courtesy photos.

rotisserie, served wrapped in pita bread, usually with tzatziki, potatoes, onion and tomatoes.

• Dolmades are grape leaves stuffed with rice and a blend of spices, including lemon, and often contain spiced meat as well.

• Baklava is a dessert pastry made from layering thin sheets of filo dough

between layers of butter or oil, and filled with chopped nuts and honey.

• Loukoumades, or lokma, are dessert pastries made from balls of fried dough and soaked in either syrup or honey. They are sometimes topped with cinnamon, walnuts or chocolate sauce.

— Hannah Turtle

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Food

at Ambrose Restaurant Walk through to the rear of Exeter’s historic Inn By the Bandstand and you’ll find a uniquely enclosed outdoor patio framed by gardens, a water fountain and a fireplace. This, along with the inn’s downstairs dining and living rooms, is one of the chief gathering areas of Ambrose Restaurant (6 Front St., Exeter, 772-7673, innbythebandstand.com/ambrose-restaurant), a scratch-cooked eatery quickly becoming known for its seasonally inspired and locally sourced small plates. Named after Ambrose Swasey, a once-prominent Exeter philanthropist and engineer and an important figure in the town’s history, the restaurant features a menu of regularly rotating options crafted by executive chef Stanley Orantes, a native of El Salvador with extensive experience in Boston’s dining scene. Some menu items are mainstays, notably those that pay homage to Orantes’s roots, like the pollo en chicha, a traditional Salvadoran dish featuring roasted chicken and a chicha puree sauce made from fermented fruit and alcohol. The Scene recently caught up with Orantes, along with Jaime Lopez, a native of Mexico and one of Ambrose’s business partners, who also serves as the innkeeper, to talk about how local history and ingredients have been combined with globally inspired techniques to make up the restaurant’s unique concept.

How long has Ambrose Restaurant been around?

Lopez: [We opened on] June 25 of 2021, so last year. … This building was built as a private residence in 1809, [and] we’ve owned and operated it as The Inn By the Bandstand for nine years. Little by little we have renovated the entire space, indoor and outdoor.

This beautiful indoor dining space, and the patio, was just being used for breakfast, but then would just sit empty, so we thought we could fill a niche [and have] something small and unique, not forgetting our roots and the [role] that history has played in this building over the years in Exeter.

What makes Ambrose Restaurant unique?

Lopez: I think, when people come to a place like this, it’s a place that gives you its essence. … It’s not just about the food; it’s about the whole package.

It’s the ambiance of the old building … [and] how refined an experience can be by the table setting, the music, the service and the food. All of that combined is, I think, what makes Ambrose quite special. … In searching for someone to come and walk into our vision, with the alignment of the stars, we came across Chef Stanley, who is extremely talented in his own way. We didn’t really want to impose or create a set of rules or expectations. We just wanted that person to see what was already in existence … and so Stanley was the one with the idea of a small-plates restaurant.

What is your personal favorite dish?

Orantes: The pollo en chicha. The pollo en chicha is the most popular [dish] on the menu.

Lopez: I would have to agree with him. We want to play up our ethnicity, which is the reason Ambrose has

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Top: chipotle hummus. Bottom left: pollo en chicha. Bottom right: roasted beet salad. Photos by Matt Ingersoll.

become a unique place. … Although we’re playing with ingredients that are locally sourced in the New England area, we still want to portray that stamp of who we are. … It’s all about having fun with who we are and representing that on the dinner menu, and how cool [it is that] we have the whole world to play with.

What is something that everyone should try?

Lopez: I love seafood, and right now on the menu there is one specific item that I love to sell, and that is the smoked tuna carpaccio. It just has those umami flavors that you would expect of a smoked dish … and it’s presented with some soumi tsuyu, which is a Japanese sauce, and served with a jicama salsa.

Orantes: I think I would say either the pollo en chica, the ceviche, which is a new [dish] for the summertime, or the smoked tuna carpaccio.

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

Lopez: Having quality control and consistency … is [what] we go by every single day. But consistency is not easily attained unless you have, in my opinion, a clear vision of what you’re doing.

Orantes: It’s true, because you have to be consistent in your job … and be passionate in every area.

What is your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast?

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There are a few notes on the ingredients. For the bell pepper, you want sweet.

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Our fourth wine, a 2020 Joseph Drouhin Pouilly-Fuissé (priced at $31.99, reduced to $29.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets), is another chardonnay, but coming from vineyards in the villages of Pouilly and Fuissé, in the Mâconnaise subregion of Bourgogne, where the only grape variety grown is chardonnay. This wine is different from the others in that there is some barrel aging, six to eight months in the case of this wine, giving the wine a more “full-mouth-feel.” The color is golden, along with a slight green tinge. To the nose, green grapes and almonds abound; this is then carried through to the tongue. These are pleasant notes, not to be considered heavy, but instead ethereal, and with a long finish.

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We are always looking for something off the beaten track, wines other than chardonnays and sauvignon blancs, so we headed to the Loire Valley in France and, surprisingly, Napa Valley, to try a few whites made with other varietals.

Our first wine, the Domaine Bourillon Dorleans Premium Vouvray Brut (available at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets, priced at $64.99, reduced to $23.99), is a delightful take on a crémant, which is sparkling wine not produced in Champagne and sometimes made with grapes other than chardonnay and pinot noir. It has a pale gold color; the bubbles are tiny and persistent.

To the nose, there are citric notes with just a touch of yeast. To the tongue this bubbly is ripe with apple and honey while remaining crisp with acidity. The wine is made from 100 percent chenin blanc grapes from 30-year-old vines. It is made by the method Champenoise, with sur lie for 16 months, before being disgorged and re-corked. While crisp, this wine has a very subtle creaminess to it. Chilled, it is a perfect wine to be sipped, or joined to soft cheeses or a light meal.

Our second wine, the 2021 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc + Viognier (priced at $17.99 but reduced to $15.99 at the New Hampshire Liquor & Wine Outlets), is a blend of 80 percent chenin blanc and 20 percent viognier.

This wine is interesting in that I tend to think of chenin blanc as coming from the Loire Valley, which has a climate decidedly cooler than that of California. Because of the terroir and heat of the Valley, this wine is more expressive with notes of rich honeysuckle, orange blossoms and citric. These carry through to the tongue. In the glass, the wine has the palest of a light straw, almost silver, color. The inherent creaminess of the chenin blanc is emboldened in this wine, making it a great accompaniment to a frittata or a seafood tostada. It is indeed interesting seeing this wine come from a winery such as Pine Ridge, located in Stag’s Leap, Napa Valley, producing iconic cabernet sauvignons. This is a blend one would never see in France.

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Gas savings not worth risking damage to fuel injectors Dear Car Talk: Four years ago, I scrapped my gas lawn mower for an EGO battery mower.

I have some gas left that I would like to disBy Ray Magliozzi pose of. Could I just put this old gas in my car where it would be diluted with fresh gas and not damage my engine?

— Dave If you have a neighbor who’s always bragging about his great gas mileage, sneak over and put it in his tank, Dave.

Then you can laugh when he starts bragging about getting 60 miles to the gallon — and then has to replace all his injectors.

Untreated gas that’s been sitting for years will slowly turn to varnish, a substance gummier than gasoline. And that’s not great for your fuel injection system.

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expensive and a few gallons of fouryear-old gasoline is not very valuable, I don’t think it’s worth the risk, Dave.

If you’re really determined to use the stuff, I’d recommend you do it a little at a time. Put 8 or 10 ounces in a full tank of fresh gas and repeat that process until your old gas is used up. That’ll reduce the chances that the gummy, old gas will plug up your injectors and increase the likelihood that the detergents in your fresh gasoline will wash away any of that crud as you drive.

I think you’d be better off just disposing of it. Most communities have hazardous waste recycling centers where you can drop off gasoline, oil and paint. Or, if you have a regular mechanic, he might be willing to take it and toss it in with his petroleum waste products for you.

If that sounds like too much work, I bet if you put an ad on Craigslist that reads “Free Gas,” explain that it’s for a lawn mower you no longer own and you disclose its age, within minutes someone will be heading over with their gas can to claim it. Probably several people.

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Dear Car Talk: Oh, how I look forward to reading your column each week! Here’s my question: My 2004 Buick LeSabre is the perfect car for me, but, in the past year, the right front tire has gone flat six times. One of the AAA guys who came out to rescue me said that the axle is probably “bowed,” something that happens on older Buicks.

My mechanic just shook his head and filled up the tire today when I stopped by.

I’ve done all the normal stuff — new tire, repaired tire, cleaned rim. I’m a little old lady who puts all of 1,500 miles a year on the car. Is the bowed axle an actual thing?

— Carlene I’ve never heard of a bowed axle. I’ve heard of bowed legs. But I don’t think your LeSabre has those. It’s also interesting that your name is Carlene. Because a car lean is exactly what you get when one of your tires goes flat.

I’m going to assume that when you had the tire replaced, they also replaced the valve stem. If not, I’d recommend trying that. That’s a part that can fail and allow air to leak. It used to be standard prac-

tice to replace the valve stem when you replaced a tire, but in modern cars, the tire pressure monitor is embedded in the valve stem, making the part more expensive.

That’s why it’s no longer done routinely.

If the valve stem was replaced or if you replace it and still have the leak, then I’m going to suggest that it’s the rim.

I know you had the rim cleaned. And most likely, after cleaning rust off the rim and mounting the new tire, the tire shop would have submerged the tire/ wheel combination in water to check for leaks. And they obviously didn’t see a leak. But sometimes a leak won’t show up unless the weight of the car is on the tire. All that weight deforms the tire and can expose a spot on the rim that allows air to escape.

The rim could be bent, or it could just have 18 years’ worth of built-up corrosion on it that prevents a tight seal with the tire, despite some cleaning and sanding.

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Film reviews by amy diaz

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thing that really freaks out the horse.

Emerald decides if there really is something out there, what they need to do is get clear video evidence of it, the kind that will earn them big bucks.

Thus do they head to an electronics store for surveillance equipment, where the alien-conspiracy-enmeshed Angel Torres (Brandon Perea) offers to help them set up their cameras and sort of worms his way into their plans.

I don’t know that calling this movie a horror film would be exactly accurate, even though there are jump scares. It’s maybe more of a quirky suspense movie. Trite as it sounds, at some point while I was watching Nope I noticed that I had been leaning forward, literally sitting on the edge of the theater seat, for most of the movie. Nope just pulls you in and holds you there in the movie’s mix of creepy sounds and things that are

just as mysterious when they’re seen as when they’re half seen or mostly unseen.

I’m not going to get into the whole “is it a Western” thing but there is a real “spooky things in the dusty West” quality to the movie; think X-Files meets campfire tales. And while I definitely wouldn’t call it a comedy or even funny, necessarily, it has a bounciness to it that can blend some sincere sibling emotions with lighter moments. I mean, I did laugh, and not just at the well-delivered “nope”s.

This is a perfectly composed cast.

Everybody is working their characters as though they are the center of the story, which gives even smaller parts depth.

Kaluuya and Palmer have excellent brother-sister chemistry and Palmer is just crackling throughout. I don’t know that anybody is going the extra mile for DVD and digital movie purchases anymore but if Peele does a Kickstarter to do a prequel short about Yeun’s character let me know and I will contribute.

There are lots of little elements in Nope that just tickled me and a few that I’m not sure what I think yet. I think we in the culture just all need to see it so we can spend the next few years talking and arguing about it until Peele delivers his next creation. B+ Rated R for language throughout and some violence/bloody images, according to the MPA on filmratings.com. Written and directed by Jordan Peele, Nope is two hours and 10 minutes long and distributed in theaters by Universal Studios.

herself reintroduced to Frederick Wentworth (Penny-Jones), the naval officer she loved but was persuaded to dump years earlier.

What this movie offers that others don’t is more of a window on Wentworth and his feelings. He’s still angry when he first sees Anne again and it’s clearer here than in other tellings that his flirtation with another woman is more about his reaction to Anne than his genuine attempts to find a non-Anne wife.

Coming in at just over 90 minutes, this adaptation is worth a watch for Austen fans — if you can find it. As far as I can tell, it’s not available for rent or purchase and only available to stream with BritBox, which I got a month’s subscription to just for this project and now excuse me while I go watch the eleventyjillion gardening-based shows that this service offices. B Available on BritBox.

the U.S. But I suspect it found most of its audience the way first I saw it, on VHS (ask your grandparents about ye olde video stores). Austen was having a bit of a moment in cinema — Sense and Sensibility would be released later in 1995 and the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice (or, as you may know it, “the one with Colin Firth and the wet shirt”; kids, ask your moms) aired in the U.K. in fall 1995 and on A&E in early 1996, according to Wikipedia.

Thusly, I don’t know if it’s nostalgia or some kind of imprinting or solely on the basis of the performance that Amanda Root is, for me, the just-right Anne. She isn’t a wimp but she isn’t outgoing. She’s smart and capable but she’s not some anachronistic trailblazer.

Because she’s capable, she seems to get her family’s messiness plopped on her to deal with — closing up the house when the Elliots move to Bath to economize without, you know, looking like they’re economizing, and dealing with her aggrieved sister Mary (Sophie Thompson), who is always believing herself to be ill. (Is she bored with her life and illness is the only acceptable way to throw off the expected duty of a wife and mother? Or is

she truly ill but society at the time sees women’s pain only as a sign of moral weakness?

— Free essay ideas!)

This Wentworth (Hinds) is more of a mystery; we are definitely looking at their relationship and its effects on Anne through her eyes.

This movie might have the most malevolent-seeming group of Elliot family and associates. Whereas other Ladies Russell often seem to soften on Wentworth or at least seem to want a happy Anne more than they want to stick to their guns, this Lady Russell (Susan Fleetwood) really sticks to her guns, seeming to pressure Anne to consider the slimey William Elliot (Samuel West), who also seems extra shady, right up until the end. This Elizabeth (Phoebe Nicholls), Anne’s snooty older sister, is a particular sour lemon of a person.

These BBC Austens are not fast-paced laughs-a-minute but they are enjoyable adaptations, particularly if you know the books and enjoy seeing the smaller characters and details brought to life. I deeply enjoyed watching it again and, even after 27 years, I think it holds up. A Available to rent or purchase.

A horse training family encounters Something at their desert ranch in Nope, the latest film from Jordan Peele.

Nope absolutely hits the ground running with action and plot points and I’ll try not to spoil more than you could get from the trailers.

Otis Haywood Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya), called OJ, seems uneasy about the sudden requirement that he take the lead in the family business of training horses for use in movies and TV. He seems to care about the animals and the family’s long legacy in film but he seems less than delighted with the salesmanship aspect of the business and the part where he has to deal with Hollywood people and their Hollywood attitudes. His sister Emerald (Keke Palmer, just radiating charisma) seems more comfortable with this element of the business but less interested in making it and the family’s rural ranch her whole life.

To make ends meet, OJ has had to sell off some of the family’s horses to Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun, doing a whole fascinating thing), a former child actor who now owns a small Wild Westy theme park. He’s eager to buy more of OJ’s horses but OJ tells Ricky he plans (or maybe just hopes) to buy back the ones he’s sold.

Emerald is visiting the ranch when OJ, checking on a horse that isn’t where it’s supposed to be, sees something in the sky.

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sofaplex The newest Persuasion had me wanting to remember how other adaptations had approached the story.

Persuasion (NR, 2007) Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penny-Jones.

Penny-Jones, this ITV movie’s Wentworth, was apparently the mayor in the recent The Batman, IMDb informs me. Also here are Tobias Menzies (of The Crown, Outlander and Game of Thrones, among many other things), as Wentworth’s romantic rival for Anne, William Elliot. And see Watcher Giles himself, Anthony Head.

Head is pretty perfect as the vain and oblivious Walter Elliot, father of Anne (Hawkins), who believes himself to be much better than everyone despite having completely decimated his family financially. This very faithful, in story and in period, telling hits all the familiar points: Anne goes to stay with her sister Mary (Amanda Hale) and her family only to find

Nope.

Persuasion (PG, 1995) Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds.

This is my OG Persuasion, the one I can’t help but measure all other Persuasions against.

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Book Reviews

Nightcrawling, by Leila Mottley (Knopf, 271 pages) Promising young writers don’t always live up to their potential; they can collapse under the combined weight of heavy expectations and featherweight talent. In the interest of kindness, let’s not name names.

Not so Leila Mottley, the young novelist that Oprah Winfrey has been gushing about.

Mottley started writing Nightcrawling at 17; she’s now 20. Her novel is all Winfrey promised it would be, and then some.

It’s based on actual events in Oakland, California: the sexual abuse of a young Black woman by police officers who trapped her into serving an ever expanding number of officers sexually. Mottley, who lives in Oakland, read about the case and the ensuing cover-up and couldn’t stop thinking about the young woman and the experience of growing up “vulnerable, unprotected and unseen.”

From her imagination came Kiara, a 17-year-old in similar circumstances. Kiara and her older brother, Marcus, live in a rundown apartment complex where the pool is contaminated with feces. “Houses give away all their secrets at the door. Dee’s is full of scratches. Mine doesn’t even have a working lock no more,” Kiara muses in the first-person narrative which is both lyrical and devastating.

Their father is dead; their mother long gone and currently living in a halfway house. Their only other family member is an uncle who is something of a rap star in L.A. and has no contact with them.

Kiara carries the weight of their meager existence, since her brother spends his days recording rap music in hopes of hitting it big like his uncle. When the apartment complex is sold and they receive notice that the rent has been doubled, she is desperate, not only for herself and her brother, but also for Trevor, the young boy in an adjacent apartment whom she has been caring for in the absence of his mother.

She tries to find work, but without a work history, she is repeatedly turned away. Even the third-rate bars to which she applies won’t hire her until she turns 18.

One night, she has a sexual encounter that is more of a business transaction than romance, and the shock of receiving several hundred dollars for sex leads Kiara into selling her body more frequently. One night, she’s picked up by a couple of police officers who, in exchange for not arresting her, take advantage of her services. They soon begin calling her regularly and sharing her with other officers, to the point of her being the “entertainment” at police parties.

Although Kiara does not know the officers by name, she knows them by their badge numbers, and they indulge in her

ed to staying alive.

In one moving scene, Kiara remembers going grocery shopping with her mother, before she disappeared. While her mother is trying to figure out how much credit was left on their EBT card, how much they could spend, young Kiara wistfully fills a carriage with frozen pizza and “fancy” cereal — things that, to her mind, were luxuries only rich people can afford.

“I don’t think you can feel more trapped than in the center of food you’re

not allowed to eat, waiting to go home, and not knowing if anyone will remember your existence,” Kiara says.

While Nightcrawling takes us into a deeply depressing underworld of shame, despair and corruption, it is still a pleasure to read. Mottley’s voice is true and compelling, and she endows Kiara with unsettling wisdom that gives us hope that she will survive and move (both literally and figuratively) to a better place, with Marcus and Trevor in tow. A — Jennifer Graham

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services so much that she knows their preferences and habits; she is paid both in money and also in a shabby form of protection. For example, once, when she is at a party, she gets a call from an officer who tells her that there are undercover officers in the house and there’s about to be a bust. An officer picks her up, preventing her arrest, but his “protection” involves taking her to his home for the night and sexual activities for which she is not paid.

One day, police come to her home and take Kiara to the station for questioning.

The administration has learned of Kiara’s existence and abuse through a suicide note left by a member of the force. Kiara denies any involvement with officers and is released, but from there, must confront more dilemmas that a teenager should never have to face.

She has choices, but they’re all terrible.

She feels she can trust no one; the institution that is supposed to protect her is corrupt. Her brother — who loves her so much that he had her fingerprint tattooed on his neck, who pierced her ears with a sewing needle as a gift for her 16th birthday — is in jail. And Kiara is unable to pay the rent and buy food without the money she receives from sexual encounters with the police.

While Kiara’s experiences and life, even before she descended into sex work, are foreign to much of America, they will be painfully familiar to many.

Mottley clearly knows something about the humiliation of poverty: of having nothing but cereal and ramen in a roach-infested pantry; of having to share a washing machine with someone else at the laundromat; of making your own birthday cake from a mix using syrup because you don’t have any oil; of never having slept in a real bed, or been invited to anyone’s house because your daily existence is limit-

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year since the disappearance of Gabby Petito, the young woman traveling across the country in a van with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, who turned out to have killed her. That case mobilized a nation of armchair investigators who assisted authorities in finding her body. We can all track down murderers now from the comfort of our living room, or at least come up with tips that might prove helpful.

And there are plenty of unsolved cases out there, as Trailed by Kathryn Miles reminds us. Trailed (Algonquin, 320 pages) is the account of two women, Laura “Lollie” Winans and Julie Williams, who were found dead in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, and Miles’ personal investigation into their deaths. The case remains unsolved, but Miles, a science writer who lives in Portland, has evidently done a masterful job of telling this story; there are lots of “couldn’t put this book down” in reader reviews. The author explores not only the flaws that plagued the investigation, including charges that the National Park Service tries to bury cases like this so people feel safe on its property, but also the unique dangers that confront women and members of the LGBTQ community when in the wilderness.

The “true crime” genre isn’t for everyone, but for those who enjoy it, there are plenty of offerings this summer. Another is When the Moon Turns to Blood (Twelve, 320 pages), journalist Leah Sottile’s account of the Idaho murders allegedly committed by Lori Vallow, a former beauty queen, and her husband Chad Daybell, a doomsday novelist. The couple are accused of killing two children and Daybell’s ex-wife. (The trial is scheduled for January 2023.) The subtitle promises “a story of murder, wild faith and end times.”

Less sensational but equally dark is We Carry Their Bones (William Morrow, 256 pages) by Erin Kimmerle. The author is a forensic anthropologist who examines the crimes committed at the Dozier School in Florida, which operated from 1900 to 2011 despite reports of cruelty, abuse and unexplained deaths of young boys, many of whom were Black. School records show that about 30 boys were buried in a field on the property; Kimmerle found that there were actually twice the number of graves.

And finally, those who enjoy true crime will appreciate Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases (Celadon, 288 pages) by Paul Holes.

Hole is the forensic detective whose obsession with the case of the Golden State Killer led to a former police officer’s arrest for 13 murders and 50 rapes in California between 1974 and 1986.

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What is your connection to New Hampshire?

I grew up in New York, and my parents owned a house in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, where we spent all of our summers and winter vacations. Also, my grandparents had farms in New Hampshire. At that time in my life New Hampshire made such a deep impression on me. I felt like my heart was in the White Mountains. I’ve had that feeling through most of my life. As an adult I lived in New York City, and now I’m in Colorado, but I always found a way, especially in the summers, to get back to New Hampshire for a visit. I feel like it’s the home of my imagination.

What is All the Flowers of the Mountain about?

It’s a love story and a coming-of-age story about growing up in New Hampshire. It begins in the present and then moves back to this particular summer when these two main characters meet each other, impact each other’s lives and eventually go their separate ways. It ends in the present again, with the open question as to what will finally happen with this relationship that was so important to these two characters.

What is the significance of New Hampshire in the story? … The setting is extremely important to the story. It has a big impact on the characters, how they interact with each other and the choices they make and is part of how the story comes together in the end.

What made you want to write this novel at this time in your life?

I’ve been a writer all my life … but I’ve spent my professional life in publishing. …

I feel like I’ve always been in sort of a supporting role to other creative people, and I felt like it was finally time for me to put myself in more of a center role as a creative person. …

[Another reason was] becoming older. I’m 61 years old now, and in your late 50s and early 60s you start to reflect back on all the things that made you who you are. … New Hampshire is a place that means so much to me in my life. I have a really deep nostalgia for this period of time when I grew up in this particular place, and I really wanted to write about it. … Many of the places that were part of my life back then are included in the story. I’ve described [the book] to my publisher as ‘my love song to New Hampshire.’

What has the writing and publishing process been like?

I started putting the pen to paper on a draft about five years ago. About six months later I had my first draft, and I spent the next year revising it.

Then I started to send it out to literary agents to try to get representation. By the beginning of 2020 I had an agent who wanted me to do more revisions … and I ended up rewriting the entire novel. … It took me until this past March to finish that draft. I turned it in to my agent, and she was thrilled because it was such a departure [from] and quite a big improvement on the story. … Also at the end of March, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I had surgery in April, and I’ve just finished six weeks of radiation. It’s a pretty serious situation. In the world of publishing, it could easily take my agent six months to a year to find a publisher, and then it could take two more years [to publish it], and at this point, I don’t know if I have two or three years to wait. A local publisher in Colorado came to me and said, ‘We understand your situation. We will get this book out in three months for you.’ They had a team of people do the copy editing, cover design, proofing, everything, and they pulled the whole thing together in three months.

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The last time I was in New Hampshire was last summer, and we will be going again this summer, probably toward the end of August.

I’m working on [scheduling] a book signing there. … I’m really hoping to share this story with people in New Hampshire. Two years ago, during Covid, when there were all these remote writers groups, I also ended up connecting [with] and joining the New Hampshire Writers Project … and started to join them on their monthly Zoom calls.

What would you like people to take away from your book?

I feel like Vermont and Maine get a lot of play but people don’t always know about how incredibly beautiful and magical New Hampshire is. … I hope that, for people who haven’t been to New Hampshire, this book will give them an interest and curiosity to come visit the Granite State. For people who have lived in New Hampshire, I hope it gives them a sense of pleasure to recognize the places and descriptions of New Hampshire.

— Angie Sykeny

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Sea Dog Brewery 9 Water St. Shooter’s Pub 6 Columbus Ave. 772-3856 Swasey Parkway 316 Water St. Hampton Bernie’s Beach Bar 73 Ocean Blvd., 926-5050 Bogie’s 32 Depot Square, 601-2319 Community Oven 845 Lafayette Road, 601-6311 CR’s The Restaurant 287 Exeter Road, 929-7972 The Goat 20 L St. 601-6928 Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage Events on southern stage L Street Tavern 603 17 L St., 967-4777 Logan’s Run 816 Lafayette Road, 926-4343 Sea Ketch 127 Ocean Blvd., 926-0324

Thursday, July 28

Exeter Sawbelly: Artty Francour, 5 p.m.

Sea Dog: Todd Hearon, 6 p.m.

Swasey Parkway: The Rampage Trio, 6 p.m.

Hampton Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.; Trevor Hall, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: Redemption, 7:30 p.m.

CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

The Goat: MB Padfield, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Lee Ross, 1 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Dave Gerard, 1 p.m.; Clint Lapointe, 8:30 p.m.

Shane’s: live music, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: Everlovin Rosie, 6;30 p.m.

Wally’s: MSF Acoustic, 4 p.m.; Christmas in July, 7 p.m.

Whym: music bingo, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth Clipper: Max Sullivan, 9 p.m.

Gas Light: Two Towns Duo, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Press Room: Dueling Pianos, 8 p.m.

Rochester Governor’s Inn: Aunt Peg, 6 p.m.

Shane’s BBQ 61 High St., 601-7091

Summer in the Streets Pleasant Street to Porter Street to Market Square

Smuttynose Brewing 105 Towle Farm Road

Thirsty Moose Taphouse 21 Congress St., 427-8645

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

Tuscan Kitchen 10 Ledgewood Drive, 570-3600

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The Gas Light 64 Market St., 430-9122

Seabrook Chop Shop Pub 920 Lafayette Road, 760-7706

Gibb’s Garage Bar 3612 Lafayette Road

Red’s Kitchen + Tavern 530 Lafayette Road, 760-0030

The Goat 142 Congress St., 590-4628

Somersworth The SpeakEasy Bar 2 Main St.

Grill 28 Pease Golf Course, 766-6466 Herbert’s Restaurant 1500 Lafayette Road, 431-5882

Friday, July 29

Exeter Sawbelly: Chad Verbeck, 5 p.m.

Sea Dog: Darien Castro, 6 p.m.

Hampton Ashworth: Fagan/O’Neill Duo, 4 p.m.

Bernie’s: Mike Forgette, 8 p.m.; Beach Nights, 8 p.m.

CR’s: Bob Tirelli, 6 p.m.

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Sea Ketch: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m.

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Smuttynose: Truff;e, 6:30 p.m.

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

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Portsmouth Gas Light: Dave Clark, 2 p.m.; Jamsterdamn Band, 7 p.m.; Doug Thompson, 9:30 p.m.

The Goat: Mike Forgette, 9 p.m.

Press Room: Golden Oak, 6:30 p.m.

Thirsty Moose: Mattson, 9 p.m.

Rochester Governor’s Inn: Undercover, 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 31

Hampton Bernie’s: Eric Marcs, 1 p.m.; Chris Toler, 1 p.m.; Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.; Jimmy Kenny, 8 p.m.

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

CR’s: live music, 4 p.m.

The Goat: Justin Jordan, 1 p.m.; Alex Anthony, 7 p.m.

Concerts

Venues 3S Artspace 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth 766-3330, 3sarts.org Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom. com Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club 135 Congress St., Portsmouth 888-603-5299, jimmysoncongress.com The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org Stone Church 5 Granite St., Newmarket 659-7700, stonechurchrocks. com The Strand 20 Third St., Dover 343-1899, thestranddover. com The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter 244-0202, thewordbarn.com

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

McGuirk’s: Sean Fell, 1 p.m.; Charlie Carrozo, 8 p.m.

North Beach: Derek E Ville, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Ray Zerkle, 1 p.m.

Shane’s: live music, 11 a.m.

Smuttynose: Jonny Friday, 1 p.m.; Dan Walker Band, 5:30 p.m.

Wally’s: MB Padfield, 3 p.m.; Vegas McGraw, 8 p.m.

Whym: Phil Jacques, 1 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Sean McCarthy, 2 p.m.; Rock Spring, 6 p.m.; Chris Lester, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Press Room: David Rivera y la Bambula, 6 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 1

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

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

McGuirk’s: Sista Dee, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Ray Zerkle, 1 p.m.

Wally’s: Eric Marcs, 4 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Andrew Geano, 7:30 p.m.

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

The Pressroom: Speedy Ortiz, 8 p.m.

Seabrook Red’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 2

Seabrook Joey’s Place: Jennifer Mitchell Acoustic, 4 p.m.

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

Events • Thana Alexa Thursday, July 28, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Mark Erelli & Peter Mulvey Thursday, July 28, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge • Halley Neal Friday, July 29, 6 and 8 p.m., 3S Artspace • Whiskey Treaty Roadshow Friday, July 29, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Maria McKee Friday, July 29, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Aztec Two-Step 2.0 Friday, July 29, 6 p.m., Stone Church • Ronnie Earl Saturday, July 30, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Hanson Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Takénobu Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge • Nth Power Saturday, July 30, 9 p.m., Stone Church • Dylan Earl/Tiger Saw/Carrie & Dani & Ed Saturday, July 30, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Jim Prendergast & Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Sunday, July 31, 4 p.m., Stone Church • Collective Soul/Switchfoot Sunday, July 31, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Funky Dawgs Wednesday, Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Burning Spear Wednesday, Aug. 3, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd tribute) Thursday, Aug, 4, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • JJ Grey & Mofro Friday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom

• Frank Foster Friday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • LowDown Brass Band Friday, Aug. 5, 7 p.m., Word Barn • JP Soares & the Red Hots with Anne Harris Saturday, Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Songwriters in the Round: Dan Blakeslee, Kate Redgate, and Chad Verbeck Saturday, Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m., Music Hall • Rose Alley Saturday, Aug. 6, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Stone Church • Wreckless Child Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 p.m., The Strand • Rise Against Wednesday, Aug. 10, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Coco Montoya Thursday, Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Joe Bonamassa Thursday, Aug. 11, and Friday, Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Old Hat Stringband/Roy Davis/Joe K. Walsh Friday, Aug. 12, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band Friday, Aug. 12, and Saturday, Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Chris Smither Saturday, Aug, 13, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Chris Lane Sunday, Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Stephen Kellogg Sunday, Aug. 14, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Altered Five Blues Band Sunday, Aug, 14, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Ron Artis II & The Truth Wednesday, Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s

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The Goat: David Campbell, 7 p.m.

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

McGuirk’s: Brian Richard, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Dave Gerard, 1 p.m.

Shane’s: music bingo, 7 p.m.

Wally’s: musical bingo, 7 p.m.; LuFFKid, 9 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Paul Warnick, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Isaiah Bennett, 9 p.m.

Press Room: Vieux Farka Toure, 8 p.m.

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

Red’s: country night, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 3

Exeter Sawbelly: Chris Cyrus, 5 p.m.

Sea Dog: Max Sullivan, 6 p.m.

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

Bogie’s: open mic, 7 p.m.

The Goat: Justin Jordan, 7 p.m.

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

McGuirk’s: Steve George, 1 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Lewis Goodwin, 1 p.m Wally’s: Jonny Friday Duo, 4 p.m.

Portsmouth Gas Light: Henry LaLiberte, 7:30 p.m.

The Goat: Rob Pagnano, 9 p.m.

Rochester Governor’s Inn: Frank McDaniel, 7 p.m.

Porter’s: karaoke night, 6:30 p.m.

The Nth Power. Playing July 30th in Newmarket.

• Whitesnake Wednesday, Aug. 17, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • A Night of Sinatra with Rich DiMare Thursday, Aug. 18, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Music Hall • Clem Snide Thursday, Aug, 18, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Tre Burt Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Kip Moore Thursday, Aug. 18, and Friday, Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Eanda Band Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge • Neon Wave (80s tribute) Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m., The Strand • Isaiah Sharkey Saturday, Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • The Jacob Jolliff Band Saturday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m., Word Barn

• Dueling Pianos Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m., The Strand • Bella White Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge • Ted Nugent Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Eric Gales Sunday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Andrew Duhon Sunday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps Tuesday, Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Magnolia Boulevard Wednesday, Aug. 24, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Tinsley Ellis Friday, Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Kat Wright Friday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m., Word Barn

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Events • Ron White Casino Ballroom, Friday, July 29, 7:30 p.m.

• Adam Ray Music Hall Lounge, Sunday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

• Isabel Hagen The Music Hall Lounge, Friday, Aug. 12, 8 p.m.

• Joe Gatto Casino Ballroom, Saturday, Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m.

• Steve Sweeney The Strand, Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

• Louis CK Casino Ballroom, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.

• Nate Bargatze Casino Ballroom, Friday, Aug. 26, 9:15 p.m.

• Eddie B Music Hall, Saturday, Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m.

Venues Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom.com The Music Hall 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Music Hall Lounge 131 Congress St., Portsmouth 436-2400, themusichall.org The Strand 20 Third St., Dover 343-1899, thestranddover.com

Thursday, Aug. 4

Exeter Sea Dog: Chris Cyrus, 6 p.m.

Swasey Parkway: Matty & The Penders, 6 p.m.

Hampton Bernie’s: Chris Toler, 7 p.m.; Crooked Coast, 8 p.m.

Bogie’s: live music, 7:30 p.m.

Cactus Jack’s: Austin McCarthy, 7 p.m.

CR’s: Steve Sibulkin, 6 p.m.

The Goat: MB Padfield, 8 p.m.

McGuirk’s: Chris Cyrus,1 p.m.; Sean Buckley, 8 p.m.

Sea Ketch: Clint Lapointe 1 p.m.; Alex Roy, 8:30 p.m.

Shane’s: live music, 6 p.m.

Smuttynose: Mica Peterson Duo, 6:30 p.m.

Wally’s: MSF Acoustic, 4 p.m.; Eddy Montgomery, 8 p.m.

• Nora Brown/Stephanie Coleman Saturday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m., Music Hall Lounge • Stacey Kent Saturday, Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., Jimmy’s • Truffle Saturday, Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Word Barn • Daughtry Wednesday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m., Casino Ballroom • They Might Be Giants Thursday, Sept. 1, 8 p.m., Music Hall • Brett Eldridge Friday, Sept.

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Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) What are Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) The suppos- stars made of? For thousands of years, the edly empty sky has proved to be a veritable question remained unanswered. Until 1925, fount of knowledge about the young uni- when the British astronomer Cecilia Payne verse. Half empty, half full …. finished her doctoral thesis. Some things take Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Scientifically a while to understand. speaking, the correct answer to the question Aries (March 21 – April 19) Despite their ‘Do you know how many stars there are?’ is name, shooting stars aren’t stars. They are no. Nobody knows. Lots and lots, that much miniature lumps of rock only a tenth of an is certain. If you don’t know, you don’t know. inch or so (roughly a few millimeters) wide, Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Regardless and you can find them as space dust everyof how you look at it, though, in the course where between the planets of our solar system. of the night you can see the stars climb high- When you wish upon a lump of dust, makes er and higher in the sky, and then, once no difference who you are. they have reached the highest point, start to Taurus (April 20 – May 20) How big is descend again. A star does this at a con- a star? Very big, that much is certain. But stant speed, equal to the speed at which the astronomers, of course, would like to know Earth rotates on its axis. Distance equals exactly how big. There are large stars and rate times time. small stars…. Also medium-sized ones. Get Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) But what out your ruler. if you haven’t been granted permission to use Gemini (May 21 – June 20) There’s no the telescope? Then you use the stars that such thing as a green star. Deal with it.

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Cancer (June 21 – July 22) The star with Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) The stars the designation KIC 11145123 is … the roundin our Milky Way are all moving around the est star we’ve ever seen. … Which begs two center of the galaxy — it takes the Sun roughly questions: Why is it like that? And how, for 220 million years to do this, while other stars heaven’s sake, can we measure something like take less, or longer. Things are in motion. this? First you have to define roundness.

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Oh, the humiliation

Bianca Chambers wasn’t going to leave the sleuthing to the Detroit police after her Mercedes Benz was stolen. Using social media tips, she tracked her car all over the city, but each time she’d call 911, police would be too late to nab the thief. On July 13, though, she got lucky: The man who was driving her car parked and went to get his dreads twisted, and Chambers pounced. She walked into a barbershop, Fox2 Detroit reported, and confronted him. When he denied stealing her car, Chambers took him down by his dreadlocks.

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The litigious society

Kent Slaughter of Springfield, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro Shops this month, alleging that the outdoor equipment superstore is not honoring its lifetime guarantee on the Redhead All-Purpose Wool socks, the Springfield News-Leader reported. Slaughter says the warranty influenced his decision to buy the socks, and until 2021 he was able to return them when they wore out for another pair with the same promise. However, last year, the store changed the merchandise; the new socks feature a distinctive stripe design and offer only a 60-day warranty. Slaughter’s suit notes that the store’s

“The last sock you’ll ever need to buy” claim Ewwww is no longer true. Bass Pro Shops didn’t comIn southwestern Idaho, an annual phenomment. — Springfield News-Leader, July 15 enon is creating slick spots on the highways, CBS2-TV reported. The Idaho Transportation Department headed out on July 21 Who knew?

People in Gorakhpur, India, are struggling with heavy equipment to scrape Mormon with record heat and a lack of rainfall, as are crickets off Highway 51. When the crickmany parts of the world. But according to the ets are crushed by cars, the resulting goo can Daily Star, they had a different solution — become hazardous for motorists. The departand it worked! “It’s a time-tested belief that ment posted a video on its Facebook page, frog weddings are held to bring in rain,” said but warned viewers: “If you get queasy easorganizer Radhakant Verma. His group found ily, don’t watch this with the volume on.” two frogs on July 19 and held a wedding cer- Crunch! — CBS2-TV, July 21

emony for them, with hundreds of people watching and a celebratory meal afterward. News you can use It’s hot everywhere, but Texas is showing Sure enough, on July 20, the India Meteorological Department called for heavy rainfall in off with consecutive days above 100, or even 110. Some wild animals have a unique way the area. — Daily Star, July 19 of dealing with the heat, and it even has a fun name: splooting. WFAA-TV in Dallas reportUnclear on the concept Japan is famously known for its culture of ed on July 21 that squirrels are taking to the overworking. Rather than try to change that street, literally: lying facedown with all their culture, two Japanese companies have devel- limbs spread out. The rodents don’t sweat or oped an upright nap pod, where workers can pant, so splooting in the shade helps them sneak in a quick, private power nap without cool down. One little guy was even spotted having to nod off in the restroom or at their splooting on a sidewalk vent. — WFAA-TV, desks. The boxes have been compared to July 21 upright tanning beds, Oddity Central reported. They offer support for the head, knees and back, even as workers stay in the standing position. “It’s better to sleep in a comfortable location,” noted Saeko Kawashima of Itoki, the furniture company that collaborated on the product. — Oddity Central, July 19

proceedings in March. Varnado alleged that Hummel pointed it “in a waving motion, like he was scanning, first at the defense counsel, and then (placed) it on the bench and slowly (turned) it to make sure the barrel of it is pointed at me.” Because of the trial’s contentious nature, Varnado had a security detail, but Hummel wouldn’t allow them into the courtroom, saying, “I have bigger guns than they have.” Varnado said she is working with the FBI and the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission. “He cannot stay on the bench,” she said. — KDKA-TV, July 19

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Ultra-marathoner Dave Proctor, 41, set a cross-Canada speed record on July 21 when he arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, the CBC reported. Proctor, of Okotoks, Alberta, set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland, 67 1/2 days earlier, running an average of 66 miles per day. “I feel like I’m on top of the world,” Proctor said upon his arrival. “I’ve just seen the most beautiful country in the world.” Proctor ran through 12 pairs of shoes and consumed 9,000 calories per day. “Cinnamon buns and scones, I’m still not sick of it,” he said. Achieving his “lifelong dream” came on his second attempt; in 2018, he sucHere come da judge cumbed to a back injury after 32 days of KDKA-TV reported on July 19 that attorhitting the pavement. — CBC, July 21 ney Lauren Varnado, who was defending a Pittsburgh corporation in a courtroom in Sources according to uexpress.com. From New Martinsville, West Virginia, accused the editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication.

Judge David W. Hummel Jr. of pulling a See uexpress.com/contact Colt .45 pistol out of his robes during the

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15. Paris-area airport 16. Tabloid target 17. Roald who wrote “Matilda” 18. Malfunction 19. Made it to the bonus round?

22. Letters on a beach bottle

25. L.A. athlete 26. Expert on IRAs and the IRS 27. “Duck Hunt” console, familiarly 28. Plot point in some sci-fi horror films 32. “Project Runway” mentor Tim 33. Quarter-turn from NNW 34. At some future time 37. Aconcagua’s range 39. Hotel room fixtures 41. Comedian Will who played Kenny Rogers and Bill Clinton on “Mad TV” 42. Steers clear of, as an issue

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44. The Jazz, on sports tickers 46. “Sharknado” star Tara 47. California’s fourth-highest mountain (and part of a chain sharing its name with a “Pacific” city) 50. Buenos Aires’s loc.

52. Stretch of history 53. Apprehend 54. Reaction to a funny TikTok video, maybe 55. “Weird Al” Yankovic’s stock-in-trade 59. Slurpee’s rival 60. Old-fashioned record player 61. Be eco-friendly 65. Top point 66. “I’m ___” (bakerythemed tune from “The Amazing World of Gumball”) 67. Email folder 68. Tom ___, “Animal Crossing” character based on the Japanese tanuki (raccoon dog) 69. Roulette wheel spaces, for short 70. Not for minors

Down 1. Carpet cleaner, briefly 2. Ripen 3. ___ Wayne 4. Couturier Cassini 5. Energized all over 6. Brouhaha 7. City with an Ivy League university 8. Jacques Cousteau’s ship 9. Movie-watching spot 10. Act that may specialize in balancing and horn-playing 11. Belgian tennis player Mertens, current world #1 in doubles 12. ___ Kennedy and The Conspirators (backing band for Slash) 14. Obstinate 20. VCR insert 21. Natural water falls?

22. Lengthy tales 23. Coin sound 24. “Just Keep Swimming” movie 29. Calendario opener 30. Race, as an engine

31. Fabric problems 35. “... say, and not ___” 36. High-altitude tune 38. Sore throat culprit, perhaps 40. Stunt double, e.g.

43. “The $100,000 Pyramid” host Michael 45. Jai ___ (indoor sport) 48. Manufacturer of Gummi Bears 49. Spain and Portugal’s peninsula 50. From former Formosa, for example 51. Elmo’s inanimate nemesis 56. ___ Squad (Best Buy support service) 57. “The Last ___” (apocalyptic video game series) 58. Drop in the mail 62. Dog at the end of “Family Ties” credits 63. Note after fa 64. Abbr. on an office business card © 2022 Matt Jones

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