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Instead of doing two bar locations like they have in the past, Bridle said, there will be one supersized bar. “We call ourselves ‘the largest bar in New England’ on those days,” Bridle said. “It’s over 40,000 square feet of bar on the sand.”
Nobody does seafood quite like New England. From lobster rolls to fried clams, there’s something worth celebrating about the classic summertime foods.
The bar area will be family-friendly and will also be the site of the cornhole competition.
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While he didn’t want to change too much about the festival — citing the mot to, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” — Bridle said that he would love to add more to the event next year to make it even more spectacular than it is.
Poland emphasized that the whole weekend and every area of the fes tival will be family-friendly.
When: Friday, Sept. 9, noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Parking • Municipal Parking Lot, High Street
“When I saw [people coming from] Florida and Georgia, I was really curious,” Bridle said. “Having those demographics really shows how big this event really is.”
• Hampton Park & Ride, Timber Swamp Road • Town Hall Municipal Lot, 100 Win nacunnet Road (handicap parking only; opens Friday at 5 p.m.)
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The festival will have two main stag es: the Beach Bar and the Seashell Stage.
While seafood is the main attraction at this event, with more than 40 food trucks and demonstrations in the culinary tent by Wicked Bites, there is a lot more going on at the festival than just eating.
Price: $24 for full weekend, $8 per day. Digital tickets can be purchased in advance online under the “Admissions” section of the website. More info: seafoodfestivalnh.com
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The expanded beach bar isn’t the only change to this year’s festival, but it might be one of the most noticeable ones to vis itors. Bridle said that a lot of the changes made were related to the festival’s infra structure. In addition to installing all new public address systems, the performance stages have gotten new lighting and new er sound equipment to give the shows a bigger concert feel. Other new features this year include shuttle buses to transport visitors to the festival from parking lots; and a digi tal ticketing system — something that has allowed festival organizers to see just how far some people are traveling to attend the event and enjoy New Eng land’s famous seafood.
“It’s my job to give them the best event they can have,” Bridle said.
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For 33 years the Hampton Beach Sea food Festival has welcomed guests from all over to have some New England fun. This year’s festival will be no exception, festival director Nicholas Bridle said, but will have some added energy. “My intent is to create an atmosphere that creates memories for festival goers,” said Bridle, adding that his whole team is work ing toward making the event unforgettable.
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While this is his first year running the seafood festival as the director, he said he hopes it won’t be his last.
Where: Ocean Boulevard (Route 1A North), Hampton Beach. Street will be closed to vehicle traffic and transformed into a pedestrian mall. Free parking at des ignated locations (see “Parking” box) is available, with shuttle service to the festival.
There will be approximately 70 local artisans selling their homemade crafts; live music around the clock; a cornhole tourna ment; a road race and other family-friendly activities.“Onceyou enter the festival, it’s all free,” festival entertainment director Vicky Poland said, adding that many of the bands, espe cially headlining bands like Bail Out and
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“We’re very excited to be participating in the seafood fest again this year,” Hilliard said. “Our menu includes our Swell oysters in the half shell shucked to order. We’ll also offer grilled oysters with Rockefeller butter or our chipotle bourbon butter, grilled clams casino, and extra large shrimp cocktail.”
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“Ourprize.seafood chowder is to die for and has been in the family for more than 50 years,” owner Pat Sullivan said. Pat’s also serves lobster rolls and their LobDog, a hot dog topped with lobster, cheese sauce, potato sticks and scallions. Mexican food is showcased at Lupe’s 55 Cantina booth.
Seafood galore Food from the sea tastes best when eaten outdoors by the ocean. Regardless of wheth er you’re a seafood gourmand or prefer hot dogs and fried dough washed down with a beer, the food of the Hampton Beach Sea food Festival beckons, buoyed by the scent of salt air and the sound of the surf. More than 25 food vendors are on the bill, many of them long-established local favorites.
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“The menu features first and foremost our signature haddock taco with fried haddock, house slaw in a crispy corn flour shell, cilan tro, pico de gallo and Chef Nicki’s mango habanero salsa,” owner Nicole Leavitt said.
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Last year’s champion chowder came from Pat’s World Famous, a self-pro claimed “beach hot dog joint” that returns this year with its eyes again on the chow der
“This will be our 20th year,” said Syl via Cheever, owner of Rye Harbor Lobster Pound.Cheever said she’s looking forward to entering her specialities in the judging competition and hopes to win again.
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Seaside sips Alcoholic beverages at the Hamp ton Beach Seafood Festival are all provided by New Hampshire distribu tors in a 40,000-square-foot area billed as “the largest bar in New England” during the festival’s run. A dozen beer and spiked lemonade selections make up the menu of libations available for purchase. Seacoast Coca-Cola will provide soft drinks.
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A newer purveyor, back for its second year, is Swell Oyster Co., the first-ever Hamp ton Harbor oyster farm and the only one in New Hampshire using a suspended aquacul ture system. Co-founder Russ Hilliard said the system produces consistent, deep, easily shucked shells with plump meat. The compa ny harvested its first oysters in 2018.
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“Our traditional creamy New England clam chowder, our fluffy clam chowder that’s topped with lobster, our lobster roll and our lobster bisque always do well,” she said. Through the past six years, Rye Harbor Lobster Pound earned a winner or run ner-up award eight times in three different categories.Perennial local favorites including the North Hampton Fire Department, serving breakfast sandwiches for early goers, and Hampton’s Saint James Masonic Lodge No. 102, a former champ in the fried sea food category, are returning too.
“Other features are shrimp ceviche cock tail, elotes, a lobster empanada with lemon crema, and mangonadas. A mangonada is a
Brown’s Lobster Pound, last year’s winning lobster roll, and Ray’s Seafood, another past award winner, will also strut their seafood stuff for the judges.
Mainstays like The Old Salt restaurant, a three-time winner in the bisque category, this year serving clam chowder and lobster seafood stew, will vie for honors once again.
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When you’re ready for a sweet treat, sev eral options fill the bill, including Clyde’s Cupcakes, Susie’s Sweets and the Boston Cannoli Co. At the Boston Cannoli Co. stand, you’ll find Little Italy-style crispy pastry shells stuffed with traditional ricotta fillings. But Boston Cannoli also pushes the established boundaries a bit with their ice cream, cheesecake and Oreo cannoli.
“A customer from New York City last year told us our cannoli are better than any thing she’s ever had there,” said founder Peter Karras, who credits his standard reci pes to his 1903 Sicilian forebears.
More than seafood There are plenty of options if you’re not a seafood fan. Roast beef sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers, barbecue, gyros, french fries, pizza, pastry and desserts promise something for all tastes and ages.
Clyde’s Cupcakes’ pink dessert truck stands out visually and for its scratch-made delectables. Individual cheesecakes served in a Mason jar, freshly baked shortcake topped with fresh strawberries and a scoop of ice cream, and hot apple crisp are all on the festival menu.
The majority of them cook seafood dishes, but don’t be surprised if some of them go outside the box. Last year one of the chefs made loukaniko sausage with tzatziki, which is a type of Greek sausage made from pork or lamb and flavored with orange peel and fennel seed. “I don’t eat seafood, and I’m Greek, so I decided to try the dish,” Martin said. “It was delicious, I loved it, and so did the crowd.”Theculinary demos are very popular, she said, and some guests attend the fes tival solely to watch the cooking demos. She encourages people to come early to get a seat inside the tent.
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“The audience can watch the food being prepared live, and there’s also a television screen and camera that are set up to show a bird’s eye view of the preparation,” Mar tin said. “After the food is cooked, myself along with a group of volunteers pass out samples to the spectators. Afterward, the audience has a brief time to talk to the chefs via questions-and-answers about the food that was prepared and their methods of Thecooking.”tentwill feature eight chefs on Sat urday and five on Sunday. Most of the chefs are local, and they love to enter tain the audience with their skills and their recipes.“The chefs are animated and creative,” Martin said. “The crowd loves them, and they love the crowds.”
Hampton Beach Seafood Festival live entertainment Entertainment lineup provided by festival entertainment director Vicky Poland. the Seashell Stage Friday, Sept. 9 1 to 3 p.m. — The Baha Brothers 4 to 6 p.m. — Well Fleet 7 to 9 p.m. — Head Games Saturday, Sept. 10 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Bryson Lang 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — The Tall Granite Big 2:30Bandto5p.m. — Time Pilots 6 to 8:15 p.m. — Martin and Kelly Sunday, Sept. 11 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — The Rockin Daddios 3:30Bandto 5:30 p.m. Mychael David Music Beach Stage Friday, Sept. 9 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. — All Day Fire 4 to 6:30 p.m. — Left in the Dark 7 to 10 p.m. — Kaleidoscope Saturday, Sept. 10 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — Drive South 2 to 4 p.m. — The Dave Macklin Band 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. — Party on Band 7 to 10 p.m. — Bail Out Sunday, Sept. 11 10 to 11:30 a.m. — Special Events and NoonAwardsto 2:30 p.m. — Rumble Kats 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. — New Hampshire Pipes and Drums 3 to 5 p.m. — The Pop Disaster
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One of the highlights of this year’s Hampton Beach Seafood Festival is the Wicked Bites Culinary Demos. Wicked Bites (wickedbites.tv) is a wellknown food show where the staff searches for the best food in the area, and, during the festival, some of the greatest chefs they’ve found will feature live cooking demonstrations in the culinary tent next to the Hampton Chamber of Commerce beach“Theoffice.Seafood Festival is always a great time, and the culinary tent is a fabulous part of the fun,” said Dyana Martin, who oversees the tent. The tent is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Visitors will be able to watch cooking demos and sample some of the food.
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Shane’s Texas Pit BBQ, winner in the non-seafood category last year, is one vendor to look for if your taste runs to Aus tin-style smoked, fall-off-the-bone meats and classic southern “fixin’s” on the side.
Hampton Beach Seafood Festival food vendors List provided by Hampton Area Chamber Of Commerce. • Boardwalk Cafe and Boardwalk Fries • Boston Cannoli Co. • Boston Chowda Co. • Brown’s Seabrook Lobster Pound • Bud’s Roast Beef • Clyde’s Cupcakes • DeadProof Pizza Co. • Extreme Concessions • Gina’s Gyros • JR’s Famous Steak & Seafood • La Spiaggia • Let the Dough Roll • Lupes 55 Cantina • Miss Bailey’s All American Comfort Food • North Hampton Professional Firefighters • The Old Salt at Lamie’s Inn • Pat’s Hot Dogs • Ray’s Seafood Restaurant • Rockingham Rolling Kitchen • Rye Harbor Lobster Pound • Saint James Lodge • Seashore Seafood • Shane’s Texas Pit BBQ • Susie’s Sweets • Sweat Bottom Boys • Swell Oyster Co.
Dyana Martin passes out samples at last year’s Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Courtesy photo.
“In addition, our famous ice cream des serts allow you to choose a scratch-made brownie or cookie to create a custom brownie sundae or ice cream cookie sand wich,” proprietor Clyde Bullen said. “Last but not least, we’ll have a variety of cup cakes, cookies, brownies, macaroons and cake pops to choose from.” Old-fashioned ice cream floats in sev en flavors are concocted with Squamscott sodas from the 150-year-old Conner Bot tling Works in Newfields, Bullen noted.
seacoast scene | september 1 - 7, 2022 | page 6 great way to stay cool with a house-made Mexican chili sauce featuring lime salt, cin namon, sugar and other secret spices layered in with a mango-style slushie served with a Tajin straw.”
For the full schedule of the Wicked Bites Culinary Demos, pick up an official Hamp ton Beach Seafood Festival booklet at the Chamber office.
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On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be a live painting event where visitors can watch the artists create in real time. After the artists are finished with their pieces, visitors can vote for their“Allfavorite.theartists hang out all weekend, talk to people interested in the art,” Pine said. “Last year a bunch of people would post pictures of [themselves] going for a run and stopping to see the art, or seeing it at sunrise, and it was really cool to see.” The artists will paint on canvases and have their pieces auctioned off on Sunday at 11 a.m. At the auction, the winner of the people’s choice vote will also be announced and awarded.
“It’s a real art gallery opening — just in the sand,” Pine said. Visit seafoodfestivalnh.com/art. — Hannah Turtle Pop-up Art Show participants from 2021. Courtesy photo.
“I am honored to be a part of the sea food festival this year, both judging the competitors’ dishes and doing demon strations with Wicked Bites ,” Sarasin said. “It’s a showcase for the incredible diversity we have in New England sea food. I’ll be making a spicy Indian twist on local Sarasinscallops.”isscheduled for appearances at 4:45 p.m. on Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. onOtherSunday.chefs scheduled for the Wick ed Bites tent will represent The Old Salt in Hampton; Peddler’s Daughter, which has locations in Nashua and Haverhill, Mass.; The Airport Cafe in Hampton; Pig Rock Sausages, based in Boston; Eva’s Pastries from Peabody, Mass.; Burger Bar in Hampton; the Joe Fish restaurant in North Andover, Mass.; The Colosseum in Salem; Massimino’s Cuccina Italiana from Boston’s North End; Hoppy’s Can tina in Amesbury, Mass.; and The Tack Room in Lincoln, Mass. — Curt Mackail Chef Keith Sarasin. Courtesy photo.
As a part of this year’s Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, the festival hosts its second annual Pop-up Art Show, which will run Friday through Sunday, right on the beach. “It was such a success last year, so we’re real ly excited to do it again,” Alyssa Pine, founder of the art show, said. “Having the art on the beach bar is so great for people, because it’s something to do while they enjoy the food and theThemusic.”artshow will showcase 15 local artists.
In addition, the pop-up show will feature a private art gallery showing on Saturday starting at 6 p.m. Attendees at the ticketed event will be the first to see the unveiling of the finished artwork and will have the opportunity to buy artwork at a set pre-auc tion price. There will be hors d’oeuvres and a private cash bar.
Though there is “so much to see and do at the festival that it’s hard to see it all,” Mar tin said, the culinary demos are a can’t-miss attraction.“Youcan savor a fresh treat, learn a new cooking technique and, of course, have some fun,” she said.
“It’s a great thing we can do for the art com munity here,” Pine said. “It brings a really great dynamic. It’s also really beneficial for us, because of the amount of people it brings, it brings a lot more eyes to the artists’ work.”
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To connect with and learn from exem plary chefs, the Wicked Bites Culinary Tent is the place to be. Hosted by radio and television food personality Scott Whitley, the tent is not just a place to gobble the goods.
“We feature the area’s top chefs for demonstrations and conversation,” Whitley said. “This is the place to ask questions and sample their delights. This is a highlight for many festival goers.” Among the chefs you can catch tentside is Keith Sarasin, well-known as a master of cuisine of the Indian subconti nent and its culinary history.
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“The tent fills quickly, and there are always people standing outside of the tent to look on, but they may or may not get a chance at trying a dish because there are so many people there,” she said.
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Whether or not they are real, aliens will be the talk of the town in Exeter on Satur day, Sept. 3, and Sunday, Sept. 4, during the return of the annual UFO Festival, run by the Exeter Kiwanis Club. The festival celebrates all things alien, with 10 guest speakers, UFO-related activities, and tours to the different sighting locations that make up the Exeter incident.
“We’re actually celebrating the Exeter Incident, the sighting of the UFO in Kensington,” Cox said. “It’s famous. It’s been published in different books and magazines.”According to the Exeter UFO Festival’s website, on Sept. 3, 1965, 18-year-old Norman Muscarello was hitchhiking in Kensington, about 5 miles away from Exeter, when he saw five flashing lights. He initially thought they belonged to a fire engine, but when he got closer he saw that they were hovering in the sky.
The festival, which was canceled for the past two years due to Covid-19, is back and larger than ever, said Kiwanis Club president Robert Cox.
The Exeter UFO Festival is back to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the Exeter incident
While this is only one of the sightings that makes up the Exeter Incident, Cox said that he felt it was the most convincing.
Muscarello stopped a car on the high way and caught a ride to the Exeter police station. He told the night duty officer what he saw, and they returned to the location where the lights were. They were met there by another on-duty officer. When the three arrived at the wooded area, they saw the red lights attached to a large structure as it rose into the sky and disappeared.
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“You had two police officers that went back out with the kid Norman Mus carello,” Cox said. He said that he’s not a complete believer in UFOs but added that “you have to have a little faith in [the officers’] credibility as well … with the amount of people who have seen this then it’s hard to dismiss [the incident].”
The festival will have a map for visitors to drive out to the different sighting loca tions on their own, or they can purchase a ticket for a trolley ride that will go out to all the hot spots. The trolley will only be available on Merchandise,Saturday.likeposters, T-shirts, and hats, depicting the famous scene with Muscarello and the two policemen will be for sale throughout the weekend. The art work for the merchandise was provided by Dean Merchant, a local ufologist and originator of the festival.
A group of 10 expert speakers will give presentations about aliens, UFOs and intelligent life on other planets through out the day on Saturday and Sunday, Cox said. Saturday evening, there will be a meet and greet and Q-and-A with the speakers.Kidscan make their own flying sau cers at the UFO crash site, and there will be hand painting (the Covid-19 friendly alternative to face painting), decorating rocks, and more fun activities for them throughout the weekend.
Cox said he is excited to see this event come back after being on hiatus for two years, and he knows that he isn’t the only one.“The regular attendees are really anxious to get back,” Cox said. “I think we’re going to have quite a large crowd this year.”
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What led you to develop the One Trusted Adult program? I’m a teacher, coach and school administrator. … There was one year when we had [multiple] pre vention programs in one month — substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention, sexual assault prevention — and every program ended with [the presenter] saying … to our students, ‘If you have a worry or concern, reach out to a trusted adult.’ I sat there thinking, ‘What does that term mean, exactly?’ We throw it around a lot. Do the young people in this auditorium look to the adults in this room as those trusted adults? Are we thinking of ourselves as those trust ed adults who can support these initiatives to keep kids safe? … I started looking for programs that could come talk to my staff about what it means to have healthy, bound aried relationships with students, and I couldn’t find anything, so I created one to use with my own staff, and other schools started inviting me to come talk to them. That’s when I really dug in and did two years’ worth of research to write a book. How will the program be implemented throughout the state? It’s super simple and free for schools to get their hands on these resources. Schools simply have to … fill out a form on what they like from the offerings of One Trust ed Adult and how they’ll implement it. We send off the materials, and the DOE takes care of funding it. What are the main facets of the program? The important conversations we need to have are about strengthening healthy con nections while also setting boundaries to protect youth and adults, as well as what young people should be looking for in trust ed adults, mentors and role models, as well as [how to] create more opportunities for connection. … We began developing our Accessible, Boundaried and Caring adviso ry program for middle school … and high school students … and we train the adults through an online course on how to use these materials to strengthen healthy connections.
… We also have a program for parents … geared specifically toward showing up as a trusted adult for our own children. What qualities should a trusted adult have? In the research we’ve done … talking to adolescents about the trusted adults in their lives, we heard the same quotes over and over: ‘They were there for me when I needed them.’ “They encouraged me when I needed it.’ ‘They chal lenged me when I needed it.’ ‘They were fun and playful, but they also taught me something.’ … What emerged from the data was that trusted adults show up in three ways that I call the ‘ABCs:’ accessible, boundaried and caring. The overlap of those qualities is where trust is built. How does having a trusted adult impact a child’s life? The research shows that when a student can name a trusted adult at school, they’re less likely to abuse substances, less like ly to be depressed or anxious, less likely to be suspended or drop out, and are more like ly to be available for learning, to engage in after-school opportunities and to pursue their education. Why is it important for children to have a trusted adult outside of the home? The parent or guardian relationship at home is absolutely foundational and the most impor tant relationship in a child’s life … but there’s an amazing psychologist, Lisa Damour, who says that [as kids get older,] parents go from being jelly beans to Brussels sprouts; they’re healthy, they’re good for you, but they’re not the thing you’re most excited about. … Young people who can name a trusted adult at home as well as at school are thriving in ways that [young people who can’t] aren’t. It’s even bet ter when those trusted adults from home and school are partnering for the well-being of young people. How are trusted adults chosen for each child? It’s up to the young people to decide who those trusted adults are in their lives. We’re looking to build capacity in all adults — community members, neighbors, parents, teachers, coaches, you name it — to recognize how they can be accessible, remain boundar ied, and show young people that they care and invest in their well-being and success.
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Through a new contracted partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Education, One Trusted Adult, a program that works to ensure that children have an accessible, trusted adult to provide support outside of the home, will be implemented at 125 New Hampshire schools serving students in grades 5 through 12 over the next two years. Brooklyn Raney, One Trusted Adult founder and author of the book One Trusted Adult: How to Build Strong Connections & Healthy Boundaries with Young People, discussed the program.
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The Semipalmated Sandpiper is about five inches long and normally weighs about an ounce. Although hard to tell apart from other similar sandpipers, note the folded wings extend to the tail, thin pale eye lines and straight black bill. Courtesy of Macauly Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University.
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If you ask me, migrating birds — wheth er they’re shorebirds or other long-distance fliers — are one of nature’s wonders, able to navigate many thousands of miles in mara thon seasonal flights that may extend from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. Among the migrants in the Seacoast these days are my favorites — the peeps. “Peeps” is a term describing a group of different sandpipers that look and behave very much alike, making it hard sometimes to distinguish one type from another. Their call is not much help either — they all sound a “peep,” hence their name. Bird-watching hobbyists (like me) may have to keep a bird book handy as a reference to make a positive identification. Binoculars are also a big help. The peeps comprise what is technical ly a sub-species of sandpipers from the large family Scolopacidae, genus classification Calidrus. Common peeps in the Seacoast include the Semipalmated Sandpiper (one of the most common here), Least Sandpiper, Baird’s Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Whiterumped Sandpiper and the Sanderlings. If you can’t discern their characteristic peep vocalization, simply look for smallish birds wading during low tide at the beach on distinctive stilt-like legs. Peeps are also seen on saltmarsh mudflats, on riverbanks and in wetlands, poking their straight black bills into the soil for food. Their plumage is slightly variegated but muted grayish-brown on top and white underneath at this time of year. Legs may be black, yellow or greenish depending on the type of peep. Peeps like to eat small crustaceans, insects, larvae and worms. Some eat seeds. They scurry back and forth at the ocean’s edge beginning with the start of low tide as the sea retreats and the flats emerge. You’ll see them plucking and poking out morsels buried in the mud. But how do they find the unseen buried food they favor? Microscopic nerve endings embedded in their lower jaws and bills are believed to allow them to sense prey under wet sand and soil. It’s fun to watch peeps in groups scam pering in rhythm with the waves. They’ll congregate by the hundreds if the locale is right. Or you may see them in smaller groups depending on the area. Along with the Sea coast, peeps are found all over the world except Antarctica and the driest deserts. According to NH Audubon, the larg est feeding area for Seacoast shorebirds including peeps is the tidal flats of the Hampton-Seabrook estuary, the state’s larg est salt marsh at more than 5,000 acres. This marshland’s eastern border runs down the coast along Hampton Harbor. The northern most reach is near Hampton’s town center. To the south the estuarine territory connects with Massachusetts’ Great Salt Marsh. The estuary broadens west as far as Interstate 95 at its widest. As you drive toward Hampton Beach on Route 101 East beginning around the Route 1 exit you’ve entered the northern reach of the Hampton-Seabrook estuary with marshland on both sides of the highway. Avian feeders gather on the estuarine mudflats in droves at low tide. When beach front mudflats are flooded during high tide, Seacoast shorebirds move to other din ing destinations including Meadow Pond in Hampton and areas of seaweed (wrack) deposited up and down the coastline. At highest tide when all the flats are sub merged shorebirds take a needed break, retreating to roosting sites to rest. One sig nificant roost is a cobble beach north of Hampton where the birds pack onto dry ground. Both feeding and roosting areas are critical to the prosperity of shorebirds and a host of other coastal avians. Prevent ing disturbance to roosting sites is especially important, NH Audubon says. Shorebirds’ physiologiesastounding Long-haul migrating shorebirds’ hyperefficient metabolic engines — coupled with astounding navigation systems that humans don’t fully understand — allow them to trav el from 3,000 to 8,000 miles to reach their destination. Along the way, they touch down in hospitable places like the Seacoast to gain as much weight as possible before resum ing their journey, devouring as much food as they can in the shortest possible time. Scien tists call this feeding condition hyperphagia — an incessant, insatiable appetite. Some birds may double their weight. Sanderlings, for example, will eat a horseshoe crab egg every five seconds for 14 hours daily (or the equivalent) until they’re ready to carry on. Migrating birds’ excursions follow an intercontinental flyway that can extend up to 10,000 feet above sea level. Some migrants maintain a pace of 50 to 60 miles per hour for days in a row. For most, they “sleep” in frequent brief intervals of just seconds before rousing, never pausing their flight. A few can sleep with one eye open. (Some marine crea tures have this habit. And I knew a guy from Boston’s North End who did the same thing!)
A thin, straight, tubular black bill is notice able, longer on females than males. Their plump-appearing bodies are muted in color on top and white below. The head and neck are tinged light gray-brown with a thin pale line over the eyes. Their folded wings extend to the length of the tail. Semipalmated Sand pipers grow to about five or six inches long and normally weigh an ounce or less.
Curt Mackail has been an avid bird watcher over more than 50 years. When not looking for birds to add to his lifetime list, he plays the saxophone, teaches art for seniors and looks after his family’s three dogs.
Bird Brained with Curt Mackail
Migrating shorebirds are now making their annual stopover in the Seacoast. These transients check in beginning in late sum mer, looking for a place to rest and refuel. For most, the last checkout is late fall.
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The shorebirds’ superhighway links northern summer breeding locales with their southern homes. On both ends, it’s the warmest season in that hemisphere at the time, so, in a sense, it’s an endless summer for the itinerants. If you’re looking for a Seacoast peep show, the Semipalmated Sandpipers around now are likely prospects. They migrate in flocks of hundreds of thousands and are widely dis tributed throughout the East. These affecting peeps exhibit typical sandpiper attributes. Adults have black legs bending forward, although their legs may also appear dull gray or greenish. (Juveniles’ legs are straighter.)
A note of caution: Anything that harms shorebirds’ ability to feed or causes them to waste energy may compromise migration. Threats include loss of habitat and repeated disturbance by people, vehicles or loose dogs. Clearing out seaweed wrack from beaches also eliminates an important shorebird food source, but much of our tourist economy depends on clean beaches so the issue pres ents a difficult balancing act. The best effort you can make individually is to avoid upset ting shorebirds’ feeding and nesting areas. Birds are invaluable parts of our natural envi ronment and many shorebird varieties we get to see are classified as threatened.
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Dear Car Talk: We have a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe and are very happy withEvenit. though we don’t have issues with the car, I do have a question concerning the backup cameras. I understand how the back and side cameras work. But, how does the overhead camera work? I’ve noticed that we can see an over head view of our driveway when we are backing out of the garage. How do they do that? Got any ideas? — Jake Don’t worry, that’s just Bill Gates’ army of drones hovering over your car. They’ve been there ever since you got vaccinated, Jake. The bird’s-eye view camera is pret ty cool, isn’t it? As you’ve probably noticed, your car has four little camer as: one on the front grill, one near the back license plate holder and one on each side-view mirror. On a lot of cars, these cameras will activate individually, in context the rear camera when you shift into reverse or the front camera when you’re park ing, and a distance sensor picks up another car near your front bumper. The overhead shot is done by stitching all four of those camera shots together. They know the size of your car. That never changes. So, they’re able to cre ate an image of your car in the right proportion to the camera images, and then show you all four images around that imaginary car. So, the car on your screen isn’t real (note that it always lacks bird drop pings). It’s a made-up, stationary image. But the views on all sides of that picture are real. And it works. It’s as if you’re looking down from the top of your car and seeing what’s on all sides of it as you move. If memory serves, I think Nissan was the first company to come up with it. And when I first saw it, I said, wow, everyone should do this. And now they do. And it’s saved untold numbers of tulip beds, Jake. Dear Car Talk: In high school, I drove a 1946 CJ2 Willys Jeep. In 1992, I upgraded to a 1948 model and used it for construction hauling. I’d put the windshield down and use it to carry all sorts of materi als, including 24-foot 2 x 12s. Now in my 70s, I had the Willys fully restored, but it makes a loud whine that the restore guys can’t figure out. The transmission was replaced, but when I step on the clutch while cruising at a speedy 35 mph, the noise stops. Some one suggested the “throw out” bearing. Living in the San Antonio area, there are a lot of former military, like me, who love to see the Jeep, “Arnold,” on the streets with me waving. Sad to hear the loud whine instead of the purr I know he could be making. Love your column. Have any ideas for me? — Maj. Pete I love the image of you carrying 24-foot-long boards, Pete. Did you ever consider entering the Jeep Pole Vault Competition?Idon’tthink it’s a bad throw out bear ing. That would make more of a clicking or flapping noise when you step on the clutch. Your noise does the opposite. It stops when you step on the clutch. It sounds to me more like a bad dif ferential. That’s the classic source of a siren-like whining noise while accelerating.Whenmy late brother Tom’s dif ferential started going bad in his 1967 Suburban, he hid in the basement for two weeks. He was convinced the cops were following him everywhere. A differential noise will stop when you let off the accelerator or when you depress the clutch. Try leaving the clutch alone and lifting off the gas. If that makes the whining noise stop or sound significantly different then the gears in one of your differentials could be worn out, or a differential may have run out of oil. If the noise doesn’t stop when you lift off the gas but only when you step on the clutch, the next step would be to put the Jeep on the lift. If you can duplicate the noise on the lift with an assistant “driv ing” the car, it should be very easy to walk around underneath the car and fig ure out where the noise is coming from. And you’ll have to hope it’s not the transmission.Butifitis, I hear the 1949s were real ly nice, Pete. Good luck. Visit Cartalk.com. head views
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For more than two decades Angelina’s in Portsmouth was a Seacoast landmark widely lauded for its authentic Italian cuisine, its menu featuring everything from fresh pastas and homemade sauces to the eatery’s signature calzones. Fay Zoffo li-Ham co-founded the restaurant with her childhood friend Angie in 1983, and ran the restaurant until her retirement in 1997 — after it was sold, the business con tinued under the Angelina’s name before closing for good in 2005. Fast forward to 2021, and Julie Gagne of Rye — Zoffoli-Ham’s daughter — found herself taking on a friend’s request to make 10 calzones for his birthday party. “I learned how to make calzones from my mom, and of course that was Angelina’s iconic item,” Gagne said. “At his party, people were wishing him a happy birthday, and then the conversation centered around the calzones. [People said] things like ‘These are amazing’ or ‘I can’t believe it, I haven’t had one in so long!’” The response to her calzones was so posi tive that it inspired Gagne to set up a test kitchen in her own home to sell them. By February of this year she had transitioned into a commercial setting; now operat ing out of a commissary kitchen at 150 Lafayette Road in Rye, Angelina’s Authentic Italian (angelinasauthenticitalian.com, and on Facebook and Instagram) is a takeoutonly business featuring a combination of some original Angelina’s recipes and items Gagne learned to make herself, either from her grandmother or during her travels to Italy. Ordering is available online with a 24-hour notice and pickups on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 3 to 5 p.m. The Scene recently caught up with Gagne to talk about how she’s carrying on her family’s legacy with authentic home-cooked Ital ian items from calzones and breads to meat and marinara sauces. at angelina’S aUtHentiC italian f
How long has Angelina’s Authentic Italian been around? I set up shop in February. … I rent a commercial kitchen space at the Inn at Rye Place. It’s a great location [and] very easy to get to. They reopened under new ownership last year, and they have a lot of businesses within the complex. What makes Angelina’s Authentic Ital ian unique? Everything I do is made from scratch … and it’s made to order, so when you come and pick something, it’s fresh and usually it’s still warm from the oven. … I also really value sustainability, so if you look at my packaging, I package in paper which is more sustainable than plastic. I package my sauce in glass so it’s reusable. What is your favorite thing on your menu? I think my personal favorite is my meat sauce. I offer it a la carte [in a] pint or a quart. … If you’re in an Italian family, the meat sauce is the barometer for everything else that you do. … People are proud of their meat sauces, as I am, and the recipe and the technique changes from family to family. It’s even different within the fam ily. When somebody who is truly Italian loves my sauce, it’s like a badge of honor. What is something everyone should try? The meatball calzone. It’s my No. 1 seller and it was the No. 1 seller from my mom, too. [It has] my homemade meatballs and sauce, and then cheese and homemade dough. It’s pretty damn good. What celebrity would you like to see ordering from you? If I had a time machine, I would say Anthony Bourdain. He’s my idol, and somebody that I think really captures the essence of connection through food. … Since we can’t go back in time, I would have to say Stanley Tucci. We’re both Italian-American, we love our roots … and we both really have a pas sion for eating, cooking and connecting. What is an essential skill to running this type of business? I think, for me, something that’s nonnegotiable is that you have to have passion for what you’re doing. You have to put your heart and soul into it. What is your favorite thing about being on the Seacoast? I love the summer. From June to Sep tember, I can’t even touch the ground, I’m so happy. — Matt Ingersoll
Gin n o. 1 – Uncle Val’s Botanical Gin I don’t know who Uncle Val is, or even whose uncle he is, but he knows how to make a gin. There are two vari eties of Uncle Val’s, a botanical one and a “restorative” one. I eagerly anticipate trying the restorative one — I could frankly use some restoration — but we are talking about the botanical variety rightEarliernow.this year I got to check off a bucket list item and went to an actual fan cy speakeasy, where extremely talented bartenders will talk to you very earnestly about strange and exotic cocktails.
Gin no. 3 – djinn Spirits distilled Gin I stumbled across this local gin — it’s made in Nashua — almost completely by accident. I was looking for a gin to pair with a really aggressive flavor — goat cheese, in this case — and this was recommended to me. The theo ry was it had so many exotic ingredients that at least one or two of them would pair with what ever you might try to build a flavor bridge to. It makes a truly excellent gin and tonic. This is another one of those gins that you might find yourself sipping slowly and thought fully, as you try to identify the background flavors you are tasting. A friend and I put a sol id half-hour into it and finally — after detouring into some increasingly bizarre stories (includ ing one about Elias “Lucky” Baldwin, the man blamed with introducing peacocks as an inva sive species to California. A fascinating man. Look him up.) — decided that maybe maybe we were tasting green apples. This isn’t to say that this gin actually has any green apples in it; that’s what we thought we tasted.
Fest a success
More than 2,000 “fiery folks” attended the first annual New England Hot Sauce Fest at Smuttynose Brewery Co. in Hampton on July 30, which collectively raised nearly $10,000 for its two beneficiary organizations, according to a press release. The event featured more than 25 craft hot sauce companies from across New Hampshire and other New England states, along with several food trucks and craft and specialty vendors. Canadian celebrity competitive eater Mike Jack of Mike Jack Eats Heat even consumed 60 Carolina Reaper peppers (the world’s hottest pepper), beating his own personal record. “Our goals were to raise money for our local oceanconservation beneficiaries, and to put New England on the map as an up and coming spicy region,” event organizer Gabe DiSaverio of The Spicy Shark said in a statement.
I remember the first time I drank a gin and tonic. It was my first week at college. There was some sort of reception with an open bar. (The drinking age in Vermont was 18 at the time — a fact that led to a great many questionable decisions over the next few years.) Being 18, I had never actu ally ordered a cocktail from a bartender before, and I was flying blind. At some point, I had heard someone mention some thing called a gin and tonic, and it sounded like something a grownup would order, so that’s what I ordered. It was cold and clean and tasted like pine needles and magic. Gin is like that. It is so aromatic that it easily evokes sense memories: That time you were invited to a party on a yacht. The sound of soft music and clev er Theconversation.smellof cigarette smoke and your uncles accusing each other of cheating at poker every Christmas. Sitting on the veranda of the officer’s club in the jungles of Burma after playing a few chukkers of polo in the tropical heat, hoping to stave off malaria. Well, your memories will be specific to you,Butobviously.mostgin and tonics taste pret ty much the same, right? We all have our own individual memories, but they’re all centered on more or less the same taste, yes?That would be true, if any two gins tasted the same. There are some that are close in flavor, but others are stagger ingly different. Gin is a neutral grain spirit (vodka, in other words) that has been infused with botanical ingredients — think herbs, roots, flowers, etc. The most common of these is juniper berries — that’s where the pine taste comes from — but different recipes might have very different supporting botanicals, and a few omit the juniper altogether.
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Gin n o. 2 – d rumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin A few months ago I went to an event hosted by the Irish Whiskey Council that presented a bunch of New Hamp shire liquor people with five or six Irish alcohols. While not a whiskey, this gin was far and away my favorite part of the presentation, with the possible excep tion of taking a morning off from work to drink Irish alcohol in the first place. Drumshanbo has a sharper, slightly more medicinal flavor. There are defi nitely some background flavor notes, but it has a crisp, dry taste that plays really well with the lime. This is the gin and tonic to seal an important business deal.Or maybe to propose to someone.
“We are so thrilled to raise money for Blue Ocean Society and Seacoast Science Center, each receiving $4,417.” Plans are already underway for the festival to return for a second year, on July 29, 2023. “We plan on keeping the same formula that made Year 1 such a success, and we’ve got a bunch of new spicy surprises in the works as well!” DiSaverio said. Visit newenglandhotsaucefest.com.
— Matt Ingersoll Thresher Quesadilla. Photo courtesy of the Spicy Shark. Gin and Tonic. Photo by John Fladd.
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Gin no. 4 – collective Arts lavender and Juniper Gin Let’s say you’ve had a rough week. Not terrible — no literal fires or death or actual hair pulling — but a real grind to get through. Let’s further say that you’ve decided that you would benefit from a lit tle self-care — a small moment of grace and kindness to yourself. This is the gin and tonic that will help center you before a weekend of mowing or back-to-school shopping or intramural lacrosse.Whatmakes it so special? The lavender. I know: Lavender is tricky. Not enough of it, and it hides in the background and doesn’t bring anything to the party. Too much of it, and suddenly you’re at a fortiveyouanying,party.cy-soap-in-your-grandmother’s-bathroomfanThisgingetsitjustright.It’ssoothcivilizedand—kind,ifthatmakessense.Ittakesyoubythehandandletsknowthatyouarestrongandattracenoughtohandlewhateveriswaitingyouafterdinner.
John Fladd is a veteran Hippo writer, a father, writer and cocktail enthusiast, liv ing in New Hampshire.
Good luck with that.
The recipe for a classic gin and tonic is deceptively simple: 2 ounces of gin, 4 or 5 ounces of tonic water, ice and a squeeze of lime. Boom! About as easy as it gets — no shaking, no mess, 30 seconds or so of concentration, and you’re ready to build some new neural pathways in your hippocampus.Butfourdifferent gins might give us four different pathways into the forests, deserts and Victorian lilac gardens of your mind.
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“What am I tasting?” I asked. “The rosemary? Is it the beets?” “Well, I hope you can taste those, but it’s the gin.” “No, I think it’s the rosemary.” My new friend didn’t bother arguing but poured about a quarter of an ounce of Uncle Val’s into a cordial glass and slid it across the bar to me. He was right. It was the gin. It is very good gin. In a gin and tonic, Uncle Val’s has a round, floral taste. There are times when you get a G&T in your hands, it is gone in two or three minutes, and your wife has switched you over to diet soda. With this gin, you find yourself sipping enthu siastically but slowly. It is complex enough that even if you aren’t a gin snob you will spend a very long time trying to identify the background flavors.
fully loaded tater tot waffles
Michele Pesula Kuegler has been thinking about food her entire life. Since 2007 the New Hampshire native has been sharing these food thoughts and recipes at her blog, Think Tasty. Visit thinktasty.com to find more of her recipes.
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Summer is winding down, which means many things. First, school will begin soon or already has. Second, foot ball season (a.k.a. snack season) is almost here. Third, cooler temperatures will arrive, which means, most impor tantly, it’s time for more cooking and baking.Thisperfect-for-fall recipe is a combi nation of comfort food and indulgence. Many of my recipes are about being healthy, but this one focuses on filling your stomach in the most delightful way. It also is centered around pre-made ingre dients, making it a simple way to snack. When shopping for ingredients, there are a few notes. A leaner ground beef is key to a less greasy snack. The mar inara can be whatever type you prefer — plain, meat sauce, veggie-filled, etc. For the mozzarella, part skim or whole milk both work. I didn’t set an amount because everyone has their own amount of cheese they prefer. The last two ingre dients are optional, but they do add nice notes. The sour cream provides a bit of acid, and the scallions are a hint of fresh ness for a heavier snack. These waffles can be sliced into quar ters and shared. Alternatively, each waffle can be an individual serving for a snack of supreme indulgence. If you opt to serve them whole, be careful when removing them from the baking sheet. The waffles require two spatulas to transfer them without breaking.
try this at home
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Fully loaded Tater Tot waffles Makes 2 ½ pound 90% lean ground beef 1½ cups marinara 4 cups Tater Tots, defrosted shredded mozzarella sour cream, optional scallions, optional Cook ground beef in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Remove from heat and drain on paper Combinetowels. marinara and cooked hamburg er in a saucepan over medium-low, stirring occasionally until warm. Preheat broiler, move one rack to highest position. Spray the bottom of a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Preheat waffle maker according to Placedirections.approximately 2 cups Tater Tots in waffle maker, dispersing evenly. Cook following manufacturer’s instruc tions until crispy. Transfer Tater Tot waffle to baking sheet. Repeat with remaining Tater Tots. Divide sauce and meat between the two Sprinklewaffles. with as much cheese as you like! Broil for about 1 minute, keeping a close eye to avoid burning. Garnish with sour cream and/or scallions, if desired. Fully loaded Tater Tot waffles. Photo by Michele Pesula Kuegler.
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The Sea Beast (PG) Voices of Karl Urban, Jared Harris. A brave band of sea-beast hunters can be heroes but still be wrong — such is the mes sage of The Sea Beast, driven home with increasing frequency as this animated movie goes along. A vaguely pirate-y looking crew are part of a long tradition that takes to the seas and hunts the giant (very colorful) beasts that live in the oceans. Captain Crow has long sought to take down a large red beast with his ship the Inev itable. He plans to do just that and then hand command over to long-time crew member Jacob Holland. But if they don’t catch the red beast there will be nothing to hand over. The king and queen have decided that instead of paying these hunters to catch beasts, they will use the navy to hunt down beasts in giant can non-studded ships.
Mr. Malcolm’s List (PG ) Freida Pinto, Zawe Ashton. Also Sope Dirisu as the titular Mr. Jer emy Malcolm, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Lord Cassidy and Theo James as Capt. HenryJuliaOssory.(Ashton) and Selina (Pinto) are school buddies now both in their marry ing years in Regency-era London. After many seasons on the marriage market, Julia thinks she’s finally found her match with the handsome and wealthy Mr. Mal colm. But then he ghosts her in a way that ends up depicted in a tabloid caricature and she’s hurt and humiliated. When she learns why, she nearly glows with rage: she did not meet the specifications on Mr. Malcolm’s list of qualities a wife must have. You see, Mr. Malcolm, in addition to being rich and handsome, is also sort of the worst. He has a list of impossibly high standards and extraordinary qualifications a woman must have — no tacky relatives, skill at playing music, forgiving nature, etc.Julia decides that what Malcolm needs is to feel the same humiliation and rejec tion she does so she gets kind Selina, eager to leave her family’s country home after dodging an unwanted proposal multiple times, to come to London. With the help of Lord Cassidy — Julia’s cousin and Mal colm’s friend — Julia tries to mold Selina into Malcolm’s idea of the perfect woman in hopes that he will fall for her and then Julia can get Selina to viciously dump him. Selina is very “meh” on this plan and halfheartedly allows it to happen around her. She seems just happy to be in London and eventually finds she genuinely likes Malcolm. She also likes Capt. Ossory, a relative of a woman Selina used to work for, who befriends her and starts hanging around with the group that is Julia, Cas sidy, Selina, Malcolm and some other relatives.Selina is a genuinely nice person; Julia, Cassidy and Ossory are goofy but interest ing, and then there’s Malcolm, who is just unpleasant. And here’s the problem with this rom-com. I don’t really want Selina to be saddled with Malcolm, handsome though he is, and they’re the couple we’re supposed to be rooting for. I mean, sure, it turns out he’s got all this inner emotion al awkwardness, blah blah blah, but that doesn’t retroactively make his charac ter more appealing. This movie (which is based on a novel) has notes of Bridgerton and Jane Austen tales but you don’t get the sharpness, the comedy or the swoony romance that either of those two Regencylove-story providers offers. C+ Available for rent or purchase.
The Inevitable is in a race with one such ship is in a race to find the red beast when they dis cover a stowaway: Maisie, an orphan full of tales of the sea and the heroics of hunters, like her late parents. Because Jacob had talked to her a bit when the ship was in port, he feels respon sible for this child during a beast attack. Maisie and Jacob wind up overboard and face to face with a beast. Perhaps because Maisie had just cut the ropes tying the beast to the ship so the flailing beast wouldn’t pull the ship under, the sea beast doesn’t eat them like little snacks. Later, when Maisie and Jacob find themselves washed up on an island full of similar giant sea creatures, they start to wonder if all they know about sea beasts and their war on humans really constitutes the whole story. I’d say that this movie isn’t for the youngest kids — there are lots of beasts, some extreme ly cute and some large and bitey. Scarier still are the humans, with their guns and swords and British-y imperialism. But for maybe 7 or 8 and up, there is a big of swashbuckling piratey adventure with vaguely “it’s OK to reevaluate your history” and “hey, not so much with the animal killing” messages, which feels like a nice balance to the (animated) humans fight ing with weapons. Scenes on the ocean and on the beast island are particularly eye-catch ing with their bright colors and picture-book images. B- Available on Netflix. Beast.
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The Art Center (1 Washington St., Dover) pres ents “Images of the Past…The Thom Hindle Collection” from Sept. 3 through Sept. 30, along with an An Evening with Thom Hindle, an inperson book signing on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 6 to 9 p.m., celebrating Hindle’s newest release, Dover, New Hampshire Through Time Vol ume Two. The collection, according to a press release, is “an insightful, historically signifi cant exhibition dedicated to the rich history of Dover, New Hampshire, and surrounding areas.”Hindle himself has taught classes at UNH and is a past president of Dover’s historical society. He’s perhaps best known as a local photographer, the release said, with a long time photography business on Atkinson Street in the Garrison City. The exhibit features photographs Hindle reproduced from original glass negatives representing the works of neverbefore-exhibited local and Boston-area photographers.
“Dover Trolley,” from The Thom Hindle Collection. Courtesy photo.
The story takes place after some unknown large-scale ecological disas ter, on a strange yet familiar Earth. Throughout the volume, whether Alpha is home or out traveling, there are only a few people, and nature has reclaimed much of the environment. The one local gas station with its single kindly care taker feels lonely with a wide and empty lot, the asphalt cracked with fault lines. The roads, when they are not flooded, battle against ever-encroaching over growth. Flashbacks later in the volume depict the previous lay of the land, so we see how it has changed over time.
There’s not a lot of plot in Yokoha ma Kaidashi Kikou. While there is the
A+ — Bethany Fuss
As summarized on the back of the book, the story presents itself as Alpha the android watching the end of the human world, but such an unstructured narrative, focused on the day-to-day, presents more a paring down of the world. What if money stopped mat tering? What if there were no job to wake up early in the morning for, and no fear of losing shelter or health care? What would people care about and what would they value? Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is a fantasy of kindness, where what matters most to the characters is connecting with others and the environ ment they live in. For them, there is time to contemplate who they are and what they want to become, and even how they want to experience the world around them.For a work of fiction to gently remind the reader to open their senses, wheth er to a swirling storm of clouds or an expansive endless blue, and commit to memory the day that is given, truly is a treasure.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Deluxe Edition 1, by Hitoshi Ashinano (Sev en Seas Press, 450 pages)
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There’s the occasional mystery of the setting to ponder, like Alpha’s legend ary neighbor the Osprey or watching the sky for a plane that never lands, but these things are passing curiosities, never resolved.
Another small but overarching detail is the way Yokohama implements shad ing in the panels. A chapter where a child plays outside would not be as viv id if the background art did not show the passage of time from a clear summer afternoon into dusk. Instead of using the setting as a vehicle to propel the narra tive, it becomes a separate entity to care about all on its own.
Yokohama’s art elevates itself past merely entertaining; two incredibly evocative scenes, one of dancing and the other of swimming, capture the nature of each specific movement. There’s a light ness in the renderings of Alpha’s dance at the Neighborhood Association party that shows a character free from worry or judgment by others. The setting and background art con tribute significantly to the reading experience as a whole.
underlying thread of Alpha waiting for the cafe owner to return, it is rarely any thing but an implication. Instead, the narrative is more of a series of vignettes with shared characters connecting them. Going with this larger, more unstruc tured narrative could have made the reading experience fragmented but, because of the work done in the setting, it is as if the reader is going along side the characters throughout their day. Chapters consist of everything from trying to get rid of excess water melon before it spoils to spending the day attempting to take a good picture.
Typical of manga created in the ’90s and early 2000s, the character designs are big and bubbly with round exag gerated features. There is less focus on realistically rendering the human face and more on amplifying expressions, making emotional beats more easi ly understood. Whether characters are enjoying a cup of coffee or asking for directions, the reader can get a sense of what they feel in quiet moments.
september shows
The Seacoast Artist Association (130 Water St. in Exeter; seacoastartist.org, 778-8856) will hold a reception for its new shows on Friday, Sept. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. The association’s new “Body of Work” exhibits, which focus on the works of a specific artist, are the photo exhibits “Close to Home” from photographer Dennis Skillman of East Kingston and “The Seasons of Light and Color” from photographer Dave Saums. These exhibits will be on display through Sunday, Oct. 2. Also on display through the end of the month is the show “Autumn Splendor,” a theme show featuring multiple artists. The gallery is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. “Iris,” by Dennis Skillman.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit theartcenterdover.com or call 978-6702.
Photo fInISh
Originally published in Japan start ing in 1994, the manga series Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (translated as Yokoha ma Shopping Log) follows the daily life of Alpha the android running her miss ing master’s coffee shop. Now the series has made it to the United States after a long wait, collected in this single vol ume, and publisher Seven Seas has done an excellent job preserving the style of the time in which it was originally pub lished. Most of the pages are black and white with old-school screentones, but there are full-color images and panels as well, bursting with beautiful warm yel lowish hues. Both aspects are preserved excellently with no apparent digital tam pering. This desire to stay true to the original makes opening the book for the first time akin to rediscovering a longlost favorite from your shelf.
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l Fresco A multi-genre celebration of rising regional acts, the annual Saltwater Roots Festival offers The Ammonium Maze celebrating the music of Percy Hill, led by former member Aaron Katz, with his life partner Sarah Blacker, Chris Sink and Dave Brunyak of Pink Talking Fish. Also on the bill are harmony-rich River Sister, which grew out of a jam at Dolphin Striker, and blues singer Julie Rhodes. Friday, Sept. 2, 6 p.m., Prescott Park, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, table reservations $65 at prescottpark.org. River Sister.
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Enjoy a Labor Day weekend double bill on a giant beach facing deck as Fear Nuttin Band brings its metal-infused reggae rock to Hampton. Mixing elements of reggae, hiphop, dance hall, hardcore and heavy rock, they’ve shared stages with SOJA, Toots and the Maytals, Kanye West, Sublime, Steel Pulse and others. They’re joined by the equally explosive Cape Cod group Crooked Coast. The 21+ show is free. Sunday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., Bernie’s Beach Bar, 73 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, berniesnh.com.
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The Word Barn 66 Newfields Road, Exeter 244-0202, thewordbarn.com
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• Sara Schaefer: Going Up Music Hall Lounge, Friday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Extreme. Nikki Glaser. soule moNDe
Hampton Beach Casino Ball room 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach 929-4100, casinoballroom.com
• Juston McKinney Rochester Opera House, Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m.
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The Vermont-based organ/drums duo Soule Monde have opened for Phish at their legendary New Year’s Eve shows and played on late-night TV and at festivals like Bonnaroo. They cross state lines for their show at Jimmy’s (135 Congress St., Portsmouth; 888-603-JAZZ; jimmysoncongress.com) on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $10 to $30, plus fees.
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The owner of a “cursed fridge” in Eng land has been posting fliers around London, offering the haunted appliance “free to collect” to anyone who can live with the “soul within,” the New York Post reported.
“My stepmother had a heart attack on our kitchen floor in the middle of an electri cal storm,” the poster explained, “and her soul was transferred into the computer unit of our smart fridge.” The owner claims the fridge is judging them on “how many slices of cheese I’ve eaten or whether I’ve properly put the lid back on something. She has to go.” In an even odder twist, however, the attached phone number rings not to an individual but to a kitchen show room. Hmmm ... — New York Post, Aug. 5
A hot spring in Yellowstone National Park is the site of an ongoing investi gation after a park employee discovered a human foot, inside a shoe, floating on the surface of Abyss Pool on Aug. 16, Denver 7 TV reported. Officials believe the foot may belong to a per son who died on July 31 at the same hot s pring. “Currently, the park believes there was no foul play,” a statement read. Law enforcement officers are still look ing into the July death. The Abyss Pool is one of the deepest in Yellowstone, and its temperature can reach 140 degrees. Although park regulations and signage discourage visitors from getting too close to the pools, since 1890, at least 22 people have died from hot-springs relat ed injuries. — Denver 7 TV, Aug. 16
Cleveland, Georgia, is home to Baby land General Hospital, the Mirror reported, but don’t go there with a broken finger or to deliver a human infant. The faux hos pital is actually a toy store where fans of Cabbage Patch dolls can witness a “birth” as a nurse calls out “dilation” updates: “five leaves apart, seven leaves apart, nine leaves apart” even announcing the necessity for a “leaves-iotomy” (like an episiotomy). “Finally,” according to a Twitter post from Sarah Baird, a recent visitor, “the cabbage patch doll is born.” Shoppers/visitors who want to adopt a new doll have to sign adoption papers, but the store’s guarantee is comprehensive: If your doll becomes damaged, you can send it back, and if it can’t be repaired, they’ll send you a coffin and death certificate so you can lay it to rest. One Twitter user who visited as a child replied, “I am so glad to know it is just as odd and terrifying as I remember.”
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Wrong place, all the time Ray Minter of East San Jose, Califor nia, has lived in his home since 1960, he told KTVU-TV. But since 1972, Minter’s house has been hit 23 times by cars as they exit the 680 South freeway. Despite steel poles, installed by his insurance company, and a chain-link fence out front, cars still slam into his home. “I’ve had four of the cars come through my house complete ly,” Minter said. “All the other ones have torn up my fence, and I’ve lost three cars in the yard.” Amazingly, none of his family have suffered serious injuries, although his niece had an arm broken and spent time in the hospital after one incident. Of the driv ers, Minter said, “Most of them have been drunk. Like the guy in 2016. He hit [Mint er’s car] at 105 mph.” The City of San Jose says it has no authority over the off-ramp but encourages drivers to slow down and obey traffic laws. — KTVU-TV, Aug. 16 Police report Oh, that mischievous imp, Dennis the Menace. A 3 1/2-foot-tall bronze statue pays tribute to the cartoon strip character at Dennis the Menace Playground in Mon terey, California except for when it’s on the run. The statue, which was installed in 1988, was stolen again on Aug. 21, Monterey police told KSBW-TV. Thieves used a grinder to cut Dennis’ foot and remove the 200-pound artwork, called “a symbol of the goodness and happiness of the City” by City Manager Hans Uslar. The statue was first stolen in 2006; a replace ment statue was placed in the park a year later. In 2015, a Dennis the Menace statue was found at a scrap yard in Orlando, Flor ida, but it was determined to be a different piece than the Monterey Dennis. The kid gets around. — KSBW-TV, Aug. 21 Sources according to uexpress.com. From the editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication. See uexpress.com/contact.
When Jenn Ross returned home from the gym about 7 a.m. on Aug. 17, she found an unexpected guest in her Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, home: a young fur seal. Ross’ husband, Phil, is a marine biologist but unfortunately wasn’t home to meet the interloper, the Guard ian reported. “I really missed my time to shine,” he said. He believes the seal came in through the cat door and spent some time in the guest room and on the couch, but thankfully didn’t relieve itself inside. “I think that would have been pretty ter minal for the furniture,” he said. It’s not uncommon for the young seals to range far and wide at this time of year, Ross explained. “I guess, like all teenagers, they don’t necessarily make sensible deci sions,” he said. — The Guardian, Aug. 17
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Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Football is a team sport. In case you weren’t aware. Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Twentytwo years after that fateful night at Wembley, I found myself facing another England penalty shoot-out. This time, I wasn’t one of the players; I was the team manager. Same stuff, different view. Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Under standing ourselves is a key preparation before taking on any challenge. At least a little.
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Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Over the years, I had spent more time than most thinking about penalty kicks. Whenev er a game came down to this stage, we used to consider the result to be a roll of the dice. It was all about who had the courage to step up, rather than their skill or experience. This was one of the things I aimed to change when I took up the role of England manager…. Make a place for skill and experience.
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Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Whether we’re making a fresh start or just try ing to be better at something, we all face challenges. It’s always something.
Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) … lead ing by example can encourage others to step up when you need them. You’re an example one way or another. Aries (March 21 – April 19) Every professional footballer, including your heroes, will have a story to tell of set backs and even rejection. I have never met a single player who sailed to suc cess on the pitch. Yeah, no. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) We’ll look at how working in teams can help us to be stronger together and inspire confidence. How?! Gemini (May 21 – June 20) We did PE in my first years at primary school, but sadly football didn’t feature. They saved the best for later. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) The first thing that helped me was the messages I received from the general public. Peo ple wanted to let me know how much they’d enjoyed the tournament and that England had done so well to get to the semi-finals. They urged me not to blame myself for missing the penalty. Penalty shots are hard. Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) It was when I turned eight that I had the chance to play in proper games, and I loved it. Proper games! Woooooo! Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Answers will appear in next week's paper.
Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) For the fans watching a star striker beat two defenders before smashing the ball into the net, it’s easy to forget that their suc cess has been a long time in the making. Loooong time.
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