Seacoast Scene 10/5/17

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A guide to the weekend’s harvest celebrations FRE E

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What a fantastic season with the Seacoast Scene. This is our last weekly edition, but we have great news! Starting on Oct. 26, the Scene will be published every other week right through Larry Marsolais March 22. Then, April 12 will be the start of the weekly edition again. During the fall and winter months we will continue to bring you local events, stories, happenings and much more to keep you up to date with what is going on in your community.

It takes a team to publish the Seacoast Scene every week and I have to say we have one of the best. I personally want to thank each and every person involved with

editorial, production, sales, publishing, distribution and everyone else that makes the Scene happen. Also I have to thank all our advertisers for their continued support of providing you the best that the Seacoast has to offer.

Lastly I have to give a very big thank you to all of you, our readers. I have enjoyed reading your emails and listening to your phone calls, so please continue. So enjoy this last weekly issue, and pick up the next issue on Oct. 26.

As always feel free to call me anytime at 603-935-5096 to discuss local issues or to place an ad.

Larry Marsolais is the general manager of the Seacoast Scene and the former president of the Hampton Rotary Club.

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6 Scenes from around the community

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8 Fall fests

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Meet the director of education at Patrick Dorow Productions, a Seacoast-based performing arts center, on p. 16.

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A guide to the weekend’s harvest celebrations

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Enjoy fall with a weekend full of harvest season festivals. Whether it’s apples you crave or pumpkins you want to carve, you will have plenty of options this Columbus Day weekend. Want to build a hobbit house or take a hayride through a 100-yearold New England farm? You can do either — or both. So get in the spirit of the season and head to one of these fall celebrations.

Newburyport Harvest Festival Where: Downtown Newburyport, Mass.

When: Sunday, Oct. 8, and Monday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cost: Attendance is free. Shopping and food available Visit: newburyportchamber.org or call 978-462-6680

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Apple Harvest Day Where: Downtown Dover When: Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: Admission is free. There is food available for purchase.

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Dover Apple Harvest Day welcomes more than 50,000 people during the weekend of fall-themed entertainment.

The daylong event shuts down streets in downtown Dover and fills them with apple-themed vendors, games and live entertainment.

The annual event has been held since 1985. With so many people attending, the Dover Chamber of Commerce has decided to incorporate new features that have been requested by visitors over the years, according to Chamber President Molly Hodgson.

“The committee has been very responsive as the festival has gotten bigger and bigger, and really adapted to how the event has grown and changed,” said Hodgson.

This year, there will be a new Doggy Refresher Station where dogs and their owners can go to a shaded area and cool off if the weather is unseasonably warm. The station will also have water to hydrate the dogs and will be surrounded by dog-related vendors like K9 Kaos, a Dover-based doggy daycare.

New facilities also include a family station where families can get out of the heat and charge their phones at the cell phone charging stations.

Senior programs are being held for the first time this year to educate older folks and their families about services in the area.

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Newburyport, Massachusetts, kicks off its fall season with the annual Harvest Festival with vendors and shops attracting customers to the port-side market square.

Vendors and shops will be open throughout the day with local products for sale, including food and crafts.

The historic brick market square in downtown Newburyport is known as the Bull Nose.

“It’s meant to be a place for people to gather,” said Ann Ormond, president of the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce. “We have a very compact and very walkable downtown district.”

Scattered throughout the market square are scarecrows designed by Newburyport residents and shop owners. The scarecrows are made out of burlap and either real or plastic pumpkins. The scarecrows are part of a craft competition to see who has the most original design. A people’s choice award is given to the scarecrow that gets the most votes from visitors.

“The people are very creative … [and] that adds to the festivity of the whole weekend,” said Ormond.

A jury-selected group of arts and crafts vendors will showcase their work at the festival. Ormond said the vendors have handmade pieces including jewelry, photography, handmade dolls and clothes. More than 100 shops in downtown Newburyport also will remain open during the festival, according to Ormond.

There will be an additional 60 vendors alongside the shops that are already open and 10 restaurants ready for the Harvest Festival crowd.

“You can have it all. A lot of people will come and have something from one of the food booths and then take a load off and relax and enjoy the community,” Ormond said.

There could be some surprises, too, with pop-up performances happening throughout the weekend, according to Ormond.

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Of course, Apple Harvest Day continues to incorporate apples into almost every aspect of the event. The festival opens with Mayor Karen Weston taking the “first bite” of a crisp apple on the main stage.

“We do it right up to the microphone so it makes a nice crunch for everyone to hear,” said Hodgson.

Apple orchards from around the state are invited every year to bring their freshest products to Apple Alley, where guests sample the delicious fruits.

Hundreds of vendors show up to present their takes on apple cuisine each year.

Hodgson said she is excited about the Dover Gyro Spot’s apple baklava. A popular classic apple crisp will be served at Harvey’s Bakery booth.

“People come ... just for the apple crisp,” said Hodgson.

Specialty vendors can be found throughout the festival selling candy apples, apple crisp and apple fried dough. There are nonapple foods too. Most of the food vendors will be located at two of the festival’s large food court areas. Henry Law Park and the Ross Furniture parking lot will have food vendors selling carnival-style food including hot dogs, hamburgers, Italian sausages, french fries and ice cream.

In non-food attractions, Auto Alley, on First Street, is an area of the festival dedicated to car collectors and hobbyist. The street will have supermodified cars, antique cars and other unique rides on display.

“Folks that are motorheads can see a variety of monster trucks, muscle cars and antique cars,” said Hodgson.

The festival covers five blocks of Dover’s downtown with vendors and entertainment at every corner. Five stages are set up at different areas of the event with performances happening all weekend. Hodgson said each stage has its own theme ranging from local performers to acoustics only.

The Rotary Arts Pavilion Stage will act as the community stage and will feature local dance troupes, theater groups, jump-roping and other performances. The community stage will also be the location

of the annual pie contest. That competition is split into two categories: adult, age 15 and over, and youth, for participants age 14 and younger.

Visitors can let their friends know they’re there with a Snapchat filter made by one of the event’s volunteers.

“One of our very creative millennials in the community has put into Snapchat an Apple Harvest Day geofilter,” said Hodgson.

The geofilter goes over pictures like a banner so people on social media know you are at Apple Harvest Day. Organizers are anticipating 1,000 runners at the Apple Harvest Day 5K Road Race, which starts at 8:30 a.m. and goes through the Apple Harvest Day site on Washington Street and Central Avenue.

The rolling course winds through the historic Dover streets and is suitable for beginners and advanced runners.

“I have a lot of great Harvest Day memories. I’ve been bringing my kids since they were toddlers, maybe even in their strollers,” said Hodgson.

Fairy House and Hobbit House Festival

Where do fairies and hobbits live? What kinds of houses do they call home? At the Fairy House and Hobbit House Festival this weekend at Bedrock Gardens in Lee, kids and their parents can design and make their own fairy and hobbit homes.

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“The concept was formed out of a long history in this part of New England of getting people out into nature,” said Forti.

Bedrock Gardens provides each participant with a starter kit of items like sticks and twigs but then they can venture through the trails and gardens to find more materials.

“We have this beautiful woodland forest that’s undeveloped and it lends itself to getting kids out into nature,” said Forti.

The houses are made for fairies and hobbits but oftentimes other small creatures like chipmunks and squirrels can end up staying in them. For this reason, Forti said the activity of making the fairy houses educates kids about the habitats of the area.

Prior to the event, gardeners and artists from the area spend time making fairy houses, which will be on display over the weekend. These houses tend to be more detailed than what guests can create on the day of the event but the mini structures act as inspiration for aspiring fairy house designers.

The rules for making a fairy house are fairly loose, according to Forti. The houses are generally miniature versions of house-like structures built from sticks or twigs and ornamented with pine cones and flowers.

“What would your imagination tell you a fairy house should be? Creativity rules that day,” said Forti.

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Applecrest Farm’s festival will feature hay rides. Courtesy photo.

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by Elsa Beskow at 11:30 a.m. The book is about fairies who live in houses similar to the ones being built during the weekend.

Author Tracy Kane will also read from her own award-winning books about building fairy houses out of natural materials on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 p.m.

Forti said many kids come to the event dressed in fairy wings and costumes.

The community gardens are open for exploration during the event, and fairy house builders are encouraged to use the forests and gardens for inspiration and resources for organic supplies.

“It’s reminding everybody that we can build something for free in a world where everyone is trying to sell us something,” said Forti.

Applecrest Farm Festival

Todd Wagner of Applecrest Farm said his grandmother started the tradition of pick-your-own apples in New Hampshire 60 years ago. The farm is ramping up that tradition throughout October with three family-friendly festivals. At each festival guests can pick their own apples and get a glimpse of how a New England farm operates during the busy harvest season.

“We have been inviting people to the farm to pick apples to share in the harvest season for 65 to 70 years,” said Wagner.

The festival is a multifaceted event with live bluegrass music, grilled food, ice cream and crafts. Wagner said people can spend the day at the farm without spending any money or they can try their hand at picking apples, pumpkins, peaches or raspberries.

The farm added an ice cream creamery barn nine years ago and now serves ice cream made from Memories Ice Cream in Kingston that is combined with the farm’s fruits. Wagner said the ice cream is churned together with ingredients picked fresh from Applecrest farm.

“It’s a full-blown old-fashioned ice cream stand. … Everything we have is made fresh here on the farm,” said Wagner.

The ice cream is made with the farm’s

blueberries, strawberries, cider donuts and peaches. There are 25 flavors of ice cream that are made with the farm’s fruits. The farm’s popular cider doughnuts will also be on sale during the festival. The fried desserts are made from apples picked fresh on the farm.

“People can’t seem to get enough of them,” said Wagner.

Hay rides will be held regularly until 4 p.m. each day and give guests a guided tour of the 110-year-old farm and its facilities.

“See how it all works, the fruits of the whole growing season’s labor,” said Wagner.

Guests can hand pick from a variety of 15 apple types in the orchard. A half pack of apples costs $15, a full pack is $25 and a large pack is $40.

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Pumpkinfest at DeMeritt Hill Farms

DeMeritt Hill Farm is dedicated to all things pumpkin on Sunday, Oct. 8, and Monday, Oct. 9. The fruit and vegetable farm specializes in the pick-your-own experience where guests can go into the fields and find the produce they want, right off the plant.

Pumpkinfest celebrates the theme of doing it yourself with pumpkin patches open throughout the day and pumpkinthemed events for families. Organizer Meg Wilson said in an email that picking your own pumpkins as a child is a memory she wants to give to others.

“Pumpkinfest is specifically geared toward children and families. We remember the joy of hunting and finding just the right pumpkin to decorate and that is why we offer an expanded pick your own pumpkin field,” Wilson wrote.

The two pumpkin patches equal five acres and are overflowing with orange during the fall season, according to Wilson.

The field has pumpkins ranging from 1 to 100 pounds.

Guests can search all day for the pumpkin that’s right for them, and once they’ve found it they have a few choices. They can play a game where they guess the weight of their pumpkin and earn bragging rights if they guess correctly. They can also decorate their pumpkin with paint and other crafts at the art table.

Rochester October Fest The eighth annual Rochester October Festival happening Saturday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature apple pie, cider, bikes, live music and more.

Family-friendly features include games, demonstrations and an interactive petting zoo. Rochester Main Street will also host a “Mile High Apple Pie” baking contest that is open to the public. Admission to the festival is free. Call 330- 3208 or visit rochestermainstreet.org.

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Guests who are particularly proud of their painted pumpkins can enter them into the pumpkin painting contest. The winner will be featured on the farm’s website and have the option of having their pumpkin as part of Pumpkin Alley, an area of the farm’s Haunted Overload.

In fact, many of the pumpkins grown on the farm are used as jack-o’-lanterns for Haunted Overload.

“Pumpkin Alley features about 500 carved pumpkins of different shapes and sizes,” said Wilson.

Other pumpkins are used for ingredients in the farm’s commercial kitchen. Wilson said they use the pumpkins for baked goods including pies, cookies and pumpkin bread. This year, there will be an expanded menu of gluten-free baked goods.

Wilson said that the festival is in its eighth year of operation and has grown every year it’s been held. The farm is expanding its pumpkin fields to accommodate the increasing number of customers and they are working to add more pick your own pumpkin fields in the future.

There will also be Halloween storybook hayrides, pony rides, a petting zoo and a bounce house throughout the festival.

“My favorite aspect of Pumpkinfest is seeing families return each year making a tradition out of visiting the farm. It’s fun to watch children grow up each year and pick the perfect pumpkin,” said Wilson.

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In old cars, spark timing probably not cause of poor performance Dear Car Talk: I have a 1982 El Camino. Two years ago, because it didn’t pass the California smog test, I had to take it to a designated repair shop. As part of the repair, the

By Ray Magliozzi tech told me: “Some fool set the ignition timing to TDC (top dead center), or 0 degrees. I changed it to 15 degrees, where it should be, and it’s running better.” And it did run better. This year I went in for the smog test, and the technician told me, “Some fool set your ignition timing to 15 degrees, so you need to reset it to TDC.” I told him what I had been told two years earlier, and he told me, “The book says it has to be TDC, so you need to set it there or you won’t pass the smog test.” So I had him set the timing to TDC, and I passed the smog test. But the car runs like crap. So I’m thinking about changing the timing back to 15 degrees, where it ran better. I need some expert advice. Thank you. — Scott I’m sure the car’s specification is TDC, or top dead center. That means that each spark plug is set to fire when its piston reaches the very top of the compression stroke. Fifteen degrees before TDC means the spark plugs

would fire when the crankshaft is still 15 degrees of rotation away from when each piston reaches the top. In other words, at 15 degrees the spark plug would fire early.

In reality, the timing of the spark is supposed to vary. At idle, it’s supposed to be TDC. But as the engine speed increases, the spark needs to fire earlier so that combustion is already in full swing by the time the piston reaches the top. Otherwise, most of the force of the explosion goes out the tailpipe instead of toward pushing the piston down and making the car move.

In older heaps like yours, the spark timing is automatically adjusted by something called an “advance mechanism.” Your El Camino has two: A vacuum advance, which uses the engine vacuum to advance the spark timing, and a centrifugal advance, which uses the rotation of the distributor shaft to advance the timing. And one — or both — of those is broken. I’d put money on the vacuum advance first.

Manufacturers do a lot of experimenting to figure out how the spark timing should be set on any given engine. They’re trying to find a balance among power, economy and emissions. So at TDC, where it’s supposed to be, your emissions are good. Well, as good as they got in 1982, which is bad. But your

power and performance stink because your advance mechanisms aren’t advancing the timing when you rev up the engine.

So rather than have the timing set back to 15 degrees to simulate a working vacuum advance, go to a nearby nursing home and see if you can find a mechanic who knows what a vacuum advance and a centrifugal advance are. Fix them, and that’ll solve all of your performance and timing problems, Scott — until the next problem arises.

Dear Car Talk: I was taught that when changing the oil, it is best to let your truck sit and let the engine cool, so that all the oil drains down into the pan before you drain it out. But I recently read online that you should let the engine run for about five minutes so that the oil heats up and thins out right before you start an oil change. Which way is best? — John Somewhat accurate information online!

I’m stunned. The five-minute rule is a good one. You warm up the oil so it’s less viscous and it flows better. That way, less of the old oil remains inside the engine — stuck to the walls of the oil pan and other engine parts.

Recently circulated oil also picks up more contaminants and holds them in suspension.

So you’ll remove a little more unwanted

gunk when you drain out warm oil.

If you want to be really fanatical about it, John, then you’d want the oil to be fully heated up when you drain it out. In that case, you’d want to drive the car for 15 or 20 minutes and get the engine up to full operating temperature, then pull over and immediately remove the drain plug. Then you’d proceed right to the emergency room after the 300-degree oil ran down your arm and seared a pathway down your right flank.

That’s why we strongly recommend against getting so fanatical about changing your engine oil, and why we endorse the five-minute rule for DIY’ers. The difference between changing warm and hot oil is not worth the trip to the emergency room and the permanent disfigurement.

Alternatively, if you’ve been driving the car and it’s hot, let it sit for at least a good half-hour. Or more. This is the equivalent of sitting in the Jiffy Lube waiting room, catching up on Brad and Jen’s recent breakup in the 10-year-old People magazines.

Then put on a pair of gloves, carefully remove the drain plug and get your hand out of the way. And be especially careful when removing the filter. Even “cooled off” oil still can be pretty uncomfortable.

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I teach comedy classes, too — that is something really new. There is no lack of ideas that kids have. I’m teaching them the art of writing. It’s a theater company here, so I’ll do whatever is needed to make this place feel more successful. I’ll paint, I’ll help with props. I am part of some of the productions as well. I love being there.

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I hear you were recently announced as the new director of education. Is this a new role that has been created or are you new there?

Right before me, there was a very talented woman, Jen Henry, who was director of education. I was the assistant director of education. She and I did summer camps.

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What makes this spot so great for you?

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This is a well of creative, interesting and exciting people. That to me is very exciting. I love raising my family here. My kids said we can never move.

It sounds like you have found your community.

Yes, we have, and my husband and I are very involved in our community. My husband is running for city council in Portsmouth — community service and volunteering are very important to us. Being in theater is being part of the community. I hope we can keep giving back to this community. And the ocean is five minutes away, so you can’t beat that. I feel that access to the water is a really important part to how we live. I can’t believe we live here.

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Parting thoughts

A few last words of workout wisdom All good things must come to an end, which in this case means this Fit for Fun column. I have really enjoyed writing this column and I hope all of you have enjoyed reading it.

Here are some takeaways from this year’s column.

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Fitness should be fun, and if you are not having fun, find an activity that gives you some joy. Even if you just like to go for walks, get out there and give yourself some time to do something for you. Fitness can be an adventure, and if you can capture that feeling in the majority of your workouts, you will be in a good place.

Vary your routine

Fitness does not need to take place at the same time every day. If it does, because of your schedule, then that is totally cool. In that case, just vary what you do, the time spent doing it, or your intensity. Just change some things up here and there.

Eat smart

I recently bought a blender that enables me to make single-serving smoothies and juices — and I am totally loving it. I have also cut back on carbs and am feeling better. The point is that nutrition really does matter. What you put into your body will fuel or not fuel you properly. Consider what you eat, the quantity, and when you eat it.

Take rest

Rest is a huge part of fitness. Give your body time to heal itself. There is no need whatsoever to be the proverbial hero. If you feel a sharp pain, stop what you are doing.

If it persists, contact a medical professional. You want to get fit for life, right? Then you need to be smart and listen to your body.

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Get the right clothes for your chosen activity. You will avoid chafing, possibly even injury. The wrong gear can put you in harm’s way — a running headlight that does not have a wide enough beam could cause problems if you run in the evening or before the sun rises.

Share your experiences

Do not be afraid to share your fitness experiences with friends, colleagues or family members. Find out what others are up to in their routines and see if you can glean some of their wisdom and apply it to your workouts. People are a great resource.

Be thankful

We live in a beautiful region of the country — maybe one of the most beautiful. Not only that, but we are surrounded by great medical facilities and health and wellness practitioners of all different types. This is a wonderful area in which to embrace the “Get Fit” lifestyle — and we have beautiful natural scenery as our backdrop.

Parting thoughts

Well, I have run out of ideas. OK, I still have ideas, but how do we sum up the concept of fitness in 600 or even 700 words?

We can’t, and so the idea of getting fit is to build a fitness mentality into our everyday lives. Once you do, though, it will become increasingly easy for you to stay fit. I drive around with shoes and a pair of workout clothes just in case. I actually ran 11 miles just yesterday after a business meeting in Concord. It was epic!

Lastly, getting fit should take place according to your dreams and goals. Do not chase fads; they rarely lead you toward your goals in a way that’s right for you.

Enjoy this winter whether you’re working on your fitness indoors or out, and thank you for reading my column.

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Exeter Parks and Recreation and Chamber of Commerce are hosting the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Swasey Parkway.

Since its inception, this event has expanded and has been more successful than the organizers anticipated, according to Greg Bisson, one of the event organizers.

“We were looking for something that would bring plenty of tourism into the community as well as provide an ample opportunity for adults to recreate in Exeter … so we came up with this idea of the Chili Festival,” he said. “It actually blew up — we were surprised. Every year it’s grown to the point that it’s now one of the signature events in Exeter as well as a big tourist attraction.”

Above and below, scenes from a past Exteter Powder Keg Beer and Chili Festival. Courtesy photos.

The festival attracts national attention from people who love both beer and chili This year, there are 63 breweries signed Bisson recommends purchasing tick— there were attendees from 14 different up for the event, and 29 of them are from ets online for this event in advance, states at last year’s event, Bisson said.

New Hampshire. This means that there are because day of admission prices increasalways new beers that people have never es by $5, and the event can also sell out.

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The 28th annual WHEB Chili Cook-Off “A lot of these craft beer aficionados just and chili samples is $30. Bisson and other will be held on the grounds of Strawbery love to try new beers. Every time I bring a event organizers emphasize the importance Banke in Portsmouth on Sunday, Oct. 8, new brewery in, those have been the lon- of drinking responsibly and also offer a $15 at 11:30 a.m.

Designated Driver ticket. This $15 ticket is gest lines,” Bisson said.

“The Chili Cook-Off is similar to our Bisson shared that Samuel Adams has also available for minors who will only be Chowder Festival that we have every June, been one of the event’s biggest backers sampling the chili. which acts as a fundraiser to kick off our “People can bring their kids in for a nomsince the beginning. This year, attendees season,” said Angela Greene, operations inal price and then the kids can go hog wild can also expect brews from companies like manager for Prescott Park Arts Festival.

“So the Chili Cook-Off kind of wraps up Deciduous Brewing, Outlook Brewery, Big eating as much chili as they want,” Bisson our season and it’s another fundraising Water Brewery, Four Pines Brewing Co. said. event that helps us sustain the off-season Proceeds from this event go to Exeter and Country Cider. months so that we can start planning the In addition to all of the breweries, Swasey Parks and Recreation. — Rebecca Walker programming for the next summer.”

Park will host about 16 restaurants that will This event consists of a chili compeparticipate in the chili competition. These tition, in which a panel of three or four restaurants are paired up with breweries so judges rate the chili on a points system, that people can drink beer while they are and attendees vote for a People’s Choice waiting in line for chili. winner. The winners receive over $1,000 “It’s unlimited chili samples,” Bisson of on-air advertising by WHEB as well said. “So people could literally try 16 difas the Flaming Chili trophy, created by ferent chilis if they wanted to and then vote a local artisan. WHEB has sponsored the on their favorites.”

Cook-Off for over 15 years, and they will live stream their radio during the event.

All attendees will receive three tickets Greene said the Cook-Off event has to vote on their favorite chili and deterinspired some pretty wild chilis over the mine the winners for the People’s Choice years, citing one that used local lamb. category. Blind taste testing will also take “We have a couple of new restaurants place and a panel of judges will determine that signed on this year, one is the Tusthe winners for Judge’s Choice and Best can Kitchen, and they’re going to have a Vegetarian Chili. Cash prizes are awarded wild boar chili, which I’m pretty excited to the first, second and third place winners about,” Greene said. in these three categories, and winners also Admission is $14 for adults and $7 for receive trophies that they can display in kids 12 and under. Visit prescottpark.org/ their restaurants. event/chili.

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Ideas from off the shelf

Buffalo ranch slow-cooker wings It was the first week of fall and the temperatures were in the high 80s. As much as I wanted to hunker down with some warm comfort food and settle in for some football, it was just too hot.

I nixed everything I wanted to make well before I set foot in the kitchen. Chili and apple pie required too much time in the kitchen; wedding soup and chicken pot pie were faster but, like my other fall favorites, necessitated that the oven or stovetop be on for far too long.

On the verge of ordering takeout, I stumbled upon a recipe for buffalo ranch wings. The recipe was pantry-friendly and sounded simple, and the best part was that the wings were made in the slow cooker.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Wings in a slow cooker? You must be out of your mind.” But bear with me.

Not only were these wings delicious, but they’re perfect for tailgates or potlucks — two of my favorite fall pastimes.

With a bottle of buffalo wing sauce and a packet of dry ranch dressing mix, these wings take on a recognizable but somehow unique flavor profile. The buffalo sauce offers its traditional smokiness and spice while the ranch cools things down a bit and provides underlying notes of dill and some saltiness. By tossing the ingredients into the slow cooker, I had plenty of time to enjoy some of the games or take the kids outside without worrying about what was for dinner.

The key to these wings, though, is finishing them under the broiler or, if you’re tailgating, on the grill. The slow cooker does the bulk of the work, so you only need to pop these scrumptious bites under the broiler for about seven minutes — just enough time to give them that great crunch that accompanies truly crispy wings. And, with the cooking liquid from the slow cooker, there’s no need to make a dipping sauce. However, if you just Buffalo Ranch Slow-Cooker Wings Recipe adapted from Delish 2 pounds chicken wings 2 cups buffalo wing sauce 1 packet ranch dressing seasoning salt black pepper fresh chives (optional)

can’t wait to bite into one of the wings, they’re fully cooked and ready to eat in about two hours (time may vary depending on slow cooker), without any time under the broiler.

Normally I tweak recipes or add extra salt or pinches of pepper to taste, but this was one recipe I didn’t really mess with, and I was happy with the finished product. While I skipped adding the chives the recipe called for and added a bit more buffalo sauce, I found the buffalo sauce wasn’t overpowering, and the undertones of ranch snuck into every bite. There wasn’t any need to dip the wings in ranch or blue cheese as they packed plenty of flavor.

And while my husband initially tried to talk me out of using the slow cooker for wings, even he was thrilled with the result. The wings were moist and evenly cooked, and the flavor from the sauce really soaked through, helping to turn this recipe into one of my new fall (and warm weather-friendly) favorites.

— Lauren Mifsud Liberally season wings with salt and pepper and add to slow cooker. In a large bowl, combine buffalo sauce and ranch dressing mix. Pour the buffalo-ranch mix over the wings, stirring to coat. Cook on high until wings are cooked through, between 2 and 2.5 hours. Heat the broiler and line a baking pan with foil or parchment paper. Pour wings onto the tray and broil until crispy, about 7 minutes. Garnish with chives if desired.

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Fall beers, like the Oktoberfest brews pictured here, feature rich malts and amber hues.

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I’m intrigued by a drier variety of this fall staple. Sometimes that sweetness and that richness can be a bit much, particularly if you’re enjoying the beer with food. On paper, the Stammtisch seems to be an interesting alternative.

Fall Line by Tuckerman Brewing Co. (Conway): This sounds a little different and I like it — an unfiltered “wet hopped harvest ale with an earthy sweet aroma.”

I’m interested to taste how the hops and the sweetness play together. You should be intrigued by that too.

Opa’s Oktoberfest by Moat Mountain Smokehouse and Brewing Co. (North Conway): At Moat Mountain, the brewers focus on developing authentic brews, which makes their Oktoberfest offering particularly intriguing. You would note the difference between domestic Oktoberfest-style brews, compared to German breweries, such as Spaten or Paulaner. To me, the malts are even more pronounced in the authentic German offerings.

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Last week’s ridiculous 90-degree weather notwithstanding, it’s now officially fall.

And that means I give you explicit permission to drink fall beers. I’m still not mentally prepared to talk about pumpkin beers just yet, but that’s really more my problem. I am ready, however, to talk about non-pumpkin fall seasonal beers — beers that honor and celebrate the harvest season.

I’m talking about brews with heavier malts, deep amber hues, and complex, nutty, sweet flavors. I really credit fall seasonal beers — and various brown ale styles — for pulling me into the craft beer world to begin with years ago. The smooth flavors and rich malts are downright tantalizing.

These are beers you drink on a crisp, cool evening in your most comfortable armchair as a reward for raking your entire lawn.

These beers are about flavor and complexity and celebration.

Before we became obsessed with hops, I’m pretty sure people liked beers that featured malts. And fall is a reminder that malts are OK. You can still drink IPAs — part of the beauty of IPAs is that you can drink them all year long — but there are other beers and in fall many of those other beers shine in their malty, rich complexities.

Years ago, I remember being excited each fall the first time I’d see a Samuel Adams Octoberfest at my local beer store. It was like a beacon symbolizing that it was time to turn our backs on ultra-light summer beers and turn instead to malty offerings, like Oktoberfest-style beers.

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by Flying Goose Brew Pub & Grill (New London): First, I try new Oktoberfests whenever I can and I’m rarely disappointed. Oktoberfest beers boast bold malts and rich aromas. Flying Goose’s Smoked Festbier is particularly intriguing, a “slightly smoky, golden lager” with a lower ABV than the traditional Marzen, the Oktoberfest style.

Stammtisch by Liar’s Bench Beer Co. (Portsmouth): This is another Oktoberfest

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They were able to overcome those differences and bonded in this beautiful way,” the filmmaker Signe Taylor said. “I think that when you dig deep into a local story like that, you find one that’s universal. This is a story that’s happening around the U.S, that’s relevant and resonates with people.”

Other New Hampshire documentaries at the festival look at the issue of homelessness (404 Not Found), the life of a local veteran (An American Solo), the Monadnock region’s response to climate change (From Hurricane to Climate Change), a community rallying around a high school principal with ALS (Mr. Connolly Has ALS), stories of people affected by opiate addiction (The Heroin Effect), the collapse of the historic cod population (Sacred Cod: The Fight for a New England Tradition) and more.

Gregg said this year’s festival will have many interactive opportunities for

attendees.

“It’s not just the typical viewing experience; it’s a whole other level,” she said.

“There are so many layers: the films, the panels, the special guests, the networking opportunities, the afterparties, the friendships that are made and the reunions that are had. People will really get to mingle with the filmmakers and ask questions and learn more about the films that goes beyond just seeing it.”

At the It’s Criminal screening, for example, there will be a Q&A panel with some of the women in the film who are no longer incarcerated, Dartmouth College professors and one of the students.

“You’ve just witnessed this really long story about personal change with these characters, and then they step off screen and you get to actually talk to them,” Taylor said. “It’s quite powerful.”

— Angie Sykeny

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There’s more to small-town life in New Hampshire than meets the eye. That’s what Hancock author Howard Mansfield set out to uncover in his latest book Summer Over Autumn: A Small Book of Small Town Life, which he’ll present at Water Street Bookstore in Exeter on Thursday, Oct. 5.

The book, which was released earlier this month, contains 21 essays about people, places and things in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region, such as animals, tractors, trees, yard sales, funerals and money.

“New Hampshire is made up of a mix of different things. To see all the eccentricities and [points of] interest, you have to look for the deeper stories,” Mansfield said.

“You have to look at how the moments in small town life open up to a bigger view.”

In one of the essays, Mansfield explores the layout of Hancock Main Street, which appears neat and well-ordered at first glance but, upon a closer look, is revealed to have a number of quirky details that give it character.

“You can start to see that things are a little askew,” he said. “It’s disorderly within limits.

The largest house is next to the smallest house. Some buildings don’t face the street.

There is symmetry and asymmetry. But that gives it this kind of looseness and breathing space that makes it interesting to look at.”

Mansfield also draws parallels between simple things and broader ideas. For example, he likens an old chair in his studio — beat up, sawed into, painted and repainted — to the New Hampshire landscape, filled with “rough beauty and toughness.”

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Other essays highlight the workers and volunteers serving small town fire stations, libraries and meetinghouses.

“They’re the people who keep the town going,” Mansfield said.

“They don’t stand in pretentiousness. They just believe in where they live and in helping their neighbors. They surprise us with the grace of the ordinary.”

Curiosity, Mansfield said, is what drives him to investigate the various elements of small town life in New Hampshire. When he comes across something that intrigues him, the first questions he asks himself are “Why am I interested in this?” “What do I think about it?” and “What is the opposite of what I think is true?” From there, he begins research on the subject, looking at historical archives and interviewing people who can provide valuable insight.

The title of the book is based on a particular moment that Mansfield has observed every year in mid to late August, when summer is still in full bloom, but the very first glimpse of autumn appears.

“You look at the side of a mountain, and it’s green, but there’s just a bit HOWARD MANSFIELD of yellow slipping out from under the green,” he said. “It’s one of those moments we all pass through. We pass through many moments like that every day.”

Mansfield’s hope is that Summer Over Autumn will inspire readers to look at their hometowns with fresh eyes, to ask more questions and to dig deeper into what makes those towns unique.

“Maybe they’re going out on a road that they’ve gone down a thousand times, but this time, they see something new in the landscape or in their neighbor or in a building,” he said, “and maybe that makes them appreciate it anew and enriches their daily life.”

— Angie Sykeny

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Concerts: Friday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. at Concord City Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord); Saturday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua); and Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at Paul Creative Arts Center at University of New Hampshire (30 Academic Way, Durham) Tickets: $30 for general admission, $27 for seniors and $10 for youth More info: symphonynh.org

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Perhaps the most well-known piece of the concert, Hoffman said, is Dvořák’s symphony “From the New World,” written in 1893, just a year before Beach’s symphony.

“A lot of people seem to know it. Even people who aren’t musicians can hum the famous tune,” he said.

Both Dvořák’s and Beach’s symphonies were inspired by various folk elements; Dvořák, a Czech composer, drew from American folk while Beach, an American composer, drew from Gaelic folk.

“They were very interested in the stylistic ways that folk music expressed people’s emotions and attitudes,” Hoffman said. “They wanted to reproduce the spirit of these songs, so they put their own spin on it and transformed it to be more in line with the type of music they wanted to write.”

While there are no solo instrumental moments during the concert, there are moments in which an instrument is featured for a particular melody. The best example of this, and one of the highlights of the concert, Hoffman said, is a “beautiful, haunting melody” in Dvořák’s symphony, played on an English horn.

“The interpretation of a piece is about how the melodic lines are shaped,” Hoffman said.

“So we pay a lot of attention to the ebb and flow of the melodies. We’re always thinking about what we can do with a melody to give it curve and shape communication.”

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The works of three classical composers will come together when Symphony NH performs “Dvořák New World,” the first concert of its 2017-2018 season, themed “The Year of Beethoven.”

There will be three performances of “Dvořák New World,”on Friday, Oct. 6, Saturday, Oct. 7, and Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Concord, Nashua and Durham, respectively.

The concert opens with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, followed by Amy Beach’s Symphony in E Minor “Gaelic Symphony” and Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World.”

“There is both diversity and unity, which makes these pieces well suited to be played together,” said Robert Hoffman, continuing education coordinator for Symphony NH and double bass player in the orchestra. “They are full of contrasts and dramatic musical language, alternating emotional content and shifting moods and feelings that is all put together very well.”

The Beethoven piece was written in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin’s 1804 tragedy Coriolan. It musically narrates the story of a military general who is torn between his resolve to go to war and his family’s pleading for him to stay at home.

Beach’s Gaelic Symphony was written in 1894 and was the first symphony composed and published by a female American composer. Beach, who was born and raised in Henniker, premiered the piece in Boston in 1896. Symphony NH chose it, Hoffman said, in honor of Beach’s 150th birthday anniversary. The performance coincides with a series of events and exhibits hosted by the University of New Hampshire this fall, which celebrate Beach’s life and work.

“It’s very important that we honor Amy Beach because of her New Hampshire and Boston connection,” Hoffman said, “She’s not as well known as some of the other composers, but it’s also important that we recognize composers who aren’t as familiar, because some of them have wonderful things to say in

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It starts strong with the incredible sciencey stuff, like “An average molecule of air at 72oF zips around at a thousand miles per hour.” In the endnotes for Chapter 1 there’s a citation of “‘Complete Vaporization of a Human Body,’ Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics 2, no.

1 (2013).” But alas, we are not soundly in Mary Roach territory. Caesar’s Last Breath is much more history of science than science.

Perhaps I would have expected this if I’d read Kean’s earlier books. From the title, I was hoping he would be decoding the secrets of air for us. Maybe a third or less of the book is actually about air; most is about humans’ attempts over the centuries to figure out air or make it do what they want.

The reader can take home the point that the detailed makeup of air and its components is important — the configurations of molecules in our atmosphere account for why Mount Saint Helens happened the way it did, and why hot air balloons work, and why hurricanes hurricane, and so on. Understanding these things can give us steam engines and fertilizer and anesthesia.

But in Kean’s telling, the science of Mount Saint Helens’ is taken over by a rather long and sad story of a geezer who thought he could withstand its eruption (see Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics reference above). The wonder of hot air balloons is overshadowed by minutia on how two dudes discovered argon. And the chapter about anesthesia is labeled with a cartoon model of nitrous oxide and titled “The Wonder-Working Gas of Delight,” but it’s a tale of “posttraumatic nightmares of being flayed alive” and Kean’s somber observation, “Personally, I can’t think of any worse torture than anesthesia awareness.”

Maybe they should’ve called it “decoding and being terrified by the secrets of the air around us.”

For all his rambling discourses, Kean does not mince words when he has a point to make — he calls James Watt’s steam engine “a bunch of crap cobbled together” — and once in a while he leaves the details alone: “Now, the physics here gets pretty gnarly (trust me).”

But there is a great deal of information here, maybe too much, or too disparate,

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for one book. It might have worked better as a lot of long magazine articles — here’s a mini dual biography of Lavoisier and Priestley, here’s Alfred Nobel conducting research on explosives, let me tell you about the invention of wrought iron and the building of the Tay bridge, “the Titanic of architecture.”

I had not heard of the Tay bridge disaster — or if I had, I’d forgotten it — and it’s an interesting thing to know about. It just doesn’t fit anything I was hoping to get out of a book with the title of this one.

(The bridge collapsed in the wind. Wind — air — there you go. But, I mean, kind of a stretch, right?)

The “Caesar’s Last Breath” reference is to the idea, which I for one first encountered in John Allen Paulos’ 1988 book Innumeracy, that you very likely just inhaled a molecule that was exhaled

by Julius Caesar in his dying breath. It’s a matter of probability and how many molecules of air exist in our atmosphere and how they dissipate. Which is why I expected this book to talk more about air molecules, not so much about how “Caesar fought back at first, but after the first few stabs the marble floor beneath his sandals grew slippery with blood.”

Sam Kean does have a long resume of magazine articles and has logged time with public radio’s Radiolab, which seems just about right for the tone of Caesar’s Last Breath. Taken as separate stories, each one having plenty of colorful tangents and supporting detail, this material would work better. C+ — Lisa Parsons

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Jonny Lang returns to Casino Ballroom Bursting upon the scene with 1997’s Lie to Me, Jonny Lang was hailed as a teenage guitar prodigy and keeper of the blues flame. Lang didn’t follow a purist’s path, though; he rocked, rumbled and reflected musically into his 30s. He even made a Christian album, after wrestling with personal demons and finding faith in the early 2000s.

Lang’s latest, Signs, should please fans of his earliest work. It’s a return to the spirit that had critics calling him the next Stevie Ray Vaughan.

“I did have a bit of a desire to try and tip the hat to some of the older blues guys,” Lang said in a recent phone interview.

“I’d been listening to a lot of Howlin’ Wolf around that time, and I just felt it was right to do a record with raw guitars and more rough-sounding production.”

Judging from response to the new tunes on his current tour, audiences agree.

Moaning fuzztone rocker “Snakes” is an early fan favorite.

“Folks write and say that, but there’s equal attention to most of the songs on Instagram and Twitter,” he said. “When we do an older song, you can tell people know it ... when we do a new one, people freeze and listen. It’s fun doing the new stuff.”

Lang returns to Casino Ballroom on Oct. 7. The Hampton Beach venue is among his favorites.

“I love that place,” he said. “It’s just kind of an old intimate bar setting almost, but it’s also a pretty big venue, with an old wood floor. It sounds great; it’s a fun Jonny Lang When: Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

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place to play, and I’m looking forward to going back.”

He heads to Europe after the show; the upcoming tour includes a first-ever stop in Prague.

“I love going to new places, that’s almost the best part of it,” Lang said, adding the European music fans “are really attentive; they really listen. When it’s time to react they go crazy, but then they listen again. I’ve never seen it quite as dramatic — they’re trying to key in on every detail.”

The variety of the new release should satisfy them. It includes elements of funk and singer-songwriter reflection, the latter on “Bring Me Back Home,” a roadweary ballad. Now the father of five, Lang says touring “is the trickiest thing I have to do [and] there’s no balancing it, really. ... I try to make the best out of

[The Casino Ballroom] souds great; it’s a fun place to play, and I’m looking forward to going back.

JONNY LANG each day, because there is just no getting around that I have to leave.”

He gets topical on the title cut, written in the wake of a few tumultuous events a couple of years ago.

“There’s been a crazy ambush of really dark stuff in the world,” Lang said. “Seeing it on the news, it couldn’t help but be

a part of the songs that I was writing.”

“Last Man Standing” is an outsized arena rocker co-written with producer Drew Ramsey.

“Right when he started playing, it sounded like Foo Fighters to me ... the melody and riff — and I love Foo Fighters,” Lang said in a preview video for the new record.

“We finished it together and it was just very cool,” he said. “I have never done anything like that before.”

Along with shows to promote the new release, Lang continues to appear as part of Experience Hendrix, a tribute to the late guitarist.

“I thought when they asked me, man, all of these guitar players in one venue cannot be a good idea — competing egos and stuff — but I was totally wrong,” he said. “It’s been so much fun to get to know some of the guys, to hang out and see these great guitar players do what they do, and an honor to be asked to be a part of it by the Hendrix family.”

Lang said he was “already way in with Jimi” when asked to participate. He gained a greater understanding of Hendrix’s genius through the experience.

“In like three years, he’s got more recorded catalog than a lot of lifetime artists,” he said. “It’s just amazing. He’s an anomaly, in a good way, a force of nature.”

In a follow-up interview conducted on the anniversary of the guitarist’s death, Lang amplified his thoughts.

“He’s one of those ... gifts to humanity, like a Mozart. I don’t think it’s overstating it, he’s really that big a figure,” he said. “He innovated it to as far as it could go then for his style, and we’re all still trying to figure out what he was doing.

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