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A WORD FROM LARRY

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How to do the Seafood Festival New Hampshire’s Largest Seaside Festival really extends the summer season for one more week at Hampton Beach. A Street through G Street are closed off to traffic to provide a safe place for pedestrians to walk and enjoy. Free shutLarry Marsolais tles and parking is available at over 13 in-town parking lots.

With over 150,000 people expected to attend, there is plenty to do. This is your opportunity to try some foods that perhaps you never had before. The organizers have gone above and beyond for this event.

I want to share with you my experience. It all starts on Saturday morning (do not eat breakfast!). I park at the town parking lot on High Street and take the free shuttle bus right to the North Gate. (Don’t try to park at the beach – it’s expensive).

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The first thing I do after paying admission is grab a breakfast sandwich at North Hampton Fire Fighters booth for $5 – yummy! Then I check out the 80 plus arts and crafts vendors, and along the way I stop for a while at one of the two stages of entertainment and listen to some great bands. Lunch time is scallops wrapped in bacon at Saint James booth. Amazing! Then it’s beverage time at the Sea Ketch on the roof top level. After checking out the end of summer sidewalk sales it is time for a fried clam roll at Browns Seabrook Lobster Pound.

Fireworks at 9:30, free shuttle back to the parking lot and home. Come hungry and spend the whole day!

As always, I would love to hear from our readers. Feel free to call me anytime at 603935-5096 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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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2018, AND BEYOND Final Sea Shell concerts

The season of free nightly concerts at Hampton Beach ends on Labor Day, so there are just five more chances to catch a show. Unless otherwise noted, the first is from 7 to 8 p.m., and the second is from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. The final shows are: Thursday, Aug. 30: Angela West and Showdown – Country Friday, Aug. 31: Good Stuff – Soul Saturday, Sept. 1: HELP – Beatles Tribute Band Sunday, Sept. 2: The Continentals Monday, Sept. 3: The Reminisants – Oldies

An ordinary day

The New Hampshire Theatre Project and RMJD Productions present The Bodines now through Sept. 9 at West End Studio Theatre (959 Islington St., Portsmouth), with showtimes on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. In this comedic drama by Jeffrey Kinghorn, a text message, a neighbor’s return from vacation and a homemade pie turn a typical evening at home for Wyatt and Emily Bodine into the day when everything changed. Tickets cost $20. Visit nhtheatreproject.org.

Poetry book launch

Water Street Bookstore (125 Water St., Exeter) hosts the book launch for Mark DeCarteret’s latest collection of poetry Lack of a Calling on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. DeCarteret has published five books of poetry and has had his work appear in 400 literary reviews and poetry anthologies. He served as Portsmouth’s seventh Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2011. Call 778-9731 or visit waterstreetbooks.com

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The 22nd annual St. Charles 5K Road Race will be held at Martin’s Point Healthcare at Pease International Tradeport on Monday, Sept. 3, at 9 a.m. The flat course gives you the perfect opportunity to improve your time and earn a PR Keychain Medal. After the race, enjoy grilled hamburgers and hotdogs from Applebee’s, pizza, baked goodies, fruit, bagels and more. There will also be a free kids’ fun run and activities after the race. For more information call 603-332-4768 or visit runningnuns.com/labor-day-race.

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O F O A E D S

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Steamed lobster from the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Courtesy photo.

No trip to the beach is complete without sampling some of the delicious morsels that the ocean has to offer. You can do it all in one go at the annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival, or you can find signature seafood dishes at restaurants all over the coast.

“Seafood while you’re here at the beach, that’s the New England way,” said Bruce Brown Jr., co-manager of Brown’s Lobster Pound in Seabrook.

Brown said the festival provides a unique perspective for the staff of his family-run restaurant.

“We started showing up in the Seafood Festival around 1998,” he said. “[Customers] see us there outside of this building and say, ‘Oh, there’s Brown’s!’ … It’s great.”

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With summer coming to an end, you can worry less about your beach body and more about how to get a taste of all the options available at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival.

This year’s celebration, happening Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 9, will mark Hampton’s 29th year of hosting the state’s largest seafood festival. With over 60 of the Seacoast’s top restaurants, 80-plus local arts and crafts vendors and 15 local bands participating in this year’s festivities, there is something for everyone throughout the three-day summer sendoff.

Unique to this year’s festival is the incorporation of international seafood options provided at various booths along the street, as well as restaurants from far and wide providing a diverse array of seafood options throughout the weekend, according to John Nyhan, president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce and one of the overseers of the 29th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival.

“I’m excited this year because we have some far-distant vendors but we also have some traditional food vendors here at the beach located right in Hampton,” said Nyhan. “The Old Salt has been a true partner of ours for many, many years and has stayed with us through good times and bad. They’ll be back again this year with their famous chowder. We have Lupe’s 55 with Mexican seafood, and then we have JB’s Seafood that has jumped back into this year’s festival. They will be offering lobster rolls and oysters on the shell and chowder. We have quite the variety of food vendors. I wish I could mention all 50, but those are a couple of examples.”

Various awards will be given out throughout the length of the weekend including best booth design, judge’s choice, best lobster roll and more.

Nyhan said the festival comes together with a lot of help and cooperation.

“First Student provides all of the transportation for remote sites for all of our visitors, and without that type of partnership we wouldn’t be able to do a seafood festival just because of the complications of traffic,” said Nyhan. “This year we have over 250 volunteers that have signed up to work at different areas of the festival.”

The people running the festivities pride themselves on consistency, according to Nyhan.

“We have, over the years, never lessened the festival; if anything we have gotten bigger,” he said. “Not necessarily in size, but in terms of offering new ideas every year and I also think that we have gotten a reputation not only here in the Seacoast area, but throughout all of New England as the top festival in the state of New Hampshire.”

With that reputation comes an obligation, said Nyhan, to provide events throughout the weekend to keep people entertained.

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“We tried to keep the event going 7 so that there is always something to do besides eating and drinking. I think that’s what makes our festival successful. People enjoy the different special events that we offer throughout the whole weekend,” he said.

The festivities begin Friday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m. when the Hampton Beach boardwalk is transformed into a party covering the entire seaside strip. Directly following the 6 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony on the Mohegan Sun Stage, culinary demonstrations and tastings begin in the Culinary Tent and will be backed by the endless live entertainment of Gretchen and the Pickpockets and The B Street Bombers performing on the main stage, and Slacktide and Bailout rocking the beach stage from 4 p.m. to close.

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by New Hampshire Made, an organization of businesses that exclusively create their products in-state, said Nyhan.

Friday attendance costs $5 per adult; children under 12 get in free.

Saturday, Sept. 8, is the first full day of the festival with gates opening at 10 a.m., and will feature the main event of this year’s ceremony: the Lobster Roll Eating Competition.

“Our lobster roll eating contest is big. We have it on the stage and it’s a jam-packed crowd watching it and that’s exciting,” said Nyhan.

Contestants will battle for the first-, second- and third-place prizes of $600, $250 and $150. On top of the cash prize, the champion will receive an automatic entry into next year’s competition.

Contestants will have 10 minutes to eat as many McGuirk’s Ocean View Restaurant Pub and Hotel lobster rolls as possible.

Last year’s champion Joe Menchetti from Cheshire, Connecticut, will attempt to top his mark of finishing off 18 rolls to retain

his bragging rights.

Other events that will be going on throughout the day on Saturday include the SKULL it Corn Hole Competition beginning at 2 p.m. at the Barefoot Cabana Stage where Barefoot will reward the cornhole champions a cornhole set. The competition is open to the public, and teams can register online.

A Wicked Bites culinary demonstration will take place at 11 a.m., live music by The Great Escape band beginning at 6:30 p.m., and the final firework display of the summer being lit directly off the beach at dusk.

Attendance for Saturday’s festivities will be $10 for ages 12 and older.

Sunday, Sept. 9, is the last day of the celebration and gates will open at 10 a.m., with culinary demonstrations beginning at 11 a.m. featuring various chefs from throughout the Seacoast region.

The Voice, Mixtape and Ricco Barr and the Jumpin Jive Review will perform on the main stage from noon to the festival’s conclusion at 6 p.m. Erinn Brown Band and Wellfleet will take the beach stage from 11 a.m. to close.

Sunday’s main event will be a skydiving display put on by Sky Dive New England at 5 p.m., where 16 professional skydivers will land in the middle of the beach.

“People love to see people jump out of planes,” said Nyhan.

New this year is a solution for football fans.

“We are in competition on Sunday afternoon at one o’clock with the New England Patriots,” Nyhan said. “So as not to lose our patrons, in the beer tent on the street we are bringing in 52-inch TVs and we’re going to have the football game broadcasted live. So that’s an exciting event for us too, to be a part of the Patriots’ first game.”

Sunday attendance will cost $8 for anyone over the age of 12.

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Attendees can submit pictures tak8 en at the festival to the photo contest by downloading the new Hampton Beach Seafood Festival app.

“We realize that a lot of people are now digital through their phones so we have a mobile app. In that mobile app we will have all of the different events along with a photo contest with rules and regulations so people can download their photos right into our app. From there we will be able to review the photos and make our selections,” said Nyhan.

The festival has been named “One of the Top 100 Events in North America” by the

American Bus Association for the last 11 consecutive years, with event attendance for this year’s event being estimated at exceeding 150,000 people, according to the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival website.

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When you’re not eating, there are plenty of other things to do throughout the festival.

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11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Culinary Chef demonstrations hosted by Wicked Bites, featuring the region’s most famous chefs. Watch, sample and pick up free recipes.

11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Live entertainment on two stages featuring the best bands in our region.

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2 p.m SKULL it Corn Hole Compettion at Barefoot Cabana Stage.

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Steamers from the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Courtesy photo.

10 on having the freshest of ingredients and menus large enough to provide something for everyone who is looking for a taste of New England, according to Nyhan.

“The restaurants that we have here do an incredible job in providing a menu of seafood items, not just one or two, but a variety of seafood items all cooked right on site. … None of this frozen stuff. Whether it’s lobster rolls, lobster bisque, chowders, different fried seafood items, I think what makes us known to the outside world is that we have a great location and a great set of seafood products,” he said.

“We pride ourselves on having exceptionally fresh seafood. We make everything from scratch, from our chowders to our stuffings, all of our side dishes are made from scratch so we are able to offer exceptional-quality seafood,” said Bret Taylor, owner of Al’s Seafood Restaurant and Market. “Our proximity to the ocean, the great beaches, beautiful harbors, a vibrant fishing community and a lot of really good seafood restaurants. There are a lot of great places for people to enjoy.”

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Lobster No trip to the Seacoast is complete without dining on the regional delicacy, lobster.

“I just love lobster, I like it boiled, I like it

baked, stuffed, we do a lobster pie that is very good, we do lobster rolls, which is just a great sandwich,” said Brown. According to Brown, there is no better place than the Seacoast to dine on steamed lobster.

“We get hardshell lobsters delivered daily, which are full of meat, so people get their money’s worth and it’s just fun in an atmosphere like this with the picnic tables. You can sit here with the windows open, you can hear the seagulls and the ocean and it’s just great,” he said. “You crack open your shell and you just don’t find it other places.”

Lobster Roll Almost more well-known around the Seacoast of New Hampshire than the main dish itself is the lobster roll. “Although Maine is famous for its lobster, we provide pretty good lobster here in New Hampshire along the Seacoast,” said Nyhan. “You can go from Seabrook all the way up to Portsmouth on [Route] 1A and stop at any of the restaurants along the way and you can almost be guaranteed a really good lobster roll.”

The cold, freshly shucked lobster meat tossed in a light mayonnaise and stuffed to the brim of a hot dog bun has become the staple sandwich of the Seacoast over 13

Fried Clams from the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival. Courtesy photo.

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“Our most famous dish is our hot lobster roll,” said Sylvia, the co-owner of the family-run Rye Harbor Lobster Pound, a self-proclaimed “secret gem” of the Seacoast. “We’re a lobster pound so we’re privy to a lot of lobster and we do everything right here. We have the ability and access to shuck a lot of lobster so we have great stock and great lobster meat, which is half the battle,” she said.

Clam Chowder New England clam chowder is known for its rich, creamy broth mixed in with diced potatoes, onions, celery and fresh clams, but Rye Harbor Lobster Pound, aside from their straight-off-the-boat lobsters, is known for their slight variation on the signature dish.

“The fluffy chowder is amazing. It’s a New England style creamy clam chowder and then we top it with a lobster that’s in a butter sherry sauce so you still have your whole chowder thing going on but then you get lobster and the butter, which just enhances it,” said Sylvia. “The New Hampshire style chowder is really creamy, mine is creamy and a little bit thicker than the milk-based ones and my lobster in the butter sherry sauce just puts it over the top. You still get your wonderful chowder but then you get lobster too. It’s fresh and it tastes like New England and you’re not going to get that everywhere.”

Fried Clams This next signature Seacoast delicacy takes the clam out from the chowder and into the deep frier. Served whole-bellied or as clam strips, the taste is in the simplicity of the preparation. This, as well as the abundance of fresh, high-quality ingredients, makes the fried clam one of the most popular seafood options in New England, and this is especially true at Al’s Seafood in North Hampton.

“Fried clams is definitely one of our more important items. They’re unique to the Seacoast just in its overall popularity and freshness because we have a lot of local clams both in New Hampshire, northern Mass and southern Maine,” said Taylor.

“The key part of frying delicious clams is to have a light batter and great-quality frying oil, but it’s also in the size of the clams.

Not overly large, but not too small. You want a nice medium bite-sized clam.”

Steamers But perhaps the simplest and most delicious way to enjoy the clam is in the form of the steamer. This New England fan favorite is the simplest way to get the truest taste of the Seacoast, served with nothing more than rinsing water and melted butter, it is the freshness of the clam that makes this meal unique to the Seacoast. “We always have fresh clams, we just steam them, provide broth and butter and it’s just a great thing to have. You don’t find them in a lot of places around the U.S. except for along the Seacoast. They’re delicious, sweet and people love them,” said Brown.

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The classic preparation of this signature seafood served raw emphasizes the need for the freshest of oysters. “Oysters have been growing in popularity over the last few years so it’s definitely a very trendy item right now, especially local oysters,” said Taylor. “We always have fried oysters available but on the half shell is the most popular.”

Al’s always provides at least two types of oysters in their market, one a local oyster and the other a popular Maine oyster, according to Taylor. Although the shucked oyster can be served fried, stuffed, Rockefeller and more, raw and on the half shell provides the most authentic taste of the mollusk.

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Fried Haddock Although often seen as an English delicacy, fried fish has made its way to the New England seacoast in more ways than one. Some of the most popular versions of

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“Our fish and chips are always with New England cod haddock, lightly fried and always fresh, never frozen. I think that part is definitely unique to New England for sure, the freshness of our fish is certainly something that we all take pride in,” said Taylor, “We (also) feature a fried haddock sandwich, so the key to that again is the freshness of the fish as well as the quality of the bun that you put it on. We bring in fresh baked daily breads.”

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fries, the fisherman’s platter is designed as a sample of the Seacoast, according to Taylor. “The trick of the fisherman’s platter is variety and having enough items on there but also having the items that people want,” he said.

Clam Bake One must-have seafood sampler is the classic New England clam bake: local lobster, mussels, clams, crabs, corn and

whatever else the chef can get his or her hands on all thrown together in a pot and steamed.

This ultimate taste of New England, thrown together in one pot, is a must-have for any food lover looking for a classic Seacoast meal.

“We certainly sell a lot of lobster dinners every day with steamers and corn. It’s very, very popular in the summer months,” said Taylor.

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The undisputed title of king of the beach belongs to the humble lobster. It’s enjoyed whole and steamed, minced and slathered with mayonnaise in a lobster roll, grilled, or tossed in a creamy lobster mac and cheese; there really is no wrong way to enjoy everybody’s favorite bug of the sea. What many fail to realize, however, is the unpleasant roots that brought this craved crustacean to the center of seafood cuisine.

During the colonial era, lobsters were in such abundance that they were served as cheap meals to feed prisoners, apprentices, children and slaves, and eating lobster gained a poor reputation, according to Ellen Goethel, owner of Hampton’s Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium, while Native Americans used the crustacean to bait their fishing hooks and fertilize their fields.

In the 19th century, with lobster repu-

tation still low and availability rising, the B&M Co. began canning the crustacean, according to history.com. By the middle of the century, restaurants began using the meat as a salad topping as the reputation of the now-sought-after lobster began gaining popularity. The steady rise in fame for our humbled crustacean was jump-started by the time of the railroads when train company directors had the idea of twisting the outlook on this otherwise cheap meal to passengers from other parts of the country who had yet to hear of the negative reputation associated with the animal, according to history.com.

By the end of the century the lobster found its perch atop the culinary hierarchy as the king of seafood, and it has remained there to this day thanks to its deliciously sweet meat and unique versatility.

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'Briens O Do tourists use your service?

On occasion, but we are very strict with our vaccination and evaluation process so this makes it difficult for tourists to attend Lucky Dog unless they’ve planned ahead.

How long have you owned this place?

About eight years.

How would you describe your business?

We are an active daycare that provides an amazing facility that allows dogs to play, learn, grow and socialize.

What sort of things do you offer there?

We provide the dogs with plenty of activities to keep them stimulated while at Lucky Dog. We have a gigantic sandbox that the dogs love to dig in and lay in the sand during hot days. We have multiple large tunnels for them to interact with other dogs in, and in the summer we use multiple pools that the dogs can play with and also use to keep them cool. We also recently added a 10-foot slide that the dogs enjoy sliding down. Our seesaws, ramps, boxes and other obstacles keep the dogs happy and active while they are here.

Any fun or crazy daycare stories you can share? Largest dog or funniest story?

We have two Great Danes, Bostyn and Lola, that are brother and sister and neighbors. They look nothing alike and get super excited when the other one comes to play. All of our dogs have their own personality, so it is funny to guess what dogs will play with each other when we get a new dog in.

Tell me anything else you think others might like to know about your business.

We have such a large facility and that affords us the luxury of not separating dogs based on size. All of our dogs play together, which really helps with socialization. We go through a strict evaluation process and this leads to all of our dogs getting along and making our job a lot easier.

How big is your place?

Our facility is huge. We have almost a half acre of outside area that is all astroturfed so our dogs come home clean. We also have over 2,500 square feet inside that has antimicrobial floors to eliminate bacteria. They are much safer and cleaner than having dogs play on concrete.

Where are you from originally?

I’m from Hampton, lived in Hampton Falls for 10 years and now I live back in Hampton with my wife and two kids and one dog.

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It sounds like a lot of work.

Our staff diligently cleans our facility on a daily basis. We use four different types of cleaners and rotate them on a weekly basis.

How did you get into this business?

I was always told to find a job that you truly love to do, so after six years of running another business I decided it was time for me to find something I actually enjoyed doing.

What was your other line of work?

I ran an industrial catering company that sold food to canteen trucks.

What are your biggest challenges in running this business?

Helping first-time dog owners and educating our customers on the various shots and tests they need before bringing their dog to play at Lucky Dog. What is the most fun?

Where do I begin? I have an amazing staff and great customers. Coming to work is fun and exciting. It barely feels like I’m working. Our dogs are always doing fun and entertaining things to keep us laughing. I work with dogs all day so I don’t have much to complain about.

What do you love about the Seacoast? What do you do for fun when not working?

I love the beach, the history, the restaurants, parks and the people who live in the Seacoast. Nothing is more enjoyable than packing up the cooler and going to the beach with my family. My children, Lilah and Jack, love going to the beach with my wife and I and exploring tide pools, playing in the waves and enjoying all the pleasures that the beach brings us.

We try and get there as much as possible.

When we cannot get there, enjoying one of the great parks Hampton has to offer is next on our list. Walking in the neighborhood with our dog Rambo always makes my children happy, too. They argue [over] who will hold his leash.

What kind of dog is Rambo?

Rambo is an 11-year-old puggle who my kids absolutely adore. My daughter will not fall asleep until Rambo is laying at the foot of her bed.

How do people contact you to use your services?

We encourage all potential clients to come to Lucky Dog and take a tour of our facility. Welcoming in new clients and showing them our facility always produces a “Wow, this place is big and all the dogs look so friendly.” As long as we aren’t busy dealing with customers, we will always give someone a tour.

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Q: If you had one day to spend doing anything you want, how would you spend it?

Q: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?

A: I would say South Carolina. I’ve always loved it down south and I can’t be too far from the beach so South Carolina would definitely feel like home.

A: I would spend the day visiting with my family and doing my favorite childhood activities like playing catch in the backyard, swimming in the pool and watching movies.

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Q: You go to the beach, what is one thing you can’t leave behind?

Q: If you could visit one fictional place, where would you choose?

A: A nice cooler. There’s nothing better than being in the water, getting beat down by the heat and coming back to a nice, refreshing Gatorade or water and just chugging it. Watermelon that is nice and cold always does the trick too.

A: [The field in] Sandlot. I love baseball and it is sad that neighborhood kids don’t meet up anymore to play pickup wiffle ball or baseball games. I would love to take the field with those characters from that movie.

DREW INGLESI FROM FRANKLIN, MASS. Q: How would you spend a free afternoon in the middle of the week?

Q: If you could have a theme song, what would it be?

A: I would spend a free afternoon tanning at Seabrook Beach and eating a cheese pizza from Tripolis with my friends and family.

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Andrew’s

Adventure By Andrew Clay

Where I went: Fuller Gardens of North Hampton at 10 Willow Ave., 603964-5414 fullergardens.org What it is: Fuller Gardens is one of the last working formal estate gardens of the early 20th century, now working as a nonprofit public botanical garden. Exploring the threeacre estate, designed in the early 1920s, is like stepping back in time. The land hosts over 1,500 rose bushes, classic sculptures and fountains, a Japanese garden, a koi pond and a conservatory. The Gardens are open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily and charge $9 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for students and $4 for children under the age of 12.

What I did: My mother, having grown up on a farm, wanted to pass along that tradition of knowing how to grow as many fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices as possible to me and my siblings. This is partially why I have always been under the assumption that a garden is a place in the backyard used to grow food and small crops for a family.

As I got older I realized that a garden can be far more than a small plot of land in the yard for the tomatoes and lettuce, but I had never visited one of these gardens, nor was I all that eager to do so. I suppose this is because I was unaware that there are still estate gardens throughout New Hampshire, but as my research led me to find the Fuller Gardens, I was open-minded and excited to visit this piece of history that I otherwise never would have had the opportunity to explore.

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I knew I was going the right way when I took a turn down a back road and was met with street after street of houses that would better be described as beach-side mansions than as homes.

The gated entryway of the Fuller Estate was not hard to pick out, and I slowly pulled into the small gravel parking lot that led to the entryway of the gardens.

At the admission booth that doubles as a souvenir stand I was greeted by the host, who briefly explained the history and significance of the grounds. I was handed a brochure with a map of the gardens, and was told to take my time to explore the area as I wished. I entered through the gates where the grounds opened up to an expansive rose garden framing the beautiful colonial home featured in the background.

A young couple, an elderly couple, and parents with a young child as well as a handful of other small groups silently joined me in perusing the beds of roses in the plot before I made my way to the Lydia Fuller Bottomley Garden, where the surrounding bushes cordoned off the open grass, which was

Fuller Gardens. Photos by Andrew Clay.

highlighted by a fountain and pond with statues.

From there I wandered into the conservatory, where I found myself weaving between overgrown leaves, spires and cactus branches sprawled through every inch of the corridor except for the brick path that led guests through and around back out to the main door. After taking my time around the conserva-

tory, I ventured across the driveway to what would soon become my favorite part of the property, the Japanese garden. From Victorian-style statues and rose bushes to bare Japanese trees and a koi pond, the walk across the small gravel drive truly felt like a jump straight from England to Japan in the blink of an eye.

I took a seat on one of the small benches next to the koi pond and closed my eyes. I was washed over with this feeling of peaceful serenity as the sounds of the nearby fountains, koi fish swimming and birds chirping hit me all at once.

This is not a place to rush or run from one spot to the other soaking in the scenery, but rather it is a getaway from the hustle and bustle of the modernday lifestyle. The motto of stepping back in time perfectly encapsulates the essence of the garden and emphasizes the point of this being a place to slow everything down, be silent and enjoy the nature around you. Where some people, myself included, might not be the biggest fan of flowers, everyone

can use a breath of fresh air and the opportunity to slow down and enjoy the sounds of nature from time to time.

There by the side of a koi pond surrounded by nothing but the trees and the occasional passerby, I let the real world disappear before ending my adventure.

Who else would enjoy this: Fuller Gardens is perfect for any floral enthusiast, as well as those looking to escape the everyday hustle and bustle of life, just for a little while. This is, however, a place of silent reflection and peaceful meditation, so it is advised to be cautious about bringing young children if keeping them quiet is an issue. There is also something to be said for the art-lover looking to take in the classic scenery and statues found scattered throughout the grounds.

All in all, the gardens are perfect for people looking to enjoy botanical brilliance in a quiet state of reflection in a way that helps to slow everything down and enjoy the historical scenery.

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Curious skeptics and dedicated ufologists alike will gather at the ninth annual Exeter UFO Festival on Saturday, Sept.

1, and Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Exeter Town Hall (10 Front St., Exeter).

“Last year was my first year in the club, and I couldn’t believe how many people came out. The town hall was packed,” said Brian Wahl, vice president of Exeter Area Kiwanis Club.

There’s a reason the festival is held in Exeter every year. On Sept. 3, 1965, a UFO sighting now known as the “Incident at Exeter” took place in the neighboring town of Kensington.

According to the Exeter Historical Society, a teenager named Norman Muscarello claimed to have been chased by a large, flying object flashing bright red lights. Muscarello led police officer David Hunt back to the scene, where Hunt was startled to see the same object the teen had described. Area residents came forward to report similar sightings after the news was reported in the local newspaper.

Wahl said the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce will offer cash-only trolley rides to the UFO site, which will cost $5 for adults and $3 for children. The ride will include a retelling of what happened at the site over 50 years ago.

Along with trekking to the spot that started it all, attendees can attend lectures at the town hall from local and national speakers on a variety of extraterrestrial topics. Wahl highlighted a special lecture on Disney’s impact on the public perception of alien encounters. He added that the club is also selling limited tickets to a “meet the speakers” event on Saturday night.

“The speakers really bring out people who are passionate about this field, and boy are they passionate,” said Wahl. “We try to mix it up and bring new ideas and presentations every year.”

Kathleen Marden, director of experiencer research for the Mutual UFO Network and Betty Hill’s niece, will present a special lecture called “The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Story and Its Far-Reaching Impact.” This is the first time Marden will present a lecture at the Exeter UFO Festival on the Hill story, which she was able to witness firsthand from the moment Betty called her mother to describe what she’d experienced.

Outside the town hall in downtown Exeter will be vendors and activities for all ages. Kids activities will include face painting an a chance to make UFOs and

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Supernatural action from the 2017 Exeter UFO Festival. Courtesy photo.

aliens out of recycled materials. There will also be alien-themed costume contests for both kids and pets.

Among the vendors at the festival will be Mitchell Comics from Tilton. Husband-wife team Michael and Michelle Mitchell create retro action, adventure and educational comics for all ages, including a comic about the Incident at Exeter.

“We’ve always loved B-movies and anything off the beaten path, and we think these kinds of stories are interesting ” said Michael Mitchell. “We put a lot of effort into researching each story, and all the drawing, lettering and coloring are done by hand.”

Matthew Thomas, president of the Fremont Historical Society, said the event was particularly significant due not only to multiple eyewitnesses, but the fact that one of them was a police officer. He added that these sightings were common in the area at the time and even became a nocturnal pastime in Fremont.

“People would line Route 17 in their PJs and hope to see a UFO over the power lines,” said Thomas. “There would be upwards of 200 people on some nights.”

These sightings might be dated, but they’re hardly the last UFO sightings in the Granite State. As of press time, the National UFO Reporting Center

has received 871 sighting reports from New Hampshire, with some as recent as August of this year. The objects reported come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors, and some witnesses even claim to have been abducted as well.

UFO researchers like Charles Creteau welcome skepticism of these kinds of sightings, but also encourage people to keep an open mind. Creteau is a licensed social worker and co-founder of Seacoast Saucers of New England in Rollinsford, which provides support services for individuals and families in the region who have had abduction and encounter experiences. He said it’s important to support people who claim to have experienced these kinds of potentially traumatic events.

“When we do lectures, we see a lot of hands when we ask how many people who’ve seen UFOs and significantly fewer when we ask who reported their experience,” said Creteau. “A lot of people who have experience don’t know where to go or don’t even feel comfortable talking to their loved ones about it because of social stigma.”

The cost is $20 for both days, with proceeds benefiting the Exeter Area Kiwanis Club’s charitable efforts. Visit exeterufofestival.org.

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The beauty is in the small, everyday things.

This is the message that local photographer Dave Thompsen is looking to spread through his work. Whether it is the underappreciated historical beauty in a postage stamp or the architectural beauty of an alleyway in Quebec, Thompsen’s eye for beauty goes beyond that of the typical passerby.

A hobby photographer since the 1960s, Thompsen began shooting with slide film but has since found his niche in digital production.

“About five years ago I got pretty interested in photography when I joined the Seacoast Camera Club in Portsmouth,” he said.

Thompsen has since been juried into both the New Hampshire Art Association and the Seacoast Artist Association, which he credits for helping to enhance his photography skills to the level that they are at now.

Thompsen’s style finds heavy influence from his software development background as he uses high dynamic range photography.

This photography style takes multiple exposures in quick succession to get a very light or dark picture, which is later combined on a computer to expand the tonal range. This helps pick out a lot of the details that might otherwise be hidden in a dark area as well as bloom out in the overexposed areas.

Following these edits, Thompsen filters the photograph to give it an appearance similar to that of a painting.

“What I end up doing is almost the reverse of what the HDR does and it tends to take away some of that detail. What I like about that is that it gives it that painterly appearance and it allows me to focus on the composition, the basic shapes and arrangements of those shapes into something that looks pleasing,” he said. “I think the result is something that is

kind of unique and that it’s not just a straight photograph; it has been heavily processed.

I typically spend quite a bit of time in postprocessing, more so than I do while actually taking the picture.”

Thompsen has always had an interest in cameras, “especially digital. Actually being able to manipulate the pictures on the computer screen, it’s just plain fun to do as well as coming out with something that is a little different,” said Thompsen.

What Thompsen enjoys the most about photography, however, is his ability to share with his audience the things that he finds the most interesting. He will be able to do so as September’s featured artist in an exhibition put on by the Seacoast Artists Association with his Quebec photography.

Having recently spent time in Quebec, a place he enjoys in part due to its European architecture and pedestrian-oriented style, Thompsen is excited to share his work with the public.

“What I’m really trying to accomplish is highlighting not only some of the well-known landscapes and landmarks but some of the smaller places like down in Petit Champlain. ... There’s a lot of color, a lot of vibrancy, and what I’m really hoping to do is kind of give people an idea of what they might see if they were to travel up to Quebec and enjoy that city,” he said. “It’s really a charming place. It retains a lot of that European heritage that is really hard to find on this continent anyway.”

Thompsen’s Quebec showcase will be on display at the Seacoast Artist Association gallery at 130 Water Street in Exeter throughout the month of September. To see more of Thompsen’s work, visit dthompsen.com.

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He still blames me for ruining his car over 45 years later, saying that I should have kept an eye on the temperature gauge. I couldn’t have stopped the car any faster. I think he should have maintained his car better. Am I right? — Peter I have a similar story. Back around the same time, my brother parked his rotting 1965 AMC Ambassador at the garage, in the way of everything. And he refused, despite many requests, to get it out of there. Probably because it wouldn’t run.

So after about a year, I finally called the junkyard and told them to haul it away. And they crushed it. And for the rest of his natural life, my brother whined that I owed him

a car. After a couple of decades, the whining finally wore me down and I offered him the full value of the car: 50 bucks. He refused it, calculating correctly that he’d get more pleasure out of complaining than he would out of the 50 bucks.

I doubt you and your brother want to spend the rest of your days arguing about this. So in the interest of getting you invited back to Thanksgiving dinner, I can provide ample evidence that both of you are to blame. Here’s why it was your brother’s fault. If the cause of the overheating was a cracked radiator hose, that suggests the hose was old. New hoses, or hoses in good shape, don’t just crack and fail. So he wasn’t keeping up on his maintenance. And since he asked you to do him a favor and move the car, then the onus was on him to make sure it was in tiptop shape for the journey.

On the other hand, engines don’t just seize up within seconds of losing coolant. So your story raises a few questions, too. Normally, when an engine overheats to the point of seizing, the process starts with the temperature gauge going up into the red zone. You obviously didn’t notice that.

Then the car starts to lose power. As the engine block continues to heat up and expand, it gets harder for the pistons to move inside the cylinders, and the car begins to slow down

Dear Car Talk: In my 50 years of car ownership, I have accumulated a large number of tire pressure gauges. I’ve got a bunch of plastic, pencil-type gauges. I’ve got some cheap, round ones. I’ve got a metal one with a plastic thing that pops out the end when I test the pressure. The problem is they all read differently on the same tire.

So what’s the best gauge to use? What’ll give

me an accurate reading? — Frank Well, as with many things, tire-gauge technology has improved over the years. You used to need a very good-quality, round metal or brass mechanical gauge to get an accurate reading. And those were expensive. And I’ve got about 15 of them.

But nowadays, you can get a good “pistol grip” digital tire pressure gauge for about $10.

If you’re willing to pay a little more, you can even get one with a display that’s backlit. That way, if you get the urge to get up in the middle of the night and sneak out to check your tire pressure, you’ll be able to read the result in the dark. That beats the old-fashioned way of checking your tire pressure in a dark garage — holding a flashlight between your teeth — until either the flashlight fell out and broke, or your front teeth did.

You can also get one with a short hose attachment to make it easier to read, and easier to attach to your tire valve stem. I’m partial to those. You can find lots of them online, at your favorite market-dominating monopolistic online retailer. I bought a couple made

by Accutire that work well. But I’d check the user ratings, and get one that’s got an overwhelming number of five-star reviews.

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more and more. So it doesn’t happen instantly. Instead, it just keeps slowing down until you have your foot down to the floor, and the car won’t go. Is that starting to sound at all familiar, Peter? So if you had been a little more aware of your surroundings, you might have had a chance to save the engine, too.

Now it’s possible that your brother did keep up on the maintenance, and one of his radiator hoses failed because it was defective.

Unlikely, but possible. And in your case, if the hose that split was a lower radiator hose, there might not have been much steam to see until the engine was already very hot.

Unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll ever know who was more to blame. So make a peace offering. Tell your brother that when you win the lottery, you’ll buy him a 1963 BMW. And if he wins the lottery, he can buy you a 1963 BMW radiator hose.

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AT SECRET SPOT You might not expect to find acai bowls in New Hampshire, but they aren’t new — John Gozzo has actually been serving them up for over 12 years at Secret Spot on North Beach in Hampton. Acai bowls are a Brazilian dish made from mashed acai berries, topped off with granola, and other various types of fruit. In addition to this, Secret Spot also serves wraps, burritos, smoothies and more. Secret Spot in Hampton will be closing for the season in September, but their location in Durham will remain open.

How long has Secret Spot been around?

This is our 12th summer. There was a vacancy down at the corner where we’re at, and I had been surfing in Hampton and the Seacoast for so long, and there was really no place to eat afterward, or before I surfed. My background is in restaurants.

I used to own a couple Quiznos franchises — those were just a stepping stone to learn about being more efficient. When this opportunity came up, I was introduced to the owner by some local folks and it just was a fit, the timing was right, and 12 years later we’re still there. It’s worked out. We had to tweak the menu [during] the first few years to figure out what was needed, and we just wanted something quick and simple that was good and not too expensive. We use good ingredients, and I think our track record speaks for itself.

What makes Secret Spot unique?

Anyone can do a wrap. We use good ingredients; I’m picky about that. Our smoothies are from scratch. There’s no syrup … just fruit, ice and a little bit of liquid

to get it to mix. We do acai bowls, which is probably what we’re really known for.

We did it 12 years ago [and] from what I was told from the first people to really bring acai to the country, we were the first [to sell it] north of New York. I think there were a couple stores in New York that had it, but it’s obviously blown up since then.

You see acai pretty much everywhere now.

It’s a big portion of our business.

What is your personal favorite dish?

The acai [bowl] — I love it. I have it every day, my kids have it — they’ve had it since they really could eat solid foods.

I would say that’s my favorite. I make myself an acai bowl every day. Mine is really simple: [acai], blueberries, banana, strawberry, with granola on the top. We call it OG, which is Original Bowl. That’s our most popular bowl.

What is a dish everyone should try?

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pico de gallo — which is salsa, but it’s not hot — avocado, blue cheese dressing, pineapples and some balsamic vinaigrette.

It’s one of our popular ones; it’s a little different than what other people do in their wraps. We do the classic stuff like a Caesar, Buffalo, those are really popular too.

But I think our Hawaiian Wrap, our Carnitas Burrito. … It’s hard for me to pick a favorite, because the things that are on the menu are things I like; that’s how I came up with the menu.

What is an essential skill to running a restaurant?

You have to know the market, [know] what is needed, and you have to be able to adapt to it because it changes. You have to listen to your customers, and we have. In the last few years we haven’t changed that much, because we have, I think, figured it all out as far as what the customer wants.

I mean, there’s always going to be some-

one who would say “you gotta do this” or “you gotta do that” but, as far as the consistency and listening to our customers and changing to what they want, I think that’s a very important thing you have to pay attention to.

What is your favorite part of being on the Seacoast?

My favorite part of being on the Seacoast is it’s a great community; it’s small at times but it’s also big at times. Being on the Seacoast, you have the beach right here. I live in Hampton, so my commute is about two miles. It’s a lifestyle change.

I don’t make the kind of money I used to make when I worked in the corporate world, but that’s not why I do this. I do this because it’s a lifestyle. I took a half day today because the kids start kindergarten next week, and we were at the beach, it’s beautiful. And I like to surf, which makes it nice, too. — Alison Downs

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in this area of the world and I’m hoping for a bit of an Indian summer, as I’m not ready to let go quite yet. My fresh ingredient this week is the perfect reminder that the days are still long (ish) and the wind still warm: fresh mint.

Mint is incredibly easy to grow yourself and seems to thrive just about anywhere.

Be warned, however, as it spreads. Don’t make the mistake of planting it in your vegetable garden, because it will go everywhere! We planted a small plant by our shed and now, about four years later, have a huge patch of mint. You can accidentally mow it, send your kids out to pick it or completely neglect it and it will be there, growing strong as ever. If you don’t have a space you’re willing to hand over to this perennial herb, simply plant in a pot.

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— Allison Willson Dudas Easy mojito 1-2 shots clear rum 2 tablespoons agave syrup (or make it light with 3-4 drops stevia) ¼ cup mint leaves, removed from stems Juice of 1½ fresh limes 1/4-1/3 cup sparkling water Optional: added fruit like watermelon (add in to the muddling process) Add the mint, optional fruit, lime juice and rum to a glass. Muddle well, until mint is quite fragrant and fruit is entirely mushed.

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I love learning about wine, which isn’t a surprise. But I really enjoy learning about wine regions that are less familiar to me. Even after going to a Bordeaux tasting, I still have a lot to learn about French wines. So I was excited to attend a recent event with Serge Doré of Serge Doré Selections hosted by New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlets at their Nashua store.

Doré, accompanied by his daughter, had six French wines for us to taste from three major regions: Loire Valley, Rhône Valley and Bordeaux. Since each region has its own climate and characteristics, they are all very different. He said the selections reflected winemakers, not winemaking.

“They are made with heart and passion,” he said.

They had maps showing where each of the regions were located, which gave us a sense of place and some visual representation that I found very helpful, along with tasting notes for each wine.

The first wine we tasted was from Rhône Valley, a region in the northwest of France that is known for its sauvignon blanc. It has cooler temperatures, which are preferable for the grapes. The first wine, Domaine de Dionysos “Clementine” Viognier, had a nice nose and flavors of apple, pear and white fruit. It definitely started the tasting off on a good note. I found it nice and fresh. Doré said it would be a good wine to have with salmon, lobster or anything with some fat to it, because the wine can stand up to it.

The next wine, Domaine et Didier Raimbault Sancerre, “Les Belles Côtes,” is from the Loire Valley and was my favorite white out of the two. It is 100 percent sauvignon blanc and had a much more fragrant nose than the viognier. Sometimes sauvignon blanc can be too herbaceous for me, but this wine was not. It was nicely balanced, with pleasant acidity. This wine pairs well with fish, cheese, and appetizers like crudite, according to the tasting notes.

The first red that we tasted, Domaine la Soumade Rasteau Cuvée Prestige, is a blend of 70 percent grenache, 20 percent syrah and 10 percent mourvèdre. This wine had a nice nose that Doré called “sweetness,” but not from sugar; the sweetness was from berries and fruit. I liked this blend but found it had a slightly chalky finish.

The remaining wines we tried were from Bordeaux, beginning with Château la Fleur Montagne Saint-Émilion made from 70 percent merlot, 15 percent cabernet sauvignon and 15 percent cabernet franc. This wine comes from the right bank of Bordeaux. Doré said the challenge with this wine is that the grapes are not harvested at the same time, as they ripen weeks apart from each other. I

found this wine to be smooth and refreshing, but with some significant tannin on the finish.

Doré said this wine should be drunk within the next five years.

The next wine we tasted was Château Violette Moulis-en-Medoc from the left bank of Bordeaux. This wine is a blend of 51 percent cabernet sauvignon and 49 percent merlot. This blend had a strong nose but a very smooth and pleasant finish.

The final wine, Les Ormes St. Julien, was not only from 2009 but was our favorite wine of the night. This wine, made up of 70 percent cabernet sauvignon, 25 percent merlot, three percent petit verdot and two percent cabernet franc, was incredibly smooth. I called it silk in the mouth, as the tannins were so smooth and pleasant. I had to purchase a bottle to enjoy at a later date.

While all the wine we tasted was top notch, I really enjoyed the way that Doré mixed humor with wine knowledge and made the whole thing very approachable. All of these wines are available for purchase in New Hampshire Liquor and Wine Outlets. I also highly recommend these tasting events; they are very affordable and informative.

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POP CULTURE A Place for Us, by Fatima Farheen That said, the story plods along like a Mirza (SJP for Hogarth, 385 pages) well-groomed mule, its placid pace perfectly in keeping with its nature, but maddening for readers. This is surprising, because the story begins with intrigue.

It opens as the oldest of three siblings, Hadia, is about to be married to a man she chose for love, instead of succumbing to the arranged marriages of her family tradition.

Her parents, sister and brother are there, although the brother’s presence is shocking because he’s been estranged from the family, and although Amar has come to the ceremony at the invitation of his sister, whatever unpleasantness has caused the division is still present. Amar and his father keep a wary distance, so as not to interfere with Hadia’s happiness.

Standing by a table of food at the reception, Amar also encounters a woman with whom he shares a history, but whom now no longer feels entitled to touch, even to brush a strand of hair off her face. “When she opted for the mint sauce, he felt an unexpected sadness at having predicted it,” Mirza writes.

An endorsement by Oprah Winfrey is The source of Amar’s sadness, and of like fairy dust sprinkled on a new book; the familial discord, we’ll learn evenif Oprah loves it, the book will sell. tually, but through a tedious, if elegant, Does Sarah Jessica Parker have the same march through the family’s long history. power?

It explores the marriage of the parents, The star of the HBO series Sex and the Layla and Rafiq, while peeling back layCity has her own imprint at the venerable ers of the siblings’ lives as they grow up, publishing house Hogarth (founded by sliding deftly from one person’s perspecVirginia Woolf and her husband), and its tive to another, and moving forward and first title is A Place for Us. The story of backward in history. Throughout, it is a Muslim family of Indian heritage nav- infused with spirituality. igating post-9-11 life in America, it’s the Like her character Hadia, the author sort of consciousness-raising book that began wearing the Muslim hijab at age all white-bread Americans should read to 9. Though Mirza has said she abandoned get a glimpse of the rich diversity of lives hijab when she turned 22, her experithat we briefly brush up against on city ence richly colors the novel, making streets but rarely comprehend. the experience of growing up Muslim in And Fatima Farheen Mirza writes America gorgeously and sometimes painbeautifully; there’s no evidence that this fully authentic. When Hadia turns 9, her is the first book of a 27-year-old who mother gives her the option to wear the once intended to go to medical school scarf of hijab, saying, “Remember, nine before changing her course of study to is the year your record of deeds begins creative writing. to be kept.” Later, Layla explains to her

children that every time they sin, a dark speck stains their heart: “And with every sin, the heart grows harder and darker.

Until it is so heavy and black that it cannot tell good from evil anymore.”

With these and other gentle exchanges, the parents teach not only their children, but also the reader, about the Islam never seen in the news, the faith that has 99 names for Allah, names that are sometimes contradictory, to help us understand God. When Layla traces words of protection on her children’s foreheads as they leave for school, when her husband bids goodbye with a word that means “in God’s protection I leave you,” the religious rituals and practices of more common faiths in America can seem starched and sterile in comparison. Mirza clearly loves the

faith of her fathers, and clearly wants us to love it, too.

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Close to the edge The brave new world of Ohmme Chaos coalesces into sweet harmony and breaks apart, again and again, on Parts, the debut LP from Ohmme.

The dizzying nine-song collection is the next evolution for the duo of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart. The two 20-somethings joined forces at Constellation, a Chicago haven for experimentation, after being in each other’s orbit since high school.

Despite their youth, each was a veteran of the city’s music scene, with a combined resume that included singing with Chance the Rapper, Jeff Tweedy and Whitney. Stewart did string arrangements for a few projects, and Cunningham had an Americana band. Sometimes, they did session work together; most recently on Twin Peaks’ 2017 single, “Tossing Tears.”

They also backed each other up frequently at their gigs.

“Eventually we were like, ‘Why are we doing this — why don’t we just make a project together?” Stewart said in a recent phone interview.

Both were itching to go beyond what they’d been doing.

“It was a perfect storm of us wanting to work together in a situation where we could truly collaborate, and also wanting to explore this different kind of music,” Stewart said. “[That meant] improvising and doing something that really pushed us in a different direction.”

It also meant ditching piano, the instrument Cunningham and Stewart were both classically trained on, and picking up the guitar, something they knew only well enough for rudimentary songwriting. The inspiration came following a moment of epiphany after watching genre-bender Marc Ribot perform in a Chicago club.

“That was the turning point: guitar can be played like that? It can make that

sound? It was a revelatory moment,” she said. “I wanted to get these gross, disgusting sounds out of a guitar ... that maybe I can’t necessarily get out of the piano. I mean, you can do prepared piano, but that’s not really gonna work in the context that we wanted it to work in.”

It was a scary move, but one that felt like a chance to shed the rigidity that had shaped them up to that point.

“The fact of playing something unfamiliar,” Stewart said. “When you put yourself in that direction, you come up with things that are much more unique to you.”

Playing together in Cunningham’s basement, the two produced an eponymous EP. The effort was a collision of gorgeous vocalizing and gnarly electric slashing, shredding and pluckint. It got noticed enough for them to be invited to the 2017 Pitchfork Festival, as a last-min- Ohmme. Courtesy photo. ute replacement act.

We like to take risks. That’s something we definitely pride ourselves on.

MACIE STEWART Both realized they needed a bigger sound to match the stage, and that meant adding drums. Days away from the gig, they recruited Matt Carroll, a friend who knew their music well.

“We like to take risks. That’s some-

thing we definitely pride ourselves on,” Stewart said about their decision to play as a trio for the first time at such a highstakes show. “We’d talked about it for a couple of months before we got that call. We said, it’s now or never, let’s do it. Let’s add drums; we’ll figure it out.”

It was a breakout performance, and Carroll’s improvisational chops and rhythmic instincts also freed Cunningham and Stewart in ways that have elevated the group.

“When it was just the two of us, one of us would always have to act as a rhythm guitar,” Stewart said. “Now with drums we can kind of dance around that central rhythm way more. ... There’s something that’s holding us together, which is really exciting.”

For the new record, they invited fellow Chicago players Doug McCombs

(Tortoise), Ken Vandermark and cellist Tomeka Reid to contribute. The result, though, closely mirrors what fans will hear on the group’s upcoming tour, which includes a stop at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth on Aug. 31.

“We recorded it all together in a room and tried to do limited overdubs,” Stewart said. “Most of the stuff [is] one point in time; we were really excited about capturing the moment we were in. Parts really feels like it captured our live sound and energy really well. That’s something we were excited about.”

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• Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): For you, love is in the stars, because it certainly isn’t anywhere around here.

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• Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t make promises you can’t keep to someone who is too demanding, especially if the person is demanding that you act intelligently.

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• Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Remember that money can’t buy happiness, but it sure acts as great insurance against despair.

• Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is the day to eliminate anything in your life that isn’t to your advantage. Doesn’t leave much for you, does it?

• Taurus (April 20-May 20): It’s time to plant the seeds for future growth. Just be careful which ones you use, as I’m completely sick of cucumbers.

• Gemini (May 21-June 20): Stop worrying so much about what everyone wants.

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• Cancer (June 21-July 22): Your hard work will finally be recognized. Unfortunately, it will be recognized by the homicide squad.

• Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Time to stand up and blow your horn about the one great quality you’ve always had: your extreme modesty!

• Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Show interest and concern for the underdog and the downtrodden. In your case, this can be accomplished by looking in the mirror.

• Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t let love get you down. If you think about it, there are so many other aspects of your life that are just as depressing.

• Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are due to experience some significant changes beginning today. Let’s hope they start with a haircut.

• Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Today will be exactly 24 hours long. See? This horoscope thing ain’t so hard after all.

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In Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Aug. 17, a friendly game at Southers Marsh Golf Club turned ugly when Derek Harkins, 46, and an unnamed 57-year-old man got into a brawl on the 18th hole. But you gotta hand it to Harkins: The Patriot Ledger reported that he pointedly ended the fight by biting off the other man’s finger up to the knuckle, according to Plymouth Police Chief Michael Botieri.

The victim, from Marshfield, was taken to the hospital, but his finger could not be reattached. Harkins was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and battery, mayhem and disturbing the peace.

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Debbie L. McCulley, 57, of Salem, Virginia, has been banned from all future Floyd County High School sporting events but, on the bright side, her indecent exposure case may eventually be dropped, following an incident area lawyers are calling “moon over Floyd.”

McCulley’s husband, Mark, is the JV softball coach for Glenvar High School, and the charges resulted from Debbie’s unusual reaction to her husband’s team’s loss to Floyd County in May. She “stood on or close to the pitcher’s mound and pulled down her pants with her right hand to expose her right butt cheek,” according to Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputy G.H. Scott. But Debbie told the officer that her husband had confronted the opposing coach after the game, and she was afraid he would be “attacked,” so she was trying to divert attention from the two men. The Roanoke Times reported that Debbie wrote a letter of apology and will be performing community service. Chris Robinson of the Virginia High School League noted that crowd behavior at games is “probably leaning a little bit in the wrong direction.”

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until night, the woman had played a fourminute aria from Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” over and over, with her speakers on full blast. “The whole street is suffering,” complained one resident. At first, the music-lover played the music to drown out a neighbor’s barking dog, but continued the practice until Aug. 6, when she was arrested for harassment and malicious persecution. If found guilty, she could face between six months and three years in prison.

• A pothole in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, got a new life as a vegetable garden this summer after area residents grew weary of waiting for the city to repair it.

The hole, which is several feet deep, had been expanding for months, neighbors said. So they filled it with tomato plants, which are now ripening and getting so tall they require wire cages for support.

Now, “It’s sort of, like, become the community garden,” resident Bryan Link told CBC Radio. Finally, Mayor John Tory has agreed to not only fill the pothole, but to move the tomato plants to a community garden.

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ed on a 50-year-old Japanese man sitting two rows behind him. The younger man had consumed at least four glasses of champagne and one cup of sake before the incident, police told Japan Today, and claimed not to remember what he had done. He was restrained aboard the remainder of the flight and turned over to police in Tokyo.

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Near Mason City, Iowa, on Aug. 20, the Iowa State Patrol pulled over a Ferrari 488 Spider that was clocked going 137 mph during a rainstorm. “Not a great idea to drive this fast in the rain,” the trooper posted on Facebook with a photo of the radar readout. The unnamed driver, however, wasn’t fazed; she thought she was going “around 100.” Fox News reported that if ticketed in a 70-mph zone (the highest speed limit in Undignified death The happiest place on Earth couldn’t Iowa), her fine would be $335. work its magic on Aug. 15 when a worker at nearby Harvest Power fell into a Superpowers vat of oil and grease from Walt Disney Phoenix teenager Josiah Wiedman, 13, World. The plant in Lake Buena Vis- was walking home through a park in earta, Florida, recycles the resort’s food ly August with a friend when he was struck waste, then converts it into renewable by lightning, “sending me 9 feet into the air, energy and fertilizer. John Korody, 61, making me bounce on my head and then and another worker were emptying the flip over to my back,” he told ABC News. contents of a semitruck into a vat when Afterward, doctors put Josiah into a medKorody slipped on a grate and fell into ically induced coma for three days, and the vat. His co-worker tried to pull him when he came to, he made a speedy recovout, but the fumes overtook them both, ery. His mother, who didn’t expect her son and Korody slid farther in, according to to survive, dubbed him “Superman” — and The Washington Post. The Reedy Creek indeed, Josiah said he’s waiting for his speFire Department responded, but Korody cial powers to kick in. “I haven’t felt my was pronounced dead at the scene. powers yet, but I will soon,” he said.

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An unnamed Irish teenager’s hiking outing became fodder for any number of bad punsters after the boy was hit by a falling sheep while walking in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains. The sheep fell from a crag on Aug. 17 and landed on the boy, who was treated for potential injuries to his head, neck, back, abdomen and leg. “It is believed the sheep was uninjured and left the scene unaided,” reported Metro News. Punny comments on a social media post made by the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team included: “Mutton been looking where he was going, I bet he’s feeling a little sheepish now” and “Ewe want to be careful on the mountains!!”

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United Press International reported that a 42-year-old British woman saw her eye doctor after experiencing swelling and drooping of her eyelid earlier this year.

After performing an MRI, doctors discovered a cyst and performed surgery, during which they found a hard contact lens embedded in the eyelid. It turns out that the patient had suffered a blow to the eye 28 years ago and had assumed the lens fell out. She experienced no symptoms until the recent discomfort.

Pennsylvania State Police told Lehigh Valley Live that Evan T. Kasick, 52, of Upper Milford Township, was injured on Aug. 16 when he wrecked his motorcycle — in his own driveway. Kasick sped into his driveway around 7:30 p.m. and struck a concrete barrier, causing him to be thrown from the Honda bike. He was taken to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries, and police issued a ticket for driving at an unsafe speed. In his driveway.

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