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A SPECIAL COCHECO VALLEY EDITION OF THE WEIRS TIMES NEWSPAPER. VOLUME 24, NO. 37
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“The Mousetrap” At Garrison Players
Bethlehem’s Colonial Theatre Celebrates 100th Anniversary by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor
places. For the past fourteen years, the Colonial has been owned and operated by The Friends of the Colonial who have been hard at work restoring the Colonial to its former glory. According to Abbott’s 1950 book, “Open For The Season” it was July of 1914 when Abbott and his business partner Walter Clark were discussing the fact that Bethlehem, a bustling tourist town, had only one
small theater. That evening Abbott suggested to Clark that they build a new theater on a nearby vacant lot. In August of 2014 “The Bethlehem Outlook” reported: “Work is to be begun this fall and F.J. Kennard of Tampa, Florida, the architect, is now busy on plans for this splendid buildings, which will be the finest and the largest of its kind north of Manchester. See colonial on 18
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My great thanks go to Paul Hudson of Bethlehem who researched and provided me with the historic newspaper clippings which were used as an integral piece of this article. Bethlehem, New Hampshire’s Main Street has gone through significant changes over the years. At one time, more than thirty hotel buildings lined
the busy thoroughfare. Only a few of those majestic structures remain. It was in 1914 when Karl Abbott, owner of the Upland Terrace Hotel, had an idea for a new attraction in Bethlehem, an attraction that is still thriving today, one hundred years later, the Colonial Theatre. It is considered to be one of the oldest continuously operating movie theaters in the country and is on the New Hampshire list of historic
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The Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem, NH, in the early 1920s. The Colonial, opened in 1915 by hotel owner, Karl Abbott, was once used by Hollywood as a test market for their films. This year the theatre celebrates its 100th anniversary as it has seen a resurgence since taken over by The Friends of The Colonial.
Friday, September 11th through Saturday, September 26th, the Garrison Players Art Center in Rollinsford presents Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm, one of whom is a murderer. Into their midst comes a policeman who probes the background of everyone present and rattles a few skeletons. It is one of the classic whodunits of our time. The production is directed by Lesley Hamblin. Performances for “The Mousetrap” are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sunday matinees at 3pm. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for those 18 and under, They can be purchased at www,garrisonplayers.org or at the door or by calling 603-750-4ART. Garrison Playrs Art Center is located on Rte 4 in Rollinsford at the corner of Roberts Road.
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“Churchill” – One-Man Show Performance
Winnipesaukee Playhouse, 50 Reservoir Road, Meredith. Churchill is a glimpse into the thoughts and focus of the British Prime Minister as he is on the brink of resignation. www. winnipesaukeeplayhouse.org or 2790333 Thursday 10th
“Hangman’s House” – Silent Film Series
Flying Monkey Moviehouse, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. 6:30pm. Film will be accompanied by live music from Jell Rapsis. $10pp. 536-2551
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Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casinoballroom.com 929-4100
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Franklin Opera House, Franklin. 7:30pm. www.franklinoperahouse.org
Martha Redbone
Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord. 7pm. www. ccanh.com or 225-1111
The Ben Knight Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
Patriot Day Ceremony
Town Hall at New Hampshire Veterans Home, 139 Winter Street, Tilton. 2pm. Residents of the New Hampshire Veterans Home will mark the 14th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. The event will include video tributes, readings and the playing of “Taps” for the 2,977 people killed in the attacks that targeted the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Free and the public is welcome. www. nh.gov/veterans 527-4425
Fri. 11th – Sun. 13th 26th Annual Hampton Beach Seafood Festival
Along Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach. The Boulevard will be closedto-traffic while over 50 restaurants cook an incredible array of seafood and non-seafood delicacies under a sea of tents. There will be continuous entertainment on two stages, scores of crafts, displays, culinary demonstrations, lobster roll eating competition, fireworks, sky diving demonstration and a children’s entertainment area. For a full schedule go to www. hamptonbeachseafoodfestival.com or call 926-8718
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• Tour our 24 theme gardens $5 suggested donation • Learn about Butterfly Gardening for adults. Free for kids. • Master Gardener available for questions • Visit our “Monarch Maternity Ward” garden to search for Monarch eggs, chrysalises, and caterpillars. • Observe our caterpillar rearing tent • Monarch tagging demonstrations (if we have any Monarchs emerging that day) • Fun activities for kids in our Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom • Mexican food for sale by BHS Spanish Club • Shop at our farm stand
Look for the “Monarch” signs to direct you to 126 Baptist Rd. in Canterbury. Carpooling is encouraged. Please leave pets at home. Visit www.petalsinthepines.com or call 783-0220 for more info.
Saturday 12th Laconia Farmer’s Market
Laconia City Hall parking lot, Beacon Street East, Laconia. 8am-noon every Saturday through September 26th. The market features a rotating line up of 12-15 vendors, offering the state’s finest farm-fresh, local and organically produced food and artisan crafts. The market now offers EBT?SNAP benefits and will match all EBT purchases with up to $10 free to spend on produce. www.laconiafarmersmarket.com
Forestry Walk in Scoutland
Walk will leave from the Colonel Paul Wentworth House, Water Street, Rollinsford. 10am. Join professional forester Charles Moreno for a guided walk through Scoutland along the Salmon Falls River. Sign up by emailing register@seltnh.org
Blueberry Pancake Breakfast
First Church Congregational, UCC, 63 South Main Street, Rochester. 7:30am-10am. $6/adults, $3/children. Children under 5 are free. 332-1121
Lee Fair
Town Field, Route 155, Mast Road, Lee. 11am-6:30pm. Plenty of family fun, kids games, 30 ft. inflatable obstacle course, food and craft vendors, tractor parade, animal exhibits, Harvest Supper at 5pm. Free admission and free parking. 6594068
2nd Annual Military Appreciation Day and Motorcycle Run at Funspot!
Funspot, Route 3, Weirs Beach. 11am3pm. The Lakes Region Community’s way of saying “Thank You” to all of our Military, past and present. Show your Military I.D. (or something proving you were in the military) at the main entrance and receive a cup of goodies including; free tokens, free mini-golf, grand prize entry ticket and more! Limit one per family. The first 500 people to come will receive a ticket for a free All American BBQ under our tent outside! All food has been donated by area businesses and cooked and set up by The Smoke Shack Southern BBQ! The Wright Museum will be on hand with WWII vehicle displays. New for this year is the “Ghost Ride”, motorcycle ride around the lake with
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moultonboro “Come as You are” praise team, Duddy Sisters, and Larry frates magic and more!! ** Bring a Picnic Lunch, family, and a friend!! ** Also bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs 11am Church Service/ noon-3 is music fellowship this is a totaLLY free CommunItY eVent (Rain will Cancel Event/card subject to change)
Great Weekend at Pitman’s Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia, has a great weekend of entertainment. On Friday September 11 at 8pm it’s The Ben Knight Band and on Saturday, September 12th at 8pm it’s swing dance with the Tall Granite Big Band. Both Show are $15: The Ben Knight Band Ben Knight, the young entertainer from Billerica has been tearing up the local music scene with his keyboard, blues band, and brassy horn section – all of which take a beating onstage as the spirit of rock and roll exercises Knight and makes him shimmy in ways that could rival the Blues Brothers. If it can swing, Tall Granite will play it! Remember how music used to be, before live bands needed an electrician and a forklift? Back when a piano, some horns, a doghouse bass, and a drummer beating swing-time used to be enough to rouse a room? We do! From the syncopated heart of New Hampshire, the Tall Granite Jazz Band sound is a spirited homage to Chicago-style “Hot” jazz from the Roaring 1920s, into the Swing jazz of the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s and even ‘70s! For reservations for both shows call 527-0043
“Discovering New England Stone Walls” In Belmont On Tuesday, September 15th, at 7pm, the Belmont Historical Society, with funding from the NH Humanities Council, will host a presentation by Kevin Gardner, entitled “Discovering New England Stone Walls.” For nearly forty years, Kevin, who lives in Hopkinton, NH, has been a stone wall builder in a family business widely known for traditional New England stonework. Kevin’s informal talk covers a few of the main topics in his book about New England stone walls, The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls (Countryman Press). The presentation will be held at the Corner Meeting House in Belmont, NH, and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The meeting house is located at the intersection of Fuller and Sargent Streets in the village. Parking is available behind the meeting house or in the gravel lot approximately one-half block south of the meeting house on Sargent St. For more information on the Belmont program, or directions, contact Christine Fogg, program coordinator, at 524-8268.
Better Choices, Better Health Workshop Would you like to increase your energy and better manage your health? If you or someone you live with has an ongoing health concern such as chronic pain, diabetes, or arthritis, and would like to learn how to better manage this health concern so that you can do the things you want to do, you can benefit from “Living Well”. Learn how to manage your symptoms with the Better Choices, Better Health workshop presented by LRGHealthcare. Free six-week workshops will be offered this fall in both Franklin and Laconia. The Franklin area workshop will be offered on Wednesday’s beginning September 16 from 3-5pm at the Franklin VNA. Join us in Laconia on Tuesday’s from 1:30-3:30pm beginning September 22nd at Lakes Region General Hospital. Those attending the workshops will apply skills for living a full, healthy life with a chronic condition, learn to set weekly goals and develop a practical step-by-step plan for improving health and quality of life. Weekly topics include healthy eating, physical activity, relieving stress, pain and fatigue management, and more! Workshop leaders will guide participants through this proven program developed by the Stanford University School of Medicine. These sessions are ideal for anyone living with a chronic health condition or a caregiver of someone with a chronic health condition. For more information or to register for this upcoming workshops, please call LRGHealthcare Education Services at 527-7120.
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The pumpkin is kicking the apple to the curb and I, for one, am not happy about it. I never really used to care, but I never really took notice until this year. Has it always been like this, slowly changing? I can’t be sure. Maybe it’s because it’s also the start of another long slog of the presidential campaign season and I’m really only noticing because my radar is up about other changes in the air. This time of year in New England always used to herald the start of apple season, a grand awakening of autumn and the signal of the changing seasons. Our collective mouths watered across the region as our thoughts turned to the delicious pies and ciders with the unmistakable aroma of apple which would soon be gracing our tables. Now all of that has changed ever since a group of elementary school kids from Harrisville strong armed the state legislature a few years back into making the pumpkin our state fruit. The apple, once the top banana, was now pushed unfairly into the status of a second class fruit. It’s hard to even see mention of the apple this time of year. Nowadays it’s all pumpkin beers (yuk!) pumpkin breakfast danishes, pumpkin coffees, pumpkin skin cleansing treatments, etc. Most obvious is the ubiquitous
pumpkin festivals which were once a singular blip on the radar of fall but have now not only popped up everywhere but have brought with them feuds between towns on the level of the Hatfields and McCoys. Certainly not the goodtime feeling that we associate with the apple. As the apple fades from view, let’s not forget its contributions to humankind. We all know an apple a day keeps the doctor away and with the rising costs of healthcare nowadays, nothing could be more important. The story of Adam and Eve and the apple was the beginning of what was to be one of the greatest books ever written (even greater than The Art Of The Deal). Speaking of that, it’s the Adam’s apple that makes it easier for us to tell the difference between men and women. It could be argued that if it wasn’t for apple, we might not have seen the invention of the ipad and the iphone. Many of us will talk of comparing apples to oranges when we realize that we are losing an argument. We all know which pie we would choose, apple or pumpkin, when it comes to dessert. (Still, many of us will go against the wishes of our own hearts when choosing so as not to upset the cultural applecart….see there’s another one and I wasn’t even looking.) What has the pumpkin given us? The Great Pumpkin continued to disappoint Linus year after year, sending him home distraught. (That is why I could never understand the reasoning of the kids from Harrisville.) The movie Pumpkinhead certainly did nothing
to enhance our state fruit in anyone’s eyes. Then there is the aforementioned pumpkin beers. Nothing more needs to be said there. In fact, there isn’t much more to say about the pumpkin, good or bad. It’s influence in history has been minimal, yet we have decided to hoist it upon or collective shoulders and snub the one fruit that has for decades helped us to absorb the inevitable change of the warm summer to the cold, snowy winter. I will advocate for the apple, holding peaceful protests outside the too many pumpkin festivals which are about to surround us. I will loudly ask for an apple danish while those around me queue up for the new trendier pumpkin ones. I will eat apple pie proudly and watch as those around me struggle, with forced smiles on their faces, to finish their pumpkin pie because they need to fit in. Of course, it will not even be a stretch at all to not order a pumpkin beer. That’s not even an option. I know I am putting myself and my reputation at risk by denouncing the current favorite, but I am willing to take that chance. I think this only a passing fad, a minor bump in the orchard of life. I will let the people have their fun, yet I will be vigilant in my quest to keep the apple in focus so that when the time comes that the people finally realize that the day of the pumpkin is done and they are searching for something new to fill the new void, they will embrace the apple once again as if it is something new and I will be there to help. It is my core belief.
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Meet Carly Fiorina To The Editor: Carly Fiorina is making a dramatic presence with her clear, straight-forward, concise vision for America. On Saturday, September 12 between noon and 2:00 PM, is your chance to meet with Mrs. Fiorina at the Merrimack County Republican Committee and the Concord City Republican Committee at our 2nd Annual Stretch Kennedy Patriots Picnic. Mrs. Fiorina is the perfect example of an American success story, from her start as a secretary to her elevation to become the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, a Fortune 50 company while overcoming some of life’s challenges. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to engage with this candidate for President in an intimate setting while you enjoy delicious BBQ. The event will be at the home of Senator Gordon and Patty Humphrey at 78 Garvin Hill Rd in Chichester. You can purchase a ticket online at http:// www.merrimackcountygop.com and follow the prompts or you can email or call Karen@karentesterman.net or 731-6733 to reserve your tickets. Tickets are $25 per person which includes lunch and children under 16 are free. Kathleen Lauer-Rago, Merrimack County Republican Committee
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Thanks From First Congregational To The Editor: On behalf of the First Congregational Church of Meredith Bicentennial Committee, many thanks need to be offered for the successful Auction held recently. The businesses and church members who donated goods and services were creative, amazing, and most of all, very generous! The local newspaper editors were wonderful in their coverage leading up to the event, and the food prepared by the women’s group was delicious! The Silent Auction ran smoothly with no last minute fights for final bids, the limited parking was well organized, and the massive check out of high bid winners was handled with grace and patience. Leading the Auction efforts, however, Chair Jan Moe, gave up a huge chunk of her summer to organize everyone into action for the gargantuan task, and deserves a special thanks for her skills and time. Even though auctioneer Nate Torr had each bidder in the palm of his hand throughout the live auction, every church member also had a hand in making the evening successful by volunteering in one way or another, and the monies raised have been placed in a special building fund to get the church into it’s next 200 years! The last major event for the 200 year celebration will be an all Commu-
This newspaper was first published in 1883 by Mathew H. Calvert as Calvert’s Weirs Times and Tourists’ Gazette and continued until Mr. Calvert’s death in 1902. The new Weirs Times was re-established in 1992 and strives to maintain the patriotic spirit of its predecessor as well as his devotion to the interests of Lake Winnipesaukee and the Cocheco Valley area with the new Cocheco Times. Our newspaper’s masthead and the map of Lake Winnipesaukee in the center spread are elements in today’s paper which are taken from Calvert’s historic publication.
nity Hymn Sing on Sunday, October 18 and plans are already in the works for that fun time, so stay tuned...Thanks again to everyone for a great night of “Going, Going, Gone” Auction entertainment! Karen Sticht, Bicentennial Committee Member
Hassan & Planned Parenthood To The Editor: Has Governor Hassan seen the videos by the Center for Medical Progress? The videos—both the edited and unedited footage—are available online. They show top-level Planned Parenthood doctors and administrators haggling over the price of baby parts. This is a topic of interest to many Granite Staters. While Hassan has publicly defended Planned Parenthood, the executive council has rescinded $639,000 that had been going to the organization. Council member Joe Kenney told me the council will redirect the funds to health-care facilities that do not perform abortions. I’ve emailed Hassan’s communications director, William Hinkle, repeatedly since August 19. He has not replied. I have copied Hinkle’s subordinate, Amber Melo. She has never replied Benjamin Belanger, assistant director of citizen services, sent me a form letter, which praised See mailboat on 31
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Empire Rebuilding: Putin’s War With Ukraine The maxim “History repeats itself” appears as true today as it was during any past century. Evidently, no century has been able to complete itself without a by Dr. James L. major conflict. This cycle is Hofford Washington, NH. most evident in Europe today in a deadly ‘Goliath vs David” warfare. With a population of just 45 million, Ukraine’s key threat is from Vladimer Putin, the outwardly calm ex KGB official now leading Russia’s145 million. ‘The conflict had been building for over two years. On November 21, 2013, the cabinet of Ukraine’s President Yanukovych (OK) abandoned his own Parliament’s agreement on closer trade ties with the European Union (EU). His preference: closer cooperation with Russia. Small protests began, leading to tens of thousands of students peacefully protesting in Kiev’s Independence Square, but under attack by special forces police, the protesters swelled to over 100,000, with barricades under fire by proRussian snipers on rooftops. Many were killed and hundreds wounded. They inspired millions of other citizens who were deeply angered that their government was not willing to sign a EU trade treaty. Protests spiraled till February 20, 2014, BBC reported, “Kiev sees its worst day of violence for almost 70 years. At least 88 people killed in 48 hours.
(Video shows uniformed snipers firing at protesters.” In outrage, parliament voted to disband police snipers and remove the President; he denounced the “coup” on TV & disappeared. BBC & Ukrainian front line reports build a strong case that this successful people’s revolution was a critical catalyst for the Kremlin counter-revolution now underway. (Ref: Andrey Kurkov’s Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev.2014) This author believes Vladimer Putin felt so threatened by their successful revolution that he decided to take aggressive action. He set in motion a series of acts which historically are considered acts of war. Consider only three in 2014: (1) March 16,... On Putin’s orders, 16, 000 Russian troops invaded Ukraine’s Crimea on March 16, 2013 for a “bloodless blitzkrieg.” He later bragged about planning this well in advance. Using troopers for both security and surrounding Ukrainian military bases, he arranged a secession referendum to join Russia. Moscow media reported 97% of Crimean voters approved. International law did not. (Besides Georgia, 2008, this is first military annexation of a nation’s territory since WWII.) (2) April 7- May,...Insurgents- a mix of pro-Russian Ukrainians and many plain-clothes militia from Russia began acts of protest in eastern Ukraine cities occupying government buildings in Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv, calling for a referendum on independence. These protests grew increasingly violent --as they were joined by
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A Revealing Clue Even those of us who are not supporters of either Donald Trump or Jeb Bush can learn something by comparing how each of these men handled by Thomas Sowell p e o p l e w h o Syndicated Columnist tried to disrupt their question-and-answer period after a speech. After Bush’s speech, hecklers from a group called “Black Lives Matter” caused Bush to simply leave the scene. When Trump opened his question-and-answer period by pointing to someone in the audience who had a question, a Hispanic immigration activist who had not been called on simply stood up and started haranguing. Trump told the activist to sit down because someone else had been called on. But the harangue continued, until a security guard escorted the disrupter out of the room. And Jeb Bush later criticized Trump for having the disrupter removed! What kind of president would someone make who caves in to those who act as if what they want automatically overrides other people’s rights -- that the rules don’t apply to them? Trump later allowed the disrupter back in, and answered his questions. Whether Trump’s answers were good, bad or indifferent is irrelevant to the larger issue of rules that apply to everyone. That was not enough to make “The Donald” a good candidate to become President of the United States. He is not. But these revealing incidents raise painful questions about electing Jeb Bush to be leader of the free world. The Republican establish-
ment needs to understand why someone with all Trump’s faults could attract so many people who are sick of the approach that Jeb Bush represents. No small part of the internal degeneration of American society has been a result of supposedly responsible officials caving in to whatever group is currently in vogue, and allowing them to trample on everyone else’s rights. Some officials allow “the homeless” to urinate and defecate in public, right on the streets, or let organized hooligans who claim to represent “the 99 percent against the one percent” block traffic and keep neighborhoods awake with their noise through the night. Politicians who exempt from the law certain groups who have been chosen as mascots undermine the basis for a decent society -- which everybody, from every group, deserves. Even those who happen to be in vogue for the moment can lose big time when the vogue changes, as vogues do. Back in the 1920s, when there was international outrage on the political left over the trial of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote to British leftist Harold Laski, pointing out that the trials of black defendants were far worse, but nobody seemed to care about that. “I cannot but ask myself why this so much greater interest in red than black,” he said. The vogue has changed since then -- and it can change again, when some other group comes along that catches the fancy of the trend-setters, and sways politicians who go along to get along. The goal of “the rule of law and not of men” has increasingly See Sowell on 34
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— ART GIRL — Arthur Mazmanian Early Inspirations by Kimberly J.B. Smith Contributing Writer
If you are fortunate enough to have found you life’s work, your bliss, the reason you are here on this great planet, you will understand my interest in the late artist, Arthur Mazmanian. My memories of the artist come from my childhood. The artist and my father were friends. Both died young. They
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planet for all I knew. Clueless yet inspired, my memories of this event would resurface much later. Since the artist and my father were friends, I have a recollection of our family visiting the artist’s home. Family interacting with family and again, I was out of my element. My most stunning memory was of the artist’s son, probably my age, coloring wildly out of the lines of a coloring book! He told me he was expressing his creativity, or something of that sort. My limited understand-
ing left me perplexed - a kid whose father was a noted artist was coloring out of the lines! Who would have thought that this moment would create a question in my mind that would lead to future explorations? More recently, I received an email from Framingham State University about a gallery show. Holding a number of artist memberships, I do receive such things. This show was being held at the Arthur Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University! Coupled with some old art publications (including the work of Mazmanian) See art girl on 10
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Season Of Changes by Steve White Contributing Writer
For backyard birders everywhere, autumn is one of two seasons relating to change, the other being spring. We put our clocks to rest and rely on nature to tell us that changes are approaching. Listen carefully, do you hear the silence? Birds generally use songs to announce danger, establish nesting territories or to simply attract a mate. The silence you hear is the end of nesting season and the conclusion of mate selection. Danger lurks everyday, so you may hear it occasionally when cats or hawks are nearby. One certain sound you will hear comes from the geese formations traveling south for the winter. If you look closer, you will see mixed flocks of chickadees, nuthatches, titmice and downy woodpeckers. This only occurs during the cold seasons. Many scientists believe this is due to the “more eyes” theory. Many eyes can find more sources of food and have a greater attention to danger lurking about. Feeding backyard birds for the fall and winter requires some changes in humans as well. During the spring and summer months, we usually prefer locating our feeding stations near the edge of our properties where trees and shrubs offer shelter for our feathered visitors. We wish to use our yards for human
activities such as cookouts, outdoor sports and recreation. By keeping our bird feeders away from our homes, we will not spook our winged guests as they dine near our feeder pole systems or hangars. Everyone is usually very content with this arrangement. However, during the snow months, keeping the feeders away from our homes can pose a problem. Do you want to shovel through 50 yards of snow in order to get to these bird feeders? Ice and snow can be treacherous for many people, especially the physically challenged. Some of our customers have injured themselves simply trying to fill bird feeders that were situated too far away from their door. We recommend that you use this autumn season to survey your yard and try to determine a suitable location that will provide the necessary cover for your songbirds and easy access for you. For many, we have just described the deck or patio area of your backyard. For others, it may be the outdoor porch or roof soffit. Either way, think about the amount of snow or ice removal that will be needed before you can fill your bird feeders. If you are concerned that the chosen location fulfills your requirements but may not offer the required shelter for the birds, we have a simple solution. Go out into the woods now before the snow cover arrives and pick up some large branches that have fallen off the trees. You want ones that are approximately 6-8’ long with
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Best Response to Volatile Markets? Stay Calm In recent months, stocks have fallen sharply from their record highs, with one-day drops that can rightfully be called “dizzying.” As an investor, what are you to make of this volatility? For one thing, you’ll find it useful to know the probable causes of the market gyrations. Most experts cite global fears about China’s economic slowdown, falling oil prices and anticipation of a move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates as the key factors behind the stock market’s decline. On the other hand, the U.S. economy is still doing fairly well. Employers are adding jobs at a pretty good clip, wages are rising, home prices are up and overall economic growth has been reasonably solid. In other words, we are in a vastly better place than in the period before the Great Recession of 2008 and early 2009, when the financial markets bottomed out. Nonetheless, it’s only natural that you might feel some trepidation over what’s been happening in the financial markets over the past few weeks. So, what should you do? Here are a few suggestions: • Expect more of the same. Be prepared for more volatility, potentially including big drops one day followed by big gains the next. Until the factors considered responsible for the current volatility – that is, China’s slowing economy, low oil prices and the Federal Reserve’s decision on rates – have been fully absorbed into the market’s pricing mechanisms, big price swings, one way or another, are to be expected. • Don’t panic. The headlines may look grim, but today’s newspapers are tomorrow’s recycling pile. Volatility is nothing new, and the financial markets are more resilient than you may think. • Look for opportunities. By definition, a downturn occurs when investors sell massive amounts of stocks, but it actually may be a good time to buy them, while their price is down. Look at the most successful businesses and their products and services. If you can envision these companies still being around and thriving in ten years, why wouldn’t
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“the great white way,” the plate glass ticket office, the entrance of tile and marble and general air of mystery which sets anticipation tingling.” The Colonial did open on July 20th, 1915 with the five-reeler silent film “The Girl Of The Golden West” directed be Cecil B. DeMille. An August 12th, 1915 newspaper article heralded the success of the new theater: “Bethlehem’s new playhouse, The Colonial, has been receiving the attention and patronage of the summer visitors of the “30 Hotel” town for the past two weeks and is now in full running order. The house has a decidedly handsome exterior and it makes a great addition to the Bethlehem street. The building is of cement, fireproof construction throughout and has ample exits on each side of the ticket window in front and near the stage in the interior. The auditorium is arranged at present for the accommodation of 500 patrons, the seats being arranged on a slight incline.” According to the Colonial Theatre website: “Recognizing the diverse and cosmopolitan nature of (Bethlehem’s) summer population, Hollywood used the Colonial Theatre as a test market for their films.” In 1922, Jack Eames acquired the Colonial theater from Karl Abbott during a
deal made during a nighttime meeting in the sleeping car of a train from Littleton to Boston. Eames, who was supposedly exhausted at the time, couldn’t recall making the deal when the papers arrived at his desk a few weeks later but went ahead with the deal anyway to avoid undoing all the legal work. Eames ran the Colonial until his death in 1951. At the time he also operated theaters in Littleton, Colebrook and Barre, Vt. After Eames’ death the Colonial continued to be run by his sons Jere and John. In the 1980s some renovation work was done including one that cost $200,000. The once 500seat theater was revamped to make for a more comfortable seating for 326. Over the years, ticket sales lagged and the Colonial was operating only a few weeks in the summer. There were also some repair issues that needed to be resolved. In 2000, the “Friends of the Colonial” was formed with the mission statement; “To preserve and enhance the Colonial Theatre as a venue for film and performances, and to contribute to the economy and inspire the community of the White Mountains through support of the arts.” Shorty after the formation of the group the heavy snows of the winter See colonialon 19
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fascinated by his travels and the people he has met along the way. This thru-hike of the AT is not his first. He did it a long time ago right out of high school. This outing is well planned; he knows where he is going, well mostly. He only got turned around on the trail once so far. He eats well and has still lost 30 pounds and I don’t think he has anything left to lose. What impresses me the most is how much fun he is having hiking!
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ables the thru-hiker to hike with less effort allowing for a good rest, a chance to hike a far distance or some of both. At the end of the day their backpack is returned or, perhaps like Carey, they are picked up and taken to a hot meal and a comfy bed. We met in Franconia and the next morning we didn’t set out too early. With Fran’s car and mine it was easy to do a car drop and help Carey slackpack. Fran and Carey had hiked Smarts Mountain and Mount Cube and we’d be starting where they had left off on Rte 25A just down the road from the Thomson’s Mount Cube Farm and ending in Glencliff just before Mount Moosilauke. I’ve hiked the AT in New Hampshire and from Gorham to Grafton Notch, Maine, and this section brought back memories for both of us. Rachel and I had backpacked and camped on the shore of Wachipauka Pond exhausted after hiking from Moosilauke. Carey had fond memoSee patenaude on 23
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ries of a perfect night spent at the pretty pond, a favorite night so long ago. The AT has been rerouted away from the pond but we took a side trip to stand by its waters once more. We covered just shy of ten miles leaving us plenty of time to do other things in the afternoon. I took advantage of having Fran and Carey help me with a car drop so I could hike up and over Sunday Mountain since we were in the neighborhood. Carey used this time to go to McDonald’s in Lincoln to use their free wifi to catch up on his writing and to make reservations for staying at a few AMC mountain huts as he continued across New Hampshire. Back at the house we enjoyed luxuries that would not be found out on the trails—hot showers, a home cooked meal and plenty of cold beer. Carey was kind enough to answer our questions
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water bottle. This was quite clever and I was surprised I had never seen this done before. We took the spur to Moosilauke’s South Peak and we were rewarded with a view of Moosilauke’s summit as clouds went whizzing by, alternately blocking the view and letting the peak peek out. As we neared the summit we had to put on our jackets. I even pulled my hood over my head. The wind was cold as we hiked into the clouds. On the summit we took our photos by the bright orange summit sign. A group of college students asked us to take their group photo as they posed with the prayer flags that they had made. Carey pulled out his cell phone and called Fran to see if she was near treeline. Fran had driven around the mountain and hiked alone up the Beaver Brook Trail from Kinsman Notch,
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The Beaver Brook Trail is very steep and there are pinned wood steps and iron bar hand rails to help make it possible to climb or descend the ledges. All the thru-hikers we saw this day were slackpacking--hiking without carrying their heavy backpacks. Route 112. They connected and she had decided she didn’t need to hike into a cloud. She was already headed back down and she expected us to catch up to her. Across the summit we met a few thru-hikers Slackpacking and carrying the message that Beerman’s wife was headed back down. Heading down Beaver Brook we enjoyed the trail as it wound around Mount Blue and soon it began to descend more steeply. We took a mo-
ment to walk into the shelter to check it out— it has a new roof and in front the trees have been cut to open the view to the mountains ahead and the Franconia Ridge. After passing the shelter the famous part of the treacherous nearly vertical trail begins. The Beaver Brook Trail was cut by the Dartmouth Outing Club back in 1916 and it just goes straight up along the side of the steep brook’s cascading waters. This is a section See patenaude on 25
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that everyone is happy to slackpack. Iron bars and pinned wood steps make it possible to climb or descend the steep ledges. I spotted Fran first and shouted down to her and she waited for us to catch up. We hiked slowly and carefully down together. In the parking lot a gal nicknamed Stitches, a member of the thruhikers class of ’90, is providing a little trail magic by passing out sodas and snacks to thruhikers. Carey quickly pours a cold root beer down his throat. I ponder that he can’t eat and drink enough; thru-hikers burn an enormous amount of calories. We had another fun evening (maybe every night under a roof is a party). As much as I wanted to hike the Kinsmans to Franconia Notch I had to return to work the next morning. Carey would enjoy another day of Slackpacking before donning his backpack and heading off to hike the Franconia Ridge, the Presidential Range, the Wildcats & Carters and then into Maine! Happy Trails Carey.
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the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. Registration will be from 8am-10am. Kick stands up at 10am for a beautiful ride around the lake, returning to Funspot for some fun and THANKS! For more info on the Ghost Ride call “Coach” at 603-205-0456. For more information on M.A.D. at Funspot call 366-4377
Homemade Turkey Dinner
St. Charles Church Hall, 577 Central Ave, Dover. 4-6pm. $9/adults, $8/ seniors, $5/children. Take out meals available. Tickets at the door.
Capital Cup Brew Festival
Everette Arena-Riverfront Park, off exit 14, Concord. 1-4pm. Over 30 Craft Beer Breweries will be participating in the event, sampling local craft selections as well as hard to get varieties from across the U.S. www.concordwow.org
Swing Dance with the Tall Granite Big Band
Pitman’s Freight Room, 94 New Salem Street, Laconia. 8pm. $15pp. BYOB. www.pitmansfreightroom.com or 527-0043
2nd Annual Stretch Kennedy Patriots Picnic w/ Special Guest Carly Fiorina
The Home of Senator Gordon and Patty Humphrey, 78 Garvin Hill Road, Chichester. Engage with Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina in an intimate setting while enjoying delicious BBQ. Tickets are $25pp and can be purchased online at www. merrimackcountygop.com or 7316733
“Riding the Waves of History” – Special Exhibit Opening
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord. “Riding the Waves of History” is a special exhibit by Guest Curator Danielle Blanchette on the life and adventures of the Granite State’s John E. Cooperider, administrative assistant to four consecutive Secretaries of the U.S. Navy during the heady years of NASA’s creation, the Space Race and the Cold War. 2pm reception where visitors will be able to meet both Cooperidge and Blanchette and view images and artifacts from Cooperider’s 20-year career with the U.S. Navy, including autographed flight documents from six of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, as well as items from the Discovery Center’s collection. www.starhop.com
Scarecrow Workshop
Spider Web Gardens, 252 Middle Road, Tuftonboro. 10am. Create a unique decoration for your home or business. Frame, hay and tools are provided. Participants will need to bring old shirt, jeans, dresses and/ or hats to use. Class size is limited, so sign up early. $20 per scarecrow. www.spiderwebgardens.com or 5695056
Danbury Grange Fair
15 North Road, Danbury. Dawn till dusk activities, crafts, tractor pull, horseshoe tournament, baby show, Dutch auction, parade at 11am and Baked Bean and Ham Supper from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Live bluegrass music at 7pm, followed by an evening auction. Free admission. 768-5579
Raptor Spectacular – Falconry Programs
Squam Lakes Science Center, Holderness. 11am and 1pm. Nancy Cowan of the NH School of Falconry will visit and give a talk about the sport of Falconry and the raptors she uses in her school. The talk will be followed by outdoor flight demonstrations with the birds. Bring your camera. $10/ member, $12/non-member. 9687194
Sunday 13th Farm Brunch
Moulton Farm, Quarry Road, Meredith. Seatings at 9am, 10am and 11am. The entire family will enjoy an outdoor brunch buffet featuring seasonal fruit, delicious baked goods, egg and breakfast meat dishes prepared by the farm’s talented kitchen and bakery staff. $14.99pp plus tax. $9.99 for children 10 and under. 279-3915
Squam Ridge Race
Burliegh Farms, Holderness. A rugged yet supported run or hike along the crest of the CrawfordRidgepole Trail. Aid stations are positioned along the course supplying Ridge Racers with food, beverages and lots of encouragement! Race is capped to 200 participants. $75 preregistration or $85 day of, if spots are still available. www.squamlakes.org or 968-7336
Jay Craven’s New Film “Peter and John” Screening
Barnstormers Theatre, 104 Main Street, Tamworth. 3pm and 7pm. Includes a post screening, Q & A with director Craven. $12/adults, $10/seniors and $5/students. Tickets available at the door. 323-8500
Fall Open House and Fundraiser
The Carriage Barn, Trundle Bed Farm, Trundle Bed Lane, Kensington. 11am-3pm. Meet the staff and horses, see demonstrations and learn more about the programs and fall schedule. Meet the famous Artful Dodger and play with him in the indoor arena. Raffles and lunch will be available. www.carriage-barn.org or 378-0140
England Flower Show Judge, Fern Doucette presents the program to the Opechee Garden Club, during which she will demonstrate new techniques in manipulating flowers and leaves in floral design. At the end of the program the flowers will be raffled off to lucky members of the audience.
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The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Doors open at 5:30pm, lecture begins at 6:30pm. Calvin Knickerbocker will explore the historical era and the changes this government-sponsored music wrought in American Culture. RSVPs are strongly encouraged to ensure seating. 569-1212
Diabetes: Take Control – Informational Talk
Sugar Hill Retirement Community, 83 Rolling Wood Drive, Wolfeboro. 11am. Talk will be given by Huggins Hospital’s Registered Dietitian Jessamy Wood, RDN, LD, CDE. Register online or call 515-2088 Route
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Lakes Region Tea Party Meeting
Moultonborough Public Library, Moultonborough. 7pm. 286-3506
Wellness Wednesdays
Laconia Athletic and Swim Club, 827 North Main Street, Laconia. 11am and 5:30pm. Join the LASC Fitness Pros and various medical experts at the Club every Wednesday to learn about ‘hot topics’ in health and wellness. Each session is 30 minutes. 524-9252
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Monday 14th Artist Duane Martin Gives Lecture on Intarsia Woodworking Technique
Meredith Bay Colony Club’s Bistro Room, 21 Mile Point Drive, Meredith. 7-8pm. Duane will discuss Intarsia, a woodworking technique that uses varied shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted together to create a mosaic-like picture with an illusion of depth. Free and open to the public. 279-7920
Garrison Players Open Auditions for “Not On This Night”
Garrison Players Arts Center, Route 4, Rollinsford. 6pm. Actors should be prepared to do a cold reading from the script. Auditions are drop-ins, so no appointment is necessary. www. garrisonplayers.org
‘Thinking Outside the Box’ – Program/Demonstration
Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford. 1pm. New
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dust, etc., need to be off the OSB. The OSB floors should be swept clean each day after work concludes. This debris can trap water and hold it against the OSB. You want all the lumber to dry out as fast as possible after each rain. Standing water on the OSB needs to be swept away. Some OSB panels are created that have drainage slot in the tongues to help get rid of water. Lumber on the job site that’s in piles needs to be covered and up off the ground. You don’t want to wrap the lumber like you would a sandwich with plastic. It needs to breathe. It’s key that the lumber is up off the ground at least 4 inches so that air can get under the stacked lumber. Try to create a storage method that mimics a rain fly on a camping tent. You want the sides of the stacked lumber exposed to the air but protected so rainfall can’t hit the lumber. When I was building, I used to spend extra money and apply a clear pen-
etrating water repellant to the plywood and OSB I used on the floors. I never worried about the sheathing on walls or roofs because water rapidly ran off and never collected there. Before any walls were built on a subfloor, I’d blow off all saw dust, pour out the clear water repellant and apply it with a large paint roller on a pole. It only took about 30 minutes to do an average subfloor. The water repellant prevented swelling of plywood and untreated OSB. Once your house is under roof and there’s little chance of the lumber getting wet, you may want to do some first aid and preventative care. If you do have mold growing on the lumber, you can clean it easily with an oxygen bleach solution. You can also use chlorine bleach, but many complain about its fumes and toxicity to nearby plants and vegetation. You mix up the oxygen bleach and apply it with a garden hand-pump sprayer. It has no odor and
will do an excellent job of cleaning mold. Once the lumber is clean and dry, you can then decide if you want to prevent wood rot in case the wood somehow gets wet after you move in. This can be accomplished now while the framing lumber is accessible by spraying it with borate solutions. Borate chemicals are not toxic to humans or animals, but they are very toxic to many species of wood rot fungi and termites. You spray the lumber and OSB using the same garden sprayer. Need an answer? All of Tim’s past columns are archived for free at www. AsktheBuilder.com. You can also watch hundreds of videos, download Quick Start Guides and more, all for free.) (c)2015 TIM CARTER DISTRIBUTED BY TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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after a classic Americanstyle amber with complex malt delivery and late hop flavoring of floral and citrus, this beer is a wonderful mouthful of flavor. A large fluted glass was used and a very rambunctious white creamy head forced a slower pour the first round. This head lingered quite a while with unusual lacing which created an interest in and of itself. With a bit of haze, this deep golden, almost orangey colored brew was inviting. When you bring the glass to your mouth, you will sense malt and more malt, but not sweet, even before you take your first taste. Only a bit of tartness from bittering hops was noticeable throughout the experience. Balance between maltiness over hops finds the malt prevails, but with this style, that is to be expected. With three year-round and two specialty beers, this is a brewery to become friends with. You can find it at Case-n-Keg, as well as other fine beer stores. Two on BeerAdvo-
cate.com have rated this beer 3.5 out of a score of 5. It has not received an official BA rating yet. Ratebeer.com folks on the Amplified have a little more to say about it which may help you make your purchase decision. As the co-owners state on their website, live life to the fullest and enjoy great friends, great music and great craft beer. We know they are enjoying one of these for sure! Jim MacMillan is the owner of WonByOne Design of Meredith, NH, and is an avid imbiber of craft brews and a home brewer as well. Send him your recommendations and brew news to wickedbrews@weirs.com
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Many “decision aids” in widespread use of ACP are suffused with vivid, emotional, and distorted presentations designed to persuade individuals to forego life-preserving medical treatment. Both private insurers and the government seek to constrain health care spending, which motivates them to tilt these conversations in a way likely to reduce their liability for expensive treatment. Firms hired by private insurers to aggressively conduct advance care planning with their insurees publicize that they save thousands of dollars per beneficiary annually when ACP is applied. However, significant factual inaccuracies have been documented in materials dealing with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and medically assisted nutrition and hydration. Many decision aids paint unquestionably slanted and negative pictures of the quality of life one “would have” if one’s life is preserved in what one packet called “Conditions Worse Than Death.” There is strong reason to believe that these biased, already-existing materi-
als, will be used far more commonly if tax dollars pay health providers specifically for advance care planning. If the government simply writes checks to health care providers for advance care planning sessions with patients, given patient confidentiality requirements, there will be no way to monitor these tax funded conversations for bias, factual inaccuracies, or “nudging.” No safeguards will be possible to prevent the highly likely use of our tax dollars to push seniors to premature death. Please – contact Rep. Kuster and Rep. Guinta to SUPPORT H.R. 3251. This new Executive Order from President Obama DOES NOT serve our seniors. It only serves the bureaucracy of Obamacare. We must SAY NO to any Medicare-funded PROPAGANDA which promotes death over life-saving medical care. Please, write some letters to the editors. Get involved. Because EVERY life counts. Womb to Tomb. For more information: http://www.nrlc.org/medethics/advancecareplanning/
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Planned Parenthood: It “indiscriminately serves men, women, and families.” Hassan may challenge Kelly Ayotte next year. Ayotte’s communications director, Liz Johnson told me: “Senator Ayotte has seen some of the video content and has also read about it.” I went to a Carly Fiorina meet-andgreet in Center Harbor. I asked her the question. She said: “Yes.” State attorney general, Joseph Foster, a Democrat, told WMUR he has watched the videos. Planned Parenthood’s PAC endorsed Hassan in 2012 and 2014. So did proabortion Emily’s List, which gave her $59,000 (followthemoney.org). NARAL gives her a 100% rating. Do you want to know if Hassan has seen the videos? Try to contacting her office. Just don’t expect an answer.
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women & children killed and over 60,000 wounded, and close to one million new Ukrainian refugees in this planned catastrophe. The Minsk Accord cannot provide peace or justice with a dishonest Russian President. Putin evidently is a master of intrique and deception--one with a penchant for bullying, threats and oppression. Trade sanctions do not punish his stolen wealth but he channels his angst into public displays of ‘intimidation’ since he controls Russian media. Note the past two years: sending fighter planes to the edge of British airspace requiring RAF border alerts ...ordering bombers on a simulated bombing run to Washington DC..and holding invasion manuevers near a Danish island during an international conference. Eastern Europe dare not allow further aggression of neighboring states out of fear. Indeed, fear is our deadliest enemy. America, Europe, NATO, the UN--all lovers of liberty - must not be cowed by any dictator loving power more than peace.
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““Guise Garment and Textile” Exhibit At the Gallery at 100 Market Featuring More Than 100 Works Of Art By New England Artists
The “Summer/Fall Free For All” exhibit at the Gallery at 100 Market in Portsmouth features the work of more than two-dozen artist, with an additional solo show-within-a-show and a one-night look at costumes as art. “We haven’t come close to exhibiting the breadth of our broader community’s creative diversity, but this latest art exhibit shows we’re committed to doing just that,” says Michael Simchik, the gallery’s patron. “This exhibit includes the wide range of styles and medium and the less commonly exhibited works we are already known for. But this time we’ve thrown in a few new twists.” “Summer/Fall Free For All” at 100 Market St., Portsmouth from 5 to 7 p.m., runs through Feb 12, 2016. “Free For All” includes
works in a broad range of 2-dimensional medium. The styles include hyper representational, traditional, tonal, impressionism, numerous abstract styles, expressionism and more plus, in addition to sculpture. Featured works include Patricia Schappler, and Jan Waldron, both artists having proved popular in earlier exhibits, were invited to return as guest; Schappler with a collection of large-scale representational figurative work, and Waldron with land and town-scapes. Also featured the painting and graphite work of Timothy Loraditch. A solo show of original design, vintage style posters by Arthur K. Miller occupies the fourth floor gallery. Miller is a nationally known painter of baseball players, who’s work is
“Water bearer,” by Patricia Schappler, will be exhibited along with more than one-hundred works by two dozen artist at the “Summer/Fall Free For All” exhibit at the Gallery at 100 Market , 100 Market St. Portsmouth, opening Sept. 4 with an Artist Reception, 5 to 7 p.m.
exhibited at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The solo exhibit (special hours: Monday through Friday till 7 p.m.) features seven large-scale works, depicting the likes of Tommy Dorsey, Gershwin and others. “We have made a point of showing work that is less apt to find local exhibitionspace not because of a lack of quality, but but because the form is less common, or the image, size or style make it less marketable,” Simchik says. “This exhibit puts a point to that. It’s a rich, large, rare collection of outstanding quality, over four floors.” The exhibit on Floor 3 and 4 is open five days a week 8am to 7pm. Floors 1 and 2 are open 8am to 10pm seven days a week. The Gallery at 100 Market is a Patron sponsored gallery.
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Featuring seldom-seen sketches by self-taught artist Charles Miller. These works provide an unfiltered look at the everyday life of G.I.s who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Because Miller also wrote descriptions of what he portrayed on most of his sketches, his works are historical documents as well as art. The eighty-three sketches in the exhibit represent a fraction of the 700 works Miller created during his time in the Pacific. He was just a common G.I. with a penchant to draw, but no official assignment as a combat artist. He taught himself to draw in spite of his parents’ opposition and quit school after the sixth grade to help his family in the Nashua, New Hampshire cotton mills during the Depression. He never considered himself an artist, but “just a guy with a hobby.”
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