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In his run in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, former Arkansas Gov.
Mike Huckabee will form a new rock band, the
Granite Stones, and tour around the state nonstop. This stone don’t roll.
While the Manchester Wolves may have suspended operations, a new team will emerge to
rent the Verizon Wireless Arena in the summer:
an all-woman jai alai team. John Clayton will
sign on to be the announcer.
Property values will soar after it’s discovered
New Hampshire is home to a huge source of
unobtainium, though Canadian mining operators will try to drive us from our homes. Only
the Blue Man Group will be able to save us.
Riots will erupt when Fraggle Rock comes
to the Whittemore Center. A subsequent investigation will reveal that scalpers at the sold-out
show were charging $200 per ticket, prompting
Generation X parents to storm the gates so their
kids, too, can learn to love Jim Henson.
Manchester parking department will discover that a gang of thugs has muscled in on
its parking turf by counterfeiting the parking slips and selling them at a discount. The
thugs even created their own parking kiosks,
but no one at City Hall noticed.
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New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch will
not seek re-election, setting the stage for a
showdown between John Sununu and John
Sununu. Unfortunately for both of them, New
Hampshire’s new liberal bent attracts Woody
Harrelson to the state. He decides to run and
wins in a hazy landslide. “Dude, I really won?”
After helping to bail out the Eagle Times in
Claremont, N.H., the state will move on to radio
stations. But instead of loans, they’ll offer to let
radio stations broadcast Governor and Council
Meetings 24/7. Hey, every bit helps.
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Quite suddenly, it seems,
this ’00 decade is coming to a close. It couldn’t
happen to a crummier
decade, which has seen
the worst terrorist attacks
in mankind’s history, two
recessions, a banking crisis, two wars, a ballooning debt, flooding of a major American
city and people famous for being jerks on
reality television shows.
While the entire decade wasn’t as bad as
some of the events that took place in it, it’s
nice to be on the edge of a new year and a
new decade — and trying to predict what will
happen. Here are my predicitions:
Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid will
give up golf in favor of his new passion, Latin dance. He will figure it is better exercise
and offers better commentary for his weekly columns. Hey, don’t knock it until you’ve
seen Dancing with the Stars.
Hippo | December 31, 2009 - January 6, 2010 | Page Inside
ThisWeek
2009: year in review
We consider the year that was throughout
this week’s issue: On page 6 and 7, Jeff Mucciarone looks at the business climate of 2009
and some of the names in the news. Dave
Long considers the year in sports (page 10).
Heidi Masek looks at the year in theater (page
16) and art (page 18). John Andrews considers
his tech predictions for 2009 and which ones
came true. Linda Thompson-Odum considers a
year in the food scene (page 32). Eric W. Saeger looks at a year in music (page 38). Glenn
Given considers a year of video games (page
33). Amy Diaz looks at a year of film (page 35).
And Michael Witthaus looks at the big names
in local music on page 38.
Also on the cover: Looking for work-
shops and classes? Check out the art
classes listed in the art section, which starts
on page 16. Also, look for clubs, classes and
workshops listed in the inside/outside section, which starts on page 20.
See film reviews on page 35.
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was in business and other
news stories as well as a
look ahead at 2012 and
the coming GOP presidential primary PLUS News
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9 Q&A
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11 Quality of Life Index
12 Sports
14 THIS WEEK
the Arts:
16 Theater
Year in theater; listings.
18 Art
Year in art; listings.
19 Classical
Listings and events around town.
Inside/Outside:
20 Gardening Guy
Henry Homeyer helps you with your greenery.
21 Kiddie Pool
Family fun this weekend.
22 Treasure Hunt
There’s gold in them there closets.
23 Car Talk
Click and Clack give you their advice.
24 Tech
John “JaQ” Andrews knows gadgets.
Other listings: Children & Teens, page 20; Continuing Education, page 20; Crafts, page 22; Health &
Wellness, page 22; Language, page 23; Marketing &
Business, page 23; Over 50, page 23.
26 Food
Year in food; PLUS Weekly Dish; Rich Tango-Lowy
helps you shop in Ingredients; Wine with dinner; Food
listings.
Pop Culture:
31 Reviews
Reviews of CDs, games & books.
35 Movies
Amy Diaz talks smack
about the films of 2009
and follows it up with a
little sass back about
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NITE:
38 Bands, clubs, nightlife
The hot bands in 2009 and who to watch in 2010;
upcoming concerts; Nightlife, music and comedy listings and more.
41 Rock and Roll Crossword
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• Shootout: State Republicans are up in
arms over a measure they say Democratic
lawmakers snuck in last week to ban firearms
from the Statehouse. The law exempts onduty law enforcement personnel. Lawmakers
in the House Joint Facilities committee voted
8-3 last week to ban guns at the State House,
the Legislative Office Building, the Upham
Walker House, legislative garages and lots
and any other facility that the legislature controls. Republicans are working to overturn
the ban, which they were seemingly blindsided by. Republicans say nothing about the ban
was added to the agenda for the meeting on
Dec. 21. Rep. Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, filed
a request with the House Rules committee to
allow for the late drafting and introduction
of legislation designed to overturn the ruling. “This idea was not brought forward as
an agenda item so there was no opportunity
to discuss how such a rule would be implemented, when it would take effect or how it
would be enforced,” Chandler said in a GOP
press release. “I am optimistic that the committee will vote to allow a bill to be drafted
and subjected to public debate and a vote by
the legislature.” The House Rules Committee must decide whether to allow Chandler’s
request. Democratic leaders said in a Union
Leader article that a group of people who
were carrying firearms shouted at lawmak-
ers during debates last spring, with a group
of elementary school students present.
• Big Hampshire: For the first time in more
than 200 years, New Hampshire has more
people than its neighbor Maine. The Census
Bureau released data recently that estimated
the Granite State population at 1,324,575 as
of July 1, compared to 1,318,301 in Maine. In
1800, Maine had 152,000 residents and New
Hampshire had 184,000 — the last time New
Hampshire’s population exceeded Maine’s.
New Hampshire has been growing faster than
Maine, according to Kenneth Johnson, senior
demographer with the Carsey Institute at the
University of New Hampshire. New Hampshire gained 89,000 residents since 2000,
whereas Maine gained 43,000. Johnson did
warn in a UNH press release that the population results need to be interpreted with
caution and that more definitive data would
come out in the 2010 Census.
• Spending money: New Hampshire isn’t
having any trouble finding places to spend
its allotment of funds from the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The state
Department of Transportation announced last
week that the state had obligated 100 percent of the $129 million it received from the
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more than
two months ahead of the March deadline.
The money has been used to triple the number of highway miles paved in 2009 — 750
miles — and financed improvements to 78
bridges in the state system. The federal funding has also been used for 35 municipal road
and bridge projects statewide, including 22
local bridges.
• A look at our teeth: The state Department
of Health and Human Services announced
the release of the Healthy Smiles-Healthy
Growth Survey, which was funded by a collaborative effort with the HNHfoundation
and Northeast Delta Dental. The survey took
place in 81 public schools in the state during the last school year. One dentist and six
dental hygienists visually screened third
graders’ teeth, and measured heights and
weights, according to a DHHS press release.
The survey resulted in the first statewide and
regional obesity data and the first regional
oral health data for children in the state. One
in three third graders were heavier than the
normal healthy weight for boys and 21 percent of boys were obese. Fifteen percent of
girls were obese. The Healthy People 2010
goal for childhood obesity is 5 percent or
less. The results indicated 44 percent of third
graders had experienced tooth decay and 12
percent of students had untreated tooth decay
at the time of the survey. About 60 percent of
students had dental sealants, which are thin
plastic coatings applied to the back of molars
to protect them from decay. The release said
there had been a marked improvement in
the proportion of third graders with tooth
decay since the last survey in 2004. The sur-
vey found schools with higher proportions
of students participating in free and reduce
lunch programs, also had higher proportions
of obesity and tooth decay. Visit www.dhhs.
state.nh.us.
• Keeping the cooks in school: The New
Hampshire Food Bank received the final
installment this month of a $50,000 grant
from the New Hampshire Charitable Trust
Foundation to support the Food Bank’s
Recipe for Success Culinary Job Training
Program. The program, which is housed at
the Food Bank warehouse on West Brook
Street in Manchester, is offered to unemployed and under-employed adults to teach
them how to cook in the food service industry.
Students earn 260 hours of commercial cooking and food safety skills, along with resume
development and interview techniques. The
grant money helps cover expenses for student costs — there’s currently no tuition fee.
The program has graduated 69 students in
all, with most holding jobs in the food service industry.
• Friend your GPA: Parents who aren’t
satisfied with their children’s sub par grades
in college, might not be able to blame social
networking sites, such as Facebook. New
research from UNH found students that spend
lots of time in social networking do just as
well academically as students less interested in keeping in touch via social networking
sites. “The study indicates that social media
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By Jeff Mucciarone
jmucciarone@hippopress.com
The Children’s Barn in Manchester, a new
children’s consignment store, is looking to
capitalize on the combination of youngsters
quickly growing out of clothes and toys, as
well as a new location in an area of the city
that could use an affordable outlet for children’s goods.
The family-owned store (www.thechildrensbarn.com), located at 255 Maple St.,
offers racks and shelves full of gently used
clothing, toys, furniture, books and child carriers — many still in the original boxes or
decorated with original tags. The Children’s
The popular Veano’s
Italian Kitchen re-opened
at Pembroke Crossing
earlier this month, the
Concord Monitor reported.
The Italian eatery had
been a mainstay in
Concord on Loudon Road
for 34 years before owners
sold it in December 2007.
CONCORD
Silo’s Steakhouse in
Merrimack closed this
month. The restaurant had
stood on Daniel Webster
Highway since 1994. On
Dec. 29, Silo’s Web site
said “Silo’s Steakhouse is
closed for the foreseeable
future…I wish to thank all
our wonderful patrons for
the past fifteen years.”
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Court documents from the
October home invasion and
murder inMilford
Mont Vernon are
scheduled to be released in
early January, the Telegraph
reported. The Amherst and
Mont Vernon Community
Recovery Team is preparing
to deal with the effects of
learning the details of the
crime, particularly among
students of area schools, the
story said.
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$158,504 was raised during the Granite
State Baseball Dinner in November for the
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Ted Williams Museum and the
Fisher Cats Foundation.
$67,141 was donated this month to
LRGHealthCare’s Digital Mammography
Campaign by the Tanger Outlet Center in
Tilton.
$40,000 was donated to the 2010 Fuel the
Care Program by Irving Oil this month. The
program provides gift cards at Irving gasoline stations so families can take or visit their
children at the hospital, a press release said.
$35,000 was raised during the 18th annual Penny Picker Campaign this month for
the Nashua Pastoral Care Center. The drive
supports families in need of basic necessities
such as prescription medication, rent, utility
assistance and transportation.
$33,475 was donated to the New Hampshire Food Bank by RiverStone Resources.
The first $25,000 was to be used for purchasing food for this year’s holidays.
RiverStone also donated $15 for every run
scored by a New Hampshire Fisher Cats’
player during the 2009 season, a total of
565 runs resulting in another $8,475.
$30,000 was donated to the Salvation
Army this month by the Citizens Bank
Foundation to benefit programs in Concord, Laconia, Nashua, Portsmouth and
Manchester.
$11,000 was raised for the Saint Vincent
de Paul Society during the Saint Joseph
Cathedral’s second annual Big Band Bash
earlier this fall. The funds were used to
replenish the food pantry’s inventory.
$6,387 was raised by the Greater Hudson
Chamber of Commerce for the St. Vincent
de Paul Society during the Chamber’s annual holiday auction earlier this month. The
Chamber has raised $33,400 for St. Vincent
de Paul during the last 11 years.
5,500 items of warm clothing were
donated to those in need in the greater
Manchester area during the University of
New Hampshire Manchester’s Community Leadership Program’s Warmth from the
Millyard project this month.
$5,000 was donated to the Salvation Army
by the Walmart Foundation in December.
$3,000 was given in November as
a grant to the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society from the TeleFlex
Foundation for an aeronautical sciences
outreach program.
$2,500 was donated to New Horizons
this month by Centrix Bank.
$2,192 was raised this month by Sue
Franklin of Brookline for the Humane
Society for Greater Nashua as part of the
Jack Rice Challenge.
$2,000 was donated to the New Hampshire Food Bank by the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners. The money
was initially intended to be a gift for outgoing New Hampshire Commissioner Roger
Sevigny but Sevigny asked the Insurance
Commissioners to forgo the thank-you gift
for a donation to the Food Bank.
$800 was raised for Liberty House earlier this month by the Mortgage Bankers
and Brokers Association of New Hampshire. Liberty House is a transitional home
in Manchester for honorably discharged
homeless veterans.
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Barn opened in Pinardville last year but owners found the location less than advantageous.
So when the approximately 1,600-square-foot
location opened up on Maple Street across
from the JFK Coliseum in September, they
pounced on it, said Tina Locke, who co-owns
the store with Ronald Desfosses.
“I wanted to open something our parents
could be involved with,” said Locke, who has
support from family in the store. “I wanted to
narrow it down to children’s things.”
Locke is looking to get the word out on the
shop, particularly for shoppers with lowerincome looking for affordable items. With kids
outgrowing things quickly and more expensive
children’s items popping up, Locke said she felt
it was something the community could use.
“Paychecks don’t go up and bills don’t go
down,” Locke said.
Walking through the store earlier this month,
there are new, never-been-used items, such as an
L.L. Bean snow suit and a baby backpack. Rows
of baby swings, bassinets, carriages and other
larger items sat on display as well.
Locke said she’s hoping sales will pick up.
She said the holiday season isn’t the best time
for resale stores, but she knew that going in.
Call 666-8555. The store is open Monday to
Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m
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cratic counterpart and a spending cap initiative
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The former governor and White House chief
of staff took over the state party this year following a disastrous 2008 election for the GOP,
both nationally and statewide. With state government facing massive budget deficits, Sununu
has helped state Republicans stay on target with
their criticism of Democratic spending. Republicans won back a surprise seat in the state House
of Representatives, Ted Gatsas easily won the
Manchester mayoral election over his Demo-
Gatsas, who had been a state senator and
alderman since 2000, took home a badly needed
win for Republicans in the city’s mayoral election in November. With Mayor Frank Guinta
opting to run for congress, it was important for
the GOP to keep the mayor’s office in the state’s
largest city. Gatsas is faced with plenty of issues,
including seemingly increasing crime problems,
a tight budget and an underperforming school
district. The city’s hoping his business experience helps him get a handle on the budget. His
victory didn’t go unnoticed nationally; Gatsas
already received several calls from potential
GOP presidential hopefuls.
State Rep. Jim Splaine
The liberal lawmaker from Portsmouth has
been instrumental in several pieces of legislation this year, including a bill to legalize
same-sex marriage, which takes effect Jan.
1. Splaine additionally sponsored a bill that
would have repealed the state’s death penalty law, which is being looked at by a study
commission. He was the key player in insuring the state maintains its first-in-the-nation
status by working to clear up the law that
allows the secretary of state to schedule New
Hampshire’s primary ahead of any caucuses
in other states. Splaine is also a regular contributor on state blog forums, both liberal and
conservative.
Alyson Pitman Giles
The controversial merger/affiliation/acquisition between Catholic Medical Center in
Manchester and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic has implications reverberating throughout the
medical and pro-life communities. At the center
is Alyson Pitman Giles, CMC’s president and
CEO. Abortion opponents want to know how
this affiliation will protect CMC’s religious and
ethical framework. Concerns seem to center on
issues pertaining to abortions, contraception and
birth control. Bishop John McCormack has yet
to officially sign off on the deal.
Gary Hirshberg
It’s hard to pinpoint one person who has
made the most impact in a growing green
and eat-local movements, but Hirshberg,
CEO of Stonyfield Farms, had a good year
that included a major role in the documentary Food Inc. and in encouraging the eat-local
movement. Elsewhere in the state, officials
have moved the conversation from just protecting the environment to categorizing
“going green” as the future of New Hampshire’s economy. Green businesses have
opened, green initiatives have taken shape and
consumers are on the hunt for green products.
In New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch wants
25 percent of the state’s energy use to come
from renewable sources by 2025. Officials
say that’s only going to happen if the masses
take up the cause. It appears they’re heading
in that direction.
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Kevin Bloom, brewer and owner of Manchester Brewing, he has had more trouble with
getting his labels approved by the government
than producing a hearty, flavorful beer.
The labeling frustrations got to the point
where U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes’ office stepped
in to help get him approval. But now, Bloom’s
got a handle on how it works. He’s added 12
new labels in the past year to New Hampshire’s smallest brewery, which is based in
Concord.
“I think we’re getting good feedback on our
beer,” Bloom said, adding the local reaction
has been positive and people seem to make an
effort to buy local beer.
With a backlog in New Hampshire’s distribution system, Bloom spread out beyond
Granite State borders. He’s expanded into
Massachusetts and is expecting to expand
into Vermont.
“I think our sales will continue to grow in
New Hampshire,” Bloom said. He’s switched
to smaller bottles for Studly Monk, a highgravity Belgian beer, as he’s found it’s difficult
for retailers to hang onto larger bottles. Manchester Brewing offers several varieties of
beer, including a cinnamon stout and a peppermint stout, which both sold out in New
Hampshire but not in Massachusetts, something Bloom attributes to differences in taste.
After figuring out the distribution system in
Hippo | December 31, 2009 - January 6, 2010 | Page the state, Bloom said Manchester Brewing is
doing a better job of matching production to
distributors needs.
Despite a troubling economy for the past
year and a half or so, many entrepreneurs
opened up shop around New Hampshire.
Aside from long hours, often no salary and
an uncertain economic climate heading into
the new year, things are pretty good for business owners.
“We’re very, very pleased with the progress
that we’ve made,” said Peter Ellinwood, who,
together with his wife, opened GreenPoma.
com, an online retailer selling premium, energy-efficient lightbulbs.
GreenPoma isn’t profitable yet—the store
opened in March 2008—but Ellinwood didn’t
expect it would be by now anyway. Ellinwood
has spent much of the year working with a
marketing firm to optimize GreenPoma in
search engines. As of December, 91 percent
of visitors were first-time visitors to the site.
“That’s the fresh traffic that we need,” Ellinwood said.
For Jim Gamble, owner of GreenSource
Energy Solutions Solar Store in Concord, the
success has been marked. Right off the bat, he
was closing big sales.
“I’m happy to say here, things are going
great,” Gamble said. “It’s been a tremendous
half a year.”
Gamble opened up shop in downtown Concord this past summer and he said he has been
busy right from the start. Along with selling
items such as solar chargers and books in the
store, Gamble does house visits to figure out
what type of solar panel system would work
best.
“My sense is there has been a lot of pentup interest,” Gamble said. “And people have
said this, ‘We’ve been thinking about doing
this for years and we just didn’t know where
to start.’”
But it hasn’t been all gravy. As one person,
Gamble has to wear a variety of hats each day,
from salesman to systems designer to finance
person to marketer. It’s been a lot to handle.
“That’s really challenging,” Gamble said.
“It’s hard to keep up with it all. I go from
sun up to sun down and then some. It’s pretty
much an 18-hour-per-day job.”
Success in the business world can be a
gamble and sometimes the gamble doesn’t
work out. After starting as an informal networking group in February, Network for
Work, a Nashua-based networking company, switched to a for-profit model over the
summer. With expansion not happening fast
enough, the company closed its service this
month. Tammy Hildreth, one of the founders,
said owners would be trying to salvage some
of the free venues, such as social media sites
that members were using. But there won’t be
any more networking events at area hotels
and the owners are closing down the Web site.
“We thought we could cover all of the roles
required by the business, but it turns out we
were missing some key skills, some key expe-
doling out $600 per month for a personal
training service, they can get almost-personal training with Buckley for about a tenth of
the cost. A more structured program provides
a better opportunity for a training program,
he said.
Buckley said he’s in a line of business that
does face a negative impact from a poor economy. At a facility like his, costs are going to
be higher than at big box style gyms that offer
memberships as low as $10 per month. Not
to mention that when money gets tight, people tend to cut back on expenses, including
gym memberships. For people who take their
health seriously, regardless of Wall Street,
Buckley has been there for them.
“Right from the start, people who really take their health seriously are coming to
me,” Buckley said, adding those folks find
the dollars.
At bigger chain gyms, only a percentage of
members are even fairly active. At Buckley’s
gym, which opened in the fall of 2008, 100percent of members are active.
Currently, Buckley is looking to optimize
his programs. He’s been reaching out to local
colleges and high schools trying to work
with athletes. He said schools sometimes still
have the “old school” approach of just sending athletes to the weight room to bulk up.
In the job search world, InovaHire.com is
expanding. The company, which is based in
Nashua, is going global. The free job board
that features online interviewing has been
redesigned three times in the past year, said
co-owner Tanya Willette.
“There’s plenty of jobs on the Web site,”
Willette said, adding the site features the full
spectrum of jobs and employers. “We’re kind
of watching it grow.”
Willette said it’s been important to design
the site so that job seekers and employers can
search jobs and candidates in other countries
without having to log into separate sites, as
other job boards require. That brings simplicity. Spending most of their time on the
design, Willette is looking forward to the
new year.
“We’re really looking forward to 2010,”
Willette said, adding the company has benefited from utilizing social networking as part
of the site. While the poor economy provided
an opportunity for a company like InovaHire
with so many people looking for jobs, she
said the better the economy gets, the more
companies that will move back into hiring
mode.
For Bloom, he’s hoping more people look
to local, craft beer.
“We’re looking forward to being [in Concord] a lot longer,” Bloom said.
Bloom is actively looking for space for
a brew pub. There’s a better margin with a
brew pub than just a straight brewing company and there’s an opportunity for more
exposure, he said, adding he’d really like to
open a blues club. Several area restaurants
serve Bloom’s beer.
“I’d be looking for space big enough to
accommodate that,” Bloom said. “I know
nothing about the restaurant business so I
would have to partner with somebody.”
There are frustrations and challenges and
obstacles along the business-owning path —
and there are benefits to having a misplaced
name.
People go to Milly’s Tavern in Manchester thinking it’s Manchester Brewing. “They
have good wings so we’re not terribly uncomfortable with that,” Bloom said.
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first start-up business from ground zero. “We
did not go borrowing money. We were hoping we could do that ourselves. But we didn’t
grow fast enough to make that possible.”
“I think on a personal note, if I had to do
it all again, I wouldn’t change a thing, even
knowing what I know now,” Hildreth said. “I
still feel that what we accomplished and the
number of people we were able to help made
the whole effort worthwhile.”
Pelham resident Lisa Brown has managed to balance a full-time job, family and
Mat Chats, a home-based business she started that produces place mats with uplifting
or inspirational messages and conversationstarting questions. The mats cover friendship,
attitude, vision, gratitude, reflection, mindfulness, health and fun/work. She opened in
summer 2008. Brown said business has been
slow, much like the economy. More recently, she’s been working to develop ties with a
marketing firm to help hit different markets.
If she can secure a marketing person, she’d
like to produce some holiday-themed place
mats.
“I’m really just talking to people and figuring out different ways to market them,”
Brown said.
Along the way, she says she’s learned a lot.
But she can’t do everything.
“You really need some help,” Brown said.
In an uncertain and often falling economic
climate, business owners needed to be ready
to make adjustments along the way. Ellinwood said he didn’t see the dramatic fall in
sales of compact florescent lightbulbs coming. Rather early in the business, that caused
him to figure out energy-efficient alternatives
for that style of lightbulb that still created
maximum light. He found that alternative in
halogen bulbs, which he said “produce fantastic quality light.”
During the next five months, GreenPoma was planning to begin a new campaign to
attract more business owners, rather than individual homeowners, to the site. When dealing
with customers, Ellinwood tries to level with
them — saying it doesn’t make sense to put
an energy efficient lightbulb, which are more
expensive than traditional bulbs, in a place
where it only gets lit once a week.
“I think that increases my credibility,”
Ellinwood said.
Looking ahead, Ellinwood said he’s
considering expanding to do more businessto-business work apart from the Web site.
Still, he said the company’s success lies with
the Web site.
Kevin Buckley, who opened the functional conditioning gym, Dynamic Strength and
Conditioning in Nashua in fall 2008, had to
change the way he set up programs. Instead
of offering open classes at various times
throughout the day, he changed it to more of
a “premium service,” similar to group personal training.
“I kind of took away the open, dropin format and started a more structured,
progressive personal training program,”
Buckley said. The gym has no weight benches, machines or mirrors. Buckley focuses on
full-body movements and getting members’
heartbeats racing. “This works well in this
type of economy.”
He found the open format to be too random: “You don’t really know who’s going
to show up at a given time slot.” Even people who are serious about their health have
to cut back in a bad ecnomy, so instead of
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Things are just starting to warm up.
With Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty trekking
to New Hampshire two weeks ago, the doors
to the Granite State could soon be opening to
more Republican presidential hopefuls.
At the moment, however, the social and
religious conservative faction of the party is
ruling the day, as most candidates — at least
ones who think they can get that faction’s vote,
including Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and
Rick Santorum — are focusing on Iowa, home
Tim Pawlenty (R) , Governor of Minnesota
to the first caucus, rather than New Hampshire,
Romney, who didn’t play well with the social
home to the first in the nation primary. Whoever can garner the support in Iowa is likely in for conservatives in the GOP during the 2008 pria tough time trying to bridge the gap to New mary, could be that candidate. Cullen said
Hampshire, where social and religious issues Romney and Rudy Giuliani probably wouldn’t
even bother with Iowa if they had the campaign
carry far less weight.
That would seem to open the door in New to do over again. Romney has a book tour comHampshire to alternative candidates, such as ing out soon and he seems to be focusing more
Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Governor on economic and foreign policy.
“[Romney] could use New Hampshire as a
Mitt Romney and others. Potential candidates
who might be favored by the Washington D.C. springboard for that,” Spiliotes said.
Cullen was surprised with the lack of visits
political establishment seem to be more or less
New
Hampshire saw this past year. He said the
laying low. But Pawlenty’s visit could help
mayor’s
race in Manchester, which Republican
break the ice.
“New Hampshire continues to be the place Ted Gatsas won, was a perfect opportunity for
where a lesser known, lesser funded candidate a presidential candidate to headline a fundraiscan make a name for him or herself,” said for- ing event.
“Candidates know that it means more to
mer state party chairman Fergus Cullen, adding
visit
New Hampshire than it does even to,
Romney could benefit from his previous supsay,
Iowa,”
Cullen said, adding several candiport in New Hampshire.
“My sense is that the institutional elites in dates have visited Iowa already. “I think that’s
Washington are on their heels a little bit. They because they wanted to get their toe in the water
don’t really have anybody out there to repre- without dipping their whole foot in. Coming to
sent them right now as a likely candidate,” said New Hampshire means a whole lot.”
Back in January, Cullen, then the state parpolitical analyst Dean Spiliotes (www.nhpolitty
chairman, put feelers out to several potential
icalcapital.com).
hopefuls
for speaking roles. The response he
Those first visits are more introductory. Candidates are trying to make a good first got was that the state was too important to stop
impression with party leaders in hopes of tap- by so early in the game — only a week after
ping into their organizational and fundraising Obama was inaugurated. With big GOP fundapparatus when real campaign time comes. raisers due in February, Cullen said he was
It’ll likely be a while before candidates swing interested to see who might accept speaking
through New Hampshire admittedly for cam- invitations this coming year.
Spiliotes figured it was less about New
paign purposes. But Spiliotes expects to see
plenty of visits throughout the year, probably Hampshire’s importance in terms of candidates
always with a fundraising dinner-type event as signaling their intentions, and more about that
a cover to any presidential aspirations, before faction of the party calling the shots right now.
“A lot of candidates are not sure about how
the real campaigning begins in January or Febto
deal
with us,” Spiliotes said. “The convenruary of 2011.
tional
wisdom
is to talk about fiscal policy. But
“You want to get that name on the horizon,
even if it’s just in the back of peoples’ minds,” the outrage toward Obama is a debate over core
values, what it means to be American and patriSpiliotes said.
“Gov. Pawlenty, his first visit was absolute- otic. We don’t have that kind of discourse here
ly by the book,” Cullen said, adding Pawlenty the way it exists in other states.”
Given the divergent bases in both states,
covered several bases by seeing a relatively
bridging
the gap between New Hampshire
large number of people at a fundraiser, meeting
and
Iowa
is no small task. It sets things up as
with Republican leaders in small group settings and visiting statewide media outlets. “He a battle between movement conservatives and
checked off a bunch of boxes, which is exactly institutional Republicans, Spiliotes said. Right
now, the two sides are especially spread apart.
what a candidate should do.”
“Because they lost. That’s what happens
With contested GOP primaries taking place
when
you lose, everybody starts pointing finin September, it will take until then for presidengers,”
Spiliotes said. “Right now the movement
tial hopefuls to stump for specific candidates.
conservatives
have the upper hands. … When
“Candidates are hesitant to make enemies,”
push comes to shove, they’ll try to end up with
Spiliotes said.
Spiliotes said the big picture is that the early a nominee who can bridge the two worlds.”
Cullen said he’s hoping the campaign lets
action is taking place in Iowa, where the social
“a
thousand flowers bloom,” with lots of new
conservatives are driving the animosity toward
candidates
testing new messages, themes and
President Barack Obama.
strategies
right
in the marketplace to see what
“New Hampshire is an opportunity for whoever is going to be the alternative to that to resonates with voters.
“It’s a time filled with opportunity for potenstake their claim,” Spiliotes said.
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Exactly. We’re not totally out of the woods. It’s
still going to be a tough three to six months. For a
lot of companies, maybe they’re not in high speed,
but they’re at least not losing ground. We’re seeing some stabilization and seeing some hiring.
There’s still an awful lot of people unemployed...
[The Division, along with Gov. John
Lynch, have held roundtable discussions with
business owners to air concerns.] Are the
roundtables helpful for business owners in at
least showing them they’re not alone?
I think it’s been great to get information from
them. We’ve taken the action items from the
roundtables and really hit the ground running.
It’s kind of a healthy exercise to be sitting there.
There’s not thousands, but 40, 50, 60 at a time.
Are there problems with health care? How do
we prepare ourselves better? If they’re working
to apply for working capital...but they need guidance, we can provide that guidance.
For businesses that are making it through,
does it make them stronger that they’ve weathered the storm?
Absolutely. Manufacturing has taken advantage of being more lean, being more productive,
cutting down on waste strands. ...
What type of a year do you think 2010 will
be in terms of business?
...I hope there will be a lot more innovative
entrepreneurial start-ups. ... I’m going to say that
youths that are graduating are going to be challenged with a lot of ideas about starting their own
business and staying in New Hampshire, the
“Stay, Work and Play” initiative. I’m going to say
that there will be a lot of efforts throughout the
state. The real back bone, the companies that we
have in the state that are about 80-percent of our
anchor force, they’ll be stronger, leaner and more
productive and they’ll start hiring back some of
the talented people we have in the state. I’m going
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from companies and manufacturers were pretty much on hold. The only bright spot is that
New Hampshire kind of stayed a bit ahead of
the pack, nationally and even in the region. A
lot of it has to do with how diverse the state
economy is. I think that helped us tremendously. Even with that though, it was a tough thing
to watch the unemployment numbers as they
rose throughout the year.
from the economy. ... This wasn’t any one spot.
This wasn’t the company that makes the furniture or the company that makes the insulation
for the dashboards of Pontiacs. It was nobody’s
fault that drove this. We all got caught up in the
global impact. ... Ones that have gone out and
leaned their manufacturing, diversified products, streamlined their business, those were the
ones that were able to survive. Ones that were
able to pull people off one product line and put
them on another. True Yankee ingenuity —
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2009 was New Hampshire’s year in the spotlight (either on the stage or in
local films). With a gestation period of more than 20 years, a fun and inspired
musical with a robot protagonist premiered in Milford at the Amato Center.
Community group Milford Area Players produced Hot Buttons, written and
composed by Granite Staters. Professional company Yellow Taxi Productions hired a Cape Cod playwright to adapt The Pact, by New Hampshire
novelist Jodi Picoult, for the stage. And Gay Bride of Frankenstein, which
workshopped in Portsmouth in 2008, played the New York Musical Theatre
Festival in the fall. Scores of people braved sleep deprivation to participate in
New Hampshire’s first foray into the 48-Hour Film Project.
QOL score: ?
Comments: Will New Hampshire arts organizations have the financial
wherewithal to keep this spirit of inventiveness going?
Still setting up shop
Despite a year of grim economic news, many area entrepreneurs started
new enterprises anyway: retail stores, green retail stores, business services,
health and wellness centers, a tobacco bar and, perhaps most notably to those
of us who enjoy a tasty meal, restaurants (Ignite, Mint Bistro and XO on Elm
in Manchester and Sunny’s Table in Concord) and food shops (candy store
Lisa’s Sweets in Milford and Free Range Fish and Lobster in Manchester).
Will new businesses continue to send out their green shoots in 2010?
QOL score: ?
Comments: In Manchester, the restaurant scene expansion is set
to continue in early 2010 when Republic is set to open at 1069 Elm
St. Follow their progress at republiccafe.com.
In August, work was finished on a spruced up plaza at 1000 Elm St.
Gone is the slab of concrete and in its place is a landscaped urban minipark. Recently, the New Hampshire Institute of Art officially opened its
new dorm and academic space at 88 Lowell St. This new building gracefully blends the historic (the brick Lowell Street building was constructed
in 1841 and had been the city’s first high school) with the modern (a
six-story building with “green” features and vertical rainbow-colored
shades). Will this spirit of downtown beautification continue?
QOL score: ?
Comments: These updates to the downtown are a great start. Will the
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A new familiar face at City Hall
In November, Manchester voters elected Ted Gatsas, a longtime alderman
and state senator, to be its new mayor. Though he won’t officially take the job
until Tuesday, Jan. 5, at his inauguration at the Palace Theatre, he already has
ideas, specifically his plan for the schools. Will Gatsas offer new ideas and
new energy to help the city shake off the recession gloom?
QOL score: ?
Comments: Gatsas talked about some of his plans in a Dec. 3
Q&A in the Hippo (see it at www.hippopress.com).
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Our news is less bad
Despite a year of crummy economic news, New Hampshire has been
lucky to keep its news about our economic health, er, less crummy. According to the Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau, the seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate in the Granite State for November 2009 was 6.7
percent, while the national rate was 10 percent. Will New Hampshire be able
to parlay its relative stability into a speedy(er) recover?
QOL score: ?
Comments: Hopefully New Hampshire’s numbers will stay (relatively)
low and even improve, no matter what’s happening nationwide.
QOL at the end of 2008: 90
QOL at the end of last week: 61
Net change: -29
(-29! Wait, wait — don’t pack your car and head for Vermont. At the beginning of 2009, we moved the QOL thermometer to 50, so by the end of this
year, we made an 11 point jump from that starting point, which, all things
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8 — minutes of playing time by Tyler
Roche as BC knocked off eventual national
champion North Carolina 85-78 in Chapel Hill. He had an assist, a rebound and a
blocked shot. He followed it up with eight
points off the bench when they knocked
off Duke a week later for the first time in
24 years.
15 — goals scored by Bedford in 150 win over Moultonboro-Inter-Lakes as
Doug Steere and Shane Sullivan both
scored hat tricks.
58 — percentage of those voting from
New Hampshire who got it wrong in an
ESPN Sports Nation poll, picking the Cardinals to beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
157 — games Franklin Pierce men’s
hockey had gone in its first five seasons
without a shutout, until Concord HS alum
Jon Tuttle turned back 30 shots in a 4-0
win over SNHU.
22 — points scored by Derryfield’s Andrea
Green (peace) to win the Wilt Chamberlain
Award for outscoring Mt. Zion all by herself
in a 53-21 D-Field win.
1/10 — of a second left on the clock
when Thomas Fortney scored to tie it for
UNH and send the game into overtime,
which Peter LeBlanc won 45 seconds in
to give the Wildcats a wild 6-5 win over
North Dakota. They moved to the regional
final but lost in a heartbreaker to BU in the
last 14 seconds.
3 — million reasons old friend Chip
Kelly had for signing on the dotted line to
become the head football coach of Oregon
football. He led the team to the Rose Bowl
after winning the Pac-10.
27 — game high-points scored by Jason
Chevrefils when Memorial knocked out twotime defending-champion Salem 49-41 in the
Class L playoffs.
25 — margin of victory for Trinity in a
50-25 win against Memorial in the first allManchester Class L basketball final since
1973. Jordan Laguerre led the Pioneers
with a game high of 25.
54 — combined saves by Andrew Proulx
(BG) and Dave O’Briens (Concord) in a
gripping scoreless tie that lived up to the
billing between 15-2-1 Concord and 13-22 Bishop Guertin in Class L hockey.
1000 — career scoring plateau passed
by Trinity’s Laguerre with a free throw in
the final minutes of the Pioneer’s 55-41
win over West.
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7 — different bombers hit from international waters as Trinity moved to 8-1 with
a 71-42 win over Nashua North as Cormac
Fitzpatrick led the contingent with two.
9 — wins for the year against one
loss for the Central boys after a 6457 win over Pinkerton. Will (San
Francisco) Bayliss led all scorers with 19.
51 — combined saves by Bow’s
Collin Evans and Cam Myatt of Goffstown, when both pitched shutouts in a
0-0 overtime tie in NHIAA hockey action.
1000 — career point plateau reached by
Trinity hoopster Karim Gabril after scoring 47 in two Pioneer wins, and by Nashua
transplant Troy Bowen in his final season at
SNHU.
1 — hit allowed by Chris Carpenter in
his 2009 debut after two years of arm miseries, when the Cardinals beat the Pirates
2-1, starting him on his way to a sensational 17-4 comeback season.
6 — goals by Kayla Green to go along
with four assists as she led Londonderry
to a 16-0 win over Memorial in Class L
Lacrosse.
8 — strikeouts by Garrett Cole in a 53 Trinity win over Winnacunnett to give
him 46 on the year in just 22 2/3 innings as
THS moved to 7-0.
14 — goals scored by Derryfield’s
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0 — hits allowed by Sarah Chabot as
Goffstown beat Merrimack and she struck
out nine.
1 — homer by Casey Levis, the first
homer in Bedford High softball history,
during a 4-3 win over Souhegan.
15 — players who scored at least one
goal in the Central/Nashua North lacrosse
battle won by the Green 14-11. Paige
Monelli had three goals for the Green and
Danii Bauer and Mady Cody had three
each for North.
27 — game winning streak for Bishop
Guertin against in-state opponents reached
after a 14-6 thumping of Pinkerton as Tom
Labadini scored seven times.
8,903 — number of fans (a franchise
record) who jammed MerchantsAuto.com
Stadium to see John Smoltz make a rehab
start for the Portland Sea Dogs when he
gave up one run, three hits and struck out
over 58 pitches in a 5-1 C-Dog win.
June
9 — margin of victory in Trinity’s stunning loss to Alvirne in the semi-finals of
the Class L baseball tournament after a
dominant regular season. Bronoco’s leadoff man, Matthew Topper, was huge with
a pair of walks and two hits, while scoring
three runs, knocking in a pair and stealing
four bases.
21 — wins for the Concord softball team after
beating Dover 2-0 to take the Class L title.
66 — career wins for Manchester Wolves
coach Danton Barto with the team’s 53-35
win over Quad City, in what would turn out
to be the Wolves’ final season as it closed
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4 — franchise record stolen bases by
Todd Donovan in the F-Cats’ 6-0 victory over the Bowie Baysox. He also drilled
a solo home run that landed in the Samuel
Adams Bar & Grill.
11 — runs allowed by Chris (leg of)
Lambert in two games with Detroit before
being sent back to AAA, with five coming in his first-ever appearance at Fenway
Park.
13:52.7 — winning time recorded by Ethiopian’s Alene Reta to claim
his fourth victory in five years at the
Cigna 5K road race in Manchester. Stephanie Pancoast of Westford, Mass., was
the top women’s finisher at 17:24.2.
15 — batters, including the games first
NINE, fanned by Concord’s Kelsey Martel
in an opening day win in the 16U softball
September
5 — goals scored by Colleen Murray to
go along with an assist, as Bedford cruised
to its second win in local high school soccer action.
16 — years of age for city golf champ
Jake Nutter of Bedford and Manchester
CC. His 212 three-day total won by a 10shot margin over Dave Oberg.
82 — yards Billy Dubois took the opening kick-off back for a TD. Later, he had
an 80-yard TD run to spark Memorial to
a dominating 43-15 opening-day win over
Spaulding.
200 – career win by local good guy and
Salem football coach Jack Gati, whose
Blue Devils would go on to win the Class
L title.
230 - yards gained on 34 carries and two
TDs by Central’s Mike Cavanaugh in a
20-14 upset of defending champ Nashua
South.
300 – career wins by Denise Rioux after
26 years at the helm of the Pinkerton Field
Hockey program.
October
5 – touchdowns and 275 rushing yards
for Andre Williams as he led Nashua
North to a 56-49 over South.
7 – wins to start the year for eventual
state champ Bishop Guertin. Adam Hall
(to the chief) ran for 186 yards and 3 TDs,
blasting unbeaten Catholic Memorial of
West Roxbury, Mass., 52-13.
9 - goals in seven games scored by
Kendra Moffett, since switching to striker, after scoring three times to out-score
Memorial by herself in a 3-1 Concord win,
to close out their Class L soccer regular
season at 10-6.
688 – games in Monarchs radio play-byplay guy Ken Cail ripkenesque broadcast
streak going into the 2009-10 season.
December
3 — shutouts on the year for Jonathan
Bernier after a 36 save effort that led the
Monarchs to a 2-0 win over the Providence Bruins, 2-0, at the Dunkin’ Donuts
Center.
4 — points the stellar Central D held the
Salem girls to in the opening quarter of the
year on their way to a 44-32 win over the
Blue Devils. Bentley-bound Christiana
Bakolas led the way with 15.
5 — goals by Central’s Cam Geddes in
leading the Little Green to a 6-2 win over
St. Thomas Aquinas in their Class L hockey opener. Rene Couture had 26 saves.
1917 — the last time Oregon won in
the Rose Bowl when it beat Penn 14-0,
a streak that could end when Chip Kelly
leads the Ducks against Ohio State on New
Year’s Day.
158,504.38 — record-breaking amount
raised for charity by the Baseball Dinner, which benefits the Children’s Hospital
at Dartmouth (CHaD), the Ted Williams
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41 — points scored as Trinity football
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win over Bishop Brady. Connor Lyons
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game-clinching TD on an 89-yard interception return.
2 — counts of allegedly deriving an
income from prostitution charged by police
in Massachusetts against former Monarchs
beat writer for the Union Leader, Kevin
Provencher, in what had to be the year’s
most bizarre sports story — outside the
Tiger Woods saga.
2 — scored by Stephaine Sawyer of
Pinkerton. She was named MVP in the
Lions Cup Twin State Classic. The NH girls
were 4-2 winners to extend their advantage
over Vermont in the series to 16-7-4
3 — runs for Kyle Anderson’s homer, which provided the winning margin. He
also was the winning pitcher in a 6-2 win
over Windham that sent Bedford to the New
Hampshire Little League State Final game a
day after his walk-off homer gave them a 9-8
win over the same Windham club.
22 — runs scored by Manchester in the
State Babe Ruth Tournament in a 22-0
win over Farmington when they scored 15
times in the decisive third inning.
66 — low medal honors for Bedford’s
Jake Nutter leading to his 1-up win over
Stephen Kozlowski, to add the Red Ryan
CYO Tournament intermediate division
to the NHGA State Junior title he won in
June.
97 — yards and two TDs accounted for
in just two plays by BG’s Andy Valais, as
New Hampshire jumped out to a 14-0 lead
in the annual Shrine game on its way to a
40-6 thumping of Vermont.
World Series over Pittsfield, Mass.
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Senior Legends title at Concord CC. She
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This Friday, Jan. 1, is one of those rare weeks
with no major movie releases (Oscar eligibility
cut-off is Dec. 31, so the rush to get in some theater somewhere ends Thursday). Until new movies
show up on Jan. 8, you’ll have time to catch up on
the many released in recent weeks, including those
nominated for Golden Globes.
The Globes nominate five movies each for drama and comedy/musicals, so this year’s big movies
are:
In Drama: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious
Basterds, Precious: Based on the Movie Push by
Sapphire, Up in the Air.
In Comedy/Musicals: (500) Days of Summer, The
Hangover, It’s Complicated, Julie & Julia, Nine
Avatar, Precious, It’s Complicated, Up in the Air
and Nine will be easy to find in area theaters. On
DVD, you’ll find Inglourious Basterds, The Hangover, Julie & Julia and (500) Days of Summer on
DVD now. The Hurt Locker comes out on DVD on
Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Those making trips to the Boston area can catch
A Single Man, which got a nomination for its male
lead Colin Firth, at Landmark theaters as well as The
Young Victoria, which got a female lead nomination
for Emily Blunt, and Broken Embraces, which has
a nomination for foreign film. Crazy Heart, the film
for which Jeff Bridges received a Golden Globe
nomination in the male lead, drama, category, is
schedule to open next week in the Boston area.
Other nominees in films screening locally include
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Carey Mulligan in
An Education and Gabourey Sidibe in Precious for
female lead in a drama, and George Clooney in Up
in the Air, Morgan Freeman in Invictus and Tobey
Maguire in Brothers for male lead in a drama.
The Golden Globes will air Sunday, Jan. 17, at 8
p.m. on NBC. (And in case you’re asking yourself why
you should care, the Golden Globes are often a predictor of Oscar nominations. The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts & Sciences will announce its nominees,
including this year’s list of 10 movies nominated for
best picture, on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 2.)
Rockin’ Eve
New Year’s Eve revelers can plan on the traditional midnight broadcasts. ABC’s Dick Clark’s
Prime Time New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan
Seacrest marches on despite a hardcore “yeesh”
factor. Carson Daly is doing the job at NBC and on
Fox, Billboard is lending their name to the show.
Those who have run through all their gift DVDs
and are looking for something to watch the weekend
after New Years can head over to a House marathon
Saturday and Sunday on Bravo.
Saturday, Jan. 2
That Goffstown-founded percussion act, Recycled Percussion, is
back on the Palace Theatre stage tonight at 8 p.m. Recycled Percussion appeared on NBC’s America’s Got Talent this year. Tickets cost
$26. Call 668-5588 or visit www.palacetheatre.org. For more about
local performances, see page 42.
Thursday, Dec. 31
Heading out for a New Year’s
Eve downtown bar crawl? There’s
live classic rock at Fody’s and Peddler’s Daughter in Nashua, Boogie
on Alice (pictured) plays the Green
Martini in Concord, and Jillian’s has
thoughtfully partnered with the Four
Points Sheraton Hotel for “Prom
Night – Past and Present” in Manchester. Whatever you do, stay safe
(i.e. Don’t drink and drive). For
more about nightlife, see page 38.
Free: Help out
friday, Jan. 1
Ease your way into the new year
with an afternoon at the cinema.
An Education uses Nick Hornby’s screenplay of a Lynn Barber’s
memoir of her affair with an older man while she was a suburban
London 16-year-old in the 1960s.
An Education is at Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St. in Concord
(224-4600, www.redrivertheatres.
org) today. For more about movies
this week, see page 35.
Give blood Tuesday, Jan. 5, between noon
and 6 p.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena, 555
Elm St. in Manchester. The Arena and Monarchs Care Foundation are partnering with the
American Red Cross to try to help decrease
winter blood donation shortages. The first
200 blood donors get a complimentary ticket
for a Manchester Monarchs game (with some
restrictions) and a coupon for a free pound
of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. Call 1-800-GIVE
LIFE for information on donating.
Sunday, Jan. 3
Get started on your New
Year’s resolution and try a yoga
class. Amherst Yoga offers a free
community class the first Sunday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
Later today, they host an open
house for their new location at
10 Northern Boulevard, Suite 15
in Amherst (www.amherstyoga.
com, 673-7661) from 1 to 3 p.m.
For more ideas on exercise classes, see page 20.
Cheap: Jazz on stage
Robbyn Tongue of Londonderry on saxophone, Christopher Burbank of Manchester
on trumpet and Ben Geyer of Nashua on piano
play a “Homecoming Jazz Concert” Saturday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Adams Memorial
Opera House, 29 W. Broadway in Derry. Burbank studied at The Juilliard School and has
performed throughout Boston and New England. Tongue holds the 2008 John C. Borden
award for “Outstanding Accomplishment in
Jazz” from the Manhattan School of Music,
and performs in New York and with The Robbyn Tongue Band. Geyer leads the Ben Geyer
Sextet, and performs in New York City, Boston and New England. Tickets cost $10 and
$12 through the Greater Derry Arts Council; visit DerryArts.TicketLeap.com or call
437-0505.
friday, Jan. 1
Events Without Borders is holding a free LGBT wedding expo
today, the day same-sex marriage is
legal in New Hampshire. The expo
runs from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Radisson
Hotel, 700 Elm St. in Manchester.
Meet local LGBT-friendly businesses and organizations. Dinner and
dancing follows at 7 p.m. ($50), and
the company is selling “Live free or
die single” wedding packages. See
eventswithoutborders.com.
Splurge: Dining on
New Year’s Eve
Celebrate with a prix fixe dining experience. The Black Orchid Grille in Nashua
offers five courses, live jazz, and a midnight
champagne toast for $89 in Nashua. Cotton’s
three-course dinners vary in cost from $25
to $50, and are served from 5 to 10 p.m. in
Manchester. Granite Restaurant in Concord
include wine pairings with their five courses and dancing, for $120 each. Check out
the Hippo’s food section for more details on
more New Year’s Eve dinners — Z Food and
Drink, Saffron Bistro, Mint Bistro and Richard’s Bistro are just a few others serving.
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ARTS
Musicals, edgy dramas and the Gay Bride of Frankenstein
Theater doings in 2009
By Heidi Masek
hmasek@hippopress.com
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This year in theater, Actorsingers and the Palace Theatre both produced The Producers.
Sarah and Laura Silverman returned to the
Palace stage in Manchester for a second year to
do a fundraising show in support of New Thalian
Players. Their mother, Beth Ann O’Hara, is
known as the driving force behind the community company.
Manchester West High’s Theatre Knights
were invited to perform at the Fringe Festival in
Edinburgh, Scotland, as a top high school drama
program chosen through American High School
Theatre Festival. With lots of fundraising hustling and help from their families, the Knights
headed to Fringe in August to perform American Women, by J.G. Barefield.
It was a year that mixed the traditional and the
new with successes and setbacks.
Phoenix Academy moved out of a Nashua
Front Street industrial space – or were locked
out. StageCoach Productions moved in.
While professional companies in New Hampshire often audition or recruit from New York, the
New Hampshire Professional Theatre Association held professional auditions and interviews
for off-stage gigs mainly for summer stock in
February of 2009 for Granite Staters and those
in New Hampshire colleges. Pro auditions will
be held at Plymouth University again this year.
In new work news, Milford Area Players staged
Hot Buttons, a robot musical by David Agans of
Amherst and Winfield Clark of New Boston. The
play had been about 20 years in the making. Page
to Stage in Concord closed its inaugural season of
free monthly events meant to allow playwrights
to gather feedback on work with Crosscut, a onewoman presentation by Rebecca Rule, in March.
The presentation was one of many projects that
came out of material Rule gathered when she was
commissioned to preserve local stories in Berlin.
Londonderry’s Don Tongue read Void at P2S in
January, and it was chosen for the Playwrights’
Platform 37th Annual Festival of New Plays in
Boston in June.
Billy Butler and Dane Leeman’s Gay Bride
of Frankenstein was invited to the New York
Musical Theatre Festival. It was workshopped
in Portsmouth in 2008, and was one of about
30 new musicals showcased at NYMT this fall.
Butler and Leeman have worked extensively
in New Hampshire theater. Nashua playwright
Lowell Williams revised his history piece about
Keene civil rights martyr Jonathan Daniels, Six
Nights in the Black Belt, which had premiered
with Yellow Taxi Productions in 2007. The
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Negro Ensemble Company in
New York City held a reading of
the new Six Nights, co-sponsored
by Freedom Foundation based in
Selma, Alabama in New York this
summer. A full production scheduled for February in New York has
been canceled.
Yellow Taxi Productions commissioned a stage adaptation of
The Pact, by popular New Hampshire novelist Jodi Picuolt, and
premiered it in April in Nashua.
Jeannette Angel wrote the adapta- The Palace Theatre in Manchester produced, The Production, which utilized the courtroom ers, in 2009. Courtesy photo.
scenes to frame the tale of a teen’s
epilogue in October.
death in a small New Hampshire
Other companies produced “edgy” work this
town. YTP staged it again in the summer at the
year.
The community company Ghostlight TheCapitol Center for the Arts in Concord.
ater
Co.
of New England, which has taken up
Suzanne Delle resigned as YTP artistic direcresidence
at Chester College of New England,
tor this year and was teaching at Northeastern
brought
local
bands in to provide the soundtrack
University in the fall.
and
perform
during their run of subUrbia.
Delle said goodbye to the professional comThrough
a
friend,
Ghostlight got hold of Eric
pany she founded in 2002 with Burn This, a
Bogosian’s
updated
script. (There was also a
favorite of hers by Lanford Wilson which Del1996
film
version
by
Richard
Linklater.) Theatre
le first encountered in 1987. She lent a hand
KAPOW
staged
Paula
Vogel’s
How I Learned
again when YTP reconvened to participate in a
to
Drive.
Music
and
Drama
Company
staged
reading of The Laramie Project: Ten Years LatJudy’s
Scary
Little
Christmas,
one
of
the
authors
er. Theaters across the U.S. held readings of the
of which is James Webber of Manchester.
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THEATER Listings
• The Acting Loft
516 Pine St., Manchester
666-5999, actingloft.org
• Actorsingers
219 Lake St., Nashua, 889-9691,
actorsingers.org
• Adams Memorial
Opera House
29 W. Broadway, Derry,
437-0505, derryarts.org
• Amato Family Center for the
Performing Arts at Souhegan
Valley Boys & Girls Club
56 Mont Vernon St., Milford,
672-1002 ext. 2, svbgc.com
• Andy’s Summer Playhouse
Wilton, 654-2613,
andyssummerplayhouse.org
• Anselmian Abbey Players
Dana Center, 641-7700
• Bedford Off Broadway
Meetinghouse Road, Bedford,
557-1805, bedfordoffbroadway.com
• Bedford Town Hall
70 Bedford Center Rd., Bedford
• Belle Voci
bellevoci.org, 848-7986
• Capitol Center for the Arts
44 Main St., Concord, 225-1111,
ccanh.com
• Concord Chorale
224-0770,
concordchorale.org
• Concord City Auditorium
2 Prince St., Concord, 228-2793,
www.theaudi.org
• Concord Community Players
224-4905, communityplayersof
concord.org
• The Dana Center
100 Saint Anselm Drive,
Manchester, 641-7700,
anselm.edu
• The Majestic Theatre
281 Cartier St., Manchester,
669-7469, majestictheatre.net
• Manchester Community
Music School
2291 Elm St., 644-4548,
mcmusicschool.org
• Manchester Community
Theatre and Second Stage
Professional Co.
698 Beech St., Manchester,
627-8787
• Milford Area Players
673-2258, milfordareaplayers.org
• Music and Drama
Company (MADCo.)
Londonderry, madco.org
• My Act
myact.org, 429-3950
• Nashua Theatre Guild
PO Box 137, Nashua,
03061, 320-2530
nashuatheatreguild.org
• New Thalian Players
newthalianplayers.org, 666-6466
• Nashua Community
College Performing
Arts Club (PAC)
505 Amherst St., Nashua,
428-3544
• The Palace Theatre
80 Hanover St., Manchester,
668-5588, palacetheatre.org
• Peacock Players
14 Court St., Nashua, 886-7000,
peacockplayers.org
• Profile Chorus
profilechorus.org
• School of Theater Arts
at The Amato Center for
Lysistrata at
NHTP
Learn to act
Classes at the Riverbend School of
Theater Arts at the Boys & Girls Club
of Souhegan Valley include dance,
voice, costume design, musical theater and Comedia del Arte for youth,
and start Jan. 4. See www.svbgc.org or call 465-3456.
Performing Arts
56 Mont Vernon St., Milford,
672-1002 ext. 20
• Seacoast Repertory Theatre
125 Bow St., Portsmouth,
433-4472
• SNHU Drama Club
2500 North River Rd., Hooksett
• StageCoach Productions
25 Front St., Suite 501, Nashua,
stagecoachproductions.org,
320-3780.
• Yellow Taxi Productions
yellowtaxiproductions.org
Holiday performances
• THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER readings of Thornton Wilder’s
one-act Thurs., Dec. 31, at 5, 6, 8 &
9 p.m., at The Players’ Ring at 105
Marcy St., Portsmouth, 436-8123,
www.playersring.org. The 40-minute
readings are in association with First
Night Portsmouth. First Night admission buttons cost $1-$20, visit www.
proportsmouth.org/firstnight.cfm.
• MURDER BY MAGIC, New Year’s
Eve dinner theater show Thurs., Dec.
31, at 7:30 p.m., at the Majestic
Theatre, $20-$35. Reservations are
required. Proceeds benefit the Majes-
tic’s 2010 programming.
• A NIGHT OF A THOUSAND
STARS presented by the Peacock
Players at 7 p.m., Dec.31-Jan. 2 at the
14 Court St. Theater in Nashua. Family First Night follows Dec. 31 show.
• THE NIGHT OF THE KINGS six
course banquet with medieval entertainment and customs presented Sat.,
Jan. 9, at Wesley United Methodist
Church, 79 Clinton St., Concord, $20.
Buy tickets until Jan. 4, from Wesley
UMC, 224-7431.
On stage
• CABARET AFTER HOURS
presented by Cabaret De Boheme of
New Hampshire Mondays, 7-10 p.m.,
at the Element Lounge, 1055 Elm
St., Manchester, 627-2922. Brandon
Mallard and Barbara Lawler perform
classic jazz standards and Broadway
showtunes (www.nhcabaret.com).
• STAYIN’ ALIVE murder mystery
dinner theater Fri., Jan. 1, at 7 p.m.,
at Middle New Hampshire Arts and
Entertainment Center, 316 Central
St., Franklin, theMiddleNH.org, 9341901, $38.
• FABULOSO, by John Kolvenbach
New
Hampshire
Theatre
Project’s
production of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata is a
new adaptation of the
Greek comedy by Genevieve Aichele, artistic
director of NHTP and
a playwright. Aichele
and Associate Director
Meghann Beauchamp
direct. Original music,
with lyrics based on
interviews with those
who have fought in
the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and their
loved ones, is by Agnes Charlesworth. It runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. from Jan. 8 through Jan. 24,
at 959 Islington St. in Portsmouth. Ticket costs range from $13
to $22. Reservations are recommended; call 431-6644 ext. 5 or
e-mail reservations@nhtheatreproject.org. Liz Krane, Genevieve
Aichele and Kathy Somssic are seen here in a Sofia Piel photo.
Jan. 7-31 at the Merrimack Repertory
Theatre, 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell, 978-654-4678, merrimackrep.org,
$15-$56.
• GRUPO DE RUA, Brazilian hiphop-based contemporary dance company performs H3 Thurs., Jan. 7, at 7
p.m., and Fri., Jan. 8, at 8 p.m., at the
Hopkins center for the Arts at Dart-
mouth College, Hanover, 646-2422,
hop.dartmouth.edu, $10-$14.
• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR concert performance Fri., Jan. 8, at 7:30
p.m., presented by Derryfield Repertory Theatre Company at the Derryfield
Theatre, 2108 River Rd., Manchester,
derryfieldrep.org, etix.com, $5.
• THE CAPITOL STEPS, presented
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Auditions/workshops
• THEATER ARTS CLASSES for
youth start Jan. 4 at Peacock Players.
• WINTER CLASSES start Jan. 4 at
the Riverbend School of Theater Arts
at the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley include dance, voice, costume design and musical theater, and
Comedia del Arte. See www.svbgc.
org or call 465-3456 for details.
• CLASSES in “Aerial Dance,”
“Design in Motion Studio” and Parkour
from Ciel Rouge Moving Company at
Granite State Gymnastics, 71 River Rd.,
Bow, start in early January, 228-8424,
cielrougemovingco@gmail.com.
• DRAMA STORY TIMES with
activities Fridays, 9-9:45 a.m., Jan. 8,
for ages 2 to 5, with a parent, at Peacock Players, 14 Court St., Nashua,
www.peacockplayers.org, 816-2693.
Drop-in $10, siblings $5.
• AUDITIONS AND JOBS New
Hampshire Professional Theatre
Association Auditions and Job Fair
for summer and fall professional theater companies in New Hampshire
is Sat., Feb. 20 at Plymouth University. NH college students and adult
state residents can register at http://
oz.plymouth.edu/~mkizer/NHPTA/.
• THE ACTING LOFT offers fall
classes for kids, teens and adults.
Most cost $165.
• TEN MINUTE PLAYS by New
Hampshire playwrights wanted for
Alchemists Workshop “Ten Minute
Play site,” supported by the McInninch Foundation. Visit www.alchemistsworkshop.org/tenminuteplayzone.html or e-mail hennikeryouththeatre@gmail.com.
• PLAYREADING CIRCLE most
second Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at
the new Rodgers Memorial Library,
194 Derry Rd., Hudson. Visit www.
rodgerslibrary.org or call 886-6030.
Art Listings
GALLERIES
Call for hours
• Aaron Slater Glass
21 W. Auburn St., Manchester,
380-3004
• Andres Institute of Art
98 Rte 13, Brookline, 673-8441,
andresinstitute.org
• Art 3 Gallery
44 W. Brook St., Manchester,
668-6650
• Art on the Wall at City Hall Gallery
One City Hall Plaza, Manchester,
624-6455
• Beaver Brook Association, Inc.
117 Ridge Road, Hollis,
beaverbrook.org, 465-7787
• Becky’s Frame Studio
327 New Boston Road, Bedford,
472-2404
• Beliveau Fine Art Gallery
Franco-American Centre, 52
Concord St., Manchester, 669-4045
• Bourque & Associates
623-5111
• Chapel Art Center at Saint
Anselm College, 100 St. Anselm
Drive, Manchester, 641-7470
• Chimera Gallery
99 Factory St. Ext., Nashua
chimeragallery.net, 888-2661
• Conservation Center Gallery
54 Portsmouth St., Concord,
224-9945 ext. 311.
• Currier Museum of Art
150 Ash St., Manchester, 669-6144
• Darkroom Gallery
Fine Art Supplies
Classes for Kids & Adults
Unison, Schmincke, Eco-House,
Kemper, Wallis, M.Graham
111 Union Square,
Milford Oval •672.3003
Tue, Wed, Fri 9:30-6, Thu 9:30-7,
Sat 9:30-3, Sun 11-3, Mon Closed
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4 Vinton St., Manchester,
606-3322, darkroomgallery.net
• Detailed Stained Glass
51 S. Main St., Concord, 224-7100
• East Colony Fine Art
Langer Place, 55 S. Commercial
St., Manchester, 621-7400
• Eaton-Richmond Center Gallery
Daniel Webster College, 20 University
Drive, Nashua, 577-6000, dwc.edu
• Elizabeth’s Art Gallery
74 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua,
883-0280
• E.W. Poore Framing and Gallery
531 Front St., Manchester, 622-3802
• Framers Market
1301 Elm St, Manchester, 668-6989
• Gallery at Martin’s
PhotoGraphiX
34 Northwest Blvd., Nashua,
880-0616
• Gallery One Nashua Area
Artists Association (NAAA)
Mill House Design Center,
5 Pine Street Ext., Nashua,
883-0603, naaasite.org
• Hatfield Gallery
55 S. Commercial St.,
Manchester, 627-7560
• Jewell & the Beanstalk
793 Somerville St.,
• Kimball-Jenkins School of Art
266 N. Main St., Concord,
225-3932
• League of NH Craftsmen
205 N. Main St., Concord,
224-3375, nhcrafts.org
• MAA Gallery
1528 Elm St., Manchester,
785-6437
• Majestic Theatre
Lobby Gallery
281 Cartier St., Manchester,
669-7469
• Maison De L’Art
57 East Pearl St., Nashua,
879-9888 or 424-0544
• Massabesic Audubon Center
26 Audubon Way, Auburn,
668-2045
• McGowan Fine Art
10 Hills Ave., Concord
• McIninch Gallery at SNHU
2500 North River Road,
• Mill Brook Gallery
and Sculpture Garden
236 Hopkinton Road, Concord,
226-2046
• Millyard Museum
200 Bedford St., Manchester,
622-7531
• Museum of NH History
6 Eagle Sq., Concord, 228-6688,
nhhistory.org
• New Hampshire Institute of Art
148 Concord St. & 156 Hanover
St., Manchester, 623-0313, nhia.edu
• Red River Theatres
Community Gallery
11 South Main St., Concord,
224-4600
• River Art Studios
99 Factory St. Ext., Nashua,
882-1199, riverartstudios.com
• Rivier College Art Gallery
Memorial Hall, 435 S. Main St.,
Nashua, 897-8276
• S. Grigas Art Studio & Gallery
174 Main St., Nashua, 233-9565
• Stockbridge Theatre
Gallery at Pinkerton Academy
5 Pinkerton St., Derry,
437-5200 ext. 5112
• T. Devaney Fine Arts
3 Pleasant St., Concord, 774-0018
• The Wine Studio
53 Hooksett Road, 622-9463;
27 Buttrick Road, Londonderry
• Valley Artisans Artists Gallery
10 Goboro Road, Epsom, 736-8200
• Warm Stone Studio
99 Factory Street Ext., Nashua,
595-9500, warmstonestudio.com
Art events
• FIRST THURSDAYS The Currier Museum of Art is open late from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. first Thursdays each
month with special programs including live music, lectures and film, at
150 Ash St., Manchester. “Pop Quiz
-Currier Edition” Jan. 7.
• ART ’ROUND TOWN gallery
walk in Portsmouth, Fri., Jan. 8, 5-8
p.m., see artroundtown.org.
• ART & ARRANGEMENTS original works of regional artists and floral
arrangements by NH State Florist’s
Association members at KimballJenkins School of Art, 266 N. Main
St., Concord, 255-3932, www.kimballjenkins.com. Free open house,
preview and bidding Fri., Jan. 15, 57 p.m. Auction of arrangements and
some art to benefit the School, Sat.,
Jan. 16, 5-7 p.m., tickets $25.
Holidays in the galleries
• ART FOR HOLIDAY GIVING
group show from the New Hampshire
Art Association through Jan. 8 at their
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136
State St. in Portsmouth, 431-4230,
www.nhartassociation.org. It’s also a
drop-off for the Toy Bank of the Professional Firefighters Association.
In the galleries
• “6X6” SIGNATURE SHOW
exhibit of work by 41 members of the
Women’s Caucus for the Arts/New
Hampshire Chapter through Jan. 8 at
The Paper Tree, 865 Second St. (Mallard Pond Plaza), Manchester, www.
thepapertree.com, 472-8875. The 6- by
6-inch artwork each cost $66.
• “10TH ANNIVERSARY, Alumni
Exhibition” group show through Jan.
24 at The Gallery at 100 Market, 100
Market St., Portsmouth.
• AIANH New Hampshire Chapter
“Do you think
you’re what they
say you are?”
The Derryfield Repertory
Theatre Company presents the
music of Jesus Christ Superstar in concert at the Derryfield
Theatre, 2108 River Road in
Manchester Friday, Jan. 8, at
7:30 p.m. The 1971 Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
rock musical includes the songs
“I Don’t Know How to Love
Him,” and “What’s the Buzz.”
Derryfield Repertory Theatre
“is a company of young performers with professional aspirations,” according to a press release. Tickets cost $5 at etix.com or
at the door. Visit derryfieldrep.org. Poster by Stephanie Devino.
Dance,
act, play
Peacock
Players starts
a new session
of classes Jan.
4 in Nashua.
Find things like
“Creative Dramatics” for ages
3 through 5, up through courses in musical theater dance and
dance technique for ages 8 through 18. Peacock also offers
classes for homeschool students, and school vacation sessions.
Call -816-2693 or visit peacockplayers.org. A Peacock Players
cast rehearses James and the Giant Peach, above. Courtesy photo.
of the American Institute of Architects
exhibits its 2009 award submissions
through Jan. 15 at New Hampshire
Institute of Art’s French Building Gallery, 148 Concord St., Manchester, 8362573, nhia.edu. Vote for your favorite
residential and commercial projects.
• ALFRED “CHIEF” JOHNSON
watercolors featured through January at Gallery One, Nashua Area
Artists Association’s space at 5 Pine
St. Extension in Nashua, 883-0603,
www.naaasite.org.
• AARON BAKER photography
through Jan. 9 at Epsom Public Library,
Dover Road, Epsom, 736-9920.
• CHARLIE MARTEL “Brush and
Brooms,” in December at the Beliveau
Gallery in the Franco-American Centre,
52 Concord St., Manchester, 669-4045,
www.francoamericancentrenh.com.
• CHUCK GIBSON DESIGN: 20
Projects through Jan. 15, at the Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery at the
Sawyer Fine Arts Center, 541 Main
St., New London, 526-3000, www.
colby-sawyer.edu/academic/art, free.
• COLORED LIGHT group show of
glass art through Jan. 9 at Sharon Arts
Exhibition Gallery, Grove Street, Peterborough, 924-2787, sharonarts.org.
• DOOR, ROOF, FLOOR: Dwelling in Essays & Photographs, Poems
& Art year-long series at the Amherst
Town Library, 14 Main St., 673-2288,
www.amherst.lib.nh.us.
• BRETT WESTON: OUT OF
THE SHADOW with work by the
20th-century photographer organized
by the Phillips Collection through
Jan. 3 at the Currier Museum of Art,
150 Ash St. in Manchester, www.currier.org, 669-6144.
• CITY ARTS NASHUA cityartsnashua.org, a central place to buy
tickets to the Nashua Symphony and
Chamber Orchestra concerts, coffee
house performances, theater produc-
IZOLAJEANNE SILK SCARVES
HAND-PAINTED,
ONE-OF-A-KIND,
WEARABLE ARTWORK
BY JEANNE LACHANCE
531 Front St., Manchester, (603) 622-3802
www.ewpoore.com
Frame Shop & Art Gallery
057570
059117
by CATCH Neighborhood Housing
Sat., Jan. 9, at 8 p.m., at the Capitol
Center for the Arts, $12.50-$43; and
by The Housing Partnership Sat., Jan.
30, at 5 & 8 p.m., at The Music Hall,
28 Chestnut St. in Portsmouth, 4362400, www.themusichall.org.
• LYSISTRATA by Aristophanes presented by the New Hampshire Theatre
Project Jan. 9-25 at 959 Islington St.,
Portsmouth, www.nhtheatreproject.
org, 431-6644, $15-$22.
• ANNIE, JR. presented by the Kids’
Acting Loft Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and
Saturdays at 3 & 7:30 p.m., Jan. 15-23
at the Acting Loft, $5-$10. The “Warbucks Cast” performs Jan. 15-16. The
“Farrell Cast” performs Jan. 22-23.
• THE GREAT WAR, presented by
Dutch theater Hotel Modern, with
puppetry, live performance and film
Jan. 15-16 at 8 p.m.at the Hopkins
center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, Hanover, 646-2422, hop.dartmouth.edu, $10-$26. Q&A follows.
• NOISES OFF Fri., Jan. 15, at 7:30
p.m.; Sat., Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun.,
Jan. 17, at 2 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 22, at 7:30
p.m.; and Sat., Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. at the
Palace Theatre, $15-$45.
• REMEMBER ME dinner/brunch
theater presented by StageOne Productions Fri., Jan. 15, and Sat., Jan.
16, at 7 p.m., and Sun., Jan. 17, at
11:30 a.m., at The Chateau, 201
Hanover St., 669-5511, www.stageoneproductions.net.
• RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles
Wed., Jan. 27, at 8 p.m., at the Lowell
Memorial Auditorium at 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell, Mass., 978-454-2299,
lowellauditorium.com, $30.50-$56.50
• NEW HAMPSHIRE THEATRE
AWARDS, 8th Annual Fri., Feb. 5, at
7 p.m., at the Palace Theatre.
• NEIL BERG’S 100 YEARS OF
BROADWAY Fri., Feb. 12, at 8 p.m.,
at the Capitol Center for the Arts,
$12.50-$605.
• LULA WASHINGTON DANCE
THEATRE of Los Angeles performs
Fri., Feb. 19, at 8 p.m., at the Dana Center, $6-$29.50. Call 641-7710 for details
about the Feb. 18 student matinee.
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Arts
Art goes outside and other stories this year
A look back at visual art occurrences of 2009
Currier reaches out
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In its first full year since the Currier Museum
of Art reopened in March of 2008 after a major
expansion, the Manchester institution tailored
its programming to be accessible to the general public.
While the regional fine arts museum includes
work by Warhol, Picasso, Matisse and Monet,
and objects that are centuries old, there were
plenty of opportunities this year for the public
to interact with and see work by contemporary
regional artists and artisans.
The Currier promoted their “Turning Wood
Into Art” exhibit in August at a Fisher Cats game,
with local wood-turners demonstrating turning
wooden bats. The Currier encouraged photographers, amateur and professional, to submit work
for a “Photo Slam.” New Hampshire Furniture
Masters moved their annual auction from the
Seacoast to the Currier. First Thursday monthly evening museum events included “The Way
Beer Works,” with the president of Smuttynose
during the special exhibit, “The Way Things
Work: The Art of David Macaulay.”
Macaulay of Vermont gave presentations
at the Currier in conjunction with the exhibit,
which showcased materials from the illustrator
and author of The Way Things Work. While the
display gave insight into his artistic process, the
exhibit choice also seemed like a draw for the
science-, tech- and engineering-minded.
The Currier’s Spotlight New England series
launched with a whimsical site-specific installation from Kirsten Reynolds of Newmarket,
which closed in 2009. She concurrently worked
with teens at the Currier Art Center’s Open Studio program on “The Former Mistake.”
The Currier also went full-circle, exhibiting
work from a private print collection of a New
Hampshire couple who were influenced in their
collecting by a Currier director in the 1950s and
60s (Evolution of a Shared Vision: The David
and Barbara Stahl Collection).
Outdoors
The public art inventory grew in Nashua and
Manchester. Trustees of the Alex Shapiro Charitable Trust donated a bronze bull sculpture by
Chris Williams of Essex, Mass., for the former
Jac Pac Foods site. It was installed at the east
side of the Hands Across the Merrimack Bridge
in Manchester.
“Vivace,” by Jonathan and Evelyn Clowes of
Walpole, was installed on the front lawn of the
Verizon Wireless Arena in May, with the arena’s
percent for art fund.
Manchester neighborhood group Eagle Eyes
had a busy summer painting murals as an antigraffiti measure with help from local artists and
youth.
Nashua added four more public sculptures
to the five created last year. Volunteers, arts
patrons, businesses and artists pitched in for a
second Nashua International Sculpture Symposium in the spring. It was under the umbrella and
direction of the Andres Institute of Art Sculpture
Park in Brookline, which is up to about 60 outdoor sculptures created at its annual symposia
over 11 years. Andres Institute has been building what looks like a sensible exchange this year
with Beaver Brook Association in Hollis.
And other news
New Hampshire Institute of Art continued
expanding its property in downtown Manchester. They opened their 11th building in October
with dorm, classroom, studio and office space
at 88 Lowell St. It involved moving and reusing Manchester’s first high school. A six-story
contemporary building is attached, and NHIA
hopes for LEED Gold certification from the
U.S. Green Building Council for the project.
Name that
painter...
um of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester,
www.currier.org, 669-6144, ext. 108.
• HOLLIS ARTS SOCIETY new
gallery open at the Greater Nashua
Mental Health Center at Community
Council conference rooms, 100 West
Pearl St., Nashua. Call 889-6147 ext.
3240 or 465-7729.
• KAREN MITCHELL sterling
After a preliminary fall series in 2008, the
weekly Concord Arts Market held full spring
and fall seasons in downtown Concord.
ArtSpider.net launched as an online network
of artists in New Hampshire.
Robin Ann Peters has been hosting a weekly arts radio show on WSMN 1590 AM radio
station.
Kimball-Jenkins School of Art in Concord
had asked California artist Michael Garlington to exhibit at the school about a year and a
half ago. However, once the photography show,
“Portraits from the Belly of the Whale,” went
up in June, the school soon suffered an unfortunate art theft.
Manchester hosted a New Hampshire site for
“24-Hour Comics Day.”
Erwan Le Bot visited Manchester for the first
New at East Colony
Raku and stoneware by
Goffstown potter Bob Roy,
mixed media regarding feminism and femininity by
Michelle Beliveau of Goffstown, and mixed-media by
Don Desmarais of Epsom
make up “Artwork in the
Third Dimension.” They are
featured artists at the member-run East Colony Fine
Art Gallery through Jan. 23.
Meet them at a reception Friday, Jan. 8, between 5 and 8
p.m. East Colony is in Langer
Place, 55 South Commercial
St. in Manchester (621-7400,
www.eastcolony.com).
“A
Sunny Day,” by Michelle
Beliveau seen here.
Show off your
trivia skills at “Pop
Quiz – Currier Edition.” The Currier
Museum of Art is
hosting trivia night
for their First Thursday evening program, Jan. 7, between 6 and 8 p.m. Catch the
5:45 p.m. gallery tour (or visit www.currier.org/history.aspx) to
prepare yourself for a few questions about Currier history and
its collection. Come with a team of up to six people or join one
that night. Trivia night is free with museum admission ($10 for
adults), and a cash bar will be open. The Currier is at 150 Ash
St. in Manchester (www.currier.org, 669-6144). “Mosaics,” by
Salvatore Lascari, seen here, was finished in 1930, and marked
the Currier’s original entrance. It is now a focal point of the
museum’s Winter Garden Cafe. Gil Talbot photo.
tions, art fundraising events and more.
Includes info on non-ticketed events
including gallery openings, art exhibits, classes, films, poetry readings,
and lectures, 589-3070.
• EVOLUTION OF A SHARED
VISION: The David and Barbara Stahl
Collection, exhibit of prints and drawings through Jan. 3 at the Currier Muse-
“The Former Mistake,” by Kirsten Reynolds, at the Currier Museum of Art. Heidi Masek photo.
silver jewelry featured in January
at Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St.,
Exeter, 778-8282. Artist talk and demonstration Sat., Jan. 9, noon-3 p.m.
• LIFE WORKS of Chinese artist Fan
Tchunpi’s (1898-1986) through Jan. 21
at New Hampshire Institute of Art’s
Amherst Street Gallery, 77 Amherst St.,
Manchester, 836-2573, nhia.edu.
• LINDA MALONEY digital photography through Feb. 12 at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests’ Conservation Center, 54
Portsmouth St., Concord. Call 224-
time, after spending about a year painting street
scenes of the city using Google Street View. The
36-year-old artist lives in Brest, France.
Active area artist Elaine Farmer opened
White Birch Fine Art in Londonderry.
The Underground M.A.P. Project moved out
of Lowell Street in Manchester.
Revolving Museum in Lowell, Mass., moved
out of their building into Western Avenue Studios in Lowell.
Federal stimulus money became available
for some arts job retention this year. However,
the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
faced a struggle for funding during a tough state
budget cycle, and ultimately lost its director,
Rebecca Lawrence, and other staff.
— Heidi Masek
Studio skills
Lots of art classes start in January.
In
Manchester,
work on lampworked glass skills
at a “two-day bead
intensive” Jan. 9
and 16 (bead class
seen here) or at
“Intro to Lampworking” Jan. 10 and 17 at Aaron Slater Glass in Manchester
(www.aaronslaterglass.com, 380-3004). Four-week digital
photography sessions start at SOPHA (www.thesopha.com,
582-1492). There’s a long list of visual art classes for all ages at
the Currier Art Center (669-6144, ext. 122, www.currier.org).
Find classes for high school students and adults at New Hampshire Institute of Art’s continuing education program (nhia.
edu, 866-241-4918). You can also find art classes for all ages
at Kimball-Jenkins School of Art in Concord (kimballjenkins.
com, 255-3932) and E.W. Poore Frame Shop & Art Gallery in
Manchester (www.ewpoore.com, 622-3802).
9945 before visiting.
• MANCHESTER ARTS Web site
presented by the city arts commission,
manchester-arts.org.
• MANCHESTER ARTISTS ASSOCIATION members Noella Breault,
Kim Roth and Yvonne Wheeler exhibit
through Jan. 4 in the Bedford Library,
3 Meetinghouse Rd., www.bedford.lib.
nh.us, 472-3023.
• MASTERS: 40 Contemporary
Master Quilters through Feb. 25 at
19
Classes/workshops/open calls
• NEW PARENT GALLERY
TALKS third Thursdays, 11
a.m.–noon, at the Currier Museum.
Designed to offer much-needed adult
conversation, with baby in tow.
• CURRIER TOURS of Currier Museum highlights, or themed
tours, free with admission Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
at 12:30; Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.; and
Sundays at 1 p.m. Collection highlight
tours with an introduction to “Brett
Weston: Out of the Shadow” Saturdays at 11:30 a.m., and Sundays at 1
p.m. “Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow” tours Mondays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays at 12:30 p.m.
• MATRYOSHKA/Russian nested
doll painting workshop for adults
and families with children age 7
and up Sat., Jan. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at
the New England Language Center
International Art Gallery, 16 Hillside
Dr., Rochester, 332-2255, marina@
anylanguage.org.
• GLASS LAMPWORKING
CLASSES and studio use at Aaron
Slater Glass, 21 W. Auburn St., Manchester, www.aaronslaterglass.com,
380-3004. Two Day Bead intensive
Jan. 9 & 16, 2-5 p.m.; Intro to Lampworking Jan. 10 & 17, 2-5 p.m.
Faculty
performances
Faculty of the Concord
Community Music School
open the Musicians of Wall
Street recital series with two
January programs at the
school’s Recital Hall, 23 Wall
St. in Concord. New faculty
member and classical guitarist, Frank Wallace (seen here),
presents “Centenary,” in honor of composers Tárrega and
Albeniz who both died in
1909. Wallace closes the program with one of his own compositions, for which his wife, mezzo-soprano Nancy Knowles
joins him. They perform together as Duo LiveOak. “Centenary” is Friday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Bozena O’Brien on violin, Matt
Laughlin on cello and Abigail Charbeneau on piano present an
“Evening of Rachmaninoff” Friday, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
cost $10 and $12. Call 228-1196 or visit ccmusicschool.org.
• PHOTO CLASSES at the Studio
of Photographic Arts (SOPHA), 941
Elm St., Manchester, www.thesopha.
com, 582-1492, $65-$249. Memberships and studio rental available. Call
about four-week classes in digital
SLR photography, Photoshop, and
one-day workshops. The Engagement Portrait with Marina Zinovyeva Sat., Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
• NEW HAMPSHIRE CREATIVE CLUB meeting Tues., Jan.
19, at 6 p.m., www.nhcreativeclub.
org, 382-5530. Members $5, nonmembers $15. Tim Plummer of
Adobe speaks at 7 p.m.
• WINTER CLASSES starting in
January at E.W. Poore Frame Shop &
Art Gallery, 531 Front St., Manchester,
622-3802, www.ewpoore.com.
• WINTER CLASSES and workshops for all ages and abilities Jan. 18April 3 at the Currier Art Center, 180
Pearl St., Manchester, 603.669.6144, x
122, www.currier.org.
• WINTER CLASSES for adults,
children, teens, and homeschool
students start in mid-January at
Kimball-Jenkins School of Art, 266
N. Main St. in Concord, 255-3932,
kimballjenkins.com.
• FAMILY SATURDAYS themed
guided gallery walks at the Currier
Museum second Saturdays, 11 a.m.2 p.m.
• TOUR RUSSIA in June 2010
with local Russian artist, lecturer
and iconographer, Marina Forbes;
call 332-2255 or e-mail marina@
anylanguage.org.
• CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
at Sharon Arts Center, 457 Route
123, Sharon, www.sharonarts.org,
924-2787.
• PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS with Dan Splaine at Test
of Time Photography studio in the
Picker Building, 99 Factory St.
Extension, Nashua, 579-0777, www.
testoftimephoto.com.
• ART IN ACTION radio segment
hosted by author/artist Robin Ann
Peters Wednesdays, noon-1 p.m. on
WSMN 1590 AM.
• FALL ART CLASSES for adult,
teens, and children at White Birch
Fine Art, LLC, 8 Mohawk Dr., Londonderry, 434-0399, www.WhiteBirchFineArt.com.
• CALL FOR ART Exhibit artwork
in the Citizens Bank Building at
835 Hanover St., Manchester. Contact Lisa Underhill at Bourque and
Associates, 623-5111 or lunderhill@
nhpatlaw.com for details.
• CALL FOR ART Exhibit for two
months at Art on the Wall at City
Hall Gallery, 1 City Hall Plaza, Manchester, for $300. Contact Georgie
Reagan, Mayor’s Assistant for the
Arts, 624-6500 to apply.
• GOFFSTOWN AREA ARTISTS
breakfast club, Mondays, 8 a.m. at
Travers Village Eatery, 13 Main St.,
Goffstown.
• NASHUA CAMERA CLUB
meets first Tuesdays of each month,
Sept. through June, at Cameraland,
211 Main St., Nashua, www.nashuacameraclub.org, 305-7036.
• OIL PAINTING CLASS Tuesdays
6:30-9:30 p.m., $140 for 8 weeks, at
East Colony Fine Art. Contact Lawrence Donovan at 669-6994.
• ONGOING CLASSES in oils,
pastels, watercolor and acrylics,
week-long painting workshops, and
“Expressive Art for the Soul” meditative art class; call 661-4391.
• POTTERY CLASSES at Out on
a Limb Pottery Studio, 99 Factory
St. Ext., Nashua. All skill levels.
Wheel throwing and handbuilding,
days, evenings and weekends available. Call Paula at 978-597-5464 or
e-mail mpash123@comcast.net.
Classical Listings
• BACH’S LUNCH LECTURES
lectures and concerts Thursdays,
12:10–12:50 p.m., free, at the Concord
Community Music School, 23 Wall
St., Concord, 228-1196, www.ccmusicschool.org: Jan. 7 and Jan. 14.
• HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE
ARTS at Dartmouth College, Hanover,
Spaulding Auditorium, 646-2422, hop.
dartmouth.edu: Emanuel Ax, piano,
Thurs., Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., $10-$45; St.
Lawrence String Quartet, Tues., Jan.
26, at 7 p.m., $10-$30.
• MUSICIANS OF WALL
STREET faculty recital series from
Concord Community Music School
at 23 Wall St., Concord, 228-1196,
www.ccmusicschool.org:
Frank
Wallace, classical guitar, Fri., Jan. 8,
at 7:30 p.m., $10-$12.
• THE MET LIVE IN HD, live and
recorded cinemacasts from the Metropolitan Opera (www.metoperafamily.
org, $15-$27.50) screen at the Capitol
Center for the Arts, 44 South Main St.,
Concord, ccanh.com, 225-1111; Music
Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth,
www.themusichall.org, 436-2400; and
Peterborough Players, at 55 Hadley
Road, Peterborough, www.peterboroughplayers.org, 924-7585. Der
Rosenkavalier Jan. 9, at 1 p.m. (Jan.
10 at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Center);
Carmen Jan. 16 at 1 p.m.; Simon Boccanegra Sat., Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. (Sun.,
Feb. 7, at 2 p.m., at the Capitol Center).
Londonderry,
NH
Salisbury,
MA
2 Young Road
4 Oceanfront North
COMEDY NIGHT
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
Friday January 8
8:00 p.m. • $25 • RS-Theater
DAVE & LOUIE of Los Lobos
Joe Wong, Steve Macone & Paul D’Angelo
Saturday, January 1
8:00 p.m. • $15 • RS-Tables
JAMES MONTGOMERY
BAND
Sunday,
January 17
Saturday,
January 9
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
$55/$60
RS-Theater
$20
RS-Tables
EDDIE MONEY
Friday,
January 22
8:00 p.m.
$65
RS-Theater
MARSHALL CRENSHAW
Friday,
January 29
LITTLE FEAT
Adam Ezra Group Opens
Sunday, January 10
7:00 p.m. • $45 • RS-Tables
DAVE MASON
Friday,
January 15
8:00 p.m.
$25
RS-Tables
8:00 p.m.
$40/$45
RS-Tables
BEATLEJUICE
Friday,
February 5
8:00 p.m.
$25
GA
JOE PISCOPO
“A Night of Sinatra”
Friday,
January 22
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8:00 p.m.
JOHNNY WINTER
Saturday,
February 6
the New England Quilt Museum, 18
Shattuck St., Lowell, Mass., www.
nequiltmuseum.org, 978-452-4207.
• MONOCHROME member show
through Jan. 1 at the Studio of Photographic Arts (SOPHA), 941 Elm
St., Manchester, www.thesopha.
com, 582-1492.
• NATIVES OF THE AMERICAS artifacts and folk art tentatively
through Jan. 11 at Mariposa Museum,
26 Main St., Peterborough, 924-4555,
www.mariposamuseum.org.
Features Eleanor Briggs’s photographs
from Bolivia followed by exhibits of
Huichol Art and Native Textiles.
• NEW HAMPSHIRE ART
ASSOCIATION: A Regional Presentation through Jan. 30 at the UNH
Center for Graduate & Professional
Studies at Manchester, 4th floor, 286
Commercial St., Manchester, unhm.
gradcenter@unh.edu, 641-4313.
• OPEN STUDIO NIGHTS third
Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. at Verdigris Artisans, 88 N. Main St., Suite 205, Concord, www.verdigrisartisans.com.
• PAULA SUPER paintings (www.
paulasuperart.com) through December at the Image Gallery at the Nashua Library, 2 Court St., 589-4600,
www.nashualibrary.org.
• STEPHEN PREVITE and Dick
Fischer paintings through Jan. 31
at New Hampshire Antique Co-op,
323 Elm St./Route 101A, Milford,
673-8499.
• STUDENT AND FACULTY exhibitions at Kimball-Jenkins School of
Art through Jan. 1 at the galleries
at 266 N. Main St., Concord, 2553932, www.kimballjenkins.com.
• TED ARNOLD paintings exhibit,
“Objects of Desire,” through Jan. 2
at McGowan Fine Art, 10 Hills Ave.,
Concord, 225-2515.
• TREASURES a holiday/winter
group show through Jan. 29 at Art 3
Gallery, 44 W. Brook St., Manchester, 668-6650.
• WINTER LIGHTS II with work
by Barbara Guilmet through Dec. 27
at Loading Dock Gallery, Western
Avenue Studios, 122 Western Ave.,
Lowell, Mass., www.theloadingdockgallery.com, 978-349-8069.
• ZIMMERMAN HOUSE tours
leaving from Currier Museum. Season ends Jan. 3. Call 669-6144, ext.
108 for schedule and tickets or visit
currier.org to see this Frank Lloyd
Wright-designed home.
$40
RS-Tables
EDDIE MONEY
8:00 p.m.
Saturday,
January 23
$50
RS-Theater
8:00 p.m.
$40
GA
ANI DIFRANCO
MARKY RAMONE’S
BLITZKRIEG
Friday, February 12
8:00 p.m. • $40/$45 • RS-Theater
Sunday,
January 31
7:00 p.m.
$40
GA
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Advice on your outdoors.
21 Kiddie pool
Family activities this weekend.
22 Treasure Hunt
Find buried treasure in your closet
23 Car Talk
Click and Clack give you car advice.
24 Tech
John Andrews gives you gadget advice.
Food
26 A year in food
A look back at the local food scene in
2009 plus some of the best cookbooks
from the year that was PLUS Food listings; Rich Tango-Lowy helps you shop
for ingredients; Weekly Dish; the experts
help you pick Wine with Dinner.
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From yoga to pilates, cooking to languages to activites for the kids, Hippo’s
weekly listing offers a rundown of all
area events and classes. Get your program listed by sending information to
listings@hippopress.com at least three
weeks before the event.
The holidays bring joy to many, but sadness
for others. Those of us who have lost loved ones
in recent times — or even in the distant past —
may reflect on the ghosts of Christmas past and
shed a tear or two. Short, dark days are depressing to many. This is a good time for all of us,
gardeners and non-gardeners, to reach out to
friends who have settled into a holiday funk.
So what can we do? Buy your friends — or
yourself — fresh flowers. But first pick up the
phone and call your friends. See how they are
doing. Plan to get together for lunch, tea or a walk.
Tell them that you love them. E-mail is great, but
I fear that too many of us (and I plead guilty) have
come to depend on e-mail as one of our primary
means of communication. I don’t text or Twitter,
but those forms of communication are just as bad.
It’s easy to hide behind the keyboard.
Next, go to your local independently owned
Children & Teens
Events
• CHRISTMAS VACATION ACTIVITIES at Rodgers Memorial Library, 194
Derry Road (Route 102), Hudson, Dec. 2831 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Community Room will be set up with tables and
board games for all ages, including Chutes
and Ladders, chess, scrabble, and much
more. Guests are welcome to bring their
own. Daily at 1 p.m., there will also be a
family movie in the Community Room.
Monday: Hotels for Dogs; Tuesday: Racing Stripes; Wednesday: Hoot; Thursday:
Cats and Dogs. Call 886-6030.
• SCHOOL VACATION ACTIVITIES at
Concord Public Library (45 Green St., Concord, www.ci.concord.nh.us/library) on Dec.
28-31, at 2:30 p.m. Join the library during
school vacation days for activities such as origami, board games, crafts, scavenger hunts,
and more. To find out more, call 230-3682 or
e-mail kgerber@onconcord.com.
• SCHOOL VACATION READING
EVENT at Barnes & Noble (1741 S. Willow
St., Manchester) on Dec. 28 through 31, at 10
a.m. for children grades 1 through 5. Encourage children to read when school is out. Call
florist and buy some fresh flowers. Supermarket
flowers may be cheaper, and some sell good-quality flowers, but a florist will never let you down.
Florists know how to buy good flowers and how
to keep them in top condition until they sell them.
That is not always true at the grocery store unless
they have a floral department with staff who are
well trained (Our food co-ops do fine, for example). Supermarkets tend to sell flowers in the fruit
and vegetable department, and fruits give off ethylene gas, a harmless gas that promotes ripening
— and deterioration of flowers.
I recently stopped by Sugarbush Florist in
Windsor, Vt., and bought flowers. My technique? I asked Robin Edgerton, the florist and
owner, to put together a bouquet for $10. Rather than specifying what I wanted, I put myself
at her mercy. She knows what she bought inexpensively, and uses those to fill out the bouquet
containing some higher-priced stems. Now,
about two weeks later, I still have part of that
bouquet gracing my table.
The trick to keeping cut flowers for a long
time is to keep the water fresh. Begin by cutting off an inch or so from the bottom of the
stems. Do this by filling a pan with clean water
and making the cut underwater. Flower stems
suck up air by capillary action, and air in the
stems can keep water from being taken up.
Edgerton recommends changing the water
every other day, and cutting off a quarter inch
of stem.
Flowers are generally sold with leaves on the
lower stems, but remove any leaves that might be
submersed in water in the vase. Do this because
submerged leaves quickly rot, encouraging bacteria to breed in the water. That can clog the
stems and inhibit the uptake of water, making
your flowers go limp more quickly. Allow upper
leaves to remain on the stems, as they will transpire, pulling water up from below.
The packets of white powder that you get when
you buy flowers are not magic. They do help to
minimize growth of bacteria and add a little sugar to nourish the flower. But if you change the
water regularly you can get away without any
668-0022 for more information.
• MUSIC WITH MISS KARINA on
Thurs., Dec. 31, at 10 a.m. for children ages
newborn through six and their caregivers at
Wilton Public Library, 7 Forest St. in Wilton. See www.wiltonlibrarynh.org.
• FAMILY NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION at Children’s Museum of New
Hampshire, 6 Washington St. in Dover,
742-2002, www.childrens-museum.org, on
Thu., Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There
will be several “countdowns to midnight”
during the day, complete with a glitter ball
that descends from the ceiling, noisemakers, confetti and cups of ginger ale to toast
the arrival of 2010. Guests can also make
their own party hats. Admission costs $8
for adults & children, $7 for adults age
65+, and free for children under age 1 and
museum members.
• NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
will be held on Thu. Dec. 31, at 11:30 a.m.
at Manchester City Library, 405 Pine St.,
Manchester. At the stroke of noon, ring
in the New Year with stories, crafts, and
confetti. Celebration for children ages 1
through 7. Call Karyn for more information at 624-6550 ext. 335.
magic powder. Clean out your vase well before
filling it with flowers and even add a few drops
of Clorox to the water to minimize bacteria.
Flowers like iris, tulips or delphiniums will not
keep long in a vase. Enjoy them for their brief but
dramatic beauty. If you want long-lived flowers,
buy lisianthus, bells of Ireland, spider mums (or
any kind of chrysanthemum), carnations, alstroemeria or sea lavender. Those can all look good
for more than two weeks if properly tended. Some
lilies hold very well, but I suggest cutting off the
yellow pollen-carrying anthers inside the blossoms. If the pollen lands on your tablecloth, you
will have a stain that is hard to remove.
Cut flowers don’t like heat or intense light.
Don’t put a vase of flowers on top of the TV,
Edgerton told me, because that’s like putting
them on a heat vent. Keep them away from the
woodstove and radiators. Flowers do appreciate
some bright indirect light, but putting them on a
windowsill will reduce their lifespan.
When assembling your flower arrangement,
keep in mind that an arrangement should be in
proportion to the flower size. An arrangement
looks best if the vase is one third of the total
height of flowers and vase. Thus, a stem that
is 18 inches tall needs a six-inch vase, with 12
inches of flower showing above the vase. An
eight-inch vase would also look good, but shorter than six inches would be tippy and a 12-inch
vase would dominate the arrangement.
One last suggestion: pots of orchids are
expensive, but great value. A potted phalaenopsis orchid (one of the easier ones to maintain)
might set you back $35 to $50, but they bloom
for months. I was given one in August, and it is
still blooming — and has buds that will produce
later this winter. It does well out of direct light
and needs watering only every few weeks.
So spread good cheer. Get some cut flowers
and give them to a friend — or treat yourself.
’Tis still the season, after all.
Henry Homeyer is the author of three gardening
books. His Web site is www.Gardening-Guy.com.
He may reached at P.O. Box 364, Cornish Flat, NH
03746 or henry.homeyer@comcast.net
• EVERYDAY ELECTRICITY for kids
ages 10 to 13, presented by the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St., Nashua, on Thu.,
Jan. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to make a
battery out of stuff around the house and a
clock powered by fruit. Call 589-4612 or
visit www.tinyurl.com/nplteen.
Continuing
Education
Open houses/sign-ups/job fairs
• GRADUATE STUDIES INFO sessions
offered by UNH Center for Graduate &
Professional Studies, 286 Commercial St.,
Manchester, on the first Tuesday of each
month starting Jan. 5, at 6 p.m. Sessions
provide an overview of graduate study
opportunities available in Manchester’s
Millyard. Call 641-4313 or e-mail unhm.
gradcenter@unh.edu to register.
• MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMIN INFO
SESSION on Tue., Jan. 12, at 6 p.m., at
UNH Center for Graduate & Professional
Studies, 286 Commercial St., Manchester,
www.unhmgrad.unh.edu. Session will provide an overview of the range of electives
and specializations offered to prepare students for the next steps in their professional
careers. Free and open to the public. Registration required. Call 641-4313 or e-mail
unhm.gradcenter@unh.edu.
Adult education
• ADULT EDUCATION classes offered
by Nashua School District at Chuck Druding Drive, Nashua, 589-6416. Nashua Adult
and Community Education offers courses
for adults 18 and older to earn credit toward
a high school diploma, drivers education
program and an enrichment program, which
offers classes in arts and crafts, cooking, language, engine repair, college planning, computers and more. Courses run at night and
cost $150 for Nashua residents. See nashua.
edu for class schedules.
• ADULT EDUCATION TUTOR
TRAINING programs offered at Pollard
Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St.,
Lowell, Mass., 978-970-4120. Become
a volunteer tutor and receive certification
for literacy by attending this 18-hour free
training. Teach native or near-native English speakers to improve reading and writing skills. Six sessions must be attended.
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Family events for this weekend
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certified therapy dog. Readers
can arrive any time between
10:30 and 11:30 am to read
to the dog of their choice for
approximately 20 minutes.
Readers will need to pre-register for each month’s session.
Pick up a brochure at the
library, or call Michelle Sampson at 673-2408.
• Open for the season, the
Merrimack Ice Skating Rink
(O’Gara Drive, Merrimack,
423-8551/882-1046), has public skating on Saturday, Jan.
2, and Sunday, Jan. 3, 4 to 10
p.m. As weather permits, families can enjoy an evening of
brisk, exhilarating exercise on
the ice. Call ahead to confirm
good ice conditions.
• Families may want to consider a ski outing as a way to
spend their weekend. Check
out the Kids Fun Race, King
Pine Ski Area, 1251 Eaton
Road, Madison, 367-8896,
www.kingpine.com, on Sat.,
Jan. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Races are free to all with a lift
ticket. Race course is at the
bottom of the open slope. Lift
ticket prices are $44 for adults,
$34 for beginner adults, $30
for juniors (6-12) and seniors
(65-69), and $22 for beginner juniors/seniors. Seniors
ages 70+ ski for $10. Children
under 5 are free. Call or check
the Web site.
• More skiing fun can be had
at Loon Mountain, 60 Loon
Mountain Road, Lincoln,
745-8111 or 800-229-LOON.
As part of the park’s planned
Christmas vacation activities,
the “Fun! Day in the Park”
event is taking place on Sunday, Jan. 3. Skiers can check
out the newest park feature,
talk to the staff that built it, and
give opinions on what should
be built next, and where. Lift
ticket rates are $73 per adult
(19-64), $63 per teen (13-18),
$53 per junior (6-12), children
under 6, and seniors ages 80+
are free. Cost for novices of
all ages is $39.
• Stop by and view a
planetarium show at Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
(McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, 2 Institute Drive,
Concord, 271-7827). Shows
run hourly. This weekend,
Jan. 2-3, the following shows
will be presented: Our Place
in Space (for ages 4-8), at
11 a.m., Two Small Pieces
of Glass (for ages 6+) at 12
p.m., IBEX: Search for the
Edge of the Solar System (for
ages 8+), at 1 p.m., Tonight’s
Sky (for ages 6+), at 2 p.m.,
Ice Worlds (for ages 8+), at
3 p.m., and Black Holes (for
ages 8+), at 4 p.m. Cost for
general admission is $9 per
adult, $6 for children ages 312, $8 for students/seniors
62+, and $6 for groups of 15
or more. Senior discounts
available on Sundays ($8 for
two seniors). Planetarium
shows are $3 additional per
person per show, free for Plus
Level members, and children
ages 2 and under. Call or visit
www.starhop.com.
• For hockey fans of all
ages, don’t miss the Manchester Monarchs as they battle
the Portland Pirates at the Verizon Wireless Arena, 555 Elm
St., Manchester, www.verizonwirelessarena.com, on Sat.,
Jan 2, at 7 p.m. See www.monarchshockey.com.
• Families with older kids
may enjoy the Recycled Percussion performance at the
Palace Theatre (80 Hanover
St., Manchester, www.palacetheatre.org) on Saturday, Jan.
2, at 8 p.m. New Hampshire
drumming group “Recycled
Percussion” returns to the Palace Theater for a turbo-charged
musical experience. Tickets
cost $26 per person. Call 6685588 or visit the Web site.
Here’s what you can accomplish in one day:
• submit an application
• meet with an admissions counselor
• assess math and English skills
• be admitted into a program
• register for classes
• establish a payment plan
Bring your high school diploma, GED certificate,
and an official transcript if you have attended college
elsewhere.
For more information about Express Admissions, call
(603) 882-06923 ext 1461 or e-mail nashua@ccsnh.edu.
Nashua
Community
College
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• A day of ballet and reading fun for budding dancers
and story lovers will be held
on Sunday, Jan. 3, at 12 p.m.,
1 p.m., and 2 p.m., at Barnes
& Noble, 1741 South Willow
St., Manchester, 668-5557.
The New Hampshire School
of Ballet, under the leadership
of Jennifer Beauvais-Rienert,
brings its ballerinas to perform
and read. Ballerinas from the
dance school will offer a full
range of activities, including
mini-dance lessons and demonstrations. As an added treat,
one dancer will read the new
book Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig, and the author, David
Ira Rottenberg, will be on
hand to answer questions and
sign copies. Gwendolyn, the
Graceful Pig tells the tale of
two friends, Gwendolyn and
Omar, who have big dreams.
Gwendolyn longs to dance
ballet, and Omar wants to
join the football team. There
is just one problem: they’re
both pigs! Barnes & Noble
will be contributing a percentage of every sale to the New
Hampshire School of Ballet.
Vouchers are available at the
school’s Web site at www.
nhschoolofballet.com. Call
668-5330.
• A free children’s story
time and puppet show is a
weekend option for families
at the Nashua Public Library,
2 Court St., Nashua, www.
tinyurl.com/nplkid, on Sunday, Jan. 3, at 2 p.m. The event
is open to the public. No registration required.
• Perhaps the family story
time offered by the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine
St., Manchester, might interest families who wish to take
a break from the vacation festivities for an hour or two.
Children of all ages are welcome to drop in on Saturday,
Jan. 2, at 10:30 a.m. to listen
to a family-friendly story and
browse the large children’s section of the library. Registration
is not required. Call 624-6550.
• For Milford residents,
the PAWS to Read program
is a way to encourage children who love animals to read
aloud. Offered at Wadleigh
Memorial Library, 49 Nashua
St., Milford, on Saturday, Jan.
2, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. in
the Children’s Room. Children
of any age who are able to read
are invited to sign up to practice their reading skills with a
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An antiques expert helps you
search for buried treasure
Dear Donna,
My wife and I recently inherited her aunt’s
estate. My wife is currently out of work and
we were trying to figure out how to disperse
of the contents of the home. There are several
pieces that we would consider antiques but …
have no idea of what they are. We were wondering your opinion [of] online selling such
as eBay. With her being unemployed it would
be a way to generate income. Thanks.
— Doug in Salem
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Orientation on Tue., Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m.
Regular ABE training sessions will
be held on Tuesdays, Feb. 16, 23, and
Mar. 2, and Thursdays, Feb. 18, 25,
and Mar. 4, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A
snow date is scheduled for Tue., Mar.
9, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration
is required, and begins on Wed., Feb.
10. Call Julie Iatron, Program Director, at 978-970-4118 to register.
• CLASSES FOR LIFE Concord High
School’s continuing education program
has announced its updated class schedule. All classes held at Concord High
School, 170 Warren St., Concord. Visit
www.classesforlife.com for class listings or call 225-0804.
• FREE COLLEGE AND HIGH
SCHOOL COURSES on CD at
Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St.,
Nashua, 589-4603. Nashua Public
Library cardholders can now borrow any of 33 full-length college and
high-school courses on CD and DVD
covering a wide range of subjects
from religion to astronomy to poetry.
• FREE GED PREP CLASSES
offered by Adult Learner Services of
Greater Derry, at the Marion Gerrish
Community Center, 39 West Broadway, Derry. Registration is Mon., Jan.
11, at 9:30 a.m. $20 cash book deposit
is required at registration. Classes will
meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9
a.m. to noon, for 12 weeks, beginning
Mon., Jan. 25. Call 432-1907 or email rcatp@yahoo.com.
• INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM at Nashua Library, 2 Court St.,
Nashua, on Tue., Jan. 5, 2-4 p.m. Robingale Masters, author of Intentional
Journey Guide, will present fundamental principles on empowering oneself toward personal and professional
goals. Program provided by Granite
State Independent Living (GSIL) for
the cross-disability Nashua Community
Hello, Doug.
I have to say that I am not a fan of online
selling. Without sounding negative, let me
explain. I think it is great to be able to sell to
a worldwide market if the item you have is
known clearly to that market and you yourself know what it is. For example, if you have
a figurine marked with the name and maker
number — like a fishing boy Hummel figurine with full bee mark 5 ½” — then even
online is clear to everyone what you have.
Now let’s say you have a piece of crystal
glassware marked Waterford. Almost everyone knows that name. But now do you know
the pattern (style of the glass)? In order to
know the value of the glass you would have
to know the pattern to determine the age and
desirability of it. One pattern might bring $10
per stem while another brings $25 per stem.
Advocates Peer Support Group. Free
community service. Visit www.gsil.org.
• LEARNING INSTITUTE OF
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
LINEC is a program to educate, entertain and enhance life, offering noncredit, peer-led, peer-taught courses
at a nominal fee to members and is
open to both retired and younger
adults who enjoy learning for its own
pleasure. Visit www.nec.edu, click on
“Academics” and follow the LINEC
links or call 746-6212.
• NASHUA ADULT LEARNING
CENTER (4 Lake St., Nashua, 8829080, adultlearningcenter.org) offers
classes in basic adult education, GED
preparation, ESOL classes, adult learner
services, computer and job training, and
community education. Check online or
call for a complete schedule.
• NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY (2
Court St., Nashua, 589-4603, nashua.
lib.nh.us) offers free college and high
school courses on CD. Library cardholders can borrow any of 33 courses
on a wide range of subjects.
• NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT
(10 Chuck Druding Dr., Nashua, 5896416, www.nashua.edu/district) offers
a diploma program, drivers’ education
classes and an enrichment program
which includes classes in technology,
science, math, foreign languages, arts
and crafts, cooking, health and wellness and applied technology. Check
online for a full list of classes.
• OLLI COURSES The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute provides classes, lectures and field trips for adults
ages 50 and over through Granite
State College, 513-1377, www.granite.edu. Membership costs $35; costs
vary for individual classes. Some
classes are multi-week and some are
one-day only. Classes are on arts, literature, history, personal finance and
more. See Web site for the schedule.
• VOLUNTEER TUTOR ORIENTATION for Adult Learner Services
of Greater Derry, on Thu., Jan. 6,
from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Derry
Public Library, 64 East Broadway,
Derry. Call Kathy at 432-1907 or email rcatp@yahoo.com.
• WADLEIGH
MEMORIAL
LIBRARY 49 Nashua St. in Milford,
673-2408, www.wadleighlibrary.org,
offers one-day workshops for adults
including in computer skills and
organization.
CrAFts
• DOLL PAINTING WORKSHOP
at the New England Language Center
International Art Gallery, 16 Hillside
Drive, Rochester, on Sat., Jan. 9 at 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Learn the art of Russian
wooden nested doll/Matryoshka painting at the workshop. Taught by Russian
artist and lecturer Marina Forbes. Open
to adults and families with children
ages 7 and up. Call 332-2255 or e-mail
marina@anylanguage.org.
• DRAWING AND PAINTING
instruction. Studio located in downtown Nashua at 174 Main St. Day
and evening classes, all skill levels.
Call 889-9270.
• IKEBANA JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT Ongoing
weekly classes held on Wed., Thurs.,
Fri. & Sat. Evening classes on Thurs.
& Fri. for working people. 595-8877,
www.ikebanaflower.com.
• MAKE HERBAL OILS AND
SALVES at Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way in Auburn, www.
nhaudubon.org, 668-2045, Sat., Jan.
30, at 10 a.m. to noon. Clinical herbalist Maria Noel Groves shows guests
an easy, effective, yet unusual method
for making herbal oils from dried plant
materials. Then, learn how to turn the oil
You can do some research online comparing styles (pictures) to yours, but if there is
none of the same item online to compare to,
you are on your own. This is why I am a cautious on putting certain items online. I think as
in everything we sell we want to get the most
money we can and by doing it online without
knowledge we can surely miss the boat.
My suggestion to you, Doug, is to have
someone come in and do an overview of
the contents — help you decide what is an
antique, what is collectible and what is considered household stuff. You might have to
have an appraisal and that would cost you, but
it would also gain you some needed information on the items you have.
Shop around for a price on an appraisal and
talk to whoever and let them know your situation. You could even explain what your plans
into a salve. Pre-registration by phone
required. Cost is $15 for members, $25
for non-members. An additional $5 will
be charged for materials.
• LADIES NIGHT at You’re Fired
Studio (133 Loudon Road, Concord;
25 South River Road, Bedford and
264 North Broadway, Salem, www.
yourefirednh.com) on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 5 to 9 p.m. One half
off studio fee for ladies. Adults only.
Call 641-FIRE (Bedford), 226-FIRE
(Concord) or 894-KILN (Salem).
• SOAP MAKING at Massabesic
Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way in
Auburn, www.nhaudubon.org, 6682045, Sat., Jan. 16, 1-3 p.m. Demonstration of soap making using all natural ingredients including vegetable
oils, lye, essential oils, pigments, and
dried herbs. Pre-registration by phone
required. Cost is $8 for members, $12
for non-members. An additional $4
will be charged for materials.
• POTTERY CLASSES Learn to
make pottery on the potters’ wheel or
learn hand-building techniques at Warm
Stone Studio (99 Factory St., Nashua,
warmstonestudio.com, 595-9500).
• WEAVING Floor and Table Loom at
the Yarn and Fiber Company (11 Manchester Road, Derry, www.yarnandfiber.com) on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. Six weekly two-hour sessions cost
$120. Looms are available for class use
and to use at home. Call 505-4432.
HEALtH
& WELLnEss
• MEDITATION/RELAXATION
FOR CANCER CARE at Concord
Hospital Payson Center on the first
Tuesday of the month, Dec., through
Feb., 10 to 11 a.m. Patients and their
family members are welcome to participate in the full program or just stop by
to sample a variety of relaxation tech-
are and maybe they could just say it’s worth
doing online or give you further advice. You
really need to get as much information as
you can on the stuff to get the most financial
return for it.
Donna Welch has spent more than 20 years in
the antiques and collectibles field and owns From
Out Of The Woods Antique Center in Goffstown
(www.fromoutofthewoodsantiques.com). She is
an antiques appraiser, an instructor, a licensed
auctioneer and a member of the N.H. Antiques
Dealers Association. To find out about your
antique or collectible, send a clear photo of the
object and information about it to Donna Welch,
From Out Of The Woods Antique Center, 465 Mast
Road, Goffstown, N.H., 03045. Or e-mail her at
footwdw@aol.com. Or drop by the shop (call first,
624-8668).
Full moon snowshoeing and
hiking
Take time to enjoy the beauty of the
night with Beaver Brook staff at Beaver
Brook Maple Hill Farm (117 Ridge Road,
Hollis, www.beaverbrook.org), on select
evenings in January and February. Winter
evenings are a unique time to get outside and explore the woods and sky. Join
Beaver Brook staff on the near full moon nights of January
and February at 7-9 p.m. for a unique guided walk on Beaver Brook’s trails. First hike will be on Sat., Jan. 30, weather
permitting. Cost is $10 per adult, $7 per child, and includes
snowshoes. Warm cocoa and cookies will be served back in
the warmth of Maple Hill Farm after the nighttime adventure. Call 603-465-7787 to register.
niques to help manage stress during and
after a diagnosis of cancer. To register or
for more information call 230-6031 or
visit www.concordhospital.org.
• STRESS RELIEF with chiropractor
Jilian Stogniew on Tues., Jan. 5, from 7
to 7:30 p.m., at the Celery Stick Café,
Concord Cooperative Market, 24 S.
Main St., in Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop, 225-6840. Free; spaces limited. Call or e-mail classes@concordfoodcoop.coop to sign up.
• HERBAL ALLIES FOR
WEIGHT LOSS on Thurs., Jan.
7, 6-7 p.m. at the Celery Stick Cafe
Main St. in Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop, 225-6840. Free; spaces
limited. Call or e-mail classes@concordfoodcoop.coop to sign up.
• 12-WEEK WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM at Concord Cooperative Market, 24 S. Main St. in Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop, 225-6840. Call or
e-mail classes@concordfoodcoop.coop
to sign up. Cost is $30 ($25 for coop
members) and includes The EatingWell
Diet Book. Meets Mondays, Jan. 11
through March 29, 6-7:30 p.m.
• PARENTING TALK by Judith Orme
at Milford Middle School on Wed., Jan
13, 6:30-8:00 p.m.. Topic is” Successful
Kids: Parenting with Connection and
Problem Solving. Admission is free.
Weather cancellation date for the Talk is
Thurs., Jan. 14. For questions call Libby
Wehrle-Anderson at mmsenrich@charter.net or 672-9876.
• STRETCHING FOR BACK
PAIN on Thurs., Jan. 28, 6-7 p.m.
Main St. in Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop, 225-6840. Free; spaces
limited. Call or e-mail classes@concordfoodcoop.coop to sign up.
• FOURFOLD HEALTH TO HEALING CONFERENCE on Fri., Jan. 29,
to Sun., Jan. 31, Crowne Plaza Nashua,
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Do hubcaps serve a purpose?
2 Somerset Pkwy., Nashua, www.fourfoldhealing.com/conference. Call (304)
724-3006 to register. Sign up by Jan. 8,
for reduced rates.
• HAVING A HEALTHY HEART
with Dr. Sam Sanzone on Tues.,
Feb. 2, 6:45-7:30 p.m. at Concord
Cooperative Market, 24 S. Main St.
in Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop,
225-6840. Free; spaces limited. Call
or e-mail classes@concordfoodcoop.
coop to sign up.
• WELL AWARE MindfulnessBased Stress Reduction 8-week Seminar, Concord Hosp. Ctr. For Health
Promotion, Saturdays 9 to 11:30 a.m.,
begins Jan. 23, required orientation
January 11, 5 p.m. or Jan. 16, 9 a.m.
Language
• CHINESE language programs from
the Derry Chinese School, including
preschool, elementary, intermediate,
teen and adult programs, in Derry. All
classes are Saturday mornings at the
Marion Gerrish Community Center
(39 W. Broadway, Derry). Call 888928-8470 and visit www.derrychineseschool.org. Spring classes begin in
February.
• CHINESE CLASSES in several
locations in New Hampshire, including Exeter, Meredith, Nashua and
Concord. Classes include some for
beginners and younger students. For
details and registration contact Ying
Xia Peterson at 224-0164 or yxpeterson@comcast.net.
• CHINESE MANDARIN classes
at New Hampshire Chinese School
(in Concord at West Congregational
Church, 499 North State St.; in
Nashua at Girls Incorporated of NH,
27 Burke St.; in Manchester, Belknap
Hall at Southern New Hampshire
University, 2500 N. River Road) on
weeknights and Saturdays. Levels
range from preschool to adult, begin-
ner to advanced. Classes run yearround. Visit www.nhChineseSchool.
org or call 888-262-1993.
• ESPERANTO international language courses at the American-Canadian Genealogical Society, 4 Elm St.
in Manchester. Register by e-mail to
Jack Stanton at cw3jack_stan@mindspring.com.
• FRENCH Franco American Centre
(52 Concord St., Manchester, 6694045, facnh.com) offers classes for
beginner through advanced speakers.
They also offer classes for children.
• FRENCH Club Richelieu of Nashua for French-speaker in Greater
Nashua holds dinner meetings at 6
p.m. on second Wednesdays at the
Radisson, 11 Tara Blvd. in Nashua.
Call 889-7112.
• GERMAN Stammtisch, a dinner
and conversation group for all German speakers, meets every Wednesday at 9 p.m. at a local restaurant.
This is a program which reaches out
to the German speaking and German
learning community. If your German
is rusty, here is an opportunity to exercise it. If you are fluent you can help
a beginner. If you are taking German
in High School this will increase your
momentum. E-mail wikki@netzero.
net about joining.
• GERMAN NHGA German School
offers adult classes for beginners with
no knowledge of German, those with
limited abilities, and those at advanced
levels. Classes are conducted using
German textbooks, in an informal,
speech-intensive manner, emphasizing German conversation, traditions
and culture. Visit nhgerman.org.
• GREEK Free modern Greek language lessons for adults, intermediate
level. Call 497-4581.
• HEBREW at Congregation Betenu
(5 Northern Blvd, Amherst, 886-1633,
www.betenu.org). Hebrew language
instruction, Torah and Jewish studies
for adults on Monday evenings. Call
886-1633 or email betenu@nii.net.
• HEBREW SCHOOL at Etz Hayim
Synagogue in Derry. Hebrew night
school on Tuesday evenings. Visit
etzhayim.org
• IRISH Conradh na Gaeilge of New
England, a nonprofit Irish language
organization, offers Irish language
classes in Manchester. Call 627-6651
or visit www.gaeilge.org.
• ITALIAN conversation group at
the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court
St. Meeting days and times will be
up to the members. Contact Carol at
carol.eyman@nashualibrary.org or
589-4610.
• ITALIAN Parliamo Italiano, Italian-speaking group, meets Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 2 to 4 p.m. at Bedford
Library (3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford). Call 471-0308.
• LITHUANIAN conversation at
Nashua Public Library. The conversations will continue on the first and
third Saturdays of the month until late
spring, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in
the Music/Art/Media Wing.
• MODERN GREEK classes for
adults meet Mondays, 6:30 to 8:30
p.m., at St. George Greek Orthodox
Cathedral (650 Hanover St., Manchester). Reinforce and review your
conversation & writing skills. Free.
Call 497-4581.
• MULTIPLE LANGUAGES Concord Community Education (170
Warren St., 225-0804, classesforlife.
com) regularly offers courses in other
languages. See the Web site.
• MULTIPLE LANGUAGES “I Can
Speak” language learning software is
available at the Nashua Public Library
(2 Court St., Nashua, 589-4610, nashualibrary.org) for Spanish, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese,
Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian, and
states: So your car doesn’t start down the road
to heapdom.
RAY: As your father clearly understands, the
appearance of neglect leads to real neglect. Once
you look at your car and say, “Aw, my car’s
becoming a heap,” you then allow it to become a
heap. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
TOM: It’s true. Once you decide your car has
begun its downward ride toward the crusher, you
stop caring about it. You stop changing the oil so
often. You stop worrying about noises that crop
up. You stop washing it. And before you know it,
you have mushrooms growing in the back seat,
like I do!
RAY: So it’s a slippery slope, Chris. Be careful. This is exactly how the Roman Empire fell.
One hubcap fell off Titus’ chariot around 150
AD, and it was all downhill from there.
Dear Tom and Ray:
Can you explain why equivalent cars sold in
Europe get much better fuel economy, compared
with those sold in the U.S.? As an example, I was
looking — I suppose out of boredom — at the
Honda U.K. Web site. It shows the mileage for the
Honda Jazz (which is called the Honda Fit here)
at around 50 mpg, just as is, off the showroom
floor. It’s not a hybrid version, just the regular car! The equivalent base model in the U.S.
comes in somewhere in the 30s for mpg. What’s
up? And yes, I know that an Imperial gallon is
slightly bigger than a U.S. gallon. But the 10 per-
cent difference in volume alone cannot explain
the discrepancy in mileage. — Lawrence
TOM: Boy, you WERE bored, Lawrence!
RAY: There are several factors at work here.
The first is, as you mention, the Imperial gallon.
The British use a gallon that is 20 percent larger than a U.S. gallon, not 10 percent larger. So
right there, you increase the mileage rating by 20
percent.
TOM: The second factor is engine size. The
base model Fit in the U.S. comes with a 1.5-liter
engine. Because Europeans prize fuel economy
over power, the base model Fit/Jazz in Europe
comes with a 1.2-liter engine. That’s true of a lot
of cars sold in Europe. They often have smaller
engine options not offered here.
RAY: And the third factor is the testing. The
EPA mileage tests here in the United States are
more realistic. They were changed a few years
ago to factor in things that real drivers do -- like
accelerate and turn on their air conditioners.
European mileage tests are still less reflective of
real-world driving.
TOM: Add it all up, and the same car can get
a combined rating of 53 miles per gallon across
the pond, and 31 over here.
RAY: Hey, if we send my brother over there,
would his IQ rating be higher?
Get more Click and Clack in their new book,
Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk. Got
a question about cars? E-mail Click and Clack by
visiting the Car Talk Web site at www.cartalk.com.
Portuguese. The software consists of
20 to 40 hours of intro material using
listening, speaking, reading and writing exercises.
Local vocalist star search
• TOUR OF RUSSIA with local RusChadbourn’s Restaurant (261 First NH
sian artist and lecturer Marina Forbes.
Turnpike, Route 4, Northwood, 942-5992)
See St. Petersburg and Moscow in
is looking for local talent to compete for a
June 2010. Call 332-2255 or e-mail
one-week stay in sunny Florida. Singing
marina@anylanguage.org.
• SPANISH conversation group at
competitions for vocalists, ages 16 and oldNashua Library (2 Court St., Nashua)
er will be held on the first Saturday night
meets Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. Each
of each month on January 2, February 6,
meeting will have a theme, giving
and March 6 at Chadbourn’s. The winner
people with intermediate skills an
of
each
monthly
competition
will then compete to be the final
opportunity to practice the language.
winner, and will be awarded a one-week stay for 2 adults at a
Call Carol at 589-4610.
• SPANISH Free Spanish lessons for
vacation village resort in either Weston or Orlando, Florida. Air
adults, intermediate level. Call 497travel and food will not be provided. Eligible vocalists should
4581.
call, or visit the restaurant to ask for an application form.
• SPANISH CLASSES for children
to adults. Call 978-239.7477 or visit St., Manchester.
all five weeks, registration and paymorethanspanish.net for schedule.
• SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ment due by Jan. 8. Contact Gary
BREAKFAST SERIES at Orr & Pitts at 889-6155 or garypitts@conMarketing
Reno, located across from the State versent.net.
& Business
House in Concord at One Eagle • CONCORD SENIOR CITIZEN
Workshops
Square, with the Greater Concord PROGRAMS (www.onconcord.
• SMALL BUSINESS WORK- Chamber of Commerce, covering com/recreation) are offered by the
SHOP at Bedford Library, 3 Meet- topics relevant to small business City of Concord’s recreation departinghouse Rd., Bedford, on Tues., owners and business and non-profit ment, usually at the International
Jan. 12, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Also managers. Workshops are free and Brotherhood of Electrical Workoffered in Derry, Jan. 21, from 5:15 well be held from 8 to 9 a.m. Bagels ers at 48 Airport Rd., in Concord.
to 8:15 p.m., at Derry Library, 64 E. and coffee will be provided. Register The center will be open Monday,
Broadway, Derry. Workshop offers with the Greater Concord Chamber Wednesday and Friday from 10
practical advice on starting, buying, of Commerce by calling 224-3508 a.m. to 1 p.m. and offer a variety
or franchising a new business. Dona- or at www.concordnhchamber.com. of activities including cards, crafts,
tion of $25 will be accepted at the Workshops scheduled include “Zon- bingo, dancing and more. The Sundoor or online. Hosted by SCORE ing & Planning: Concord NH Style” set Club (for members 55 and older)
(Councilors to America’s Small Busi- on Tues., March 16; “Basic Estate meets twice a month for meals and
ness, Southern N.H. Chapter 199). Planning” on Tues., April 20; and speakers and occasionally day trips.
Visit www.score-manchester.org or “The Basics of Business Succession • LINEC The Learning Institute on
call 666-7561 to register.
Planning” on Tues., May 18.
the Campus of New England Col• TAX SAVING TIPS FOR SMALL
lege in Henniker offers classes, nonBUSINESSES Jan. 21, from 12 to 1
Over 50
credit, peer-led, at a nominal fee and
p.m. Workshop is free and open to the • BALLROOM DANCE CLASS open to both retired and younger
public, Register by e-mail jesse@abi- at the Senior Activity Center, 70 adults.See www.nec.edu, click on
nh.com or call 629-9511. Events will Temple St., in Nashua, for five “Academics” and follow the LINEC
be held in the abi Conference Room weeks on Thursdays, 6 -7 p.m., links or call 746-6212 for memberwhich is located at 33 S. Commercial starting Jan. 14. The cost is $45 for ship information.
Dear Tom and Ray:
I am having a philosophical debate with my
father that I hope you can offer some closure on.
About two years ago, my 2007 Toyota Matrix
lost a hubcap during a 220-mile drive. Immediately, my father told me to go to the dealership
to get the hubcap replaced. The next day, I went
to the dealership, paid 70-odd bucks and off I
went. Within a week, another hubcap fell off. And
again, my father was quick to say it NEEDED
to be replaced. I made the argument that it was
too expensive, and that I didn’t mind the look of
a missing hubcap. I held my ground for a while,
but he conspired against me and got a new one
for me during an oil change. My father’s argument is that it makes the car look ugly, cheap,
poorly cared for and run down (which, consequently, sounds like one of Tom’s cars!). I think
it’s too expensive, and view hubcaps as lacking a
functional purpose that would warrant immediate replacement. We could then get into further
discussion about cheapskate-ism, but for now I’d
just like to know if there is a real need to replace
a hubcap quickly, and is there a functional (not
aesthetic) purpose of a hubcap? — Chris
TOM: Not really, Chris. Hubcaps have only
two minor “functional” uses, aside from keeping
Harry the Hubcap King in business.
RAY: If, for example, someone rotated your
tires and forgot to tighten the wheel nuts, the
wheel nuts might then work their way off. That
would result in the wheel falling off the car, and
you needing much more than a new hubcap.
TOM: Right. But if you had a hubcap on that
particular wheel and it was metal rather than plastic, as the wheel nuts fell off, they would fall INTO
the hubcap, and you’d probably hear them clanging around in there. You might then wonder what
that racket was, investigate and find out that your
wheel was about to fall off BEFORE it fell off.
RAY: Granted, that’s an unlikely scenario, but
we’re trying to give your old man something to
hang on to here.
TOM: The other function hubcaps can serve
is to protect the wheel nuts and wheel bolts from
getting rusty and corroded, which can make the
nuts hard to remove someday when you have a
flat tire and semis are speeding by your rear end
at 80 mph.
RAY: But again, if you have your tires rotated
or your brakes inspected every 10,000 or 15,000
miles, your mechanic will be loosening and
removing those wheel nuts anyway, and they’ll
never have a chance to rust shut on you.
TOM: So, the real reason for replacing missing hubcaps is exactly the reason your father
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What a dull year.
Oh, sure, we got another
iteration of the iPhone; we
got yet another Windows;
and yeah, social media site Twitter became
our main information source on a major
international news story, the election and
subsequent unrest in Iran. But really, where
was the innovation? The astounding new
products? The drastic price reductions? Maybe I’m just jaded, or maybe I didn’t notice
because I took four months off, but nothing
really blew my socks off this year.
Last January, you read predictions for
2009 in this very space. Below, how things
turned out.
• Less plastic packaging you can’t open:
Led by Amazon.com, a consortium of manufacturers started the Frustration-Free
Packaging initiative. They started with 19
products and have expanded to more than
350 items in a number of categories, from
toys and electronics to coffee, tea and personal care. They even started their own
line of cables and recording media called
AmazonBasics.
The catch? In some cases there’s a choice
between regular plastic clamshell packaging
and cardboard Frustration-Free Packaging,
and the choice isn’t free. $5 extra for fancy
$80 webcam? Worth it. A $17 memory card
increasing to $24? Totally not. Still, it’s progress, and no one expected all hard plastic to
be gone from store shelves in only a year.
• Still no 802.11n: I thought this prediction
was a gimme, as I was working directly from
a schedule put out by the standards body, the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Who knew they would beat their
estimate by five months and approve the final
standard in September? Faster wireless net-
working, with the full backing of the IEEE, is
now yours, and most of those draft-N products already on the market work just fine with
it. Me = fail.
• Sub-$100 Blu-ray player: They’re
not easy to find now, but brand new Bluray players were available at Best Buy on
Black Friday for $99.99. As of this writing,
an LG player at Newegg.com is $99.99 with
free shipping, and there’s a Magnavox at
Wal-Mart for $98. Refurbished ones are routinely at that price point. Notch one up for
Techstrodamus.
• 3D screens without glasses: Please recall
that I didn’t say these would be cheap. Philips now offers a 42-inch, 1080p HD display
using autostereoscopic technology, and a
couple totally not shady dealers offer it starting around $8,000. It uses the 2D-plus-Depth
format, which places a grayscale depth map
alongside the image, along with Declipse,
which adds a second layer of real image and
grayscale image behind the first one to give
you a slightly different picture when you
move your head around.
Now we just need everyone to unify
behind this exact format and produce content
for it rather than developing competing formats. And that’s never, ever a problem in this
industry.
• Laptops with secondary touchscreens:
Okay, this one was totally a gimme, since
Fujitsu was already shipping a laptop with a
4” touchscreen configured as a control panel. Only, they’re not really selling it anymore.
You can still get it, the LifeBook N7010, at
Provantage.com, but don’t look for it at Fujitsu’s site. At $1,400 for average specs other
than the extra touchscreen, it just doesn’t
make sense from a value standpoint, so the
idea didn’t catch on with anyone else either.
Especially when the economy stinks and a
$300 netbook is more fun.
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Weekly Dish new eats and more beer
Notes from the local food scene
By Amy Diaz
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• Make those dinner plans now: The
Quill, the hospitality school’s restaurant at
Southern New Hampshire University, 2500
N. River Road in Manchester, www.snhu.
edu/restaurant, will state its spring semester
series of lunches (Tuesday and Friday) and
dinners (Thursday) the week of Jan. 25. The
lunches for the spring semester will be American regional cuisine — the lunch series will
start off with New England. Most of the dinners will have an international theme — the
dinner on Thursday, Jan. 28, will be northern European. Call 629-4608 or e-mail
finedine@snhu.edu for reservations. Guests
can bring their own wine to the dinners. See
menus online.
• Traditional-style eats: St. Peter’s Parish,
135 N. State St. in Concord, 225-2131, will
hold a roast pork supper on Saturday, Jan.
16, at 5:30 p.m. in the parish center. Tickets cost $8 for adults, $5 for youth; children
5 and under get in free. The cost for a family
of four or more is $25.
• Wine tastings: A Nashua state liquor
store has a wine tasting scheduled for the
coming week. On Friday, Jan. 8, Pine State
will host a wine tasting of Root 1 wines at the
Nashua store #69, 27 Coliseum Ave., from
4:30 to 7 p.m. And plans continue for winerelated events at the end of January. Along
with the Winter Wine Spectacular (Thursday, Jan. 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Radisson
Hotel in Manchester; tickets cost $60 or
$150 to include access to the Bellman’s Cellar Select tasting), there will be seminars
featuring wine experts. Kevin Zraly, author
of Windows on the World Complete Wine
Course will host a wine pairing seminar at
C.R. Sparks on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m.
Tickets cost $40 and include a light dinner
and wine. Before the Spectacular, there will
be two seminars at the Radisson from 5 to
6 p.m. Philip di Belardino of Banfi Vintners
will discuss “The New Renaissance in Tuscany.” George Foote, wine educator for Ste.
Michelle Wine Estates and owner of Stag’s
Leap Wine Cellars, will present a seminar
about Napa Valley and the history of Stag’s
Leap Wine Cellars. The event will include
a complimentary wine glass of Stag’s Leap
wine. The cost for each seminar is $25. Tickets for all events are still on sale. See www.
eastersealsnh.org for tickets to the Spectacular. See www.nh.gov/liquor/wineweek.shtml
for more wine week events.
• Help for the future chefs: The New
Hampshire Food Bank has received a
$50,000 grant from the New Hampshire
Charitable Foundation for their Recipe for
Success Culinary Job Training Program.
The program, housed at the Food Bank’s
West Brook Street warehouse in Manchester, offers unemployed and under-employed
adults training to get jobs in the food service
industry. Students earn 260 hours of commercial cooking and food safety skills, according
to a press release.
2009 on the local food scene
By Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
As 2009 comes to a close, it’s time to
look back on the year in food for southern
New Hampshire. And it was a busy year!
In spite of the gloom-and-doom economy, food entrepreneurs decided to take
a chance, and foodies rejoiced in their
courage.
• New hot spots: A number of new restaurants opened in the area in 2009. Can
you imagine a time before Mint Bistro, J’s
Tavern, Sunny’s Table, XO, Express Café,
Estabrook Grill, Boloco, Hot Stone Pizzeria, All Juiced Up, Crepes Island and
Ignite? And a couple of well-known names
in the area restaurant scene moved into new
ventures. Ed Canto expanded his Nashua
Sausage King food carts to a store-front
restaurant, and the city’s Seedling Café
was sold so owners Joshua and Danielle
Enright could open the Rustic Leaf Bistro in Milford. Shirley D’s in Manchester
became the Red Barn Diner, and Summer
Freeze in Concord got a new owner.
• The world came to New Hampshire:
Many of the region’s new restaurants have
an ethnic spin, which allows everyone to
enjoy the flavors of the world. The Middle
East was well represented with Beirut Shawarma in the Spice Center and the Sahara
International Market in Manchester, plus
Gamil’s Egyptian and the Lebanese dinners
at the Washington Street Café in Concord.
Meena’s Kitchen in Nashua brought to
light the cuisine of southern India, Restaurant Adria brought Bosnian food to
the city, and Ichiban in Concord took off
with hibachi tables and sushi bar. The Latin segment was also well represented with
Liz’s Bakery, Jalapeños Mexican Grill,
and Empanadas in Manchester.
• Beer still the new wine: The interest
in beer as more than a game-day beverage continued to grow in 2009. Two new
beer shops opened — Bert’s Better Beers
in Hooksett and Big Al’s in Concord,
both focused on craft beers instead of the
big-name mainstream brands. And New
Hampshire got a new brewery with White
Birch Brewing in Hooksett.
• Hollywood comes to New Hampshire: Last winter the state got a visit from
actor Dan Aykroyd with his line of wines.
He signed bottles at the Nashua state store
and moved on to a wine dinner at the Bedford Village Inn. And C.R. Sparks sous
chef Jim McGloin jumped into the fire on
Hell’s Kitchen with celebrity chef Gordon
Ramsay.
• A bit of Washington comes to New
Hampshire: Washington D.C.-based Five
Guys Burgers, which got a nice burst of
fame when President Obama went to one of
the D.C. burger joints, opened a location at
Greenfall Marketplace, 341 Amherst St. in
Nashua, 589-7881. The menu, for the most
part, is burgers (with or without cheese
and/or bacon), hot dogs and French fries.
• Bad weather didn’t stop local: The
movement toward local food continued to
grow, but a cold, wet summer put a damper
on the crops most coveted at local farmers
markets. Tomatoes and corn were the hardest hit. However, the weather didn’t slow
down memberships in local communitysupported agriculture programs (CSAs),
where customers buy memberships in the
winter or spring and receive a portion of
a farm’s harvest throughout the summer
and into autumn. Local harvest CSA member coordinator Elizabeth Obelenus said
in October, “This was the most difficult
weather we’ve had since we started in CSA
eight years ago. But we also had the most
interest from people that we’ve ever had.
Years ago, we pretty much had to go door
to door for people to hear about us. Now…
people are searching us out.”
• Festivals and tastes galore: There was
no shortage of ways for area foodies to try
international eats throughout 2009. Almost
each month from spring until autumn
brought a different food festival — Greek,
Latino, African-Caribbean, Middle Eastern, Asian. All three major cities offered
a taste of their best restaurants, with the
Tastes of Downtown Nashua and Manchester and the Taste of Concord.
Stand outs on the shelf
Some of the standout cookbooks of 2009
By Amy Diaz
Have some bookstore gift certificates burning a hole in your wallet? Here are some of the
books that came out in the last year that are
worth adding to your collection.
• The Barcelona Cookbook, A Celebration of
Food, Wine, and Life, By
Sasa Mahr-Batuz and
Andy Pforzheimer with
Mary Goodbody (2009,
Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC, 202 pages)
To the foodie locations on your list for your next
Connecticut visit add Barcelona Wine Bar, which
has spots in Greenwich, Stamford, West Hartford,
New Haven, Fairfield and South Norwalk. The
food of Barcelona gets the full glamour treatment
here and though I might not trust my own ability
to make, for example, Crispy Fried Whitebait,
this book definitely makes you want to try theirs.
• EatingWell in Season:
The Farmer’s Market
Cookbook, By Jessica
Price and the Editors of
EatingWell (2009, The
Countryman Press, 254
pages) The folks from
EatingWell
magazine
walk you through the seasons — from garden-fresh asparagus soup in spring to
pomegranate poach pears for your winter
dessert — to help you figure out what to do
with all the fresh, local bounty of our spring
through fall farmers markets. The book’s
recipes cover all the bases on the seasonal
ingredients they feature. You’ll get a brief bit
of information on the item — what it tastes
like, what you can do with it, how they’re
using it here. Then, in addition to the recipe
(and in some cases hunger-inducing fullpage photos), you get prep time estimates,
equipment needs and per-serving nutritional
information.
• Encyclopedia of Pasta, by
Oretta Zanini de Vita, translated by Maureen B. Fant;
2009, University of California Press This might just be
the food nerd book of the year
(at the very least, it is in the
top five). As the title suggests,
it gives you a survey of all kinds of pasta, from
abbotta pezziende (which is described as being
lozenge shaped) to zumari (flat noodles). Some
get illustrations; all get a basic rundown of
ingredients, how it’s made, how it’s served and
where it’s from. Most of the entries have
extended notes about how the pasta came about
or how it’s used in different regions.
• Falling Cloudberries: A
World of Family Recipes, by
Tessa Kiros (2009, Andrews
McMeel Publishing, 399
pages) Tessa Kiros has a great
family background for food
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— a Finnish mother, a Greek-Cypriot father, a
childhood in London and then South Africa, an
Italian husband. We get a charming sketch of
her family tree in the beginning of the book that
helps make us feel like we know these people
(a feeling augmented with the notes and photos
surrounding the recipes throughout the book).
The book meanders, family-cooking-style,
through recipes associated with Kiros’ many
countries — a chapter on Finland (giving us
beautiful and hearty pork dishes, potato dishes,
gravlax with dill cucumbers, cranberry jam),
Greece (chickpea, feta and cilantro salad; deepfried salt cod; baklava with dried apricots),
Cyprus (souvlaki, fried potatoes and artichoke
bottoms, loukoumades), South Africa (itself
blend of cultures with deep-fried new potatoes,
babka and prego rolls) and Italy (Champagne
risotto, baccla and a series of pasta recipes
named after specific people). The final chapter,
recipes of the world, is a mix of cultures.
• Pintxos: Small Plates in
the Basque Tradition, by
Gerald Hirigoyen with
Lisa Weiss, photography
by Maren Caruso (2009,
Ten Speed Press, 201 pages) Don’t fear the pintxos.
Most of Caruso’s pintxos
(the Basque word for tapas, specifically those
served on a skewer) can be made ahead of time
and, as he explains in the introduction, served
at room temperature. Items like Caramelized
Onions with Idiazabal Cheese (page 140) or
cold melon shooters with Serrano ham crisps
(page 161) can be made ahead and served on
your time. So make your spread ahead, and finish up the grilled ham and cheese bocadillos
(page 56 — a grown-up version of a grilled
cheese) just as your guests arrive.
• The Pleasures of Cooking For One, by Judith
Jones, 2009, Alfred A.
Knopf Where other cookbooks teach you how to
make meals to feed a dinner
party-sized crowd, Judith
Jones’ book teaches you
how to cook one meal and use it in different
ways throughout the week or whip up a little
something when you’re feeling like, for example, zucchini pancakes or a panna cotta.
Though the book is called “for one,” many of
its recipes are either enough for two people or
easily doubled — perfect for cooks who are
serving only themselves and a spouse.
• Ratio: The Simple Codes
Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, by Michael
Ruhlman (2009, Scribner,
244 pages) To some extent,
this book is summed up by
two pages — pages ix and x
Chef events/special meals
• SAFFRON BISTRO BENEFIT
DINNER Saffron Bistro, 80 Main
St. in Nashua, www.thesaffronbistro.com, will hold a benefit for the
Humane Society Greater Nashua on
— that appear before the beginning. On those
pages, author Michael Ruhlman lays out the
ratios — 5 parts flour and 3 parts water plus
some yeast and salt make bread; 3 parts flour
and 2 parts egg make pasta; 2 parts flour and
2 parts liquid and 1 part egg and 1/2 part butter make pancakes. These and about 30 other
ratios make up the gist of the book. Understand these ratios and how other ingredients
(little egg here, little butter or sugar there) act
on them and you have the basics of most
cooking and baking.
• So Easy: Luscious,
Healthy Recipes for
Every Meal of the
Week, by Ellie Krieger
(2009, Wiley, 272 pages) Eating healthy
doesn’t have to suck
and, as we consider
health-related New Year’s resolutions, it
helps to have people like Ellie Krieger and
her Food Network show Healthy Appetite
remind us once in a while that cooking with
an eye toward more nutrients, fiber and
vitamins doesn’t have to be as joyless as
“this meal has five grams of fiber” sounds.
Tortellini-spinach soup, for example, in her
latest book So Easy, has five grams of fiber
and 380 calories per serving but it also has
spinach-and-cheese stuffed tortellini and
extra parmesan. The book features prep
times, tips on what to premake, food shopping tips and more.
• Who Has Nana’s
Recipe?
Recipes,
Memories & Traditions of Our Italian
Farmily, by Regina
Sibilia
Sullivan
(2003-2004, Unified
Business Technologies Press, 93 pages) This is the kind of
book you wish that you — or someone —
had written about your family. Sullivan, a
teacher in Amherst, has catalogued her family recipes, the recipes made by Antoinette
LaForgia, her Nana, who came to America
from the Puglia region of Italy and married
Sullivan’s grandfather in 1919. As Sullivan
explains in the beginning, she turned her
Nana’s pinches, palm-fulls and other eyeballing-it measurements into proper cups
and teaspoons (measuring it, she says, by
scooping the spice or flour out of her grandmother’s hand). Thus, her recipes aren’t
guesses at how grandma used to do it —
they’re direct recreations, allowing her
family’s specific versions of macaroni with
ricotta cheese, escarole with cannelloni
beans and pizza dolce to live on for generations. The book is available at area
bookstores or see whohasnanasrecipe.com.
Thurs., Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. Tickets cost
$50 and include a three-course meal
featuring appetizer, entrée and dessert. The three-course menu includes
the choice of a mixed field green salad
with a strawberry champagne vinaigrette or a pan-seared crab cake; entrée choices of butter breadcrumb
haddock, chicken scaloppini or butternut squash ravioli, and dessert of a
house-made Chocolate Gateau with
warm chocolate sauce. Tickets to the
benefit dinner for HSFN are available
in advance for purchase at the shel-
ter or by calling Natalie at HSFN at
889-BARK (2275) ext. 27 or e-mail
Natalie@hsfn.org. Tickets can also be
purchased at The Saffron Bistro on
80 vMain St. in Nashua. See www.
hsfn.org.
• ZORVINO WINE DINNER
Zorvino Vineyeards will host a MidWinter comfort Food Wine Dinner
on Thurs., Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. The
four-course dinner will feature dished
to take the chill out of winter—lobster mac and cheese, stew, etc—with
wines to match. (The menu will be
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Ingredients
Foodie Rich Tango-Lowy helps you search the aisles
Panettone
Cooling the Traditional Way
“I set up my dining room up as a hanging studio; the breads continue cooking
while they’re hanging.” —Donna
Stick two long skewers through each panettone (including the paper)—parallel with
each other, about four inches apart, and an inch above the bottom. Flip each panettone upside down and suspend it over a stock pot (or box or whatever else) so the
skewers hold the bread in the air while the top hangs straight down. Let the loaves
alone to hang for the rest of the day—the breads will finish cooking while they cool.
posted soon at www.zorvino.com.)
The cocktail hour will begin at 6:30
p.m. with dinner to follow at 7:30
p.m. The cost is $50. Make reservations online or call 887-8463.
Cooking classes/workshops
• ART OF TEA at Massabesic
Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way in
Auburn, www.nhaudubon.org, 6682045, Sat., Jan. 9, at 10 a.m. to noon.
Clinical herbalist Maria Noel Groves
shows guests how to blend a variety
of tea leaves and offer a tasting. Preregistration required. Cost is $25 plus
$5 materials fee.
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Omelet
by Linda A. Thompson-Odum
food@hippopress.com
Surprisingly, omelets are difficult to pair
with wines. The experts could have taken
the easy way out and chosen the brunch staple champagne, but they didn’t. And the one
who did choose a sparkling wine picked one
from an uncommon region — Germany.
• Albert Bichot Macon Villages
—
$18.99
(Recommended by Tom
Brock from The Meat House,
five locations in New Hampshire,
www.themeathouse.
com) Brock described this
medium-weight wine as having a nice minerality with flavors of apple
and pear, with a nice complexity and acidity. He said the wine has “finesses instead of
opulence. No show, but all go.”
• Henkell Blanc De Blanc
— $15.99 (Recommended
by Scot Kinney of Unwine’d,
865 Second St. in Manchester, 625-WINE (9463), www.
unwined.net) A dry sparkling
wine from Germany that will
mix well with orange juice
Drink listings
Classes/workshops on wine/
beer making
• BEER/WINE-MAKING classes
and demonstrations on making beer,
wine and soda at IncrediBREW,
112 DW Hwy., Nashua, 891-2477,
incredibrew.com. Shop features
fest-nights that focus on making a
particular kind of beer.
• CHOWDER & BEER FEST at
IncrediBREW, 112 DW Highway
in Nashua, 891-2477, incredibrew.
com, on Sat., Jan. 30, at 11:30 a.m.
For $30 per variety case (bottles
included) brew a variety of light
beer and enjoy creamy clam chowder. Return in two weeks for bottling. Space is limited. Call or go
online to sign up.
• DARK & STORMY NIGHT at
com, on Thurs., Jan. 21, at 6 p.m.,
it’s “Dark and Stormy Night.” For
$50, brew two cases (bottles not
included) of dark beers (including Russian Imperial Stout, Whiskey Barrel Porter, Irish Dry Stout,
Robust Porter, Gorilla Doppelbock
and Black Satin). Return in two
weeks to bottle the beers. Space is
limited. Call or go online to sign
up.
• HAPPY NEW BEERS at IncrediBREW, 112 DW Highway in
Nashua, 891-2477, incredibrew.
com, on Wed., Jan. 6, at 6 p.m., it’s
“Happy New Beers.” For $30 per
variety case (bottles included) brew
new beer recipes including Ernie’s
Bock, TP Cream Ale, Crossed Fingers Dark Rye and Catfish Head 60
Minute IPA. Space is limited. Call
or go online to sign up.
• INCREDIBLE WINEFEST at
or other juices. “It has lively bubbles that
will wake you up in the morning,” Kinney
said.
• 2007 Pierre Chermette
Beaujolais
— $17.99 (Recommended by Manager Paulette
Eschrich of Wine Society, 650 Amherst St. in
Nashua, 883-4114, and
18C Pond View Place in
Tyngsboro, Mass., 978-649-8993, www.
winesociety.us) “There are so many variations of an omelet, I decided to imagine a
simple fines herbes like you might get in a
corner bistro in Paris. What better wine than
a light, fruity Beaujolais to set your taste
buds singing,” she said.
• 2008 Burgans Albarino —
$13.99 (Recommended by
Chef Matt Lee of the Granite
Restaurant and Bar at the
Centennial, 96 Pleasant St.,
Concord, 227-9000, www.
graniterestaurant.com) Lee
said that Albarinos are good
food wines. This one is light-bodied, nicely
balanced with acid and fruity sweetness.
com, on Fri., Jan. 22, at 7 p.m.
Taste treats from Edible Arrangements and make, bottle and taste six
different wines (six different bottles
for $50): Australian Chardonnay,
German Riesling, Italian Pinot Grigio, Austrian Zweigelt, Viognier
and Shiraz. Space is limited. Call or
go online to sign up.
• SPLIT A BATCH OF AMARONE on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at
7 p.m. at IncrediBREW, 112 DW
Highway in Nashua, 891-2477,
incredibrew.com. Get 10 bottles for
$70. Space is limited. Call or go
online to sign up.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR CUSTOM WINERY — BEDFORD
Vintner’s Cellar at Sebbins Brook
Marketplace, 410 South River Road
Route 3 in Bedford, offers a chance
to taste and create custom wines.
Call 627-9463 or go to www.vintnerscellarnh.com.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR WINERY — CONCORD 133 Loudon
Road, allows customers to make
custom wines in batches of 24 to
28 bottles.
• VINTNER’S CELLAR WINERY — PORTSMOUTH Design
and create your own high-quality
wine. At 801 Islington St. in Portsmouth. Open Mondays through
Wednesdays, and Saturdays, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and
Fridays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays
and evenings by appointment only.
Call Gail at 431-5984.
Classes/workshops on beer/
wine tasting
• CONNOISSEUR SEMINAR
The Wine Society (18 Pondview
Place in Tyngsboro, Mass., 978649-8993; 650 Amherst St. #9 in
Nashua, 883-4114; www.winesociety.us) will hold its six-week wine
connoisseur seminar Wendesdays,
Jan. 20 through Feb. 24, at 7 p.m.
at the Tyngsboro store. The cost
is $225 ($200 for members). Call
883-4114 to RSVP.
• WINE SOCIETY (18 Pondview
Place in Tyngsboro, Mass., 978649-8993; 650 Amherst St. #9 in
Nashua, 883-4114; www.winesociety.us) offers classes for wine lovers of all levels. New sessions start
every few months. Call for upcoming schedule.
Cocktail events
• MARTINI TASTING Looking
for a different flavor in your nightlife? The Black Orchid, 8 Temple
St. in Nashua, holds martini samplings on the second Wednesday
of each month. The cost is $2 per
sample.
• WOMEN AFTER WORK free
monthly series is sponsored by TBones and hosted by WZID radio
personality Tracy Caruso and Chef
Nicole Barreira of T-Bones Great
American Eatery and Cactus Jack’s.
The free event offers culinary tips,
cocktail creations and wine samplings one Thursday night a month.
Location of event changes monthly.
Look for door prizes, giveaways
and recipes for attendees.
Special dinners
• ZORVINO WINE DINNER
Zorvino Vineyeards will host a
Mid-Winter comfort Food Wine
Dinner on Thurs., Jan. 21, at 6:30
p.m. The four-course dinner will
feature dished to take the chill out
of winter—lobster mac and cheese,
stew, etc—with wines to match.
(The menu will be posted soon at
www.zorvino.com.) The cocktail
hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. with
dinner to follow at 7:30 p.m. The
cost is $50. Make reservations
online or call 887-8463.
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POP CULTUrE:
MUSiC, BOOkS,
GAMES, COMiCS,
MOViES, DVDS,
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CDS
Brother, Can You Spare a CD?
CDS
2009: An angry CD reviewer looks at the year in music
By Eric W. Saeger
• DYSE, Lieder Sind Bruder Der Revolution, C
Domo Arigato, now Put a Sock in it Already
It was 1983 when the arena-rock band Styx released the “concept album” Kilroy Was Here and promoted its release with a
financially disastrous tour. The only song to make a dent in the
charts from that album was “Mr. Roboto,” a ditty that grabbed
radio listeners through its use of the vocoder, a device that makes
vocals sound warbly and robotic. The story takes place “in a future
where rock music is outlawed by a fascist and paleoconservative
government.”
• Sherwood, Qu, B
GAMES
• 2009: Year in video games
BOOkS
clubs, writers’ workshops and other literary events.
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Parsons at lparsons@hippopress.com. To get your
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information to listings@hippopress.com.
Twenty-six years later, we had wide-screen dough-faced corporate-payola “pundit” Glenn Beck employing the fascist tactic
of laying blame for our national ills not on the high-rolling Wall
Street nimrods who destroyed the middle class, but instead on the
people protesting the bailouts to those losers. In the background
of all the psychic smog, our “rebel youth” music was awash in
vocoder, such as Black Eyed Peas’ new album THE E.N.D., its
cover art loosely reminiscent of the robot heads on Kilroy Was
Here, though carrying an entirely different message, something
about unlimited ringtones for $9.99 a month or whatever it was.
But forget the now rap-less, Fergie-burdened BEP for a second
— everyone used vocoder and auto-tune in 2009, didn’t they, as if
The Man himself was taunting us all, doing a butt-dance in a Mr.
Roboto mask and filming the mirth with his iPhone? How did this
happen? Why did it happen?
Well, in a year when the chairman of Goldman Sachs said that
God Himself seriously wants him and his gang of studly nerds to
be rich (whether or not the bonuses came directly from taxpayer
bailout money), how could it not happen? What were you expecting radio to offer as you stood idle for stuff like this, tweeting
about your breakfast instead of clogging the streets of Washington
in weeks-long protest, the next Never Mind the Bullocks?
Besides, far better to have the toothless “My Humps”-microwaving of “Boom Boom Pow” and not some new jack “Anarchy in
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The first thing that sticks out in my mind about 2009 — and this
is from a CD-reviewer perspective, hence insignificant toward any
what-was-good-or-bad sense or anything else useful to most folks —
is how the American financial meltdown (and it now truly is almost
exclusively an American Depression, being as how Europe and China
are well into their recoveries) reduced the gross raw tonnage of hardcopy CD releases physically committed to disk.
It’s all about me, I’m saying: CD-reviewing became even more of
an unglamorous task in 2009 thanks to fewer albums showing up in
my mailbox, all simply because stamps is money. In reality, though,
with the continued growth of (unfortunately) easy-to-use electronic workspaces like MySpace Music and Pro Tools (not to mention
the hundreds of “watermarked” albums I received electronically, only
about 20 of which I ever downloaded), there was again this year way
too much music.
Of course, there was some survival of the fittest or whatever.
With the economy a smoking crater, bad bands (and good) (mostly
good) were dropped from the big record labels, which swiveled their
resources elsewhere to concentrate on “sure hits.” One would logically imagine that a reduced number of CDs would have resulted
in improved content; more bang for the buck, and so forth, but, you
guessed it, the opposite occurred.
Record companies have always thought people like crummy music,
and the kickoff year of Great Depression II gave them a lovely excuse
to market to this perceived lack of taste. With risk and creativity completely out of the equation, safely sucky was the order of the day,
starring the unholy alliance of hilariously overrated house DJ David
Guetta and a Black Eyed Peas too corporate-fattened to notice, all
in an album we’ll get back to in a second. Britney tried house, too,
and so did the other big names, so naturally, like a bunch of dingbatdrunk, Aéro-clad Caligulas tripping over their own feet at the orgy,
house DJs — already a spoiled, worthless lot — put out some of
the most careless, putrid garbage in history. Man, did the new Tiesto album suck.
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the UK” playing in the background — you
healthy, nonsmoking 20-somethings need
the right kind of music in your buds as you
set to working that $300 monthly payment
to Blue Cross into your budget in preparation for the coming government-mandated
health insurance catastrophe. (You’ll simply have to do without those yummy
Ramen noodles, you crazy irresponsible
little scamps.)
ring-a-ling-ling!
The Good News
There was none. Animal Collective
showed us what the term “overrated” really means. Jacko died, apparently with no
sane person minding the copyrights, which
immediately unleashed a Pandora’s Box of
CDS
get-rich-quick DVDs and CDs that won’t
be exhausted until the year 50,000 Years
After People. Backstreet Boys made an
album. Cookie-cutter death metal was still
being recorded, believe it or not.
There were some good albums, though,
I’ll admit. So let’s just let the above few
paragraphs stand as the last-ever clownshoed attempt to connect rock ’n’ roll with
positive social change (until my next one)
and move on to the things that made my
ears feel good (or at least made them say
“What the heck was that?”). Hey, if God
wants only 10 or so guys in this country
to have every dime that gets minted, you
know, rock on.
Recommended 2009 Albums,
In No Particular Order
Cut Off Your Hands, You & I (Tears For
Fears re-done for Generation Z)
Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows (antebellum riff-rock)
Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (CSNY-tinted
Radiohead-twee)
Thursday, Common Existence (stubbornly
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DYSE, Lieder Sind Bruder Der
Revolution
Exile On Mainstream Records, Nov. 24
On paper, this is a
German response to
Cro Mags, one hmmthat’s-somewhat-cool
part stemming from
the fact that this is a
two-man operation,
a welcome trend that
historically took hold not so much out of
any blind obeisance to White Stripes but
more out of basic necessity and lack of
agreeable cohorts. In practice, DYSE are
like an undiscovered entry in the SST catalog or whatnot, something from when
post-punk hated radio, i.e. there’s quite a
bit of Nick Cave, Redd Kross and Minutemen in the air. Thing is, and this is a
problem often heard in European bands,
DYSE doesn’t seem fully possessed of that
aura of genuine deconstructive craziness
common to bands from the States or England, unless of course you’re German, in
which case, sure, maybe they sound like
they’re ready to smash wedding cakes or
copy something they saw in an old Iggy
video, whatever denotes crazy underground punk-tude nowadays (the fact that
the bandleader lost his old sidekick to “furthering his education” — something
raw-meat-slobbering bands like this simply don’t do — doesn’t quite summon
visions of suicidal onstage mayhem,
either). Pretty typical underground-recordstore vibe. C — Eric W. Saeger
Sherwood, Qu
MySpace Records, Oct. 13
Happy-face subtropical surf-indie safely
reminiscent
of
Relient K and Hanson. Not much for
herd-thinkers
to
stress about with
regard to where this
fits in the grand scheme of “alternative”
pop things when one of the tunes here once
pattered around helping to background
MTV’s College Life. All is eminently
radio-ready, or would like to be; in many
places there’s a hook they just can’t seem
to wring out of the correctly chosen bunches of notes gathered at the choruses (that is
unless you like a dab of Springsteen Bsides with your boy-band fetishism, in
which case you’ll probably love this LP
from start to what-me-worry finish). A rare
moment of oddballness comes about by
having soccer-stadium roars trade blows
with Cuban timbales drums in “Not Gonna
Love.” Other than that it’s harmless, yes,
but finger-snappy all around (their slot at
the Warped Tour, I would venture, was the
point in the festivities when it was time to
sit in the grass indulging in ice cream and
blank stares). B — EWS
oldschool emo)
Raveonettes, In & Out of Control (“New
Raveonettes,” you say? Sold!)
Glasvegas, Glasvegas (“Sort of like Raveonettes,” you say? Sold!)
Shahrokh, Dripping Point (house-laptop
guy vs. cello guy)
The Black Lips, 200 Million Thousand
(Big Wheel-riding garage apes)
Fever Ray, Fever Ray (Bjork-ish New Age
hipster chill)
Cage the Elephant, Cage the Elephant
(this year’s Arctic Monkeys in the pub-rock
sweepstakes)
Wumpscut, F--kit (Satan-disco one-manoperation reborn)
John Digweed, Bedrock 11 (house comp of
the year, like always)
Asobi Seksu, Hush (all together now: “Keep
shoegaze alive! Keep shoegaze alive!”)
Umphreys McGee, Mantis (tedious jam
band suddenly become the world’s most
important prog band)
Rufus Huff, Rufus Huff (old-school Zepstyle stuff redone by old pros who know how
it’s done, thus naturally overlooked)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz (less sick-chick
posturing, stronger songs)
The Eels, Hombre Lobo (this guy being
accessible for once, probably by accident)
Oakenfold, Perfecto Vegas (surprisingly
normal house mix for this usually metal-loving DJ)
Edmar Castaneda, Entre Cuerdas (Spanish
jazz harpist) (as in harp, not harmonica)
Charnett Moffett, Art of Improvisation
(jazz-bass clinic)
Infected Mushroom, Legend Of The Black
Shawarma (Israeli psy-trance DJ team)
BLK JKS, After Robots (world-tribal-prog)
And You Will Know Us By The Trail
Of Dead, The Century of Self (BOC-style
drinking-bar-metal)
Monsters of Folk, Monsters of Folk (the
next-breed CSNY and pretending not to care)
Baroness, Blue Record (aggro-prog, and
why aren’t more bands sounding like this?)
Imaad Wasif, The Voidist (some quality time with Jack White helped this guy
immensely)
The Black Hollies, Softly Towards the
Light (“Raveonettes-ized Strawberry Alarm
Clock,” you say?)
James Moody, Moody 4A (high-class
dinner-sax)
Mem, Archaea (self-released genius, Pendulum meets Killers)
Rodrigo y Gabriela, 11:11 (flamenco-metal)
Playlist
A seriously abridged
compendium of recent
and future CD releases
• Christmas is over, everyone’s drunk, and no “real” albums are due for weeks, such as the
new LPs from Massive Attack, Hot Chip and Three 6 Mafia. But wait, that doesn’t mean
you can just put away your wallet and use your last unemployment checks for food or some
other boring thing; don’t be lame. You could always try to culture up a little by checking
out David Zinman conducting the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in a stout-hearted rendering
of Mahler’s Symphony No 7, due out Jan. 5. This release will be in Hybrid SACD format,
which “offers much higher fidelity than regular compact discs, containing up to four times
the musical information.”
• Spacemen 3 was a very important band several years ago, even if nowadays they serve
only as a handy comparative reference for rock writers to use when they’re reviewing bands
and want people currently of record-buying-age not to have any idea what they’re talking
about. One day, Spacemen 3 released their most importantest album, The Perfect Prescription, where they actually sounded animated for a few songs, sort of like Jesus Lizard (whom
you’ve also never heard of) and/or Lupine Howl (ditto), instead of like Pink Floyd with no
budget. If you still have any interest in becoming cool (or at least as cool as people were in
1999 or so, when everyone decided that only Spacemen 3 were cool), you can buy the vinyl
re-release of The Perfect Prescription and play it on your grandpa’s stereo, when he’s not
playing Dean Martin records and yelling at you to shut up.
• If you’re rich and religious, you should buy Travis Cottrell’s new import album Jesus
Saves Lives next week, because he is like a southern-fried male Enya and has classical training. There are no other reasons in this case.
• Badly Drawn Boy is a folkie/alt-rock dude I hated before, but now I can’t anymore,
because his forthcoming new album, Is There Nothing We Could Do, was the touching, tearjerky soundtrack for the total bummer movie The Fattest Man in Britain, which is sort of
like What’s Eating Gilbert Grape but fatter and more touching and more British, but also
funny, in a way, like all those movies that make you cry until you laugh like Queen Elizabeth or whatever. — Eric W. Saeger
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What a surprise, everything got louder and shinier
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If Nintendo just skated by this year, then
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Russia baiting with Modern Warfare 2 may
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a title that full of glitches and exploits can’t
be on the block with more polished fare. You
could count cross-platform stealth actioners
Assassins Creed 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum as stellar titles (though the PS3 version
of Batman offers more juicy extras). With all
their big guns held by cross-platform releases, the best game of the year for the 360 is
its least-respected, Halo 3: ODST. The Halo
fanbase roundly panned the title (though not
until after shelling out millions) due to its
shift of focus away from series herald Master Chief, but ODST does more to advance
the playstyles and story of the Halo fran-
It was a plateau year at best for Nintendo.
With their traditional reliance on franchise
titles and a shotgun spread of mediocre
games aimed at the “casual gamer,” Nintendo fared well but failed critically. When
it comes to the big N, there is really only one
standout new title for the Wii: New Super
Mario Brothers Wii. With four-player coop platforming gameplay and the ability to
basically have the title play itself, NSMBW is
another coat of turtle wax on the classic roadster of gaming. The downloadable WiiWare
service offered more original nibblings with
Lost Winds: Winter of Melodias, a sequel full
of clever Wiimote wind-whipping platforming. The year’s surprise came from on-rails
shooter Dead Space Extraction, a prequel to
2008’s excellent cross-platform sci-fi survival horror Dead Space.
Nintendo showed more gumption with
their DSi rollout and a slate of excellent handheld titles. A train full of addictive puzzles
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• Torchlight (PC): click and slash dungeon crawling.
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• Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC/
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Joker ever in this Bat-themed Metal
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• Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
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• ANTHONY BOURDAIN chef
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• JANICE Y.K. LEE will read
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• KATHARINE WEBER signs
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• GARRISON KEILLOR makes
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• WRITERS ON A NEW ENGLAND STAGE series at The
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31, and Isabel Allende on May 5.
$13 ($11 for Music Hall or NHPR
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audience q&a session following.
Purchase tickets at The Music
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amherst.lib.nh.us.
• INEXPRESSIBLE TENDERNESS AND FRAGILE DELICACY: EXPLORING THE THEMES
OF WINTER AND LOVE fourpart series led by Nancy Baker at
Amherst Library, 14 Main St., 6732288, amherst.lib.nh.us, scheduled
for four Wednesdays 1-2:30 p.m. in
the Johnson Meeting Room, exploring two themes: Winter (Jan. 20 &
27) and Love (Feb. 10 & 17). The
program is similar to Baker’s course
“Myth and Idea,” taught for many
years at Souhegan High School. No
previous study expected; all in-class
and follow-up materials are provided.
Attend any or all sessions. Free and
open to the public.
• WINTER BIRDS OF NEW
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wildlife photographer and naturalist
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14 Main St., 673-2288, amherst.lib.
nh.us. This narrated slide show is for
birders and non-birders alike. Free
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• SECOND SUNDAY SPEAKER
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David Stewart-Smith on “Native
American History of NH.” March
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“Shakers and Native Americans:
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Issues in New England: Settling
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• CLIMATE CHANGE FROM
OUTER SPACE presented by Elijah Childs, an instructor at Camp
Constitution in Rindge, sponsored
by local members of The John Birch
Society, on Fri., Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. at
Nashua Public Library, 2 Court St.,
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Poetry
• 2010 MFA WINTER POETRY
READINGS AT NEC all held at
7:30 p.m. in the New England College Simon Center at 98 Bridge St.,
Henniker. Free and open to the public. Tues., Jan. 5: Brian Henry and
Carol Frost. Wed., Jan. 6: Malena
Morling and James Harms. Thurs.,
Jan. 7: Alice Fogel and Martha
Donovan. Fri., Jan. 8: New media
performance and reading with Tara
Rebele, and film presentation with
Francesco Levato. Sun., Jan. 10:
Alumni readings.
• JAZZMOUTH POETRY AND
JAZZ FESTIVAL with former
U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
and former keyboardist for The
Doors Ray Manzarek happens April
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sale now. www.jazzmouth.org.
• POETRY SOCIETY OF NH
host occasional readings and meets
at Gibson’s Bookstore, 27 S. Main
St. in Concord, 224-0562, gibsonsbookstore.com, each month. For info
about the Society, contact Pat Frisella,
president, at 332-0732 or poetrysocietyofnewhampshire@gmail.com.
• HYLA BROOK POETS
WORKSHOPS meet on the third
Saturday of each month at 10 a.m.
at the Coffee Factory in Derry.
• POETRY READING open mike,
fourth Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at
The Lion Café on Route 107 (North
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or lindseycoombs@gmail.com.
• SLAM FREE OR DIE open-mike
poetry slam Friday nights at Bridge
Café, 1117 Elm St., Manchester,
647-9991. Signup begins at 7 p.m.
$3 cover charge. For exact dates visit
myspace.com/bridgepoetryopenmic.
• OPEN-MIKE poetry every Friday,
6:30-9 p.m. at Amsterdam Coffee,
515 DW Hwy in Merrimack. Call
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• POETS UNBOUND meets for
weekly critique sessions in Manchester and in Nashua. Manchester meetings are at 10 a.m. Sundays at Barnes
& Noble in Manchester, 1741 South
Willow St., 668-5557. Nashua meetings are at 7 p.m. at Nashua Public
Library, 2 Court St., 589-4610, nashualibrary.org. Call Martha Deborah
Hall at 672-0106.
• POETRY GROUP meets second Thursdays, 8 p.m., at Barnes
& Noble in Nashua, 281 DW Highway, 888-9300.
• ZION HILL POETRY READINGS at Stone Church in Newmarket
(5 Granite St.), hosted by poets Beau
Williams and Ari Cameron of Dover,
featuring a wide variety of poets, on
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REViEWS BY AMY DiAZ
Odd season
Forget the blockbusters (mostly), 2009 was a year of the oddballs
Inglorious Basterds
By Amy Diaz
• Best biopic: Julie and Julia This
biopic of both Julia Child and Julie
Powell is a foodie delight — particularly when the movie is showing us
1950s Paris where a bored and lonely Julia finds herself through French
cooking. This movie is what happens
when you mix joy and butter.
• Worst biopic: Amelia Hilary
Swank uses a weird Katharine Hepburn accent to give us a completely
uninteresting look at the life of female
aviator Amelia Earhart. Richard Gere
plays her husband with whom she
has, like, negative chemistry.
• Best documentary: The September Issue Sympathy for the
Prada-wearing devil. Anna Wintour,
you’re my hero.
• Worst documentary: Capitalism: A Love Story Enough out of you
for a while, Michael Moore.
• Best movie about classic monster-movie monsters: Zombieland
As if being one of two (two!)
movies featuring an excellent performance by Woody Harrelson wasn’t
supernatural enough, Zombieland
accomplishes the delightful feat of
making zombies fun and new. And
just when you think it might be the
funniest movie ever, Bill Murray
shows up to increase the awesomeness exponentially.
And now, for the absolute top of the last year, with, of course, some cheating
Best 10 movies of 2009
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox / Where the Wild Things Are
Hipster filmmakers give us new ways to look at classic kids’ tales.
9. Zombieland Zombies! Woody Harrelson! Bill
Murray! Zombies! Zombie Bill Murray!
8. It Might Get Loud / Every Little Step Two excellent
documentaries about people absolutely in love with their
crafts. In It Might Get Loud, Jimmy Page, Jack White and
The Edge nerd out over guitars. In Every Little Step, you
get the making of and the casting of A Chorus Line.
7. The Messenger / The Hurt Locker / In the Loop
If you see only three movies about The War this year
… The Messenger features the other excellent Woody
Harrelson performance and gives us the homefront. The
Hurt Locker is an unflinching look at the warriors in battle. In the Loop is an excellent British comedy about the
frightening way that war policy is made.
6. Up / The Princess and the Frog With Coraline and
the neat-to-look-at, weird-to-watch 9, it’s been a good year
for animation but there were two standouts. Up continues
the Pixar tradition of computer animated tales full of heart
and fun. The Princes and the Frog reminded us of the best
of classic Disney with a much-needed modern heroine.
5. Inglourious Basterds Brad Pitt hunts “Naaazis” in
this fun revenge fantasy.
4. The September Issue See an issue of Vogue come
together in this documentary about fashion layouts,
haute couture and the mystery that is Anna Wintour.
3. Drag Me to Hell / Jennifer’s Body Girls have horror
movie fun in these two excellent action/creep-out movies that mix horror with comedy. Alison Lohman makes a
great lead in the Sam Raimi creation Drag Me to Hell. Diablo Cody’s script and performances from Amanda Seyfried
and Megan Fox give Jennifer’s Body a kick.
2. Up in the Air George Clooney (how does he keep
getting better looking?) is perfect as a man living in stasis in this quiet comedy.
1. Star Trek J.J. Abrams gives us old Trek made new
with a smart eye to continuity, great casting and a dash
of Leonard Nimoy. I left the theater delighted.
Honorable mentions:
• Paranormal Activity Made for, like, $6, but the
creepiest horror movie I’ve seen in ages.
• Watchmen A nice dystopic superhero movie filled
with fun visuals and actual good performances.
• District 9 When it comes to our fear of the Other,
we never learn.
Worst 10 movies of 2009
10. Amelia What is with those “March of Time”
newsreel-like accents?
9. Dance Flick The obligatory dance movie spoof somehow captures none of the fun and silliness of the genre.
8. I Love You, Beth Cooper / Post Grad / Ugly Truth
/ Confessions of a Shopaholic Whether it’s a lovelorn
nerd, a confused 20something, a shrill 30something or a
spendy moron (respectively), the lead characters are only
the beginning of what makes these movies painful.
7. Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun Li Kristen
Kreuk, Smallville’s Lana, is only one of the problems
with this painful movie about a video game character.
6. Echelon Conspiracy Yeesh, Ed Burns. Dude.
5. The Pink Panther 2 How about this — I’ll send
Steve Martin $10 if he doesn’t star in another one of
these sequels.
4. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Giving
excessive movie violence a bad name.
3. Old Dogs John Travolta and Robin Williams apparently have some sort of score to settle with the American
movie-going public and here they get their revenge.
2. Did You Hear About the Morgans? Movie make
angry. Amy want smash.
1. Transylmania Boobs everywhere. Also, women’s
breasts.
So, 2009 — is that all?
Considering this year’s major movies, I feel a bit like a kid looking into
an empty Christmas stocking, hoping
that maybe a Twix or one of those mini
Reese’s peanut butter cups is lodged at
the bottom, heretofore unnoticed.
The big movie seasons — summer, holiday-era Oscar wannabes
—seemed more fizzle than fab. And I
feel like I’ve thought “shut up, movie”
with more frequency than normal.
But looking back through the list,
there have been lots of quirky movies that caught my attention. In many
cases, the truly fun, delightful, this-iswhy-I-go-to-the-movies movies have
come from the most unexpected places. And, as usual, there are plenty of
heavy hitters I haven’t seen yet: The
Young Victoria, The Lovely Bones, A
Single Man, Crazy Heart, Red Cliff,
etc. But here, based on what I have
seen, is how 2009 shook out.
• Best over-hyped use of 3D: Avatar Yes, whatever one might say about
the story and characters (that they’re
flat and uninspired, for example), the
movie does indeed look great, with a
truly pushing-the-game-forward use
of motion capture technology.
• Worst over-hyped use of 3D:
My Bloody Valentine The weak, boring story comes RIGHT AT YOU.
• Best bromance: Sherlock Holmes Holmes and his Watson (Robert
Downey Jr. and Jude Law) are more
charming than even the Jason Segal/
Paul Rudd dude duo.
• Worst romance: Did You Hear
About the Morgans? Though enraging rom-coms like Ugly Truth and
He’s Just Not that Into You certainly
give it a run for its money, Did You
Hear About the Morgans? is particularly awful, making you want to
boink the character’s heads, Stoogestyle, into each other throughout.
• Best movie about the Great
Recession: Up in the Air Nobody’s
job is secure, not even the guy whose
job it is to fire you from yours. This
George Clooney movie is a great rumination on all the big life questions.
• Worst movie about the Great
Recession: Confessions of a Shopaholic Also a truly awful and sort of
demeaning romantic comedy, Confessions is full of lust for our haute
label-filled past. And sure, the movie was made before the world went to
hell in a discount handbag but I still
had to watch it during the depths of
the initial freak-out stage.
• Best attempt to revive a beloved
sci-fi series: Star Trek Hands down
the best time I had at the theater this
year and the most fun I had with any
blockbuster this summer. The original
Trek characters return with new actors
(plus Leonard Nimoy!) and breathe
new life into a beloved universe.
• Worst attempt to revive a
beloved sci-fi series: Terminator
Salvation With all the machine-onmachine action, I kept thinking I might
have accidentally walked into a
Transformers screening instead. John
Connor is a dour freedom fighter who makes you think maybe the
robots should just take over.
• Best cheesy apocalypse movie:
2012 Outrunning explosions, a children in peril, a dog who just barely
escapes disaster — this is the end of
the world at its most popcorn delightful. Plus, how can you not root for
John Cusack?
• Worst cheesy apocalypse movie:
Knowing As if secret codes predicting
9/11 and other disasters weren’t “ugh”
enough, this Nicolas Cage (sigh, poor
Nicolas Cage) movie devolves into
nonsense about sun flares and aliens —
apocalypse might be better than this.
• Most charming Disney movie: The Princess and the Frog Little
girls get another princess to dress up
like and, in the spirit of our Obama
era, she’s African-American. Fans of
classic Disney cartoons with their handdrawn, watercolor-like loveliness, get
some assurance that this medium has
a future. Everybody wins — even the
not-great music kinda grows on you.
• Most terrifying Disney movie:
Disney’s A Christmas Carol Demon
horses, a sucking-blackness Ghost of
Christmas Yet to Come, the scowling children that are Ignorance and
Want, the commendable but come-
dy-free adherence to the Dickens text
— if you see this movie you’ll want
to have a few nightlights handy.
• Best gratuitous use of blood,
guts and violence: Inglourious
Basterds Quentin Tarantino pays
homage to war movies, spaghetti westerns and 1970s filmmaking.
Brad Pitt works a strange southern
accent and has an absolute ball. The
blood spurts, the Nazis suffer and all
is right with the world.
• Worst gratuitous use of blood,
guts and violence: The Boondock
Saints II: All Saints Day Makes you
think that maybe this whole movie
thing is really kind of played out.
• Best comedy nobody saw: The
Invention of Lying When nobody
was looking, Ricky Gervais made a
comedy about atheism and hope and
it’s quite lovely.
• Best zombie movie nobody
saw: Dead Snow They’re not just
zombies, they’re zombie Nazis!
• Best girl-on-a-killing-spree
movie: Jennifer’s Body Speaking of movies nobody saw, get over
your Diablo Cody problems and see
this delightful movie about a high
school cheerleader who becomes a
demon who is, as her best friend puts
it, really evil, not just high school
evil. From its cheery beginning to
its Hole-scored ending (not to “Jennifer’s Body” but still…), Jennifer’s
Body is great girl movie fun.
• Worst girl-on-a-killing spree
movie: The Orphan “Hilarious” and
“good” are not the same thing, particularly if your movie is not a comedy.
• Best post college: Adventureland
Jesse Eisenberg spends the summer
after college working a crappy job
at a crappy amusement park and we
learn that Kristen Stewart has more in
her than “vampire’s girlfriend.” The
1980s soundtrack makes this Gen-X
version of The Graduate a delight.
• Worst post college: Post Grad
Shut up, Rory Gilmore.
• Best weird movie by stylistic filmmakers: A Serious Man The
Cohen Brothers riff on the story of Job
in this quiet, menace-filled oddball
movie about a Jewish man whose life
is falling apart in 1960s Minnesota.
• Best funny movie by a stylistic
filmmaker: Whatever Works Woody
Allen — I know! I was surprised too.
But this Larry David fronted comedy
filled with cornball jokes and directto-the-camera monologues kept me
smiling long after I left the theater.
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ultimately pointless use of ghost children.
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far that are full of foreign movies and then one
thing you’ve heard of (and why is that usually Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?)?
Instead, I offer:
• Best thing about movies this decade:
Pixar. Pixar began its dominance of the cartoon universe in the mid-1990s but it was in
the ’00s (I’m still not resolved on aughts; how
about decadus horribilis?) that they started
putting out films that will truly stand as classics for decades to come. Specifically Finding
Nemo (the new Bambi), The Incredibles (a
remarkably spot-on examination of marriage
You know those joke books labeled with
some variation of “porn for women” and filled
with pictures of men vacuuming or offering
chocolate while they inquire about your day?
This is an entire movie of that. We get scenes
of Meryl Streep relaxing in a warm tub (after
which Alec Baldwin delights that they can
have fun together even without sex) and of
the amorous couple enjoying a lunch in bed
while watching Oprah. Let me say that again
— While Watching Oprah.
And Jane (Streep) is a woman who knows
how to engage in comforts. When she comes
home from a day of hard but rewarding
work at her gourmet market/bakery, she can
relax in one of the many tastefully decorated
but still comfortable rooms in her beautiful
Santa Barbara home which features a spacious backyard and a vegetable garden that
would make Michael Pollan weep with joy.
Sure, her husband of 20 years, Jake (Alec
Baldwin), left her 10 years ago to marry a
trampy-looking young 30something (Lake
Bell) but Jane’s survived beautifully, raising children who are all at some stage of
being college educated and, when she needs
company, throwing casually elegant dinner
parties for her chummy lady friends (Mary
Kay Place, Rita Wilson and Alexandra
Wentworth).
At the college graduation in New York
of son Luke (Hunter Parrish), Jane is again
able to gather her whole family together
including youngest daughter Gabby (Zoe
Kazan) and older daughter Lauren (Caitlin Fitzgerald), who is always accompanied
by her doting fiancé Harley (John Krasinski). While the kids attend a party, Jane
finds herself alone at the restaurant bar of
the hotel where she’s staying. Also, it turns
out, where Jake is staying, alone, his wife
having stayed back in California. Jake joins
Jane for a drink and then for dinner — they
drink and talk and eat and enjoy each other’s company. Jane’s not dating anyone at
the moment, Jake is miserable at home (his
wife has him going to a fertility clinic to
facilitate the conception of a child he doesn’t
particularly want). As a glass of wine turns
into several bottles, this former couple goes
from flirting to full-on hanky-panky.
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and family dynamics, despite being a kid’s
movie about superheroes) and this year’s Up.
Their very best? Ratatouille and WALL-E.
• Worst thing about movies this decade:
The escalation of everything. Everything
seemed to get more in the past 10 years. Summer
movie season (which, like Christmas shopping
season, seems to begin earlier each year), Oscar
campaigning season, Oscar campaigns, Oscar
movie season (with more movies crammed into
one limited release date and not filtering out to us
in the hinterlands until January), the importance
of opening weekend, the hype around opening
weekends, the use of 3-D, the turning of everything into a franchise, the continuing infliction
of the Saw movies, the remake/adaptation of old
TV shows/old movies/video games/amusement
park rides … more, bigger, louder, advanced
sold and coming right at you.
The next day, Jane’s not so sure how she
feels about what has happened, but Jake is
eager to make their one-night-stand the start
of a resumption of their relationship. While
Jane is delighted at the fact that her ex is now
sneaking around to court her, she’s not so sure
that more Jake is what she needs in her life,
particularly as she begins a friendship with
the sweet Adam (Steve Martin), the recently
divorced architect who is helping to build an
addition on her house.
Because, not only is this movie about an
older woman enjoying a fling with one man
while getting the attentions of another, it’s also
about a truly beautiful California ranch home
getting a massive new kitchen and a comfy
new master bedroom suit. So, some real estate
porn along with your romance porn.
And as with traditional porn, I feel like
complaining about the lameness in the dialogue here (this is the rare case where the clips
you see in the trailers aren’t nearly as witty in
the context of the movie) or the stilted quality of the characters is very much beside the
point. It’s like saying the cinematography
in Jenna Jameson’s last movie wasn’t up to
snuff. This movie does, finally, everything to
Baldwin — glamorizing his good looks while
also showing off his flaws, pairing him with
the 60-year-old Streep who is played as the
same age as his 51-year-old self — that is
usually done to the female characters. And the
movie is aggressively kind to Streep (never
shows her naked, puts her in the most flattering light). That and the enjoyment that this
kind of overt leveling of the romance-movie
playing field is the point here, I suspect.
And I can appreciate the fun in all this,
the sense of chocolate mousse decadence
that comes with watching it, and yet I can’t
quite say that I enjoyed it. I’m not sure if this
is generational — do I identify more with the
generation of the bewildered children of these
Boomer parents than I do with Streep? Or is
it Streep’s character that keeps me from reveling in the escapism and the way that, in order
to make her character so big, the movie made
everyone else small and flat?
So I’m left to be the killjoy, the calorie-perserving warning, for this gooey dessert. But
that doesn’t mean others shouldn’t partake and
enjoy if everything I’ve described here sounds
like a breath of cocoa-scented fresh air. C+
Rated R for some drug content and sexuality.
Written and directed by Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated is an hour and 58 minutes long and is
distributed in wide release by Universal Pictures.
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• The Blind Side (PG-13, 2009)
Thurs., Dec. 31, through Thurs.,
Jan.7, at 7:30 p.m. Plus Sun., Jan.
3, at 2 p.m.
• An Education (R, 2009) Thurs.,
Dec. 31, through Thurs., Jan.7, at
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and 4:30 p.m
• My Little Chickadee (1940)
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• Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas (2009) Sat.,
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• Men Who Stare at Goats (R,
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p.m.; Sat., Jan. 2, at 4:15, 6:30 &
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• Precious: Based on the Novel Push
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Famous Italian movie director Guido Contini (Lewis) has a star and a movie poster, but
little else for his new film, Italia. He wants it
to be a glorious celebration of Italian womanhood or some such whateverness that fits with
the poster’s sexy illustration of bombshell Claudia (Nicole Kidman), and he would also like the
film to not be a flop, like a few of his recent movies. He is, however, blocked, stuck, at a loss. He
flees to a seaside spa. But even there, when he
should be focusing on writing the movie’s script,
he instead song-and-dances through memories
about his mother (Sophia Loren) and the village girl of ill-repute (Stacy Ferguson). He day
dreams about his smoking-hot mistress Carla
(Penelope Cruz) and then deals with her needy
reality. He moons after and betrays his wife, a
pained-looking Luisa (Marion Cotillard) and he
gets honest advice from his costume expert and
longtime friend Lilli (Judi Dench). And, somewhere in there, Kate Hudson shows up to play
a variation on her mom playing a sexual-liberation-loving blonde who hits on Guido via song.
Nine isn’t just a train wreck, it’s a wreck
between a train carrying tankers of red wine
and a freight train packed with containers of
mascara and fishnet stockings. After impact,
police in skinny ties and sunglasses survey the
wreckage — women in lace corsets and too
much lipstick hobble off the tracks in search of
a cigarette. Just try to look away from that.
The story serves as slices of thin rye bread
on which to balance the heaping piles of roast
beef that are the song and dance numbers —
every woman gets at least one. The songs
vary in enjoyability — Fergie’s lusty “Be Italian” is probably the best, Judi Dench’s “Folies
Bergère” and Cotillard’s “Take It All” are
also nice romps that mix genuine talent with
sparkly costumes. But this sandwich doesn’t
always hold together — mustard and meat
go all over the place. Not all of the songs are
successful and Sophia Loren looks strangely
stiff throughout the entire movie, as though
perhaps her wax likeness and not the actual woman is what we’re seeing. Daniel Day
Lewis looks great — even sounds OK, I suppose, but something about the absurdity of the
movie overall makes his character a bit too
absurd and not someone who you can sympathize with or, ultimately, care about at all.
When it isn’t confounding you with its
strange, lace-covered weirdness, Nine is —
disappointingly, surprisingly — trying your
patience. In a musical, fakiness and big sparkly cheesiness are to be expected, but boredom
is a near-fatal flaw. C
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.
Directed by Rob Marshall and written by Michael
Tolkin and Anthony Minghella (from the Broadway musical by Arthur Kopit, Maury Yeston and
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Local music
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By Michael Witthaus
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• Re-Spark: After a two-month hiatus,
Thursday night jazz returns to C.R. Sparks
in January, when Pat Loomis, a local saxophone player who’s worked with Phil Collins,
appears with his trio. Upcoming performers at
the Bedford fine dining establishment include
Groove Authority (Jan. 14), Rico Barr (Jan.
21) and Siroteau (Jan. 28). See the Pat Loomis Trio on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7p.m. at C.R.
Sparks, 18 Kilton Road in Bedford. Call 6477275 or visit www.crsparks.com.
• Wishing on a star: Aspiring local talents
vie for a top prize of a one-week Florida resort
vacation at the Local Vocalist Star Search,
beginning Saturday night. Monthly competitions are scheduled through March, with a
final round in early April. Contestants must be
16 years or older, but anyone can come and
cheer their favorite singer. The Local Vocalist
Star Search happens at Chadbourn’s Restaurant, 261 1st NH Turnpike in Northwood at
6 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 2, Feb 6 and March 6,
with the finals on Saturday, April 3. To enter,
call 664-5863 or 942-9203.
• Not Just Lo Mein: Hooksett welcomes
a new addition to the local music scene, as
George and the RetroActivists perform classic
rock at the recently renovated Asian Breeze
Restaurant, specializing in upscale Asian
fusion cuisine. In addition to spider rolls,
Korean spicy stew and jellyfish with cucumber salad, the eatery plans live music every
Saturday. Dance to George and RetroActivists
on Sat, Jan. 9, at 8:30p.m at the Asian Breeze
Restaurant, 1328 Hooksett Road in Hooksett
(Shaw’s Plaza). Call 621-9298 or visit www.
asianbreezenh.com.
• Giving back: Recycled Percussion’s Justin Spencer, a passionate advocate for living
free of substance abuse, will perform at an
event to benefit Manchester treatment facility Serenity Place, hosted by WZID’s Tracy
Caruso. Local activist Dave Moran receives
the annual “Courage to Change” award for his
work helping addicts find sobriety. Attend the
“Courage To Change” dinner on Friday, Jan.
15, at the Executive Court Conference Center,
13500 South Willow St. in Manchester. Tickets cost $50 per person. Call 625-6980.
• Calling all fiddlers: Ellen Carlson recently launched the New Hampshire Fiddle
Ensemble to train musicians in the basics of
performing and musicianship across a broad
range of musical styles — folk, bluegrass,
swing, Celtic, old-time and others. Practices and rehearsals will be held through the
spring, with a final performance at the Middle Arts and Entertainment Center in Franklin
set for Sunday, May 2. Sign up for the New
Hampshire Fiddle Ensemble ($170 for nine
meetings), beginning Sunday, Jan. 10, by calling Ellen Carlson at 661-1981.
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New albums and bigger spotlights
Five local bands who made a mark in 2009
By Michael Witthaus
Recycled Percussion
The Goffstown junk rockers were far and
away the biggest New Hampshire music story of the year, making a national splash on
America’s Got Talent with a third place finish
— behind two singers, giving them bragging
rights as the NBC show’s top band.
A few days after the show ended, an
impromptu homecoming show happened
where it all began. The band returned to
Goffstown High School for a free show in
the school’s gymnasium. Fourteen years
earlier, bandleader Justin Spencer debuted
his musical project there for a school talent
show.
The band toyed with doing a bigger venue, but didn’t think they could fill it on such
short notice. That turned out to be false
modesty. One-to-a-customer seats were
snapped up in 15 minutes. Some fans started
lining up at Shaw’s supermarket in Goffstown three hours ahead of time. A humbled
Justin Spencer said later, “I didn’t realize
how massive the support would be in New
Hampshire, because we were in L.A. for the
past few months and were kind of detached
from all the media.”
Brooks Young. Courtesy Photo.
Brooks Young Band
Blues rockers the Brooks Young Band
began the year with the release of the Back
On the Ground, a well-received EP of originals. The rootsy record had a vintage Rolling
Stones feel, partly because guitarist Young
plays instruments made around the same
time that classic rockers were coming up –
a 1962 Gretsch Country Classic and a 1957
Fender Stratocaster.
Two songs, “Last September” and “Dream
Away” received radio airplay on 92.5 FM,
The River. After an emotional high opening
B.B. King’s Hampton Beach Casino show in
August, the local guitar hero topped the bill
at the recently opened Chandler’s in downtown Manchester. The lanky, clean living
Young is the kind of guy that makes mothers
encourage their kids to become musicians.
His modern-hued blues excite fans across
the musical spectrum, from Clapton to Dave
Matthews.
In early December they opened a sold-out
J. Geils/James Montgomery show at The
Middle in Franklin. As 2009 ended, work on
Recycled Percussion. Courtesy Photo.
a follow-up to Back On the Ground neared
completion, and the band prepared for big
shows in Boston (Harper’s Ferry, Dec. 27)
and New York City (Sullivan Hall, Jan. 7).
Ashley Alexander
Berklee grad Ashley Alexander’s appearance opening for Chuck Wicks at the Palace
Theatre in Manchester last September was
a return of sorts. As a high school student,
the hometown girl performed on the Palace
stage as Sandy in a production of Grease.
Alexander had a Sandy-like transformation
of her own – a musical one - with the release
of Heaven on Earth, an album of originals
which was worlds removed from the comehither funktronica of Fantasy, her teenage
duo act with sister Arsha.
The well-received album, made with the
support of Grammy-winning producer Bill
Cuomo
Poised to shine in 2010 (“Bette
Ashley Alexander. Courtesy Photo.
Davis Eyes”), was more Reba than Rihanna,
with empowered woman songs like “Good
Luck” and “Goodbye Cry” along with lovegone-wrong tunes (“You’re Right, I Left”)
and the husband-snagging romp “Too Bad
You Don’t Know It Yet.” As the year closed
out, Alexander was back in the studio working on a new album.
Amy Petty
Derry singer-songwriter Amy Petty spent five years building a catalog of
original songs and performing them at venues throughout the area — Milly’s
Tavern in Manchester, Milford’s Pasta Loft and Nashua’s Simple Gifts Coffeehouse. This and her debut album, Mystery Becomes You, helped Petty earn
runner-up honors in the Hippo’s annual reader’s poll in March 2009 as Best
Local Performer Playing Original Music.
The singer-songwriter is hard at work on a follow-up CD, and in December the Christmas
track, “A Lullaby for a King,” arrived on her www.amypetty.com Web site. Petty is donating
all proceeds from song’s sale to Habitat For Humanity. “You give to me, I give to you, we all
give to those in need,” she wrote in a holiday note. “Generosity can be contagious.”
Petty will play her first Tupelo Music Hall show on Jan. 7, when she hosts the weekly songwriter’s night. She’s also scheduled to perform at Newmarket’s Stone Church on Jan. 17.
Ben Geyer
Jazz scholar and ace pianist Ben Geyer broke through as a composer in
2009. The New Hampshire native will formally release his new CD The Narrative, a pair of storytelling musical suites (including one based on John
Steinbeck’s East of Eden), on February 1l.
A series of local release parties, featuring The Ben Geyer Sextet, are set for
Nashua’s Studio 99 on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 8p.m., the Cambridge, Mass., Lily
Pad club on Friday, Feb 12 at 7p.m. and Portsmouth’s Press Room on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 9 p.m.
Geyer will also perform at a Homecoming Jazz Concert on Saturday, Jan. 2, with Robbyn Tongue
and Chris Burbank at the Adams Memorial Opera House in Derry. His band The Gate plays at 7
p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Nashua’s Sky Lounge and Geyer will do a free solo show at Stella Blu
in Nashua on Thursday, Feb. 4.
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CONCERTS
Venues
Capitol Center for the
Performing Arts
44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111
The Colonial Theatre
95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033
Dana Humanities Center at
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Dr.,
Franklin Opera House
316 Central St., Franklin
934-1901
Hampton Beach
Casino Ballroom
Black Brook Band. Courtesy photo.
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Jamantics formed last March, but in
very short order they’ve gained a big following, from Capitol bars to Seacoast
clubs and beyond. They’ve also attracted attention from local luminaries like
Rock 101/WHEB Program Director Chris
Garrett, who helped secure them a slot
opening for Little Feat at Hampton Beach
Casino last August.
The Concord-based combo blends elements of rock, funk and free-form jazz into
a lively musical stew that sounds like it
took years, not months, to perfect. Their set
list of original material was 40 songs deep
when the band was profiled in October. The
band has already released three EPs, including Fall Sampler, released in November.
“As we jam into 2010, there’s lots of
exciting things in store,” the band recently reported, including monthly exclusive
shows at the Barley House in Concord, the
release of a live winter sampler CD and a
one-year anniversary celebration.
Always a favorite of traditional country
fans, the Black Brook Band won big at the
New Hampshire Country Music Association
Awards in September. The NHCMA named
the Manchester-based six-piece both Best
Traditional and Best New Country band at
its 22nd annual awards show, proving the
maxim that versatility is the best measure
of a bar band.
With a repertoire of standards from performers like George Jones, Marty Robbins
and Johnny Cash, Black Brook has won the
NHCMA traditional award before. In 2006,
they went on to win the national title. But
2009 was Black Brook’s first entry in the
new country category.
Black Brook lead singer Marcus Knight
says he didn’t expect to beat Jonathan Scott
and the Blazing Hearts, a band that won multiple times in past years. When the award
was announced, says Knight, “I was numb.
We were stunned that we took the both of
them.” Knight also took home personal
honors as Best New Country Vocalist.
• Recycled Percussion, Thurs.,
Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., Palace Theatre
• Adam Ezra Group, Thurs.,
Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., Tupelo
• Kevin Garant/Portastud, Sat.,
Jan. 2, at 8 p.m., Studio 99
• Vance Gilbert, Sat. Jan. 2, at 7
p.m., Deb’s House Concerts
• Homecoming Jazz Concert
Sat. Jan. 2, 7 p.m. Adams Memorial Opera House
• Bryan Thomas, Thurs., Jan. 7,
at 8 p.m., Studio 99
• Roomful of Blues, Fri., Jan. 8,
at 8 p.m., Tupelo
• Gi Frants, Sat., Jan. 9, at 8
p.m., Studio 99
• The Doublenecks & Mike
Loce, Sun., Jan. 10, at 3 p.m.,
Studio 99
• Bryan Thomas, Thurs., Jan.
14, at 8 p.m., Studio 99
• Little Feat, Fri., Jan. 15, at 8
p.m., Colonial
• Martin Sexton, Fri., Jan. 15, at
8 p.m., Tupelo
• Dave Mason, Sat., Jan. 16, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Peterborough Folk Music
Society, Sat., Jan. 16, at 8 p.m.,
169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton
Beach, 929-4100
Leddy Center
38c Ladd’s Lane, Epping, 6792781,leddycenter.org
Lowell Auditorium
East Merrimack Street, Lowell,
Mass., 978-454-2299
The Music Hall
28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth,
436-2400
The Old Meeting House,
1 New Boston Rd., Francestown
Palace Theatre
668-5588
Rochester Opera House
31 Wakefield St., Rochester
335-1992
Tsongas Arena
300 M.L.K Jr. Way, Lowell,
Mass., (978) 848-6900
Tupelo Music Hall
2 Young Road, Londonderry,
603-437-5100
Verizon Wireless Arena
555 Elm St., Manchester,
644-5000
Whittemore Center Arena at
UNH
128 Main St., Durham, 862-4000
Living room concert
Deb’s House Concerts in Chesham
presents Vance Gilbert on Saturday,
Jan. 2, 7 p.m. Described by the Ft.
Worth Star Telegram as, “The voice
of an angel, the wit of a devil and the
guitar of a god.” Finishing a year and
a half as support for George Carlin is
the most recent chapter in Gilbert’s
varied and successful performance history. Potluck is at
5:45 p.m., cost is $18. Potluck is only for the first 40 reservations out of 55 total. For reservations and directions,
call or e-mail 827-2905 deb@pfms.mv.com.
Deb’s House Concerts
• An Evening with 1964 the
Tribute, Sun., Jan. 17, at 7 p.m.,
Palace Theatre
• David Hidalgo and Louie
Perez of Los Lobos, on Sun.,
Jan. 17, at 7 p.m., Tupelo
• Eddie Money, Fri., Jan. 22, at 8
p.m., Tupelo
• Jonathan Edwards, Fri., Jan. 22,
at 8 p.m., Rochester Opera House
• Mendelsson Madness (with
George Sebastian Lopez) on Fri.,
Jan 22, at 7 p.m., Dana Center
• St. Lawrence String Quartet,
Jan. 26, at 7 p.m., Spaulding
Auditorium
• The Marshall Tucker Band, on
Wed., Jan. 27, at 8 p.m., Tupelo
• Rain (A tribute to the Beatles)
Wed., Jan. 27, at 8 p.m., Lowell
Auditorium
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NITE
“Red Red Puzzle” — RockandRollCrosswords.com by Todd Santos
Across
1. Singer extraordinaire Mariah
6. Opener is usually second-___
10. Robert Palmer ‘Give Me An
___’
14. Song that broke Pearl Jam
15. ‘Stuck In The Middle With
You’ co-writer Joe
16. What Natalie Imbruglia’s hit
did up charts
17. Guitar teacher’s student
18. What reunions try to relive
19. Wahlberg’s terrible ‘Rock __’
20. _____ Teen Spirit (6,4)
22. What groupie’s will do
23. Paul Westerberg’s ‘__ Season’
payday
24. Type of Fender piano
26. Instumental Paul Simon jam
that’s not a Stones cover
30. A good manager will know
them
31. Maiden ‘Seventh __ Of A Seventh __’
32. Duran Duran ‘New __ On
Monday’
33. Sexy 80s rocker Ford
35. Ratt ‘__ For The Sky’
39. Used on album covers
41. “Artist” Lohan
43. ‘74 Queen album ‘___ Heart
Attack’
44. Smog song that grasped?
46. Bands want to blow this, not
their amps
47. Ocasek of The Cars
49. Don McLean ‘American __’
50. What a natural plays with
51. Coldplay ‘Swallowed In ____’
(3,3)
12/24
ter, 623-2880. Music by Mugsy at 9
p.m. Tickets are $10, which include
champagne and party favors.
• ELEMENT LOUNGE 1055 Elm
St., Manchester, 627-2922. DJ dancing with champagne and party favors
all night. No cover.
• FODY’S TAVERN 9 Clinton St.,
Nashua, 577-9015, classic rock from
Mad Express.
• FRATELLO’S 155 Dow St., Manchester, 641-6776. North Shore Comedy comics and DJ Nick Lamberti, with
dinner buffet featuring shrimp, scallops, sesame-encrusted salmon and a
carving station. Starts at 7:30 p.m., cost
is $69.95 which includes party favors
and a toast at midnight. This is a dressy
(no jeans) affair.
• GATE CITY PUB 56 Canal St.,
Nua, 598-8256. DJ Joe; raffles and
prizes throughout the night.
• GREEN MARTINI 6 Pleasant St.,
Concord, 223-6672, Boogie on Alice
performing.
• GRIFFING’S SIDE TRAX 99
Route 13, Brookline, 673-3244. Midnight buffet, DJ & dancing; no cover.
• HEADLINERS COMEDY CLUB
Clarion Hotel, 21 Front St., Manchester. Brad Mastrangelo, Rob Steen and
Eric Hurst provide the comedy. Dinner
and show packages available at $50
per person; book in advance by calling
Harts Turkey Farm at 669-3333.
• HALUWA LOUNGE at Nashua
Mall, exit 6 off Route 3. Music by
Shades Apart. Call 883-6662.
• HERMANOS 11 Hills Ave., off
Main St., Concord, 224-5669, music
by Mango Garden.
• JILLIAN’S BILLIARD CLUB
50 Philippe Cote Dr., Manchester,
626-7636. Partnering with the Four
Points Sheraton Hotel for “Prom Night
— Past or Present,” includes prizes for
best-dressed couple and class clown
and crowning of a king and queen,
Down
1. Fred Durst was never w/out his
2. Former singer (alum)
3. Band ready for big time
4. Demonic Interpol song?
5. ‘Oh Yeah’ one hitters
6. Reef song that refills?
7. _____ Me!
8. What new member has to be
up to
9. What Metallica’s ‘Sandman’
does
10. ‘Moondance’ classic ‘And
______’ (2,6,2)
11. Prominent musician
12. Ratt bassist Robbie
13. Fans sometimes come in them
21. What Slayer will do to ‘The
Blood’
25. Type of band ‘section’
26. Need them to plug in
Rhythm of the Night
Presented by Friends of the Audi
on Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Concord
City Auditorium, 150 prima dancers
from seven area dance schools will
perform 21 acts including tap, hiphop, ballet, jazz, modern and production numbers. Turning
Pointe Center of Dance and Dancesteps Etc. will be joined
on stage by dancers from Capital City Dance Center. Tickets cost $6 and are available at participating schools and at
Ballard’s Novelty Shop at McKee Square. The show will
last up to 90 minutes with an intermission and is suitable for
all ages. Call producer David Murdo at 225-7474 or e-mail
to nhdm40@comcast.net.
Admission is $10, with a room package available for $89, that includes free
shuttle to the party, complimentary hot
breakfast and late checkout. Music by
Five Flavor Discount begins at 9 p.m.
Call for tickets.
• JOHNNY’S PIZZA Lowell Road
in Hudson, 880-7087. Music by
Smokehouse Lightning.
• JOHNNY BAD’S 542 Elm St.,
Manchester, 222-9191. Plead Insanity will play.
• KC’S RIB SHACK 837 Second
St., Manchester, 627-7427. Kevin
Cornish will perform with his band
the Rezidudes; no cover.
• PIT ROAD LOUNGE 388 Loudon Rd, Concord, 226-0533. Classic
rock with Code 3, champagne and
party favors; tickets cost $15.
• MILLY’S TAVERN 500 Commercial St., Manchester, 625-4444. , will
feature the band Streamline. This is
the last show with the band’s original
drummer. Call for tickets.
• MOE JOE’S TAVERN 2175 Candia Rd., Manchester, 668-0131, Roxanne & Voodoo Rockers; no cover.
• PASTA LOFT RESTARAUNTS
Two by Two play classic rock
at 220 E. Main St., East Hampstead, call 378-0092. The Transistors play at the Milford location
at 241 Union Sq. Call 672-2270.
• PEDDLER’S DAUGHTER 48
Main St., Nashua, 880-8686. Classic
rock from Thirdstone.
• PENUCHE’S ALE HOUSE 6
Pleasant St., Concord, 228-9833.
Jamantics playing original music.
• SHENANIGANS 586 Nashua St.,
Milford, 672-2060, will feature Banshee with free appetizers, giveaways
and a champagne toast. No cover.
• SKY LOUNGE 522 Amherst St.,
Nashua, 882-6026. Dinner with salad,
appetizer, entrée and a bottle of wine,
$75 per couple. Party includes DJ dancing and a midnight champagne toast.
• SLAMMER’S 547 Donald St.,
Bedford, 668-2120. Jammed plays
classic rock.
• STELLA BLU 70 E. Pearl St.,
Nashua, 578-5557. Alley Blues hosts
a New Year’s Rockin’ Eve party.
• STRANGE BREW TAVERN 88
27. Biblical Bob Seger System
album?
28. Acoustic Gonzalez
29. Night Ranger ‘_____ Love
Affair’
34. Sheryl Crow ‘_____ Do’
(3,1,5)
36. Popular continent in ‘82?
37. Strewn across concert parking
lot
38. Famous concert park in London
40. Famous canal in Ramones
home state
42. A band with the perfect chemistry
45. Beatles manager Brian
48. New Wave Scots Aztec ____
51. Bass drum sound
52. UB40 “___ am, baby. Come
and take me” (4,1)
53. Paul Stanley uses one on down
time
55. ‘You’re Beautiful’ James
58. Jethro Tull keyboardist John
59. “You say goodbye, ___ hello”
(1,3)
60. Jam session-type band ___
Freddy
61. Boyz II Men ‘On Bended ___’
62. Collins ‘Against All __’
© rockandrollcrosswords.com
Written By: Todd Santos
Test your trivia
knowledge
You think Jeopardy! is for neophytes. Well, you now have a chance
to show off your skills. Bring your
friends to the Currier Museum of Art
on Thurs., Jan. 7, from 6 to 8 pm for
trivia night. A few questions will be
about the history of Currier and the Currier’s collection; arrive
in time for the 5:45 p.m. tour or study up at www.currier.org/
history.aspx. Teams are encouraged, so come with a group (up
to six) or join a team when you get there. A cash bar will be
available. The evening is part of the Currier’s First Thursday
series. See www.currier.org or call 669.6144 ext. 108.
Market St., Manchester, 666-4292.
House band Dave Rousseau & the
Strange Brew All-Stars play music,
with an appetizer and dessert buffet,
champagne toast.
• TUPELO MUSIC HALL 2 Young
Rd., Londonderry, 437-5100, tupelohall.com. Adam Ezra Group performs
at 9 p.m.
• VILLAGE TRESTLE 25 Main
St., Goffstown, 497-8230. Everyone
is encouraged to bring an item from
the list at www.give2thetroops.org or
a $5 donation to benefit VA hospitals.
Problem Child plays AC/DC covers,
with rides home with Ted.
• WB’S 20 Old Granite St., Manchester, 641-2583. A Black and White
Ball featuring DJ Bobby Gallagher.
Admission costs $20 at the door,
includes a buffet from 8 to 10 p.m.
• WHIPPERSNAPEPRS 44 Nashua
Rd, Londonderry, 434-2660. Souled
Out Soul Show Band. This year’s
theme is “Rockin’ in a Winter Wonderland,” $60 tickets include dinner,
dessert buffet, champagne toast and a
safe ride home in a limousine.
• YARD RESTAURANT 1211 S.
Mammoth Rd., Manchester, 6233545. North Shore Comedy Club, a
one-hour standup show precedes live
music with Richie Rich and 24K Funk,
all included with a $75 dinner package.
Music & parties
• BLUE HILL BRASS CONCERT
Sun., Jan. 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at
the Amherst Town Library, 14 Main
St., Amherst. Call 673-2288 or e-mail
library@amherst.lib.nh.us to register.
•
15th
ANNUAL
SERENITY PLACE “COURAGE TO
CHANGE” DINNER Justin Spencer
from New Hampshire’s own America’s
Got Talent finalist group Recycled Percussion and morning radio personality Tracy Caruso from WZID will be
at this event, an annual fundraiser for
Serenity Place in Manchester. Tickets
for the Jan. 15, event are still available
at $50 each or a table of ten for $500.
Call Serenity Place to reserve your
seats at 603-625-6980.
Nightlife listings
New Year’s Eve
Many places require reservations; call
for tickets and more information.
• AMBER ROOM 53 High St.,
Nashua, 881-9060, New Year’s Eve
Gala with DJ Johnny C and DJ Danny
D. Tickets cost $40 at the door. Doors
open at 8 p.m.
• BARLEY HOUSE 132 N. Main
St., Concord, 228-6363, “Barleyoke”
party. No cover, call 228-6363.
• BLACK BRIMMER 1087 Elm
St., Manchester, 669-5523. Full dinner available; Vegas Temper performs. Tickets $10.
• BLACK ORCHARD GRILLE 8
Temple St., Nashua, 577-8910, with
five course meal with jazz music
by Michael Troy Duo. First dinner
served at 6 p.m. Cost is $75. Second
seating at 9 p.m., cost is $89 and
includes noisemakers and midnight
champagne toast.
• BOUNTY CLUB in the Holiday Inn,
9 Northeastern Blvd., Nashua, 8881551, reggae band Roots of Creation at
7 p.m. Admission is $45 and includes a
gourmet hot appetizer/finger food buffet and a midnight champagne toast,
with a 50-foot pirate ship cash bar.
• CITY SPORTS GRILLE Stadium
Ten Pin 216 Maple St., Manchester,
625-9656, will feature the Tom Dixon
Band. Champagne toast, party favors
and light munchies. Tickets cost $10.
• CLUB LIQUID 23 Amherst St.,
Manchester, 645-7600. Renegade
Soundstation playing for the All
Black Everything New Year’s Eve
Bash. All black attire encouraged,
but not required. DJ Danjah & King
Ilabash start at 9 p.m. on the turntables, with live performances by Mad
Bwoy, Fresh 2 Def and Mighty Mistic. Tickets are $10.
• DERRYFIELD COUNTRY
CLUB 625 Mammoth Rd, Manches-
54. Crack Up song used to mop to?
56. Glenn Frey ‘The __ Is On’
57. Live Stooges album (8,2)
63. Third Eye Blind ‘__ Major’
64. J Geils ‘You’re Gettin’ __
While I’m Getting Odd’
65. Floyd ‘___ Them’ (2,3)
66. Replacements ‘Pleased To ___
Me’
67. Concert festival drag
68. Appointed as new member
69. Voodoo Glow Skulls ‘Dog __’
70. Swedish Ternheim
71. Bis ‘Young Alien ___’
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Beijing & Tokyo
Allenstown
61 S. Main St., 228-0888
Ground Zero
48 Allenstown Rd. Green Martini
6 Pleasant St., 223-6672
Hermanos
Amherst
11 Hills Ave., 224-5669
Club Comedy
Loudon Road Restaurant
at Amherst
and Pit Road Lounge
Country Club
388 Loudon Rd, 226-0533
72 Ponemah
Road,673-9908 Makris
354 Sheep Davis Rd,
225-7665
Auburn
Penuche’s Ale House
Auburn Pitts
167 Rockingham 6 Pleasant St., 228-9833
The Red Blazer
Rd, 622-6564
72 Manchester St., 224-4101
Holiday’s Bar
and Grill
346 Hooksett Rd, Deerfield
Lazy Lion Café
483-0880, holidaysbarandgrill. 4 North Road, 463-7374
com
Derry
Adams Opera House
Barrington
29 W. Broadway/ Rte 102
Chip ‘N Run
Pub Nippo Lake Brookstone Grille
Golf Course, 550 14 Route 11 E., 328-9250
Burgundy’s Billiards
Province Rd.
35 Manchester St., 437-6600
664-2030
Steve-N-James Tavern
187 Rockingham Rd,
Barnstead
434-0600
Barnstead Music Hall 96
Maple St, 269-2000
Dover
American Legion Post 8
Bedford
640 Central Ave.
C.R. Sparks
Barley Pub
18 Kilton Rd, 647-7275
328 Central Ave.,742-4226
Slammers
Dover Elks Lodge
547 Donald St., 668-2120
282 Durham Road
Dover Bowl
Belmont
887 Central Ave., 742-9632
The Lodge at Belmont
Dover Brick House
Route 106, 877-872-2501
2 Orchard St., 749-3838
Kelley’s Row
Boscawen
421 Central Ave., 750-7081
Alan’s
133 N. Main St., 753-6631 RJ’s
83 Washington St.
Top of the Chop
Brookline
One Orchard St., 740-0006
Big Bear Lodge
106 Route 13, 672-7675
Durham
Griffings’ Side Trax
Acorns Restaurant
99 Route 13, 673-3244
15 Strafford Ave., 862-2815
The Loft at the Grange
12 Main St., 315-9423
East Hampstead
The Pasta Loft
Concord
220 E. Main St., 378-0092
The Barley House
132 N. Main St., 228-6363
Thursday, Dec. 31
Auburn
Holidays: Tom Ballerini
Bedford
Slammers: Jammed
Boscawen
Alan’s: Soul City
Brookline
Griffings: DJ Nocturnal
Candia
Pasquale’s: DJ
Concord
Barley House: Barleyoke
Beijing & Tokyo: holiday
karaoke
Granite Restaurant: DJ
Green Martini: Boogie
on Alice
Hermanos: Mango Garden
Penuche’s: Jamantics
Pit Road Lounge: Code 3
Danbury
Alphorn Bistro: Jim Hollis
Brick House: Kemosabi,
Maniacal, Redlock, Two
Sided Season
Kelley’s Row: Gazpacho
Breezeway: DJ McKay
City Sports Grille: Tom
Dixon Band
Club 313: New Year’s
Eve Party w/DJ Bob
Epping
Club Liquid: Renegade
Holy Grail: Tim Cannon Soundstation
Derryfield: Mugsy
Gilford
Element: DJ
Patrick’s: The Red Hat Band Fratello’s: DJ Lamberti
Jillian’s: 5 Flavor Discount
Goffstown
Johnny Bad’s: Plead
Village Trestle: Problem Insanity
Child
KC’s: Rezidudes, DJ Danjah, King Ilabash
Hampstead
Mad Bob’s: The Bars
Pasta Loft: Two by Two Milly’s: Streamline
Moe Joe’s: Roxanne and
Hampton
The Rockers
Wally’s Pub: The Old
Murphy’s: Best Not Broken
Bastards
Penuche’s: Lichen
Piccola: Oscar’s Fault
Hudson
Shaskeen: Tom Deniston
Johnny’s: Smokehouse
Strange Brew: Strange
Lightning
Brew All Stars
WB’s: DJ MC Renn
Laconia
Margate: The UnderMerrimack
cover Operatives
Jade Dragon: Project Mess
Londonderry
Derry
Burgundy’s: karaoke w/DJ Whippersnappers:
Steve, New Year’s Eve party Souled Out Show Band
Dover
Barley Pub: Mill City
Ramblers
American Legion
Epsom
Hooksett
Sweeney Post
Circle 9 Ranch
Asian Breeze
Windymere Dr., 736-9656 1328 Hooksett Rd, 621-9298 251 Maple St., 623-9145
Black Brimmer
1087 Elm St., 669-5523
Epping
Hudson
Bo’s Riverside
American Legion
Johnny’s Pizzaria
500 Commercial St.,
232 Calef Hwy. (Rt. 125) 11 Tracy Lane, 943-5382
625-4444
Holy Grail Food & Spirits Linda’s Sport Bar
64 Main St., 679-9559
2B Burnham Rd, 886-0792 Breezeway Pub
14 Pearl St., 621-9111
Chandler’s Grille & Bar
Exeter
Kingston
Shooter’s Pub
The Kingston 1686 House 1181 Elm St., 836-5115,
City Sports Grille
10 Columbus Ave., 772-3856 Tavern
216 Maple St., 625-9656
127 Main St., 642-3637
Club 313
Gilford
93 S. Maple St., 628-6813
Patrick’s
Laconia
Club Liquid
18 Weirs Rd., 293-0841
Black Cat Café
23 Amherst St., 645-7600
17 Veterans Sq., 238-3233
Derryfield Country Club
Goffstown
Cactus Jacks
Village Trestle
1182 Union Ave., 528-7800 625 Mammoth Rd, 623-2880
Don Quijote
25 Main St., 497-8230
Fratello’s
333 Valley St., 792-1110
Wa Toy
799 Union Ave., 528-2022
Element Lounge
611 Mast Rd, 668-1088
Weirs Beach Lobster
1055 Elm St., 627-2922
Pound
Gaucho’s Churrascaria
Hampstead
72 Endicott St., 366-2255
Route 111 Village Square Weirs Beach Smokehouse 62 Lowell St., 669-9460
The Hilton Garden Inn
472 State St., 329-6879
Rt 3 Laconia, 366-2400
101 S. Commercial St.,
Margate Resort
669-2222
Hampton
76 Lake St., 524-5210
Ignite Bar & Grille
Breakers By the Sea
Naswa Resort
409 Ocean Blvd,
1086 Weirs Blvd., 366-4341 100 Hanover St., 494-6225,
Jewell & The Beanstalk
Hampton, 926-7702,
Paradise Beach Club
breakersbythesea.com
322 Lakeside Ave., 366-2665 793 Somerville St., 624-3709
Old Salt
Weirs Beach Smoke House Jillian’s Billiard Club
50 Philippe Cote Dr.,
409 Lafayette Rd, 926Route 3, 366-2400
626-7636
8322, www.oldsaltnh.com
Johnny Bad’s
Ron’s Landing
Londonderry
379 Ocean Blvd, 929-2122, The Homestead Restaurant 542 Elm St., 222-9191
www.ronslanding.com
176 Mammoth Rd, 437-2022 J.W. Hill’s
795 Elm St., 645-7422
Wally’s Pub
Mayflower Grange
144 Ashworth Ave.,
535 Mammoth Rd, 867-3077 Lafayette Club
387 Canal St., 623-9323
926-6954, wallyspubnh.com Whippersnappers
44 Nashua Road, 434-2660 Mad Bob’s Saloon
342 Lincoln St., 669-3049
Henniker
McGarvey’s
Pat’s Peak Sled Pub
Loudon
24 Flander’s Road,
Graverobbers Coffeehouse 1097 Elm St., 627-2721
Milly’s Tavern
888-728-7732
Loudon Congregational
500 Commercial St., 625The Henniker Junction
Church, 7018 Church St.,
4444
24 Weare Rd., 428-8511
783-9478
Moe Joe’s
2175 Candia Rd, 668-0131
Hillsborough
Manchester
Murphy’s Taproom
Boomerang’s
900 Degrees
494 Elm St., 644-3535
37 Henniker St., 464-3912 50 Dow St., 641-0900
American Legion Wm H New England Revival
Coffehouse
Hollis
Jutras & Post No 43
Calvary Fellowship Church,
Alpine Grove
56 Boutwell St., 623-9467
19 S. Depot Road, 882-9051 American Legion Post #79 60 Bailey Ave., 625-9550,
nerch.org
35 W. Brook St.
Manchester
Black Brimmer: Vegas
Temper
Milford
Pasta Loft: Transistors
Shenanigans: Banshee
Black Orchid: Michael
Troy Duo
Boston Billiards: DJ and
dancing
Bounty Room/Holiday
Inn: Joe Birch, Roots of
Creation, Fresh Pressed
Sound, DJ Type R
Fody’s: Mad Express
Gate City Pub: DJ Joe
Haluwa: Shades Apart
Peddler’s Daughter:
Thirdstone
Martha’s Exchange: DJ
Mike Sousy
Sky Lounge: DJ
Stella Blu: Alley Blues
Newmarket
Stone Church: The Brew
Portsmouth
AL Post 6: Win Place and
Show
Blue Mermaid: Seth
Gooby, Rockspring
Dolphin Striker: Bob Arens
Gas Light: DJ Pez
Press Room: Elsa Cross
and Her Band
Red Door: Ryan Obermiller
The Black & White Party
Ri Ra Pub: Stomping Melvin
Nashua
Friday, Jan. 1
Amber Room: DJ Johnny Allenstown
C, DJ Danny D
Ground Zero: Rick Reilly,
Olympic Lounge
506 Valley St., 644-5559
Piccola’s Upstairs Lounge
815 Elm St.
Penuche’s Grill
96 Hanover St., 626-9830
Rocko’s Bar & Grill
253 Wilson St., 626-5866
The Shaskeen
909 Elm St., 625-0246
Strange Brew Tavern
88 Market St., 666-4292
Unwine’d
865 Second St., 625-9463
Wally and Bernie’s
20 Old Granite St., 641-2583
The Wild Rover
21 Kosciuszko St., 669-7722
Workmen’s Club
183 Douglas St.
The Yard
1211 S. Mammoth Road,
623-3545
Killarney’s Irish Pub
Holiday Inn, Exit 4,
888-1551
Laureano Nightclub
245 Main St.
Martha’s Exchange
185 Main St., 883-8781
Michael Timothy’s
212 Main St., 595-9334
Nashua Garden
121 Main St., 886-7363
The Peddler’s Daughter
48 Main St., 880-8686
Penuche’s Ale House
4 Canal St., 595-9831
Pine Street Eatery
136 Pine St., 886-3501
The Polish American Club
15 School St., 889-9819
Shorty’s
Nashua Mall, 882-4070
Simple Gifts Coffee House
58 Lowell St.
603 Lounge
Merrimack
14 W. Hollis St., 821-5260
Jade Dragon
The Sky Lounge
515 DW Highway, 424-2280 522 Amherst St., 882-6026
Slade’s Food & Spirits
Milford
4 W. Hollis St., 886-1334
American Legion
Stella Blu
15 Cottage St., 673-9804
70 E. Pearl St., 578-5557
The Pasta Loft
Villa Banca
241 Union Sq., 672-2270
194 Main St., 598-0500
Shenanigans
586 Nashua St., 672-2060
Peterborough
Harlow’s Pub
Nashua
3 School St., 924-6365
The Amber Room
53 High St., 881-9060
Plaistow
Black Orchid Grille
The Sad Café
8 Temple St., 577-8910
148 Plaistow Rd,382-8893
Boston Billiard Club
55 Northeastern Blvd.,
Portsmouth
595-2121
Club Social
96 Islington St.
45 Pine St., 889-9838
Blue Mermaid Island Grill
Country Tavern
The hill at Hanover and High
452 Amherst St., 889-5871 streets, 427-2583
Estabrook Grill
Brewery Lane Tavern
57 Palm St., 943-5035
96 Brewery Ln, 433-7007
estabrookgrill.com
Daniel Street Tavern
Fody’s Tavern
111 Daniel St.
9 Clinton St., 577-9015
Dolphin Striker
Gate City Pub
15 Bow St., 431-5222
56 Canal St., 598-8256
Gas Light Co.
Haluwa Lounge
64 Market St., 431-9122
Nashua Mall, 883-6662
The Hilton Garden Inn
100 High St., 431-1499
The Music Hall
104 Congress St., 433-3100
Muddy RiverSmokehouse
21 Congress St., 430-9582
Paddy’s American Grill
27 International Dr., 430-9450
Player’s Ring Theater
105 Marcy St., 436-8123
Portsmouth Pearl
45 Pearl St., 431-0148,
Press Room
77 Daniel St.,431-5186
The Red Door
107 State St., 373-6827
Red Hook Brewery
35 Corporate Dr., 430-8600
Ri Ra Irish Pub
22 Market Sq., 319-1680
The Wet Bar
172 Hanover St.
Raymond
Strikers East
4 Essex Dr.
Salem
Blackwater Grill
43 Pelham Road, 328-9013
Jocelyn’s Lounge
355 S. Broadway, 870-0045
Maggie May’s
326 S. Broadway, 893-4055
Sayde’s Restaurant
136 Cluff Crossing Rd,
890-1032
The Varsity Club
67 Main St., 898-4344
Sandown
The Crossing
328 Main St.
Seabrook
169 Walton Rd
Players Bar & Grille
920 Lafayette Rd, 474-6001
Prime Time Sports Grill
620 Lafayette Rd, 760-7230
Sunapee
Sunapee Coffee House
Methodist Church, Route 11
Windham
Jonathon’s Lounge
Park Place Lanes, Route 28,
800-892-0568
Bedford
Slammers: Fixed Income
Belmont
The Lodge: Jam Sandwich
Boscawen
Alan’s: Ron Adams
Concord
Barley House: Conor
Hot tunes, cool shows
Have upcoming shows you want listed
in the music this week? Send information
about the coming week — Thursday through
Wednesday — music@hippopress.com no
later than noon on Monday. (E-mailed links to
updated Web sites are also be appreciated.)
and Driving Sideways
Londonderry
Dover
Barley Pub: Doug Baker Homestead: Mike Bourgeois WB’s: DJ Bob & DJ
Bobby G
Whippersnappers:
RJ’s: DJ Big Pez
Jimmy’s Down
Milford
Epping
Pasta Loft: Ryan, Brad,
Holy Grail: Family Affair Manchester
Black Brimmer: Josh Logan and John
Breezeway: DJ McKay
Gilford
Club Liquid: Renegade Nashua
Patrick’s: Sum X 4
Amber Room: DJ Jonny
Soundstation
C, DJ Danny D
Club 313: DJ Susan
Hampstead
Black Orchid: Michael Troy
Pasta Loft: Elmer & Gang Esthera, karaoke w/CJ
Boston Billiards: DJ Roberto
Derryfield: Mugsy
Village Square: Duo
Element: DJ Daddy Dave Fody’s: Erin and The
Leavin Eden
Mad Bob’s: Mother Hubbard Soul Drivers
Mint Bistro: Two For Dinner Gate City Pub: Ramone
Hampton
Murphy’s: Tim Theriault Martha’s Exchange: DJ
Wally’s Pub: DJ Pulse
Miso, Brian Lemire
Band
Rocko’s: A Timely Demise, Peddler’s Daughter:
Hudson
The Air I Breathe, Brink Of Cooper’s Escape
Linda’s: Horizon
Insanity, Anchorlines, Havok, Sky Lounge: Point of Entry
Stella Blu: Dave Tonkin Duet
Skamehameha, Flares Not
Kingston
The Kingston 1686 House Flashlights
Portsmouth
Shaskeen: Scalawag
Tavern: Mike Belkas
Strange Brew: BJ Magoon Blue Mermaid: open mike
Gas Light: Elijah Clark,
DJ Koko-P
Press Room: Jeremy Lyons
Red Door: Joe Bermundez
Saturday, Jan. 2
Allenstown
Ground Zero: Matt Lindstrom, Mothman Apparatus,
Dead Ellington, guests
Auburn
Holidays: John Chouinard
Boscawen
Alan’s: Common Knowledge
Concord
Barley House: Jamantics
Green Martini: Ryan B
Pit Road Lounge: Trip Wire
Dover
Barley Pub: Amorphous
Band
43
Hampstead
Pasta Loft: No Big Secret
Village Square: Switchback
Hampton
Wally’s Pub: DJ Pulse
Hudson
Linda’s: The Tom
Dixon Band
The Greater Derry Arts Council presents
a Homecoming Jazz Concert on Saturday,
Jan. 2, at 7 p.m., located at Adams Memorial Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, in Derry.
Saxophonist Robbyn Tongue of Londonderry,
trumpeter Christopher Burbank of Manchester and keyboardist Ben Geyer of Nashua
reunite on stage at the Adams. Tickets are $12
adults, $10 seniors 65+ and students under 21.Tickets are available
at DerryArts.TicketLeap.com or by calling 437-0505.
Portsmouth
Blue Mermaid: The
Bob Band
Gas Light: John Ayer,
DJ Pez
Press Room: In House
Red Door: Patrick Barry
Comedy
Saturday, Jan. 2
Londonderry
Tupelo: Night of Comedy (Robbie Printz, Steve
Calechman)
Dover
Kelley’s Row: traditional Irish sessions
Top of the Chop: Dave
Ogden
Londonderry
Whippersnappers: jam
w/Gardner Berry
Manchester
900 Degrees: blues jam
Element: Cabaret De
Boheme
Shaskeen: Scalawag
Wednesday, Jan. 6
Concord
Green Martini: open
mike w/Steve Naylor
Hermanos: Andrew
Greene
Dover
Barley Pub: Celtic
singing session
Gilford
Patrick’s: Tim Theriault
Kingston
The Carriage Towne Bar
& Grille: Mike Belkas
Laconia
Cactus Jack’s: Paul
Warnick
Tuesday, Jan. 5
Concord
Londonderry
Barley House: tradiWhippersnappers:
tional Irish session
karaoke w/DJ Jay
Hermanos: Paul Silverman
Manchester
Dover
Black Brimmer: Vacant
Brick House: acoustic
Mirror
open mike with Anthony Milly’s: DJ and dancing
Vito Fiandaca
Shaskeen: open mike
Strange Brew: The
Hampstead
Howard Randall BirthPasta Loft: acoustic open day Tribute
mike w/ Mike Belkas
Unwine’d: Craig Fahey
WB’s: DJ Pat
Londonderry
Wild Rover: Marty Quirk
Whippersnappers: BJ
Billy
Milford
Pasta Loft: Morgan,
Manchester
Pete & Ryan
Black Brimmer: house DJ
Fratello’s: blues jam
Nashua
w/Wan-Tu
Estabrook Grill: MaidMilly’s: open mike
en-Capable
hosted by Dually
Fody’s: Charlie ChroShaskeen: Manchuka
nopolis
Strange Brew: Peter
Parcek
Revels Glen
Studio 99: jazz jam
Nashua
603 Lounge: open mike Newmarket
Stone Church: Lonely
Newmarket
Gus and the One Night
Stone Church: bluegrass Stand feat. Chris O’Neill
jam w/Dave Talmage
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Press Room: Tom KenPress Room:Larry Gar- ndey
land Jazz Jam; hoot with Red Door: Evaredy
Dave Gerard
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Monday, Jan. 4
Friday, Jan. 8
Manchester
Nashua
MCAM (540 Commer- Amber Room: Nick’s
cial St. in Manchester): Comedy Stop
comedy contest (7 p.m.)
Saturday, Jan. 9
Concord
Cap Center: Capitol Steps
Manchester
Headliner’s: Shane Moss
Monday, Jan. 11
Manchester
MCAM (540 Commercial St. in Manchester):
comedy contest (7 p.m.)
(Above Forbidden Fruit) 22 Amherst Street 2nd Floor
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Londonderry
Homestead: Gary Lopez
Seabrook
Whippersnappers: Eric Player’s: Baked Naked
Grant Band
Sunday, Jan. 3
Manchester
Concord
Black Brimmer: Ten
Hermanos: Paul
Year Vamp
Bourgelais
Breezeway: DJ McKay Makris: Allen Roux
Club 313: DJ Bob,
karaoke w/CJ
Derry
Club Liquid: DJ Danjah
Burgundy’s: open mike
Derryfield: Day Janiero w/ the Pop Farmers
Element: DJ Took
Moe Joe’s: DJ and
Dover
karaoke w/Empire
Barley Pub: Mike
Entertainment
Stockbridge
Murphy’s: Mugsy
Rocko’s: I’m Thirsty
Durham
Entertainment presents
Acorns: John Leicht
Thirsty Fest 5 w/20+
Trio Sunday Brunch
bands on two stages
Shaskeen: Trunkface
Goffstown
Entertainment
Village Trestle: blues
Strange Brew: Ricky
jam w/Wan-tu
“King” Russell
WB’s: DJ Bobby G
Hudson
The Yard: Branded No Linda’s: Tom Dixon Band
Rules
Londonderry
Milford
Whippersnappers:
Pasta Loft: Groove
Common Knowledge
Authority
Shenanigans: karaoke
Manchester
w/DJ Lance
900 Degrees: blues jam
Breezeway: DJ McKay
Nashua
Club 313: karaoke w/CJ
603 Lounge: DJ J Smooth Element: karaoke w/DJ
Amber Room: DJs
Sharon
Black Orchid: Karen
Shaskeen: The Spain
Grenier
Brothers & Friends, traFody’s: Mad Express
ditional Irish session
Haluwa: Shades Apart
Strange Brew: blues jam
Thirdstone
Newmarket
Martha’s Exchange:
Stone Church: Gospel
DJ Miso, Brian Lemire
Brunch; open mike w/
Sky Lounge: 3rd Left
Dave Ogden
Slade’s: DJ Chris
Stella Blu: Paul
Portsmouth
Bourgelais Trio
Press Room: Allen
Studio 99: Kevin
Chase alto & bari sax,J
Garant, Portastud
ohn Damion guitar,
Peter Kontrimas bass,
Newmarket
John Hazilla on drums
Stone Church: Truffle
Monday, Jan. 4
Concord
Hermanos: Paul
Bourgelais
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Gilford
Patrick’s: Gary Lopez Duo
A night of jazz
059130
Epping
Holy Grail: Tim Cannon
NITE
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Kelley’s Row: Tim Theriault trio
RJ’s: DJ Big Pex, DJ
Koko-P, DJ Biggie, DJ
B-Money, DJ J Smooth
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Hippo Crossword
“Best of the Decade, Part 3” — this week: 2004-05. By Matt Jones
29 “How disgusting”
31 Holy men: abbr.
32 Disaster relief org.
33 Get into an account
36 TV moment that made
Wired’s Best Tech Moments of
2005 list
42 Beekeeper’s offerings
43 It’s NSFW material (unless
your store sells it)
44 Nightmarish street
47 “That can’t be!” Internet
abbr.
48 Petting zoo noises
50 Give the impression
52 “...___ and buts were candy
and nuts...”
54 1151, in Rome
55 Dogpile.com’s #1 most
searched celebrity of 2005
58 Tooth polish variety
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61 Person with conviction?
62 Win over with flattery
64 One who makes people
happy
65 Drinker’s police blemish
66 Charge option
67 Powerhouse
68 Summer in la cite
69 Blender magazine’s #1 song
(by Usher and Ludacris) on the
100 Best Songs of 2004
22 Comedy offering
24 Late Ledger
27 Grp. for the Montreal Alouettes
28 ___ Speedwagon
30 Move like a bunny
33 Tennis star Graf
34 Like winter roads, maybe
35 Katmandu’s land
37 “___ was I supposed to
know that?”
38 Not-so-noble protagonist
Down
39 “Eh, I don’t mind”
1 Donkey noise
40 Major time period
2 Mining deposit
41 Kind of fingerprint
3 They play dead really well
44 Spotted
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All quotes are from The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, born Jan. 1, 1919.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) “I mean how do you know
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don’t.” Although it will be difficult, try to plan ahead more
carefully than you usually do, and follow through with
commitments.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) “The more expensive a
school is, the more crooks it has — I’m not kidding.” Don’t
assume that those who are rich in one way are rich in others.
Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) “Only, I wasn’t watching the
game too much. What I was really hanging around for, I was
trying to feel some kind of a good-by.” It will be good for you
to attain closure on a particularly entangling enterprise. Hang
around; you’ll find it.
Aries (March 21 – April 19) “Certain things they should
stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in
one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know
that’s impossible, but it’s too bad anyway.” Things are in flux
and changes in a current project are inevitable.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20) “And I have on of those very
loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a
movie or something, I’d probably lean over and tell myself to
please shut up.” Remember: you can be aware of your flaws
and love yourself all the same. Don’t let others’ criticisms
bring you down.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20) “Boy, I hadn’t had a skate key
in my hand for years. It didn’t feel funny, though. You could
put a skate key in my hand fifty years from now, in pitch dark,
and I’d still know what it is.” Be prepared to recognize something you haven’t encountered in a long time.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22) “Naturally, I never told him I
thought he was a terrific whistler. I mean you don’t just go up
to somebody and say, ‘You’re a terrific whistler.’” Actually,
you can. Now’s a great time to offer a compliment, however trivial it may seem, to an underappreciated colleague — if
it’s genuine.
Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) “He was very intelligent and all,
but he was one of the biggest bores I ever met. … He never
stopped talking, and what was awful was, he never said anything you wanted to hear in the first place.” Before you talk,
ask yourself if the people you’re taking to want to hear it. This
is not the same thing as whether you would want to hear it.
Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) “You take somebody that cries
their goddamn eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, and
nine times out of ten they’re mean bastards at heart.” Don’t
assume you really know someone just because of one small
interaction.
Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) “That’s what I liked about those
nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch.” This is probably a good week for
simple meals and simple generosity.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) “I just gave all three of them
this very cool glance and all. What they did, though, the three
of them, when I did it, they started giggling like morons.”
Stay away from people who giggle when you glance at them.
Their loss, anyway.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) “That’s something that
annoys hell out of me — I mean if somebody says the coffee’s
all ready and it isn’t.” If the coffee isn’t ready, don’t say it is.
If it is, don’t say it isn’t. And although you are ripe for feeling
annoyed, try not to go nuts over something small like the coffee. You can maintain a broader perspective if you work at it.
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By Chuck Shepherd
But What If the Device
Falls Into the Wrong Hands?
A 55-year-old British man whose bowel was ruptured in a nearly catastrophic
traffic accident has been fitted with a bionic sphincter that opens and closes with a
remote controller. Ged Galvin had originally endured 13 surgeries in a 13-week
hospital stay and had grown frustrated with
using a colostomy bag until surgeon Norman Williams of the Royal London Hospital
proposed the imaginative operation. Dr. Williams, who was interviewed along with
Galvin for a November feature in London’s
Daily Mail, wrapped a muscle transplanted
from Galvin’s leg around the sphincter and
attached electrodes to tighten or loosen the
muscle’s grip.
Unreformed
Health Care System
• (1) In November, the Solihull Council
in Britain’s West Midlands county ordered a
• Wake Forest University’s Institute of
Regenerative Medicine, which has successfully grown human bladders in the lab using
only a few extracted cells sprayed onto a
chemical frame that mimics the body’s tissues,
has so far been unsuccessful at regenerating
penises because of the organ’s complexity.
However, it announced in a November jour-
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of the 12 rabbits with lab-grown phalluses
successfully impregnated females, and in an
unexpected finding, the new penises appear
not to lessen sexual desire, in that all 12 of
the rabbits began mating within one minute
of meeting females.
• Occasionally, people lose their shortterm memory following vigorous sex,
according to doctors interviewed for a
November CNN report on “transient global amnesia.” The condition occurs because
blood flow to the brain is restricted by the
strenuous activity, temporarily disabling the
hippocampus from recording new memory.
One sufferer, “Alice,” recalled her experience, recounting how she initially cracked
a joke about being unable to remember how
good the sex was that she just had, and then
supposedly repeated the joke over and over,
each time as if she had just thought of it.
Common Sense
Takes a Vacation
(1) Three men were convicted in August
in Kansas City, Mo., of having convinced
“numerous” customers to buy 3-inch-by4-inch laminated “diplomat” cards that,
promoters said, would legally free them
from ever having to pay taxes or being
arrested for any crime. According to the
FBI, customers ponied up fees ranging from
$450 to $2,000 to get the cards. (2) Dr. Yehu
Azaz, a wealthy, respected physician, gave
up his career in 1991 and gave away all of
his possessions, coming under the spell of
guru Rena Denton’s spiritual healing center in Somerset, England. In a 2009 lawsuit
to recover his wealth, Azaz said that despite
being an educated professional, he did not
realize what he had done until 2003 because
he had been brainwashed (“unduly influenced”) by the aged guru. (A judge tossed
out his lawsuit in July.)
Must Be Something
About Septic Systems
• After six years of total obstinacy, Janet
and Lowell Carlson finally agreed in October to upgrade their farm’s septic system
in Camden Township, Minn. Until then,
the couple had ignored numerous inspections, sheriff’s visits and court orders even
though a new system had already been paid
for (by escrow funds left by the owner who
sold them the farm). The Carlsons’ inspiring
principle throughout the six years of living
with failed plumbing was to challenge the
county for its “inconsistent” enforcement of
septic upgrades.
• Scottish pig farmer Peter Roy, 72, is
embroiled in a long-standing dispute with
the Perth and Kinross Council over who has
the responsibility for repairing the sewage
system on his farm in Craigmuir, but has
taken a more hardcore approach than the
Carlsons. He has saved his sewage in oil barrels stored on his property (now numbering
about 80) to the outrage of neighbors. Roy
has also periodically stepped up his protests
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The Wisconsin Department of Corrections
decided in October that it (i.e., taxpayers)
should fund complex facial reconstruction surgery for inmate Daryl Strenke, who
is serving 30 years after pleading guilty to
murdering his girlfriend. Strenke had shot
himself in the face in apparent remorse for
the killing, severely disfiguring his mouth
and jaw and making it nearly impossible for
him to eat or speak normally.
flooring store to remove the festive balloons it
had pinned out front to attract business, calling them hazards. One councilor explained
that drivers may be distracted by the colors,
and another was concerned that if a balloon
came loose, it might possibly float into traffic
and lure a child to follow it. (2) In October,
Britain’s Association of Chief Police Officers prepared a guidebook of instructions for
bicycle-duty officers on how to ride a bike.
The book was 93 pages long, containing such
assistance as a diagram on how to turn left
or right (“deployment into a junction”). (Following widespread ridicule, the association
decided in November not to release it.)
• Examiners from Britain’s Health and
Safety Executive, inspecting bowling alleys
for hazards, considered recommendations (according to a November Daily Mail
report) that included erecting barriers over
the lanes to prevent bowlers from wandering
the alleys and perhaps getting caught in pinsetting machines or, feared one inspector,
bowlers injuring themselves trying to knock
over pins by hand. The barriers would leave
space for the ball to roll under.
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By Chuck Shepherd
to include leaving full barrels around town.
People With Too Much Money
After Nicolas Cage filed a lawsuit against
him for mismanaging the actor’s money,
Cage’s former business manager Samuel
Levin filed his defense in November, charging Cage with creating his own problems
by disregarding Levin’s budgetary advice.
According to Levin, Cage’s 2007 purchases
included three houses (costing $33 million),
22 cars (including nine Rolls-Royces) and
47 works of art. By 2008, said Levin, Cage
owned 15 houses, four yachts, a Gulfstream
jet and an island in the Bahamas.
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British Museum officials announced in
September that the hoard of 7thcentury Anglo-Saxon gold and
silver treasure discovered on land
in Staffordshire (at least 1,500
pieces, including crosses and parts
of helmets and daggers) would
take a year to evaluate fully but
could be worth “many times” the
1 million pounds ($1.6 million)
archaeologists initially estimated. The treasure was discovered
by an unemployed 55-year-old
man using one of the widely ridiculed, hand-held metal detectors
that beachcombers favor to recover loose coins in the sand.
Hillsborough, England, was
the site of a soccer stadium disaster in 1989, in which 96 fans were
crushed to death. In March 2001,
the government revealed that a
police officer who worked at that
site beginning in 1998 nonetheless
acquired post-traumatic stress disorder from continually imagining the
1989 carnage and for that received
a disability settlement from the government of the equivalent of about
$560,000. That amount, according
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Soweto Gospel Choir February 3 •
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Neil Berg’s 100 Years of
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Spotlight Café Aztec Two-Step
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Nashua Symphony Orchestra
February 19 • 8pm
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